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Archive for September, 2020
Beware dangerous hand sanitizers
Hand sanitizer warnings are proliferating. The Food and Drug Administration has put over 100 of these products on its consumer warning list. Some contain methanol, which “is not an acceptable ingredient for hand sanitizers and must not be used due to its toxic effects.” (Stories here and[...]
September 7th, 2020 - 5:28 pm § in Misc.
License plate art
It didn’t fool the cops, because he forgot the registration sticker. Read story here. Can you spot the real license plate in the photos below? Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
A $19,000 purse up in smoke
Speaking of nutty purchases (see preceding article here), what psycho spends $19,000 on a purse? I’ll get into that in a minute, but first the backstory: A … $19,000 alligator-skin handbag was destroyed by customs officials in Australia because it entered the country without the correc[...]
September 7th, 2020 - 2:31 pm § in Misc.
Fake reviews and a $125 genuine cheese grater
Amazon gets the most bad press for fake online reviews, but other companies are struggling with the problem, too. Back in 2017, a Forbes headline blared, “Amazon’s Fake Review Problem Is Now Worse Than Ever, Study Suggests” (read article here). On September 6, 2020, a CNBC headl[...]
September 7th, 2020 - 1:28 pm § in Politics
How to keep your ballot from being rejected
Advice from NBC News: Vote early, by mail or in person Know your state’s mail-in deadlines (check them here) Don’t mess with your signature Check your registration status and polling place Don’t vote twice, and beware of misinformation And make sure your ballot is in the security e[...]
September 7th, 2020 - 8:30 am § in Politics
Don’t mail your ballot!
If you want your vote to count … It’s too late to mail it. Trump’s Snail Mail won’t deliver it in time (by design). Instead, hand deliver it to an elections office, or use a ballot drop box in a secure location. In some states, you have to drop it in the box yourself; if [&he[...]
September 7th, 2020 - 8:26 am § in Misc.
Put a 55¢ stamp on your ballot!
If you want your vote to count … … mail it First Class. Don’t trust the Postal Service to deliver it on time at the prepaid bulk rate. They probably won’t. Putting a stamp on your ballot envelope will get it treated as First Class mail, which it then is, which may speed up de[...]
September 6th, 2020 - 4:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s mail voting dirty trickster lives in this house
This article contains liberal commentary. A bit removed from the average mailman’s digs, Trump’s postmaster general Louis DeJoy and his wife bought this Greensboro, NC, outhouse for $5.9 million in 2004 from the creditors of a disgraced insurance executive (read his story here) who bough[...]