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June 11, 2007

Nguyatcher Nguyenners

Hatched by Dafydd

Once again, I flail, I flounder behind the times...

This week's winners were --

Among the Clowncil

3 Spies and Six Days, by Soccer Dad.

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War.

Among the Playity

Four Modest Proposals for Getting Out of Iraq, by Dan Simmons. (Is that the same chap who wrote Song of Kali? Why, yes it is, along with many other later novels.)

In which Mr. S. outs himself as a non-liberal, at least one one seminal subject...

My own disregarded picks...

I was truly shut out this time: Not only did none of my picks do well, but my own nomination -- Salvation à la Mode -- got only one vote... and that one was for runner up! That's the lowest possible score that isn't a complete doughnut. Yeesh!

My post was about the stunning rejection of al-Qaeda by the Iraqi Sunnis, now spreading to three provinces. Nothing to see here, folks, just move along...

For the Council, I voted as follows:

Smelt Stink, by Cheat Seeking Missiles: The insanity of environmental extremism;

Tweedle, by Done With Mirrors: Along the same theme, extremism in defense of anything is extreme.

And for the non-Council blogs, thus:

RCTV Protests Spread To Atlanta, San Francisco, Mexico City, by Publius Pundit: A brilliant piece of photo-journalism on the widespread and widespreading protests against Oogo Chavez in Venezuela;