An Italian police barracks that burned down wasn’t being used to store vaccines. Dr. Fauci’s sister didn’t publish a book about Omicron before it was discovered. The New York legislature isn’t voting on a bill to detain unvaccinated people. Scientists didn’t say “[...]
Archive for December, 2021
December 24th, 2021 - 3:46 pm § in Science
James Webb Space Telescope in space!
LIFTOFF! James Webb Space Telescope IS FINALLY LAUNCHED INTO SPACE AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS SO FAR, SO GOOD Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
What good people should do about the storm over “critical race theory”
First, let’s define terms. This posting is not about the academic subject taught in graduate schools. Nobody cares about that, nor is that what angry mobs besieging school board meetings and opportunistic Republican politicians are screeching about. They’re using the phrase to describe K[...]
December 23rd, 2021 - 3:43 pm § in Misc.
You won’t see me doing this
I won’t even go along for the ride. But hey, these guys are pros — I think. Heck, anybody who does this, and comes out alive, can call himself a pro as far as I’m concerned. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 23rd, 2021 - 12:11 pm § in Law and Courts
How much prison time for punching flight attendant?
When a flight attendant asked Vyvianna Quinonez, 28, of Sacramento, California, to “buckle her seatbelt, stow her tray table and wear her mask properly” during the plane’s landing descent, Quinonez pushed her, then stood up and punched her in the face (see video below). A male pass[...]
December 23rd, 2021 - 12:06 am § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Antarctica
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December 22nd, 2021 - 11:07 pm § in Environment
Ruining our national parks
Many of America’s most magnificent tracts of real estate are preserved as national parks and monuments. The crowds have never been bigger. The Covid-19 pandemic drove people denied admittance to theaters, stadiums, and shows into the Great Outdoors. It’s not pretty. “The hey-let’[...]
December 22nd, 2021 - 10:38 pm § in Science
Tortoise singles ad
She was found in 2019 on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos. No one had seen a Fernandina giant tortoise since 1906. They were written off as extinct. But here she is. Get a load of her! Scientists say “footprints and poop” suggest there’s two tortoises on the island. They hope to[...]
December 22nd, 2021 - 10:17 pm § in Misc.
What if you called the cops and a biker came?
FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RIDDLED WITH KLANSMEN AND BIKERS A KKK member in Florida was an FBI informant. He attended meetings, participated in cross burnings, and “even helped plan the murder of a Black man.” He exposed Klan members “working as law enforcement officers in Florida [...]