>So NONE of the links I had to watch Al Jazeera english no longer work. Anyone know of a link that actually works for folks in the USA ?

Apparently this was going to happen : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/02/al-jazeera-english-livestream-al-jazeera-america_n_3697041.html

> I was watching it yesterday and thought it was actually a good news show - kinda like NPR with videos...and did't have all the b.s. of cnn, msnbc etc....

I agree. Lot of people watch it in the UK (where there IS good quality UK based news coverage)