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May 2nd, 2024 - 1:21 am § in Misc.

Welcome to Steve’s blog

 

Dr. Steve Schwartz, a University of Washington medical researcher, created this blog to discuss campus issues, and it soon expanded to a wider range of subjects. Although he’s no longer with us, a contributor still posts articles that readers may find informative, interesting, or simply entertaining and funny (read statement of purpose here). Use the search term “handbill.us” to find this page on the internet. To scroll back to older posts, click on ←Previous Entries halfway down this page.

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Storm Clouds Over The White House: Harris Concedes

GOP CAPTURES SENATE; HOUSE CONTROL UNCLEAR

ABORTION RIGHTS SCORE WINS

Abortion rights pass in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York; fail in Florida, Nebraska, and

South Dakota. A federal ban passed by Congress and signed by Trump would wipe out those state rights, but McConnell

says Republicans will retain filibuster, which gives Democrats a veto on a federal ban. See stories here and here.

What happened? America didn’t vote.

Votes are still being counted, and the totals are incomplete, but the preliminary popular vote numbers tell a story.

Trump has 2 million fewer votes than in 2020. Harris has 14 million fewer votes than Biden in 2020.

Many voters told pollsters they didn’t like the choices. It appears they didn’t vote.


April 28th, 2024 - 3:40 pm § in Misc.

In memory of Dr. Steve Schwartz, who created this blog

Professor Stephen M. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., the founder and proprietor of The-Ave.US, passed away from COVID-19 on March 17, 2020. Read local press coverage here and here. Steve joined the University of Washington Medical School’s faculty in 1967 and had taught there since 1974. He was world-f[...]


April 28th, 2024 - 1:00 pm § in Misc.

Selected Movie & Article Links

Below are links to a sampling of our most interesting, infuriating, or just plain funny movies, articles, and essays. Selections for this list are entirely arbitrary. The-Ave.US has over 23,000 posts, so this isn’t an index. ABOUT THIS BLOG Welcome to The-Ave.US, an introduction to this blog ([...]


November 6th, 2024 - 12:55 pm § in America, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Kamala Harris, Politics, Republicans

The silver linings in 2024 elections

Trump’s re-election delivered a shock to Democrats and liberals, but all is not lost. First, however, a couple of preliminary observations. The pollsters were right; the White House race was a 50-50 tie. It really was close; Trump got 50% to 51% in all the battleground states. It was soooo clo[...]


November 6th, 2024 - 1:48 am § in Politics, Republicans

Did Dave Reichert get 45%?

Back in July, after the primary, I queried (here), “Can he break through the 45% barrier?” I didn’t know, but a couple of clues suggested no. He’d have no coattails, because Trump drags down GOP candidates in this state. Trump got 36.83% against Hillary Clinton in 2016, 38.77% ag[...]


November 5th, 2024 - 7:47 pm § in Law and Courts

His gun didn’t keep their family safe

On Saturday, December 4, 2021, Jesse Kitson of Granite Falls, Washington, then 30 years old, put a loaded gun on a coffee table in a sofa where Arabella Watts, 23, and their 1-year-old daughter were sitting. That was stupid. The gun fell off the coffee table, went off, and killed their daughter (see[...]


November 5th, 2024 - 7:14 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Calling 911? Need police? Prove you voted for Trump!

Springfield, Ohio, was the locus of a false story about legal Haitian immigrant workers stealing and eating pets. Now Springfield is in the news again, because a sheriff’s patrol commander posted on Facebook that 911 callers must prove they voted for Trump before he’ll send deputies (rea[...]


November 5th, 2024 - 6:35 pm § in Business, Christianity, Law and Courts, Religion

If the Supreme Court legalizes anti-gay discrimination, it should require warning labels

lesbian couple spent a month on Instagram arranging catering for their planned January 2025 wedding. Then, when the couple met with the restaurant owner in person, she sprung Lucy-with-the-football on them, and told them, “I’m really sorry we’re not going to be able to cater your wedding” [...]


November 5th, 2024 - 4:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Law and Courts, Religion, Republicans

Evangelical leader likes naked children

Jason C. Yates (photo below) is the founder and former CEO of My Faith Votes, which is “part of a loose network of nonprofit organizations rallying support for Donald Trump through get-out-the-vote operations.” In this video, he talks about “the freedom we have in Christ.” Ya[...]


November 5th, 2024 - 3:34 pm § in Humor, Law and Courts, Misc.

How not to stay out of jail

A 43-year-old man was inside a Kent, Washington, gas station on the afternoon of Sunday , November 3, 2024, “when a gun fell out of his pants.” “The man picked up the gun and put it back into his waistband, but was fiddling with it as he walked to the checkout counter,” a Sea[...]


November 5th, 2024 - 1:06 am § in Politics, Republicans

Tucker Carlson says abortions cause hurricanes

He may be more right than he knows; the abortion issue could unleash a hurricane of female votes against Republican candidates. Read story here. And here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]