Happy Chanukah (Hanukkah, Chanukkah, Hanuka, Channukah, Hanukka, you name it)!

To start with: Happy Chanukah, of course, and a small non-denominational reminder:

And a bit less non-denominational one:

Now to the nitty-gritty: the week ended, and the Council of Weasels has spoken again, so:

Council Winners

• *First place with 4 votes! Joshuapundit – ‘Palestine’ – A Celebration At The Funeral
• Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – The Right Planet -Obama Admin Refuses to Criticize Egypt’s New Constitution That Allows Slavery  
• Second place *t* with 1 2/3 votes – Bookworm Room-From the same people who brought you the constitutional right to privacy: “You have no privacy.”
• Third place *t* with 1 vote – The Independent Sentinel – Dear Sarah Palin – Is A Third Political Party Being Formed?
• Third place *t* with 1 vote – The Mellow Jihadi- Self-Reliance Versus the Collective
• Third place *t* with 1 vote – The Razor- Why I Oppose the Nomination of Susan Rice to Secretary of State (and You Should Too)
• Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Noisy Room- Policing the Schutzstaffel
• Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote – Gay Patriot – Cut off* NPR & PBS in return for higher tax rate on “wealthy”?
• Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote – The Glittering Eye – The Chicken Game
• Fourth place *t* with 2/3 vote –  The Political Commentator – Obama first-term critique! Failure, failure, failure…!
• Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote – The Colossus of Rhodey – Why I *still* don’t watch Sunday Night Football
• Fifth place *t* with 1/3 vote – Simply Jews –The phantoms of ceasefire, proportionality and other Middle East myths – Part I 

Non-Council Winners

 

• First place with 2 2/3 votes! – Victor Davis Hanson-Waiting for the GOP’s Populist Turn  submitted by Joshuapundit
• Second place with 2 votes – Sultan Knish –The Working Class and the Governing Class   submitted by The Noisy Room
• Third place *t* with  1 2/3 votes – Melanie Phillips –Sanitising Hamas in the worship of power   submitted by The Watcher
• Third place *t*  with 1 2/3 votes -The Big Pharaoh -Is The US Repeating The Same Mistake In Egypt? submitted by Simply Jews
• Fourth place with 1 1/3 vote TownHall -7 Reasons Socialism Will Make You Poorer Than Capitalism submitted by The Mellow Jihadi
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote - Dennis Prager –The World’s Most Dynamic Religion   submitted by Bookworm Room
• Fifth place *t* with 1 vote - Taki’s Magazine –Happy to Be on the Wrong Side of History   submitted by The Right Planet
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Killer Apps –  France joins the stealth drone club submitted by GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Dr. Housing Bubble – Is the middle class dream an illusion for Californians? What we can learn from domestic and foreign migration patterns.   submitted by The Glittering Eye
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -RedState – Self-Awareness Matters submitted by Rhymes With Right
• Sixth place *t* with 2/3 vote -Seraphic Secret –The Drones Done Did It  submitted by The Watcher
• Seventh place *t* with 1/3 vote -The Lid – Fiscal Cliff UPDATE: Obama Rejects GOP Counter-offer   submitted by The Independent Sentinel
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Timothy Wheeler @ The Corner –The Wickedness Inside All of Us?   submitted by The Colossus of Rhodey 
• Sixth place *t* with 1/3 vote -Sunshine State Sarah –Rubio-sponsored amendment to protect military voting rights passes unanimously submitted by VA Right!