A GOP bill is moving through the Louisiana legislature that defines abortion as “murder” and will send women to prison for life, with no exceptions for rape or even saving the life of the mother. It also would imprison doctors for destroying in-vitro fertilization embryos, and ban Plan B[...]
Archive for September, 2022
September 20th, 2022 - 12:21 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Louisiana Republicans go Taliban on abortions
September 19th, 2022 - 10:39 pm § in Politics, Republicans
What’s wrong with this photo of an election office?
“A Republican county official in Georgia and operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump spent hours inside a restricted area of the local elections office on the day voting systems there were breached, newly obtained surveillance video shows,” CNN reported on M[...]
September 19th, 2022 - 8:17 pm § in Politics, Republicans
When is an “audit” not an audit?
We all know what an audit is. noun An examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy. An adjustment or correction of accounts. An examined and verified account. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Major corporations are regularly aud[...]
September 19th, 2022 - 4:12 pm § in Donald Trump
Would indicting Trump cause a beer shortage?
When I contribute to this blog, I occasionally find myself debunking a conspiracy theory (see, e.g., my posting here). Actually pretty frequently, because Republicans believe so many falsehoods and conspiracy theories. (Read a Newsweek article here about why.) Last week Trump darkly hinted at mass p[...]
September 19th, 2022 - 12:40 pm § in Politics
Crazy Trumper, or just crazy sociopath?
David Frick, 29, of Gainesville, Florida, likes to assault people, especially defenseless women. Florida court records show unspecified criminal charges filed against him on December 16, 2021 (here), and January 7, 2022 (here). A Florida TV station reported in March 2022 (here) he was arrested in De[...]
September 18th, 2022 - 10:57 pm § in Misc.
Boxer vs. kangaroo (video)
Last week, a 77-year-old Australian man was killed by a kangaroo he raised and kept as a pet. (See story here.) How would a trained boxer fare against a ‘roo? Watch video below to find out. (Click on “Watch on YouTube”) https://youtu.be/gzCb2XgTBYQ Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Republican calls his party “fascist”
Russell “Rusty” Bowers (photo, left; bio here) is an Arizona Republican legislator. As speaker of the state house of representatives, he derailed GOP-sponsored legislation that would enable the legislature to overturn elections, which he called “fascism.” (Read story here.) W[...]
Why the Fox reporter shouldn’t have tried to diagnose Biden on the air
Because she made an ass of herself, that’s why. Just a few weeks ago, Fox News medical correspondent Marc Siegel, M.D., wrote this (here): “Americans have come to falsely believe that we can evaluate our leaders based on TV snippets. Some doctors too easily fall into this trap, too, but [...]
September 18th, 2022 - 6:58 pm § in Law and Courts
No. No, no, and no.
On December 1, 1997, a 14-year-old boy named Michael Carneal walked into a Paducah, Kentucky, high school with a gun and “and opened fire in the lobby where students had gathered for a prayer circle.” Three girls died. They were Nicole Hadley, 14; Kayce Steger, 15; and Jessica James, 17.[...]
Republicans are lying about “Biden’s open border policy”
If you were shopping for a home, a car, a plumbing repair, or investing your savings, would you do business with someone you knew is dishonest and was lying to you about what they’re selling? I don’t really understand why normally sensible people leave their common sense behind when it c[...]