On Saturday, April 13, the Free Press Second Saturday Salon will present the satire and social commentary of folk musician Tom Neilson.

The Earth Day Birthday celebration for WGRN 91.9 FM, begins at 5:30 with socializing and an awards ceremony. It is followed by a 7:00 PM concert.  

The venue is Beach Hall at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 93 West Weisheimer Rd. in Columbus. For info contact: cogreened@gmail.com.

Neilson is a storyteller who weaves an autobiographical sketch of songs and stories that are both historical and contemporary. He begins with his dairy farm roots and proceeds to the Vietnam War, civil rights, liberation struggles, unions, pipelines, censorship, Raytheon, breastfeeding, oligarchy, parenting, sexuality, humanism, lost loves and more.

The date is November 6, 2023 at 3:55 pm. The background is a home of an older Palestinian located west of Gaza City. The setting is a group of 6 Nazi fascist Israeli soldiers raiding a home in Gaza.

The narration goes like this:  “stay away, we are going to request the bombing of the top floor.  Go ahead and fire towards the top floor.

“Did you see anyone? Yes, one.  He was waiving his hands like this -showing that he has nothing.  And what did you do? I shot him with 4 bullets. Killing was fantastic.

Did he have anything? Nope, nothing. Respect my man, congratulations.”

“Had we have the artillery we could’ve finished the job easily.

Then these Nazis go back again. They see the old man lying next to the bed, motionless and dead. They fire at him again.

The outcome? The summary execution of Uncle Atta, a 73-year old deaf man who was waiving to these Nazis not to shoot. Outside his home, these Nazi members of the Israel Death Forces (IDF) went into a rampage of executing 50 more innocent civilians.

All this was recorded by a camera of one of these Nazis fascist members of the IDF.

This is a war crime, plain and simple.

Franklin County Treasurer Cheryl Brooks Sullivan has purchased $10.5 million in Israel Bonds since Israel began bombing Gaza in the aftermath of October 7, bringing the total 2023 investment to $14.5 million and pushing the county’s total holdings to $33 million.