A University of Connecticut student has been and charged with a hate crime for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on a campus building “directly across the street from [the] UConn Hillel” building, the Hartford Courant reported on Friday, April 30, 2021 (read story here). The newspaper[...]
Archive for April, 2021
South Dakota sues N.P.S. to allow Rushmore fireworks
South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore fireworks lawsuit is getting national media coverage, so let’s take a look-see at it. I can use this as an opportunity to talk a little about law and how courts operate. Fireworks displays at Rushmore were an annual event, and a big tourist draw, until 2010 [...]
When people are wrong, they should be ignored
Everyone is entitled to his opinion, but no one is entitled to be listened to. A new CNN poll finds, “Public opinion is sharply divided by party over whether election rules are too restrictive or too loose, with 76% of Democrats saying that the rules make it too difficult to vote and 87% of Re[...]
Dogs and cats
First Dog “Major” is back in the White House after receiving training “following two biting incidents,” CNN reports. But more challenges are coming: “To prepare for a new cat at the White House, Major received special training to see how he would do …” Yeah[...]
Parking garage caper (video — NSFW: language)
That isn’t the first time some dummy drove a U-Haul into a parking garage, and won’t be the last, either, because there’s one born every minute. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 30th, 2021 - 12:29 am § in Science
PHOTOGRAPHY: Andromeda galaxy
It’s 2.5 million light years away, so what you see here is what existed that long ago, before the Dawn of Man. Photo by Hubble telescope. Click on image to enlarge and then say “Wow!” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 29th, 2021 - 10:16 pm § in Law and Courts
Rioter ordered to pay $12 million for damage to police station
A 23-year-old Minnesota protester who participated in torching a police station during the George Floyd protests was sentenced to 4 years in federal prison and a $12 million fine, the British news service BBC reported on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Read story here. Dylan Robinson and three other riote[...]
After 99 days, what Biden told Congress
“Madam Speaker, the President of the United States!” “My fellow Americans, I’ve come to talk about rebuilding America …” POLITICS Partisan gridlock threatens democracy. America “did not flinch” when faced with insurrection. But democracy is being “tested” and “we have to prove[...]
April 29th, 2021 - 8:07 pm § in News Media
Headlines that leave you shaking your head
From ABC News on Thursday, April 29, 2021: “Man charged for threatening gov. cites free speech” (story here) “Man accused of vandalizing mosque says it was a joke” (story here) From NBC News on Thursday, April 29, 2021: “Pro-Trump web forums are abuzz with directions to[...]
Why do Republicans lie so much?
Republicans lie. A lot. Every day. Yesterday, for example, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) falsely claimed Biden would “mandate” sending kids to preschool and attending community college. Last week, they falsely claimed Biden would limit Americans to eating 4 lbs. of red meat a year. (N.B.,[...]