Thought for the day: Saying “from river to sea” is declared to be antisemitic and supporting terrorists because it implies Palestinians want all of Palestine, by people who see nothing wrong with Israel taking all of Palestine. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Archive for May, 2024
May 12th, 2024 - 3:02 pm § in Donald Trump
O. J. Simpson at Trump rally!
Trump held a big rally in New Jersey on Saturday (although it got smaller as he was speaking, see story here), and during his speech he gave a shout-out to his golfing buddy “O.J.” upon spotting him in the crowd (read story here). Later in his speech, Trump mentioned “O.J.” a[...]
May 12th, 2024 - 2:00 am § in Humor
What happens to protesting cows
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GOPer calls Gaza war “Biblical warfare”
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC; photo left, profile here) called the Gaza war “Biblical” and claimed Israel “doesn’t occupy the land, they own it,” The Hill reported on Saturday, May 11, 2024 (read story here). That doesn’t seem to leave a lot of room for Gaza’s appr[...]
Trump judge blocks limit on credit card fees
“A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 … slated to go into effect next week,” ABC News reported on Saturday, May 11, 2024 (see story here). Credit card late fees currently average $32, which is four t[...]
May 12th, 2024 - 12:37 am § in Schools & Colleges
Alito frets over loss of free speech on campuses
Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito said there’s “declining” support for free speech on college campuses in his commencement speech at a Catholic college on May 11, 2024 (read story here). I’m not sure who he’s blaming, but I don’t disagree with what he’s saying. R[...]
May 11th, 2024 - 8:07 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Schools & Colleges
Who should run universities?
“In recent years, universities across the US have come under increasing pressure from conservative politicians and donors criticizing them as liberal bastions of ‘wokeness.’” This is an excerpt from a CNN article on May 11, 2024, about pro-Palestinian campus protests (read it her[...]
Illegal voting! Ex-felon voted in nine elections!
Brian K. Pritchard (photo, left) of Ellijay, Georgia, is a convicted check forger who violated probation several times (details here). He became a conservative talk show host, registered to vote (link above), and ran for state legislature but lost (details here), then ran for GOP state party vice ch[...]
May 11th, 2024 - 3:04 pm § in America
Are police killing more people?
To find out, I went looking for charts, and because I can’t cut-and-paste some of them, you’ll have to click through links to see them. Let’s start with this chart from Statistica that gives numbers for 2017-2023. While the number increased every year, the uptrend was slight until [...]
May 11th, 2024 - 1:39 am § in Law and Courts
Sheriff who harassed black newspaper carrier won’t seek re-election
Ed Troyer (photo, left), the elected sheriff of Pierce County, Washington who was acquitted of misdemeanor charges stemming from his encounter with a black newspaper carrier (details here), won’t seek re-election (see story here). The case of “delivering newspapers while black” rec[...]