07.28.04
Carnival of the Vanities #97
Welcome to the 97th Edition of the Carnival of the Vanities. This week’s Carnival takes us on a tour of “On This Date in History,” highlighting important historical events which have taken place on July 28th. Each person who submitted an entry chose their own category based on their own preference, so don’t expect any rhyme or reason in the categories. Now, without further ado, on with the show!
1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus
nikita demosthenes from nikita demosthenes: Bin Laden Was In U.S. Sites in 1999 - But Chance Was Lost Due To Richard A. Clarke Leak
Paul Noonan from The Electric Commentary: A Real American Hero
Brian J. from Musings from Brian J. Noggle: Stealing Documents In Socks: A Primer
Jon Henke from QandO: 9/11 Commission Report: Iraq
Andrew Ian Dodge from Dodgeblogium: A Tory Future?
Karol from Spot On: Everything
Pieter Dorsman from Peaktalk: On Multiculturalism
John Ray from Political correctness watch: Lazy people must not be discriminated against
John Ray from Greenie Watch: "Natural" Products can kill you
1540 - English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard
La Shawn from La Shawn Barber’s Corner: How Deep Is Your Family Tree?
Bill Adams from Idler Yet: The M.V. Times
John Moore from Useful Fools: Kerry Smeared His Country and The Press is Hiding It
1821 - Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day)
Andrew from Pathetic Earthlings: Non-Resident Voting Rights
Jeremy Pierce from Parableman: "Colin Powell’s Not Black" and Other Underminers of Affirmative Action
1858 - Fingerprints first used as a means of identification, in France
LeeAnn from The Cheese Stands Alone: Suzanne Is A People Person
Vik Rubenfeld from The Big Picture: The Blue States are Losing Citizens - Is it Because of Their Liberal Policies?
1900 - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
Dr. Notions from Brownian Notions: Wars and the Generations which fight them.
CGHill from dustbury.com: Representation and then some
Josh Cohen from www.d-42.com: Romancing the Krispy Kreme
nikita demosthenes from nikita demosthenes: "Skankettes"
1931 - Congress makes “The Star-Spangled Banner” our 2nd national anthem
Rachel Ann from Willow Tree: Natural Music
Ed Brayton from Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Anti-Gay Marriage Drama Queens
Libby from Last One Speaks: Ricky Williams "free at last"
1951 - Walt Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland” released
Jeremiah from Fringe: Martha, Meet Tyler
Joe Katzman from Winds of Change.NET: iPod + iTunes As Ideaviruses
Pete Petrisko from The World According to Pete: Advice This: Prudence Vs. Pete
Jack Cluth from The People’s Republic of Seabrook: So what did you expect them to say?
Aunty from goobage: Misleading?
Graham Lester from point2point: Annual point2point Blogging Awards Announced
Mike Pechar from Interested-Participant: Young Iraqi Journalists
1960 - Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon
Da Goddess from Da Goddess: Natural Selection
Bussorah from Wicked Thoughts: FBI WARNING FOR MEN
1977 - 1st oil flow through the Alaska pipeline
Bryan from Spare Change: When a 50-Word Film Review Just Won’t Do
1984 - 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
John Ray from Dissecting Leftism: The Libertarian Party as an Obstacle to Liberty
Future Carnival Stops:
August 4th - Seldom Sober
August 11th - The Smallest Minority
August 18th - Fringe
August 25th - Ego
September 1st - Blogo Slovo
September 8th - Food Basics
September 15th Silflay Hraka - The Two Year Anniversary
September 22nd - The Eleven Day Empire
September 29th - Last One Speaks
La Shawn Barber's Corner said,
July 28, 2004 at 9:47 am
Update Your Blogrolls!
Don’t forget to update your blogrolls with my new URL, fellow bloggers. Many of you still have the old Blog*Spot URL. I’m trying to regain my top 200 spot in the TLLC Ecosystem. I’m back to Large Mammal status (all is vanity!), but I’m ranked at #…
democrats give conservatives indigestion said,
July 28, 2004 at 10:14 am
Carnival of the Vanities #97
Jeff Doolittle brings us this week’s Carnival of the Vanities, and a little history lesson as well. Don’t miss this roundup!…
dustbury.com said,
July 28, 2004 at 10:26 am
The old 97
Not a wreck at all, but the 97th edition of Carnival of the Vanities, presented this week by Jeff Doolittle with an eye toward the past. Your weekly roundup of…
Memeblog said,
July 28, 2004 at 10:31 am
Wednesday Links
The 97th Carnival of the Vanities has been posted. The Christian Carnival is up….
Silflay Hraka said,
July 28, 2004 at 10:31 am
97
The 97th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities is hosted by Jeff Doolittle this week. If you’d like to host the Carnival, drop us a line. Information on how to join the Carnival can be found here. If you…
Absinthe & Cookies (a little bit bitter, a little bit sweet) said,
July 28, 2004 at 10:52 am
Vanity
Carnival of the Vanities is up, and I actually contributed this time!…
King of Fools said,
July 28, 2004 at 11:09 am
Carnival of the Carnivals
Here is your weekly dose: Carnival of the Vanities Christian Carnival Bonfire of the Vanities The Watcher’s Council Happy Wednesday….
The Window Manager said,
July 28, 2004 at 11:18 am
One Day Earlier And He Could Have Used “Birth of Director Mitch”
If only he had only done it a day earlier…
seldom sober said,
July 28, 2004 at 11:19 am
Carnival of the Vanities
<Sober Post> Carnival of the Vanities Jeff Doolittle is hosting the 97th Carnival of the Vanitites. I’ll be hosting the 98th here next week. Send your submissions to seldomsober@gmail.com. What’s the Carnival you ask? Mr. Hraka, the Carnival’s fo…
Last One Speaks said,
July 28, 2004 at 11:31 am
Follow the time line
Jeff Doolittle hosts….As always there’s something for everyone in the posts. And Doolittle’s blog is a good read in and of itself, even though he’s so technosmart that he’ll make you feel a little dumb if you’re technodope like me.
Fringe said,
July 28, 2004 at 12:19 pm
COTV - Jeff Doolittle
Carnival of the Vanities #97 is at Jeff Doolittle’s. Prepare to spend the rest of the day surfing some great posts….
Kevin Baker said,
July 28, 2004 at 1:42 pm
TWO WEEKS! Jeebus!
Interesting format, BTW.
The Alliance said,
July 28, 2004 at 2:08 pm
Wednesday Linky Stuff
Your Filthy Lie assignment: Who is Evil Glenn’s sidekick? Is due by 8pm CDT Friday, July 30th. Late entries must be accompanied by a lame excuse. Christian Carnival is up at Fringe. Carnival of the Vanities #97 is up at
Silflay Hraka said,
July 28, 2004 at 2:11 pm
97
The 97th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities is hosted by Jeff Doolittle this week. If you’d like to host the Carnival, drop us a line. Information on how to join the Carnival can be found here. If you…
Autolycos said,
July 28, 2004 at 2:19 pm
What about a B-25 crashing into the Empire State Building today in 1945? It ran into the 79th floor in heavy cloud cover 59 years ago today.
Conservative Dialysis said,
July 28, 2004 at 2:44 pm
Coming Soon: Carnival of the Vanities
I have just been informed that the Carnival of the Vanities will be hosted here at Conservative Dialysis on October 13, 2004. In case you are unaware, Carnival of the Vanities is a weekly roundup of the best posts, as…
Patterico's Pontifications said,
July 28, 2004 at 9:02 pm
Carnival of the Vanities
Fellow Bear Flagger Jeff Doolittle hosts this week’s Carnival of the Vanities, the weekly roundup of posts from all across the blogosphere….
Watcher of Weasels said,
July 28, 2004 at 9:05 pm
Weekly Roundup of Weekly Roundups
In the spirit of the Carnival of the Carnivals: The Bonfire of the VanitiesThe Carnival of the CapitalistsThe Carnival of the VanitiesThe Christian CarnivalThe Watcher’s Council…
The Axis of Weasels said,
July 28, 2004 at 9:10 pm
Weekly Roundup of Weekly Roundups
In the spirit of the Carnival of the Carnivals: The Bonfire of the VanitiesThe Carnival of the CapitalistsThe Carnival of the VanitiesThe Christian CarnivalThe Watcher’s Council…
Da Goddess said,
July 28, 2004 at 9:49 pm
Carnival of the Vanities, #97
Jeff Doolittle’s hosting. Play nice and bring mommy a nice souvenir….
d-42.com: Josh Cohen online said,
July 29, 2004 at 7:03 am
It’s not reeducation.
Well, first I want to say that it’s a Double Doolittle Day, as I’m in both Carnival of the Vanities #97 and Carnival of the Consumers #7. Now, on with the real reason for this post… So you think sending…
Legal XXX said,
July 30, 2004 at 11:13 am
Carnival of the Carnivals! #3
Roundup of the Roundups
Jeremy Pierce said,
July 31, 2004 at 8:03 am
The title of my post should be: “Colin Powell’s Not Black” and Other Underminers of Affirmative Action.
It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense otherwise.
Parableman said,
July 31, 2004 at 10:17 am
Carnival of the Vanities XCVII
Jeff Doolittle hosted the 97th COTV this week. It contains my post about Colin Powell’s being not black enough for some people and how that undermines one of the primary motivations for affirmative action. I don’t mention this post at…