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2005 Koufax Awards --- Best Blog (Non-Professional)

UPDATE FROM MB: So we've had the Wampum Koufax powwow, and here is the outcome: A blog can only be nominated for one of the three top categories - Best Blog - Non-Prof, Best Blog - Prof, or Best Blog Community. Therefore, the half-dozen or so community blogs which were in the best community category have now been removed from this category. If you have already voted for one of those blogs, you may vote again, and we will not disqualify your second vote. I've reopened comments, so please feel free to start voting in this group once again. Thank you for your patience.

This is the last list of nominations of the fifteen categories of the 2006 Koufax Awards. It is for Best Blog in the non-professional category. Congratulations to all nominees. You have something in common with Sally Fields. Your public adores you.

There is a serious collection of talent below. Take some time and visit the nominees, particlarly those with whom you are not familar. It will be worth your while. I promise.

In compiling the nominations, I was struck not only by the number of nominations but by the diversity of the nominees. There are many types of blogs that focus on a large variety of subjects. There is also diversity in style, age, race, ethnicity, and gender. I quickly scanned the list to see how many women bloggers were on it. Off the top of my head, I could identify whether or not the blog had substantial input by women for about 70 of the blogs. Of those, at least 30 are written wholly or substantially by women. The next time the periodic debate erupts over where the good women bloggers are, please point to this post. There are a lot of good women bloggers and, at least around here, they get some recognition.

Here are the nominations for Best Blog:

Agitprop

Alas, a blog

AmericaBlog

Angry Black Bitch

Another Day of Empire

Arms Control Wonk

BAGnews

Bartcop

Michael Berube

Bitch PhD

Blah 3

Blondsense

Boing Boing

Body and Soul

BOPNews

BradBlog

3Bulls!

Cannonfire

The Carpetbagger Report

Choosing Hope

Ed Cone

Contrary Brin

Marc Cooper

Courting Destiny

Creek Running North

Crooked Timber

Crooks & Liars

Daily Dissent

Dark Wraith

deconsumption

Democracy Cell Project

NTodd at Dohiyimir

Driftglass

Echidne of the Snakes

Eschaton

Feministe

Firedoglake

First Draft

Frogs and Ravens

Steve Gilliard

Bob Harris

The Heretik

Hullabaloo

I Blame the Patriarchy

Iddybud

Jesus' General

Ezra Klein

Language Hat

The Left Coaster

Left I on the News

Legal Fiction

Liberal Oasis

Liberal Street Fighter

Leiter Reports

Living the Scientific Life now here

Looking for Someone to Lie to Me

Mahablog

Majikthise

Making Light

Lance Mannion

MaxSpeak, You Listen!

Media Girl

Media Matters

Mia Culpa

100 Monkeys Typing

My Quiet Life

News Corpse

News from Underground

Nitpicker

Norwegianity

Noutopia

Obsidian Wings

One Good Move

Orcinus

Pam's House Blend

Pandagon

Pharyngula now here

Political Theory

The Poor Man

Progressive Blog Digest

Prometheus 6

Random Thoughts: Unfair and Unbalanced

The Reaction

Rigorous Intuition

Rox Populi

Rude Pundit

Sadly, No!

Science And Politics

Seeing the Forest

Shakespeare's Sister

The Sideshow

Sisyphus Shrugged

Sivacracy.net

skippy the bush kangaroo

Suburban Guerrilla

Sufficient Scruples

Swing State Project

Tbogg

TomDispatch

WhirledView

Whiskey Bar

Trish Wilson

wood s lot

Comments are open only for corrections. No voting yet, please. I will soon open the voting in all categories so that we can narrow the list to 6-10 semi-finalists in each category. As always, when you notice my mistakes, let me know and I will try to fix them.

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Comments

I noticed that Think Progress doesn't have a link; furthermore, isn't it a professional blog connected with the Center on American Progress? I guess Huffington is right on the edge of that definition.

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I fixed the link. I agree about Think Progess (pro category) and Huffpost (blog community). Tom Dispatch is pro too, I think. Kicking Ass is DNC. New s from the Underground is pro, IIRC, and I do not know how to categorize Media Matters. Nonetheless, they were nominated in this category and I thought I should at least post them to raise the issue. Do you think I should remove them?

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can you also add a link to my new site? Living the Scientific Life's new site URL: http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/

--Done. My apologies for using the old link. Dwight

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And now - how about a gigantic hand of applause for your efforts up to this point in getting this all compiled!!!!

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what happened to www.courtingdestiny.com ?

--- Sorry, I must have missed it. Courting Destiny has been added. Dwight

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Thank you so much for all this work and care.

Also, Sivacracy.net should be under the S's instead of T's.

Thanks, again.

--- Thanks, I fixed the order. Dwight

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I got nominated?

In that case, I think you should eliminate the ThinkProgress and other funded blogs.

:-)

Seriously, I suspect the folks who nominated them read the categories as blogs FOR rather than BY non-professionals.

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I sent Dwight an e-mail saying this, but I thought I should point out that I probably shouldn't be on this list, since I'm also in the 'Professional Blog' category. Mine is not a funded blog, but I am a professional writer.

--- Yes, David, you are as your book, Strawberry Days (which is sitting on my shelf) will attest. Nonetheless, I think I will leave your nomination up as I have not removed any others. BTW, Strawberry Days is a great read. I highly recommend it to all. --Dwight

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Am I too late to nominate someone for Best Commenter? I didn't realize that was a category.

If possible, I'd like to nominate Lone Primate, who comments regularly on my blog we move to canada, one of the many "deserving wider recognition" nominees. He is indispensable - informative, knowledgeable, sharp, biting, hilarious, open-minded, fierce. Indeed, many people read my blog primarily to read Lone Primate's comments.

Please do nominate him if possible. Thank you.

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A vote: Norwegianity.

And a plea: please don't simply vote for blogs with the highest readership!

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I agree with the comments on Think Progress and Huffington Post, both excellent blogs, but they aren't non-professional blogs.

I second Helmut's suggestion, too. There are many great blogs out there that don't have the hits.

Best blog: Random Thoughts: Unfair and Unbalanced

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I thank you for your support - whoever nominated Iddybud Journal for this award. You're awesome. I can see that I am in the company of some wonderful talent. Win or lose, I am just happy to be part of such a vibrant blooging community. Your recognition of my efforts is important to me. Thank you again.

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I'm OK with Daily KOS

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Helmut's right that everyone should look at all the good blogs out there and not vote for them on the basis of their traffic numbers.

I'm still voting for Pharyngula, but it's only because I'm grossly biased.

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I Blame the Patriarchy. I'm a big patriarchy-blamer.

But Pharyngula and Science and Politics are close behind...

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I would cast a vote for Living the Scientific Life. This is one of the better blogs out there anywhere, and the amount of scientific knowledge imparted by the author ...... and through the links is incredible. Truly a joy to read every week.

--- Name deleted at the request of the individual involved. Dwight

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This is really hard. There are a number of blogs nominated that I read religiously - picking one is almost impossible. I'm going to have to go with a blog I've read from the beginning - Dark Wraith. That doesn't mean I don't think so many others aren't wonderful - and I congratulate everyone on some damn fine work!

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Another vote here for Living The Scientific Life.

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Firedoglake

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Where would the world be without Pharyngula?

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I'm very pleased that Sivacracy got nominated, but I feel compelled to vote for "I Blame the Patriarchy," for which I blame the patriarchy.

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Pharyngula, although I could easily vote for a dozen others

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Although now in retirement - shouldn't Gorenfeld's blog get some kind of an award for what it has done the last couple years?

Someone should recognize it. lmho...

http://www.iapprovethismessiah.com/

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Are we voting yet?
Yes?
OK, The PoorMan. The Editors...pure genius.
But also Firedoglake, First Draft, Pandagon and Hullabaloo! How to choose! Or is it best to just vote for the most electable blogs? Kos? Atrios?


This is hard. But, The Editors have it. Best Blog: The PoorMan

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Daily Kos

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the biogeek choice: Pharyngula

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Pharyngula.

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hey, i've email you guys at Wampum, but no one has responded yet. but PLEASE, can someone edit my real name out of comments?

GrrlScientist

--- Done. Sorry it took so long but I was out of the house for a few hours and when I returned we had rather a lot of comment traffic to process. If it appears again, let me know and I will fix it. it is very helpful if you reference the offending comment so that I can easily locate it. Dwight

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Damn, this is quite difficult. So many blogs, so little time....

Pharyngula

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Thank you for all the work. I must vote my bias and vote for The Heretik.

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This is beyond the pale in terms of picking... we need proportional representation and instant runoff voting for this category.

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Tempted to say Pharyngula, but I also Blame the Patriarchy, so I cast a vote for good Doc Hedwig @ Living the Scientific Life.

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Kudos and thanks to all, but tops is absolutely firedoglake.

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I vote for The Reaction.

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Creek Running North

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Pharyngula

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This is so hard. I have to cast my vote for Hullabaloo.

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Feministe

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Michael Berube

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Creek Running North

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Fortunately, this preliminary round of voting is really easy for me in all categories because I have a home team to pump up. The real tough thing will be next round when I have to vote for things other than:

My Left Wing.

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americablog

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Maha blog ...Barbarba rules!!!!

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This is virtually impossible, but First Draft gets my vote. Always good and getting better.

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I can't get enough of Firedoglake

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My Left Wing.

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My Left Wing, natch

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Firedoglake

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My Left Wing - potent but unfocused, or something like that :)

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Sisyphus Shrugged

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Like it says on the pizza box— You've tried the rest, now try the best.

The Mahablog

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A lot of good choices, but I vote for Hullabaloo.

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Truly, an embarassment of riches: congratulations to everyone.

My vote goes to Michael Berube. How many of *you* have undertaken secret missions to Brasil?

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First Draft

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Booman Tribune

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Firedoglake

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Pharangula (I think I spelled it wrong) ;)

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Pharangula (I think I spelled it wrong) ;)

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my left wing

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Bitch PhD

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My Left Wing

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My Left Wing

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Bitch PhD

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This is incredibly, hard. But day in day out, I must vote for Berube for consistency, range, Jamie stories and pictures of Rod Gilbert.

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My Left Wing

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My Left Wing

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Daily Kos, but let's retire it this year.

Next year, Dkos inelegible.

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Crooks and Liars, Bitch, The poorman

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My Left Wing

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Shakespeare's Sister

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firedoglake

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Far too much talent in this list. Crooked Timber gets my vote.

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A tough call, but I've gotta go with Driftglass. Dohiyi Mir a close second. dKos on principle, but it's not really a non-professional blog, at least for some of the people there.

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Michael Berube

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firedoglake

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Thank you for nominating me--and I will vote for me
Courting Destiny

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My Left Wing

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Legal Fiction.

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I Blame the Patriarchy

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Pandagon

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WhirledView

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BradBlog! Still doing the best blogging around.

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I vote for ME! BitchPhD, darn it.

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bitch phd

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Crooked Timber

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Dark Wraith

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My Left Wing

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My Left Wing

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Legal Fiction. Needs to be in the finals. Who am I going to vote in the finals - I have no idea yet!

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Legal Fiction. Needs to be in the finals. Who am I going to vote in the finals - I have no idea yet!

(BTW, Grrrlscientist has been identified by real name on another voting thread, too....)

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Pharyngula!!!!

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hey, i apologize, i didn't realize we were nominated for best blog (non-professional), and i want to thank mary beth and dwight, not only for their hard work on the koufai (plural of koufax?), and also for including us, but for their continued good work on their blog.

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...too many nominees.

BOPNews.

ash
['Yeah, and?']

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BitchPhD

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Courting Destiny

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First Draft

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i must apologize, because this is the first i heard that my site was nominated in this category!

in that case, i have to thank whomsoever nominated me and my fellow co-bloggers. we didn't even have a clue we were being considered.

i also want to thank mary beth and dwight for the hard work on all the koufai (plural of koufax?), as well as their continual great blogging in general.

and, if you don't vote for us, at least drop by and take a look at the new lay out that lauren (formerly of feministe) and august j. pollack put together for our site.

just to be clear, though, i am voting for march of the penguins for best documentary.

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This is definitely The Year of Firedoglake, IMHO.

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BitchPhD

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firedoglake

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i must apologize, because this is the first i heard that my site was nominated in this category!

in that case, i have to thank whomsoever nominated me and my fellow co-bloggers. we didn't even have a clue we were being considered.

i also want to thank mary beth and dwight for the hard work on all the koufai (plural of koufax?), as well as their continual great blogging in general.

and, if you don't vote for us, at least drop by and take a look at the new lay out that lauren (formerly of feministe) and august j. pollack put together for our site.

just to be clear, though, i am voting for march of the penguins for best documentary.

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Courting Destiny

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Eschaton. Because Atrios and the Atriots have built the best community on the web.

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Gotta go with PZ: Pharyngula.

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NTodd at Dohiyimir

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Firedoglake

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Tough choice. I don't understand why Media Matters and Raw Story are considered "blogs".

Regardless, I vote for Crooks and Liars to make it into the finals.

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Firedoglake for creating a blog that moves beyond blogging and is able to keep us laughing while outraged; for transforming readers into activists, and for forming a genuinely caring community.

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Shakespeare's Sister.

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ok, every time i hit "post" i got a 404, so i re-typed my comment. sorry about the repetitions.

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Eschaton

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Pharyngula

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firedoglake

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Pandagon

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COURTING DESTINY BABY!

That is Courting Destiny by Pia Savage!

Recort that!

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firedoglake

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Seriously, should a blog have even been nominated if the blogger took the free trip to Amsterdam? Some might think that would qualify them as a "pro."

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Steve Gilliard

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I Blame the Patriarchy

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My Left Wing

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Crooked Timber

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Eschaton

even though I have a MAC

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Alas

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Eschaton

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Firedoglake!

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Majikthise has thise that are majik

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Eschaton

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the poor man!

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Suburban Guerrilla

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Bitch PhD

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BradBlog

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Firedoglake

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Crooks & Liars.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Jesus' General

always topical, extremely funny, never French

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Firedoglake

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I cast my vote for Courting Destiney... :)

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Best blog non professional: Informed Comment.

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Firedoglake

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Pam's House Blend

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Progressive Blog Digest

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AmericaBlog.

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Progressive Blog Digest. Always unmissable - not least for the drily ironic editorial comments.

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I vote for Progressive Blog Digest as the best blog. It has a great summary of all the progressive blog news.

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Living the Scientific Life.

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Shakespeare's Sister

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Progressive Blog Digest...doesn't miss anything.

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Political Theory Daily Review

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I would like to vote Progressive Blog Digest for best blog.

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Tough choices: has to be Crooks and Liars

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Hullabaloo

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My vote goes to Bradblog for the excellent and relentless coverage of voting theft issues. If there's another blog out there that comes close to Bradblogs tenaciousness and depth in that regard, I don't know of it.

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Ed Cone. I can't even bring myself to vote for 3Bulls! for this one.

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Feministe

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Brad Blog Is my absolute favorite blog.The community is awesome. Brad is tenacious in his coverage of voting issues.

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The Reaction

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Crooks and Liars. Essential for the cable-less.

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firedoglake

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Driftglass

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Suburban Guerrilla

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Bradblog, the breathing tube to our democracy.

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Desi @ Mia Culpa

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"I will order the return of the Maine Guard, under Art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 15. [1], [2], [3], [4]
Chris Miller for Governor"

What's that about?

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Bradblog for best blog

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Bradblog!

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Suburban Guerrilla

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The Carpetbagger Report!

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Blondesense

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Crooks and Liars

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Majikthise

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Reaction, hands down.

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Majikthise

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Please add my vote for Shakespeare's Sister (for Best Blog). Thank you. And Cheers!

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i blame the patriarchy. for wit and genius.

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I vote for MAJIKTHISE.

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My vote is for Lance Mannion.

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BitchPhD

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Michael Berube

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Jeanne at Body and Soul.

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So many to choose from...from the heavyweights like Atrios & Kos, to the hated
(by all the right people) AmericaBlog and firedoglake with their rough-and-tumble,
thunderbolt-tossing crew.

But my vote goes to Steve Gilliard at The News Blog. It runs the gamut--local to natonal
to world politics, interspersed with military history, advice, sports, FOOD and of course,
a special, loving devotion to pantsing, ear-boxing and kicking in the rotten teeth of the
evil bastards in charge and the people who enable 'em.

Done with gusto, humor, fire and just a whisper of poetic profanity.

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Majikthise

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Jesus' General, followed closely by Rude Pundit and Hulabaloo

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Suburban Guerrilla

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Body and Soul

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Top of page: "I've reopened comments, so please feel free to start voting in this group once again."

Start of comments: "Comments are open only for corrections. No voting yet, please."

To quote Gaston, from Gigi, "Indecision is a bore!!!"

This is not a correction; it is a vote: Majikthise. Not only does it have good writers and good articles, it is well managed.

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firedoglake

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firedoglake

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I vote for Michael Berube.

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I vote for Majikthise for best blog

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I vote for majikthise for best writing

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I vote for PBD--it connects you to ALL the best blogs in the best journalistic fashion possible (keeps in mind the time and attention span of the reader.)

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The Carpetbagger Report

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I prefer depth to superficial breadth and PBD follows a few key poli-
tical story themes through other links very effectively; its editorial commentary is pointed but quite limited, and I prefer that. This blog e
enabled me to penetrate the haze surrounding the Plamegate affair very well
well--just one example of how it gets beneath the surface of regular
news. Michael

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"Majikthise" Best Blog

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I vote for Susie Madrak for best writer.
She is a smart, funny,
POLITICAL blogger.

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Shakes' Sister, all the way.

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Crooks and Liars

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I'm going with my ego (and my exhaustion), and voting for Firedoglake.

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BradBlog!

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Body & Soul

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Michael Berube, plus accents.

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firedoglake

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Body and soul

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Proviso Probe for it's political writing and investigating report! Carl Nyberg, has exposed corruption with the best reporting since Woodward and Bernstein!

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Boing Boing

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This is a horrible way to vote.

Crooks and Liars.

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I hate having to choose just one among so many blogs that I love, but since them's the rules:

Shakespeare's Sister

I couldn't make it through my day without her and her able cohorts.

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Driftglass

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firedoglake

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OK, I'm voting for Agit-- OW! MY ARM!

I mean, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

[analgesics may manage the pain. ebw]

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The Heretik

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Shakespeare's Sister.

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Body and Soul

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Majikthise.

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Hullabaloo

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....I Blame the Patriarchy...or Bitch Ph.D....or Pandagon....

I don't know! I can't decide! I asked my youngest son, who is three years old, to pick a number, one, two, or three. He picked three, so: Pandagon.

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Jesus General

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Pandagon

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AmericaBlog

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Michael Berube

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Michael Berube

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Pandagon

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Jesus' General

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Hullabaloo.

ps. it would be interesting to have proportional representation voting. Of a sort. Voting for seven blogs, say, in rank order.

[a couple of grand should cover mb's and dwight's time. click on the paypal link and do the right thing. ebw]

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Tbogg. My third stop every morning.

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Shakespeare's Sister

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BradBlog

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AmericaBlog!

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Pandagon

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I think Majikthise has the best info.

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Steve Gilliard's News Blog- I don't always agree with him or like what he says, but I like and respect his style.

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It has to be Majikthise - covers so much, so well.

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bradblog.com
rawstory.com
whatreallyhappened.com

all yea need to know ,everyday

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There are a lot of good one, but Crooksandliars
supplies the most content of any blog. Audio, video, commentary, and linking to many other less trafficked blogs to help build the blog community.

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Body and Soul

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If ReddHedd can vote for firedoglake, then I guess I can vote for BRAD BLOG!

Count me in for BRAD BLOG! (though firedoglake and reddhedd are damned good! :-)

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Bradblog.com

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Mjikthise

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Majikthise, please

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shakespeare's sister

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Majikthise, please

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BradBlog. He's the Twain of our time.

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Hullabaloo

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Majikthize

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Courting Desting

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Destiny* Sorry for the spelling goof.

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The Poor Man

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SO many good ones to choose from, but Firedoglake gets my vote

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Pandagon, all the way

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Progressive Blog Digest - I vote for it as best blog

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Progressive Blog Digest is amazing in its coverage of national political events - best blog.

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I'd have to say you should also look at http://ozarque.livejournal.com/

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Pandagon

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The Carpetbagger Report!

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Pandagon.net

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Hullabaloo

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Pharyngula. The Pastafarian choice.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Trish Wilson is my favorite. I'm amazed at her talent!!!

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I vote for Progressive Blog Digest!

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Bradblog is the one that has provided the spark of hope I've come to depend on.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Iddybud

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Pandagon

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i vote for Progressive Blog Digest

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I vote for BitchPhD - she rocks.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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d r i f t g l a s s (he lets off the steam so I don't blow up)

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Pandagon

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Does Obsidian Wings really have no votes? Obsidian Wings.

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I vote for Printculture as best blog.

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Arms Control Wonk
&
Whirled View

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Lance Mannion has my vote

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Progressive Blog Digest has been consistently informative as a souce of news and comment. I use it frequently to scan what is happening around Washington and in the news generally. An extraordinary effort on the part of its writer.

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Carpetbagger Report

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does a really great job

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firedoglake

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The CarpetBagger Report!

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Best Blog: The Carpetbagger Report

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Apparently nobody nominated Roy Edroso's alicublog, or Glenn Greeenwald's blog, or mine, so I'll have to go for Crooks and Liars, where Greenwald posts a lot.

Crooks and Liars!

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The Carpetbagger Report is the best blog on the 'net

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Lance Mannion.

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AmericaBlog

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Lance Mannion

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Hullabaloo

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Crooks & Liars

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Bill's Big Diamond Blog

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The Heretik

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Atrios' Eschaton

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The Carpetbagger Report for best blog (non-pro).

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Bradblog is the best. The BEST.

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I vote for firedoglake.

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"Majikthise"

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BLONDESENSE RULES

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Lance Mannion

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Hullaballo

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The Carpetbagger report. It is a very comprehensive didcussion of the inside the beltway news. The comments are interesting and it is easy to read, always current and user freindly

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Majikthise [now that I've figured out how to do this...perhaps I'm not qualified to vote]

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BradBlog

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TomDispatch

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I'm in for Pia at Courting Destiny. She's fabulous.

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Alas, you overlooked a highly innovative, exquisitely-crafted blog, "Contingencies": your guide to the cultural treasures of the mojave desert


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FDL as in FireDogLake...among so many good ones....

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Progressive Blog Digest

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Crooks & Liars

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There should be more categories! Imagine Best Lesbian Blog, er, or Best Lesbian of Color Blog; perhaps Best Hard-core Working Class Dyke Blog---Best Sapphic Bourgeois Blog; Best Aging Academic Belle-lettrist Lesbian Blog; Best Communist Lesbian with an Agenda blog....etc.

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Bopnews

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The Carpetbagger Report

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One vote for Crooked Timber

One vote against Berube

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Pharyngula.

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Firedoglake

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Body and Soul, please

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Majikthise

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Majikthise

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Making Light

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I vote AmericaBlog for best Blog
Booman Tribune for Best Community Blog

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The Carpetbagger Report

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firedoglake

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My vote goes out to Majikthise!

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firedoglake

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what an embarrassment of riches... firedoglake, though. gotta be. I can't stay away.

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Best Blog: Susie Madrak at Suburban Guerrilla.com

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Progressive Blog Digest

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BradBlog ...

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The Carpetbagger Report

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This is really tough.

The Dark Wraith.

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I Blame the Patriarchy!

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The Carpetbagger report gets my vote

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The Poorman

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Echidne of the Snakes best non-pro blog

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Hullabaloo

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my vote for I blame the patriarchy!

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AmericaBlog

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Pandagon

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Echidne of the Snakesn for
Best Blog and Best Writing
Always well though out never ignorant or arrogant....slither on Godess

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BRADBLOG for BEST BLOG (non-pro)

Brad Blog has the best coverage of the most important issues. Unbelievably well-researched and thorough!!

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Agitprop

The Heretik

Sure, they're America-hating hippies, but even I admit they're entertaining America-hating hippies.

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Eschaton

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BRADBLOG is the best blog non-pro. Phenomenal detail.

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Majikthise: intelligent, funny in the way of high comedy, humane.

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I vote Ezra Klein!

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I'm going to have to, after much deliberation, go with Sisyphus Shrugged.
Why must there be so many good choices?

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Ntodd at Dohiyi Mir: with the support of his trusty critters Sam and Mex, he puts his intellect, heart, and eye out there with good humor.

Thanks for the work put into these awards. I can see that there are many folks who are adept at building a virtual community in the blogsphere.

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majikthise

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Hullabaloo

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Michael Berube

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"Comments are open only for corrections. No voting yet, please. "

So how and when do we actually vote? Or are these comments actually votes? I'm confused.

If this is the ballot box, here's my vote:

Americablog.

Thanks

Ed

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First Draft

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Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Hullabaloo

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Carpetbagger

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Rigorous Intuition: Jeff Wells

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Hullabaloo!
also Bitch phd, Body & Soul, and I Blame the Patriarchy
but how to draw a line??

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Body and Soul

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Living the Scientific Life (better, even, than a pony).

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What? I only get to vote for ONE? Really? Argh... If I could vote for multiples, it would be Bitch PhD, Jesus' General and I Blame the Patriarchy. Since I can only cast one vote, I go for:

I Blame the Patriarchy

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Americablog

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Best Blog (Non-Professional) - The Poor Man

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The Poor Man

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Mahablog

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A vote for Progressive Blog Digest, which has been very informative & not cutesy.

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Digby

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WhirledView

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wood s lot

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AmericaBlog

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firedoglake

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Shakespeare's Sister

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Lance Mannion

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Pandagon

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Driftglass. Definitely.

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Eschaton.

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rigorousintuition- Jeff Wells

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firedoglake

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Eschaton (deft, quick, sharp)
The Left Coaster (erudite, northern California feel)
Rude Pundit (Captain, my Captain)
Ezra Klein (preach young master)

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The Reaction.

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Suburban Guerrilla

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Hullabaloo

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FiredogLake

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Hullabaloo

(all of these are great, too many choices, which is a good thing)

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Pandagon (I love so many of them, this was a really eeny-meeny for me)

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Reaction

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I vote for PBD, it does such a good job of giving us the best of the best blogs.

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I'm certain that, if you all read it, you'd be voting for Tom Watson's Dirty Life and Times blog (tomwatson.typepad.com)!!!

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I'm certain that, if you all read it, you'd be voting for Tom Watson's Dirty Life and Times blog (tomwatson.typepad.com)!!!

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Orcinus

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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carpetbagger report!

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Dark Wraith Forums

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The Carpetbagger Report

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My vote goes to Firedog Lake.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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firedoglake

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Carpetbagger report - no doubt.

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Hullabaloo

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carpetbagger, hands down

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BAGnewsNotes

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Considering that I have, in the end, very little to do with it, I've got to cast my vote for Shakespeare's Sister, a blog I end up loving every day because of everyone else who shares their thoughts there.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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While many of the other nominees often have outstanding commentary and/or amusingly insightful, shoot-from-the-hip observations, for the consistency in its thoughtfulness, I vote for The Carpetbagger Report.

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Driftglass -- because when I want to show someone I respect "why I waste so much time online" I can always click on Driftglass & know the top story will be a stunning piece of writing. Or else I'd pick Lance Mannion as my personal favorite.

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Shakespeare's Sister

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the carpetbagger report for best blog

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Carpetbagger Report

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The Poor Man

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Best Blog: TheCarpetbagger Report

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pandagon

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I Blame the Patriarchy

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Bitch PhD

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The Carpetbagger Report for the Denver Three.

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Media Matters is the most important but doesn't belong in this category.

Hullabaloo is my difficult choice among those that do.

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My vote: The Carpetbagger Report

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Crooks and Liars - they got me started on this whole blog thing...

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It's a tie, as they're different but both brilliant: Bitch PhD & I Blame The Patriarchy.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Michael Bérubé

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Tbogg

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Crooks and Liar's

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Random Thoughts

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Bitch PhD

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The Reaction

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Carpetbagger is a must read every day.

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Crooks and Liars

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Carpetbagger Report

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BoingBoing

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Shakespeare's Sister. And if Kos wins, I will break my normal etiquette use foul language

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Sivacracy.net for best blog, non-professional

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The Carpetbagger Report

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I'm going to have to go with Driftglass even though there are far too many who are so, so good.

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americablog, john rocks

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The Carpetbagger Report makes my day.

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Trish Wilson
The Countess

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Pharyngulee Pharyngula Pharyngulee PharyngulAAAAA!!!

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I would say Whiskey Bar if he still was keeping the pace, (come back Billmon!!!) but since it's awful quiet there these days I'll go with the Jesus General.

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The Carpetbagger Report

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Tbogg

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Shakespeare's Sister

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Suburban Guerrilla

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This is like comparing apples and kumquats. For wide-
ranging and amusing posts you won't find the like of
elsewhere, and of course, all your pudu-gazing needs,
you can't beat Bob Harris. Media Matters does important
work. But I vote for Michael Berube Online. On volume
alone he excels Harris, and his witty, incisive,
compassionate writing is always a pleasure.

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crooks and liars

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Progressive Blog Digest

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I'd like to nominate myself, Trish Wilson (The Countess).

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firedoglake.

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Please record my vote for Progressive Blog Digest

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Ornicus.

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The Poorman.

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Lance Mannion

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Progressive Blog Digest

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The Poorman

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Progressive Blog Digest

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Progressive Blog Digest gets my vote. Robert McKim

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Progressive Blog Digest

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The Sideshow, by Avedon Carol

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Sivacracy!

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Majikthise

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Steve Gilliard

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Hullabaloo

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AmericaBlog

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The Countess, by Trish Wilson

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Orcinus

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AmericaBlog

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Pharyngula

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The essential Progressive Blog Digest

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Crooks and Liars!

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Progressive Blog Digest

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The link to Science And Politics is incorrect - points to a wrong blog. The correct URL is http://sciencepolitics.blogspot.com/

--- Fixing it now; Thanks and sorry. Dwight.

---- I looked, the link appears correct. Dwight

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Sadly, No!

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A million votes for Bitch Ph.D.

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I vote for Majikthise.

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Firedoglake

(and my apologies to three other blogs that I dearly believe deserve that vote, too)

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Swing State Project

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Another Day in the Empire, Kurt Nimmo

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Eschaton

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Jesus General!

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Eschaton

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My Left Wing

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Cannonfire

Consistently intriguing.

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FireDogLake

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Voting is awfully difficult. I finally decided to go with the blog I seem to end up at most often even if that's not fair either ...

So, Suburban Guerrilla (www.SusieMadrak.com)

With kind regards,
Dog, etc.
searching for home

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firedoglake

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Firedoglake

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Progressive Blog Digest for best blog.

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Eschaton

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PDB, Progressive Blog Digest

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Majikthise

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Suburban guerrilla .......like the overall broad spectrum approach

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Surburban Guerrilla for best blog(non professional)

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a day is not complete without Digby, so Hullabaloo

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Steve Gilliard newsblog

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firedoglake

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feministe

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Firedoglake - Best damn writing my wife has ever done!

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Firedoglake!

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Language Hat

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Americablog

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TBOGG

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Sisyphus Shrugged

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FireDogLake

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TheCarpetBaggerReport

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firedloglake

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Crooks and Liars

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My vote is for Angry Black Bitch. She's fierce.

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TBogg

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NTodd at Dohiyimir

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firedoglake

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feministe

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Hullabaloo

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This is probably the hardest catagory, but if I have to pick only one I'll go with Feministe.

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Crooked Timber

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Orcinus

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firedoglake
i blame the patriarchy --close second, if those are allowed

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tbogg

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firedoglake

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Majikthise.

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Swing State Project
1000 Monkeys Typing

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Firedoglake

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Firedoglake for me, please! Thank you.

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*Sigh* Having to pick onley one of these blogs is almost a thought crime. Oh, well, here goes: Steve Gilliard's News Blog for best blog. Simply because I read it the most.

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firedoglake

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Bradblog.com is the best at everything...

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BRAD BLOG is the most important. Without his work fighting for honest voting with honest voting machines, there would be no democracy.

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Pharyngula

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Hullaballoo

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Firedoglake

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Firedoglake

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BradBlog,By far the most important blog to save our voting rights! Our Very Democracy is in the balance.

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Firedoglake

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Firedoglake

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firedoglake

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BradBlog,By far the most important blog to save our voting rights! Our Very Democracy is in the balance.

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Hullabaloo

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leftcoaster

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Majikthise

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firedoglake

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Jesus' General

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Jesus' General

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Jesus' General

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Crooks and Liars

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Hullaballoo

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Legal Fiction

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Swing State Project

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The Left Coaster

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BradBlog

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AmericaBlog

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