All criminal suspects are entitled to a fair trial, but I don’t care if this one had a bad childhood or whatever. Give him due process, then keep him away from society. Read details here. Meanwhile, a suspect stole a Washington ferry rider’s car by pretending to be a ferry employee and a[...]
Archive for July, 2022
July 27th, 2022 - 4:36 pm § in Politics
This was bound to happen
On Thursday, July 21, 2022, a Michigan Home Depot customer “reached for his wallet and accidentally grabbed his gun,” and shot himself “in the rear end.” (Story here.) When this hit the news, a debate raged on the HorsesAss.org blog (more or less here) about whether this is f[...]
July 27th, 2022 - 3:42 pm § in Environment, Law and Courts
Eco-vigilantes flatten SUV tires
A criminal gang of planet-savers is roaming New York City, looking for high-end SUVs, and flattening their tires. These acts of eco-vigilantism have negligible, unmeasurable, effect on auto emissions; so it must be for revenge against car owners. It’s also highly counterproductive, because act[...]
July 27th, 2022 - 3:10 pm § in Misc.
Ex poste facto parking ticket
If you think Seattle is unfriendly to car owners, wait ’til you read this. A San Francisco couple was issued a $180 ticket for parking in a red zone that wasn’t there when they parked their car. A photo even shows the curb painter painted around one of the wheels. And why did they park […[...]
July 27th, 2022 - 2:17 pm § in Law and Courts
The missing ingredient in Democrats’ Supreme Court term limits bill
House Democrats introduced a bill (read it here) on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, limiting Supreme Court justices to 18 years of “active service,” after which they would be “deemed to have retired” (see story here). This isn’t going anywhere, at least not in the present Congr[...]
Prominent Christian nationalist says Jews aren’t welcome in GOP
Andrew Torba (photo, left), an alt-right social media figure, argues Jews must be excluded from the conservative movement. “We don’t want people who are Jewish,” he said. “This is an explicitly Christian movement because this is an explicitly Christian country.” Actuall[...]
July 27th, 2022 - 12:13 pm § in Misc.
Guns are now a driving accessory in Texas
Police say the victim, who had a 2-year-old toddler in his car, may have cut off the other driver. Be that as it may, the other driver followed the victim, then when the vehicles stopped got out of his truck and assaulted the victim while his passenger shot into the back window. Her second shot [&he[...]
July 27th, 2022 - 11:53 am § in Politics
How to give a speech in 45 seconds
West Virginia’s legislature is considering a bill to prohibit abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Of course it’ll pass; that legislature is over two-thirds Republican (78-22 in the lower house, 23-11 in the senate), and the GOP governor will sign it. Citizen input is a mer[...]
July 27th, 2022 - 12:56 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Glacier N.P.
This is Two Medicine Lake and Rising Wolf Mountain (9,513′). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Wisconsin Democrat kills mother and child in car crash
A Wisconsin state senator and party leader may face calls to resign, but not much more, after being involved in a fatal traffic accident. Janet Bewley (photo, left; bio here), 70, who represents rural counties bordering Lake Superior, pulled out of a parking lot into highway traffic while talking on[...]