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October 27th, 2021 - 9:01 pm § in Business, Misc.

Facebook’s name change

facebook = META = facebook You can hide, but you can’t run! NO MATTER WHAT ZUCKERBERG CALLS HIS SLIME FACTORY, IT’S STILL A SLIME FACTORY. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]

October 27th, 2021 - 8:55 pm § in Misc.

Why Republicans lack credibility

Several GOP senators went off half-cocked at Attorney General Merrick Garland in a hearing on Wednesday, October 27, 2021, over a letter describing parents who disrupt school meetings as “domestic terrorists.” They called it “shameful” and demanded he resign. The problem? The[...]

October 27th, 2021 - 6:22 pm § in America, China, Foreign Affairs

China’s hypersonic test “concerning”

China recently tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic delivery vehicle, although they deny it. Gen. Mark Milley, America’s top military officer, called the test “very concerning” (see story here). There are several things the Pentagon doesn’t like about these weapons in our adve[...]

October 27th, 2021 - 2:44 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges

When school meetings turn into jackass conventions

… this time, in Portland, Oregon. Read story here. Be sure to follow the Twitter thread here. It’s one thing to have legitimate objections to school policies. That’s qualitatively different from believing in false conspiracy theories, engaging in unsafe behavior, and disrupting mee[...]

October 27th, 2021 - 2:21 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.

The biggest downside of renting is …

… landlords. In this case, a negligent property manager: “A Kansas City, Kansas mother came home this weekend to find her apartment empty. “She said apartment managers at Gateway Plaza Townhomes first told her to call police thinking there must have been a burglary … she spen[...]

October 27th, 2021 - 10:55 am § in Misc.

Caravaggio mural for sale

The building comes with it. Read story here. Caravaggio was a trend-setting Renaissance painter and fugitive murderer who died in his 30s under mysterious circumstances (read about him here). For a fascinating book about a manhunt for one of his “lost” paintings, go here. Return to The-A[...]