“Two years ago,” CNN reports, “forecasters in the UK conducted an interesting thought experiment: What will our forecasts look like in 2050?” Meteorologists at the U.K.’s official weather agency produced “super long-range climate models in the sum[...]
Archive for July, 2022
July 14th, 2022 - 5:04 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump’s official statement about Ivana’s passing
As good a time as any to hit up his supporters for money again. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
July 14th, 2022 - 3:15 pm § in Misc.
Here’s Van Gogh’s newly revealed self-portrait
This is only the x-ray image, and there’s not much to see. Van Gogh, who had little money, often reused canvas and this isn’t the first time an unfinished work has been found underneath one of his paintings. Read about the significance of this “practice” portrait here. If you[...]
July 14th, 2022 - 2:12 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Rogue county clerk’s bail revoked
Tina Peters (photo, left), the freak the stupid voters of Mesa County, Colorado, elected as their county clerk responsible for locally overseeing their elections, but who decisively lost the Republican statewide primary for secretary of state (details here), isn’t only a conspiracy nut and ele[...]
July 13th, 2022 - 9:09 pm § in Donald Trump
The stupid excuses Trumpers give for his crimes
The Bombshell Of The Week (seems like they come daily) is that Trump “tried to call a White House support staffer that has been speaking with the House select committee” and “could have corroborated” Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony (see story here). If you and I did that[...]
July 13th, 2022 - 7:01 pm § in Politics
GOP senator says a woman’s place is pumping out babies
Sen. Ron Johnson (photo, right), the Wisconsin Republican who called Capitol rioters “tourists,” is against women controlling their bodies. But he does think they’re useful. “Women get pregnant,” he said. “We need to populate our Earth.” (Mother Earth might [...]
No driver’s license needed with a White Privilege Card
Pulled over in Anchorage? No problem. With one of these … … you’re home free. (See story here.) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
July 13th, 2022 - 4:22 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Should lack of education excuse civic ignorance?
Tim Ramthun (photo, left; bio here), 65, of Hartford, Wisconsin, probably doesn’t know better. He’s only a high school graduate who went to vocational school, so he doesn’t have the understanding of government that, for example, a political science major with a graduate school educ[...]
July 13th, 2022 - 2:30 pm § in Health, Law and Courts
Ohio denied abortion to 10-year-old victim; GOPers disputed it happened
This story has been updated. “A 10-year-old child abuse victim was forced to seek an abortion in Indiana after her home state of Ohio barred abortion following the Supreme Court decision to overturn of Roe v. Wade,” the Daily Mail, a U.K.-based tabloid, said in a story published on F[...]
July 12th, 2022 - 8:46 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Arizona is no place to raise kids
Arizona spends less on K-12 education than almost any other state (see rankings here). That’s bad enough, but now their teachers aren’t required to graduate from college (see story here). This legislation was motivated by “a severe teacher shortage for the last six years, which, [...]