Friday, December 05, 2008

"This is treason."

LBJ accuses Nixon of treason in released tapes.

Just days before the pivotal 1968 presidential election featuring Vice President Hubert Humphrey's bid to succeed him, President Lyndon Baines Johnson suspected Humphrey's Republican opponent, Richard Nixon, of political sabotage that he called treason, according to the final recordings of Johnson's presidency to be publicly released.

As Johnson tried to arrange peace talks between North and South Vietnam on the eve of the election, he and his closest advisers received information indicating that Nixon allies had asked that South Vietnam avoid peace talks until after the election, the tapes show.

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

tuesday reads

VetVoice: Interrogator who Located Zarqawi Rips U.S. Torture Policy


Scott Horton: Obama;s First Challenge: A Legacy of War Crimes


Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe


Thai PM banned from political office for five years.


An atheists-rights group is suing the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security because state law requires the agency to stress "dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth."


Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., is not giving up on his so-far unsuccessful bid to guarantee in law that troops will get as much time at home as they spend deployed.


Duh

Monday, December 01, 2008

my favorite albums of 2008





1.

Experimental Aircraft
Third Transmission: Meet Me on Echo Echo Terrace
(Graveface Records)


2.

友川かずき [Kazuki Tomokawa]
青い水赤い水 [Blue Water, Red Water]
(PSF Records)


3.

Giant Sand
proVISIONS
(Yep Rock Records)


4.

Lykke Li
Youth Novels
(LL Recordings)


5.

ミドリ[Midori]
あらためまして、はじめまして、ミドリです。[Hello Everyone. Nice to meet You. We Are Midori]
(Sony Associated Records)


6.

Said the Shark
Silly Killings
(Iwave Records)


7.

{{{Sunset}}}
The Glowing City
(Autobus)


8.

Hey Rosetta!
Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
(Sonic Records)


9.

Palms
It's Midnight In Honolulu
(Rare Book Room Records)


10.

Seagull
Goodbye Weather
(Two Bright Lakes)


ep

Northern Portrait
Napoleon Sweetheart
(Matinée Recordings)


live ep

Under Byen
Siamesisk
(Paper Bag Records)


single

Stance Punks
アイワナビー (I Wanna Be)
(Kowalski Records)


compilation

King Khan and the Shrines
The Supreme Genius of...
(Vice Records)


favorite album cover

The Twilight Sad
The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents and Hit the Road
(Fat Cat)