This time, the “the fire and the fury” of American mass murder erupted in church. Twenty-six people were killed, including children, one only 18 months old.

How do we stroke their memory? How do we move forward? This is bigger than gun control. We should begin, I think, by envisioning a world beyond mass murder: a world where rage and hatred are not armed and, indeed, where our most volatile emotions can find release long before they become lethal.

As I read about the shootings at Sutherland Springs, Texas, and studied Devin Patrick Kelley’s troubled bio, I suddenly found myself picturing a coal miner trapped in a collapsed mine. Here was a man trapped inside himself: buried in his own troubles, disconnected from his own humanity and, therefore, everyone else’s humanity. A man in such a state is utterly disempowered.

And in this country, the path back to empowerment — for God know how many people — begins with owning a gun.

Wed., Nov. 8, 7pm
Bexley Public Library, 2411 E. Main St.
In honor of Native American Heritage Month, Marti Chaatsmith, Interim Director of Ohio State University’s Newark Earthworks Center, will speak about her work developing relationships with Ohio's Historic American Indian Tribes. In collaboration with the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Marti initiated a tribal outreach program to re-introduce tribal governments to sacred places in Ohio and to enlist the support of American Indian scholars. In the Quiet Reading Room.

A big chunk of American democracy is riding on Tuesday’s Virginia election.

The outcome could turn on how well Democrats protect the right to vote….and the right to have the votes accurately counted. 

If Democrat and anti-Trump activists do not work to guarantee everyone’s access to the polls, they could very well lose the election.  The GOP has perfected the use of Jim Crow tactics to prevent from voting countless black, Hispanic and other ethnic citizens by electronic and other means.  The Democrats have been weak at best at protecting those votes. 

They can also expect a “last minute surge” for Republican candidates, followed by “glitches” in electronic voting machines, especially in rural areas where election boards are controlled by Republicans.  If experience in states like Ohio, New Mexico, Wisconsin and elsewhere are any indicator, ballots will be “found” for the Republicans and “lost” for the Democrats in key swing districts.  These could easily determine the outcome. 

Sunday, Nov 5, 12noon
Goodale Park
The official event page of the 2017 MMM Columbus, Ohio! Please send out invites and share the event page!
(These videos are from last year but are still relevant*) 
*except the march start time
Million Mask March Promo Video
https://www.facebook.com/columbusanons/videos/457864747747364/
Message To The Citizens Of Columbus Video
https://www.facebook.com/columbusanons/videos/525165544350617/
Million Mask March Code Of Conduct Video
https://www.facebook.com/columbusanons/videos/530791263788045/
United as one. Divided by zero.
We are Anonymous,
We are Legion,
We do not Forgive,
We do not Forget,
Expect Us!

The Japanese hedge fund-owned Columbus Dispatch is trying very hard to get back in touch with its old family-owned crazy. The experiment with being even-handed and rational in its news and editorial page policies is apparently at an end.

Case No. 1. The Dispatch unleashed a vicious attack on Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel for spending $2 million of tax money to run public service advertisements touting a savings plans for the physically challenged on Ohio television stations. It featured Mandel, OSU head football coach Urban Meyer – who should have known better – and a sweet young girl. "Lying, hiding or just plain reckless" was the headline of the editorial that took down Mandel.
 

I only wish that the newspaper cared as much about the alleged $2 million that Gov. John Kasich cost the state's taxpayers to pay for travel, food and protection by State Troopers while he traipsed across the country in 2015 and 2016 running for president. The Dispatch never challenged the state law that permitted the secrecy and hardly lifted a reportorial finger to unearth and publicize the records.