The Watcher’s Council has spoken!

Another week, and another batch of Watcher’s Council winners. After reading the nominations and voting, I was, as always, quite awed by the brain power the council members bring to today’s news. If you haven’t already read these posts, whether Council or non-Council, please take a few minutes to do so. You won’t regret it. Also, if you haven’t done so already, check out this week’s “Weasel of the Week.”

Council Winners

• *First place with 2 2/3 votes!–The Razor – Kick Turkey Out Of NATO
• Second place with 2 votes – The Right Planet – The Strange Silence of Karl Rove
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –Bookworm Room – In Idaho, gay marriage is in direct conflict with religious rights under the First Amendment
• Third place *t* with 1 1/3 votes –Joshuapundit–Cheerleaders, G-d And Civil Disobedience
• Fourth place with 1 vote –The Independent Sentinel – CDC’s Mission: Ban Guns, Promote Bike Lanes, Tell Us What To Eat, Put Helmets On Our Heads
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –The Noisy Room – #Ebola – Blood, vomit and diarrhea-soaked hazardous materials piled to the ceiling…;
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –Simply Jews – Dean Obeidallah on Bill Maher or how to stuff foot in mouth deeper
• Sixth place with 1/3 vote –Nice Deb – Amnesty Begins: Regime Prepares For Millions of New Immigrant IDs

Non-Council Winners

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! –Volokh Conspiracy – Can ministers who make a living by conducting weddings be required to conduct same-sex weddings? submitted by Rhymes with Right
• Second place with 2 1/3 votes –Mark Steyn – The Strong Horsesubmitted by Joshuapundit
• Third place with 1 2/3 votes –Sultan Knish –The Savage Lands Of Islam submitted by The Noisy Room
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote-Raconteur Report – Ebola: This Is What Science Sounds Like submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Fourth place *t* with 1 vote-Melanie Phillips/The Jerusalem Post – The false equation of Jew-hatred and Islamophobia submitted byThe Watcher
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –Harry’s Place – Opening night of Klinghoffer faces protests and disruption submitted by Simply Jews
• Fifth place *t* with 2/3 vote –Peggy Noonan/WSJ –Who Do They Think We Are? submitted by Nice Deb
• Sixth place with 1/3 vote -The Federalist – How Colorado’s Cory Gardner Turned The ‘War On Women’ Against Democrats submitted byThe Watcher