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February 14th, 2023 - 7:51 pm § in Christianity, Schools & Colleges
Don’t call yourselves a Christian college when you do this
“The King’s Singers, a Grammy Award-winning British a capella vocal ensemble, announced Monday that their planned concert at Pensacola Christian College was abruptly canceled two hours before the show due to ‘lifestyle’ concerns,” the Pensacola News Journal reported on Tues[...]
February 14th, 2023 - 7:03 pm § in Misc.
This ravine wasn’t there a week ago
Straight out of a disaster movie, but in real life, this formerly bucolic olive grove in Turkey was “cleaved into two” by last week’s earthquake, which left a dirt crevasse 984 feet long and 130 feet deep. Read story here and watch video here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
February 14th, 2023 - 6:52 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Good riddance
“Teddy Von Nukem, a southwest Missouri man featured prominently in photos from the infamous 2017 Charlottesville white-supremacist rally, died Jan. 30 this year, the same day he was scheduled to go trial for allegedly trafficking fentanyl across the Mexico border,” a local newspaper repo[...]
Prosecutors and judges go too easy on gun violations
There have been 67 mass shootings in the U.S. in the first 45 days of 2023. It’s obvious we’re not doing a good enough job of keeping guns away from people who shouldn’t have them. That’s because Republicans and the Supreme Court are blocking nearly all gun control efforts, l[...]
It sucks to be a Russian soldier
“Advance at any cost.” Those are the marching orders being given to Russian soldiers fighting in eastern Ukraine; and by some accounts, the cost is very high. Ukraine claims it’s killing over a thousand Russians a day. While that can’t be verified, outside expert observers sa[...]
Are conservatives as crazy as they sound?
Charlie Kirk (photo, left), a community college dropout, is the founder and leader of Turning Point USA, a controversial rightwing campus-activism group sometimes called a “cult” (read details here). Although Kirk lacks academic or other credentials, it would be hard to conclude he’[...]
What’s in a song?
Sometimes enough to set off political fireworks. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who infamously flashes guns to make political statements (photo, left), blasted the NFL for inviting black actress and singer Sheryl Ralph to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at the Superbowl on Sunday, February 12, [...]
February 11th, 2023 - 6:22 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake argues elections aren’t fair unless Republicans always win
Kari Lake was a local news anchor before she ran for Arizona governor and lost by 17,117 votes. Lake, who based her campaign on Trump’s election lies, sued to overturn the election, lost in court, and has vowed to take her case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which shows her understanding of how la[...]
February 11th, 2023 - 12:14 am § in Misc.
CBS radio broadcast of June 6, 1944
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