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I’ve really enjoyed assembling this week’s COTV. I received many submissions from blogs I read regularly, as well as from sites that were new to me and which I look forward to visiting again. Herewith, now… the 116th CARNIVAL OF THE VANITIES.
Dr. Charles is reading The Da Vinci Code, (which I just read as well), and posts some very intriguing and funny reflections on things that only a professional physician would work with.
These physician blogs rock. Mad House Madman has a very moving post on having to tell a patient that an x-ray indicates the presence of cancer.
The Electric Commmentary notes an instance of the term “racism” being applied to a clothing policy at a bar—for which white customers are turned away far more often than black customers. If real racism is getting so rare that the word is now applied to clothing policies like this, perhaps it means we’re getting somewhere on this issue.
”...is it too much to think that we might measure the quality of education by the, um, quality of education, and not by how much the employees make?” That’s the question posed by Coyote Blog in finding that the Latest NEA School Report is Absurd.
Sean Gleeson brings us “Jinkies, it’s Murrow’s Ghost!”, in which the Scooby Gang investigates Dan Rather’s sightings of the ghost of Edward R. Murrow. It’s really funny.
False Assumptions nails the errors in a recent environmental report on the arctic climate and global warming.
Shaking Spears talks about the coming of Democracy to the mid-east: Iraq Tectonics.
From nikita demosthenes: “Viktor Yanukovych’s goons apparently poisoned Viktor Yushchenko using dioxin or a similar toxin”...
...but at time of going to press Code Blue Blog had found no evidence that Yushchenko was poisoned—and presents evidence to support an alternate diagnosis, of a more common condition.
Paris Hilton looks quite different as a brunette. Spirit Fingers has a photo, as well as thoughts on several blond-to-brunette celebs.
Tim Worstall notes that the “New Math” hasn’t kept pace with the new world.
The Radical Implications Of Affirmative Action are analyzed in an incisive post from Discriminations.
Kelly Marshall tracks career moves of several prominent media personalities in Firing Day.
Josh Cohen has a fascinating discussion of the states-rights implications of a current case before the Supreme Court involving medical marijuana.
Darleen is just a little—shall we say—steamed that some Liberals haven’t yet come to terms with the election results. Just a little bit.
DaGoddess watches an ultra-liberal local university roundtable discussion on TV, and channels what life may be like for the participants.
The history of Key Lime pie is entertainingly available chez Blog D’Elisson.
PeakTalk has a lot of good observations on Europe’s current approach to Islamo-fascists.
Bob Gronlund is happy to say that this homebrew bumper sticker hasn’t gotten him in trouble yet. Also, I saw this cool quote in his sidebar: “When my grandfather left Europe in 1937, the graffiti on the walls read, ‘Jews go to Palestine’. Today the graffiti reads, ‘Jews out of Palestine’. How soon Europe forgets.”
Paul Gorman has observations on Todays Modern Media.
Thoughts on politically correct language are on FringeBlog.
Classical Values has a comparison of public attitudes toward gay behavior in Japan vs. the U.S.
45% of Brits Never Heard of Auschwitz? Interested-Participant has the scoop.
point2point has Ten Things More Pathetic than Cheating in a Weblog Awards Poll.
Solomonia has thoughts on the first public showing of Columbia Unbecoming, a new documentary.
Taken in Hand has a discussion of some fairly trippy dominance and submission stuff.
The Unrepentant Leftist finds that the war in Iraq was intended to make profits for Halliburton.
Parableman finds that Conservatives who oppose Bush’s nominee for attorney general are acting like Liberals who opposed John Ashcroft.
Let’s Try Freedom has a series of posts regarding gay marriage.
Intellectualize says Iraq was The wrong war for the wrong reasons.
John Ray opines that Most Morality is Instinctive.
And praise for Spiderman 2 comes from Watcher of Weasels.
And that wraps up this week’s COTV. It’s been great hosting it. Thanks to Silflay Hraka for creating and maintaining COTV. Watch The Pryhills, for next week’s edition.
Update 12-9-04. Thanks to Instapundit for the link.
