May 09, 2008
The Council Has Spoken!
First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are Who Cares About Israel, Anyway? by Joshuapundit, and Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks by The Huffington Post. All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post. Cheat Seeking Missiles was the only member unable to vote this week, and the only member affected by the 2/3 vote penalty. Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week... I'm eager to see next week's entries! Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:
| Votes | Council link |
|---|---|
| 4 | Who Cares About Israel, Anyway? Joshuapundit |
| 2 | Party Like It's 1980 All Over Again Right Wing Nut House |
| 1 2/3 | Obama As Marley Wolf Howling |
| 2/3 | Are You Ready To Be a Democrat? Bookworm Room |
| 2/3 | I Have a Nightmare Soccer Dad |
| 2/3 | Death and the Madam Done With Mirrors |
| 1/3 | Fatal Energy Policies Cheat Seeking Missiles |
| 1/3 | Whither? The Glittering Eye |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 4 2/3 | Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks The Huffington Post |
| 1 1/3 | Iraqis Begin to 'Despise' the Mahdi Army in Baghdad's Rusafa District The Long War Journal |
| 1 1/3 | Escape From A Brooklyn Mosque Atlas Shrugs |
| 1 | The Liberal Imagination of Frederick Douglass The American Scholar |
| 2/3 | Another Gaza Media Moment Confederate Yankee |
| 2/3 | Turning the Juggernaut Round EU Referendum |
| 1/3 | Israel's 60-Year Test The Wall Street Journal |
| 1/3 | Rough Time for the Left in the US Dodgeblogium |
| 1/3 | If I Didn't Like Hillary Before... [UPDATED] AmbivaBlog |
| 1/3 | Outlawing the Pig Israpundit |
Weekly Roundup of Weekly Roundups
King of Fools hasn't put together this week's Carnival of the Carnivals, and quite possibly never will again, but the show must go on:
May 07, 2008
Submitted for Your Approval
First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.
Council links:
- Death and the Madam
Done With Mirrors - Obama As Marley
Wolf Howling - I Have a Nightmare
Soccer Dad - Whither?
The Glittering Eye - Al Gore Won Florida in 2000
The Colossus of Rhodey - It's Too Late To Turn Back Now
Rhymes With Right - Are You Ready To Be a Democrat?
Bookworm Room - Fatal Energy Policies
Cheat Seeking Missiles - Merit Pay Chronicles: A Teacher Speaks!
The Education Wonks - Random Thoughts
Hillbilly White Trash - Who Cares About Israel, Anyway?
Joshuapundit - Party Like It's 1980 All Over Again
Right Wing Nut House
- If I Didn't Like Hillary Before... [UPDATED]
AmbivaBlog - Turning the Juggernaut Round
EU Referendum - Another Gaza Media Moment
Confederate Yankee - Iraqis Begin to 'Despise' the Mahdi Army in Baghdad's Rusafa District
The Long War Journal - The Liberal Imagination of Frederick Douglass
The American Scholar - Escape From A Brooklyn Mosque
Atlas Shrugs - Israel's 60-Year Test
The Wall Street Journal - Outlawing the Pig
Israpundit - Paging John McCain: GOP House Leader Boehner Rips La Raza Earmark
Michelle Malkin - Duly Noted: The Riflemen Aimed to Miss
The Brussels Journal - Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks
The Huffington Post - Obama, the One Hit Wonder
American Thinker - How Many Times Can the Shock Wear Off?
Classical Values - Rough Time for the Left in the US
Dodgeblogium
Only one blogger took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage... so there won't be any spillover into honorable mentions this week.
May 04, 2008
The Coalition of the Willing
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around... though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held. When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:
- You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.
- Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating... also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.
- Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.
I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most. When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention... this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.
I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it. Keep in mind... if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least. As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.
Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.
May 02, 2008
The Council Has Spoken!
First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are The Total Witlessness of Obama Apologists by Right Wing Nut House, and An Anatomy of Surrender by City Journal. All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post. Two members were unable to vote this week... one was skunked anyway, and the other still managed to garner enough votes to win despite being hit by the 2/3 vote penalty. Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week... I'm eager to see next week's entries! Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:
| Votes | Council link |
|---|---|
| 2 | The Total Witlessness of Obama Apologists Right Wing Nut House |
| 1 2/3 | Outfoxed By Obama & The Twelve Unasked Questions Wolf Howling |
| 1 1/3 | Rising Food Prices The Glittering Eye |
| 1 1/3 | The Company One Keeps Joshuapundit |
| 1 | An Article About Islam Most Amazing for What It Doesn't Say Bookworm Room |
| 2/3 | Past Is Never Past Done With Mirrors |
| 2/3 | Wright's Revenge Hillbilly White Trash |
| 1/3 | Moral Relativism Reaches a New Low The Colossus of Rhodey |
| 1/3 | Oppressive Speech Regulation Rhymes With Right |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 4 1/3 | An Anatomy of Surrender City Journal |
| 2 | Political Maneuver in Counterinsurgency Small Wars Journal |
| 1 | Affirmative Action Abortions Balkinization |
| 2/3 | Chevy Bill Ayers: A Classic Ride for Limousine Liberals The People's Cube |
| 1/3 | The Obama Aesthetic American Thinker |
| 1/3 | Choose Your Identity Group Carefully, Kids! Classical Values |
| 1/3 | ID (the Other Kind): Beginning of the Death of the Democratic Party? Big Lizards |
| 1/3 | Syriana Commentary |
| 1/3 | Rushing to Blame Israel Israellycool |
| 1/3 | Obama's Eagleton Affair The American Spectator |
Weekly Roundup of Weekly Roundups
King of Fools hasn't put together this week's Carnival of the Carnivals, and quite possibly never will again, but the show must go on:
April 29, 2008
Submitted for Your Approval
First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.
Council links:
- Past Is Never Past
Done With Mirrors - The Company One Keeps
Joshuapundit - Oppressive Speech Regulation
Rhymes With Right - Outfoxed By Obama & The Twelve Unasked Questions
Wolf Howling - Throwing Bashar a Lifeline
Soccer Dad - An Article About Islam Most Amazing for What It Doesn't Say
Bookworm Room - Moral Relativism Reaches a New Low
The Colossus of Rhodey - Rising Food Prices
The Glittering Eye - Obama's Exxon Valdez
Cheat Seeking Missiles - Teacher Arrested Not Once, But Twice!
The Education Wonks - Wright's Revenge
Hillbilly White Trash - The Total Witlessness of Obama Apologists
Right Wing Nut House
- An Anatomy of Surrender
City Journal - Obama. Wright. Farrakhan. Cone.
Ace of Spades HQ - Affirmative Action Abortions
Balkinization - Standing Up for Their Culture
Brits At Their Best - Rushing to Blame Israel
Israellycool - Syriana
Commentary - ID (the Other Kind): Beginning of the Death of the Democratic Party?
Big Lizards - Political Maneuver in Counterinsurgency
Small Wars Journal - Obama's Eagleton Affair
The American Spectator - "A Triumph of Postmodern Politics"
Dr. Sanity - Chevy Bill Ayers: A Classic Ride for Limousine Liberals
The People's Cube - The Obama Aesthetic
American Thinker - Choose Your Identity Group Carefully, Kids!
Classical Values - Multiculturalism Breeds Cultural Apartheid
Dodgeblogium
Only one blogger took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage... so there won't be any spillover into honorable mentions this week.
April 27, 2008
Normal Posting To Resume Shortly
Due to some technical difficulties, the most recent Watcher's Council vote had to be cancelled... but things will be back on schedule for the coming week, and anyone who missed out on last week's offer of link whorage is free to take me on the same offer.
April 20, 2008
The Coalition of the Willing
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around... though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held. When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:
- You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.
- Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating... also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.
- Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.
I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most. When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention... this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.
I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it. Keep in mind... if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least. As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.
Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.
April 18, 2008
The Council Has Spoken!
The Council Has Spoken!
First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... the winning entries in the Watcher's Council vote for this week are The Next Moves In An Existential Chess Match by Wolf Howling, and It's the "White" Church that Obama's Talking About (UPDATED) by Baldilocks. All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post. One member was unable to vote this week, but was unaffected by the 2/3 vote penalty. There was actually a tie in the non-council category this week... I enjoyed both posts, but Juliette Ochieng's thoughts on Bittergate ultimately won me over. Thanks to everyone for all the great entries this week... I'm eager to see next week's entries! Here are the full tallies of all votes cast:
| Votes | Council link |
|---|---|
| 5 | The Next Moves In An Existential Chess Match Wolf Howling |
| 1 2/3 | Does America Need a New Enemy? One Brit Thinks So... Hillbilly White Trash |
| 1 1/3 | Elitism and the Elitist Elites Who Think They're the Elite Right Wing Nut House |
| 2/3 | Bullshit! Done With Mirrors |
| 2/3 | Bedtime For Bonzo? The Clinton Eclipse Joshuapundit |
| 2/3 | The Candidates on the Economy: Taxes The Glittering Eye |
| 1/3 | Further Proof That the Western P.C. Left Is Akin to the Societies They Admire The Colossus of Rhodey |
| 1/3 | Warmie Psychic: Global Headache Coming! Cheat Seeking Missiles |
| 1/3 | Painting? Soccer Dad |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 3 1/3 | It's the "White" Church that Obama's Talking About (UPDATED) Baldilocks |
| 2 1/3 | Zombie Chronicles the Olympic Torch Relay in SF Pajamas Media | 1 2/3 | 'This Is How We Lost to the White Man' The Atlantic |
| 1 2/3 | Hope for Iraq’s Meanest City City Journal |
| 1 1/3 | The War of Ideas Family Security Matters |
| 2/3 | McCain's Electoral College Math American Thinker |
| 1/3 | If You Disagree With Me, You've Either Been Hoodwinked, Or Else You're a Hoodwinker! Classical Values |
| 1/3 | The Rich and Their Taxes Real Clear Markets |
| 1/3 | "Universal Health Care" Eternity Road |
Weekly Roundup of Weekly Roundups
King of Fools hasn't put together this week's Carnival of the Carnivals, and quite possibly never will again, but the show must go on:
April 15, 2008
Submitted for Your Approval
First off... any spambots reading this should immediately go here, here, here, and here. Die spambots, die! And now... here are all the links submitted by members of the Watcher's Council for this week's vote.
Council links:
- Bullshit!
Done With Mirrors - The Candidates on the Economy: Taxes
The Glittering Eye - Does America Need a New Enemy? One Brit Thinks So...
Hillbilly White Trash - Painting?
Soccer Dad - The MSM -- Mis-educating the Masses
Bookworm Room - Further Proof That the Western P.C. Left Is Akin to the Societies They Admire
The Colossus of Rhodey - Warmie Psychic: Global Headache Coming!
Cheat Seeking Missiles - Bedtime For Bonzo? The Clinton Eclipse
Joshuapundit - Censorchimps: The Mandarin Subspecies
The Education Wonks - The Next Moves In An Existential Chess Match
Wolf Howling - Wright's Eulogy For Black Fascist Parishioner
Rhymes With Right - Elitism and the Elitist Elites Who Think They're the Elite
Right Wing Nut House
- Zombie Chronicles the Olympic Torch Relay in SF
Pajamas Media - It's the "White" Church that Obama's Talking About (UPDATED)
Baldilocks - "Universal Health Care"
Eternity Road - Carter: "I've Been Meeting With Hamas Leaders For Years"
Daled Amos - McCain's Electoral College Math
American Thinker - 'This Is How We Lost to the White Man'
The Atlantic - The Rich and Their Taxes
Real Clear Markets - Hope for Iraq’s Meanest City
City Journal - Exposing Shariah Finance
Gates of Vienna - The War of Ideas
Family Security Matters - Anbar, An Amazing Transformation
The QandO Blog - Obama: You Only Need to Count on Your Family and Your God if Your Government Doesn't Make You Rich or at Least Richer; UPDATED
Anwyn's Notes in the Margin - If You Disagree With Me, You've Either Been Hoodwinked, Or Else You're a Hoodwinker!
Classical Values - 'Broadband Tax' Could Fund TV News Bulletins
Dodgeblogium
Only one blogger took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage... so there won't be any spillover into honorable mentions this week.
April 13, 2008
The Coalition of the Willing
As you may or may not already be aware, members of the Watcher's Council hold a vote every week on what we consider to be the most link-worthy pieces of writing around... though I don't actually vote unless there happens to be a tie, I do get to choose two of the non-council nominations for each vote held. When I choose two blogs to nominate for next week's vote, I will limit myself to considering those who do the following:
- You must make a post containing 4 required links -- your qualification post must link to the most recent winning council post, the most recent winning non-council post, the results of the latest vote, and that vote's posting of the nominees.
- Then send me an email with "LINK WHORAGE" as the subject and include a link to the post you want me to consider nominating... also, please include a link to your post required by the previous step.
- Please follow the previous two steps before Tuesday's nomination deadline of 8 PM, Eastern Standard Time.
I will look at all the submissions and then nominate the two posts that I like the most. When I post the full list of nominations, I'll also list below them up to ten more submitted posts that I feel are the most deserving of an honorable mention... this list of ten extra posts can't be voted on by council members, but it should help you to garner some attention.
I made the same offer last week, but not many bloggers took me up on it. Keep in mind... if you are only one of a dozen (or fewer) people who follow the instructions above, then you are pretty much guaranteed an honorable mention at the very least. As usual, I will be reposting this announcement on a weekly basis.
Update: To make things easier on yourself, just go ahead and copy the HTML code from this box when making your qualification post.
