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We will also be getting updates on Fair Districts from Trevor Patrick Martin and HB 109 - the anti-protest bill - from Rev. Joan VanBecelaere.
Plus we will be unveiling our latest project: Transforming the Party in Ohio. Will Petrik from Rep Your Block will be with us to discuss.
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As a medical virologist for over 30 years, I and many of my colleagues have been amazed what we have heard about the COVID-19 vaccine and natural immunity after infection by the virus that causes COVID-19, called SARS-CoV2. So much clear-cut information is known about this disease process, yet policies are being made that ignore this information. So, let’s discuss these facts in simple terms. Here are the six basic facts of viral immunity, regardless of the virus:
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 5:30 PM.
Republicans in Ohio just introduced a copycat of Texas' ban that is even more extreme, banning all abortions. We will update you on this bill, the Mississippi law the Supreme Court will be hearing on December 1, and the trigger ban moving through the Ohio legislature that would make abortion completely illegal in Ohio if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Register here.
I want to recommend a new film and a new book. The film is called The Boys Who Said NO! There’s more courage and moral integrity in this documentary than in any fictional blockbuster. With the wars now underway and threatened being as unjust as those 50 years ago (and with women now being added to U.S. draft registration) we need more saying No! We also need to recognize, as depicted in this film, the scale of the horror of the war on Southeast Asia 50 years ago, not yet repeated anywhere, and avoid the foolishness of desiring a draft in order to say no to it. Our planet is imperiled by military spending, and the time to learn from and act on the lessons of this film is not in the future. It is right now.
The COP 26 climate talks took place in Glasgow, Scotland last week. COP stands for Conference of Parties – it is the annual meeting of countries of the world under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to discuss and make commitments for dealing with the climate crisis.
Although COPs occur every year – and have been happening for the past 26 years – some COPs are more important that others. Most important in recent history was COP 21 in Paris, when for the first time all nations of the world agreed to make their own voluntary commitments, known as National Determined Contributions, to fight the climate crisis.
Although the total of national commitments in Paris was not enough to limit global warming to 1.5° Celsius (2.7° Fahrenheit) – the limit that the agreement set – the nations did agree to meet every five years to ratchet up their commitments. COP 26 in Glasgow – rescheduled from 2020 due to the covid pandemic – was the first meeting at which these additional commitments were to take place.
Here’s what happened at the November Free Press Second Saturday Cyber-Salon on November 13.
Free Press Board member Mark Stansbery kicked the salon off by showing a map of Africa and how the US has exploited it. See image below.
Mark also gave a tribute to Free Press volunteer from the 70s, Sue Urbas. See image below.
He then played a great music video about unions, called Hold the Line (scroll down page to see video).
Monday, November 15 - Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Sunday, November 14, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
Note: My apologies for misspelling Chase Meola’s last name. No offense was intended. To other readers, I am not minimizing the very real crime problems. As a retired professor, University District homeowner, and critic of the institutions involved, I do not speak directly for students. I am advocating for a serious, sound, honest, and responsible set of crime reduction and safety policies and their enactment by Ohio State, the City, and Columbus Police Department (CPD). We have not seen that.
Cannabis Crossroads. Ohio history. New bills. Decrim successes.
Selected bites of fresh cannabis news sliced from the headlines, with a legislative flavor and sweet Ohio twist. Sources are linked.
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