In “2001: Space Odyssey” fashion, “a nearly 7-foot-tall monolith made of gingerbread mysteriously appeared on a San Francisco hilltop on Christmas Day and collapsed the next day.” “The three-sided tower, held together by icing and decorated with a few gumdrops, delighte[...]
Archive for December, 2020
Tommy Tuberville, loose cannon
Tommy Tuberville, 66, has a degree in physical education from a small state college in Arkansas. He knows a lot about football, but so little about government he was mocked for describing the three branches of government as the House, Senate, and Executive. He’s displayed equally shocking igno[...]
December 26th, 2020 - 12:32 pm § in Politics
Where polling stands now in Georgia Senate election
About half a point separates the candidates in both races. The Republican is up in one, and down in the other. (Read story here.) Polls overestimated the Democratic advantage in the November election across the board — in the White House, Senate, and House races. If that repeats in GeorgiaR[...]
December 25th, 2020 - 2:11 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Will Covid-19 save lives on death row?
In a weird twist, getting sick with Covid-19 may save lives on federal death row. Trump is racing to execute federal inmates before leaving office (read story here), and at the same time pardoning war criminals who slaughtered foreign civilians. So far, three have been executed since the election &#[...]
December 25th, 2020 - 1:03 pm § in Environment
Deer rescue (video)
A passing motorist stopped to push a stranded deer off a frozen Wisconsin pond while his friend filmed. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 25th, 2020 - 11:40 am § in Israel/Palestine, Jews
A Hannukiah Menorah That Celebrates an Event on Christmas Day 165 years Before the Birth of Jesus.
A HANUKKIAH IN HOLLAND Last week, a 266-year-old menorah valued at over a half-million dollars, was put back on display at Amsterdam’s Jewish Historical Museum . The Rintel Hanukkah Menorah is more than a meter and a half meters wide, made of silver. It is said to be the most valuable hannukiah in[...]
White House staff now fending off crazy lawyer
American history has never see a spectacle like this, and hopefully never will again. It’s over. The electoral votes have been signed, sealed, and delivered, and there’s nothing left except reading them. Everyone knows the results; who each elector voted for isn’t secret. Biden wil[...]
December 24th, 2020 - 9:18 am § in Law and Courts, Racism
Ohio cops kill another black man
A Columbus, Ohio, cop with a history of complaints killed a black man with a cellphone on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, the second killing in Columbus this month of unarmed black men by white cops. Officer Adam Coy and a fellow officer had their body cameras turned off, in apparent violation of depart[...]
December 24th, 2020 - 2:04 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump may pocket veto relief bill
This is EVIL. Trump seems determined to hurt as many people as he can on his way out of office, perhaps as retaliation for voting him out of office. Instead of signing the Covid-19 relief bill that took months to negotiate while millions of Americans languished, he declared he won’t sign it un[...]