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That can mean only one thing! It's time for the weekly nominations at the Watcher's Council!

But before we get to the nominations, for the first timers here is an explanation of who and what the Watcher's Council is.

The Watcher's Council is a long-standing group of 15 conservative bloggers from around the world and the winner of the 2011 Fabulous 50 Blog Award in the category of Best Conservative Blog-Ring.

Each week, first thing Wednesday morning, we the members of the Watcher's Council make known our two articles for public consumption; one of our own (Council) and one from somewhere around the blogosphere (Non-Council) that address issues we feel are particularly timely and important to present.

After a secret ballot among the members, Friday morning the winners in each category are announced and the grand prize, the appreciation of our peers, is awarded! Stay tuned!

For the week of January 30, 2012 the nominations are...

Council Submissions

The Colossus of Rhodey – If you didn’t know this was coming by now, you’re living in a cave

Joshuapundit-The New Egypt – Bankrupt And Sinking Fast

The Noisy Room – Tantrum on the Tarmac

Simply Jews – Wayne Madsen drops another… bombshell: Barack Obama outed as CIA creation

New Zeal – Russia Today Hires WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange- Will the Kremlin Be Pleased?

The Political Commentator – In a debate would John King ask Obama about this…? (Video)

VA Right - Senator Janet Howell ‘Rectal Avenger’

GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD – The Saudi Persian War

The Mellow Jihadi – Parading Vets: St Louis Vs. New York

Bookworm Room – ObamaCare, the Catholic Church, and mandatory abortion payments

The Razor – The Twisted Memory of Newt Gingrich

Rhymes With Right – Presidents Are Not Kings; Americans No Obliged To Appear When He Beckons

Right Truth – What’s In A Name?

The Right Planet – GOP: On Whose Side?

The Glittering Eye -The History of Spaghetti and Marinara

Honorable Mentions

The Independent Sentinel – Obama Signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty & Ceded Our Internet Rights to the UN

Ask Marion – Hillary Leaving as Obama’s Eligibility Trial(s) Move Forward… Coincidence?

Capitalist Preservation – A hiss is just a hiss, a lie is just a lie…

Non-Council Submissions

Smithsonian.com – Revisiting the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey

Alisina.org – What Is My Identity? submitted by Joshuapundit

Michelle Malkin –For Santorum submitted by The Noisy Room

Terry Glavin – It’s Not Funny Anymore submitted by Simply Jews

American Thinker – The Civilized Man vs. the MTA Savages submitted by New Zeal

Caroline Glick -The Zionist Imperative submitted by The Political Commentator

Investor.com – Media Act As Though Only Republicans Misbehave submitted by VA Right

The Reserve Officer – New Defense Strategy submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD

The Kitchen Dispatch –Aloha, Sarge Charlie. Until We Meet Again submitted by The Mellow Jihadi

Bill Whittle-The Vote Pumpsubmitted by Bookworm Room

Via Meadia –Beyond Blue Part One: The Crisis of the American Dream submitted by The Razor

Frontloading HQ – I’ll see your white knight and raise you a filing deadline. Why It’s Too Late for Entry in the Republican Nomination Racesubmitted by Rhymes with Right

Blogbat -The Moon Is Made of Cheese, You Know submitted by Right Truth

Bob Owens/PJ Media – New Emails Suggest Eric Holder Perjured Himself submitted by The Glittering Eye

American Thinker – Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis submitted by The Right Planet

Gates of Vienna – Breivik: Al Qaeda’s Man in Oslo? submitted by The Watcher

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