The Russian people are being forced to live in a dreamland, whether they want to or not, in which Putin’s aggression against Ukraine is a “sacred” duty of “defending the Motherland” and those supporting Ukraine are “international terrorist gangs.” Moreover, [...]
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June 21st, 2022 - 2:24 pm § in Russia
Will Russia execute Americans?
U.S. women’s basketball star and Olympian athlete Brittney Griner (photo, left) went to Russia to supplement her income by playing for a Russian team (see story here). She was arrested at the Moscow airport because, Russian officials claim, they found hashish oil in her luggage. Russia insists[...]
Did you know Elon Musk is an “African-American”?
Teslas were cool until they started spontaneously combusting and self-crashing, and Elon Musk was revealed as a slimebucket who manipulates stock, rewards his employees with mass layoffs, offered to let Trump back on Twitter, and endorsed a fascist for president. Now, neither Teslas nor Musk are qui[...]
Will America ever have gun control?
The Uvalde, Texas, school massacre “has reignited the debate over gun control in the US,” BBC says (here). “But realistically, it is unlikely to result in significant reform. The argument over guns has simply become too politically divisive and culturally entrenched to allow for me[...]
How Democrats lost rural America (video)
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May 15th, 2022 - 5:36 pm § in Misc.
America in decline (cartoon)
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America, the tribal society
Politics, a WSU professor says, is “not about the facts or any sort of reality, it’s about group identity.” Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat, a longtime observer of Washington politics, agrees. He says, “Social or cultural sorting is what drives elections; policy stands, not so muc[...]
Racism against Asian-Americans is at a pandemic high
There have been plenty of news stories about hate crimes against Asian-Americans. Stupid whites (and some Hispanics and blacks, too) have blamed them for Covid-19. They have nothing to do with it. And it’s getting worse. “More Americans are now blaming Asian Americans for Covid-19 than a[...]
Chief hired to reform America’s worst police department fired; did the police union get her?
Aurora, Colorado, arguably has America’s worst police department. Its cops are infamous. Their own chief calls them “despicable.” So begins a posting I wrote last year (read it here). Then, Aurora PD was back in the news because of yet another police brutality incident. Now, because the ci[...]
April 7th, 2022 - 9:53 pm § in Science
How long have humans been in North America?
Recent archaeological work in New Mexico suggests people lived there between 23,000 and 21,000 years ago. Watch video below. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]