The stock market went up last week because the economy is stalling out, more people are getting sick and dying, and empoloyer hiring dropped like a rock in November, while 12 million people are still unemployed because of Covid-19. Why? Because investors think the shitty economy will force Congress [...]
Archive for December, 2020
Biden picks his HHS secretary
President-elect Biden will nominate California attorney general Xavier Becerra (photo, left) for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the New York Times reported on Sunday, December 6, 2020 (read CNN’s story here). Becerra served 24 years in Congress before being elected state attorne[...]
Karenpocalypse (video)
Alternate title: “How to get arrested in 60 seconds.” Selected vignettes of people who think rules don’t apply to them. This is too darn funny not to post it. https://youtu.be/QHqGqOWZ4gA Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 5th, 2020 - 9:34 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump demands Georgia governor call special legislative session
“President Donald Trump fruitlessly pressed Georgia’s governor on Saturday to call a special legislative session aimed at overturning the presidential election results in that state.” — Associated Press, read story here That’s wrong, and it’s good that Gov. Kemp, a Republican, is re[...]
December 5th, 2020 - 7:24 pm § in Misc.
Opera, Mozart, “Solemn Vespers for a Confessor” (video)
The big voice is that of Patricia Janečková (bio here), a Slovakian opera singer who was 19 years old when this recording was made. Watch another of her performances here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 5th, 2020 - 3:24 pm § in Donald Trump
“Lock him up!”
Trump’s niece (pictured above) argues he belongs in the slammer. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 5th, 2020 - 10:54 am § in Misc.
Are library fines passé?
A new craze is sweeping America: Kinder, gentler libraries. They’re experimenting with abolishing fines. Does it even matter, with libraries closed for the foreseeable future? Yes it does! Unless you’re convinced we’ll never recover from Covid-19 and can’t bring yourself to b[...]
This ex-fighter pilot shouldn’t be allowed near the Pentagon
This article contains news and liberal commentary. “President Donald Trump’s nominee to become a senior Pentagon official spread debunked conspiracies on Twitter that called Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden a ‘coup’ attempt and shared tweets that suggest Trump[...]
Hymn to the Fallen (video)
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December 3rd, 2020 - 8:16 pm § in Misc.
British toy trains (video)
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