Anyone remember what Memorial Day is for? Here, kids place flags on veterans’ graves at the Evergreen-Washelli cemetery in Seattle. On this day, I’m thinking especially of the fathers and brothers still somewhere in Vietnam. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Archive for May, 2021
Under pressure, California county renames “Jim Crow Street”
Imagine living in a small town nestled in the Sierra foothills, on “Jim Crow Road,” and a black UPS driver comes by to drop off a package. Or you call “some public agency” they ask for your address, “and you go ‘Jim Crow Road,’” resident Jim Steinbarth says.�[...]
May 31st, 2021 - 1:11 pm § in Misc.
Illinois bans cops deceiving juveniles
Police are under pressure to solve crimes, and the easiest way of doing that is getting suspects to talk. And they’re more willing to talk when detectives lie to them, as in “your buddy told us you were there.” Courts have ruled this is generally okay. The problem is some people ad[...]
Flynn calls for U.S. military coup
It’s hard to believe Michael Flynn was a U.S. Army general. The man is a traitor. He took money from Russia and he’s called for the violent overthrow of the U.S. government more than once. He did so in the Oval Office during a heated debate about Trump’s “options” (he d[...]
When will GOP leaders actually lead?
I keep reading that influential Republicans, from governors to members of Congress, don’t like what Trump has done to their party and wish he’d go away. The latest is ex-Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA), photo left, who lost her seat in the 2018 midterms. On Sunday, May 30, 2021, she said on[...]
Capitol riot prosecutors zero in on Oath Keepers conspirators
More than 15,000 people marched on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, to protest the election of Joe Biden. The march descended into disorder, which appears to have been a mix of protest, riot, and insurrection. It’s been necessary to painstakingly sort through those present to ascertain who[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: Memorial Day
Beau Wise grew up in a family of military heroes, and followed his two older brothers into the service. But after both were killed in Afghanistan, his Marine Corps career was effectively over, thanks to the Pentagon’s “sole survivor” policy, which meant he would never be sent into [...]
Capitol Shaman’s lawyer: “He is not crazy!” That’s debatable.
”Multiple lawyers defending individuals accused of participating in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot are blaming misinformation and conspiracy theories for their clients’ actions,” The Hill reported on Sunday, May 30, 2021 (here). For example, “Albert Watkins, who is representing so-called[...]
Do blacks have 2nd Amendment rights?
Heck no! The 2nd Amendment was never meant to apply to them, it was meant to apply against them! And, largely, still is. Oh, a black guy can go to the Bureau of Non-Regulation of Firearms, get a permit (because they have to give it to him), and carry a gun just like white folks. But […][...]