Two weeks in a row! Woot! The Watcher of Weasels Council has given my article on Texas Rancher, Dr. Mike Vickers, an Honorable Mention. In a conference call, Vickers said Highway I-10 is controlled by drug cartels. At the same time, the stories broke on El Paso (right on I-10) residents waking up to billboards with effigies hanging, and a message “Accept Bribes or Die.” It wouldn’t be easy to put-up the signs or effigies. Made me wonder if someone in El Paso was paid-off to look the other way. Many thanks to the Council. Here are their nominations, and a handy weekend reading list:

Graphic courtesy of Chris Muir at the one and only Day By Day…

Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by themselves and one written by someone from outside the group for consideration by the whole Council.Then we vote on the best two posts, with the results appearing on Friday morning.

Council News:

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*The ever scintillating Bookworm Room was cited in a Forbes article on global warming.

*Debra Heine at Nice Deb has another great piece up at Breitbart, Democrats Propose Obama ‘Like A Boss’ Bumpersticker

*Rob Miller at Joshuapundit’s latest piece up at the Times of Israel is Why Is The Israeli Media Not Reporting This Terrorist Attack?

Council Submissions

• The Noisy Room – The Menace of Russia and China – A Strategic Alliance Of Our Enemies
• The Independent Sentinel – Obama Seizes 500,000 acres of New Mexico Land for Drug Cartels and Goats
• Simply Jews – Kill the kike, save Babay: judeomasons and “negroes” behind Ukrainian unrest
• Liberty’s Spirit – Reimagining the Battle of Gettysburg: Leadership and Technology Today
• Joshuapundit–This Story Could Affect You More Than Anything You’ll Read Today
• GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – Why Are Democrats Unserious About National Defense?
• Rhymes With Right – Stealth “Reelect Judge Denise Pratt” Campaign Emerges
• VA Right! – Why are Voters Turning Against Eric Cantor? In Short – Eric Cantor is a Bob McDonnell Republican!
• The Razor – Man Goes on Killing Spree – No One Surprised Except His Victims
• The Colossus of Rhodey – OK to blame ALL men for Cali mass shooting
• The Right Planet – Y’All Gonna Make Me Lose My Mind
• The Glittering Eye –To Err Is Human
• Nice Deb – Have You Noticed? Everything bad ‘Sky-Rockets’ Under Obama
• Ask Marion – The AD, ADD, ADHD, Autism, Aging… Inflammation and Nutrition Connection
• Bookworm Room – Dear Democrats: If this administration can’t get socialism right, how will any administration, ever?

Honorable Mentions

• MidKnight Review – If the “teaparty” is a political party, it is losing ground. If it is a movement, it has already taken back the GOP and is the strongest political influence in the nation.
• Maggie’s Notebook – Texas Border Rancher Said I-10 Controlled by Cartels: El Paso Proves It – Accept Bribes or Die
• The Pirate’s Cove – What’s The Real Reason For The VA Scandal?
• Right Truth – A Change In Europe Is Coming

Non-Council Submissions

• Mark Steyn –Nigel vs the Lunatic Mainstream submitted by The Noisy Room
• Doug Ross@Journal –Remember Grandpa and all of the other heroes on Memorial Day submitted by The Independent Sentinel
• The Passing Parade – Executioner’s Blues submitted by Simply Jews
• Lee Smith/Weekly Standard – Failures Galoresubmitted by Liberty’s Spirit
• Daniel Greenfield/FrontPageMag – Obama, Hillary And Kim Kardashian submitted by Joshuapundit
• Shadi Hamid/New York Times – The Brotherhood Will Be Back submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Big Jolly Politics – Allegations of coverup, deception regarding Sen. Dan Patrick’s mental health – submitted byRhymes with Right
• Conservative Tribune – Texas Gun Shop Has a New Anti-Obama Sign Each Week submitted by VA Right!
• Chateau Heartiste –The Psychosis of the Effeminate Male submitted by The Razor
• Douglas Ernst – Bill Moyers, scientist fantasize about locking up Americans who question climate changesubmitted by The Colossus of Rhodey
• DC Clothesline – Why Does Christian Persecution Get Worse In Every Country The U.S. “Liberates”? submitted by The Right Planet
• Manhattan Contrarian – Of Course The VA Hospital System Is Failing submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Allen West – Source reveals to me what really happened in Benghazi submitted by Nice Deb
• The Washington Times –Obama blames Founding Fathers’ ‘structural’ design of Congress for gridlock submitted by Ask Marion
• Walter Williams/Washington Examiner –Lunacy on display at White Privilege Conferencesubmitted byBookworm Room
• Tamara Holder/FOX – Leave no man behind: Why is Team Obama unable to bring home a Marine held in Mexico? submitted by The Watcher
• Victor Davis Hanson – Lord Obama submitted byWatcher

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