It's Columbus Day!

 

The Christian County Library is closed because it's a "Staff Training Day." Don't the employees get the federal holiday off? A keyword search of "Christopher Columbus" in the Coolcat Catalog is interesting. Here is a decent book for kids: Columbus Day. Another one HERE. It describes Columbus as "neither as hero nor heel but as a flawed and complex man whose significance is undeniably monumental." Here's a lovely entry: Kill Columbus, in which time travelers seek to go back in time and kill the explorer before he can discover the new world. Sigh. Slim pickings for children.

According to National Days Blog: "Columbus Day, observed on the second Monday of October, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas on October 1292. In 2024, Columbus Day falls on October 14th. It is a reminder of the spirit of exploration, the quest for new horizons, and the courage to venture into the unknown. This day not only honours Columbus’s achievements but also invites us to reflect on the historical implications of his voyages."

 

 

Public #libraries nationwide are wiping out Columbus Day. Here’s something that can be done to wrest control from the @ALALibrary #librarians using public money to attack America. 🇺🇸

School board restores #ColumbusDay!#parenting #moms #dads #tlchat #IndigenousPeoplesDay https://t.co/WIJQXAfiV2

— Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries® (@SexHarassed) October 14, 2024

 

This is how the Christian County Library cancels the federal holiday of Columbus Day. The new holiday is "Staff Training Day." From the handbook:

 

Columbus Day is Back, Baby!

From: It's Columbus Day!

 Columbus Day is a federal holiday, falling on the second Monday in October. In the past, the Christian County Library had used Columbus Day as a Staff Training Day. No mention of Columbus Day. See screenshot above.

In a short and sweet meeting tonight, the Board of Trustees exorcised the last of the ALA out of the handbook, and restored Columbus Day to its rightful place, as well as providing staff an additional training day. Win/win.

The demons were howling again. ;-)

Public #libraries nationwide are wiping out Columbus Day. Here’s something that can be done to wrest control from the @ALALibrary #librarians using public money to attack America. 🇺🇸

School board restores #ColumbusDay!#parenting #moms #dads #tlchat #IndigenousPeoplesDay https://t.co/WIJQXAfiV2

— Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries® (@SexHarassed) October 14, 2024

Now, we just need the library to shelve some lovely books about Columbus. For kids, D'Aulaire's book, "Columbus." It's a classic book for ages 4-11. Wouldn't it be wonderful for our community's children to access books like this in the library?

They hate us...

 

Library replaces Columbus Day with Staff Training Day.

I’m surprised they didn’t call it Indigenous Librarians Day.

They hate us and they’re using public funding to do it.#parenting #moms #dads #tlchat https://t.co/S1DCz9HcvS

— Dan Kleinman of SafeLibraries® (@SexHarassed) October 15, 2024

It's One Cabal

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 By Gretchen Garrity

Rep. Bob Titus held a fundraiser recently. It was held at Affinity Riverside Estate in Springfield. It was very well attended by supporters, as well as elected officials. Congressman Eric Burlison was slated to attend but had to be back in Washington D.C. for the vote to reopen the federal government. He did appear via phone video, and endorsed Rep. Titus. 

There was, however, a very interesting occurrence at the event. There were protesters present. The paid kind, in my opinion.

Rep. Bob Titus

Perhaps they believed Congressman Burlison was going to be there. Perhaps they were sent specifically to send a message to the other elected officials who attended. Protesters were stationed at both the bottom and top of the entrance to the venue. They were not a large number, perhaps 10, and as you can see from the photo, they were there to intimidate more than to protest.

Some were masked, some had bullhorns, most had signs. At the top of the entrance way, one of the protesters stayed busy filming the vehicles of all who drove up. In the darkness, it was difficult to figure out what they were protesting, although there was a lot of yelling.

On the way out, I rolled down my window and inquired of one of the protesters what they were specifically protesting.

"You are gonna pay, fascist," was the reply.

This is the kind of rhetoric (h/t to Dash) that solves nothing. The fact it was most likely paid protesters intimates the Cabal who runs things in Missouri is getting nervous. They sense a move of something they cannot control. 

It's getting ugly out there. Stand fast.

"Rhetoric" from: Columbus Day is Back, Baby!