It can transform a draft dodger who never spent a day in military uniform into this. (To find out who Brigitte Gabriel is, go here; to watch Ana Kasparian call her a “clown,” go here. For a real picture of U.S. soldiers, go here.) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Archive for May, 2023
May 5th, 2023 - 7:42 pm § in Law and Courts
Hero or vigilante?
That’s what a jury will have to decide after a subway rider killed a mentally ill homeless man with a chokehold. The victim was Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old black man who, according to his aunt, suffered from schizophrenic, PTSD, and depression after his mother’s “brutal murder̶[...]
May 4th, 2023 - 9:42 pm § in Politics, Republicans
The candidates GOP voters vote for
Well, you already know quite a bit about that: They voted for Trump, Doug Mastriano, Kari Lake, and Herschel Walker, among others. Republican voters don’t seem to care how dishonest, corrupt, or vile their party’s candidates are. Mark Robinson (photo, left) is another name you may be hea[...]
How to start a rumor
Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife are neck deep in cash and lavish gifts. Billionaire Harlan Crow treated the Thomases to exotic vacations, travel on jet planes and lounging on yachts, bought his mother’s home and lets her live there rent free, and paid private school tuition for a nephew h[...]
May 4th, 2023 - 12:38 am § in Misc.
Gagarin’s flight (video)
From a Russian movie (no English subtitles). Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first human in space, completing a single orbit on April 12, 1961. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Colorado school proves CRT is true
Critical race theory (CRT) argues racism is systemic in the U.S. That perhaps varies from place to place, but school officials in Douglas County, Colorado, leave no doubt it’s systemic in their schools, and they’re part of it. “The racism experienced by a family in the Douglas Coun[...]
Pence claims being trans infringes on religious freedom
Republicans have long claimed to be defenders of freedom, but WTF? Banning books, free speech, and rainbows? And an entire group of people? “Republicans have frequently cited the idea of freedom … to support arguments against gender-affirming policies,” The Hill noted on Tuesday, M[...]
May 1st, 2023 - 3:59 am § in Humor
Is it “art” if someone eats it?
It was a banana duct-taped to a wall (see photo at left). And it’s no more. “The student told the museum he ate it because he was hungry,” CNN reported (in a story here). If I duct-tape a banana to a wall, it’s a banana (and potentially food). If Italian artist Maurizio Catte[...]