The NATO countries’ swift move against Russian assets in the West apparently caught Putin and his pals by surprise. You can’t uproot a Miami mansion or Manhattan penthouse, of course, but superyachts are at least somewhat mobile (although the bigger the boat, the harder it is to secure a[...]
Archive for March, 2022
How Trump changed America’s nuclear strategy
America’s 14 Trident subs, 8 operating in the Pacific out of Bangor, Washington, and 6 in the Atlantic, are now armed with some low-yield “tactical” warheads. This warhead, dubbed the W76-2, has about one-third to one-half the explosive power of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. De[...]
March 12th, 2022 - 10:25 pm § in Misc.
Corrupt cops framed a black man as a favor to his boss
Michael Fesser (photo, top left) was employed by A&B Towing of Portland, Oregon, owned by Eric Benson (photo, below right), from 2004 to 2017. He managed their car auctions for most of that time. Fesser was a victim of workplace racism. When he complained to his boss, Benson asked his fishing bu[...]
March 12th, 2022 - 1:00 am § in Russia
Is there good spam?
I found this intriguing tidbit on BBC News (here): “A Norwegian computer expert has created a website enabling anyone to send an email about the war in Ukraine to up to 150 Russian email addresses at a time, so that Russian people have a chance to hear the truth their government is hiding. All[...]
Alternative “Titanic” (video)
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Will Trump be indicted for election crimes?
That possibility is increasing, some ex-federal prosecutors believe. There are at least three separate paths to charging Trump with crimes for trying to overthrow the 2020 election: The House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation of a seditious conspiracy culminating in the Capitol riot, its invest[...]
March 11th, 2022 - 6:05 pm § in Misc.
No rattlesnakes were injured in this roundup
But in Texas, they kill them. Read story here. P.S., you wouldn’t get me to stand in that pit, snake boots or not. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
March 11th, 2022 - 5:44 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Stevens Pass, 1926
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March 11th, 2022 - 5:34 pm § in Environment, Misc.
Elk crossing
By summer of 2021, a new wildlife overpass on Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass was getting plenty of action (see story here). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
A brief history of the Ukraine war
It wasn’t inevitable, until Western policy mistakes made it so, but like a train moving down the tracks it had a lot of inertia and wasn’t going to stop on a dime. It was a long time coming. This conclusion is based on a piece in the Guardian (read it here) by Keith Gessen (pictured [&he[...]