Wednesday, December 5, 2012

news from early dec12




here's the real news network's Paul Jay talking about Central Africa, 13 minutes

more from the bbc on it, longer article with maps

an update on Mali from nervous news out of Morocco, npr 4 minute audio

NATO approved Turkey's request for Patriot missiles to defend it's border against missiles from Syria that have been flying off and on for quite awhile now.
meanwhile, the battle over Damascus is intensifying...

all you need to see to recognize why the coziness between military chiefs, the media and think tanks is a bad idea. It's anti-democratic. Thank goodness Petraeus wasn't serious...

Oh yeah, some say Syria is prepping chemical weapons, Iran says it has captured a US drone and Egypt is in flames from rioting against Morsi's moves this last week. The Egyptian judges have all gone on indefinite strike...

rescue efforts underway in Phillipines in wake of typhoon 

Will Aztec language survive? npr audio 4 min

I am listening to the complete frank zappa catalog as I do every year for the holidays: 4dec-21dec, the days between (and including) the death and birth dates of one of the US' most prolific songwriters with 94 official releases by the end of this year... here's a sinfonia doing some francesco in Torino last year.

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