Putin visited Mariupol, Ukraine, on Saturday, March 18, 2023 (read story here). What does that remind you of? Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Archive for March, 2023
March 18th, 2023 - 9:43 pm § in Misc.
The Jesus defense
It’s well known that Trump has trouble getting lawyers to represent him (see, e.g., story here). Refusing to pay for their work doesn’t help, nor does entangling them in ethics violations that could cost them their licenses to practice law (see, e.g., Michael Cohen and Rudy Giuliani, bot[...]
Republican wants kids to go hungry
Whether it’s to force them into dirty, dangerous, low-paying jobs (presumably including elderly and disabled people, mothers with young children, and schoolkids, because that’s who government food assistance goes to), or racism (do you see any white faces in the photo of a food bank line[...]
March 18th, 2023 - 2:37 am § in Politics, Republicans
They can believe whatever they like, but they can’t have our elections
America is a free country where people, if they wish, can believe the earth is 6,000 years old (or flat, if they prefer), climate change is a hoax, and elephants fly. They can also believe rigged voting machines stole the 2020 election from Trump and all the other lies Fox puts on the air to [&helli[...]
Zip-tie rioter gets measly 2 years
Larry Brock, 55, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel from Texas, is one of two Capitol rioters seen with zip-tie handcuffs in the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. (See photo at left.) He entered the Capitol Building decked out in combat gear. On Friday, March 17, 2023, a fede[...]
March 17th, 2023 - 11:58 am § in Misc.
Is this America’s ugliest office building?
Of all the glass-and-concrete monstrosities springing up in a former warehouse district in Culver City, California, this may be the worst. Read a biting critique calling it “a gas-guzzling villain’s lair” and lo0k at even more grotesque images from other angles here. You know what [...]
There are times you don’t negotiate and this is one of them
Wisconsin is a mini-Hungary, where a rightwing minority imposes its will on a more liberal majority. The state is heavily gerrymandered; in 2018, Republicans “won” two-thirds of the Assembly seats with 45% of the popular vote. The state supreme court is brazenly partisan, but conservativ[...]
March 16th, 2023 - 6:28 pm § in Health
Covid-19: New evidence bolsters animal-origin theory
The Chinese government insists Covid-19 didn’t originate in China — even accused a U.S. Army lab in Maryland of leaking it — and previously unseen genetic data from the Wuhan market posted by Chinese scientists last week was quickly taken down. But it was up long enough for western[...]
Flags of our fathers
Jay Collins (photo, right) is an American hero. A career Army sergeant and Green Beret, he returned to duty after losing a leg in combat (see his bio here). Collins, a Republican, was elected to Florida’s state senate in the state’s 2022 “red wave.” The first-termer is among [...]
March 15th, 2023 - 10:32 pm § in Science
A waterfall as high as Mt. Rainier
Or nearly so. It existed on Mars eons ago. Watch video below for details. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]