… stupid happens. There’s no doubt Gigi Haskins (photo below), the artist-creator of these yellow badges, and owner of a men’s bespoke hat shop that briefly sold them for 5 bucks apiece, is a Trumper. As an India-based media-company blogger wrote (here), “A large number of po[...]
Archive for May, 2021
May 29th, 2021 - 3:50 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
McConnell blocked a Capitol riot inquiry. What now?
Although some GOP senators voted for a commission to investigate the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, the House-passed bill did not make it past the 60-vote Senate hurdle, mainly thanks to Senate GOP leader McConnell’s opposition. That means there will be no impartial bipartisan inquiry [...]
Report from the asylum: What the crazies are up to now
Anti-vaxxer car attack against vaccine site Video: Fox guest blames mass shootings on vaccines Pastors who preach lies about Covid-19 Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Can a hospital require employees to get vaccinated?
A Texas hospital chain with 26,000 employees is demanding they all get vaccinated against Covid-19 by June 7 or lose their jobs, although it offered exemptions for pregnant women, other medical reasons, and religious objectors. Some of those not eligible for exemption are unhappy, and 117 of them ar[...]
May 29th, 2021 - 1:31 pm § in Politics
Small town politics
This is hard to follow, but as nearly as I can make out, the girl was drunk, the deputy had sex with her in a public park, and when he later ran for state representative his sheriff boss thought it was so important a Republican win that he decided the entire incident was fabricated by […][...]
May 29th, 2021 - 12:56 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Racist car attacker gets 25 years for trying to kill kids walking to school
An Iowa racist who tried to kill two children with her car got 25 years in prison for her crimes, The Hill reported on Saturday, May 29, 2021 (read story here). The children, a 12-year-old black boy and a 14-year-old Latina girl, were injured but not killed in separate attacks on December 9, 2019. [...]
May 28th, 2021 - 10:51 pm § in Misc.
The baseball play everyone’s talking about (video)
Let’s just say the Pirates’ defensive fielding was, um, shoddy. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 28th, 2021 - 10:14 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Cops charged with murder in Tacoma “I can’t breathe” case
Washington’s attorney general has charged two Tacoma cops with murder, and a third with manslaughter, in the March 2020 killing of a black man when he was “tasered, handcuffed, and hogtied, with his face covered by a spit hood,” AOL News reported on Thursday, May 27, 2021 (read sto[...]
May 28th, 2021 - 5:59 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Porn in the cockpit
“A former Southwest Airlines pilot pleaded guilty on Friday,” May 28, 2021, to committing “a lewd, indecent, or obscene act” while flying a commercial jet, ABC News reported (here). During a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando in August 2020, the 60-year-old captain removed &[...]
May 28th, 2021 - 10:08 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alaska Coast Guard cutter retires
Just a CG cutter with a pretty backdrop. The Douglas Munro is being retired after 49 years of service, most recently in Alaskan waters (read story here). Its namesake, the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor hero (read about him here), is buried in his hometown of Cle Elum, Washington. Return to[...]