March 2023 was the 529th consecutive month of above-normal planetary temperatures, using the 2oth century average as a baseline (see story here). You can see that global warming is happening; ice is melting all over the world: Mountain glaciers, Arctic Ocean ice cover, the Greenland ice cap, Antarct[...]
Archive for April, 2023
April 14th, 2023 - 3:40 pm § in Misc.
Top racist stories of 4/14/23
In Maine, a white man was arrested for threatening a black family. See story and mugshot here. According to Wikipedia, Maine is the whitest state, with nearly 95% of its population consisting of non-Hispanic whites, and only 1.2% blacks (details here). So I guess they’re not used to seeing bla[...]
What Rep. Greene thinks of traitors
Read story and see replies here. And avoid driving through her Georgia district; go around instead. The people who elected her are just as crazy as she is, and you won’t be safe there. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Term limits for thee, but not for me
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is sponsoring a bill that would limit U.S. senators to two 6-year terms (read story here). Except him. Under his bill, Cruz, 52, would have to retire in January 2036, when he’s 66. By then, he’ll have served five 6-year terms in the Senate. Term limits are a favorite[...]
April 13th, 2023 - 3:25 pm § in Misc.
Cows blow up dairy farm
Thousands of cows were killed when methane gas exploded at a Texas dairy farm on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. BBC News said, “Authorities believe that machinery in the facility may have ignited [the] methane gas.” (See story here.) Where does methane gas come from in a dairy barn? From the c[...]
April 12th, 2023 - 1:04 am § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Smoke
Toxic smoke from burning plastics at an Indiana recycling plant on April 12, 2023, forced at least 2,000 people to leave their homes. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
April 11th, 2023 - 9:43 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP legislator assumes disabled people “took risks”
Richard Holtorf (photo, left) is a college graduate and retired Army colonel (read his bio here), so he wasn’t always stupid. He became stupid after being elected as a Republican to the Colorado legislature. When Holtorf spoke against a discrimination bill, he suggested disabled people donR[...]
Jan. 6 rioter gets 52 months for fire extinguisher attack
Robert Sanford (photo, left), 57, a retired fireman from Boothwyn, Pennyslvania, was sentenced to 52 months in prison for injuring two police officers with a fire extinguisher during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot (see video below, and read story here). That’s longer than most people need to complete [...]
April 10th, 2023 - 11:24 pm § in Health
Tiffany Dover isn’t dead
Tiffany Dover, a Tennessee hospital nurse, fainted after receiving one of the first Covid-19 vaccine shots (first video clip below). She has a long history of fainting spells, and the vaccine shot had nothing to do with it. It’s a result of an underlying medical condition. But anti-vaccine con[...]
April 10th, 2023 - 9:02 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Florida isn’t a crime-free haven
Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be president, isn’t keeping Florida residents safe. Florida’s pandemic death rate was twice Washington’s, thanks in part to his lax public health policies. What about crime? DeSantis is bragging he’s made Florida a safe state, but nothing backs[...]