Today I’m going to pick on an MSNBC opinion writer who waxed less than eloquent on the Utah Senate race. That race is between incumbent GOP Sen. Mike Lee, who views on voting rights are explained here, and Evan McMullin, an independent libertarian who recently was the target of (choose one) [�[...]
Archive for October, 2022
October 18th, 2022 - 8:25 pm § in Health
Washington’s safest and sickest places during the pandemic
The San Juan islands, as you’d expect, were the safest place to be during the pandemic. Protected by isolation, cooperative residents, an early mask mandate, and a high vaccination rate, the islands experienced no Covid-19 deaths until January 2022, and only 2 total deaths,* both unvaccinated [...]
October 18th, 2022 - 2:02 pm § in Donald Trump
What kind of kid throws rocks at a baby crib?
Obviously a kid who needs more parental supervision. And a good spanking. Years ago, a mother in Queens, New York, heard her baby screaming and went to investigate. She found a 5-year-old boy throwing rocks at her child’s crib. We don’t know what happened to the baby, but the rock throwe[...]
October 18th, 2022 - 12:54 pm § in Misc.
There’s a special place in hell for kitten abusers
And these two jerks will go there; but first they’ll go to court and hopefully jail. Fortunately, the kitten survived and now is safe in a new home. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 18th, 2022 - 11:51 am § in Law and Courts
Another stupid, trigger-happy vigilante
I don’t just frown on vigilantes; I want them arrested and prosecuted. Vigilantism has no place in civilized society. The three white vigilanties who murdered black jogger Ahmaud Arbery got life in prison, and deserve it. Yesterday I posted a video here showing a white man grabbing a disabled [...]
What the heck is going on in Britain?
In a nutshell, Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party prime minister, was run out of office by a series of scandals; and his replacement, Liz Truss, is incompetent and faces eviction from No. 10 Downing Street (Britain’s equivalent of the White House) after fumbling economic policy. BritainR[...]
Maybe he asked for it
With the 2022 elections just 3 weeks away, J. D. Vance is one of the GOP’s highest-profile candidates. The Ohio venture capitalist, whose book “Hillbilly Elegy” brought him to national prominence, is running for a Senate seat occupied by a retiring Republican. The Democrats have a [...]
Why Michael Cohen thinks Trump won’t run in 2024
Michael Cohen was Trump’s personal attorney, actually “fixer,” and went to prison for doing Trump’s dirty work. (Full disclosure: Cohen is biased; he’s not a Trump fan, and has nothing good to say about his former employer. So consider what he says with that in mind.) C[...]
Seattle woman makes global news by getting scammed by an employer
London-based Reuters is one of the world’s largest news organizations, with 3,100 journalists in 200 locations worldwide (profile here). Their biggest headline on Monday, October 17, 2022, featured a woman from Shoreline, Washington, a Seattle suburb. The story (read it here) begins, “Wh[...]