As a kid, I read the Tin Tin, Tarzan and the apes, Korak, Boom, Lance Spearman. All comics that mostly portrayed Africans as inferior to the white man. But all around me were my grandfather, my father, uncles and aunts, neighbors and friends. I grew up knowing my grandfather was one of the richest m[...]
Archive for November, 2018
November 24th, 2018 - 8:13 am § in Misc.
Growing Up Normal in Nigeria
November 23rd, 2018 - 12:31 am § in Schools & Colleges
45 injured in UW Marching Band bus rollover on icy I-90
A bus carrying members of the University of Washington Marching Band to the Apple Cup in Pullman crashed on I-90 Thursday night, injuring at least 40 of the passengers, none seriously. The bus was traveling on I-90 near the town of George when it hit ice and rolled over. George is about 15 miles eas[...]
November 22nd, 2018 - 5:00 pm § in Donald Trump
What President Cool and President Fool did on Thanksgiving
Obama spent his Thanksgiving helping volunteers bag potatoes at a Chicago food bank. Trump spent Thanksgiving ranting to the troops and praising himself. Read stories here, here, and here.[...]
November 22nd, 2018 - 11:53 am § in Misc.
TA News: our heritage
TA News is a product of THE-Ave.US. Our TAN posts are based on a long tradition of alternative facts in the spirit pioneered by New York Journal. under Hearst and its successor Fox News under Rupert Murdoch.[...]
November 21st, 2018 - 11:04 am § in Misc.
TA News: Los Angeles Warns Citizens not to Enter Saudi Consulate
(TA News, Nov, 20, 2018) Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles, ordered a new sign placed outside the otherwise inconspicuous Royal Consulate of Saudi Arabia. Mayor Garcetti explained that it was the obligation of the city to warn anyone entering the consulate that murder was permitted on the grounds [...]
November 21st, 2018 - 9:42 am § in Uncategorized
American Missionary Killed by People of the Andaman Islands
John Allen Chau felt he was called by Jesus to bring the gospel to the uncontacted people. Perhaps his God had a different idea. (Abstracted from The Sun) The tribe reportedly shot the U.S. citizen with arrows when he arrived on the shore. “He tried to reach the Sentinel island on November 1[...]
November 20th, 2018 - 9:25 pm § in Politics
Chart of 2018 midterm turnout
(Source: Five Thirty Eight)[...]
November 20th, 2018 - 6:26 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump wanted Clinton and Comey prosecuted
President Trump wanted Hillary Clinton and James Comey prosecuted, and repeatedly asked Justice Department officials what progress was being made in that direction, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Read this story here. During the 2016 campaign, Trump led “Lock her up!” chants at his[...]
November 20th, 2018 - 4:42 pm § in Politics
Avenatti slapped with protection order
Update: The L.A. District Attorney declined to file a felony charge, and referred the case to the city prosecutor for potential misdemeanor charges. Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, made news last week by getting himself arrested in California on felony domestic violence charges. Init[...]
November 20th, 2018 - 4:27 pm § in Politics
Cindy Hyde-Smith is a relic of the Jim Crow era
A Democratic win in Tuesday’s runoff election in Mississippi could limit the party’s 2018 Senate losses to 1 seat, and controversies swirling around the GOP candidate have changed the odds of that happening from highly improbable to conceivable. The current Senate has a 51-49 GOP majorit[...]