GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert rode her fame as a pistol-packing restaurant owner (photo, left) in Rifle, Colorado, to Congress, where her specialty is being obnoxious (see, e.g., article here). I endorsed her Republican primary opponent (see article here) even before her restaurant poisoned a bunch of peo[...]
Archive for June 14th, 2022
June 14th, 2022 - 8:04 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
“Stop the count!” was an attack on your rights
When Trump took an early lead on election eve, 2020, his supporters noisily demanded that vote counting stop (see video below). Later, they tried to spin the counting of everyone’s votes as “cheating.” That’s right, they argued that because your vote was counted too, the el[...]
Why people want to be politicians (video)
Yes, this video is satire — read the description underneath. Don’t take it seriously! Umm … Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 2:13 am § in Schools & Colleges
“I was almost a school shooter” (video)
Is there insight to be gained by listening to someone who almost did the unthinkable? Is this man’s confession worth 7-1/2 minutes of your time? It should be, because he has a solution for school shootings. It comes at 5:45 into the video, although you should listen to what comes first. He als[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 12:59 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
If GOP pols want to get rid of Trump, why don’t they do it?
“Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume suggested that many elected Republicans are secretly hoping that the Jan. 6 House select committee ruins Donald Trump’s chances of running for president again in 2024,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, June 13, 2022 (story here). This isn[...]
June 14th, 2022 - 12:38 am § in News Media, Politics
More proof Fox is a propaganda, not a news, network
Veteran journalist Chris Stirewalt (bio here) “was working Fox News’ decision desk on Election Night 2020,” and called Arizona for Biden, before any other network. That incensed Trump and his allies, and Fox fired him for it. “Stirewalt’s reporting was totally accurate,” [...]
June 14th, 2022 - 12:06 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
The guns of November
In early November 2020, Joshua Macias (photo, left) traveled from Virginia to Philadelphia where he and a confederate were arrested outside a building where votes were being counted (details here). “Police recovered handguns, an AR-15-style rifle, 160 rounds of ammo, a lock-picking kit and a s[...]