On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, the US Congress reached a new low. Our elected officials, once the envy of the world, proved beyond any reasonable doubt that, in the words of Will Rogers, “the United States of America has the best Congress money can buy.” Or, as Mark Twain said, “We have the best government that money can buy.” On this day of infamy, a certified war criminal, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been committing genocide in real-time for the past 10 months while the world watches, was received by the US Congress and hailed as a hero.

During his nearly hour-long speech, Prime Minister Netanyahu was frequently interrupted by applause, often with standing ovations. Almost 30% of his time at the podium was taken up by applause. Those who engaged in this egregious act were US politicians and lawmakers, decision-makers and people of supposed high status in our country, elected to the two chambers that continue the chart of the great American Experiment. Almost a quarter of a millennium ago, this great American Experiment began with 56 patriots who pledged their lives and honor in declaring independence from a powerful king and country more than 3,000 miles away.

Everyday we hear horror stories from the Gaza strip (concentration camp).
70% of residential buildings are now destroyed, friends of ours that have
been forced to move 7, 8 or 9 times to places that are then bombed again.
Children burned or mutilated. Tens of thousands of women and children
murdered with Western Support. The situation here in the occupied West Bank
has been horrible before 7 October but the level of horror amplified ten
fold since. This increase in rate of home demolitions, land confiscation,
killing of Palestinians, military and settler pogroms against our people,
closing off of 12 ghettos/concentration camps created to store the unwanted
indigenous people.  All Palestinians are targets whether they miraculously
remained in Palestine or are in exile diaspora. The Zionist movement is
taking desperate measures to liquidate even the hope of liberation. Even
the delusional hope of a two state "solution" is obliterated with laws and
with increased colonial settlements: There are two times more colonial
settlers per square kilometer here in the West Bank than inside the Green
Line.

A 140-plus year old cemetery lost to time and mostly forgotten could be dug up, built upon, and the remains thrown out, all with help from “Zone In,” says South Side activist and preservationist Bruce Miller.

“There are documents showing slaves who escaped on the underground railroad buried there, plus the least of our brothers and sisters are buried there,” says Miller, president of the Scioto Southland Civic Association. Miller and his mother also sat on the City-affiliated Far South Columbus Area Commission, but both were forced out by City officials for pushing back on “Zone In” – the City’s overhaul of zoning codes so to create more density (taller condos).

This week's "Everybody Knows" show talks about our pervasive gun culture and songs that reflect it. 

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