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War and Peace in an Ocean of Lies

One expects that anyone involved in politics will lie whenever they think they can get away with it to burnish one’s own image and while also distorting reality to promote policies that are being favored. Nevertheless, the record of high crimes committed by a series of presidents and their top aides since the so-called “war on terror” began has established a new low for government veracity. One would have thought that the fake intelligence fabricated by a group of Zionists in the Pentagon and White House to launch the misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq would be as bad as it could possibly get, but the Joe Biden team has outdone even those unfortunately unindicted criminals by allowing itself to be maneuvered by friends in NATO and by Israel into situations that are one step short of nuclear war.

Goodbye, OJ

Donate your shoes

Details about event

True Love Ministries Shoe Drive
Saturday, April 13, 11am-2pm
1634 Minnesota Ave., Columbus 43211

Please drop off your new or gently used shoes. No need to get out of your car. We can unload your car for you.

A Bucket For Marjorie

Bus Style Activities- Washington DC with the ACLU

Protest in DC

I received an invite: the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) organized a protest at the Supreme Court in defense of reproductive freedom. People could ride a bus from Ohio into DC for ACLU’s Supreme Court rally, 3-26-2024. The Supreme Court was taking arguments which would ban abortion pills….the case against abortion pills was weak. The case wouldn’t prove there was enough evidence to overrule the Food and Drug Administration’s approval. Sometimes the Supreme Court rejects underdeveloped arguments regardless of the Justices’ political bias.

While I believe Trump should be removed from the ballot because of his violating the insurrection clause…the Colorado case removing Trump from the ballot failed because the REPUBLICANS who presented removing Trump from the ballot didn’t have a conviction of Trump for insurrection.

We know Trump’s Supreme Court nominees overturned Roe V. Wade….I’m pro-choice.

Meijer Garden Centers Offering Recycling Service

The recycling center

What: Meijer has officially opened its garden centers across the Columbus area, offering a bounty of blooms, greenery, landscaping supplies, various tools and more to welcome customers into the spring season.

When purchasing garden items, plastic trays are often used to hold them and unfortunately, not disposed properly. That’s why Meijer offers customers a free service to return them safely and conveniently at any of its garden centers.

Meijer began collecting the plastic gardening containers – which primarily come from its three suppliers of annuals, like geraniums or petunias – in 2014 and has since contributed to the recycling of approximately 2,100 tons of plastic.

When: Meijer garden centers are open all season long. Check your local store for hours.

Where: At all Meijer garden center locations, customers can easily spot the recycling carts where they can place their trays and pots.

 

Killing Humanitarian Workers as a Strategy: Israel’s Endgame in Gaza

Israel described its clearly deliberate killing of seven humanitarian aid workers on April 1 as a “grave mistake”, a “tragic event” that “happens in war”. 

 Israel is, obviously, lying. This entire so-called war - actually genocide - in Gaza, has been based on a series of lies, some of which Israel continues to peddle. 

Roundtable on Current U.S. Foreign Policy: Militarism Unhinged

invited three insightful analysts of present-day U.S. foreign policy to share their thoughts in a roundtable discussion. Here are excerpts from Phyllis Bennis, Jackson Lears and Jeffrey Sachs.

-- Norman Solomon

 Question: How would you assess the most important aspects of current U.S. foreign policy?

 Phyllis Bennis: I think the most important aspects are the most problematic ones. The focus on militarism that leads to a military budget this year of $921 billion, almost a trillion dollars, an unfathomable number translates to $0.53 out of every discretionary federal dollar going directly to the military. And if you add in the militarism side of things, the federal prison system, the militarization of the borders, ICE, deportations, all those things, you come up with $0.62 out of every discretionary federal dollar.

Survival without Bombs or Borders

An enormous flash, a mushroom cloud, multi-thousands of human beings dead. We win!

Nuclear weapons won’t go away, the cynics — the souls in despair — tell us. You can’t put the genie back in the bottle. You can’t, as Gen. James E. Cartwright, former head of U.S. Strategic Command, once put it, “un-invent nuclear weapons.” So apparently we’re stuck with them until the “big oops” happens and humanity becomes extinct. Until then: Modernize, modernize, modernize. Threaten, threaten, threaten

David Barash and Ward Wilson make the case that this is completely false. We're not "stuck" with nuclear weapons any more than we’re stuck with obsolete and ineffective technology of any sort, bluntly pointing out: “Crappy ideas don’t have to be forgotten in order to be abandoned.

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