He stole postal vehicles, mailbox keys, mail, credit cards, and identities. A lot of them. Door cameras and security cameras in stores where he tried to use the credit cards saw him do it (see photo). After six months of this, the law caught up with Johny Mixayboua, 27, who’s now cooling his h[...]
Archive for May, 2023
May 24th, 2023 - 7:01 pm § in Misc.
4½ years for Pelosi office invader
The Capitol rioter who invaded then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6, 2021, and later sold autographed phots of his feet on her desk, was sentenced to 54 months in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 (read story here). Richard Barnett, 63, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, who[...]
May 24th, 2023 - 4:25 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Twitter crash derails DeSantis’s campaign launch
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign announcement plans were derailed Wednesday evening by massive technical glitches on Twitter that kept him from declaring his candidacy,” CNBC reported on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 (read story here). “’Servers are straining somewha[...]
May 24th, 2023 - 3:18 pm § in Law and Courts
Mississippi cop on domestic call shoots child
A cop responding to a domestic call shot an 11-year-old boy at the home, a local news source reported (read story here). The boy was the family member who called police. His mother slipped him the phone and told him to call 911 after the father of her other child showed up and became “irate.&#[...]
May 23rd, 2023 - 11:18 pm § in Misc.
Freeway wrangler (video)
A steer escaped from a Michigan farm and gave cowboys a run for their money. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Republicans will defend military spending to the last nickel of your Social Security check
After taking the government’s ability to pay its bills hostage, Republicans declared two things to be untouchable: The defense budget and tax cuts for billionaires. Social Security and Medicare are supposedly off the table for spending cuts, too; but the Treasury warned Social Security checks [...]
Why Republicans insist on work requirements
“Kevin McCarthy Says Lifting Debt Ceiling Must Also Lift Lazy Guy Off Couch,” a Huffington Post headline says here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 23rd, 2023 - 6:26 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Kari Lake threatens to register dogs and gilas to vote
In the wake of her latest court defeat (details here), Kari Lake is vowing to “show up to a knife fight with a gun” and “register every man, woman, dog, Gila monster” to vote (read story here). In a ballyhooed “huge announcement” on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Lake cla[...]
May 23rd, 2023 - 2:34 pm § in Law and Courts
49 states sue VoIP provider for scam robocalls
Avid Telecom, which provides Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, is being sued by “nearly every attorney general in the country” for facilitating billions of robocalls, many of which were scams, CNBC reported on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 (read story here). The legal complaint alleg[...]
May 23rd, 2023 - 2:11 pm § in Law and Courts
Killer cop costs Colorado taxpayers $19 million
“The family of a Colorado man who was fatally shot last year by a deputy … after calling 911 for help when his SUV got stuck … will receive a $19 million settlement” from the state and local municipalities, NBC News reported on Tuesday, May 23, 2022 (read story here). Two dep[...]