… is an attempt to appoint a crank to the Federal Reserve Board — which, thankfully, seems doomed to fail, thanks to 3 GOP senators with the guts to defy him and vote “no.” A Vox article (here) goes into some detail about why Judy Shelton (photo; read bio here) should not be [...]
Archive for November, 2020
Trump’s favorite veterans charity takes very good care of its CEO
Ever heard of The Independence Fund (TIF)? Supposedly it’s a charity that helps and advocates America’s wounded warriors. In fact, it’s a political vehicle for Trumpism, and a cash cow for the family that runs it, according to a Mother Jones expose. “Since he first ran for pr[...]
History’s most expensive corporate screwups
No. 1: British Petroleum, Deepwater Horizon disaster: $68 billion No. 2: Volkswagen, emission cheating scandal: $38 billion No. 3: Boeing, 737 MAX defects: $? Direct costs to date: $20.7 billion Interest costs: $3 billion – $4 billion Crash victim settlements: $500 million+ Lost sales revenues[...]
Trump gains in Georgia after uncounted ballots found, but Biden still easily wins the state
Despite significant ballot counting errors in two Georgia counties, Biden will easily win that state. Georgia is recounting and recanvassing its votes, and election officials found ~2,700 uncounted ballots in Fayette County and ~2,500 uncounted ballots in Floyd County. In Fayette County, Trump picke[...]
November 17th, 2020 - 5:42 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
The bait Trumpsters swallow whole
“The US Army or maybe the intelligence community raided (there was no raid) the Frankfurt, Germany offices of a company (that has no Frankfurt offices) that tallies all votes in US elections (it does not do any tallying of votes, much less conduct any official tally of all votes in the US, which n[...]
Tradition, interrupted
Laying Christmas wreaths at the graves in Arlington National Cemetery won’t happen this year because of the pandemic. Read story here. Update (11/17/20): The Army Secretary reversed the decision and ordered the wreath laying to proceed. Read that story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 17th, 2020 - 11:43 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
How are Trump’s election lawsuits faring?
On life support, with the pulse growing weaker by the day, and now barely detectable. The media have described Trump’s legal assault on the election results as a “longshot,” but that’s being charitable: “The campaign and Trump supporters have filed lawsuits in multiple [...]
November 17th, 2020 - 11:17 am § in Economics
Canadians can’t sell their condos
Canadian homebuyers want the same things Americans do: A backyard for the kids to play in, a home office to work in, etc. As a result, suburban home prices in Canada’s two hottest housing markets — Toronto and Vancouver — soared 17% in the last year. But many of these buyers are sw[...]
November 17th, 2020 - 12:45 am § in Misc.
Survival skills: Naked in snow (video)
In this hour-long video, a survival expert shows how to survive a snowy night in the woods with literally nothing (except a loincloth for modesty’s sake). Pretty fascinating, if you have the time to watch it. Related: A lost 9-year-old Tennessee boy spent two nights outdoors without jacket or [...]
November 17th, 2020 - 12:40 am § in Misc.
The gorgeous Italian alps (video)
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