Carnival of the Liberals #51

Greetings
Gird your loins, fearless reader! Welcome to the 51st installment of the Carnival of the Liberals. What follows are my 10 favorite submissions out of the more than 50 I was privileged to read. To those of you I missed this time around, don't despair. I assure you -- I'm a fool, and my opinions should always be ignored.

Now, if your loins are sufficiently girded, here we go!

Tada! You're gay!
Author J.K. Rowling's shocking announcement last month that Dumbledore, beloved wizard dean of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, was gay *the horror!* sent zillions of closeted bigots reeling from the truth. In The right to face the truth, The Ridger over at The Greenbelt wonders why the haters can't be honest with themselves.

Haiku! (God bless you)
Roses are red, violets are blue, I promise to stop rhyming, in order to spare you. Mad, Mad Kane uncovers some of Rudy Giuliani's long lost poetry. Enjoy The Poetry Of Rudy Giuliani.

Timbuktu
In Ancient African Math/Science Shatters Stereotypes, OMYMA tells us about the recent discovery of thousands of books near Timbuktu. They show that African scholars developed sophisticated math, astronomy, and other sciences while Europe floundered in the Middle Ages. Quick! Someone hide those books before the racists get their hands on 'em!

STFU!
In Free Speech for Evil, Hateful, Repulsive Nutjobs? You Betcha!, Greta Christina reminds us that free speech is only free when our ideological opponents are free to use it too.

Pseudonymity
When Facebook deleted Jon Swift's account, little did they know it would spark this little missive. In Pseudonym-Americans Fight Back, Jon stands up for the rights of the anonymous.

Zzzz...
In Man Gets DUI For Sleeping in Parked Car, Reflections from a Rotting Nation tells us a story about injustice, and a sad, tired, drunken man who thought he'd sleep it off. He fought the law ... and ya'all know how that song goes.

Nuts!
In The Death of the Raw Almonds - Take Action Now! Tiffany at Nature Moms gets pretty heated about a California Almond Board decision, upheld by the USDA, to pasteurize (heated to kill bacteria) all almonds in the US. In a blow to organic almond farmers, the board, chaired by almond company officials (wouldn't ya know it), says the nuts must either be doused with chemicals or steamed. Yuck!

Armed
Hell's Handmaiden wonders why we've been spared. If, as many on the right allege, all Muslims are fanatics, why haven't they banged the gongs of war? At 1.5 billion strong, the West wouldn't stand a chance. 1.5 Billion is a Hell of an Army speculates that perhaps they aren't all fanatics.

Peace!
In My Take On World Peace, James over at Small-town Big-shot says there can only be world peace when there are no external threats to our survival. Note to self: don't hold your breath for world peace.

Darwin-who?
Greg at Evolution says that teaching students about the controversy over teaching creationism in science classes only reinforces that which should not be reinforced. Read Controversy over Controversy: Moran disagrees with everybody, but he is probably correct.

Congratulations!
You survived another episode of the Carnival of the Liberals. For your courage and determination, I salute you! The next installment of COTL touches down two weeks from now on Nov. 21 at Yikes!

If you haven't grown sick of me yet, please visit the new Pollyticks.com forum. How is it different? you might ask. Well, for starters it doesn't look like it was designed with crayons and a typewriter.

Traditionally, political forums were where people went to feel better about themselves by insulting or humiliating others. I started this forum because despite the fact that there are already hundreds of different political forums out there, most of them suffer from one or both of the following problems: 1) Too many of the members are mean, and/or 2) they aren't much fun.

Now, fearless reader, because this is still Pollyticks.com, a political cartoon of the day:



For whatever it's worth, here's a link to my previous Carnival of the Liberals, #31.

Have a great day, fearless reader!

-Blue Steel

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• November 07, 2007

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