“Protecting individual rights from government overreach is at the core of what sets the US apart from the rest of the world. But the ‘liberty’ promised by the Declaration of Independence is interfering with ‘life’ and ‘pursuit of happiness’ in ways the Found[...]
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Eyman ordered to pay state millions
Initiative promoter Tim Eyman (photo left, bio here), who is well known to Washington voters, has been ordered to pay the state $2.9 million “for costs and fees related to the campaign finance lawsuit brought against him by Attorney General Bob Ferguson … in addition to the $2.6 million[...]
When a black driver is pulled over, he wonders if he’s going to die
Be courteous. Stay calm. Keep your hands where the police can see them. Bang bang bang. You’re dead anyway. Driving while black “is yet another entry in an ever-growing list” of deadly dangers black people face in this era when lynchings are carried out by police i[...]
April 15th, 2021 - 7:14 pm § in America, Biden, China, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Russia
Biden’s foreign policy takes shape
Every nation’s foreign policy is driven by self-interest and domestic politics, and the U.S. is no exception. That reality is reflected in the foreign policy actions the Biden administration announced on Thursday, April 15, 2021. Keep in mind that President Biden has been involved in domestic [...]
Thank you for your service, but you’re going to jail, and your military career is done
He assaulted a skinny black kid who was simply walking in the neighborhood, or at least that’s how it appears in the viral video below. Johnathan Pentland (photo, left), 42, an Army drill instructor at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, could now face criminal charges and military discipline. Read [...]
How they talk in Appalachia (video)
It’s more than just a speech idiom, it’s a different way of life, where people know and help each other. The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Georgia D.A. refuses to prosecute legislator who knocked on governor’s door
Republicans wanted to lock her up in prison for knocking on the governor’s door while he was signing a voting law everyone else thinks is racist voter suppression. Standing between the governor’s goons and state Rep. Park Cannon, door knocker, was Fani Willis, another black woman and Dem[...]
Russia’s arctic military buildup
“Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic,” CNN reported on Monday, April 5, 2021. Satellite photos show “a stark and continuous build-up of Russian military bases and hardware on the country’s Arctic coastline, together with underground storage facilitie[...]
April 4th, 2021 - 1:18 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Economics, Humor, Misc., News Media, Politics, Racism, Schools & Colleges
Bad, bad boomers!
“I’m not a fan of baby boomers,” begins this Vox article. “And no, it’s not really fair to paint an entire generation with the same brush, but I’m doing it anyway,” the writer — somebody I’ve never heard of — continues. “Hopefully, the boomers wi[...]
8 years in prison for a door knock?
Yes. It’s possible, if you’re talking about Georgia, the defendant is black, and the door knock was a protest against a racist voter suppression law. Read story here. After all, that state’s racists just made it a crime to hand a water bottle to a black voter waiting hours in line [...]