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[...]
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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[...]
June 30th, 2024 - 8:06 pm § in Biden, Democrats, Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans
J. D. Vance suggests only Republican presidents have immunity
Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH; photo, left) is a Yale-educated lawyer, but not a Supreme Court justice, so he make the rules. Which is just as well, because he has a funny idea of what the rules should be. Appearing on “Face the Nation,” a Sunday talk show, Vance declared “he believes pr[...]
Trump VP hopeful “evolves” on abortion
Trump has a talent for turning once-reasonable people into groveling sycophants. The latest Republican to fall under his spell is North Dakota governor Doug Burgum, a tech millionaire turned politician. Not so long ago, Burgum (photo, left; profile here) said outlawing abortion made it “unsafe[...]
The Biden decision facing Democrats
Biden’s shaky debate performance has many Democrats worried about voter perceptions of his ability to carry on. Bombing the debate is media fodder, if nothing else, and the notion he should drop out of the 2024 presidential race is being ballyhooed by the media and pundits eager for attention.[...]
Does a bad debate matter?
Huffington Post labeled it “the debate from hell” and pundits across the political spectrum called it a “disaster” for Biden, because he lacked energy and stamina, repeatedly lost his train of thought, and his voice was hoarse and raspy. The White House claimed he’s bat[...]
June 26th, 2024 - 2:50 am § in Donald Trump, News Media
Reporter at George Floyd protests is dying from police wounds
A reporter who covered the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis in 2020 is dying from her police-inflicted injuries. Linda Tirado (photo, left), then a 38-year-old photojournalist, drove from Tennessee “to cover the unrest” in Minneapolis after a rogue cop murdered George Floyd, an NPR s[...]
June 25th, 2024 - 6:53 pm § in America, Biden, China, Donald Trump, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine, Politics, Republicans, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Is Biden senile?
Let’s figure this out. My raw material is Time magazine’s June 24, 2024, cover story (here). It’s mostly about foreign policy; I can only quote short excerpts, for space and fair use reasons, and encourage you to read the entire article linked above. It begins, “During his 40[...]
Who’s to blame for the housing crisis?
Capitalism is. I’m not saying there’s a better system for supplying homes, owned or rented, to everyone who needs them. Nobody in America wants to live in Soviet housing. Rather, I’m reacting to an NPR article (here) which, like many journalistic endeavors, begins with an anecdote:[...]