Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead has passed away.
I have long admired “ Box of Rain “, From the Dead’s “American beauty “album.
It was created by Lesh and Robert Hunter. Phil wanted to create a song for his dying father. He composed the music, Robert Hunter supplied the lyrics. Lesh rehearsed the song as he drove to see his father in the nursing home.
I just discovered this cover by Steve Forbert, I’m happy to see tis still around.
It has been one year since Hamas crossed from Gaza into Israel, killing about 1,200, most of them Israeli civilians.
October 7 was not the beginning of the Arab/ Israeli conflict, But it certainly was the first page of a horrific chapter.
The Hamas supporters in America and in Europe chose October 7, 2024 to have their celebratory commemorations. Not on the one year anniversary of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, but On the one year anniversary of the murders, the rapes, the abductions. I think that tells you everything you need to know about these demonstrators.
This evening, I watched a documentary on Al Jazeera TV about what has gone down over the past year.
Al Jazeera’s report began with the Hamas attack, but at no time did it mention the large scale murders, or the sexual assaults.
There was plenty of footage of Israeli soldiers mistreating captives in Gaza, Of large groups of Gazan Civilians being marched out of their neighborhoods, of the demolition of apartment houses in Gaza, while Israeli soldiers cheered on and sang songs about it.
If you are an American, who gets all his news from The likes of MSNBC or Fox News, you won’t be well informed about this war at all. These stations devote The majority of their programming to Democrat versus Republican, cops and robbers.
CNN or BBC will do a better job of reporting the overall picture.
But you will understand things better if at some point you watch Al Jazeera, Israeli TV, or Israeli, talk radio. These sources from within the region will absolutely be slanted, will absolutely exaggerate some things, and leave other things out, But they also give you glimpses of the terrible situation on the ground.
