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The editors here at Blogger News want to congratulate our political writer ‘The Stiletto‘ on her honorable mention at the 12th annual Webby Awards. The Webby’s are to the Internet what the Oscar’s are to the movie business. As the Webby folks said “This honor signifies an outstanding caliber of work. Congratulations to all of our Official Honoree selections!” Our intrepid writer was up against some stiff competition in the Political Blog category, when you can hold your own against the like of the CNN Political Ticker; NewYorker.com; Swampland (TIME); The Caucus (New York Times) and Thought Leader (Mail &...

Only 4 days left to vote for Free Republic as a write in vote in the activism category for the Webby Awards. http://www.weblobbying.com is the current Leading Write-In, with 22% of the vote, Greenpeace is in the lead with 24% of the vote. Let's help Free Republic win! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/889037/posts

See the digerati dither, daily Art by Terry Colon appears courtesy of Suck.com. Subscribe Get Ditherati through your email. Suggest Send us a quote that rocked your petty little world, or just tell us how much today's quote did. YOUR FIVE WORDS ARE UP "Our nominees are using the Web in new and original ways to bring people together. We want to follow their lead by using the medium to honour winners in a powerful and uniquely Webby way." Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain, doing her best Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf impersonation while explaining why her outfit couldn't come up...

I was just over at the Webby Awards site, making my voting choices. I got to the Activism category... and just about puked. PETA is far in the lead, and oh, are their supporters crowing about it! I strongly suggest that everyone go to the Webby Awards voting page, and register to vote (name and email address required: they send a password to that email address, and you log in with it.) Log in, go to the Activism category. Then in the write-in box, vote. Vote for FR, vote for Second Amendment Sisters. Vote for something, but by all that...

<p>Undaunted by the dot-com bust, the Webby Awards has announced its nominees for this year's best Web sites by emphasizing the medium's success as a town square and library.</p> <p>The list for the sixth annual Webbys, unveiled yesterday, provided another sign of the Internet's transformation from a potential diamond mine to its original billing as a source of global information.</p>