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Archive for May, 2022
May 18th, 2022 - 3:42 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Makalu
This stunning pyramid is one of only five mountains higher than 27,000 feet. Top photo: The 1955 French route. Bottom photo: Climbers near the summit. (Click on photos to enlarge.) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Covid-19 sweeps across North Korea
We’re about to find out what happens when the Omicron variant gets loose in a country where nobody is vaccinated, there’s no testing, no treatment drugs, and very few critical care hospital beds. Read story here. But North Korea’s famines kill millions, so what’s a few hundre[...]
May 17th, 2022 - 7:31 pm § in Misc.
GOP legislator blames Buffalo race shooting on “federal agents”
SHE’S ALREADY BEEN CENSURED FOR ADVOCATING VIOLENCE Read story here, watch video below Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 17th, 2022 - 7:27 pm § in Misc.
The spy who got away
Most people have heard of Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen. Another spy, Edward Lee Howard, defected to Russia. Insiders believe a 4th spy was never caught. Read story here, get the book here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Wisconsin’s fake electors sued for $2.4 million
“Two Wisconsin Democratic electors and a voter on Tuesday sued Republicans who attempted to cast electoral ballots for Donald Trump in 2020,” ABC News reported on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 (read story here). Lawyers for the plaintiffs, who are seeking $2.4 million from the 10 fake electors[...]
May 16th, 2022 - 3:15 pm § in Economics
Why workers are quitting
Because jobs are plentiful, there’s a labor shortage, and they don’t have to put up with working conditions like this anymore: Ashley Sierra, a Dollar General employee in Marion, Georgia, was paid $11 an hour, and given part-time hours. Her paychecks were $200 to $260 a week. She said &#[...]
May 16th, 2022 - 2:33 pm § in Racism
Buffalo shooter’s motive revealed
“The white gunman accused of a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket planned to keep killing if he had escaped the scene, the police commissioner said Monday, as authorities investigated the massacre of Black people as a potential hate crime or act of domestic terrorism. “The gunman[...]
May 16th, 2022 - 1:21 pm § in Politics
Ted Nugent again urges fans to assault Democrats
Read story here. And if you see this guy, punch him in the snoot. Hey, just kidding! I don’t really want anyone to actually do that, I’m just blowing off steam at a repeat offender. It’s not a crime for me to say that, because we have free speech in this country, and I have [&helli[...]
May 16th, 2022 - 3:19 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Supreme Court: What’s lurking behind 3 leaks in 9 days?
A Supreme Court leak is highly unusual, but not unprecedented. Three leaks in nine days is unique in American history. The first leak was Alito’s draft on May 2. The second, on May 7, was inside information about the justices’ deliberations. The third, on May 11, was information that c[...]