This article contains news and liberal commentary. Joe Biden is about to become America’s second Catholic president. JFK was the first, and when Kennedy ran for president in 1960, his religion was controversial because some people worried electing him would put the Church in charge of our gove[...]
Archive for November, 2020
NAACP sues Trump campaign
This story contains news and liberal commentary. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Black Michigan voters against President Donald Trump and his campaign Friday, accusing both of violating the Voting Rights Act,” Huffington Post reported on Saturday, November 21,[...]
November 21st, 2020 - 12:02 pm § in Law and Courts
Gun rights don’t exist near a badge
There’s an exception to the Second Amendment: It doesn’t apply in the presence of police. When the cops come, having a gun gives them a license to kill you, even if you’re 100% innocent. Even in your own home. If a cop sees you have a gun, you not only have no gun rights, you [&hel[...]
November 21st, 2020 - 11:44 am § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Albino deer
This white deer was seen in northern Wisconsin, where it’s illegal to hunt or shoot albino deer. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 20th, 2020 - 10:45 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
How Trumpies conjured more votes than voters in Detroit precincts
By comparing votes in Michigan precincts with voters in Minnesota precincts, because they don’t know the difference between (MI) and (MN). That’s after Rudy Giuliani scolded the media, “It’s your job to read these things and not falsely report that there’s no evidence.” “There [...]
November 20th, 2020 - 10:28 pm § in Misc.
World’s largest pipe organ
The famous Wanamaker Grand Court Organ was built for the 1904 World’s Fair at a cost of nearly $3 million (in today’s dollars) and was enlarged in 1911-1918 and again in 1924-1930, to its present size of 28,482 pipes. The facade (photo) was restored and regilded in 2019. The largest orga[...]
Watch Rudy wipe boogers all over his face (video)
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November 20th, 2020 - 5:42 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
GOP legislators rebuff Trump’s grab for Michigan’s electoral votes
This article contains news and liberal commentary. Two Michigan GOP legislators Trump summoned to the White House have rebuffed his efforts to grab their state’s electoral votes, and claim they used the 2-hour meeting to lobby for more Covid-19 relief for their state, NBC News reported on Frid[...]
November 20th, 2020 - 4:58 pm § in Misc.
Unseen Tolkien “Middle Earth” writings to be published
LOTR fans “are in for an unexpected treat,” NBC News says. “Previously unseen collections of writings from the author will be published next year and shed new light on works including ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ ‘The Silmarillion’ and ‘Unfinished Tales,&#[...]
November 20th, 2020 - 1:45 pm § in Misc.
The Dutch girls who lured Nazis to their deaths
Hannie Schaft (1920-1945), Truus Menger-Oversteegen (1923-2016), and Freddie Nanda Dekker-Oversteegen (1925-2018) were members of the Dutch resistance who approached German soldiers in taverns, lured them into nearby woods, and killed them. Read their bios here, here, and here. Photo right: Monument[...]