It might be a snipe hunt, but true believers aren’t giving up. After all, if it’s not a real bird, it once was. And that’s the question; last seen in 1944 for sure, North America’s most elusive bird may not be around anymore, except for stuffed specimens in museums (photo bel[...]
Archive for October, 2022
October 28th, 2022 - 5:12 pm § in Republicans, Schools & Colleges
Is this the dumbest GOP smear ever?
Democrats are still mad about losing the Civil War and not being able to own slaves anymore. So they’ve been planning to topple the United States for decades, and schools don’t teach black history because the teachers unions don’t want kids to know it was white people who freed the[...]
A GOP House will mean chaos
Voters are understandably unhappy about inflation and gas prices, but electing a GOP House majority won’t solve those problems, and would unleash chaos. The Democrats probably would fare better in pre-election polling if Biden were popular, and I would argue he deserves to be more popular than[...]
Can “leftists” be Christians?
Depends on what is meant by “leftists.” Derrick Van Orden, 53, a former Navy SEAL, likely will be elected to Congress from Wisconsin this fall. He’s running for an open seat that leans Republican in current polls; the incumbent, Ron Kind (D-WI), is retiring. Van Orden stirred contr[...]
Map of Russian gas pipelines to Europe
(Source: CNN; click to enlarge.) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Fanone attacker gets 7.5 years
Officer Michael Fanone’s near-death experience on Jan. 6, 2021, came to a denouement of sorts in court today. When Fanone and other cops were defending a building entry point against a mob attacking them with “chemical spray, poles, bats, and officers’ own batons and shields,” a [...]
October 27th, 2022 - 2:42 am § in Environment
PHOTOGRAPHY: Penitentes
These high-altitude ice formations are caused by solar erosion. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 26th, 2022 - 12:25 pm § in Politics
Threatening letters, drop box vigilantes
Self-appointed vigilantes inspired by MAGA lies are staking out Arizona ballot drop boxes. Maricopa County recorder Stephen Richer, himself a Republican election conspiracy theorist (details here), calls them “morons.” And now that he runs the county’s elections, he’s seeing [...]
October 26th, 2022 - 10:56 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Fire this cop
The Tulsa PD put him on “restrictive duty,” but that’s not enough. A police badge is the power of the state. It’s dangerous in the wrong hands. Do you want your city patrolled by someone who tells a Citizen Police Academy class, “Nothing is more dangerous to America tha[...]
October 26th, 2022 - 10:12 am § in Law and Courts
How to appear in court
Lose the domestic terrorist look, get a shave and haircut, put on a shirt and tie, and try to look like a nerd. But it’s not guaranteed to get you off if you’re guilty (story here). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]