Watcher of Weasels:

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 Empire and Apocalypse by Gates of Vienna, and Check or Checkmate? Death by Cop on the Global Stage by Kobayashi Maru.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  I actually had to break a tie in the non-council category this week...  Ms. Cornelius made an interesting comparison between high school and Dante's concentric Circles of Hell, but I ultimately cast my lot for Kobayashi Maru's bleak analysis of our struggle against Islamofascism.  Two members were unable to vote this week...  but The Sundries Shack was 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
2  1/3	Empire and Apocalypse Gates of Vienna
2	Targeted Killings, Moral Consideration Soccer Dad
2	Meanwhile, in Darfur... Joshuapundit
1	Say Anything AbbaGav
2/3	Flag Flapped In Colorado The Education Wonks
2/3	Valid Pedagogical Purpose -– Poor Pedagogical Methodology Rhymes With Right
1/3	Save the Electoral College! Right Wing Nut House
1/3	Pluto Struck Down As Unconstitutional Socratic Rhythm Method

Votes	Non-council link
3	Check or Checkmate? Death by Cop on the Global Stage Kobayashi Maru
2	When Teaching School Is Like... A Divine Comedy A Shrewdness of Apes
1  1/3	Shaw's "But" Proves Him an Ass Caerdroia
1	Anchoress Called on to "Retract" Support for Rudy The Anchoress
1	Niall Ferguson on the 21st Century The Belmont Club
2/3	The First Scene of Ehud Olmert's Last Act Israel Matzav
2/3	All the News That’s Fit To Blackout Blue Crab Boulevard
1/3	Walking Among the Tent Camps Publius Pundit
1/3	A Greek Tragedy: Glass Half-Empty Pixane
1/3	NYTimes Watch: It's Not Easy Being Blind Villainous Company
1/3	"Melting Pot" of Victims Shows Depth of Muslim Integration Point Five

I thought it would be best to leave out the entries that didn't receive any votes at all.  The fractions come from the splitting of the votes...  primary choices counted as 2/3 of a vote and secondary choices counted as 1/3.  Both counts for primary and secondary choices were then added all together.  I could have avoided using fractions, but it would have put the results on a completely different scale...  I'd rather that the total reflect how many people actually voted.  Please send any questions, comments, complaints, criticisms, crude insults, or thinly-veiled threats to this address.