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 30th, 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[...]