Who says bears can’t adapt to civilization? Does this look like nature’s bear food? “It’s easier to find leftover pizza than to go in the forest,” says Peter Tira, a California department of fish and wildlife spokesperson. Ann Bryant, director of Bear League, says “Hank the T[...]
Archive for February, 2022
February 21st, 2022 - 12:21 am § in Misc.
Art: Whistler’s “Woman in White”
This painting by American artist James Whistler made him famous (read story here). It’s on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 11:33 pm § in Misc.
New MH370 location theory
Might missing Malayasian Airlines Flight MH370, after years of fruitless searching, still be found? A British aerospace engineer, described as “credible” by Australian authorities, used disturbances in radio waves such as an aircraft flying through them could cause to pinpoint a crash si[...]
Can you find the snake?
This is a brainteaser from a Hungarian cartoonist. You’re looking for a head with forked tongue and no shell. Give up? Solution here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 9:36 pm § in Misc.
Seattle’s “Beauty and the Beast” musicians’ strike
This month marks the 25th anniversary of Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theater musicians’ strike. The labor movement has always found strength in numbers. This strike stands as one Seattle history’s most dramatic examples of union solidarity and strength in numbers. In February 1997, a tiny[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 7:45 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Texas GOP candidate for Congress berates college education
First, let’s start with what Christian Collins is for. He’s for himself succeeding retiring Rep. Kevin Brady in Texas’ heavily-Republican 8th District in S.E. Texas (profile here, see map below), for whom he worked as a campaign manager. He’s also for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Gre[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 10:15 am § in Misc., News Media
Beijing Olympics meltdown recap
The 2022 Winter Olympics are over. Few people watched; NBC overpaid for the broadcast rights in corrupt bidding, and Nielsen ratings were in the toilet. Neither the World Genocide Capital setting, nor athlete performances headlined by the biggest on-ice meltdown since Tonya Harding, helped. As one v[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 3:09 am § in Russia
If I were Putin …
I’d set about reconstituting the Soviet-era Russian empire as the crowning achievement of my political career. I’ve already grabbed parts of it, including Georgia and Chechnya, and the strategic Crimean peninsula (for control of the Black Sea), and Ukraine is the next plum I’d pick[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 2:26 am § in Foreign Affairs, Russia
Did a teenage girl trigger the Ukraine crisis?
“Great wars sometimes start over small offenses. A murdered duke. An angered pope. The belief of a lonely king that his rivals aren’t playing fair,” Time magazine reminds us. And, Time says, “When historians study why armies began gathering in Europe during the plague of 2021, th[...]
February 20th, 2022 - 1:30 am § in Humor
The purpose of artillery in warfare
This is the non-technical explanation, by Frederick the Great; I first saw this classic poster during my U.S. Army training in the 1960s. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]