Election years are called “the silly season” for a reason: Campaigns bring the lunacy out, especially on the right. But these statements by Republican politicians go way beyond normal election-year puffery and bombast: Example 1: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), on September 29, 2024, called Kama[...]
Archive for October, 2024
Which is better for you, tariffs or income tax?
Trump, in his Joe Rogan podcast appearance, made clear he likes the 19th century tariffs system, and feels the income tax was a mistake. He also made clear he favors completely replacing the income tax with tariffs (watch video here). Would that be a better tax system for average American households[...]
October 25th, 2024 - 10:18 pm § in Misc.
Does Seattle have the worst baseball stadium? (video)
That makes two bad stadiums in a row, and I can already hear the haranguing: Tear it down and soak taxpayers for another billion dollars to build a new one. Shall we try for three? Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 25th, 2024 - 10:13 pm § in Misc.
Baseball as it used to be played (video)
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October 25th, 2024 - 8:14 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP rep wants North Carolina’s legislature to commandeer electoral votes
Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD; photo, left), who chairs the rightwing House Freedom Caucus, suggested 12 days before the election “that legislators in the battleground state of North Carolina could allocate their state’s electoral votes to Trump before votes are counted” (read story here). The b[...]
October 25th, 2024 - 7:45 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump blocked disaster aid to Washington
Wildfires tore through eastern Washington, a heavily-Republican area, in the fall of 2020. Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, requested $37 million of FEMA disaster funds for those communities. Trump blocked it, because Inslee had criticized his handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Washington eventually got t[...]
October 25th, 2024 - 5:49 pm § in Politics
Races to watch in the 2024 elections
Top of mind, of course, is the Harris-Trump battle, which needs no discussion. Thousands of other candidates are on ballots across America. Those who care about politics will be watching who controls the next Congress: Whether Democrats recapture the House, and what happens in the Senate. Nationally[...]
October 24th, 2024 - 10:05 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Ted Cruz ad falsely depicts Oregon HS girls as transgender
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, who represents Texas, is a pile of canine excrement. I don’t need to explain or justify that; his behavior speaks for itself. This is the guy who stood on a debate stage, staring like a deer in headlights, when Trump called his father a terrorist. He’s the same guy who[...]
October 24th, 2024 - 9:38 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Mail thief (video)
Joe Mastroianni (R) is running against Angelo Santabarbara (D) in New York’s 111th legislative district for an Assembly seat. The 2024 race is a rematch; Santabarbara defeated Mastroianni by 54%-43% in 2022 (see those results here). Santabarbara, 54, is a professional engineer; Mastroianni, a [...]
October 24th, 2024 - 8:03 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Voting residence: Horse or cart?
Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Ohio; photo, left), 38, is a first-term member of Congress, having been initially elected in 2022. She is running for re-election. Sykes comes from an Akron political family (see her bio here), and has lived in Akron since childhood, except when away attending college. Before Co[...]