Nah. Getting 51 white stars into a rectangular blue field is easy. Just divide 51 by 3 to get 17, then split 17 into 9 + 8. Three rows of 9 stars and three rows of 8 stars gives you 51 stars. See video below. But if Puerto Rico gets statehood, too, how do you […][...]
Archive for July 16th, 2021
July 16th, 2021 - 6:08 pm § in Misc.
2 Maine cops fired for torturing porcupines get jail time
Two Maine cops were fired and charged with felony animal cruelty for beating 11 porcupines to death with their batons while on duty, a Maine newspaper reported. One also pepper-sprayed the animals. They’re also charged with wildlife violations. Another officer is on administrat[...]
July 16th, 2021 - 6:00 pm § in Law and Courts
A federal judge just ruled DACA is illegal; will it stick?
A Bush-appointed (i.e., conservative) federal judge in Texas issued an expected ruling on Friday, July 16, 2021, declaring that the Obama-era DACA program, which shields immigrant minors illegally brought to the U.S. by their parents from deportation, is illegal. However, the judge stayed immediate [...]
July 16th, 2021 - 1:07 pm § in Law and Courts
Ex-deputy gets 12½ years for planting drugs
An ex-sheriff’s deputy who racked up drug arrests, apparently in hopes of getting promoted to the narcotics squad, by planting drugs during traffic stops was sentenced to 12½ years in prison by a Florida judge on Thursday, July 15, 2021. See story here and here. Zachary Wester’s wife an[...]
July 16th, 2021 - 2:12 am § in Environment, Science
A brief history of climate disasters that collapsed civilizations
“The climate system is an angry beast, and we are poking it with sticks.” “All of recorded human history … has played out in perhaps the most stable climate window of the past 650,000 years. We have been shielded from the climate’s violence by our short … memory, and … [...]
July 16th, 2021 - 12:56 am § in Misc.
Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 (video)
Background here. Conducted by Estonian-American conductor Paavo Jarvi (bio here); performed by Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (info here), with Georgian concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili on the grand piano. Running time: 39:50 mins. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]