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Secretary LaRose's Hostility Toward Proposed Initiative Necessitates Recusal

Sign at protest sayind End Qualified Immunity

The Ohio Coalition To End Qualified Immunity (The OCEQI) announces serious concerns regarding Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s repeated public hostility toward the proposed initiative aimed at ending qualified immunity, prosecutorial immunity, sovereign immunity, and all statutory immunities enjoyed by the government to the detriment of the people.

Over the past two years, Secretary LaRose has engaged in a pattern of false and disparaging statements about the initiative and its sponsors, referring to it as an “assault on our state constitution” and accusing its backers of being financed by “the radical left.” In an article by the Toledo Blade on August 10, 2023, Secretary LaRose claimed the initiative “threatens to unleash a flood of frivolous, politically motivated lawsuits against the brave men and women trying to protect our communities.”

Small Business Saturday & Sunday

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November 30-December 1, 2024

Small Business Saturday encourages Americans across the country to support local small businesses. The day infuses money back into our local economies, promotes vibrant and diverse communities, and celebrates the important role of small businesses in the national economy.

Saturday in Grandview Heights -- Come out and shop small and local and be sure to put Yarn It on your schedule! If even thinking about shopping til you drop exhausts you, then just come by for a relaxing sit & stitch. Either way, we'll be glad to see you! To celebrate, we'll have a wee gift bag for the first 5 sales of the day and we'll be open until 5pm (rather than our usual 4) in case you need a little extra time to get to us.

Sunday -- 

Join the Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce (COAACC) for Small Business Sunday on December 1, from 12n - 5:00 p.m. We know... everywhere else nationally celebrates Small Business Saturday, but here in Columbus it's also OSU vs. Michigan and (hate it or love it) we know where Columbusites will be.

Vicious attacks by Republican thugs on Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib should stop

Florida state senator Randy Fine made international news this week, and even the Times of India picked up the story. Fine, who will be running for a Congressional seat being vacated by Mike Waltz, Donald Trump's nominee for national security advisor, issued an open threat to the two Muslim Congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. With a 'Bombs Away' hashtag, Fine wrote, “The Hebrew Hammer is coming.” Fine, who is Jewish, wrote in a post on X, “[Rashida Tlaib] and [Ilhan Omar] might consider leaving before I get there.” Fine's campaign has been endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump.
 
Fine bragged about being endorsed by the Republican Jewish Coalition this week by referring to himself as the “Hebrew Hammer” while tagging Omar and Tlaib in a tweet. Fine is not running in the state of Minnesota or Michigan. Instead of calling himself the "Hebrew Hammer," it would be more accurate if he called himself the "Jewish Elephant." That way, it would sound more Republican and less threatening.

‘Genocide’ vs ‘Bigger Genocide’ in Gaza: Time to Decolonize Our Minds

“Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well,” Frantz Fanon wrote in ‘The Wretched of the Earth’.

 What the iconic anti-colonial philosopher and psychiatrist was essentially arguing is that the mind must be decolonized first, in order for the undoing of colonialism to succeed in all aspects of our liberation.  

 Many in the Global South, but especially intellectuals and analysts concerned with Middle Eastern affairs, are still struggling with their relationship with the United States.

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Reel Time with Richard: Estranged cousins reunite for Holocaust-related tour

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This article first appeared on Reel Time with Richard.

When Jesse Eisenberg made his debut as a writer/director with 2022’s When You Finish Saving the World, some found its depiction of familial squabbles heavy-handed and its characters insufferable.

Now Eisenberg is back with another comedy-drama about family relations, and he seems to have taken the criticisms to heart. A Real Pain’s two leading characters are flawed but likable, and its depiction of their squabbles is hardly heavy-handed. To the contrary, Eisenberg makes us work to figure out just what is behind them.

David Kaplan (played by Eisenberg himself) is a successful New Yorker with a wife and young son. His cousin Benji (Kieran Culkin) is single, jobless and lives in his mother’s upstate home.

Bus Skylab Au Revior

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Skylab’s last party wasn’t a reunion of the history of DIY @ 57 E. Gay Street.

Last Skylab Party: Friday November 22, 2024

The current Skylab community danced with a reunion of late 90’s techno, Friday November 22, 2024. I ain’t saying 90s Techno wasn’t artistic or involved with Columbus culture. I think late 90s techno in 90s DIY circles were at a Space called Fire Exit. I don’t know if Fire Exit utilized FBK, Stevie Zeven, Fractured Eons, and Chris Mckee.

Do you consider Mouse on Mars an electronic group? I saw Mouse on Mars at Fire Exit.

I think the Elemental Crew were the techno deejay’s involved with Fire Exit. Elemental were involved with Titonton, Todd Sines ETC. I’d seen Titonton’s name from Skylab’s Instagram during this year. Titonton, Todd Sines ETC. weren’t at Friday’s event, but I talked with people who attended Fire Exit techno events.

FB, Stevie Zeven, Fractured Eons, and Chris Mckee weren’t wack. I kept realizing I didn’t hate the techno music.

Celebrate Thanksgiving Spirit With Bill Cohen’s Songs of Gratitude

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Friday, November 29, 2-24, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
 Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 7 W. Henderson Road, Columbus.  Free parking is available in the parking lot just South of the church.  It’s accessible from Aldrich Road, one street south of Henderson, off north High Street.

Friends. Family. Freedom. Food. Music. Pets. Laughter. Nature. And dozens of other things. Despite political turmoil and a divided nation, we have so much to be thankful for.  Playing piano and guitar, Bill will sing songs linked to a wide variety of folks --- John Denver, Bing Crosby, Phil Ochs, Louis Armstrong, and Don McLean. Even Johnny Appleseed, Jiminy Cricket, and the TV show, “Golden Girls.” 

On several songs, Ann Fisher will add beautiful flute accompaniment, David Maywhoor will add percussion, and Joe Lambert and Joanne Blum will add soothing vocal harmonies. 

This is a free concert, but if people appreciate the songs and the message, Bill will welcome donations for a non-profit charity, International Medical Alliance of Tennessee. That’s the group that his wife Randi goes with to the Dominican Republic every February. 

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