Comments on: Carnival of the Liberals #94: The Ultimate (?) July 4th Edition

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:33:19 +0000

Don’t think that’s right… anyway, that description of the District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne holding, is that yours or the original blogger’s? Cause I don’t think the conclusion of a sharp rightward shift (in criminal evidence law) really squares itself with the holding in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts… or with Arizona v. Gant (though that isn’t as on-point).

By: Ed Darrell

Ed Darrell — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:26:07 +0000

Hey, this is a great carnival, and a great Carnival of the Liberals. Congrats.

By: The Ultimate Carnival of the Liberals | Tangled Up in Blue Guy

The Ultimate Carnival of the Liberals | Tangled Up in Blue Guy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:49:50 +0000

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By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:27:11 +0000

Oh, and a brief glance at the politics category on blogcarnival.com shows that CotL is one of a handful of political blog carnivals still publishing regularly.

By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:19:52 +0000

I've noticed the same thing beginning sometime in late 2007. I know personally I don't read Skeptics' Circle or Carnival of the Godless like I used to. It used to be carnivals were how I discovered new blogs and interesting posts. Now, most of my discovery occurs on Twitter, FriendFeed or even Feedly. And I haven't even contributed anything to CotL in over a year. If anyone is curious, the voting currently stands 12-3 against ending CotL. Again, thanks for the thoughtful comments and if anyone wants to be involved with the renewal or reimagining of CotL, please do subscribe to the discussion list.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:41:00 +0000

Wow, Greg Laden’s series is fantastic.

Damn all of you for making me cram more blogs into my already over-filled Google reader.

By: ACG

ACG — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:04:22 +0000

Glad you like it Mike! Thanks so much! And yeah, Leo and I were speculating on the question of whether social media has obviated the whole carnival thing. I still don’t know how to use those well, though, soooo… any advice is appreciated ;-)

By: ACG

ACG — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:03:25 +0000

Haha. Yes we might?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:20:55 +0000

Well, being a single-issue liberal who doesn’t have the attention span to finish blog posts he starts, I don’t think I’ll be much help.

By: Mike Haubrich, FCD

Mike Haubrich, FCD — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:47:45 +0000

Thanks for the inclusion, ACG! I also wonder if, in the expansion of social media, carnivals carry as much prestige as they have historically. I have noticed in the last few that I have hosted there has been very little traffic bump. I get more hits from FaceBook, stumble, etc.

This is a well-put together Carnival, too. As soon as I get home tonight, I will promote it from Tangled Up in Blue Guy.