There’s a quiet movement afoot to replace Florida’s palms with native flora that suck carbon out of the air (story here). Scientists say it’s hard to find a tree that’s less effective at carbon capture than palm trees. The average Florida palm tree consumes only 5 lbs. of CO2[...]
Archive for October, 2021
October 23rd, 2021 - 2:38 pm § in Law and Courts
Is it OK for cops to accidentally kill innocent bystanders?
Is it more okay if the bystander is black? On July 20, 2020, Leneal Frazier (photo, left) was tee-boned by a Minneapolis cop chasing a stolen vehicle. His Jeep cartwheeled into a bus shelter. Paramedics pried him out of the mangled wreckage, gently loaded him on a gurney, and transported him to a ho[...]
October 23rd, 2021 - 1:21 pm § in Misc.
The Un-News: What didn’t happen the week of 10/22/21
Unvaccinated FEMA employees aren’t replacing unvaccinated health care workers. Covid-19 vaccines aren’t causing pilots to have medical issues and cause plane crashes. Ireland’s vaccine regulatory agency didn’t list “sudden death” as a Covid-19 vaccine side effect. Aus[...]
Who’s to blame for high gas prices?
With elections approaching, Republicans want voters to believe Joe Biden is. But that’s ridiculous on its face. President don’t set pump prices. While they often get blamed for high gas prices, they have no control over them. Pump prices result from market forces of supply and demand. Oi[...]
October 22nd, 2021 - 5:49 pm § in Politics
To catch an election thief
Dan Patrick, a millionaire Texas businessman and politician, reacted to the 2020 “stolen” election by offering bounties for turning in election thieves. He promised (here), “Anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest and final conviction of voter fraud will be paid a m[...]
October 22nd, 2021 - 2:02 pm § in Law and Courts
Do “stand your ground” laws have limits?
Florida’s “stand your ground” law gives belligerent bullies like George Zimmerman a lot of cover, but there may be some limits. The way ABC News reports today’s story (here), Clifford Anthony Bliss Jr., 58, of Umatilla, Florida (photo, left), became angry when his neighbor[...]
You’d think she killed somebody
From the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail, on Thursday, October 21, 2021 (here): “Republicans are telling Meghan Markle to ‘stick to acting’ and daring the royal family to strip her of her title after she wrote a letter to Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Majority Lea[...]
October 21st, 2021 - 10:30 pm § in Biden, China, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Law and Courts, Politics
Biden errs, then criticizes himself
Last week, The Hill says, Biden was asked about (in its words) “people who defy subpoenas from the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,” an obvious reference to Steve Bannon (image left). Biden replied, “I hope that the committee goes after them and holds [...]
October 21st, 2021 - 3:34 pm § in Racism, Schools & Colleges
This is teaching?
A Riverside, California, teacher was recorded mocking Native Americans by a Native American student in her class. Her final words: “I get to go home.” She was, in fact, sent home while the school district figures out what to do with her. (Wanna guess?) Read story here. Whatever this is, [...]
October 21st, 2021 - 3:14 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Top rocks
The final slope on Everest’s north ridge. These stones once were a seabed. Today, thanks to tectonic plates and continental upthrusting, there are no higher rocks. (Click image to enlarge) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]