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PHOTOGRAPHY: What climate change?
This is just weather and practicing for sea level rise. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
How secession could work
GOP firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene says, “We need a national divorce,” and while her idea of splitting up red and blue states won’t work, it’s not worth another civil war to keep Republicans in the Union. The divorce part is easy; we’re already divorced. Republicans a[...]
If elected, Trump will clean up the mess in Washington D.C.
The city is a mess, he says. So big a mess it’s worthy of presidential time and effort, so he plans to wrest city administration from city officials and run the place himself (read story here). Here are his complaints: “I’m driving into a federal courthouse, and the graffiti all over the p[...]
Why Trump won’t go to jail over the hush money
Even if Trump is convicted in the hush money case, and ex-FBI director James Comey thinks it’s a strong case (see story here), he’s unlikely to get prison time. Ex-Baltimore D.A. Marilyn Mosby, convicted of stealing her own money and lying about it, got a year of home detention (read sto[...]
Why bother to be rich?
Being rich requires special effort, such as having wealthy parents, flipping houses, or winning the lottery. So why bother? Many people think money is about material comforts, but the trappings of wealth are a bother, just ask every super-wealthy person you know. (Do you want to spend your weekends [...]
What happens to protesting cows
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How’s this campaign slogan?
BLOCKHEAD FOR GOVERNOR VICE PRESIDENT Hey that wasn’t my idea. To skip the partisan stuff, I’m gonna pretend I’m a campaign consultant who’ll work for a candidate of any party. (“Gun for hire” doesn’t work well in this context, for reasons you’ll soon [...]
Biden’s dog receives death threat
“Say hello to Cricket.” It reads like a bloodstained note from a serial killer. Cricket is in doggy heaven, blown to bits with a shotgun in a gravel pit. His killer’s message implies a similar fate for the recipient. After killing her own dog 20 years ago, Kristi Noem is going arou[...]
Is Trump teleporting drugs into people’s bodies?
Ryan Garcia, a professional fighter (bio here), in April 2024 tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (see story here). Garcia promptly tweeted on Elon Musk’s soapbox, X, that he was set up. “I’m seen with Trump and now I’m positive for steroids,” Garcia wrote. “[...]