Tony Schwartz, who ghost-wrote Trump’s “The Art Of The Deal” (and isn’t currently a fan), has “some not-so-friendly advice” on what to do after leaving the White House: “Flee to North Korea.” Makes sense. He likes parades, has a friend there, there’s gir[...]
Archive for November, 2020
November 24th, 2020 - 7:57 pm § in Misc.
Cat music (video)
Good a place as any to nap … Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 24th, 2020 - 7:42 pm § in Misc.
Flying with Florencia (video)
A day’s work in the cockpit of a 737. For a ride out of Cairo with a lady crew, click here. If you like flying videos, check out Greg Mink’s “Premier 1 Driver” You Tube series (for Mink’s bio, click here. How does he own a private jet? By owning a medical device company[...]
November 24th, 2020 - 7:19 pm § in Misc.
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major (video)
Janine Jansen (b. 1978) is a Dutch violinist. “As of September 2016, Jansen is in possession for 10 years of the 1707 Antonio Stradivari ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’, which is owned by the Norwegian national bank’s subsidiary: Dextra Musica.” — Wikipedia. I like this video beca[...]
Guest Essay: “This wasn’t just an election. It was a census of American idiots.”
How Many American Idiots Are There? 73 Million. This Wasn’t Just an Election. It was a Census of American Idiots. by Umair Haque Nov. 20, 2020 (Click here to go to original source.) This was no ordinary election. By now, you know that. But I mean it in a slightly different way. Not just that Trum[...]
Why U.S. democracy (apparently) has survived this time
This article is a liberal essay. “With four years of Trump nearly behind us, Politico Magazine asked a group of smart political and cultural observers to tell us what big, new insight this era has given them about America—and what that insight means for the country’s future. Many were alar[...]
November 24th, 2020 - 10:50 am § in Health
Can you get flu and Covid-19 at the same time? Yes …
And “early evidence suggests those who contract both have a rougher go of it.” “The first thing to know about a coronavirus-influenza co-infection is that it’s possible because the two viruses bind to different parts of the body. They aren’t competing with each other when it co[...]
November 24th, 2020 - 10:28 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump demands election redo!
“President Donald Trump attacked Fox News and demanded the election be rerun in an early morning tweet storm,” the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail said on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 (read story here). “Trump, in the nearly dozen tweets and retweets fired off Tuesday morning, appe[...]
The grass looks greener everywhere
Nobody is happy where they are. Everyone wants to move: Russians to America, Americans to Japan, etc. (for details, see map below, and read story here). Are we a herd of cows? Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 24th, 2020 - 9:30 am § in Health, Law and Courts
Can a corporation get the death penalty?
“Purdue Pharma is expected Tuesday to plead guilty to federal conspiracy and kickback charges and acknowledge that its aggressive marketing of opioids over the last three decades helped propel an addiction crisis that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans,” ABC News reported on Novem[...]