A Seattle TV station is putting numbers on it. Scammers called Washington residents 260 million times last year, KING 5 TV says (read story here). That works out to 33 calls per person. I get that many in a typical month. Here’s the bigger problem: More than 1 in 9 Washingtonians, 835,000 peop[...]
Archive for December, 2022
Kari Lake appeals court defeat
Last week, a judge ruled that Kari Lake failed to prove she lost the Arizona governor’s race because of election misconduct. The judge wrote in his opinion that “every single witness” refuted her misconduct allegations, and her assertion that faulty ballot printers cost her “[...]
Why China’s Covid-19 surge is different
The first thing you have to understand is that Covid-19 in China is very different from Covid-19 in the U.S. and other Western nations. It’s the same virus, and in China as elsewhere close proximity of people facilitates its spread. But it’s much harder to contain in the most populous an[...]
December 27th, 2022 - 4:40 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Whitmer kidnap plotter gets 16 years
Adam Fox, 39, described as “co-leader” of a rightwing plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, dodged a life sentence but will spend 16 years in prison. Prosecutors portrayed Fox as a dangerous terrorist, but a federal judge questioned whether he has the brains to be a leader, and [...]
Kari Lake collides with reality and rule of law
Kari Lake (photo, left) copycatted Trump more than any other 2022 candidate. Lake, a former newscaster-turned-rightwing agitator who ran for Arizona governor, began squealing about a “stolen election” months before the voting even began. That probably was a calculated appeal to TrumpR[...]
December 26th, 2022 - 6:54 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP Rep.-elect admits falsifying bio, but won’t resign
George Santos (R-NY), who won a House seat last month, admitted Monday to lying about his biography. He didn’t just lie; he spewed whoppers (see my posting here). But on Monday he “claimed that he hasn’t committed any crimes and intends to serve in Congress,” CNN reported (here).[...]
December 25th, 2022 - 4:28 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP Christmas Eve migrant stunt reeks of cruelty
CNN reported, “Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather late Saturday. A CNN team saw some migrants wearing only T-shirts in the freezing weather.” (Read story here and watch the [...]
Why crime didn’t work for GOPers in the 2022 elections
There are two kinds of “crime waves”: Invented and real. In the era of yellow journalism, crime was a circulation-builder, so newspapers played up crime stories when other news was slow. Crime might not have increased, or gone down, but the heightened media coverage conveyed an impressio[...]
December 25th, 2022 - 2:18 am § in Humor
How democracy was invented (video)
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December 24th, 2022 - 2:14 pm § in Humor
Viral weather report (video)
The entire world empathizes with Mark Woodley of KWWW-TV in Waterloo, Iowa, and he’s now famous. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]