This is the city where hardworking Haitian immigrants were falsely accused of stealing and eating residents’ pets. (One cat went missing, and was found 2 days later in its owner’s basement.) Note: If you’re complaining about people calling you a racist, maybe you are one! Return to[...]
Archive for September, 2024
September 24th, 2024 - 5:39 pm § in Law and Courts
Does anyone actually get more time for using a gun in a crime?
Dylan Scott Jennings, 37, of Bellevue, Washington, just did (read story here). Jennings, enraged by his estranged wife seeing another man, walked into the bar where she worked and shot her dead on July 5, 2021. There were aggravating factors: He showed no remorse, and used a stolen gun. Washington h[...]
How food makers deceive health conscious shoppers
What they want you to see when you’re shopping: 90 calories and 650 mg of sodium per serving. What they don’t want you to notice: “About 2.5 servings per container”. Who carefully measures 40% of the contents of a soup can into a saucepan or microwave dish? Nobody. If you eat[...]
Jury renders verdict in lawsuit against “Trump train” bullies
On Oct. 20, 2020, a Biden-Harris campaign bus traveling to a Texas campaign event was intercepted, boxed in, and aggressively harassed by vehicles flying Trump flags (shown in video below). A nearby police department refused to respond to the bus occupants’ desperate 911 calls; the city of San[...]
GOP’s Nebraska electoral vote grab fails
Maine and Nebraska split their electoral votes, giving each party an extra electoral vote. Typically Democrats get one from red-state Nebraska, and Republicans get one from blue-state Maine. In some 2024 election scenarios, a single electoral vote could decide the election. For example, if Harris wi[...]
September 23rd, 2024 - 1:05 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
How two assault rifles cost taxpayers $231 million
The just-agreed-upon stopgap funding bill includes a $231 million budget increase for the Secret Service. That agency justifiably needs more personnel, and has been pressing Congress for more funding, but the impetus for getting Republicans to go along is the two assassination attempts against Trump[...]
September 23rd, 2024 - 12:16 am § in Politics, Republicans
Vance even lies about eggs
J. D. Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate, made a campaign video at a Pennsylvania supermarket this weekend. In it, he blasted Kamala Harris for $4.00-a-dozen eggs. Just one little problem: The shelf tags behind him. See tweet below and story here. By now, every voter paying attention to news fee[...]
September 22nd, 2024 - 10:52 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump unfurls his Jewish scapegoat freak flag
— “Donald Trump is now saying the ‘Jewish people’ will be to blame if he loses this election.” Read story here Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Humor: Canine yard sign
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Cabinet chatter begins
Harris “would likely keep some Biden officials,” and likely would have a “diverse” cabinet (see story here). Here are some educated guesses: Secretary of State: Blinken doesn’t want to stay; he could be replaced by the CIA director or Delaware Sen. Chris Coons or Connec[...]