Edição Casterman encadernada de 1946.
4/18/2008
Tintin au Congo
O mais controverso e politicamente incorrecto de todos os álbuns coloridos de Tintin. Hergé é acusado de racismo por alguns comentadores (que não eu). Curiosamente, foi lançada uma reedição recentemente na República Democrática do Congo, que constituiu o mais retumbante sucesso. E esta, hein?!
Edição Casterman encadernada de 1947.
4/17/2008
Colecção de Cromos História de Portugal
Raridade absoluta! 1ª edição de Outubro de 1953. Foram feitas mais 24 edições posteriores. Veja-se a última página com o Gen. Craveiro Lopes como Presidente da República recentemente "eleito"...
A Agência Portuguesa de Revistas era ainda na Rua do Arsenal (ver fundo da contracapa).
4/15/2008
Brenda Lee - You can depend on me
Edição alemã de 1961. Conteúdo:
- You can depend on me
- It's never too late
- Swanee river rock
- Just another lie
Brenda Lee - Emotions
Edição alemã de 1961. Conteúdo:
- Emotions
- Hallelujah I love him so
- I'm learning about love
- Teach me tonight
Brenda Lee - I want to be wanted
Edição alemã de 1960. Conteúdo:
- I want to be wanted
- Just a little
- Be my love again
- A good man is hard to find
Brenda Lee - I'm sorry
Edição alemã de 1960. Conteúdo:
- I'm sorry
- That's all you gotta do
- Wee wee willies
- Heading home
Brenda Lee - Let's jump
Edição alemã de 1959. Conteúdo:
- Let's jump the broomstick
- Some of these days
- Bill Bailey won't you please come home
- Hummin' the blues over you
4/14/2008
Ricky Nelson - Gypsy Woman
Edição francesa de 1963. Conteúdo:- Gypsy woman
- I got a woman
- String along
- You don't love me anymore
Roy Orbison - Only the lonely
Edição portuguesa de 1960. A tarja com o alinhamento do conteúdo não existe na capa original. Foi um acréscimo introduzido por mim via photoshop para cobrir uns corações com nomes e setas lá desenhados a esferográfica por uma namorada da época.
It's Occupation, Not War - by Charley Reese
- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan ended some years ago. In Iraq, the war ended with the fall of Saddam Hussein's government; in Afghanistan, with the fall of the Taliban government. What's been happening since is occupation and resistance to occupation.
- It's always helpful to call things by the right name. One of the ways using the wrong word can trip us is illustrated by John McCain's campaign theme. We have to win the war in Iraq, he keeps saying. Ending a war implies either winning or losing. No such baggage is attached to an occupation. You can end an occupation without either winning or losing. You just withdraw your troops.
- The fact that what is going on in Iraq is an occupation is proven by the nature of the conflicts. They are between factions of Iraqis. Our guys are caught in the crossfire or killed by Iraqis who oppose our presence. There are no large-scale attacks directed against us.
- Those who want to continue the occupation paint a horrific picture of what they claim will happen if we withdraw a massive civil war, genocide or a regional war. There is no hard evidence to support any of those suppositions. But even if they happen, they need not concern us. Lots of factions in different parts of the world decide to kill each other from time to time, and we don't interfere. As long as there are no Americans to get caught in the crossfire, let the Iraqis have their civil war if that's what they want.
- On the other hand, there's never been civil war in Iraq. There were rebellions against the Baathist government and, before that, against the British-sponsored governments, but before our occupation, Sunnis and Shia intermarried and lived side by side. There were always Christians in Iraq and, until the state of Israel was created, Jews. That was, in fact, true throughout the Middle East.
- As for al-Qaeda, it has been virtually wiped out in Iraq not by us, but by Sunni tribesmen who turned against it because of its murderous fanaticism. McCain keeps confusing al-Qaeda with Shia and trying to link it to Iran, but al-Qaeda is a fundamentalist Sunni group way outside the mainstream of Islam. Most of its members are Saudis or Egyptians. It was never in Iraq until our war and occupation gave it an excuse to come in. It's never been in Iran. For American politicians to suppose that without us it would thrive and grow in Iraq is just proof of their ignorance.
- Our presence in Iraq is the only thing that made al-Qaeda viable. Our occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are the principal selling points in al-Qaeda propaganda. We have no interests, strategic or otherwise, in either country. The last thing al-Qaeda wants is for us to withdraw, which is why it should be the first thing we do.
- Whatever someone imagines we gain by staying in Iraq and Afghanistan is far outweighed by what we are losing. We are losing lives in dribs and drabs, and we are losing treasure at an alarming rate. We have severe internal problems that our military presence in the Middle East aggravates. Our military is on the verge of being broken. Some Nobel laureates estimate the war will end up costing us $3 trillion. Well, plain and simple, we can't afford it.
- We should never go to war unless there are tangible, identifiable benefits for the American people for doing so. Try to think of a benefit we have gained from Iraq or Afghanistan. There are none. We deposed two governments that were not attacking us or threatening to attack us, and we let get away the private terrorist group that had attacked us. It does not matter that they were bad governments. There are lots of bad governments in this world. The only bad government we have an obligation to change is the one in Washington, D.C.
- If we don't change direction in this country, we're going to end up impoverished and bankrupt, and you know what? Iraq and Afghanistan will still be the messes they are today.
- Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years, reporting on everything from sports to politics. From 1969-71, he worked as a campaign staffer for gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional races in several states. He was an editor, assistant to the publisher, and columnist for the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. He now writes a syndicated column three times a week for King Features, which is carried on Antiwar.com. Reese served two years active duty in the U.S. Army as a tank gunner.
Cliff Richard - Please don't tease
EP de edição portuguesa de 1960. Conteúdo:- Please don't tease
- Thinking of our love
- Nine times out of ten
- Where is my heart
4/13/2008
Valtencir e Ana Paula
Estivemos presentes ontem, sábado 12 de Abril, em Itú, na festa de casamento do Valtencir com a Ana Paula. Reiteramos os nossos parabéns ao feliz casal e suas famílias e desejamos-lhes as maiores venturas e felicidades do mundo. Nós, que já temos quase 43 anos de maravilhosa convivência matrimonial, somos o testemunho vivo de que o amor não está fora de moda, o casamento não tem que ser uma prisão, e a constituição de família continua a ser a célula basilar e fundamental da sociedade humana. E mais: o romantismo faz bem à saúde!
Heather e Zeca
4/12/2008
The Beat Brothers
Na época eles chamavam-se "The Beat Brothers" e acompanhavam Tony Sheridan em todas as músicas do álbum, excepto na 1ª, cantada por John Lennon. Programa:- Ain't she sweet
- Cry for a shadow
- Let's dance
- My Bonnie
- Take out some insurance on my baby
- What I'd say
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- The Saints
- Ruby baby
- Why (can't you love me again)
- Nobody's child
- Ya ya
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