I plead with the readers of this column to click on the following links and read about the Vale Mining Corporation’s warning of an impending dissolution of yet another Brazilian mine tailings dam. Here is the link to the developing story.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48391767

 

The most important part of the report is the accompanying video which should be required viewing for every Minnesotan, every politician and every lover of drinkable water, the St Louis River, Lake Superior, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) and Canada’s Quetico Provincial Park.

 

Seventy-five years ago playwright Mary Chase’s Harvey started hip-hopping across the stage for four and a half years, as this whimsical classic about a great white rabbit went on to have one of the longest theatrical runs in Great White Way history. Chase’s three act play rather famously depicted well-to-do Ellwood P. Dowd, owner of a posh home somewhere in the Far West, also inhabited by his sister Veta Louise Simmons, his 20-ish niece Myrtle Mae and - much to the chagrin of the mother and daughter - the titular six-foot, three-and-one-half-inch, invisible rabbit. Ellwood regards Harvey to be his best friend, but his sister and niece consider the hare’s purported existence to be apocryphal and a source of embarrassment. Hilarity ensues.

 

Joe Biden’s glaring absence from the California Democratic Party convention has thrown a national spotlight on his eagerness to detour around the party’s progressive base. While dodging an overt clash for now, Biden is on a collision course with grassroots Democrats across the country who are learning more about his actual record and don’t like it. 

 

Inside the statewide convention in San Francisco over the weekend, I spoke with hundreds of delegates about Biden while leafletting with information on his record. I was struck by the frequent intensity of distrust and even animosity; within seconds, after glancing at his name and photo at the top of the flyer, many delegates launched into some form of denunciation.

 

Bob's article on Ohio Sneaky Stinkray in the Sky.

Pink background, image of black woman to left, words Community Pride 2019: Decades of Resistance June 15th and Speak Up: CP Spoken Word 6/4

Tuesday, June 48pm-10pm
The Vanderelli Room, 218 McDowell St, Columbus OH 43215
This event will feature local LGBTQIA+ artists of color through live art, live music, and spoken word.

Big bun burger-looking sandwich close-up except it's like layers of beef (though not meat) with cheddar cheese (though not cheese)

Seitans Realm (100% vegan food truck) just rocked the Columbus food truck scene with their righteous salute to a seitan filled menu! (think ACDC) SR’s BBQ “beaf and chedduh” sandwich and curly fries combo gives they-who-shall-not-be-named-flagrantly-anti-vegan-franchise, the finger AND a devil’s horn, with a comprehensively superior option for people, planet and animals.

Seitans Realm’s modern menu for a consciously consistent peaceful society, determined to stop the hemorrhaging, human-caused 6th mass global extinction, includes: two American styles of “beaf” sandwich  -- classic w/horseradish on toasted sesame seed bun, and BBQ on toasted onion roll; a Jewish style reuben on rye with sauerkraut, provolone, house thousand island dressing; a Greek style gyro with house tzatziki, tomatoes and lettuce on warm pita; and a Philly style gooey-cheezy steak sammy with caramelized onions, garlic-mushrooms, lettuce, house made aioli on a hoagie roll.

Camera angle looking from ground up at four decked out women with bright orange, pink and rainbow colored fluffy feathery bedazzled outfits

Are you a fan of The Grateful Dead? Bluegrass and funk? A variety of art performance and talent all packed together over a three-day weekend event? I think it’s time you prepare for next year’s Dark Star Jubilee festival, where you can expect all of this and also making friends with a family of people who all share the same passions for these things in life.

I kicked off my summer as an official painter at The Dark Star Jubilee festival. The performance art coordination was held by member of the stilt-walking troupe, The Amazing Giants’ Jessica Jessijem Minshall, who made it possible for me to be there and perform as a live painter.   Live painting to a fully recreated Grateful Dead set from a show performed in Ohio by Dark Star Orchestra was pretty incredible – a slice of a life in the 70s, at least closer than I ever experienced in a live performance. The energy in the crowd vibing off of song after song that created the cult following of deadheads – who continue even to this day. You can say a lot of bands were influential to rock and roll, but there’s no doubt that many of those bands you can list do not have full festivals devoted to their music and essence.

Sideways drawing of a marijuana leaf as if it's blowing in the wind

I fought for over 8 years for medical cannabis legalization for Ohio's patients so when it became a reality in 2016, I wanted to take what I learned in my years of patient advocacy and participate in Ohio's budding new green industry. So I was super excited when, in January of this year, I was hired by Green Thumb Industries as their Patient and Community Outreach Manager. I felt this role gave me a great opportunity to continue my work helping patients discover a better and more natural way to treat their ailments and live healthier lives.

But my excitement soon faded when I realized just how oppressive the Ohio Board of Pharmacy was going to be in their oversight and enforcement of this industry. Everything, and I mean everything, we wanted to do to engage the public and the patient community had to be fully detailed in a report to the State inspector at least two weeks prior to any given event and they had the final say in what we could and, more importantly, couldn't say or do.

Pages

Subscribe to Freepress.org RSS