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September 1st, 2024 - 4:19 pm § in Politics
Election errors aren’t fraud
Here is an example of an inadvertent error by election workers. It resulted in 188 voters in a Wisconsin town not being able to vote in the 2024 GOP primary election for a state assembly seat. This happened because staff in the county election clerk’s office mixed up recently redrawn state leg[...]
Republicans can’t spell
I find a lot of typos in news stories, too, now that the media’s business model has been upended and they can’t afford copyeditors anymore; but this is different, these are spelling errors, not typos. But let’s face it, it’s not only Republicans, but literacy in general that&[...]
August 31st, 2024 - 5:58 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s predictions if he loses
Here’s what will happen if Trump loses the 2024 election, according to him: “The quality of life is going to collapse” There will be a “bloodbath for the country” There will be a 1929-style stock market crash Christians will have to vote again (which is bad) Everyone wi[...]
J. D. Vance is a heartless bully and should leave the race
“Caitlin Upton was 18 and competing in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant when her stumbling response to a question about why some Americans couldn’t find their own country on the map became an early viral sensation,” Yahoo News begins the story here. Since then, that video has served coun[...]
How to make fun of Melania Trump
I haven’t been to New York City, so I can’t vouch for either the comment or the commentary. Donald Trump calls the place where he acquired fame and fortune “dirty and unsafe.” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
August 29th, 2024 - 7:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Political arguments that are just plain silly
Election years are called “the silly season” for a reason. That’s when partisans try out talking points, to see if anything will stick. This can be a serious endeavor, as when arguments address policy differences, or things that aren’t going well in the country or economy. Bu[...]
The danger of illogic in politics
At a Trump rally in Michigan recently, none of his supporters “believed recent polling showing Trump slipping behind Harris.” “And none could envision a world where they wake up on Nov. 6 and Trump is not the winner; if he isn’t, they say, Harris has either cheated or the electi[...]
August 29th, 2024 - 4:57 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Trump running mate’s rude attack on Harris defies logic
When a reporter asked J. D. Vance about this week’s Arlington Cemetery incident, he deflected by launching into a rant about the 13 American soldiers killed in the Kabul airport terrorist attack, then segued into a rude and illogical attack on Harris culminating with “she can go to hell!R[...]
Carbon capture is a bust
Companies won’t invest in it; only taxpayers are funding it, and … “The United States and other governments have little to show for these massive investments in carbon capture – none of the demonstration projects have lived up to their initial hype,” said Robert Howarth, professor [...]