According to the Aviation Safety Network, worldwide there have been at least nine pilot suicides since 1976 and more than 1,000 hijackings by pilots since 1931. — CBS News It’s now clear this week’s air disaster that took 150 lives was caused by a deranged copilot who locked the c[...]
Archive for March 26th, 2015
This is what happens when a gay nerd snatches a homophobe’s domain away from him
-Actually, I think he looks better like this. Photo: Idaho state Rep. Paul Shepherd [...]
Police union leader asserts judges are required to believe cops
A Portland, Oregon, police union spokesman thinks judges don’t have authority to acquit falsely accused suspects or conclude from video recordings that the cops are lying. I have a suggestion for him and his members: If they quit beating up and framing citizens, cellphone videos won’t be[...]
GOP’s corrupt party boy compares himself to Lincoln
In bidding Congress farewell today, GOP Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) compared his tribulations to those of another Illinois politician. “Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress for one term,” Schock said on the floor. “But few faced as many defeats in his personal business and pub[...]
Radical Repubicans
Louie Gohmert Wants To Bomb Iran Now, Pushes Bogus Obama Conspiracy Theories During an appearance on yesterday’s edition of “Washington Watch,” Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, told host Tony Perkins that “we need to encourage this… rightwingwatch.org[...]
Another Hugh Schwartz
THE-Ave.US is becoming popular on FaceBook and this may have created some confusion because I have written some about my brother, Hugh Schwartz . I did not realize that there was another person of that name on FACEBOOK. This Hugh Schwartz has recently died. Apparently he was a prominent missiona[...]
THE Ave Challenge: A Hint; the man most likely to determine the future of the middle east.
More Hints: He approached General Petraeus during the surge and offered to talk. Petraeus told him to “suck sand.” He is known to be affable and is trusted by the Ayatollah Khamenei. Some feel he might be elected President in his country’s next election. He has been seen recently i[...]
Wherein a flat-earther invokes Galileo to call scientists cranks …
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) likened himself to Galileo as he defended his position as a climate change denier in an interview Tuesday in New York City with the Texas Tribune. … “I’m a big believer that we should follow the science and follow the evidence,” Cruz said. … Cruz [...]
If you kidnap yourself, ask for more than $8,500, so it’ll look realistic
“The reported kidnapping of a Vallejo, California, woman for ransom this week was nothing but a hoax, police said. … Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn, who reported the kidnapping Monday, are no longer cooperating with police …. Police said the requested ransom amount [...]