The Trump administration has terminated congressional intelligence briefings on election security and foreign election interference, NBC News reported on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. Read story here. Pictures: Artist’s concept of Putin’s work desk. And why is this man so happy? Return to The[...]
Archive for August, 2020
August 29th, 2020 - 6:51 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump ends House intel briefings on election interference
Political Photo Of The Week
Trigger warning: This may seem partisan to some people. Not everyone, though. Actually, you can find a LOT of “Trump Ballot Box” photos on the internet with a simple Google search. This seems to be popular, and similar graffiti is sprouting all over America. Bumper stickers on trash cans[...]
August 29th, 2020 - 6:11 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
The University of Alabama now has 1,366 Covid-19 cases
At the University of Alabama, 1,200 students and 166 faculty members have tested positive for Covid-19 after a week on campus. The school has about 38,500 students and ~1,957 faculty. The university’s president called that “unacceptable” and warned it threatens to force closure of [...]
August 29th, 2020 - 12:31 pm § in Misc.
Pentagon’s top general says military won’t evict Trump if he loses
Reassuring or worrying? It depends on the context. This article contains news with commentary Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley told Congress “the military will not play a role in November’s election and won’t help settle any disputes if the results are contested,” the A[...]
August 29th, 2020 - 12:38 am § in Humor
6-Minute Movie: Funny FAT Animals
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August 29th, 2020 - 12:12 am § in Law and Courts
Kenosha victim was shot 5 times
Including in the head Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, was shot in the right groin, back, left hand, left thigh, and right side of his forehead. Back? Gonna be hard to claim self-defense for that one. New video shows another victim, Gaige Grosskreutz, 26, who survived, pulling out a handgun just before he was [...]
Two Marches On Washington
August 28, 2020: Police Brutality August 28, 1963: Civil Rights[...]
1st confirmed Covid-19 reinfection in U.S. reported
There appear to be two strains of Covid-19, and patients can get sick again. A reinfection case was first reported in Hong Kong, followed by two cases in Europe. Now there’s one here, too. The patient, after being sick for several days in April, became ill again, more severely the second time,[...]
August 28th, 2020 - 5:33 pm § in Misc.
Wrong black man violently arrested after fighting off San Antonio police
A black man accosted by police in a San Antonio apartment complex on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, resisted arrest and was violently thrown into a squad car. At least one of the arresting officers is black. Police responding to a “strangulation family violence” call from the complex told Mathi[...]
August 28th, 2020 - 3:40 pm § in Misc.
In memory of Dr. Steve Schwartz, who created this blog
Professor Stephen M. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., the founder and proprietor of The-Ave.US, passed away from COVID-19 on March 17, 2020. Read local press coverage here and here. Steve joined the University of Washington Medical School’s faculty in 1967 and had taught there since 1974. He was world-f[...]