An IT guy set up a parody website called Rent-A-Hitman.com (here). To his surprise, he soon began getting serious “customers,” mostly women. Guys, if you’ve fooled around, better watch your backs. She’s out to get you. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Archive for November 27th, 2021
Rent-A-Hitman.com is a joke, but its “customers” aren’t kidding
In case you didn’t notice, oil prices just plunged
Soaring fuel prices have been the most visible, if not most causative, manifestation of inflation. The inflation making headlines has many causes — Federal Reserve policy, the pandemic, consumer activity, supply and shipping bottlenecks — and is more intense in some sectors of the econom[...]
No, Biden’s African travel ban isn’t hypocritical
America is polarized between left and right, with most of us in the middle. I’m convinced most Americans want intelligent discussion of public issues that affect us all. Truth, logic, and reason still matter. I criticize rightwingers on this blog, for good reason. They don’t want reasone[...]
Would you pay an $800 library fine?
Of course not, because if you’re the patron who owes it, you’re dead. It took 110 years to rack up that fine at 2 cents per day. The book — a sequel to Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm — was checked out on November 8, 1911, became overdue two weeks later, and was returned last week[...]
Arizona GOP sues to keep out climate change
Faced with irrefutable proof of climate change — the proof of their own eyes — Republicans no longer deny it’s happening. Now, their battle has shifted to keeping it out of their states. By preventing people from elsewhere bringing it with them. For example, when the Arizona attorn[...]