March 31, 2008
The Old Switcheroo
Many thanks to Bookworm Room, Soccer Dad, The Colossus of Rhodey, The Glittering Eye, Dean's World, and Outside the Beltway for helping to spread the word about the open seat on the Watcher's Council.
After careful consideration of all the applications I've received, I finally managed to reach a decision on the replacement... Hillbilly White Trash will be filling the vacancy left by Big Lizards. Welcome aboard, Lemuel! All members, please be sure to update your link lists. Thanks very much to everyone else who expressed an interest in joining... I will keep you all in mind should any more spots open up.
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.
March 28, 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 Get Your Grim Milestone Today? by Done With Mirrors, and Stake Through Their Hearts by Michael Yon. 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... I enjoyed both posts, but Michael Yon's latest dispatch 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 |
|---|---|
| 2 1/3 | Get Your Grim Milestone Today? Done With Mirrors |
| 2 | What Would You Do? Bookworm Room |
| 1 2/3 | Beer-Soaked Politics Cheat Seeking Missiles |
| 1 1/3 | It's All in the Branding Soccer Dad |
| 1 | Question "Authority" The Colossus of Rhodey |
| 2/3 | Welcome To a Brave New World Right Wing Nut House |
| 2/3 | Municipal Internet -- Deader Than a Doornail? Rhymes With Right |
| 2/3 | Genocide By Inches Joshuapundit |
| 1/3 | A Conversation With Sa'ad Wolf Howling |
| 1/3 | A Taxonomy of Mea Culpas The Glittering Eye |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 3 2/3 | Stake Through Their Hearts Michael Yon |
| 2 2/3 | CAIR Exposed: Part 1 The Investigative Project on Terrorism |
| 1 1/3 | Thoughts On Cheap Symbols of Patriotism The Paragraph Farmer |
| 1 1/3 | The Showdown Cometh Defence of the Realm |
| 1 | Britain's Broken Heart Melanie Phillips |
| 2/3 | Obama, Israel, and American Jews -- It Just Keeps Getting Worse Power Line |
| 2/3 | University of the Absurd Minding the Campus |
| 1/3 | The Labor of Hate -- Part I Simply Jews |
| 1/3 | Can Obama Overcome the ‘Wright Stuff?’ Pajamas Media |
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:
March 26, 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:
- Get Your Grim Milestone Today?
Done With Mirrors - A Taxonomy of Mea Culpas
The Glittering Eye - Genocide By Inches
Joshuapundit - It's All in the Branding
Soccer Dad - What Would You Do?
Bookworm Room - Beer-Soaked Politics
Cheat Seeking Missiles - A Conversation With Sa'ad
Wolf Howling - Municipal Internet -- Deader Than a Doornail?
Rhymes With Right - Question "Authority"
The Colossus of Rhodey - Virgina Taxpayers Made To Pay For Criminal's Rampage
The Education Wonks - Welcome To a Brave New World
Right Wing Nut House
- Stake Through Their Hearts
Michael Yon - CAIR Exposed: Part 1
The Investigative Project on Terrorism - Britain's Broken Heart
Melanie Phillips - The Labor of Hate -- Part I
Simply Jews - Thoughts On Cheap Symbols of Patriotism
The Paragraph Farmer - University of the Absurd
Minding the Campus - The Showdown Cometh
Defence of the Realm - What Kind of Change Have the Dems Brought?
American Thinker - Obama, Israel, and American Jews -- It Just Keeps Getting Worse
Power Line - The Tuzla Hustle
Michelle Malkin - Can Obama Overcome the ‘Wright Stuff?’
Pajamas Media - Have a Clear Identity
Hillbilly White Trash - Dodgey Column: Is There a Future for the Race Industry?
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.
March 24, 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.
March 21, 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 Fisking the Obama Speech by Rhymes With Right, and David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal' by The Village Voice. 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. 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 2/3 | Fisking the Obama Speech Rhymes With Right |
| 2 | Judge Not Lest You Be Judged Bookworm Room |
| 1 1/3 | Should We Ignore Reverend Wright? Right Wing Nut House |
| 1 | The Problem Is... Done With Mirrors |
| 1 | Talking With Terrorists Soccer Dad |
| 2/3 | "We don't want to embarrass anyone" The Colossus of Rhodey |
| 2/3 | A Matter Of Free Speech Or Simple Disrespect? The Education Wonks |
| 1/3 | Hypocrisy and Obaminations (Update 3) Wolf Howling |
| 1/3 | Obama Shucks and Jives On Jeremiah Wright Joshuapundit |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 2 | David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal' The Village Voice |
| 1 2/3 | Doron: Story of a True Tzaddik Lazer Beams |
| 1 1/3 | Trendy The Mudville Gazette |
| 1 1/3 | The AP Style Guide on Defending Barack Obama NewsBusters |
| 1 1/3 | The Suicide Vest and the Suicide Mind The Belmont Club |
| 1 | The Hate Crime You Didn't Hear About TFS Magnum |
| 2/3 | Deconstructing Obama's Lawyerly Evasions on Wright American Thinker |
| 2/3 | Yid WIth Lid Used BY NY Times as Example of Slanders against Obama's Foreign Policy Adviser Yid With Lid |
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:
March 19, 2008
Up for Grabs
The Year of the Lizard has sadly come to an end... Dafydd ab Hugh of Big Lizards has chosen to vacate his seat on the Watcher's Council after having completed one year of service. It's been great having Dafydd on board, but now that he has decided to step down, there is one open seat and I need to find a blog worthy enough to fill it. Anyone that has a blog, please read the up-to-date version of the rules here and contact me if you are interested in applying for membership. I plan on choosing a replacement in time for that person to participate in the April 1st nominations process and that week's vote. (April Fool's Day... w00t!)
Update: For some reason or another, I had myself convinced that April 4th fell on a Tuesday... I must have been playing an early April Fool's Day joke on myself. Sorry for the confusion, it's been fixed.
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:
- Obama Shucks and Jives On Jeremiah Wright
Joshuapundit - Talking With Terrorists
Soccer Dad - Judge Not Lest You Be Judged
Bookworm Room - The Six Signs/The Seven Signs
The Glittering Eye - The Problem Is...
Done With Mirrors - "We don't want to embarrass anyone"
The Colossus of Rhodey - Hypocrisy and Obaminations (Update 3)
Wolf Howling - Fisking the Obama Speech
Rhymes With Right - A Matter Of Free Speech Or Simple Disrespect?
The Education Wonks - Seething
Cheat Seeking Missiles - Should We Ignore Reverend Wright?
Right Wing Nut House
- Doron: Story of a True Tzaddik
Lazer Beams - Yid WIth Lid Used BY NY Times as Example of Slanders against Obama's Foreign Policy Adviser
Yid With Lid - The AP Style Guide on Defending Barack Obama
NewsBusters - Trendy
The Mudville Gazette - David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'
The Village Voice - The Incomplete Revolution
The Chronicle of Higher Education - The Suicide Vest and the Suicide Mind
The Belmont Club - Falkenberg Plugs Flawed Public Defender Idea
Lone Star Times - A Lesson Before Dying
Eternity Road - Did I Hear Comments That Might Be Considered Controversial? Yes.
Ace of Spades HQ - Deconstructing Obama's Lawyerly Evasions on Wright
American Thinker - The Hate Crime You Didn't Hear About
TFS Magnum - (UK) Conservatives Just Don't Get It
Dodgeblogium
Only two bloggers took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage... so there won't be any spillover into honorable mentions this week.
March 16, 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.
March 14, 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 Change & The Cessation of British History by Wolf Howling, and Guitar Heroes by Michael Yon. All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post. Three members were unable to vote this week, but only Rhymes With Right and Right Wing Nut House were 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 | Change & The Cessation of British History Wolf Howling |
| 2 | Californichusetts Big Lizards |
| 2/3 | Obama-Rezko and Media Ignorance of "The Chicago Way" Right Wing Nut House |
| 2/3 | The Cook County Fiscal Mess The Glittering Eye |
| 2/3 | A Long Ten Minutes Soccer Dad |
| 1/3 | Biology Will Have Its Way *UPDATE* Bookworm Room |
| 1/3 | Torture Joshuapundit |
| 1/3 | Exposing Washington's Wasteful Ways: Where's PigFoot? The Education Wonks |
| 1/3 | Bush Wields a Necessary Veto Cheat Seeking Missiles |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 3 | Guitar Heroes Michael Yon |
| 1 1/3 | An Empty Revolution Foreign Affairs |
| 1 1/3 | The Tragedy of the Democratic Party American Thinker |
| 1 1/3 | The High School Massacre Townhall.com |
| 1 | Attorney Jon Schoenhorn's Arguments in the Doninger Case at the Second Circuit Orient Lodge |
| 1/3 | Amid Charges of Spitzer Tryst, Embattled Prostitute "Kristen" Expected to Resign Iowahawk |
| 1/3 | Rubbernecking (or Holy Crap, I Kind of Agree with MoDo for the Second Time in a Month)[Dan Collins] Protein Wisdom |
| 1/3 | Confused Americans for Truth -- Here's How Barack Obama Can Prove He Has What It Takes The Conservative Cat |
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:
March 12, 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:
- Change & The Cessation of British History
Wolf Howling - The Pittsburgh Airport Incident
Rhymes With Right - Whaaat? An Anti-Jihad Comicbook? NOOO!!
The Colossus of Rhodey - AP Does It Again
Done With Mirrors - Torture
Joshuapundit - A Long Ten Minutes
Soccer Dad - Biology Will Have Its Way *UPDATE*
Bookworm Room - Californichusetts
Big Lizards - Exposing Washington's Wasteful Ways: Where's PigFoot?
The Education Wonks - Bush Wields a Necessary Veto
Cheat Seeking Missiles - The Cook County Fiscal Mess
The Glittering Eye - Obama-Rezko and Media Ignorance of "The Chicago Way"
Right Wing Nut House
- Confused Americans for Truth -- Here's How Barack Obama Can Prove He Has What It Takes
The Conservative Cat - Attorney Jon Schoenhorn's Arguments in the Doninger Case at the Second Circuit
Orient Lodge - An Empty Revolution
Foreign Affairs - Rubbernecking (or Holy Crap, I Kind of Agree with MoDo for the Second Time in a Month)[Dan Collins]
Protein Wisdom - Guitar Heroes
Michael Yon - Venezuela & The Terror Supporters List: Pros & Cons
TheTerrorWonk - The High School Massacre
Townhall.com - Spitzer "Casts Himself Not Just As an Enforcer of the Law Per Se, But Also As an Enforcer of a Broader Social Compact"
BeldarBlog - Left and Right Agree: Eliot Spitzer Must Go
Michelle Malkin - The USS Cole and America's Election
Watching America - Amid Charges of Spitzer Tryst, Embattled Prostitute "Kristen" Expected to Resign
Iowahawk - The Tragedy of the Democratic Party
American Thinker - The Long National Nightmare Continues
Hillbilly White Trash - Freedom 101 Reviewed...
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.
March 09, 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.
March 07, 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 Chicago Rules by Big Lizards, and Dissecting the 60 Minutes Scandal by Power Line. All members, please be sure to link to both winning entries (and to the full results of the vote) in a post. 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 1/3 | Chicago Rules Big Lizards |
| 2 2/3 | The Rape of Rape On American Campuses Cheat Seeking Missiles |
| 2 2/3 | The Dershowitz Questions Wolf Howling |
| 1 2/3 | Exchange Student Woes The Colossus of Rhodey |
| 2/3 | Rape Bookworm Room |
| 1/3 | Ending the War in Iraq The Glittering Eye |
| 1/3 | The Terrorism Conundrum for Democrats Right Wing Nut House |
| 1/3 | The Fine Art of Flying (with the president) Soccer Dad |
| Votes | Non-council link |
|---|---|
| 2 2/3 | Dissecting the 60 Minutes Scandal Power Line |
| 2 | Why Don't Jews Like the Christians Who Like Them? City Journal |
| 1 1/3 | Defending Against Terror Impossible In International Law Elder of Ziyon |
| 1 1/3 | Inside Iraqi politics -- Part 5. A Look At Legislative Progress: Sunnis’ and States’ Rights The Long War Journal |
| 1 1/3 | Think Happy Thoughts About People Who Want to Kill You! Breath of the Beast |
| 1 | Maybe in the Future Things Will Be Different? Dr. Sanity |
| 2/3 | Not to Complicate Matters, But... The Chronicle of Higher Education |
| 2/3 | Redeeming the Old Stereotypes Classical Values |
| 2/3 | Title: A Shot Across the Bow Dodgeblogium |
| 1/3 | Blogging While Female: 5 Conservative Women Bloggers Talk About Gender Issues and the Blogosphere Right Wing News |
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:
March 04, 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:
- This Is a 'Moderate Voice?'
Done With Mirrors - Ending the War in Iraq
The Glittering Eye - Why Don't Jews Like Christians Who Like Them?
Joshuapundit - Where Have All the Male Teachers Gone?
Rhymes With Right - The Dershowitz Questions
Wolf Howling - The Fine Art of Flying (with the president)
Soccer Dad - Rape
Bookworm Room - The Rape of Rape On American Campuses
Cheat Seeking Missiles - Exchange Student Woes
The Colossus of Rhodey - Chicago Rules
Big Lizards - Why We Don't Give Money To The American Red Cross
The Education Wonks - The Terrorism Conundrum for Democrats
Right Wing Nut House
- Not to Complicate Matters, But...
The Chronicle of Higher Education - Inside Iraqi politics -- Part 5. A Look At Legislative Progress: Sunnis’ and States’ Rights
The Long War Journal - Why Don't Jews Like the Christians Who Like Them?
City Journal - Turmoil: The New York Times Facing Internal Take Over Bid?
Stop the ACLU - Redeeming the Old Stereotypes
Classical Values - Defending Against Terror Impossible In International Law
Elder of Ziyon - Blogging While Female: 5 Conservative Women Bloggers Talk About Gender Issues and the Blogosphere
Right Wing News - Orchestrated in Pyongyang
The Rosett Report - Blair and His Masters
Oliver Kamm - Dissecting the 60 Minutes Scandal
Power Line - Think Happy Thoughts About People Who Want to Kill You!
Breath of the Beast - Maybe in the Future Things Will Be Different?
Dr. Sanity - Title: A Shot Across the Bow
Dodgeblogium - Yet Another Complaint About NHS Cleanliness and Care...
KT Dodge
Only two bloggers took me up on my most recent offer of link whorage... so there won't be any spillover into honorable mentions this week.
March 02, 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.
