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Phishing with Elon

Israel, Hostages, Thailand & Jobs

BANGKOK, Thailand -- The horrific suffering of five Thai farmworkers held by Palestinian militants ended with their freedom on January 30, alongside three released Israelis, after intense diplomatic efforts frayed relations between Bangkok and Tel Aviv.

Surprisingly, throughout the 15-month hostage crisis, tens of thousands of Thais continued to flock to the coveted higher-paying agricultural and construction jobs in the Jewish state after the October 2023 attack.

The hostages' desperate families have been waiting in anguish in this Buddhist-majority Southeast Asian nation, praying at temples and frantically trying to get officials to help them.

"It is confirmed, my son did not die," a weeping Wiwwaeo Sriaoun, mother of one freed hostage, said.

"I will hug him when I see him. I want to see if his health is OK.  I am worried about his health," she told Agence-France Presse while watching the news at their home in northeast Thailand's Isaan region.

Only one Thai hostage Pinta Nattapong, along with the bodies of two dead Thais, remained in Gaza.  The dead were identified as Sudthisak Rinthalak and Sonthaya Oakkharasri.

Tell Ohio policymakers “I stand with immigrants!”

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Migration is a basic act of being human. It doesn’t matter whether you came from Kansas or Kenya, South Carolina or South Korea — Ohio is your home now.

The slew of anti-immigrant executive orders from the White House, and intimidation tactics against families, communities, schools, and workplaces, mean we need to raises our voices now. Help show that we are UNITED in ensuring local municipalities work for the good of all residents, because immigrants are beloved members of our Ohio family.

The Trump / Newsom Anti-Green Eco-Suicide Pact Could Doom America’s Economic Future

In the wake of catastrophic fires that have devastated Los Angeles, America’s top anti-green Luddites——Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom—-met at a southern California airport, where  Melania greeted the Governor with exceptional warmth.  

 In service to the coal, oil, nuke and gas burners at the core of climate chaos, her husband’s“drill baby drill” war is devastating a green-powered future built on wind turbines, solar farms, battery storage, electric cars, micro-grids and more.

Trump’s alleged rival, Gavin Newsom, has escalated that attack in California.  In 2022, he betrayed a state-approved plan to transcend the states last two atomic reactors with a renewable-based energy system set to compete in global markets.  

But forcing Diablo Canyon’’s prolonged operations, Newsom risks a radioactive apocalypse that would dwarf the Los Angeles fires, while currently costing the state at least $11 billion in over-market charges through 2030.

Simultaneously, Newsom’s hand-picked Public Utilities Commission has hit the state’s rooftop solar industry with a multi-billion-dollar wave of bankruptcies, costing at least 17,000 jobs.

“Scorecard, Scorecard, You Can’t Tell al-Queda Without a Scorecard.”

When I was a child attending Cleveland Indian baseball games at the old Municipal Stadium a thin man in an Indians’ baseball cap ran up and down the aisles hawking scorecards and calling out, “Scorecard, scorecard, you can’t tell the players without a scorecard.”

He was right. The scorecards would give you the player’s name, number, and position. Then you would open to a page where you could engage in the fine art of keeping score, tracking the runs, hits and errors, through esoteric notations on the scorecard.

Baseball has changed over time. Designated hitters changed the game’s strategy; limits on visits to the mound and the pitch clocks sped up play. Scorecards are now digital. And the Cleveland Indians changed their name to the Guardians.

Which brings me to Syria.

The topic of Syria seems to have the full attention of the Senate Intelligence committee when it comes to reviewing the deposed Assad Regime, but lacks an understanding of the role that the CIA has played in putting al-Queda, or whatever you want to call it, in the driver’s seat in Damascus.

Book drive for Appalachian Book Project

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Sunday, February 2, 10am-6pm
841 N High St., Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio 43215

We're teaming up with Two Dollar Radio on Sunday 2/2 to collect donations for Appalachian Prison Book Project.

APBP is a non-profit that challenges mass incarceration by providing books and education to incarcerated people.

Will Trump follow through on JFK document release?

As Trump and his minions take a wrecking ball to the American economy and social contract, he may have done one thing right. He has issued an executive order to release documents on the political assassinations (JFK, RFK, and MLK) as well as the attack on 9/11. While this is very welcome news for the thousands of dedicated researchers who have studied these events for several decades, the order lacks specifics. Interested parties such as Jefferson Morley's JFK facts, the Mary Farrell foundation, Jim DiEugneio's Kennedys and King website, Len Osanic's fabulous site Black Op Radio (and others) are working diligently to achieve an acceptable outcome. More than 70% of the population support this on a bipartisan basis. Our country yearns for transparency.

 

Truth Purge

Health insurers profit from suffering, not care

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Health care is big business in the United States. So big it can be hard to wrap your head around.

America’s largest health care company, the UnitedHealth Group, pulled in over $100 billion in revenue in just the fourth quarter of 2024 alone. For the full year, the giant’s insurance division, UnitedHealthcare, just reported record revenue of $298.2 billion.

These staggering revenue totals actually fell below investor expectations. Right after the announcement, UnitedHealth Group shares slipped 6 percent on the New York Stock Exchange.

Bus Style Agave - Yellow Springs Columbus

Black bean burger and fries in the shape of a peace sign

I pranced off the bus at Yellow Springs Brewery Columbus at Indianola. I entered. I saw a sign for Meatless Mondays.

Monday = Half-off vegan sandwiches

I smiled. Craft beer is a almost barista pastry and/or relaxing buzz. Food is a necessity lifestyle.

Meatless Monday implied plant-based food is obtainable and cost effective.

I rode the number 4 while walking up 161 from the Worthington Library. I finished errands. I picked up a series of French New Wave Shorts. Winter is for watching Barbillion, Doniol-Valcroze, Godard, Pialat, Truffaut, Varda etc.

I saw the Yellow Springs Columbus Columbus Brewery Sign off Indianola. I’ve read Dave Chappelle, Coretta Scott King, Winona LaDuke, Francis Cress Welsing, and John Robbins. I’ve known several women who attended OSU after Antioch. I figured Yellow Springs Brewery would offer me booze. I entered. I saw a table sign for Meatless Mondays.

Meatless Monday = Half-off vegan sandwiches

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