November 23, 2007

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 Charting a New Course In Iraq Messaging by Cheat Seeking Missiles, and The Irrationality of Europe by The Van Der Galiën Gazette.  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 council category this week...  I enjoyed both posts, but Laer's post about Democratic defeatism ultimately won me over.  Right Wing Nut House 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:

VotesCouncil link
3Charting a New Course In Iraq Messaging
Cheat Seeking Missiles
2Prophets in a Freudian Age
Bookworm Room
1  2/3Who Won't Be the Next President
The Colossus of Rhodey
1  1/3The Infantilization of American Politics
Right Wing Nut House
1Desertion in Perspective
Done With Mirrors
2/3Lebanon's Presidential Election Postponed -- Again
Joshuapundit
2/3Blood's a Rover
Big Lizards
2/3LA Auto Show 2007 -- Expectation Leads to Disappointment... Again
‘Okie’ on the Lam
1/3Iran's Nuclear Development
The Glittering Eye

VotesNon-council link
3The Irrationality of Europe
The Van Der Galiën Gazette
2  2/3The Ultimate War Simulation Game
Cracked.com
2Al Dura Affair: France 2 Cooks the Raw Footage
Pajamas Media
1  2/3Dissecting Media "Bias": The Case of Eric Alterman
Oliver Kamm
1/3Good News Leaks Past the Embargo On Good News...
The Anchoress
1/3Farewell Israel: A Review
Seraphic Secret
1/3Why Lincoln Beat McClellan
The Jerusalem Post
1/3Agreed: God Hates Sex
Classical Values
1/3Sleepwalking Through History
Dr. Sanity

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.

Posted by Watcher at 01:40 AM |
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