Lara Trump, RNC co-chair and daughter-in-law, complained “debates are always ‘rigged so heavily’ in President Biden’s favor,” The Hill reported on May 16, 2024 (read story here). Of course they are. Biden ate Trump’s lunch in 2020 and will in 2024, and not just becaus[...]
Archive for May, 2024
Will Caitlin Clark fizzle?
Sports history is littered with No. 1 draft picks who fizzled in the pros. Notable examples include Ryan Leaf (NFL), LaRue Martin (NBA), Mark Appel (MLB), and Alexander Daigle (NHL). Will college superstar Caitlin Clark be the latest? So far, she’s off to a slow start, doing little better than[...]
How to lose friends and piss off people
Dale Carnegie (bio here, unrelated to the steel magnate) was a self-improvement guru who’s famous for his 1936 book, How to Win Friends & Influence People. The title is self-explanatory, and the book is still popular (get it here). South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem either didn’t read the[...]
Federal consumer agency survives high court test
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), brainchild of former law professor Elizabeth Warren, now a U.S. Senator, has survived a crucial legal test in the Supreme Court, which issued a 7-2 decision upholding its funding mechanism on Thursday, May 16, 2024 (read story here). Warren proposed a[...]
Romney says Biden should have pardoned Trump
Sen. Mitt Romney (aka Pierre Delecto, pictured at left; for explanation, go here) declared Biden “should have pardoned Donald Trump on all federal criminal charges the moment they were announced,” The Guardian reported (here) on May 15, 2024. This should instantly strike you as anomalous (it did[...]
Washington GOPer calls democracy “bad idea” (video)
This was a speech at the 2024 Washington State Republican Party convention in Spokane. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Finders isn’t keepers
If you buy stolen goods, they aren’t yours. This applies even if you didn’t know they were stolen, i.e. you’re what the law terms an “innocent” or “good faith” purchaser. Museums and collectors who buy stolen artworks must return them to the rightful owners.[...]
Union-busting at REI?
The beatings will stop when morale improves the union organizers leave. Employees bitterly mutter that old joke about morale when heavy-handed management gets on their nerves. When many people think about REI, they think of a laid-back outdoorsy company reminiscent of Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinar[...]
GOP legislators vote to ban masks, even for health reasons
North Carolina GOP legislators voted on May 15, 2024, to “ban anyone from wearing masks in public, even for health reasons,” The Hill reported (read story here). Their bill also repeals a law adopted during the pandemic that “allows people to wear masks in public for health and saf[...]
Money can’t buy love or elections
Money can’t buy love, and sometimes not elections, either. Increasingly, Congress is a preserve of the very rich, with more candidates self-funding campaigns (see story here). Retail liquor magnate David Trone is an example of the breed. When Trone ran in Maryland for a House seat in 2016, he spe[...]