For several nights, mysterious drones flying over New Jersey have baffled local authorities and residents. On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) declared on Fox News the objects “are coming from an Iranian vessel off the East Coast,” which the Defense Department R[...]
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December 12th, 2024 - 12:02 am § in Misc.
GOPer blames mystery drones on non-existent Iranian “mothership”
December 9th, 2024 - 12:44 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Watch SpaceX launch with the Trump family
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December 8th, 2024 - 5:13 pm § in Misc.
So you want an exotic car? (video)
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December 8th, 2024 - 1:11 am § in Misc.
How to flaunt obscene wealth
Last month, a Chinese cryptocurrency hustler, under fraud investigation in the U.S., reportedly paid $6.2 million for a banana which he then ate (photo, left; see story here). Of course, he didn’t buy a $6.2 million banana; he paid $6.2 million for publicity promoting his crypto trading business. [...]
83 years ago today
Of 87,000 U.S. military personnel stationed on Oahu Island on Dec. 7, 1941, it’s believed 16 are still alive. “Chuck” Kohler, a 17-year-old enlistee from Minnesota, says he disobeyed orders to shelter in a ditch and ran to join the fight. “I had learned early in life that you nev[...]
December 5th, 2024 - 1:22 am § in Misc.
Hanford contractor is accused of billing taxpayers for employees who sat around doing nothing (video)
A Hanford Nuclear Reservation contractor is accused of “repeatedly billing the government for work that wasn’t done” that the company’s managers allegedly “actively facilitated.” A whistleblower says he and other employees were paid for watching Netflix movies, reading, or do[...]
December 2nd, 2024 - 2:41 am § in Misc.
The case for pardoning Trump
Democracy is messy, and justice is imperfect. Presidents are immune from prosecution so they can focus on the job the people elected them to do, which is considered a higher priority than attaining perfect justice. While Trump’s first election can be written off as an aberration of a flawed elect[...]
November 27th, 2024 - 7:36 pm § in Misc.
Map of where Trump’s tariffs will raise gas prices most
If Trump imposes a 25% tariff on Canadian oil, this is where pump prices will go up the most. Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 27th, 2024 - 3:50 pm § in Misc.
Is this D. B. Cooper’s parachute?
Richard McCoy (1942-1974) has long been a D. B. Cooper suspect, not least because he pulled off a very similar hijacking a few months later. But there are reasons to be skeptical. Ten witnesses said Cooper wasn’t McCoy, based on physical and age disparities, and McCoy seems to have been elsewhere [...]
November 26th, 2024 - 1:49 am § in Misc.
Witness describes Lincoln assassination (video)
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