BANGKOK, Thailand -- Millions of mourners are gathering for the
opulent royal cremation on October 25-29 of Thailand's king who had a
Golden Death Mask placed over his face and has lain, for the past one
year, in a coffin blessed by chanting Buddhist monks and a distraught,
weeping public.

King Bhumibol Adulyadej ("Poom-ee-pon Ah-doon-ya-det"), also known as
Rama IX, died in a Bangkok hospital after a lengthy illness on October
13, 2016, aged 88.

He was still reigning as a constitutional monarch after 70 years on the throne.

Today, his coffin and urn rest atop a tall, glistening, golden
catafalque in the Grand Palace's exquisite Dusit Maha Prasad Hall
under an ornate spired roof.

The hall's porticos feature wood-carved golden images of the Hindu god
Vishnu astride his mythical half-man half-bird winged Garuda, because
Thailand's monarchs are presented as living incarnations of Vishnu.

Bhumibol's passing has left many Thais feeling orphaned in a society
where the late monarch is still described officially and informally as

Amidst the hellish chaos of the Donald Trump catastrophe, it’s more essential than ever to understand how he got into the White House and who put him there. Then we need to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

In her recent blame-everybody-else-while-doing-nothing screed, “What Happened,” Hillary Clinton fingers James Comey, the Russians and Bernie Sanders.

But, in fact, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry put this madman in office.

This trio of multi-millionaire corporate Democrats won the presidential races of 2000, 2004 and 2016. Then they lay down, said hardly a word and did even less as they let George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump rule the land.

All three presidencies were stolen by stripping large numbers of black, Hispanic, Asian-American and young citizens from the voter rolls, and then electronically flipping the vote count. In 2000 and 2016, the thefts were finalized by the Electoral College.

Along the way, the United States House, Senate and a thousand state, federal and local offices also have been flipped. The Supreme Court has come along for the ride.

Sunday, October 22, 4pm
Hosted by Alliance for Fair Food and Coalition of Immokalee Workers
First Congregational Church UCC, 444 E Broad St, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Friday, October 20, 7:30-10:30pm
Art  Outside the Lines, 185 E. Livingston Ave.
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Please join Black Queer and Intersectional Columbus in our movement to resist police brutality, violence, and other forms of oppression -- this time through art! 
Join us for our art benefit show on Friday, October 20! We will have a silent auction of local artists' work and all proceeds will go towards the#BlackPride4 and BQIC's organizing efforts to support Black queer and trans folks and fight police brutality. Also look forward to...
~ Local artist market!
~ Local bands performing live: DANK, Apollo Akembe, & TTUM!
~ Food trucks!
~ 21+ bar with cheap drinks!
Come hear amazing live local music, drink, eat great food, and buy some art for a good cause! 
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