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Archive for December, 2021
Minimum wage hikes on 1/1/22
States raising minimum wage on Jan. 1, 2022: Arizona: $12.15 to $12.80 California: $14 to $15 for large employers, $13 to $14 for small employers Colorado: $12.32 to $12.56 Delaware: $9.25 to $10.50 Illinois: $11 to $12 Maine: $12.15 to $12.75 Maryland: $11.75 to $12.50 for large employers, $11.60 t[...]
December 25th, 2021 - 9:24 pm § in Politics
Battle of the tunnel (video)
Three nonstop hours of January 6 rioters trying to force their way into the Capitol tunnel through a cordon of police. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Who might replace Biden in 2024?
President Biden insists he’ll run for re-election in 2024. He has to say that. Otherwise, he’d become a lame duck. There are lots of reasons why he might not. The Hill catalogs them: He’ll be 82 years old, his agenda is stalled on Capitol Hill, his approval ratings are tanking, and[...]
December 25th, 2021 - 2:38 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Overturning Roe v. Wade will have a political price
It’s likely that 5 of the 6 conservative justices on the Supreme Court want to overturn Roe v. Wade. And they might. But there’s a cloud hanging over them — and the court — which they’re well aware of. If they do, there will be immense political pressure to alter the Su[...]
December 25th, 2021 - 6:58 am § in Misc.
Christmas 2021
“When He was born into the world, the world knew it not. He was laid in a rude manger, among the cattle, but “all {252} the Angels of God worshipped Him.” Now too He is present upon a table, homely perhaps in make, and dishonoured in its circumstances; and faith adores, but the world passe[...]
December 24th, 2021 - 7:26 pm § in Misc.
Santa’s sleigh (video)
What Christmas is complete without the Santa’s sleigh scene from the move “Polar Express”? https://youtu.be/M15RX0YHefk Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 24th, 2021 - 6:30 pm § in Humor
Holiday cheers from gun-totin’ Santa!
Santa is packing, so you’d better be damn good! Or you might get a lead slug instead of a lump of coal. SHERIFF ISSUES GUN PERMIT TO SANTA CLAUS Story here Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Florida chalks up 3 cruise ship outbreaks in a week
There’s another Covid-19 outbreak on a South Florida-based cruise ship “for the third time this week,” as Florida’s case count “hit its highest level since the start of the pandemic,” ABC News reported on Friday, December 24, 2021 (story here). Florida Gov. Ron De[...]
Trumpers Behaving Badly Dep’t, Christmas Edition
Joe and Jill Biden were taking calls from kids and their parents who dialed a phone line run by NORAD as part of its “Santa Tracker” (here). After a phone operator asks a parent if it’s okay for their kids to speak with the president, the Bidens ask the kids what they want for Chri[...]