When horse trainer Eric Reed’s longshot steed, Rich Strike, a last-minute scratch entry in the Kentucky Derby, won the race the whole world was happy for him and his family. Videos showed his teary-eyed daughter proclaiming that nobody was more deserving, because of how hard he’d worked [...]
Archive for May, 2022
Susan Collins called cops on chalk
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who’s disappointed in nearly everything she votes for, but keeps voting for it anyway, called the cops because someone chalked a message on the sidewalk in front of her home asking her to “please” support women’s abortion rights. (See story here.) O[...]
May 12th, 2022 - 2:36 am § in Russia
How much has Russia damaged Ukraine?
Here’s the bill so far, as of May 10, 2022 (“10.5.2022” in European format): Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 11th, 2022 - 9:58 pm § in Politics
Landlord threatened to double rent if Biden won
A Colorado mobile home park owner thought of a creative way to campaign for Trump. He threatened to double his tenants’ rent if Biden won the 2020 election, but promised to freeze rent for two years if Trump won. Bernie Pagel (photo at left), co-owner of Pagel’s Trailer Park in Fort Morg[...]
May 11th, 2022 - 5:33 pm § in Misc.
Killer dies of heart attack from exertion of burying victim
A South Carolina man who strangled the woman he was living with suffered a fatal heart attack from the exertion of burying her body. Joseph McKinnon, 60, killed Patricia Dent, 65, in her home. He dug a pit in the backyard to bury her, but dropped dead while filling in the hole. A neighbor saw his [...]
May 11th, 2022 - 4:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
He was innocent, but they didn’t execute him like Texas would have
Claude Garrett of Tennessee served 30 years of a life sentence before the state decided the fire that killed his girlfriend was an accident. But at least they didn’t kill him. After a judge ruled Garrett, now 65, demonstrated “actual innocence” he was released from prison on Tuesda[...]
Questions you shouldn’t ask
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May 11th, 2022 - 1:07 am § in Politics
Judge bans rogue county clerk from election duties
A judge has ruled that “Tina Peters, along with her deputies Belinda Knisley and Julie Fisher, will not be allowed to oversee 2022 elections” in Mesa County, Colorado, CNN reported on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 (story here). Peters, the Mesa County clerk, is a vocal Trump supporter and outspo[...]
May 10th, 2022 - 10:30 pm § in Misc.
The non-pilot’s guide to landing a plane
The easiest way is to call Air Traffic Control and follow their instructions as they talk you down. That’s what the passenger in the video below did after the pilot passed out. Otherwise, don’t panic. Here are the basics. First, understand the controls. Pushing forward on the control co[...]
May 10th, 2022 - 8:29 pm § in Misc.
Why some people don’t like jet skis
Citations aren’t enough. These jerks deserve to be in jail and have their jet skis confiscated. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]