“Bookbarn International sells and lends books in bulk …. Company CEO Nick Bates said people were buying from him to enhance the background of their Zoom calls.” Read story here. Real estate agents call it “staging.” But the 20 beat-up bookcases filled with dog-eared boo[...]
Archive for January, 2021
Weird White House pets
Grace Coolidge’s raccoon Herbert Hoover’s possum Caroline Kennedy’s pony Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
January 28th, 2021 - 1:10 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Monkeying Around With God’s Races
Some 40,000 years ago, humans bred with another species .. the Neanderthal. Monkeys do that!! Tell that to the Racists! When it comes to finding a partner, monkeys are not necessarily so picky they insist a mate comes from the same species. New genetic research suggests that primates in Tanzania a[...]
January 27th, 2021 - 8:37 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
What changed the GOP?
“A top official at the National Republican Congressional Committee abruptly decided to resign earlier this month after House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy and nearly 150 GOP lawmakers voted against certifying the Electoral College results,” CNN reported on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 (read s[...]
January 26th, 2021 - 3:35 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Will the king get to live in his castle?
“The town of Palm Beach, Florida, is reviewing Donald Trump’s use of his Mar-a-Lago Club as a residence, even as the former president is set to once again violate a length-of-stay provision he himself agreed to three decades ago,” Huffington Post reported on Tuesday, January 26, 2[...]
This GOPer wants Democrats dead
Really, she should be kicked out of Congress. (Read story here.) Her constituents had the right to elect her, true enough, but that doesn’t mean Congress has to put up with her. It doesn’t. The Constitution empowers the House of Representives (and Senate, too) to expel its members. This [...]
A brief history of democracy
“Political liberalism was formulated in England by John Locke as the platform of the Glorious Revolution (1688), emphasizing among other things the primacy of individual freedom, government constrained by law and consent, and the rule of law in general. Economic Liberalism was added almost a c[...]
January 26th, 2021 - 2:25 am § in Humor
30-second movie: “Son, do you have a girlfriend?”
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January 26th, 2021 - 2:02 am § in Politics
Effort to recall California’s governor is growing serious
What started as a quixotic grassroots effort to sack California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, is gaining traction from an infusion of tech industry money and support. The signature drive is likely to succeed, and Newsom now faces the prospect of a recall election. (Read story here.) New[...]