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August 28th, 2021 - 9:02 pm § in Environment, Science

How to beat gender discrimination

Female hummingbirds, like females everywhere, have to put up with a lot of crap. But some of them have figured out a way around it. Don’t want to be harassed at meal time, or chased, plucked, and body-slammed? Then retain your blue feathers so the boys will think you’re one of them. Read[...]

August 28th, 2021 - 8:31 pm § in Health, Politics

He died for freedom

Not in Kabul. In Texas, a far deadlier place for Americans than Afghanistan ever was, or ever will be. According to Johns Hopkins University’s Covid Tracker data base (here), Covid-19 has infected over 3.5 million Texans, and killed 56,577 of them. That’s approaching, and likely will soo[...]

August 28th, 2021 - 1:18 pm § in Misc.

Customer service in Texas

Two middle-aged black guys took a defective TV set one of them purchased earlier that day to the customer service counter at a Texas WalMart. The white guys behind the counter spent an hour examining their receipt. Then the white cops arrived. They were handcuffed, body-searched, etc., and after bei[...]

August 28th, 2021 - 12:01 pm § in Misc.

PHOTO: Horse sees his girlfriend

For the story, watch video here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]

August 28th, 2021 - 11:42 am § in Law and Courts

Ohio prison horror story

A middle-aged black inmate is dead, and 10 correctional employees have lost their jobs. Criminal prosecutions may follow. What happened to 55-year-old Michael McDaniel sounds like something out of a medieval torture chamber. Although McDaniel died from cardiac arrest, the coroner ruled his death a h[...]

August 28th, 2021 - 10:58 am § in Misc.

Covid-19 headlines for Friday, 8/27/21

TEACHER WHO VIOLATED SCHOOL MASK POLICY INFECTED OVER HALF THE CLASS Read story here *   *   * LAW PROFESSOR SAYS MAKE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE PAY FOR THEIR HOSPITAL COSTS Read opinion here *   *   * FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST FLORIDA GOVERNOR ON SCHOOL MASK MANDATES Read story here *  [...]