Denied admission to artillery officer candidate school because of his race, Waverly Woodson (photo, left), who died at age 83 in 2005, was trained to be a combat medic, given the rank of corporal, and landed with Omaha Beach’s third wave on D-Day. Woodson was wounded before getting ashore; a G[...]
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June 2nd, 2024 - 2:16 pm § in Misc.
The reality of D-Day parachute drops
Before dawn on June 6, 1944, the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions were dropped behind invasion beaches. First on the ground were 300 “Pathfinders” whose job was to mark the drop zones, followed by 13,100 paratroopers jumping from C-47 aircraft, and a small number of glider troops bringi[...]
June 2nd, 2024 - 12:42 am § in Misc.
Burglars use hidden cameras to watch homes
South American burglary rings operating in Southern California are hiding camouflaged cameras in bushes, parking strips, other unobtrusive outdoor spots to observe when homeowners leave, so they can break in when no one is home. (See story here, and watch video below.) Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Got the insurance blues?
Watch the video below. Skyrocketing insurance bills are hitting everyone. There are multiple reasons: More storms, more accidents, more expensive cars, parts, and labor. The bottom line is insurance companies are paying out more for claims, so they’re charging more for insurance. Return to The[...]
May 31st, 2024 - 10:23 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Is this a million dollar dog?
A small town Missouri cop responding to a loose dog call killed the pet after making minimal efforts to catch it. The dog was blind and deaf. It wasn’t aggressive. Its name was Teddy. The bodycam footage went viral. I chronicled the incident here. The mayor resigned. The cop was fired. The dog[...]
May 29th, 2024 - 4:06 pm § in Misc.
“Jeff Butane” robocalls are a scam
Have you been getting robocalls and voicemails from “Jeff Butane about your project”? Judging from the many times “Jeff Butane” has appeared on my caller ID recently, and the multiple voicemails about my “project,” this scam is raining down on Seattle-area residen[...]
May 27th, 2024 - 1:44 am § in Misc.
Cop guns down deaf and blind dog
His name was Teddy, a Shih Tzu, deaf and blind. He escaped his kennel, and a neighbor who saw him wandering called the police because the small Missouri town doesn’t have an animal control officer. The cop spent all of three minutes trying to lasso Teddy with one of those poles that animal con[...]
May 25th, 2024 - 8:45 pm § in Misc.
Are high-IQ people superior?
No. Flat no. Standard IQ tests measure a trait that gives a person certain advantages. Lower-IQ people don’t get into medical schools and become doctors. More likely they sweep hospital floors (this janitor doesn’t count because he’s a fictional movie character). But IQ tests don&#[...]
May 22nd, 2024 - 5:09 pm § in Misc.
Oklahoma makes being an “illegal” a crime
Oklahoma has enacted a law threatening to “fine and jail migrants who are in the state without legal documentation,” NBC News reported on May 22, 2024 (read story here; see the law here). That it’s a bad law goes almost without saying. (What good comes from Republican legislatures?[...]