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Baba Stop Sobbing

Poetry for Palestine

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Baba habibi

Don’t hide your eyes in pain

Don’t bow your head down in sorrow

Lift it up, hold it high

look up, look up

You may see my grin and twinkly eyes

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Baba, I kiss your heart, stop sobbing, don’t cry

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If you could see me now

You would wipe your tears

and jump of joy

Now, I go to bed with no fear

No longer do I need to block my ears to sleep

No longer do I wet my bed at night

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Up there, where I now reside

No F16 fly above

No drones, no gas, no smoke

No bombs fall from sky

Only the face of Most loving

Angels humming

Stars shimmering

and dancing butterflies

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Woe unto thee, ye “Israel” !

Poetry for Palestine

Micah 2: 1-4

Woe to those who plan iniquity,

to those who PLOT EVIL on their beds!

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At morning’s light they carry it out

because it is in their power to do it.

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They covet fields and seize them,

and houses, and take them.

They defraud people of their homes,

they rob them of their inheritance.

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Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster against this people,

from which you cannot save yourselves.

You will no longer walk proudly,

for it will be a time of calamity.

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In that day people will ridicule you;

they will taunt you with this mournful song:

‘We are utterly ruined;

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You drive the women of my people

from their pleasant homes.

You take away my blessing

from their children forever.

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Get up, go away!

For this is not your resting place,

because it is defiled,

it is ruined, beyond all remedy.

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Micah 3

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The Most Wanted Middle-Eastern Terrorists

Pride's Purge

The FBI has released pictures of the most wanted middle eastern terrorists:

FBI Most wanted terrorists

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Israeli human rights group B’Tselem is publishing a full list of all the names and ages of the children killed in Gaza:

www.btselem.org

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Related articles by Tom Pride:

Daily Mail: Gaza residents make striking impression during Israeli assault catwalk

Explosions at Manchester school kill at least 16 women and children

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Special Edition: Gaza

All well worth reading if you want/need fresh perspective and understanding

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Gaza

Photo via AP

After 18 days of bloodshed, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 12- hours pause in Gaza. I took this opportunity, to collect articles that are, in my opinion, worth reading about the crisis in Gaza. 

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In West Bank, Hamas Is Hailed for Its Fight Against Israel – NYTimes.com

The strangest idea that arises in such murky times – did Hamas and Israel right wing plan this together to ensure Hamas would again be popular and that ruling right wing party in power in Israel also gain in popularity? So both get to stay in power and get what they want – no peace that will ensure that they will have a good chance of staying in power? Naw, couldn’t be Middle East version of Wag the Tail – could it? Told you it was strange idea.

Stop the fighting and agree to cease fire and pursue peace – please. That’s not strange, it’s just what is needed by the children of Palestine and Israel.

AL AMARI REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Maher al-Naden, a street cleaner, said he had stopped buying Tapuzina, a popular Israeli orange-flavored drink, and Israeli dairy products.

“This is the least we can do,” he said this week, expressing frustration as a West Bank Palestinian who is essentially a spectator of the war in Gaza. Across the alley from where he stood, in this teeming refugee camp abutting Ramallah, a small Internet cafe called Facebook bore a new-looking sign with a silhouette of a masked, armed fighter.

via In West Bank, Hamas Is Hailed for Its Fight Against Israel – NYTimes.com.

US Aid to Israel – The Real Deal

Against the Grain


The special relationship between Israel and the United States goes deep…real deep. It’s based on security, conflict and most of all money. Most of it for the Israeli military. But with over 600 killed in Gaza just this July and the Israeli military’s long list human rights abuses, is this special relationship worth the price?

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Thursday Throwdown ~ “The Trumpet Battle” ~ Roy Eldridge & Charlie Shavers.

Longshot's Blog

If this don’t leave you with a….Damn! You just don’t like Jazz or Real Music!

Charlie Shavers composed this piece. The band recorded this whole album entitled of the same name on September 13, 1952 at Carnegie Hall, New York City.

I only wish it was longer, like the almost 13 min. rendition of Benny Goodman’s Sing, Sing, Sing in 1938.

All the horns lit up on this one.

A classic Jazz Jam with an outstanding line up…

Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, Lester Young ‎– The Trumpet Battle 1952

Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers – trumpets
Benny Carter – alto sax
Flip Phillips, Lester Young – tenor sax
Oscar Peterson – piano
Barney Kessel – guitar
Ray Brown – bass
Buddy Rich – drums

Charlie Shavers

Charlie Shavers

Roy Eldridge

Roy Eldridge

The Trumpet Battle 1952

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Big Band Jazz

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