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Should this teacher be fired?
Vivian Geraghty was an English teacher at a Masillon, Ohio, middle school. The school adopted a new policy requiring teachers to address students by their preferred pronouns. NBC News says (here), “About a week before she resigned, two of Geraghty’s students requested that she use names [...]
December 17th, 2022 - 12:09 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Capitol rioter faces new charges for plotting LEO deaths
The Capitol rioters are a mixed bag, but none are patriots, and at least a few may be sociopaths. Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, Tennessee, was already awaiting trial on charges he assaulted a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. A Knoxville TV station says (here) that, according [...]
Trump can rage all he wants, but he doesn’t get to decide if he’s prosecuted
Today’s news the Jan. 6 committee will recommend prosecuting Trump is a big deal, because everyone needs to be together on it. It’s unmistakably moving in that direction. Months ago Merrick Garland, attorney general, pointedly said no one is beyond the reach of the law. Then he hired a s[...]
Republican blood is thinner than water
Tom Baio and his wife, residents of Morris County, New Jersey, forwarded their daughter’s mail ballot to her in New York City, where she works as a photographer. And she voted. Against him. Baio, a Republican, is a New Jersey township committeeman — or was. He lost by 3 votes. Now heR[...]
Capitol riot mob leader gets 5 years
Capitol rioter Douglas Jensen, a construction worker from Des Moines, Iowa, spent over 2 years in jail awaiting trial before being convicted by a jury on September 23, 2022 (see story here). He was sentenced on December 16, 2022 (story here). His lawyer told the judge, “He wants to return to his n[...]
December 16th, 2022 - 1:11 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Joe Kent’s recount is going as expected
Joe Kent, after losing one of the very few House races to flip blue in 2022, requested a recount because of “the obligation we have to our supporters to ensure certainty about the outcome.” He spent $48,589.05 of his supporters’ money for this certainty. The curly-haired conservati[...]
December 16th, 2022 - 2:33 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
(Video) Democracy is messy …
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December 16th, 2022 - 12:34 am § in Misc.
Solar car (video)
This report aired on NBC Nightly News on December 15, 2022. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 15th, 2022 - 10:25 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP crime blotter for 12/15/22
I suppose some Democrats commit crimes, too, and if I run across a Democrat crime story, I’ll post about it. Sam Bankman-Fried might fit in that category, because he donated allegedly embezzled investor money to Democratic campaigns; but he gave just as much OPM (other people’s money) to[...]