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Polls Now Open for 2008 Weblog Awards
JammieWearingFool — ... Best Humor Blog : Mother, May I Sleep With Treacher. Best Conservative Blog : Flip the coins daily between Little Green Footballs, Ace of Spades HQ and Michelle Malkin. All have been very nice to JWF and have directed countless traffic our way. Best Political Coverage : American Thinker. Best Military Blog : This Ain't Hell, with Michael Yon and Blackfive also deserving. Best Business Blog : Suitably Flip. Best Blog Design : Snapped Shot. Culture Blog : Dirty Harry's Place. Middle East or Africa : Michael Totten, with ...

Voting is Open!
The Anchoress — ... for her own efforts. I love Happy Catholic, and I bet most religion bloggers would agree that she is sorely under-recognized, even among those of us who appreciate her, because she is so busy pushing everyone else to the front of the stage. Happy Catholic is a hands-down great blog. Vote for Julie! Best Food Blog: Cake Wrecks. So, it’s cakes. I like cakes. Best Blog Design: Snapped Shot Best Culture Blog: Dirty Harry’s Place Best Aussie or Kiwi Blog: ...

Best Pet Blog! (and the other stuff)
MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy — ... Sphere The Anchoress* Confluence ( see why ) Ace (obviously) I voted for Britney Spears , for the lulz (and because I couldn’t possibly care less about those blogs) The War on Big Tobacco (Blackfive and Michael Yon have already won enough awards - spread the wealth! - and it’s really, really good blog ) Suitably Flip Gay Patriot (token conservative, will likely get creamed in this category) Snapped Shot SondraK *, of course - although we always laugh that she’s in the Culture category ...

The 2008 Weblog Awards Endorsements - Val
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator — ... Malkin with Ace of Spades a real close second. - Best Political Coverage : A toss up for me between American Thinker and Townhall . - Best Sports Blog : A bit raunchy at times, but Kissing Suzy Kolber gets my vote. - Best Military Blog : BLACKFIVE , baby. BLACKFIVE . They always got our 6. - Best Law Blog : Volokh Conspiracy - Best LGBT Blog : Gay Patriot - Best Culture Blog : SondraK . Scroll over the camouflage, boys. - Best Diarist : ...

2008 Weblog Awards - My Picks
small dead animals — ... Canada! For those on the left, an opportunity to pull together and stick it to the lousy Americans! In the meanwhile, be sure to check out the other categories - here are some of my picks: Best Blog - my favourite isn't nominated this year, so I'm going with Hot Air . Best Individual Blogger - The Anchoress . Best Humor - Mother May I Sleep With Treacher Best Science Blog - an easy choice in Watts Up With That Best Culture Blog - SondraK And the category that's the most difficult - Best ...

Epic Fail
Jon Swift — ... amidst the megablogs. Best Video Blog: Hot Potato Mash is near the bottom despite having created all of these amazing videos. Best Diarist: Are you going to allow Blue Girl to be Dooced? Best Literature Blog: Diary of a Heretic, the only blogger in the category whose blog consists of her fiction, and Maud Newton are way behind a guy who writes science fiction. Is science fiction even literature? Best Culture Blog: Barataria is second to last and I am hanging my head in shame. ...

2008 Weblog Awards - The Cheerleader Wars
small dead animals — ... Climate Audit (also in the running for Best Science Blog) - thank you all! The Middle East blog category is especially notable this year - Michael Totten is currently remaining ahead of the execreble Juan Cole. Help keep it that way! My other personal picks - Best Blog - I'm going with Hot Air this year. Best Individual Blogger - The Anchoress . Best Humor - Mother May I Sleep With Treacher And for Best Culture Blog - SondraK Voting ends Tuesday at 5pm Eastern. There's still time for ...

Swift Reads 4: Weblog Awards Discoveries
Jon Swift — ... to think of the positive aspects of this emotionally-wrenching experience: the new readers who graced my blog with their presence and the new blogs I discovered. But first, help out these bloggers who are a little behind and could especially use your votes: skippy, Blue Girl, Diary of a Heretic, Simply Left Behind or Connecting.the.Dots, Zuky, Hot Potato Mash, Bitch Ph.D., Informed Comment, Wet Machine, Field Negro, Barataria, Greg Laden and The Sideshow or Scholars and Rogues. (See my full ...