The GOP senator from Kentucky needs to be told off, and in this video, Dr. Fauci does just that. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Archive for January, 2022
January 11th, 2022 - 12:42 am § in Politics
The politics of retaliation
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy says if Republicans win the House in this year’s elections, he’ll “remove some high-profile Democratic members from their committee roles,” NBC News reported on Monday, January 10, 2022 (read story here). Before I comment, let’s dig a li[...]
January 11th, 2022 - 12:18 am § in Law and Courts
No regard for human life
“A Taco Bell employee in Los Angeles was fatally shot Saturday night while working at the drive-thru window after refusing a customer’s counterfeit money,” NBC News reported on Monday, January 10, 2022 (read story here). Alejandro Garcia, 41, was killed in front of his son, 19, who was[...]
January 10th, 2022 - 11:59 pm § in Misc.
Hero cops save crashed pilot from oncoming train
Los Angeles police officers pulled an injured pilot from the wreckage of his crashed plane laying on tracks just 4 seconds before a commuter train hit it at 60 mph. This is police at their finest. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
January 10th, 2022 - 6:32 pm § in Misc.
In praise of his wife
It might not be a good idea to praise your wife on Twitter for shoveling the driveway after working a 12-hour hospital shift while you sit in a warm house watching her work through the window. Read here what happened next. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
January 9th, 2022 - 11:40 pm § in Misc.
Foreign policy for grownups
Trump was a jellyfish in world affairs, and adversaries sneered at him. Biden knows how to stand up to bullies. Russia is a weak country, and Putin is playing a weak hand (read story here). Instead of dismissing our European partners, as Trump did, Biden is working with them to rein Putin in. “[...]
January 9th, 2022 - 1:01 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
GOP legislator warned teacher not to criticize Nazis to students
A right-wing Indiana state senator gave “shocking instructions to a history teacher” during a legislative hearing last week, Huffington Post reports (story here). Those instructions were “not to criticize Nazism or fascism to his students.” The teacher, Matt Bockenfeld, said [...]
January 9th, 2022 - 12:45 pm § in Misc.
Supplier of Kenosha vigilante’s gun takes plea deal
“The man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse an assault-style rifle when he was only 17 has agreed to plead no contest to contributing to the delinquency of a minor,” Huffington Post reported on Sunday, January 9, 2022 (read story here). If the judge accepts the plea deal, Dominick Black (at lef[...]
“Pope Francis is a Jew” and other crazy rants cost CEO his job
“SALT LAKE CITY — The founder and chair of Entrata, a Silicon Slopes tech firm, has resigned his position after sending an email to a number of tech CEOs and Utah business and political leaders, claiming the COVID-19 vaccine is part of a plot by ‘the Jews’ to exterminate people. [...]
January 7th, 2022 - 6:56 pm § in Environment, Misc.
San Diego freeway sea lion
A sea lion was rescued from a San Diego freeway median strip 4 miles inland from the bay on Friday morning, January 7, 2020 (read story here). While wandering sea lions are fairly common in that area, this one really gets around: “This sea lion has a history of adventurous travels, SeaWorld s[...]