Two violent members of a Missouri militia group with criminal records were arrested by FBI agents at a Kenosha motel on Thursday, September 3, 2020, after Iowa police received a tip they going to Kenosha to “loot and possibly pick people off.” They apparently were present for Trump̵[...]
Archive for September 4th, 2020
FBI busts 2 armed militia thugs at Kenosha motel
The Portland shooter and victim: Two of a kind, both equally dead
Compiled from news sources with commentary. Updated 9/5/20. For weeks, rightwing and leftist agitators clashed in Portland, Oregon, then the inevitable happened: Someone got killed. Two men, both vigilantes “providing security” for demonstrators, but from opposing camps and radically dif[...]
Another car assault against peaceful BLM protesters
This article is news with liberal commentary. A car plowed through a peaceful BLM march in New York’s Time Square on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Police said the driver was earlier seen with counterprotesters wearing a “MAGA” hat, NBC News reported. There should be an arrest soon, [...]
Disparaging remarks story grows legs; the end for Trump?
Trump referred to Americans killed in combat as “losers” and suckers” Multiple Sources, Including Fox, Confirm Details; Condemnations Pour In VP Biden: “Sick, deplorable, un-American” Sen. Tammy Duckworth: “Appalled” Retired General: “No patriot”[...]
Postal police block a Democratic congresswoman from seeing unprocessed mail
Postal police blocked a Democrat om the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Trump’s postmaster for slowing mail ahead of the election, from two Florida mail sorting facilities where employees say mail sits in bins. The congresswoman, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, wanted to inspe[...]
“Will Trump Exile In Russia?”
Today’s featured YouTube rant: Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
1 wedding, 170 cases, 7 deaths
A Covid-19 outbreak caused by a Maine wedding reception that violated state-imposed gathering restrictions “is now responsible for 3 deaths and nearly 150 infected people,” NBC News reported on Sept. 4, 2020. Two weeks later, there were 7 deaths and over 170 cases. Sixty-five people atte[...]
Labor Day
Groups representing labor won a federal holiday honoring workers in 1894. For many today, it’s a 3-day weekend and retailer sale event. Labor rights and middle-class prosperity were hard-won. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, workers were treated little better than serfs; and in the early [...]
THE-Ave Challenge: Who’s this chick?
A. A rock musician B. Stalin’s granddaughter C. Paris Hilton in junior high D. A tech billionaire’s daughter E. An Evergreen State College professor F. Mitch McConnell’s hairstylist G. Jerry Falwell’s mistress H. Al Capone’s great-great niece I. DeGaulle’s grandd[...]
Historians say Truman didn’t order Nagasaki bombing
Once the A-bomb was tested and worked, whether civilians or the military would control it became an issue. Thanks to Truman, it remained under civilian control. Today, the Department of Energy, not the military, is the custodian of America’s nuclear weapons. Everyone knows Truman ordered the H[...]