Small Dead Blog Awards from Bound by Gravity
Sean, formally of Pol:Spy fame, has decided to start up the Small Dead Blog Awards over on Small Dead Animals. Sean's creation will run in addition to the Canadian Blog Awards (set up by Robert McClelland), which may have the unfortunate side effect ... [Read More]

Tracked on September 30, 2005 1:37 PM

Please don't nominate SDA as it would look bad if Kate's blog was included in the tally. Thx.

I nominate all of MWW's sites as Most Outrageous Cdn Moonbat Blog.

Who else could even hold a candle to MWW for outrageousness?

Monte Solberg - best political blog
Lorne Gunter - best MSM, since Andrew has gone AWOL and after that drippy GG number.
Angry gets my nomination for best whistleblower

All of the above- but just remember where you found them first! (Right-Kate?)

It's great to see that right wing bloggers demonstrate the same level of creativity and imagination as their political leadership.

An acknowledgement of Robert M's awards would have been gracious. Astonishing and completely out of character, of course...but gracious.

"An acknowledgement of Robert M's awards..."

Let's just say that I was as gracious as he normally is. ;-)

I nominate Carol Jameson for the Most Outrageous Cdn Moonbat Blog (there should be two moonbat awards so one could got MWW

balbulican: Kinda like Harper last spring..Me Too! Me Too!

Robert M's awards are not worthy of mention. I I was planning to nominate his blog for award #6. He's right up there with Werner Patels and Socialist Swine for pure craziness.

Nominations:

3. Best American Blog: www.captainsquartersblog.com

8. Best Blog run by member of MSM: www.michellemalkin.com

9. Best Hard News blog: www.soundpolitics.org
- This might need some explination. Sound Politics is a WA state blog and has provided the best investigative reporting of the WA election fiasco. Stefan Sharkansky provided scans of the actual documents in question. You simply could not find this information anywhere else.

14. Best coverage of Iraq (blog or otherwise): michaelyon.blogspot.com

Can a guy nominate his own blog? Yes, in keeping with tradition, I'm trolling for traffic... lmao

2 nominations for best humour:

BlameBush!: http://blamebush.typepad.com

Protein Wisdom: http://www.proteinwisdom.com

wingnuterer for either the most humorous or the weirdest, I can't decide which.

definitely michaelyon.blogspot for Iraq

CQ for American political blog, eitherorr for best new American blog and The Sheila Variations for best American (nonpolitical) blog

Stephen Taylor for Cdn political blog (since you won't let us vote for Kate)

Best Canadian Blog: ProjectAlberta.com

How about best blog post of 2005. Why is this not a category? I nominate "The Tipping Point" written by Walsingham at The Monarchist to be far and away the best blog post of 2005.

I nominate myself for weirdest Canadian blog. To further complicate matters, I'm an expatriate Canadian living in a mediterranean cave as did Plato in Book V of the Republic.

Anyone who has read my successive letters in Mark Steyn's mailbag can attest to that. But, enough about me, what do YOU think about me?

http://www.belinda.ca/nm-show.asp?story=152

Belinda Stronach's website should win some type of award for shameless showboating.

The best new or novice blog should go to:

Http://YoungConservative.blog.ca

She's a student and has hit the ground running. Presents a story very well, good research and she is not even trying yet.

Could be a politician in the making.

The blog template itself can be changed for the better, but You can see promise there.

One other blog that may be deserving is:

http://Cowtwngrl.blogspot.com

Aiz seems to have captured the sunny side of Calgary. Always a pleasure to pend time there and she sure runs a tidy ship. Enjoyable.
73s TG

There's an hilarious movie called When the net goes down at:

http://www.everyhuman.com

Also an item about making money. 73s TG

WOW, Thanks Candace, but can't I be both?

best Canadian blog: angry in the great white north

best new canadian blog: waking up on planet x

best american blog: Betsy's page

best new american blog: selenian boondocks (hey, I'm a space geek, what can I say?)

best "blogging tories" blog: Tory Blue

most outrageous Canadian moonbat blog: Calgary Grit

most humourous blog: protein wisdom although when he wants to be serious he's right up there with the best in that department too.

best blog run by a member of the MSM: Andrew Coyne but dammit start posting again and bring your comments back please!

best hard news blog: lucianne

best whistleblower blog: Captain's Quarters

best photoblog: Jackson's Junction

best Canadian political blog: Stephen Taylor

best American political blog: Michelle Malkin

best coverage of Iraq war by a blog: Chrenkoff

weirdest canadian blog: can I nominate myself?

"Let's just say that I was as gracious as he normally is. ;-)"

If you're the same Sean that used to do Polspy...I'm disappointed in you. Whatever you think of Robert, stealing his idea and most of his structure is pretty disgusting. You were a witty and, to all appearances, ethical writer back then...this really suprises me.

"How about best blog post of 2005. Why is this not a category? I nominate "The Tipping Point" written by Walsingham at The Monarchist to be far and away the best blog post of 2005."

I second that - don't forget Tipping Point II.

"If you're the same Sean that used to do Polspy...I'm disappointed in you. Whatever you think of Robert, stealing his idea and most of his structure is pretty disgusting. You were a witty and, to all appearances, ethical writer back then...this really suprises me."

That has to sting, Sean. You know very well that Robert originated the entire "best of" concept. No one else ever thought to compare one blog to another before he did it. Shame on you, you witty, ethical bastard. Shame!

I nominate blahblican and his StageLeft blog as Most outrageous Canadian 'Moonbat' blog.

Only going to nominate for the catagories that feel qualified enough to comment on:

1. Best Canadian Blog - Angry In the Great White North

2. Best New Canadian Blog - Define new?

5. Best "Blogging Tory" - Political Staples/Bound by Gravity (tie in my mind)

6. Moonbat - Jamieson's "Get Harper" blog

7. Humourous - Blogette

8. MSM - You already named Wells and Cosh, so I'll add Radwanski for a nomination...

9. Hard News Blog - AngryITGWN again

10. Whistle Blower - The Black Rod (though that's a Manitoba thing, I'm sure)

12. Canadian Political - Monte's

15. Weirdest Canadian Blog - Buckets of Grewal

"If you're the same Sean that used to do Polspy...I'm disappointed in you. Whatever you think of Robert, stealing his idea and most of his structure is pretty disgusting. You were a witty and, to all appearances, ethical writer back then...this really suprises me."

Ah, yes, I'm sure that the idea of a 'best blog' contest originated entirely with Robert. We should all bow down at his feet.

Not.

Yes, I'm the same Sean from PolSpy, and you'll notice that I care as much about what people think of me now as I did back then.

Robert's trash simply isn't worth acknowledging or giving a linkback to (for example, his F*** the Jews' post is classic McClelland). In the nearly two years we ran PolSpy, he was the only commenter that managed to earn a ban. Even the two lefties on our crew, the anti-Bush ones, agreed with the ban as they felt the only thing he added to a conversation was fertilizer.

An award show?

Will there be a ten second delay to protect the audience?

Will there be a cool looking skinny chick with big tits sending out the code for the button to the winners?

Will there be any of the usual Indian ceremonies with dancing, drumming and grunting to open the judging?

Shouldn't you wait for CBC to get operational?

What are the critieria for making judgements ... surely it's not just a numbers game is it?

Are there any grants involved ...?

Is this legal?

An awared show .... sort of like a self-love-in event.

For those who just tuned in ... here is a bit on the nature of blogging and bloggers and readers of blogs.

"we talk a lot"
"repeat a lot of what others write"
"we don't actually do anything, just bitch about it"
"we love ourselves for the most part"
"we are smart asses with good vocabularys .. sorta"
"we wish the masses knew what we were talking about"
"we try to be funny sometimes"
"we have too much time on our hands."
"however, once in awhile we manage to take down some arrogant asshole like Dan Rather and that's what makes it all worth while!!!!!"

This is Canada, so I have to ask ... who do I vote for?

Here's a short list for the SDBAs. And yes, I threw myself in two categories (so sue me). My picks are as follows:

Best Canadian blog -- Damian Penny, Bound By Gravity, Angry in the Great White North, Dust My Broom and Political Staples

Best American blog -- Instapundit, Michelle Malkin, The Volokh Conspiracy, Captain's Quarters and David Limbaugh

Best 'Blogging Tories' blog -- Stephen Taylor, Adam Daifallah, Blue Blogging Soapbox, Le Blog de Polyscopique and Toronto Tory

Most outrageous Canadian 'Moonbat' blog -- Carol Jamieson has won this award hands down

Most humorous blog -- Calgary Grit, Wingnuterer, Grumpy Young Crank, Relapsed Catholic and (this will surprise some people) Gods of the Copybook Headings

Best blog run by a member of the MSM -- Lorne Gunter, Colby Cosh, Andrew Coyne, David Frum and myself, Right Ho (I may be anonymous, but I am part of the MSM)

Best hard news blog -- Winds of Change, Arthur Chrenkoff, The Belmont Club, Lucianne Goldberg and Natalie Solent

Best Canadian political blog -- Sobering Thoughts, Political Staples, Gods of the Copybook Headings, Burkean Canuck and myself, Right Ho

Best American political blog -- Instapundit, The Belmont Club, Andrew Sullivan, Scrappleface and Baseball Crank (don't be fooled by this blog's title, it has excellent political coverage, too)

What about a category for group blogs? I'm thinking that group blogs like The Politic are quite different animals from regular blogs.

"In the nearly two years we ran PolSpy, he was the only commenter that managed to earn a ban."

So you set your standard by establishing the bottom of the barrel, then digging slightly lower?

Very good. Most impressed.

"So you set your standard by establishing the bottom of the barrel, then digging slightly lower?"

It's hard to get lower than defending McClelland. You tend to your ethics, I'll tend to mine.

Best Humorous Blog: Meaghan's Flatulence Log (http://www.flatulencelog.blogspot.com/)

"Meaghan's Flatulence Log"

Oh. My. God.

I vote for Also Canadian!

Especially for their Harper Isn't Scary series!

Todays is a classic!

Monte Solberg - Best Canadian Political Blog
Do Or Die - Best American Blog
Do Or Die - Best American Blog that reports on Canadian Affairs

...

17. Best blog by an extended family member of an Athenian Philosopher - non cave dwelling - English speaking.

Note: must provide evidence of toga wearing and sandals. References should be available upon request; all references are expected to be deceased.

What? No Best Canadian Ann Coulter/Michelle Malkin-manquées category?

How utterly disappointing.

Best Pro-Slavery Blog: Colbert's Comments

"It's hard to get lower than defending McClelland."

Oh, I'd say stealing from him does the trick.

Maybe I'm jumping in where I shouldn't balb, but there are a lot of different blog contests out there. Not to mention a lot of different contests and polls in general. There's no way of knowing whether it was even very likely Sean "stole" this idea from Robert. ("stole" inasmuch you couldn't even steal the idea of a blog contest) I mean it would be nice and, in fact, in keeping with what I judge to be normal blog etiquette to say it was inspired by Robert's contest - if it was, that is.

Although I am conservative, there are a couple of conservative blogs that I think should be included in the "moonbat" catagory, is this acceptable??

Also, I know of a very well written left blog, very well written, though I never agree with it, what is your ruling on "best" political blog? Is this by what you agree with, or how it is written?

I'll give my nominations after these are answered, thanks....

Maybe a Biggest Wingnut category could be added. Although that could be pretty divisive, given the right-leaning flavour of this blog. (Too bad I never did much with my Wingnut On Parade blog, that award would have been mine!)

Nothing? The Chronicles fits nowhere? Holy Crap! How about a category for the best "MoonBat beating" blog... would I fit there?

How about a category for "Blog by the Most Ordinary Canadian"?

http://www.flatulencelog.blogspot.com

LOL! That MWW, she had it coming!

A must-see site!

Why all the nominations for Stephen Taylor? He doesn't even have a blog.

"it would be nice and, in fact, in keeping with what I judge to be normal blog etiquette to say it was inspired by Robert's contest - if it was, that is."

I agree, Rob. Wander over to Robert's site and review the two active threads dealing with his awards: review the discussion on award categories. Then you decide.

I'd like to nominate Richard Evens and Anonaolgue for best moonbat blog.

Eddie: http://www.stephentaylor.ca sure looks like a blog to me.

Best Canadian blog: Angry in the Great White North
Best American blog: The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Best blog by a member of the MSM: Colby Cosh

Balb, having gone through the near-excruciating pain of running the gauntlet of Rob's drivel, I found the one thread of suggestions for categories where I expected to find Sean saying "haha, now I will scoop Robert!". Instead I found you saying that Sean was scooping Robert.

Considering that Sean has said himself this was something of a spur-of-the-moment load the responsibility on Kate idea I think it would be a stretch to say even that it is not unlikely that Sean was motivated by Rob's example. You must be basing your contention on the categories, but Sean's list seems pretty standard, well scratch standard, its strikes me more as spur-of-the-moment, wouldn't you know. I mean, anyone who reads Instapundit has heard of photo-blogging. (now if only I could write cogently)

I think maybe you're upset because this ruins the chance of MahBlahg's polls having votes from every corner of Canadian blogdom. That's an admirable extension of the anti-echochamber idea that Andrew champions - which would be already fairly moot since many on the right would dismiss them already on account of Rob's ultra-polarizing style. I say its a good thing to keep the sda's and MahBlahgers away from eachother - they just couldn't mix.

Ahem, anyhow, BoundByGravity for best Canadian blog.

No one has mentioned Canadiana's Place? She is one of the best blog writers out there. Very insightful and and informed. She gets my vote for best Canadian Political Blog.

PS. Does anyone know when Blogger will be back up again? It's been down since yesterday, and it's pissing me off.

"Balb, having gone through the near-excruciating pain of running the gauntlet of Rob's drivel..."

I sympathize. Now you know how I feel when I don my drysuit and plunge in here.

"Instead I found you saying that Sean was scooping Robert."

I fear you misunderstood me. I wasn't trying to suggest that you'd find a declaration of piracy over there: I was just asking you to look at the structure, the categories, the schedule and so on.

As far as me being upset, it's disappointment at Sean. I really enjoyed PolSpy, I like his writing, and I thought highly of him. To post a witty acknowledgement of Robert's precedent would have cost nothing, would have been a gracious gesture. However, I've been told clearly and repeatedly that expecting any such acknowledgement of Robert's precedent was ridiculous of me, and I'm afraid I now agree.

Have a look at "Overheard at Western" for most humorous or weirdest.

http://overheardatwestern.blogspot.com/

Can't make this stuff up. Scary to think that these people will be running our country someday.

Don't forget "Let it Bleed" - Bob may need his own category - Most merciless and cold-blooded evisceration of MSM dingbat Award.

Alsocanadian for Canadian Jedi!

Not sure which cat this fits in maybe 'news blog' or 'weird blog'. primeminister.ca is always worth a daily surf imo

I must apologize. Earlier in this thread I wrote: "Why all the nominations for Stephen Taylor? He doesn't even have a blog."

But as Ed Minchau pointed out: "http://www.stephentaylor.ca sure looks like a blog to me".

I was told by a senior source in the Blogging Tories that Stephen Taylor doesn't even have a blog. It turns out that it was Taylor Stephens that doesn't have a blog. You can see how I made the mistake, but still, I must apologize. My mother and father taught me better than that. I am ashamed. And the thing is, I can't even expose my source. But I'm sure that if my source doesn't come forward with his own mea culpa Kate won't stop digging until...well...until there's a great big hole.

I'm really and truly sorry.

The Sophist's Saga for best humorous:
http://ca.geocities.com/thesophist@rogers.com/

i am totally the best effing moonbat in the blogosphere. sorry, other moonbats. for real

"I think it would be a stretch to say even that it is not unlikely that Sean was motivated by Rob's example."

Oh, fer Chrissakes, people. Ever heard of The Bloggies? That's where I got the idea from (and probably where Robert got his idea from as well). They've been running since 2002 so I think it's safe to say they pre-date both Robert's awards as well as SDA's.

So Balb, will I be seeing you giving Rubert crap for stealing someone else's idea anytime soon?

[crickets chirping]

I didn't think so.

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