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. “[...]
Archive for the ‘Misc.’ Category
October 8th, 2024 - 1:51 pm § in Misc.
When you feed raccoons
Forest critters like free handouts as much as any street pandhandler does. A woman living in woods near Poulsbo, Washington, had to call the cops because masked intruders blocked her from getting into her home. “Kevin McCarty, a spokesperson for the Kitsap County Sheriff, said the woman called[...]
October 3rd, 2024 - 9:26 pm § in Misc.
Mt. Adams more seismically active
Washington’s Mt. Adams, rising 12,281 feet above the Columbia River 30 miles away, is rumbling. Wikipedia says (here), “Seismic activity around Adams is very low and it is one of the quietest volcanoes in Oregon and Washington.” Not anymore. Mt. Adams typically records an earthqua[...]
October 3rd, 2024 - 8:36 pm § in Misc.
Ex-aides say Trump conditioned federal disaster aid on loyalty
Several times during his presidency, Trump refused to release federal disaster relief funds, until he was shown those areas had voted for him. That’s according to former Trump advisers, “if Trump wins the White House again, he will view disasters through a political lens that values pers[...]
October 1st, 2024 - 8:40 pm § in Misc.
Would building on federal lands solve the housing crisis?
That’s what J. D. Vance argued in tonight’s debate. It’s silly nonsense. We need housing where people live, and most people live where there are jobs. Most of America’s jobs are in cities where there’s no vacant federal land, and many of those cities are east of the Mis[...]
October 1st, 2024 - 1:17 am § in Misc.
Can we now forgive Pete Rose?
Pete Rose is dead. Long live “Charlie Hustle.” Rose, 83, died on September 30, 2024. He’s remembered for two things: Baseball’s all-time hit leader, and a lifetime ban from the sport for gambling on games. He also tops the charts in games played, at-bats, singles, and outs. H[...]
October 1st, 2024 - 12:43 am § in Environment, Misc.
Is Mount Everest getting higher?
The 1,500-mile long Himalayan mountain chain is a land mass pushed upward by the collision of two tectonic plates, the Eurasian and Indian. Its highest point, Mount Everest, was once seabed as shown by marine fossils found near its summit. But tectonic forces aren’t the only ones pushing the h[...]
September 29th, 2024 - 5:50 pm § in Misc.
Get ready to light 100 candles for Jimmy Carter
When the 39th president turns 100 on Tuesday, now just two days away, his birthday cake will look like a chandelier in a 5-star hotel or a 5-alarm fire. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Attacking the messenger
The postal carrier was only delivering the mail. So why did Russell Frank Valleau (photo, left), 61, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, chase her with a knife? Because his mail that day included a Kamala Harris flyer. After yelling “derogatory, racist and sexual remarks,” he lunged toward h[...]
September 27th, 2024 - 2:11 pm § in Misc.
Republicans grow more extreme on abortion
Despite signs their extreme stances on abortion spell election disaster for them, many Republicans are doubling down. In Texas, a GOP state legislator in a tight re-election race says if his daughter was raped, and wanted an abortion, “I would say no, we’re going to have the baby.” Rea[...]