One Saturday night in September 2020, texting-while-driving on his way home from a fundraiser, South Dakota’s attorney general veered off the highway and killed a pedestrian. He drove off, and the next day reported to police he’d hit a deer. (See details here.) There was a big hole in hi[...]
Archive for September, 2021
September 17th, 2021 - 11:24 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Update: WSU’s coach problem
Back on August 19, I noted here that Nick Rolovich (photo left, bio here), head football coach at Washington State University, double-talked to reporters when they asked about his vaccination status. He said he’d “follow the governor’s mandate,” but didn’t say he’[...]
September 17th, 2021 - 10:36 pm § in Donald Trump
Still beating a dead horse
Read the story behind this silly letter here. Sorry, that’s as big as I can make it. Small mind, small type. Thoughts: Even if Trump could prove his claims, which he can’t because they’re untrue, there’s no “process” to decertify the election or other “legal[...]
September 17th, 2021 - 7:56 pm § in Humor
Texas women’s rights council
Just kidding. Texas Republicans aren’t like the Taliban. They let women leave. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
September 17th, 2021 - 7:30 pm § in Misc.
650,000 white flags
The flags are tiny, but there are so many that even closely packed together, they turn more than 20 acres solid white. Too many to fit in the photo below. Each flag symbolizes a dead American, all killed by Covid-19. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Biden is all about China
In Washington, “everything comes down to China.” At least, that’s how CNN sees it. (Read article here.) After describing how Biden’s administration justifies nearly all its domestic policies on a “need to strengthen the country to better compete with China,” CNN p[...]
September 16th, 2021 - 10:50 pm § in Science
When was clothing invented?
Archaeologists have found evidence — in the form of bone tools and scrape marks on animal bones — of early Africans making clothing from animal skins 120,000 years ago, the Guardian reports (see story here, and/or study here). Taken together, the tools and scrape marks suggest those anci[...]
September 16th, 2021 - 10:09 pm § in Politics
Have GOP candidates quit crying wolf about elections?
Something is happening. Larry Elder conceded the California recall election, referred to Gavin Newsom as “Governor,” told his crowd he “lost,” and implored them to “be gracious in defeat” (read story here). In the Virginia governor’s race, the GOP candidate [...]
September 16th, 2021 - 12:24 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Elections shouldn’t be run by partisan hacks
“Swing state by swing state, former President Donald Trump is trying to get people who tried to overturn the 2020 election chosen to be in charge of the 2024 election,” CNN says (read story here). “Trump’s … endorsement of state Rep. Mark Finchem for Ari[...]
September 16th, 2021 - 1:40 am § in Environment, Misc.
Don’t pet the cows
Northumberland, just below the Scottish border, is largely undeveloped moorland; and in an enclosed park at a historic castle famous for its alleged ghosts (read about it here), there lives a herd of wild cattle. Numbering about 90, the Chillingham cattle are born free, and live free. They’re [...]