JULY 17, 2018 

The unproven allegation that the Russian government helped us find out how the DNC was screwing Bernie Sanders with his pants on is not actually a moral, legal, or practical reason to launch a spree of mass-killing of innocents, which is what every war since WWII has been.

The terrorist acts of 9/11/2001 were crimes to be prosecuted, but not a moral, legal, or practical reason to launch a spree of mass-killing of innocents, even if dark-skinned Muslim innocents were chosen over any of the “white” places that the criminals plotted their crimes.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was also not what you have been told.

The week of July 9th took me back to a world my young daughter left behind years ago. A leader is choosing like-minded friends for his team no matter how badly they play the game. A stubborn, immature lout is willing to accept a tough punishment rather do something healthy.  Then there’s a poorly-raised little shit who runs around shooting off his mouth offending everyone in sight.

To replace the outgoing Justice Kennedy, the president nominated Brett Kavanaugh. He is a circuit court judge in DC with a solidly conservative track record. He clerked for Kennedy before working for the Bush campaign in Florida and helping to steal the 2000 election. He is not smart enough to handle money; accruing tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt for sports tickets and a private Catholic school for his kids. So before we dig deeper into him, the Supreme Court nominee is a devout Catholic with money problems and a lack of respect for democracy. So far, so good, right?!

July 18 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am
OTSE and its supporters will be standing vigil outside of the Ohio Statehouse in response to the planned execution of Robert Van Hook. All are welcome to join. Contact abe@otse.org with any questions.

The Democrats have been in turmoil for the last half century and then some, when they abandoned their racist base and supported the civil rights movement.

Revved up by the spirit of the ’60s, the party began opening itself to further change, even daring to push beyond the financial interests of its controlling oligarchs and declare an opposition to war. “I have no secret plan for peace. I have a public plan,” George McGovern said during his 1972 presidential campaign . . . and that was that. After his crushing defeat, at the hands of Richard Nixon and his “Southern strategy,” the Dems quietly retreated. Their prevailing slogan ever since, whispered subconsciously, has been: We don’t stand for all that much.

The Dems are now Republican lite. They don’t have the will to disrupt anything that seems tried and true — such as, for instance, American exceptionalism and bloated militarism.

Thursday, July 19, 6:30-8:30pm
Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St.
Experience an American Indian live paint event presented by The Ohio History Connection and Columbus Museum of Art. Renowned American Indian artists, Tom Farris (Otoe-Missouria/Cherokee) and Micah Wesley (Creek/Kiowa) will create new works of art that embrace the story of contemporary American Indian people as artists, tribal citizens and individuals.
CMA values the role artists play in society to imagine and question and we see the Museum as a laboratory for new ideas. Meet Your Creative Community features artists premiering new projects at CMA. Enjoy a family-friendly evening in CMA’s Sculpture Garden with live painting, a cash bar, and tasty bites available for purchase from Schokko Café. 
Cost of the program is included with general admission, which is $5 for nonmembers and free for CMA and OHC members.