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Archive for November, 2022

November 27th, 2022 - 6:21 pm § in Misc.

PHOTOGRAPHY: Hard landing

This accident in Maryland cut power to 120,000 people. The occupants of the plane weren’t injured. At last report they’re still up in the wires. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]

November 27th, 2022 - 3:14 pm § in Business

Why workers aren’t loyal to companies anymore

In the old days, a young man could graduate from high school, get a job in a factory, support a wife and five kids, and had a job for life as long as he showed up and did the work. That was before Wall Street financiers bought and sold companies like trading cards, Reagan broke […][...]

November 26th, 2022 - 8:18 pm § in Politics, Republicans

Guns aren’t free speech

“Firearms are frequently becoming part of political life as Republicans loosen restrictions on carrying guns in public,” Raw Story says (in a story here). “Across the country, openly carrying a gun in public is no longer just an exercise in self-defense — increasingly it is a soa[...]

November 26th, 2022 - 7:56 pm § in Law and Courts

Suing police for no sense of humor

Anthony Novak of Parma, Ohio, parodied the local police department on Facebook. His fake website was online for all of 12 hours. They were not amused. Cops arrested him, searched his apartment,. seized his laptop and phone, threw him in jail, and prosecuted him for felony disruption of police operat[...]

November 26th, 2022 - 2:19 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Conservatives deserve no credit if they dump Trump

John Bolton, a former Trump foreign policy adviser, thinks conservative support for Trump is ebbing away. He’s been calling around, he says, and that’s what he’s hearing from other prominent conservatives. Bolton himself is a piece of work. A Vietnam draft dodger, he’s long h[...]

November 26th, 2022 - 2:02 pm § in Republicans

GOP is sloppy with facts again

The GOP never fact-checks anything. However nice a sentiment this may be, George Washington didn’t say it. (Read story here.) Does it matter? For substance, no; but in principle, yes. A college professor or journalist can’t get away with misattributing sources. We’re forced to hold[...]

November 26th, 2022 - 1:37 pm § in Misc.

Police chase (video)

What to do when a bird flies the coop? Go after it, of course. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]

November 25th, 2022 - 10:50 pm § in Biden, Politics, Republicans

Fox says Biden is too pro-Christmas!

For years, Fox Network’s hatemongers accused Democrats of waging a “War on Christmas.” That was always crazy, but it got people riled up, which is why they did it. Now Fox host Laura Ingraham is standing that meme on its head by complaining Biden is too Christmas-y. Read story here[...]

November 25th, 2022 - 7:24 pm § in Law and Courts

Why do people who shouldn’t have guns still have them?

Drummond Neil Smithson, 31, admits he has anger issues. He’s even told police he’s been “in and out of” psychiatric hospitals. In June 2019 a Tennessee judge issued a protection order against him. It barred him from having guns. He violated it. In September 2019, when police [...]

November 25th, 2022 - 6:00 pm § in Humor

Cops ID marijuana thieves

Police have identified the thieves who stole 1,000 lbs. of marijuana from a police station in India. To find out who did it, go here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]