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 Gratefully Not Dead: Iraq Civilian and US Military Deaths Plummet by Big Lizards, and That's Propa-tainment! by Pajamas Media.  All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post.  There was actually a tie in the non-council category this week...  there were two very good posts about anti-war propaganda but Jules Crittenden's post ultimately won me over.  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
3	Gratefully Not Dead: Iraq Civilian and US Military Deaths Plummet Big Lizards
2	Man Without a Party Right Wing Nut House
1  2/3	Reporter-God Sy Hersh's Dixie Chick Moment Cheat Seeking Missiles
1	Carrots, Sticks, Poisoned Apples Done With Mirrors
2/3	Can American Culture Survive the Constant MSM Onslaught? ‘Okie’ on the Lam
2/3	Boondoggle Chronicles: Public Housing for the Affluent The Education Wonks
2/3	Oh No! Dearth of Gays on Network Tube! The Colossus of Rhodey
2/3	The Unraveling Narrative Soccer Dad

Votes	Non-council link
3	That's Propa-tainment! Pajamas Media
2	The Hollywood Surge Is Failing Seraphic Secret
1	Traitors and Liberals Israel Matzav
1	Hillary 1993: Nationalize Health Care Through the Kids Captain's Quarters
2/3	Shiite Militias vs. al Qaeda Terrorists in Iraq Back Talk
2/3	Safe Abortions? Blogs for Bush
2/3	The Last of Zimbawe's White Farmers Are Forced Off Their Land Today Say Anything
2/3	Our Dead Are Our Fault National Review Online
2/3	Keeping the Memory of Shiri Negari Alive Michelle Malkin
2/3	NYC anti-Ahmadinejad Protests Kesher Talk
1/3	Goodbye AHA Spinning Clio: Where History and Politics Meet
1/3	Fake War Hero Tom Harkin Smears Rush Limbaugh Michelle Malkin (2)
1/3	Democrats and Board Games Varifrank

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.