“Phoenix’s city manager disciplined a slew of police officers, including the department’s chief, for rewarding officers for shooting protesters in the groin last summer as demonstrations over George Floyd’s murder erupted,” the Daily Beast reported on Thursday, August 12, 2021. “[...]
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August 13th, 2021 - 7:54 pm § in Misc.
Phoenix P.D. brass gave MAGA coins to cops who shot protesters in testicles
August 2nd, 2021 - 5:16 pm § in Politics
Letter from Phoenix
Maybe Clint Eastwood could make this into a movie. Read CNN news story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 12th, 2017 - 1:14 am § in America
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Sacred Phoenix in Washington?
‘Sacred’ Phoenix Goddess temple busted for being a brothel Washington, Sept 10 2011 : The Phoenix Goddess Temple in Arizona, an alleged brothel, that defines itself as “a sacred place to know the secret inner wisdom of the Cosmic Mother,” was raided by police on Wednesday, culminatin[...]
WGU vs. Phoenix .. getting your BGED in Biology.
The Seattle Times reports that online schools are replacing the community colleges as place to get the bachelor’s equivalent degree. A new version of the GED is now emerging .. I call it the BGED .. Bachelor’s Graduation Equivalent Degree. Like their online high school equivalents, som[...]
April 6th, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: Bad Investment: Enrollment Plummets at University of Phoenix, Implications for Washington’s Layoff of Higher Ed faculty
Updated from original post on 25 Feb 2011 : As we struggle with the soaring demand for higher ed, how will we meet it if we fire faculty? Last month’s news release about the fall in sales by the Univ. Of Phoenix needs to be paired with the severe cuts being made in faculty in […][...]
Can you have two primary residences?
Yes, you can have more than one “primary residence.” Rep. Reuben Gallago (D-AZ), the most likely Democrat to replace Kyrsten Sinema in the U.S. Senate, bought a house in Washington D.C. where he works, which he claimed as his “primary residence” for purposes of getting a V.A[...]
February 3rd, 2023 - 2:28 pm § in Politics, Republicans
How to keep losing elections
Think of Arizona Republicans as lab rats. GOP strategists do. What’s going on in Arizona GOP circles illustrates why Republicans are losing elections they should win. But they’re learning nothing from it. A Politico article published on Friday, February 3, 2023, goes into the details (re[...]
What it’s like without a free press
In South Sudan, 6 journalists were arrested for filming the president pissing in his pants. Read story here In Phoenix, Arizona, a Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested for reporting while black. Read story here — West Virginia’s GOP governor got a reporter fired for reporting on abuse [...]
December 23rd, 2022 - 4:58 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOPer tells a whopper
If you mention a Chevy pickup’s gear ratio in the presence of Republicans, you’d better get it exactly right, because they’ll set you straight. They know it to the second decimal point. But for some strange reason, when Republicans talk about elections, they’re incredibly car[...]
October 24th, 2022 - 7:13 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Prosecute these drop-box vigilantes
“Right-wing groups have been staking out ballot boxes across the country and taking photos of people and their license plates as they cast votes in next month’s elections, all with the explicit encouragement of Republican politicians,” Huffington Post reported on Monday, October 24, 20[...]