the nomination pie-fight ever ends, you should expect to hear more from the Senior Fellows.

Most of the commenters here seem to want to talk about the nomination and only that.

As Lambert rightly points out, there is nothing stopping us from posting about any subject our heart desires. But non-pie-fight posts don't get much response or the comment threads get turned into pie-fight discussions.

A lot of this has to do with the fact that much of our new readership (and writership) comes from Lambert creating a safe haven for Hillary supporters who escaped from other sites.

And this is all good. It certainly is putting Corrente's numbers through the roof.

One of our goals from the beginning, besides providing a space for freedom of expression and alternative flows of information has been to expand our "reach" or audience.

More audience = more impact = less influence for Corporate Media.

Like the esteemed janitor says, the Mighty Corrente Building and the Blogosphere in general are like an Agora. Right now most people in the town square are shouting at each other about the Dem nomination. Some of us who want to talk about other things, or who don't want to take a side in the fight, might choose to wait it out.

I just thought I would give some encouragement.

But the nomination is sucking all the oxygen out of everything else.

in the world and in this country besides the pie-fight.

So it might take being louder, or more persistent (as in your single payer posts) to bring attention to other topics.

I'm planning on posting about the CA special election this weekend.

I notice Atrios stats have taken a dive this year, I think that is in part that is because he refuses to get into the pie fight.

About the reasons some of us find ourselves posting less, and why it's an entirely good thing that Corrente has been rewarded with new readers and posters because that Mighty Corrente Building took the less-traveled path of sticking up for Hillary and Bill, and for the late, lamented media critique.

It's not so much that I feel not enough readers will pay attention to any given post, it's more about feeling that introducing a new topic is like interrupting an intense conversation that hasn't yet played itself out.

I want to thank everyone for this site and how great it is. I'm obsessed with the pie fight, I admit it and I am ashamed, but I can't help myself. Having said that, I also do read almost all of the other posts here. I don't always comment on them because I don't always have anything knowledgable or worthwhile to add, but I learn a lot from almost all of them and I appreciate them. And while the pie fight may have brought me here, I do plan on sticking around and hopefully will be a positive member of the community.

BTW, in the recent media thread, I saw some discussion of the emergent conspiracy theory. I was wondering if there's more on this somewhere because I sensed it wasn't a new topic. And I confess when not obsessed with intra-party pie fights, I'm obsessed with how the media and corporations work together and separately to screw us all over. I'm still educating myself in this regard, and would love any suggested readings, but the Shock Doctrine has only whetted my interest in learning and thinking more about it.

is what will matter. I've been blogging for a while and seen this cycle a number of times with various events. The question is always "once the event is over, how much of our new audience can we hang on to?" Atrios will recover, a lot of the blogs that gained a ton of readers will lose most of them. Hopefully not Corrente, but being able to switch gears will matter.

to be displayed publicly -- and you have no idea how absolutely publicity shy these two are....

so I expect to see some major posting from the sr fellows, given this enormous sacrifice on their part...

This is Pi

and here's Koa

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are seriously cute.

So needless to say, adorable. So is Koa.

more puppies

Such cute doggies.