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

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)

monday reads

Princeton Proposition 8 to "preserve traditional sidewalk values".


Anatomy of a Meltdown


Tensions are mounting between Berlin and Pristina following the arrest of three German intelligence agents on terrorism charges in Kosovo.


Tomgram: Nick Turse, A Truth-teller for Our Times


Multinational Monitor's 10 Worst Corporations of 2008


Robert Fisk: Kabul 30 Years Ago, and Kabul Today. Have We Learned Nothing?


Live Piracy Map 2008


"Penis" is safe. "Clitoris" is not.


Blue Gal Answers Your Sex Questions