Yeah, well, she’s more popular than he is, and not just because he’s a dick (also here, here, and here). The best thing about this video is the guitars drown out his voice. “Uncle Ted” has a Washington connection; he helped get Loren Culp a crooked police dog. Nothing good c[...]
Archive for May, 2024
May 21st, 2024 - 7:14 pm § in Economics, Environment
Why Washington’s natural gas law won’t save the planet
New restrictions on natural gas use in Washington State were signed into law by Gov. Jay Inlsee in April 2024 (see story here). Democrats, Republicans, progressives, and the building trades council (a mouthpiece for developers) disagree on what the law means. It’s confusing, because after fail[...]
May 21st, 2024 - 5:08 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Seattle murals
Seattle is a city of murals. This one is in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. For more photos of Seattle murals, go here and here. Most famous of all is this one on a North Seattle house visible from the I-5 freeway. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
May 21st, 2024 - 3:36 pm § in Law and Courts
Why do people shoot and kick dogs?
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) says she shot her puppy in a gravel pit on her farm because it killed some chickens. I had a dog I fed chickens (although not live ones; but does it matter who kills them, the dog or poultry plant workers?). Secret Service agents saw Eric Evan Brown, 57, a Florida […][...]
Eastern Oregon counties vote on secession today
More precisely, they’re voting on whether to redraw state boundaries by leaving Oregon and joining Idaho (see map below). The motivation is partisan. “Conservative residents in eastern Oregon [want to] part ways with their liberal neighbors to the west. If successful, Oregon’s border w[...]
Would you pay $396 for a designer pineapple?
If you’re in the market, order yours here, oops sorry, sold out. The Rubyglow™ designer pineapple grown by Fresh Del Monte, a multinational food corporation, is a real thing. The company grows only a few thousand of them, and they’re supposed to be superior to the pineapples it feeds t[...]
May 21st, 2024 - 1:02 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Is someone trying to steal Elvis Presley’s house?
Stealing houses is on the rise in the United States. Here’s how it works: Identity thieves forge property documents, phony deeds or liens, then borrow against the property or sell to unsuspecting buyers (see article here). Targeted houses typically are vacant or unoccupied. Elvis Presley̵[...]
May 21st, 2024 - 12:12 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Turbulence
A Singapore Airlines 777 flying from London to Singapore hit air pockets over Myanmar so violent a passenger was killed, a half dozen others were hospitalized in Bangkok, and dozens more suffered minor injuries. The incident occurred on May 21, 2024. Read story here. The photo below is the aftermath[...]
May 21st, 2024 - 4:11 am § in Law and Courts
Cussing at a cop while black
This began as a driving while black case. Reginald Burks was taking his kids to school in Ozark, Alabama (pop. 14,000) when the white cop pulled him over for speeding in a 25 mph zone. Burks asked how fast he was going. The cop didn’t know. His radar didn’t work, so he estimated Burks[...]
May 21st, 2024 - 1:02 am § in Law and Courts
Are you safe if the sheriff is crazy?
Calvin Hayden (photo, left) is a Kansas sheriff, the chief law enforcement officer of Johnson County. That county is no backwater. It’s part of the Kansas City metro area, and Kansas’ most heavily populated county. Its sheriff’s department employs nearly 500 deputies. But the sheri[...]