May 6, 2013
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Drum Battle: Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones
Filmed sometime in the 1960s, and in the tradition started with Jazz at the Philharmonic back in the 1940s, the three premier artists of their time bash it out. Continue reading
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Reporting 'Says' Rather Than 'Says It Believes' Could Make a War of Difference By Jim Naureckas
White House Says Syria Has Used Chemical Arms. Well, that’s pretty definitive, isn’t it? But then if you read the first line of the story, you get a different picture Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Syria Skepticism – Chemical claims should be investigated, not used as pretext for war
U.S. suggestions that the Syrian government could have used chemical weapons have been treated as fact by some media outlets, and are helping to fuel the case for greater U.S. military involvement. But subsequent reporting has called into question these early, credulous reports–and highlighted the continuing media failure to treat WMD claims with the skepticism… Continue reading
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Syria: The Feckless Left by Malooga
One must not forget the disgraceful petition put out by what calls itself the “Left” in the name of “dignity and freedom” last week, the so-called “Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution”. The geo-political analysis of the screed would not pass the muster of a child, and the empty verbiage comes straight out… Continue reading
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Bradley Manning / Wikileaks Newslinks 6 May 2013
6 May 2013 — williambowles.info Listen: Chris Hedges Interviews Julian AssangeTruthdigIn these audio excerpts from their extended conversation in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Chris Hedges asks Julian Assange about legal strategy and the WikiLeaks founder’s thoughts on Pfc. Bradley Manning. For much more, including an in-depth …http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/listen_chris_hedges_interviews_julian_assange_20130505/ Continue reading
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Arturo O'Farrill Concert in the Park
6 May 2013 — Great Latin Music The Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra performs a free concert in the park and shows off the deep Latin Jazz talent pool the Big Apple is home to. Continue reading
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ICH 5 May 2013: Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Gas: UN Has Testimony
5 May 2013 — Information Clearing House Did Syrian “Rebels” Cross Red Line? UN Has Testimony That Syrian Rebels Used Sarin Gas – Investigator By Reuters U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the… Continue reading
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 5 May 2013
5 May 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsraeli court rules to allow mosque demolition in JerusalemIMEMC – An Israeli court in Jerusalem has decided to allow the Israeli government to demolish part of a mosque, despite appeals from the mosque’s imam and several Palestinian members of the Israeli Knesset (Parliament). … Continue reading
The New Dark Age 