A Canadian judge issued an injunction against the trucker blockade of the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Windsor, Canada, on Friday afternoon, February 11, 2022. Hours later, “little had changed” at the border. “Dozens of people were still on site well after 9 p.m.,” when the[...]
Archive for February 11th, 2022
February 11th, 2022 - 11:50 pm § in Law and Courts
What will happen to blockading truckers who defy injunction?
Should Rep. Cawthorn be banned from re-election for “aiding insurrection”?
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) is controversial, to say the least; see his profile here. And while he’s not popular everywhere, he’s certainly popular in his district; in 2020, he easily defeated a retired Air Force colonel and former Guantanamo prosecutor, 54%-42% (details here). Some of [...]
February 11th, 2022 - 10:04 pm § in Politics
Move to Texas, lose your vote
Washington has 100% mail voting, which is not only convenient for voters, but saves taxpayers the huge expense of polling places. There’s no evidence mail voting is less secure or leads to more voting fraud (see, e.g., story here). But if you move to Texas, only voters “65 or older, vot[...]
Arizona GOP candidate’s ad spoofs violence against Democrats
Super Bowl ad depicts GOP “sheriff” shooting Biden, Pelosi, and Sen. Mark Kelly Legitimate political discourse? By the way, this ad is racist, too, unless you think “Crazyface Pelosi” just accidentally sounds like Crazy Horse. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home[...]
Canada’s approach to Covid-19 is different and better
“Canada’s provinces have generally employed strict Covid-19 measures such as school mask mandates and vaccine passports … [that] have enjoyed broad public support in doing so; even the strictest restrictions are less controversial in Canada than in the US,” Vox says (here). ̶[...]
“Trumpy Bear” rioter lied to judge about being sorry
Publicity-seeking L.A. beautician Gina Bisignano (photo, left; profile, homophobic slurs and all, here), who calls her personal savior “Trumpy Bear,” used a bullhorn during the Capitol rioter to exhort her fellow rioters to attack the police and “break windows.” Like many Jan[...]