Watcher's Council Picks for the Week That Was: Yon on the Whispers of War and Soccer Dad on the Fog of AGW Lore

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In the lead in the council part of the contest we find Soccer Dad. His Cry havoc and let slip the fog of (agw) lore reminds us that, "if you claim that that anthropogenic global warming will cause BOTH an increase in fog AND a decrease in fog, you aren't making a scientific claim."

First in the non-council winners is Michael Yon's Whispers takes you into Afghanistan, but not to the heart of the fighting, but into another heart, into a story "about the people who care for our troops, wounded correspondents, and many other people, day in, day out."

Other subjects taken up by the council and friends include Obama's Jihad Friendly Choices, whether or not Jon Stewart knows squat about socialism, why the US is suddenly supporting offshore drilling in Brazil, and why Scott Brown deserves a pass on the Jobs bill.

Especially compelling is Mere Rhetoric's illustrated Aww... Glut Of Gaza Products Putting Small-Time Smugglers Out Of Business | Mere Rhetoric, and Walter Mead's evisceration of the mainline churches in Sunday Jeremiad: Petty Prophets of the Blue Beast.

That's just a sample. Full roster after the jump.

Winning Council Submissions

• First place with 2 points! – Soccer Dad - Cry havoc and let slip the fog of (agw) lore


• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – The Colossus of Rhodey - Go Figure
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Wolf Howling - Brown & The Jobs Bill


• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Joshuapundit - Obama Appoints Jihad Friendly Ambassador To The OIC
• Second place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – The Razor - How Global Warming Alarmists Irreparably Damaged Science


• Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – American Digest - Obamacare Now! Because What We’ve Got Isn’t Bad Enough
• Third place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Mere Rhetoric - Aww… Glut Of Gaza Products Putting Small-Time Smugglers Out Of Business


• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Bookworm Room - Jon Stewart: genuinely ignorant or just hiding the ball when it comes to socialism
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 points – (T*) – Right Truth - Obama Funds Offshore Drilling … in Brazil

Winning Non-Council Submissions

• First place with 3 1/3 points! – Michael Yon/Big Government - Whispers
• Second place with 2 1/3 points – David Bellavia - Our Mission is Finally Accomplished… Anyone Care?
• Third place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Walter Russell Mead - Sunday Jeremiad: Petty Prophets of the Blue Beast


• Third place with 1 2/3 points – (T*) – Contentions - A world historic find in Jerusalem
• Fourth place with 1 points – (T*) – Legal Insurrection - Will Obamacare Kill Miracle Cures


• Fourth place with 1 points – (T*) – The Fingerman - Jewish Fact Check #6: Who’s really using the term “anti-Semite”?
• Fifth place with 2/3 points – I Have A Title For This - 75 reasons to be skeptical of “global warming”


• Sixth place with 1/3 points – Chicago Reader - It Pays to Have An Alderman in Your Pocket

Posted by Vanderleun at February 26, 2010 11:31 AM