The 2008 Chit Chat Awards

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Welcome to the 2008 Chit Chat Awards. The Awards are a tradition on Revleft ever since 2003, with an unvoluntary break in 2007 when they weren't held.

There will be two categories; '2008' and 'Revleft'. This is a live event, so please join the Live Chat (http://www.revleft.com/vb/javachatlogin.php) where we are commenting on the results and socialising in the mean time. :)

We begin with the 2008 category, and the first Award goes for International Crisis of the Year.

The nominations are:

The Financial Crisis
The Russo-Georgian conflict in South Ossetia

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Runner Up:

The Russo-Georgian conflict in South Ossetia

Winner:

The Financial Crisis

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Political organisation of the year:

Nominees:

The Anarchist Federation
Portland Coalition Against Poverty
AKEL (Cyprus communists)
FARC-EP
Socialist Workers Party (UK)
Zapatista Army of National Liberation
International Marxist Tendency (IMT)
Irish Alliance for Europe
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
The US Democratic Party
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation (SAC)
Republican Party (Hot VP)
RVF
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Sydney Anarchist Communist Trajectory (SACT)
ADA
Angry Anarchists Anonymous

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congratulations on getting them finished, I remember how frustrating it sometimes was when I did the chit chat awards a while back

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Runner up

None

Winner

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

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Most reactionary political organisation of the year:

Nominees:

New Labour
The Aryan Nation
The Free Tibet Movement
PETA
US Republican Party 4
US Democrat Party 2
The Berlusconi Government in Italy
Helpers Of God's Precious Infants
Feminists For Life
Yehudas Group
Cóir/Youth Defence
Those Bolivian Fash
The Roman Catholic Church
Party for Freedom (Netherlands)
ADA

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LiveChat is evil...But nice stuff :lol:

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Runners Up:

US Democrat Party
New Labour

Winner:

US Republican Party

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Political male of the year:

Nominees:

Rob Wijnberg
Subcomandante Marcos
Raul Castro
Hugo Chavez
Bertie Ahern
Barack Obama
David O'Connell
Evo Morales
Vladimir Putin
Chairman Prachanda
Apathy Maybe

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Runner Up:

None

Winners

Hugo Chavez & Barack Obama (the old pals)

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Political female of the year:

Nominees:

Marijane Strapi
Naomi Klein
Michelle Bachelet
Amy Goodman
Papariga
Sarah Palin
Hillary Clinton
TC
Elaine my socialist branch leader
Ingrid Betancourt
Apathy Maybe
Some woman who sold me a class war paper

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Runner Up:

Hillary Clinton

Winner:

Sarah Palin (seems like people misunderstood this category..?)

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Reactionary political male of the year:

Nominees:

George W Bush
Ab Klink (responsible for the ban on smoking and undoing the Dutch toleration policy on soft drugs)
Barack Obama
John McCain
ObamacCain
Silvio Berlusconi
Dimitri Medvedyev
HITLER
Ehud Olmert
Benedict XVI
David Cameron
Geert Wilders

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Runner Up:

Hillary Clinton

Winner:

Sarah Palin (seems like people misunderstood this category..?)
Actually this category doesn't mention any kind of appreciation or judgement. Since reactionaries rule the day I find it fairly obvious that reactionaries can win both categories.

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Runners Up:

George W Bush & Silvio Berlusconi

Winner:

Barack Obama

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Reactionary political female of the year:

Nominees:

Angela Merkel
Sarah Palin
Desrumeaux
Hillary Clinton
Condoleezza Rice
Rita Verdonk

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Runner Up:

Hillary Clinton

Winner:

Sarah Palin

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Most amusing instance of the year:

Nominees:

The stock market crash
Jörg Haider's carcrash
Sarah Palin's rhetoric
When the Republicans thought Sarah Palin was a good vice presidential choice
When Heath Ledger died
Bogovich
McCain suspending his campaign to save wall street like some cowboy
Kevin Rudd eating his ear
Qualification of OMONOIA in UEFA 3rd round!
Fitna Controversy
Bnp guy stabbed when he attacked a guys son

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Runner Up:

None

Winner:

The stock market crash

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Favourite internet meme of the year:

Nominees:

Obama rolled
I'ma Firin Ma LAZER
lolcats
Roflcopter
Rick Roll
Chokolate Rainsaw
Bogovich
Ceaucescuism
Alex Jones-conspiracy theories
Stairway to Kevin
FAIL

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Runner Up:

None

Winner:

Rick Roll

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Film of the year:

Nominees:

The Banishment
Great Debaters
Hunger
Gomorrah,
The Dark Knight
Rock'n'Rolla
Jodhaa Akbar
Simpsons The Movie,
Ironman
The Strangers
There Will Be Blood
Welcome To The Sticks
Persepolis

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Runner Up:

None

Winner:

The Dark Knight

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Album of the year:

Nominees

Pete Philly - Mystery Repeats,
Caspian "The Four Trees", or
Mogwai "The Hawk is Howling",
Meanest Of Times-Dropkick Murphys,
Raising sand - alison krauss and robert plant,
"The Quilt" (Gym Class Heroes),
Washington is Next?
"Begin to Hope" by Regina Spektor,
Bleed the Fifth! by Divine Heresy,
Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust by Sigur Rós,
Radiohead - In rainbows,
RBG,
All hope is gone

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*stickies the thread*

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Runner Up:

None

Winner:

None (they got only one vote each)

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Best moment from the Beijing Olympics:

Nominees

2 Belgain walloon-flemish gold medals, boosted the countries unity during the communitairy crisis sparked by fascist movements
When the gymnastics girl failed
The Opening Ceremonies
When Christine Ohurugu Won her medal
Usain Bolt setting his third record
Gymnastics need I say more?
When Sweden's Susanna Kallur fell at the first hurdle of the 2nd semi-final of the 100m women's hurdle event.opening ceremony
people falling over like twats and ruining everything
When the Cuban attacked the referee
Embrace between Natalia Paderina and Nino Salukvadze (Women's 10 metre air pistol shooting)
When it ended
The what?

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Runner Up:

The Opening Ceremonies

Winner:

When it ended/It being over

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And now, the RevLeft Category


Most interesting thread of the year:

Nominees:

Cyprus has a communist president
What turned you into a leftist
The Say What You Want Thread
Abortion
Balance of Powers (where Joe made WW3)
Kautsky v. Lenin (http://www.revleft.com/vb/kautsky-v-lenin-t67203/index.html),
Were you old enough..? (http://www.revleft.com/vb/were-you-old-t88850/index.html)
The Nude Pictures Thread in the CC
Platformism - Unity of Tactics
The Official Bogovich Thread
Can the establishment of Israel be justified? (http://www.revleft.com/vb/can-establishment-israel-t80445/index.html)
An Open Letter to the RevolutionaryLeft Community

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Runner Up & Winner:

None, each thread only got one vote. It might be added here, that this doesn't mean there were this few voters -- many if not most only filled in the user- and other more 'juicy' revleft categories.

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Most amusing thread of the year:

Nominees:

The Official Bogovich Thread (http://www.revleft.com/vb/official-bogovich-thread-t85541/index.html)
A teaspoon of sugar is more important than Hoxha (http://www.revleft.com/vb/single-teaspoon-sugar-t77441/index.html?t=77441)
The Say What You Want Thread (http://www.revleft.com/vb/say-you-want-t97653/index.html)
Dutch (http://www.revleft.com/vb/dutch-t73006/index.html)
Declaration of the Ceusescuist Union (http://www.revleft.com/vb/showthread.php?t=68211)
Lenin sent women to space while Khomeini sent them to heroin
How poor are you
Any Bogovich thread
Faces to the Names
Sunfarstar's threads
Anything by JohnMcCain2008
Something stupid in the CC
Abortion

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Runner Up:

The Official Bogovich Thread

Winner:

The Say What You Want Thread

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Revleft buzzword of the year:

Nominees:

Homosexualism
Anti-choice apologist
Sectarian(ism)
Hoxhaist
Bourgeois
Petit-Bourgeois
Necromancer
Abortion,
Technocracy,
'False dichotomy'
(Social-) Proletocracy
Bogovich
Economist,
'****',
Chit chat,
A-Town,

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Runner Up

Sectarian(ism)

Winner

(Social-) Proletocracy

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Biggest shitstorm of the Year:

Nominees:

Chimx being a twat
Koci Xoxe vs the Balkan Forum
The Chit Chat Coup 2008 aka 'Message from the Administration Team'.
Demogorgon's expulsion thread from the CC
LSD's conversion to social democracy
Abortion debates
Social Proletocracy
Marsella getting banned
The Levellers Standard announcing that he will join the army
That HU person who flipped out at Trotskyism and got expelled from the CC
Jacob Richter vs Led Zeppelin
Bogovich
Something stupid in the CC

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Runners Up:

Demogorgon's expulsion thread from the CC & Marsella getting banned

Winner:

The Chit Chat Coup 2008 aka 'Message from the Administration Team'.

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Biggest troll of the Year:

Nominees

OI OI OI (nvm)
Bogovich
Vanguardian
Comrade Stalin Guevara
Chegitz Guevara
CaptainCapitalist68
Sunfarstar (Huaqiao)
Kromando33
Marsella
Lector Malibu (Flower Eater)
KC
The entire CC

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Runner Up:

Marsella

Winner:

OI OI OI (nvm)

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Most controversial user of the Year:

Nominees:

The Anarchist Tension
Bogovich,
Demogorgon,
OIOIOI (nvm)
LSD
TomK
Led Zeppelin
Apathy Maybe
The Levellers Standard
Marsella
Vanguard1917
CyM
Arizona Bay
Desrumeaux
GeneCosta

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Runners up:

OI OI OI (nvm) & Demogorgon

Winner:

LSD

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Most annoying user of the year of the Year:

Nominees:

chimx
YKTMX
OI OI OI (nvm)
Yehuda Stern
ships-cat,
Black Dagger
TC
CaptainCapitalist68
The Anarchist Tension
Kromando33
Capitalist Lawyer
Jacob Richter
Marsella
Devrim

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The Levellers Standard announcing that he will join the army


When did this happen?

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Runner Up:

chimx

Winner:

OI OI OI (nvm)

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When did this happen?

There will be a post-ceremony thread where we may discuss everything! Otherwise, get in the chat now.

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Favourite Restricted Member of the Year:

Nominees:

Red_or_dead,
Comrade Stalin Guevara
TomK
LSD
Killfacer
Awful Reality
Publius

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Runner Up:

Killfacer

Winner:

TomK

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Most amusing user of the Year:

Nominees:

chimx
bcbm
Serpent
Killfacer
Holden Caulfield
The Anarchist Tension
Sentinel
Rakunin
Jazzratt
OIOIOI
Comrade Joe
HC
RedAnarchist
The Levellers Standard
Kevis
Wanted Man
Bogovich
TomK

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Runners Up:

Jazzratt, Serpent, Comrade Joe & The Anarchist Tension

Winner:

Holden Caulfield

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Nicest user of the year:

Nominees:

LiquidPoetess
Sentinel
AugustWest
Winter
careyprice311(svetlana)
RedAnarchist
Led Zeppelin
TomK
Chegitz Guevara
Comrade Joe
Dean
Dros
Mujer Libre
Rosa Lichtenstein

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Runners up:

Sentinel & TomK

Winner:

LiquidPoetess

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Most helpful user of the year:

Nominees:

Sentinel
TC
AugustWest
Dros
Black Dagger
LiquidPoetess
Arizona Bay
Ulster Socialist
Led Zeppelin
Niccolo Rossi
Comrade Joe
Kwisatz Haderach (Edric O)
Rawthentic
Serpent
Joe Hills Ghost

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Runners Up:

LiquidPoetess & Sentinel

Winner:

Black Dagger

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User with the highest theoretical level:

Nominees:

The Dionysian Crisis
Wanted Man
mikelepore
Led Zeppelin
Prairie Fire
Jacob Richter
The Anarchist Tension
NoXion
Luis Henrique
Comrade Alastair
Axel1917
redstar2000
DJ-TC
Nothing Human Is Alien
apathy maybe

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Runner Up:

Jacob Richter

Winner:

Led Zeppelin

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Most missed user from years gone by:

Nominees

redstar2000
Spirit of Spartacus
Dros
Cthenthar
Marsella
TC
Psykosis
Severian
Luis Henrique
Senora Che
midnight marauder
NewKindOfSoldier

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Runner Up:

Cthenthar

Winner:

redstar2000

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Favourite non-mod/admin of the year:

Nominees:

Rakunin
Desrumeaux
Dros
Counterblast
Dean
TomK
The Levellers Standard
Niccolo Rossi
Comrade Joe
More Fire for the People
Knight of Cydonia,
Fen Dweller
Joe Hills's Ghost
apathy maybe

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Runner Up:

None

Winner:

apathy maybe

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Favourite Mod of the year:

Nominees:

Holden Caulfield
Kevis
Random Precision
Led Zeppelin
midnight marauder
Syndicalisme ou Barbarie
RedAnarchist
NoXion
DJ-TC
Jazzratt

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Runners Up:

Jazzratt & Holden Caulfield

Winners:

Kevis & Led Zeppelin

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Favourite Admin of the Year:

Nominees:

The Anarchist Tension
Sentinel
LiquidPoetess
Black Dagger
Malte
CyM

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Runners Up:

LiquidPoetess & Sentinel

Winner:

Black Dagger

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RevLeft user of the year (the Golden Che):

Nominees:

The Anarchist Tension
TC
Rosa Lichtenstein
Dros
Dean
HC
Sentinel
Leo
Led Zeppelin
ever closer union
Rakunin
TomK
Jacob Richter
Comrade Joe
demogorgon
Bogovich
LiquidPoetess
Serpent
redstar2000
apathy maybe
Jazzratt

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Runners Up

LiquidPoetess, apathy maybe & redstar2000

Winner:

Sentinel

I swear I didn't cheat! :lol:

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Post-Ceremony thread (http://www.revleft.com/vb/2008-chit-chat-t99090/index.html)