Glenn Youngkin is a wealthy businessman who got elected Virginia governor by pretending to be a moderate Republican (read how here). He’s nothing of the sort. He immediately set about implementing the GOP’s radical agenda. For example, on his first day in office he repealed school mask m[...]
Archive for May, 2022
May 15th, 2022 - 5:39 pm § in Law and Courts, News Media
Dave Horsey explains Alito’s reasoning (cartoon)
The following by none other than Seattle’s own Dave Horsey, editorial cartoonist extraordinaire. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 15th, 2022 - 5:36 pm § in Misc.
America in decline (cartoon)
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Philly paper: None of the above
The Philadelphia Inquirer, which has endorsed Republican candidates in the past, is taking a pass this year. Of the 7 GOP candidates for Senate and 5 for governor, the paper went with “none of the above.” That’s partly because the GOP isn’t a pro-business party anymore, and p[...]
Why you don’t argue with flat-earthers (video)
Because they believe what they believe, and facts and logic won’t sway them, so you’ll get nowhere. Don’t elect them to public office. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 15th, 2022 - 1:17 am § in Law and Courts, Racism
Meet a mass shooter’s family
Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old accused of murdering 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday, May 14, 2022, was known to be dangerous. Last year, state police investigated after school authorities reported he threatened to shoot classmates. On that occasion, he “was referred for mental [...]
America, the tribal society
Politics, a WSU professor says, is “not about the facts or any sort of reality, it’s about group identity.” Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, a longtime observer of Washington politics, agrees. He says, “Social or cultural sorting is what drives elections; policy stands, not so muc[...]
May 14th, 2022 - 11:01 pm § in Politics
Minnesota GOP endorses anti-vax doctor for governor
A crackpot doctor who built a following by opposing Covid-19 shutdowns, masks, and vaccines won the endorsement — and potentially the nomination — of Minnesota’s GOP for governor. However, he still could face a primary challenge. (See story here.) Minnesota’s Democratic party[...]
May 14th, 2022 - 10:33 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Is Britney Spears a murderer?
The singer just had a miscarriage (story here). In El Salvador, that would get her 30 years in prison (see story here). (Is this why El Salvadoran women are fleeing to the U.S.?) Under a Georgia law passed in 2019, women could be prosecuted for having a miscarriage (see story here). In Alabama, in 2[...]
May 14th, 2022 - 7:20 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Judge tosses Hanford workers’ anti-vaccine lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred Hanford workers over COVID-19 vaccine requirements, a Seattle TV station reported on Saturday, May 14, 2022 (read story here). It sounds like they were saddled with sloppy lawyering. KOMO 4 News says Judge Thomas Rice found that lawy[...]