Excerpted from a Vox article published on May 5, 2021 (read entire article here): “No American president has had to choose whether to go to war to defend Taiwan against a Chinese military invasion. President Joe Biden might have the decision thrust upon him. … “Should Xi follow thr[...]
Archive for May, 2021
Gutless Republicans
We admire courage in soldiers, police, firefighters, rescuers — in everyone. John F. Kennedy wrote a book called “Profiles in Courage” about “eight American patriots, mainly United States Senators, who at crucial moments in our nation’s history, … disregarded dreadful[...]
May 6th, 2021 - 1:18 pm § in Law and Courts
Should a wrongly imprisoned gang-banger be able to sue the cops?
Let’s say a gang-banger is guilty of murder, but is convicted and sent to prison for the wrong murder, because his rights were violated — should he be able to sue the cops? Yes and no. Yes, if they didn’t give him Miranda warnings, and ignored his request for an attorney. But not b[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: Pluto
No, you don’t get resolution like this from your $89.95 telescope, or even a computer-enhanced image (left) from the multi-billion dollar Hubble space telescope; this imagery is from the New Horizons spacecraft’s 2015 flyby of the Solar System’s ninth planet, or a dwarf planet, or [...]
May 5th, 2021 - 6:14 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Liz Cheney is right
From CNN on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 (read article here): “In a new op-ed for The Washington Post, Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican Party is at a ‘turning point’ and must decide whether to accept or reject Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, which sh[...]
May 5th, 2021 - 5:43 pm § in Misc.
Covid-19 baby boom?
That’s what “experts” expected, but … … maybe everybody’s too depressed to, you know, interact. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 5th, 2021 - 1:24 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Revelation Retracted
‘The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ sues Christian publisher to remove his name from bogus bestseller The subject of the bestselling book “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven” has sued the Christian publisher Tyndale House after admitting his tale was entirely made up.[...]
May 4th, 2021 - 5:13 pm § in Politics
How Idaho GOPers treated a rape victim
“The harassment began soon after a report by a 19-year-old intern, who alleged an Idaho lawmaker raped her, became public, the Associated Press reported here on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. “One state representative sought a copy of the police report and made inquiries into how the young woman [...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: Freedom Ride
On May 4, 1961, a Greyhound bus with 13 civil rights activists aboard left Washington, D.C.; on May 20, in Jackson, Mississippi, the so-called “Freedom Riders” were attacked by a white mob. Wikipedia says (here) that “southern … police considered the actions of the Freedom Ri[...]
May 4th, 2021 - 12:51 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Street racers
Many communities are plagued with them. For example, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, 3, 2021, “A police officer has been fired and three others could face charges and termination after they were allegedly caught on body-camera footage drag racing and crashing two squad cars on a narrow residen[...]