“To each according to what he wants; from each according to his ability to pay” That could become a common corporate mantra in the United States of America. Under the increasingly pervasive personalized pricing system, corporations set prices based on what they know about for you. Need a toothb[...]
Archive for July, 2024
Will Trump pardon this rioter?
Trump has called the Capitol rioters “patriots” and promised to pardon them if he’s elected again. If I were them, I wouldn’t hold my breath, because Trump lies a lot and doesn’t return loyalty. He’s loyal to no one but himself. But suppose he does. Will he pardon[...]
July 19th, 2024 - 6:54 pm § in Politics
PHOTOGRAPHY: Master Race
“When I look at you guys, I do not think ‘master race,'” a newsman told a group of taunting neo-Nazis in Nashville, just “wounded, angry men who’ve never accomplished much in their own lives.” Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
July 19th, 2024 - 6:39 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOPers hijack ballot statement on Florida abortion rights
Florida Republicans tried but failed to keep an abortion rights initiative off the November 2024 ballot, losing by 4-3 in the state supreme court (read the court’s opinion here). It would amend the state constitution as follows: “SECTION __. Limiting government interference with abortio[...]
July 19th, 2024 - 5:40 pm § in Misc.
This might be a short marriage
He was a gymnast, she’s the daughter of circus performers, so it’s not surprising they like to climb tall buildings. That’s how they met. At first rivals and competitors, they became flirtatious, then romantic partners. Now there’s a movie about them (trailer below; read stor[...]
July 18th, 2024 - 11:54 pm § in China
Don’t use commie cooking oil, it’ll give you a gut ache
Capitalism has crooks like this guy, but communism is worse. In fact, China is one of the world’s more corrupt countries (see ratings here and article here), so they can’t say their system is superior to ours in that respect. Feloniously sloppy airplane assembly is bad, but so far has on[...]
Why the GOP deserves to be called the “forced birth party”
Chuck Winder (photo, left; profile here) is a prominent Idaho GOP politician and real estate broker. Not long ago he said, “We complain that we don’t have enough service workers, we don’t have enough of this, we don’t have enough people to do this. Well, I think there’s a reason, it’s no[...]
True or False: Did Biden “open our borders” to fentanyl smugglers?
There are three basic kinds of facts: Real facts, legal facts, and political facts. “Real facts,” as the term implies, are reality. “Legal facts” are the pictures lawyers paint to juries, which may bear little or no resemblance to reality. “Political facts” are wh[...]
July 18th, 2024 - 1:45 am § in Misc.
Seattle cop fired for wisecracks about pedestrian’s death
Jaahnavi Kandula, 23, a graduate student from India, was killed in a crosswalk by a speeding Seattle police vehicle on January 23, 2023. See details of the incident here. One of the police officers dispatched to the accident scene, Daniel Auderer, mocked Kandula as a person whose life had “lim[...]
July 17th, 2024 - 6:53 pm § in Misc.
The Star Spangled Banner by a drunk singer (video)
Our national anthem is a challenge even for great singers. Country singer Ingrid Andress was drunk when she sang at the MLB Home Run Derby on Tuesday, July 17, 2024 (read story here). Yes, it’s cringy. If you have the stomach for it, watch and listen to the video below. Return to The-Ave.US Ho[...]