It isn’t the judge’s fault; he has to operate within the sentencing guidelines enacted by the legislature. Adam Abelson (photo, left), 32, has had a rough life. He watched both his parents die from drug overdoses, according to his lawyer. But plenty of people suffer family tragedies, wit[...]
Archive for September, 2024
September 6th, 2024 - 5:34 pm § in Law and Courts
A police confession horror story
Tom Perez Sr. lived with his son, Tom Perez Jr., in Fontana, California. The father went out of town to visit relatives, and didn’t bother to tell his son. Not knowing where his father was, Tom Jr. reported him missing. The cops decided Tom Jr. must have killed his father, and badgered him to [...]
Kamala Harris didn’t hit-and-run
It’s a bombshell story: “Kamala Harris was involved in a ‘hit and run’ accident in 2011 where she hit a 13-year old” named “Alicia” or “Alisha” Brown and left her paralyzed in a wheelchair. It was posted on a website called “KBSF-San Francisco News[...]
September 5th, 2024 - 6:50 pm § in Politics, Republicans
J. D. Vance unveils his child care plan
J. D. Vance, Trump’s 2024 running mate, is well know for his disdain for “childless cat ladies.” He believes the solution to America’s shrinking workforce is more babies. So it’s not surprising that he believes woman’s place is in the home raising children. ItR[...]
September 5th, 2024 - 6:24 pm § in Law and Courts
Are these America’s worst parents?
Every time a kid shoots up a school, people ask, “where did he get the weapon?” Georgia school shooter Colt Gray’s father gave him the AR-15 “as a holiday present” after police interviewed the boy about online threats to shoot up a school. This level of parental indiffe[...]
September 4th, 2024 - 6:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Ethics watchdog asks appeals court to assign a new judge to Mar-a-Lago case
A Washington D.C.-based government watchdog group has asked a federal appeals court to remove Judge Aileen Cannon from the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, arguing she has tried to “undermine and derail the prosecution,” The Hill reported on September 4, 2024 (read story here). Jud[...]
September 4th, 2024 - 12:34 am § in Law and Courts
Reminder to TikTokers: Banks don’t give away money
NBC News reports (here) that, “This weekend a viral trend took over TikTok and X, with users being told that there was a systemwide glitch and that, if they deposited false checks in an ATM and withdrew that money soon afterward, they would be able to cheat the system and take out a large sum [...]
WA public lands commissioner: Upthegrove gains 2 votes in recount, will advance to November election
Dave Upthegrove (photo, left; bio here), 53, a Democrat, likely will be Washington’s next Commissioner of Public Lands. He’s currently a King County Councilman, and previously served in the legislature. He will succeed Hilary Franz, a Democrat who didn’t seek reelection and instead[...]
September 3rd, 2024 - 10:44 pm § in Environment, Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Cloud waves
This cloud formation was photographed over Whidbey Island on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. (Story here). To find out how and why such clouds form, see Wikipedia articles here and here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Tampering with voting machines costs 3 election deniers $1 million
Two GOP county commissioners and their attorney, who gave outside parties unauthorized access to voting machines, owe the Pennsylvania secretary of state nearly $1 million, CNN reported on Monday, September 2, 2024 (read story here). The attorney and outside parties were connected to Sidney Powell, [...]