Yep. But this is no ordinary treehouse. It’s an architect’s brainstorm, a house held up by trees. And it’s in Seattle (West Seattle, to be exact) where housing is, um, expensive. (Even relative to other expensive cities, and expensive housing in general.) For more photos and story,[...]
Archive for May, 2021
Polls: Biden’s flying high — for now
Joe Biden is a popular president. Most polls show his approval rating in mid- to high-50s. RealClearPolitics is a good source for up-to-date poll results, which you can find here. And now, “The percentage of Americans who said the country is generally headed in the right direction has nearly d[...]
May 9th, 2021 - 11:30 pm § in Business
What Amazon says it’s doing about counterfeit goods
If you shop online (and who doesn’t?), you probably know Amazon has a counterfeit goods problem. You see the complaints in customer reviews. You may have bought crummy knockoffs yourself. I’ve heard people say the company doesn’t care, but that doesn’t make sense. As ABC News[...]
May 9th, 2021 - 10:36 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
PHOTOGRAPHY: Sedition salute
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) fought against certifying the election harder than any other GOP senator. He’ll be forever associated with this iconic photo taken during the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. He says it doesn’t show him fist-saluting Capitol rioters, but that’s how h[...]
May 8th, 2021 - 2:26 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Religion
ISIS bombs Kabul girls’ school
“A bomb exploded near a girls’ school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, many of them young pupils between 11 and 15 years old,” NBC News reported on Saturday, May 8, 2021 (photo, left; read story here). The Taliban denied responsibilit[...]
May 7th, 2021 - 5:39 pm § in Politics
Republican campaign ad
Over the top. Also under investigation. https://youtu.be/ojXPDMAqFDY Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 7th, 2021 - 2:22 pm § in Misc.
Covid-19 updates
What Life Will Be Like Without Herd Immunity Read up on it here WHAT YOU SHOULD DO NOW IF YOU MISSED YOUR 2ND SHOT Read vaccine experts’ advice here DEBUNKING EXCUSES FOR NOT GETTING VACCINATED Read about them here “VERY DANGEROUS TO BE UNVACCINATED” Story here BOOSTER SHOTS UPDATE�[...]
May 7th, 2021 - 2:05 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Here’s proof the GOP is a cult
Liz Cheney (R-WY) is being purged from the House GOP leadership. She’ll be replaced by Elise Stefanik (R-NY). Cheney isn’t Trumper enough. Stefanik is. Until you compare their voting records: Heritage Action, an advocacy group (read about it here) affiliated with the conservative Heritag[...]
May 7th, 2021 - 1:18 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Bamboo ballots
Expecting Republicans to say things that are nuts is becoming routine. Their latest crazy conspiracy theory involves their staged “audit” of Maricopa County’s ballots. If you aren’t following the story, Arizona GOP legislators commissioned an unofficial recount of that county[...]
Cruise line quits Florida over vaccination gag order
Florida’s GOP governor has prohibited businesses from asking patrons if they’ve been vaccinated. Norwegian Cruise Lines says it won’t do business there. The CDC, a federal agency in the forefront of the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic, won’t allow cruise lines to opera[...]