2012 chit chat awards - results

[RedAnarchist]

The Awards will be announced shortly.

[RedAnarchist]

Favourite Food

Nominees -

Pasta, chicken, Mexican, cheeseburger, lasagna, pizza, dead cops, leg of lamb, Italian, hamburgers, catfish, kebab, oyster po boy fried catfish gumbo red beans and rice, kabob, tikka masala, calamari, spaghetti.

Runners-up

Pizza, pasta

Winners

Chicken, Mexican

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Favourite Drink

Nominees -

Root beer, tea, coffee, Guiness, scotch, icea tea, bourbon and club soda, orange juice, water, cherry limeade, malt liquor, vanilla coke, whiskey, milkshake, sparkling water, Coca-cola, beer, chimay, fizzy drinks/pop/soda, sweet tea, milk.

Runners-up

Scotch, beer

Winner

Water

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Favourite Non-Political Author

Nominees - John Keats, Cory Doctorow, Edgar Allen Poe, Hunter S Thompson, Balzac, Patti Smith, Anne Rice, Roberto Bolano, George RR Martin, Derrick Jensen, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, HP Lovecraft, Victor Hugo, Kurt Vonnegut, Mario Puzo

Runner-up

Ernest Hemingway

Winner

Edgar Allen Poe

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Favourite Political Author

Nominees - George Orwell, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Karl Marx, Errico Malatesta, Emma Goldman, Lars Lih, Gabriel Kuhn, Rius, Noam Chomsky, David Harvey, Antonio Gramsci, Friedrich Engels, Tiqqun

Runners-up

George Orwell, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky

Winner

Karl Marx

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Favourite Music Genre

Nominees - Electronica/New Wave, rock, punk, folk, electronic, baroque, metal, alternative, new age, indie, hip hop, soul, Motown

Runner up

Rock

Winner

Punk

[RedAnarchist]

Favourite Music Band

Nominees - Rise Against, The Dubliners, Sublime, Dead Kennedys, Can, Rolling Stones, Oval, TRex, Gaslight Anthem, Cap’n Jazz, U2, Boston, Radiohead, Judas Priest, Starlight Manifesto, Queens of the Stone Age, of Montreal, Pearl Jam, The E Street Band

Runners up - None

Winners - All of them, as they all got one nomination each.

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Favourite Singer

Nominees - Bruce Springsteen, Edith Piaf, Biggie, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Woody Guthrie, Brad Nowell, Glenn Danzig, Peter Gabriel, Regina Spektor, Willie Nelson, Tori Amos, Brian Fallon, Lil B, James McMurtry, Elliott Smith, Rob Halford, Isaac Brock, Neil Young.

Runners up - None

Winners - All of them, as they all got one nomination each.

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Favourite Political Figure

Nominees - Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Emma Goldman, Onorato Damen, August Blanqui, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Kautsky, Tony Saunois, Mitt Romney, Robespierre, Huey P. Newton

Runners-up - Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg

Winner - Vladimir Lenin

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Least Favourite Historical Political Figure

Nominees - Margaret Thatcher, Adolf Hitler, Marcus Lucinnius Crassus, George W Bush, Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin, Mao, Ayn Rand, J Edgar Hoover, Leon Trotsky, Ronald Reagan, Andrew Jackson.

Runner-up - Margaret Thatcher

Winner - Adolf Hitler

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Least Favourite Modern Political Figure

Nominees - Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Dick Cheney, Stephen Harper, Scott Walker, Mitt Romney, Xi Jinping, Michele Bachmann, Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan, Paul Ryan, Rush Limbaugh, Tony Blair.

Runners-up - Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney

Winners- Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu

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Favourite Website That Isn’t RevLeft

Nominees - socialistworker.org, marxistleninist.proboards.com, Pirate Bay, anarchistnews.org, YouTube, marxists.org, Silk Road, Facebook, Wikipedia, last.fm

Runners-up - Pirate Bay, marxists.org, Facebook

Winner - Youtube

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Favourite RevLeft Subforum

Nominees - Chit Chat, Learning, Theory, Politics, Literature & Films, History, Discrimination, Opposing Ideologies, Mutual Aid, Non-Political

Runners-up - Chit Chat, History

Winners - Learning, Politics

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Favourite Artist (non-musical)

Nominees - Dali, da Vinci, Burroughs, HR Giger, Magritte, Warhol, Danny Gomez, Banksy, Daniel Day-Lewis, Goya, local graffiti folks

Runnersup - All but the winner

Winner - da Vinci

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Favourite Film Genre

Nominees - Drama, horror. dramedy, science fiction, spy, documentary, psychological thriller, comedy, historical drama, anything good

Runner-up - Documentary

Winners - Drama, horror

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Tea or Coffee

Nominees - Tea, coffee, both

Runners-up - coffee, both

Winner - Tea

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American Humor or British Humour

Noiminees - American, British, both

Runners-up - American, both

Winner - British

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International Crisis of the Year

Nominees - Syria, Gaza, Eurozone/Greece, recession, American deaths in Libya

Runner-up - Syria

Winner - Greece

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Political Organisation of the Year

Nominees - Protestors in Greece, Portugal, Spain, ISO, Workers Party of Algeria, CPGB, Muslim Brotherhood, ICT, Anarchist Black Cross, WPA, Occupy, SYRIZA

Runners-up - All but the two winners

Winners - Workers Party of Algeria, Occupy

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Most Reactionary Political Organisation of the Year

Nominees - Golden Dawn, Tea Party, GOP, International Democrat Union, ANC

Runner-up - Tea Party

Winner - Golden Dawn

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Politician of the Year

Nominees - Hugo Chavez, Alexis Tsipras, Barack Obama, Mohammed Morsi, Vermin Supreme, James Harris, Aung San Suu Kyi, none

Runner-up - Mohammed Morsi

Winner - Alexis Tsipras

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Non-Politician of the Year

Nominees - Bill Nye, Julian Assange, Patrick Stewart, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Andrew Kliman, Psy, Felix Baumgartner, Malala Yousafzai, none

Runners-up - Julian Assange, Patrick Stewart

Winner - Malala Yousafzai

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Reactionary of the Year

Nominees - Bashar al-Assad, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, Jason Russell, Rick Santorum, Koch Brothers, Todd Akin, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul

Runners-up - Bashar al-Assad, Barack Obama

Winner - Rick Santorum

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Most Amusing Instance of the Year

Nominees - Santorum Google search, Post-election Republican meltdown, Kony 2012, Colbert election report, Binders full of women, Romney boo’ed by NAACP

Runners-up - Republican meltdown, Colbert report, Romney boo’ed

Winners - Santorum Google search, Kony 2012, binders full of women

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Favourite Internet Meme of the Year

Nominees - Gangnam Style, Scumbag Romney, Greek rioter meme, Lucille and Mitt, Kony 2012, anything by Socialist Meme Caucus, hate Internet memes, do you even lift, bro?

Runner-up - Scumbag Romney

Winner - Gangnam Style

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Favourite Internet Meme of the Year

Nominees - Gangnam Style, Scumbag Romney, Greek rioter meme, Lucille and Mitt, Kony 2012, anything by Socialist Meme Caucus, hate Internet memes, do you even lift, bro?

Runner-up - Scumbag Romney

Winner - Gangnam Style

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Website of the Year

Nominees - Revleft, marxistleninist.proboards.com, Wikileaks, Pirate Bay, Silk Road, thatsphucked, marxists.org, phrack.org

Runners-up - Wikileaks, Pirate Bay

Winner - Revleft

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Film of the Year

Nominees - Avengers, Batman, Prometheus, Battleship, Mongol, Finding Nemo 3D, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Expendables 2, The Master, Red Tails, The Waiting Room, The Hunger Games, Cabin in the Woods, Moonrise Kingdom, O Brother Where Art Thou?

Runners-up - All but the winner

Winner - Red Tails

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Album of the Year

Nominees - Tempest - Dylan, Knife Man - Andrew Jackson Jihad, Elder Abuse’s first album which isn’t out yet, High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis, Kindred - Burial, Atlas - Parkway Drive, Down - IV, Get Disowned, Everything Goes Numb

Runners-up - All but the winner

Winner - Kindred - Burial

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Song of the Year

Nominees - Roll on John - Dylan, Fuck White People, Beige pants were a bad idea, Gangnam Style, Get Free - Major Lazer, Dark Days - Parkway Drive, Aimless Arrow - Converge, Punching In A Dream - The Naked and Famous

Runners-up - All but the winner

Winner - Gangnam Style

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Book of the Year

Nominees - Communist Manifesto, Quiet: The power of introverts, The Failure of capitalist production, America Again, Luxemburg’s Collected Works, Blood Meridian

Runners-up - All but the winner

Winner - Quiet: the power of introverts

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Technological Advancement of the Year

Nominees - Curiosity Rover, IPhone, 3D printing, femtophotography

Runner-up - IPhone

Winner - Curiosity Rover

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Scientific Advancement of the Year

Nominees - Curiosity Rover, Higgs boson, advances in neuroprosthetics, solanezumab, femtography

Runner-up - all but the winner

Winner - Higgs Boson

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Most Interesting Thread of the Year

Nominees - Repetitive elections in Greece, tradeunionsupporter meltdown, Economic nature of the Soviet Union, Newswire from Greece, "Do you support a one party state", RS2K has died, compliment the above user,

Runners-up - Newsire from Greece, TUS meltdown

Winner - RS2K has died

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Most Amusing Thread of the Year

Nominees - Anarchists and NAMBLA, Shinjuku Dori admitting they are a troll, Why I am a Titoist, Ever wonder what Marx and other philosophers were like in bed?, Post here if you are drunk, What is Roo**erism, the Stalin thread, Does Capitalism exploit workers?, Would you ever eat a cop?

Runners-up - All but the winner

Winner - Anarchists and NAMBLA

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Revleft Buzzword of the Year

Nominees - Sectarian, Stalinist, Liberal, third world caesarean socialism, Revisionist, Idealist, Roo*terism, NAMBLA communes, left wing of capital, reactionary, ultra-leftist,

Runner-up - Liberal

Winner - Roo*ter

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Biggest Shitstorm of the Year

Nominees - Nazi Gamer Conspiracy, Chicken-related member, chik fil a, Banning of Red Dave, S.Artesian, etc, When a few people were banned over the rape controversy, Boots Riley on Blac Bloc

Runner-up - All but the winner

Winner - Chicken-related member

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Biggest Troll of the Year

Nominees - threetune, Shinjuku Dori, Imposter Marxist, Fug, Sam_b, Book O’Dead, Avanti, TrotskistMarx, Liberty, Caj, black magick hustla

Runners-up - TrotskistMarx, Avanti

Winner - Shinjuku Dori

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Most Controversial Member of the Year

Nominees - Daft Punk, ******.r, Rafiq, The Douche, A Marxist Historian, l’Enferme, Omsk, Die Neue Zeit, Hindsight20/20, Avanti

Runners-up - Die Neue Zeit

Winner - ******.r

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Most Annoying Member of the Year

Nominees - Yazman, Bostana, Vyecheslav Brolotov, Rafiq, workers-control-over-production, Sam_b, Have3333, TheRedAnarchist23, Omsk, TheGodlessUtopian, Bostana, Liberty

Runner-up - Rafiq

Winner - Sam_b

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Favourite Restricted Member of the Year

Nominees - Baseball, l’Enferme, Borz, Night Ripper, NGNM

Runner-up - Baseball

Winner - l’Enferme

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Most Amusing Member of the Year

Nominees - Invader Zim, sunfarstar, Imposter Marxist, jbeard, Negative Creep, black magick hustla, Hindsight20/20, Avanti, Pirate Utopian, Ostrinski, Franz Fanonipants

Runner-up - Hindsight20/20

Winner - Avanti

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Favourite Noob of the Year

Nominations - Ind_Com, TheMza, Bostana, l’Enferme, Positivist, Comrade Commissar, EponineKe, Ghost Babel, Avanti

Runner-up - Ghost Bebel

Winner - TheMza

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Nicest Member of the Year

Nominations - Mother Cossack, NoXion, Rosas_Dream, No_Leaders, Jimmie Higgins, NewLeft, robespierres_neck, Ghost Bebel, Quail, leftsolidarity, amadeo bordiga, 9mm, landsharks eat metal, BOZG, #FF0000, Ostrinski, Raul Duke, RedAnarchist

Runners-up - All but the winners -

Winners - Jimmie Higgins, Ghost Bebel, Quail, landsharks eat metal, Ostrinski, RedAnarchist

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Most Helpful Member of the Year

Nominees - Fuck The Clock, Ostrinski, Ghost Bebel, NoXion, Invader Zim, The Douche, TheGodlessUtopian, No_Leaders, RedAnarchist, Q, bcbm

Runners-up - TheGodlessUtopian, The Douche

Winner - RedAnarchist

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User with the Highest Theoretical Level

Nominees - Dean, Rafiq, Q, Avanti, Die Neue Zeit, Luis Henrique, Ismail, Caj

Runner-up - Die Neue Zeit

Winner - Rafiq

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Most Missed User from Years Gone By

Nominees - sunfarstar, Miles, Kleber, RedStar2000, Welshy, S.Artesian, Rgacky3, Comrade RAF, Rallyon, thesadmafioso, Ro*ster

Runners-up - Kleber

Winner - RedStar2000

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Favourite Non-Mod/Admin of the Year

Nominees - NoXion, Q, ComradeOm, Children of the Revolution, 9mm, Hampton, Ostrinski, Sie Neue Zeit, Raul Duke, Jolly Red Giant, ed milliband, Ghost Bebel, #FF0000

Runners-up - NoXion, Children of the Revolution, 9mm, Hampton, Die Neue Zeit, Raul Duke, Ghost Bebel

Winners - Q, ComradeOm, Ostrinski

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Moderator of the Year

Nominees - Majakovskij, Jimmie Higgins, Q, bcbm, Sentinel, Yazman, Psycho, RedAnarchist, Mari3l, The Douche, TheGodlessUtopian

Runners-up - Majakovskij, Psycho, RedAnarchist, Mari3l

Winners - Jimmie Higgins, Q, bcbm, Sentinel, Yazman

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Admin of the Year

Nominees - Mari3l, Psycho, RedAnarchist, Miles, Children of the Revolution

Runner-up - Miles

Winners - Mari3l, RedAnarchist

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Golden Che Award 2012

Nominees - PC LOAD LETTER, Ostrinski, RedAnarchist, Omsk, Q, bcbm, black magick hustla, Children of the Revolution, Majakovskij, #FF0000, jbeard

Runners-up - Omsk, RedAnarchist

Winner - Children of the Revolution