“A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to go along with a request from two counties to allow them to fill in a ballot misprint so that as many as 13,500 ballots can be processed more quickly on Election Day. The four conservatives on the court rejected the request … to fi[...]
Archive for October, 2020
October 30th, 2020 - 1:39 am § in Misc.
Poll closing times for all 50 states
Courtesy of Daily Kos (here), click to enlarge. Note all times are Eastern Standard Time regardless of time zone. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 30th, 2020 - 1:34 am § in Donald Trump, Humor
Sarah Cooper and Helen Mirren do Access Hollywood (video)
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October 30th, 2020 - 1:30 am § in Politics
Could that 17-point Biden lead in Wisconsin be real?
Color me skeptical. For that to happen, a lot of traditional Republicans would have to break with their party and vote for Biden. But what if — what if — they do? These folks are still around. And there’s reason why they might. They’re farmers, small town businessmen, parents[...]
October 29th, 2020 - 9:39 pm § in Health
If you don’t take Covid-19 seriously, you should watch this
From NBC Nightly News, 10/29/20: Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 29th, 2020 - 6:58 pm § in Health
Summer camp
From NPR, 9/8/20 (read story here): Headline: “Sleep Away Camps Offer COVID-Free Bubbles For Remote Learning” Story: “Many summer camps were closed due to COVID-19 but some sleep away camps found ways to successfully operate. Some plan to offer COVID-free bubbles where students can[...]
Is “Q” a child pornographer?
No one knows who the “Q” behind QAnon is, but Jim Watkins, owner of 8chan, is one of the suspects. Wikipedia says, “Some journalists and conspiracy theory researchers believe that Watkins knows the identity of, or that he himself is, ‘Q’, the person or group of people b[...]
October 29th, 2020 - 2:24 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
How the GOP could prevail against the voters
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Unless the polls are wildly wrong, Biden will win the popular vote, possibly by a huge margin. But that doesn’t determine who gets to be president. Trump is a wildly unpopular president, and the GOP is an unpopular minority party, but Republic[...]
October 29th, 2020 - 1:48 pm § in News Media, Politics
The nuts and bolts of how media calls elections
Condensed from Vox (read full article here): “For decades now, news agencies … have been projecting presidential election winners … before all the votes are in. It’s an important service that greatly speeds up our knowledge of who’s won … without having to wait for the fi[...]
October 29th, 2020 - 1:23 pm § in Misc.
Video: Toy trains
“The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page [...]