A Fort Collins, Colorado, cop made so many DUI arrests his department designated him their “DUI enforcement officer.” But there was a problem: Officer Jason Haferman was arresting people who hadn’t been drinking — at least 17 of them over an 18-month period. Read about some o[...]
Archive for July, 2024
Is Biden’s age a real problem, or only a media story?
News is a for-profit business, and when actual news is slow, editors and reporters gin up stories to attract readers and viewers. A classic example is that most “crime waves” are media creations. When nothing interesting is going on, you run crime stories. After Biden’s debate fumb[...]
July 2nd, 2024 - 5:06 pm § in America, Christianity, Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics, Religion, Republicans
Supreme Court faces more backlash after immunity ruling
The Supreme Court is now a political issue, and its rightwing justices asked for it. The two most conservative members, Thomas and Alito, are embroiled in scandals involving undisclosed gifts from wealthy benefactors, in Thomas’s case millions of dollars. Alito is also under fire for flying MA[...]
July 2nd, 2024 - 4:02 pm § in Law and Courts
Tabloid murder trial detective sacked for misconduct
The lead investigator in a high-profile murder trial in which defense attorneys accused police of framing their client has been relieved of duty, NBC News reported on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 (read story here). The murder victim, a police officer, was the defendant’s boyfriend. They reputedly had[...]
July 2nd, 2024 - 4:05 am § in Donald Trump
Will your kids hate you for loving Trump?
I don’t know, I can’t speak for them, but a Missouri mom wrote that her father’s unblinking Trumpism destroyed their relationship. He was a Navy man, carpenter, guitar player, and “good guy” who liked fast cars. “A hippie in his pot-smoking, hard-rock youth,”[...]
The Great Phecal vs. Phart Debate (nsfw)
Sorry, but I only control what I post, not what Donald Trump does on a debate stage; and if Biden’s debate performance is newsworthy, Trump’s is, too. For all the handwringing over Biden’s tired appearance, what about the candidate who, at a minimum, farted and may have pooped in h[...]
July 1st, 2024 - 11:44 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
How alienated are voters? (video)
Okay, it’s a very informal and unscientific survey. A TV station sent out a reporter in Fort Pierce, Florida, to ask 18 random citizens about the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling and feel out who they’ll vote for in November 2024. What she learned is 17 of the 18 citizens didn’[...]
July 1st, 2024 - 11:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Liberals horrified by Supreme Court immunity ruling
Rachel Maddow: “This is a death squad ruling.” Nicolle Wallace: “Rule of law is dead.” Andrew Weissman: “This could not be a worse decision in terms of our country.” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
July 1st, 2024 - 5:57 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
“Low Tax” Looper’s big mistake
On July 1, 2024, a date which may live in infamy, an out-of-control Supreme Court issued a ruling that shields presidents from criminal liability for anything that can remotely be deemed an “official act.” The ruling appears to give White House occupants a license to murder political opp[...]
July 1st, 2024 - 2:18 am § in Misc.
The best pizza in Washington
And #33 in America; for where to find it (spoiler: it’s in Redmond), click here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]