Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers ‘Blues March’

At one time I had pretensions to becoming a jazz drummer and Blakey was my hero, and it was this song that persuaded me otherwise! Those para diddles!!

“Blues March” performed for Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Art Blakey, leader and drums; Lee Morgan, trumpet; Wayne Shorter, tenor sax; Curtis Fuller, trombone. San Remo, 1963.

Stop NATO News March 13, 2011

13 March — Stop NATO

1. Venezuela Says U.S., NATO Preparing For War In Libya
2. NATO’s Threat
3. African Union Gives Rebuff To NATO Intervention Plans In Libya
4. Russia Opposes Foreign Military Intervention In Libya
5. Armenia: NATO’s Third Partner In The Caucasus
6. Afghanistan’s Karzai: U.S., NATO Should Halt Operations From:
7. New NATO Soldiers Killed In Southern Afghanistan From: Rick Rozoff
8. After Trump Meeting: Saakashvili Says Georgia Is Model For Former Soviet States, North Africa
9. Donald Trump: Saakashvili One Of The Great Leaders Of The World
10. Philippines: Farmers, Church Groups Oppose U.S. War Games From: Rick Rozoff
11. NATO Oil Tankers Torched In Pakistan

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Information Clearing House Newsletter 12-13 March, 2011: Saudi Troops Intervene in Bahrain, Reports Say

13 March 2011 — Information Clearing House

Saudi Troops Intervene in Bahrain, Reports Say:
There are reports that Saudi Arabian troops have entered Bahrain to help put down the worst unrest in the country since the 1990s, BBC Arabic said on Sunday.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27671.htm

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Cover-up Over Japan’s Nuclear Catastrophe | Global Research TV

13 March 2011 — grtv

Following a high-level meeting called by the lame-duck prime minister, Japanese agencies are no longer releasing independent reports without prior approval from the top. The censorship is being carried out following the imposition of the Article 15 Emergency Law. Official silencing of bad news is a polite way of reassuring the public.

USA: The White House sent in a team to consult withe US-friendly Naoto Kan government. Instead of dispatching in experts from the Department of Energy, Nuclear Safety Agency and Health Department, President Obamas sent representatives of USAID, which is cover for the CIA.

The presence of these paranoiac bumblers only confirms suspicions of a top-level cover up. Why would the Agency be worried about the disaster? There are security considerations, such as regional “enemies” Pyongyang, Beijing and Moscow taking advantage of the crisis. To the contrary, China and Russia have both offered carte blanche civilian aid.

Author: Yoichi Shimatsu, former editor of the Japan Times Weekly, has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand.

Cover-up Over Japan's Nuclear Catastrophe | Global Research TV

13 March 2011 — grtv

Following a high-level meeting called by the lame-duck prime minister, Japanese agencies are no longer releasing independent reports without prior approval from the top. The censorship is being carried out following the imposition of the Article 15 Emergency Law. Official silencing of bad news is a polite way of reassuring the public.

USA: The White House sent in a team to consult withe US-friendly Naoto Kan government. Instead of dispatching in experts from the Department of Energy, Nuclear Safety Agency and Health Department, President Obamas sent representatives of USAID, which is cover for the CIA.

The presence of these paranoiac bumblers only confirms suspicions of a top-level cover up. Why would the Agency be worried about the disaster? There are security considerations, such as regional “enemies” Pyongyang, Beijing and Moscow taking advantage of the crisis. To the contrary, China and Russia have both offered carte blanche civilian aid.

Author: Yoichi Shimatsu, former editor of the Japan Times Weekly, has covered the earthquakes in San Francisco and Kobe, participated in the rescue operation immediately after the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 and led the field research for an architectural report on structural design flaws that led to the tsunami death toll in Thailand.

Japan’s Natural Disasters Are Not So Natural—Nor Limited to Japan By Yoichi Shimatsu

13 March 2011 — Global ResearchFourth Media (China)

Emergency Special Report 1: In the Wake of Japan’s Earthquake, A Hidden Nuclear Catastrophe

The Wave, reminiscent of Hokusai’s masterful woodblock print, blew past Japan’s shoreline defenses of harbor breakwaters and gigantic four-legged blocks called tetrapods, lifting ships to ram through seawalls and crash onto downtown parking lots. Seaside areas were soon emptied of cars and houses dragged up rivers and back out to sea. Wave heights of up to 10 meters (33 feet) are staggering, but before deeming these as unimaginable, consider the historical Sanriku tsunami that towered to 15 meters (nearly 50 feet) and killed 27,000 people in 1896. Continue reading

Britain’s Failed Intel Operation in Libya: Her Majesty’s Bungling “Secret Intelligence Service” By Felicity Arbuthnot

12 March 2011 — Global Research

‘Do not hold the delusion that your advancement is accomplished by crushing others.’ —  (Marcus Tullius Cicero,106-43 B.C. Roman Statesman, Philosopher.)

British Style ‘Liberation’: Beware the Ides of March. Part Two

Even by the standards of a near bankcrupt island off Europe, run currently, largely, by a bunch of seemingly gung-ho, out of touch millionaires, the gun boat diplomacy of Messrs Cameron, Fox and Hague (Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Foreign Minister respectively) was a monumental farce of historic proportions.

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Western countries advocating intervention as pretext for oil grab – Russian envoy

13 March 2011 — RT

Russia’s Envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin expresses concern over NATO’s plans for military intervention in Libya.

As the international community continues to debate the role it should take in the Libyan unrest, Russia’s Envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin expresses concern over NATO’s plans for military intervention in the country.

He tells RT that certain countries are pushing to get involved in Libya because they are reliant on its oil resources.

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