Who makes a tiger ride all the way from Florida to Louisiana, a trip of 704 miles (I looked it up), to pace in a cage before 100,000 screaming football fans? Louisiana’s stupid Republican governor that’s who. LSU discontinued this sordid practice years ago. The school owns a mascot tiger[...]
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“The Onion” buys InfoWars
Rightwing provocateur Alex Jones owes a $1.4 billion judgment to Sandy Hook families which he can’t pay. But he can pay something; after all, he made millions by selling supplements on his podcast show. To help satisfy that judgment, his assets are being sold off in bankruptcy court. One of th[...]
How not to stay out of jail
A 43-year-old man was inside a Kent, Washington, gas station on the afternoon of Sunday , November 3, 2024, “when a gun fell out of his pants.” “The man picked up the gun and put it back into his waistband, but was fiddling with it as he walked to the checkout counter,” a Sea[...]
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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Arkansas’s lithium bonanza
The element lithium is emerging as a strategic commodity because of its role as a battery material in electric vehicles and renewable energy. China, with over 9 million tons of reserves, has been a major supplier. With tensions rising between China and U.S.-allied nations, the U.S. has been looking [...]
October 12th, 2024 - 7:30 pm § in Misc.
Andrew Irvine partial remains found on Everest
George Mallory and Andrew Irvine (photo, left) disappeared while attempting Mount Everest’s summit on June 8, 1924. They probably didn’t reach the summit, but if they did, they were first to climb Everest by any route, preceding Hillary and Tenzing by 29 years. They were last seen climbing upwar[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: False labeling
When cops pulled over a stolen car in Portland, Oregon, they encountered a pair of drug dealers with a sense of humor. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 11th, 2024 - 2:03 pm § in Environment, Misc.
Mt. Rainier is shrinking
The Cascade volcano’s true summit is a rocky point 14,399.6 feet above sea level. For decades, though, an ice hump on the crater rim poked 22 feet higher into the sky, and everyone thought Mt. Rainier’s elevation was 14,410 feet (or 14,411, after someone added a foot). But Earth is warmi[...]
October 9th, 2024 - 7:33 pm § in Misc.
The city where liberal policies failed
IN 2020, 74% of Portland, Oregon’s voters approved decriminalizing drugs. Since then the city has been plagued by drug use, homeless camps, violent protests, and a spike in murders. The tourists are gone, businesses have closed, and thousands of residents have left for greener pastures. “[...]