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June 29th, 2022 - 5:40 pm § in Biden, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Russia

Who’s to blame for inflation?

Republicans will tell you Biden is. Mark Zandi, a respected economist (bio here), breaks it down in the chart at left. Isn’t it obvious this is all Biden’s fault? Let’s go through it item-by-item. Russian invasion of Ukraine That’s 3.5% right there, and Biden admits it contr[...]

June 3rd, 2022 - 3:56 am § in Health

Dogs detect Covid-19 better than tests!

However, you still may prefer testing. Read story here Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]

May 30th, 2022 - 5:58 pm § in Law and Courts

Punch lands plane passenger in prison

Punching a flight attendant cost Vyvianna Quinonez, 29, of Sacramento, a lifetime ban from Southwest Airlines, a court-imposed 3-year ban from any flying, 15 months in federal prison, and over $33,500 of restitution and fines. Quinonez (photo, right) was on a Southwest flight on May 23, 2021. During[...]

May 30th, 2022 - 3:25 pm § in Donald Trump, Health, Humor, Politics

Alternative vaccine (NSFW)

This blog makes no representations this works or is safe. We believe it doesn’t and isn’t. It isn’t our idea, nor are various home remedies for Covid-19 promoted on the internet and touted by some Republicans. This is not a Republican blog. It was created by an actual M.D., therefo[...]

May 23rd, 2022 - 12:37 pm § in Health, Politics

Studies confirm Covid-19 kills more Trumpers

Two separate studies confirm it’s been dangerous to live among Trump supporters during the pandemic. An analysis by National Public Radio (NPR) of Covid-19 death rates showed people in counties that voted over 60% for Trump in 2020 were 2.26 times as likely to die from the virus as people in c[...]

May 17th, 2022 - 8:35 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Health, Misc.

Covid-19 sweeps across North Korea

We’re about to find out what happens when the Omicron variant gets loose in a country where nobody is vaccinated, there’s no testing, no treatment drugs, and very few critical care hospital beds. Read story here. But North Korea’s famines kill millions, so what’s a few hundre[...]

May 14th, 2022 - 11:01 pm § in Politics

Minnesota GOP endorses anti-vax doctor for governor

A crackpot doctor who built a following by opposing Covid-19 shutdowns, masks, and vaccines won the endorsement — and potentially the nomination — of Minnesota’s GOP for governor. However, he still could face a primary challenge. (See story here.) Minnesota’s Democratic party[...]

May 14th, 2022 - 7:20 pm § in Health, Law and Courts

Judge tosses Hanford workers’ anti-vaccine lawsuit

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by several hundred Hanford workers over COVID-19 vaccine requirements, a Seattle TV station reported on Saturday, May 14, 2022 (read story here). It sounds like they were saddled with sloppy lawyering. KOMO 4 News says Judge Thomas Rice found that lawy[...]

May 13th, 2022 - 10:54 am § in Health

Who’s still dying from Covid-19?

“People 65 and older account for about 75 percent of U.S. Covid deaths,” NBC News reported on Friday, May 13, 2022 (story here). “And some risk persists, even for seniors who have completed an initial two-dose series of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or gotten one dose of the Johnso[...]

May 13th, 2022 - 2:44 am § in Foreign Affairs, Health

North Korea: No vax, no masks, no safe haven

As Covid-19 spread around the world, North Korea tried to seal itself off, but it didn’t work. You couldn’t expect it to, in a country where no one is vaccinated, nobody wears masks, and attending huge military parades is mandatory. Its April 25, 2022, “Founder’s Day” m[...]