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BQIC New Member meeting

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Monday, November 19, 2018, 6:30 – 8:00 PM. We invite Black LGBTQIA+ people from all backgrounds to join BQIC! ABOUT BQIC: Black Queer & Intersectional Columbus works toward the liberation of Black queer, trans, and intersex people from all walks of life through direct action, community organizing, education on our issues, and creating spaces to uplift our voices.  DETAILS: Come out to our first new member info session to learn about BQIC's revamped mission and principles, where we're going, and how to get involved!

Tell Ohio PUCO to Approve AEP's Clean Energy Proposals

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As you may have heard, AEP has proposed 900 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy installations in Ohio -- 400 MW of that will be solar energy, which is enough to power about half the homes in Cincinnati.

Submit a comment today in support of AEP's new renewable energy proposal!

Submit a Comment in Support of AEP's Clean Energy Projects!

AEP's proposed projects would lower our bills over the long-term, help reduce pollution, and bring much needed jobs to Ohio, especially areas that have faced tough economic times, like Appalachian Ohio. But first, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) needs to approve AEP's proposals. You can help make that happen! The PUCO is accepting public comments on AEP's proposed renewables projects and a strong showing of public support will help the projects get approved.

Job growth continues, more needed to rebuild Ohio’s middle class

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Seasonally adjusted data released Friday, November 16, 2018 by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services show Ohio’s job growth picked up slightly in October, with the addition of 10,900 jobs, over a weak September. The state’s unemployment rate, which is generated from a separate survey, held steady at 4.6 percent. October’s increase in jobs was enough to push the state’s 12-month job growth rate to 2.1 percent, solidly above the national average of 1.7 percent. If this trend continues through the end of the year and survives the annual revision of job figures set for early 2019, this year will be the first since 2010 that Ohio outperforms the nation. It will also make 2018 the first year since 1997 that state’s job growth rate hits at least 2 percent. Ohio has added 115,400 jobs in the last 12 months.

#EarthStrike - General Strike to Save the Planet

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Earth Strike is a grass-roots environmental activist movement which aims to pressure governments and corporations around the world to take immediate action to avoid irreversible climate change before it is too late.

Read our full Mission Statement here.

Climate change

The world-wide climatological community has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the planet’s climate is changing, and human industry is a strong driver of that change. These trends are clearly visible in several global metrics of the climate. Numerous studies and analyses have been published by prestigious scientific organizations which show, without a doubt, that if we do not take action now we will not only commit to those effects we see in our climate today, but we commit ourselves – every human and animal on the planet – to perpetually worsening climate catastrophe.

Radioactive Waste Is Coming through Your Town -- Unless YOU Help Stop It!

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Please help us generate a large number of quality public comments to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in opposition to a 40,000 metric ton highly radioactive, irradiated nuclear fuel, centralized interim storage facility (CISF), proposed by Interim Storage Partners (ISP), at Waste Control Specialists (WCS) in Andrews County, West Texas. NRC's deadline for public comments on environmental scoping has been extended to November 19th. (Please be sure to submit your comments by 11:59pm Eastern time, Monday, Nov. 19, in order to make sure they make it onto the official record!) 

It'd be great to set a new record for number of public comments on this subject matter -- to submit more than the 30,000+ public comments submitted last spring and summer, in opposition to a similar CISF, targeted just 40 miles away, at Holtec International/Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance, in southeastern New Mexico. And we're already well on our way to doing that!

GA And FLA New Elections, CA Fires, Trump Stay Home

GEORGIA & FLORIDA MUST HAVE NEW ELECTIONS!

(article at Reader Supported News):

https://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/53404-rsn-georgia-a-florida-must-have-new-elections


CA Fires & Mobster Trump:

We talk with a Malibu refugee; then with experts on Mobster Trump & the Mueller Report...

(radio interview at prn.fm)

https://greenpowerwellnessshow.podbean.com/e/solartopia-green-power-and-wellness-hour-111618/

Ohio House Passes House Bill 258, the Six-Week Abortion Ban: House forces through law that would effectively outlaw abortion in Ohio in “lame duck” session

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On Thursday, November 15, extremist anti-abortion legislators in the Ohio House passed the six-week abortion ban, furthering their goal to outlaw abortion in the State of Ohio.

The Ohio General Assembly passed the six-week ban once before, and Governor-Elect Mike DeWine has promised to sign the bill if it passes the legislature. Despite Kasich’s veto last year, state politicians continue to push this unconstitutional ban, which could mean abortion access in Ohio will become inaccessible for the majority of women.

Statement from Iris E. Harvey, President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio:

“The Ohio Legislature is continuing their ideological crusade to ban abortion in Ohio – starting with the unconstitutional six-week abortion ban. Many women do not even know they are pregnant before six weeks.

“This bill takes away a woman’s ability to make a decision before she knows she has a decision to make. This legislation criminalizes physicians from providing critical care to tens of thousands of patients who need it. Women should be trusted and respected to make their own health care decisions, period.

Phil Ochs and the Crucifixion of President John F. Kennedy

They say they can’t believe it, it’s a sacrilegious shame
Now, who would want to hurt such a hero of the game?
But you know I predicted it; I knew he had to fall
How did it happen? I hope his suffering was small.
Tell me every detail, I’ve got to know it all,
And do you have a picture of the pain?

— Phil Ochs, “The Crucifixion”

You are aware of only one unrest;
Oh, never learn to know the other!
Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast,
And one is striving to forsake its brother.

— Goethe, Faust

President John Kennedy was assassinated by the U.S. national-security state, led by the C.I.A., on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.  That is a fact beyond dispute, except for those who wish to engage in pseudo-debates to deny the obvious.  I prefer not to, since there is nothing to debate.

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Herbalists Without Borders, Central Ohio Chapter Holds Sliding-Scale Clinic Event for Columbus Community Members in Need

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The Power of Plants: Promoting Health Justice & Humanitarian Aid Through Herbalism.

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