Creationist Ken Ham (bio here), who built the “Noah’s Ark” theme park in Kentucky (details here), doesn’t think there’s life outside of Earth. And if such life exists, they’re not entitled to salvation. “Jesus came to save us, not to another planet to save another race of beings,�[...]
Archive for August, 2021
August 23rd, 2021 - 1:35 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
August 13 is postponed
PillowGuy Mike Lindell told his credulous followers that Trump would be “reinstated” on August 13. That date came and went. Biden is still president. Trump is a private citizen. How does he explain that? Just a minor technical hitch. Trump will reassume the presidency “before the e[...]
August 22nd, 2021 - 4:52 pm § in Misc.
8/22/21: Ain’t there any news today?
Sure. Rainstorms knocked over a section of Trump’s indestructible and unscalable border wall. People are still escaping at the Kabul airport, while Taliban stand and watch. Trump booed at Alabama rally for asking crowd to get vaccinated. Mississippi’s Covid-19 cases are higher than ever [...]
August 22nd, 2021 - 4:40 pm § in Misc.
Video: Cabrera’s 500th home run
Detroit Tigers player Miguel Cabrera joined the 500 career homer list on Sunday, August 22, 2021, the 28th player to do so. Amazingly, 86 years after hitting his last major league home run, Babe Ruth (photo, left) still ranks #3 on the all-time list, one of only 3 players to hit more than 700 homers[...]
August 22nd, 2021 - 12:29 pm § in Environment, Misc.
Video: Polar bear encounter
You couldn’t pay me enough to do this. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Video: Commuter hour
It’s not every day you see a riderless racehorse weaving through highway traffic, but some days you do. Read story here. And whoever named this filly “Bold and Bossy” knew her well. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 20th, 2021 - 9:51 pm § in Humor
Cartoon: Masks and burqas
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“Masks and coercions do not work!”
In his case, stupidity didn’t work, either. Nor did thoughts and prayers, 26 days in the ICU, and 5 days on a ventilator. What does work, not 100% of the time, but much better than anything else, is getting vaccinated and wearing a mask. I’ve been seeing a lot of stories like this recent[...]
Topps loses baseball card business
Major League Baseball is dropping Topps as its vendor of baseball trading cards, “ending a relationship that’s been in place since 1952,” CNBC reported on Thursday, August 19, 2021, although the current licensing agreement that runs through 2025 remains in place. So Topps will sell bas[...]
August 19th, 2021 - 6:47 pm § in Health, Schools & Colleges
Anti-vaxxer WSU football coach says he’ll “follow governor’s mandate”
Whatever that means. He double-talked reporters about whether he’ll get the shots, story here. To see how Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Dave Horsey previously savaged him, click here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]