Carnivalia, and an open thread

This week's collection of carnivals:

Anyone else feel that it's a shame CoE hasn't hit #66 yet?

Otherwise, you got your open thread right here.

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Oy, I have so much catching up to do… Humanist Symposium #4 Circus of the Spineless #22 Carnival of the Blue #2 Encephalon #26 Skeptics' Circle #64 Carnival of the Liberals—July 4th edition Friday Ark #146 All right, tell me what else is new in the universe outside the Pacific…
A friend of mine emailed me that he scored a 21 out of 107 on the full list of Stuff White People Like. I thought it was a little tedious to count, so I wrote up a small script which counts it up for you via the checks you make. Below the fold.... */ #107 Self Aware Hip Hop References…
The latest in Pharyngula-approved carnivals: The Friday Ark #100 (Woo-hoo! Nice round 3 digit number!) Carnival of the Liberals #19 I and the Bird #30 Skeptics' Circle #41 Now, open that thread and sing!
A reminder: the Darwin Fish Contest closes early next week, and there are lots of good entries right now, so competition will be fierce. Send your entries in soon! Don't let these excellent carnivals distract you too much from expressing yourself artistically…or maybe something here will inspire…

"...the Senate, as an institution, remains remarkably similar to the body created at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It retains all of its original powers, including providing advice and consent--yes. You said it. You better read that again in the Constitution. It retains all of its original powers, including providing advice and consent to Presidents on nominations and on treaties, serving as a court of impeachment--you better believe it, Mr. President. The Senate can send you home. You better believe that."
-Senator Robert Byrd on the Senate floor
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r109:S24AP6-0011:

Huh?

By Pygmy Loris (not verified) on 27 Apr 2006 #permalink

Right now Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) is on C-SPAN, filibustering until the Senate agrees to vote on his amendment which would end all subsidies to the oil industry when oil price is over $55 a barrel.

Charlie
"Demonstrating" or "proving" or similar ideas are barely operable terms in mass decision-making and mass communication in the U.S. "Demonstrated" to whom? How so "demonstrated" originally?

You're confusing thinking and reality with politics. A few weeks ago I wrote a bit on how Dub and Vee-Dub originally convinced a third of Americans there was a connection.

I posted it in response to an observation similar to yours.

By SkookumPlanet (not verified) on 27 Apr 2006 #permalink

Charlie
"Demonstrating" or "proving" or similar ideas are barely operable terms in mass decision-making and mass communication in the U.S. "Demonstrated" to whom? How so "demonstrated" originally?

You're confusing thinking and reality with politics. A few weeks ago I wrote a bit on how Dub and Vee-Dub originally convinced a third of Americans there was a connection.

I posted it in response to an observation similar to yours.

By SkookumPlanet (not verified) on 27 Apr 2006 #permalink