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 31st, 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[...]