CLICK THE IMAGE TO LEARN MORE Evolution teaches us that sometime long ago the “code” DNA and RNA developed. Since the chemicals of the code could reproduce themselves thr code became the basis for all of life. So what happens if we find a different code? Look at this electron micrograp[...]
Archive for February, 2021
Crowboarding on snow (video)
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February 11th, 2021 - 2:02 pm § in Misc.
Do not Gorilla-glue a plastic cup to your face.
You will look silly. Getting it off will hurt. And incur a medical bill. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
February 11th, 2021 - 1:48 pm § in Misc.
6 dead, dozens injured in Dallas black-ice freeway pileup
Over 100 vehicles were involved in the largest of several weather-caused pileups in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where freezing rain turned road surfaces into ice rinks. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page [...]
February 10th, 2021 - 9:22 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
A new center-right party?
With the Republican Party now a cult ruled by Trump, some conservatives hope so, but I’m very skeptical. News of such an effort comes as no surprise. More than 120 former elected Republicans, former officials of the Reagan and two Bush administrations, ex-ambassadors, and GOP strategists parti[...]
February 10th, 2021 - 8:48 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Acquitting Trump a “giant middle finger” to Capitol riot heroes (video)
Speaking to the Senators acting as jurors in Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial, CNN’s Andrew Cuomo says, “If you acquit, it would be a giant middle finger to the men and women who saved you that day.” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
California cops perplexed by savage shoving attacks
This wasn’t a robbery. This 91-year-old man apparently was attacked because he’s Asian. Or maybe the attacker is just mad at the world. Moments later, he assaulted two other people. In a similar attack in San Francisco a few days earlier, an 84-year-old Thai man was killed. That assailan[...]
February 9th, 2021 - 11:07 pm § in Misc.
The post-pandemic home
There’s no teacher like experience, and learning from other people’s experiences is generally preferable to paying for knowledge yourself. So let’s take a lesson from Sara Parr, late of San Francisco, now residing in Austin, Texas. “Parr, a 28-year-old tech worker, and her hu[...]
Yellow sub-marine
A yellow lobster caught by a Maine lobsterman has been donated to a university and “lovingly named Banana,” CNN says. The oddity occurs in roughly 1 in 30 million lobster catches. Read story here. Question: Is it discrimination to spare a lobster from a boiling pot because of the color o[...]
February 9th, 2021 - 6:12 pm § in Misc.
Koala krash
A koala trying to cross a busy highway in Adelaide, Australia, set off a 5-car pileup when a motorist jammed his brakes to avoid hitting it. The koala is okay, even if some people aren’t. It wound up at the steering wheel of a rescuer’s car. Read story here and watch video below. Return [...]