This Halloween, The Real Haunted House is Ohio's Statehouse

Ohio Statehouse bird's eye view

As spooky season rolls around again, that means Ohio’s even-spookier midterm elections will be right behind it. Naturally, a fun way to celebrate Halloween every year is to go visit a scary haunted house, but did you know that you can combine both the spooky season and election season into one visit to our state’s scariest haunted house? Yes, if you want to see some of the spookiest sights that autumn has to offer, just load up the family van and head down to what is arguably the most frightening haunted house in Ohio –– our Statehouse, right here in Columbus. After all, who needs ghosts, ghouls and creatures that go bump in the night when you have legislators, lobbyists and lawyers gathering in gaggles to make our state a truly darker place?

The People's EcoChallenge

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Now through October 26
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Make New Habits ~ Choose your Actions -- Spend only a little time or go crazy!
Themes include Nourishing Food, Cultivating Community, Balancing Consumption, Regenerating Nature, and more.

Movie Review: Halloween Ends – the iconic horror franchise comes to an end by sidelining everyone’s favorite slasher

Monster attacking woman

Let's rewind the clocks back to 1978. John Carpenter's "Halloween" kicks off the slasher genre into high gear with inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho. That creates the end of 70s early 80s big slasher hits. Inevitably creating a string of "Halloween" sequels and reboots that even had Rob Zombie directing a trilogy. Fast forward to 2018, and David Gordon Green reinvents the "Halloween" franchise with a focus on PTSD. Jamie Lee Curtis is at the helm of it and centrally involved in the production.

"Halloween Ends" opening sequence felt like a well-put-together short film. Introducing a new key character, Corey Coleman (Rohan Campbell), a babysitter looking after an annoying kid who won't go to bed and wants to watch John Carpenter’s "The Thing" on TV. Not wasting any time attempting to grab your attention, the child tragically dies, setting up Corey as the town's pariah.

Evangelical group urges Ohio voters of faith to denounce Christian nationalism and extremism

Four people standing and posing

The national evangelical group Vote Common Good swept through Ohio this week urging fellow Christians to defeat election-denying, insurrection-supporting candidates in November. 

Vote Common Good (VCG) has been trying to educate Christians about the dangers of Christian Nationalism since 2018, and while it is a nonprofit, VCG is focused on opposing Trump’s mastery over many Evangelicals.

“We are in a fight to protect our democracy from election-denying, insurrection-supporting, law and order-attacking, democracy-downgrading candidates and movements,” VCG Executive Director Doug Pagitt said. “Voters of faith can and must choose the common good, not political party, when heading to the polls this November.” 

According to Pew Research Center, 29 percent of Ohio adults identify themselves as Evangelicals. And in the heart of it all, Central Ohio is considered by many a hotbed of Evangelism, home to Rev. Rod Parsley’s World Harvest Church, for example, with a congregation over 10,000 strong.

Monthly Columbus Democratic Socialists of America Happy Hour

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Thursday, October 20, 7-20pm, Club Diversity, 863 S. High St.

Join us for our DSA happy hour! We will be meeting on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm at the Club Diversity patio at 863 S. High St. This will be an informal meeting to get together, meet, talk shop, and enjoy the camaraderie! Non-members are welcome to join and learn more about our chapter.

Hosted by Columbus DSA [Democratic Socialists of America].

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Part 2: Clifford Tasner, Americans for Democratic Action, ACTERRA, Linda Hutchins-Knowles, Ray Lutz Citizens Oversight

We start with TATANKA BRICCA talking to us about STEPHEN STILLS and his hearing loss.

We hear from RICHARD LANGWORTHY in London expressing deep concern about a fascist victory in the US this November.

CLIFFORD TASNER, President of the Los Angeles chapter of Americans for Democratic Action joins us.

So does DOROTHY REIK of the Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains.

We do a deep dive on the horrendous uproar surrounding the progressive City Council member KEVIN DELEON that has put Los Angeles in turmoil.

PAUL SHERMAN and LEAH HERZBERG add in their opinions to the massive controversy.

LINDA HUTCHINS-KNOWLES the talks to us about her work on green transportation.

TATANKA BRICCA adds more critical information about the moves to EV and clean mobility.

WENDI LEDERMAN and RON LEONARD add critical details.

And then RAY LUTZ gives us the latest on the movement for election protection.
Part 2: https://youtu.be/Sdc6bVroJiI

Fifteen Seconds till Armageddon

"When militarism is addressed as a psychosocial disease, the absurd irrationality of its symptoms is clearly exposed.”

These words are from a 1992 essay by N. Arther Coulter published in a journal called Medicine and War. Who would have guessed? They’re as relevant now as they were three decades ago.

God bless Armageddon.

October Ales and Climate Tales Dr. Fadhel Kaboub on the Green New Deal

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Wednesday, October 19th from 5:30pm to 7:00pm

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