A Republican congressman from Virginia is telling high school students to disobey their school’s mask policy and refuse to wear masks. Rep. Bob Good (bio here, photo below), who represents a mostly rural district abutting West Virginia, spoke to a high school government class on Thursday, October [...]
Archive for October, 2021
October 16th, 2021 - 11:39 am § in Misc.
Oklahoma’s robber cops
They rob people in Canadian County, Oklahoma. The police do. They prey on itinerant motorists passing through on Interstate 40. For example, they robbed Nang Thai and Weichuan Liu, of New Mexico, of $141,500 in April 2021. The pair were en route to closing a cash deal to buy 10 acres of farmland. Th[...]
Kayleigh McEnany is a ninny
I first saw Kayleigh McEnany on TV several years ago, when she was a CNN on-air commentator. I assumed she was hired to bring conservative “balance” to their talk shows. I was immediately unimpressed. She seemed too young and inexperienced to know much about the world, too shallow to say[...]
Democrats bash Biden’s Supreme Court report
Democrats are angry, and have every right to be. As do the people they represent. Their opponents, the Republicans, have gamed the Supreme Court in every way possible, including “upending precedent, breaking their own rules, and stealing seats.” Huffington Post spells out (here) some of [...]
October 15th, 2021 - 8:34 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Lofoten
What would views like this be worth in L.A., Chicago, or New York? (click on photo to enlarge) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 15th, 2021 - 7:03 pm § in Misc.
The Un-News: What didn’t happen the week of 10/15/21
The IRS didn’t begin monitoring all transactions involving bank accounts of more than $600. Denver airport restaurant employees didn’t strike, and the restaurants didn’t close. A recently vaccinated Delta Airlines pilot didn’t die during a flight. A 2018 study didn’t co[...]
October 15th, 2021 - 4:21 pm § in Donald Trump, Health
Vaccine lotteries were a bust
Vaccine lotteries “failed to convince people to get vaccinated against COVID-19,” a Seattle TV station reported on Friday, October 15, 2021. “Researchers from several universities [who] studied vaccination records … from 19 states – including Washington – that ent[...]
Idaho recounts debunk fraud claims
“A hand recount of Bonner County’s 2020 ballots found eight more votes for former President Donald Trump and one more for President Joe Biden,” a Spokane newspaper reported on October 2, 2021. “The Idaho Secretary of State’s Office said … the nine ballots were attributed [...]
Andrew McCabe finally gets his pension
Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe (photo, left), who claimed he was the victim of a political firing ordered by a vindictive Trump only 26 hours before he was set to retire, will get his full pension after all. In addition, the Department of Justice will pay over $200,000 of missed pension be[...]
October 14th, 2021 - 4:14 pm § in Law and Courts
States’ rights
“Lawyers for supporters of the Texas abortion law told a federal appeals court Thursday that the state was free to pass its law banning abortion after about six weeks because states can reach their own conclusions about whether abortion [is] constitutional,” NBC News reported on Thursday[...]