View all NBN conference posts in order:
(1) Liveblogging Nefesh B'Nefesh JBlog Conference - First Panel (Part 1)
(2) Liveblogging Nefesh B'Nefesh JBlog Conference - Bibi
(3) Liveblogging Nefesh B'Nefesh JBlog Conference - First Panel (Part 2)
(4) Liveblogging Nefesh B'Nefesh JBlog Conference - Pro-Israel Branding (Plus: Funnyish Standup Comedy)
(5) Liveblogging Nefesh B'Nefesh JBlog Conference - Second Panel

21:32 - And done.

21:29 - Announcement of new NBN website. Neat Web 2.0 concept: My Aliyah Idea. Also nice: launching it during the podcast. Except they just cut off broadcasting. Which is weird.

21:22 - That joke about how Israelis can't give directions? Not false. A second very solid speech in a row. Very effective - provided that any persuadables are still watching. That last hit on that hysterical moron: awesome.

21:20 - What War Zone? is one of the funnier pro-Israel blogs. I have very little snarky or insulting to say about this speaker or this speech. And thus does my self-confidence ebb.

21:17 - Treppenwitz again. I don't want to rush to judgment - but is that a panelist doing a subtle job repairing the damage of recent incompetent and hysterical impropriety? Succinct. And easily one of the best speeches at the conference.

21:13 - Her blog says that she campaigns in Tel Aviv for lost animals. See? "Awww."

21:08 - Third speaker is from Oleh Girl. I've never read her. But she seems reasonable, understated, and kind of "awww" adorable when she nervously enthuses Israel. Plus: it's tough to argue with the modest suggestion that both leftists and rightists are misguided when it comes to Israel. Because, you know, the last 20 minutes happened.

21:05 - Second speaker is from My Right Word. Very good at the beginning, but then another snarky hit at the in-the-final-analysis correct MFA presenter. Because apparently she's just too correct and impropriety is just too totally awesome. Still, on the whole basically right.

21:00 - A claim has been made to me by a credible person that the previous speaker is not, in fact, a narcissistic and petulant child of the idiot self-esteem 80s. I've been asked to link to her blog as an act of fairness. Knock yourselves out.

20:55 - Moderator: "I'm asking speakers to explain how they keep making aliya." First speaker: "fuck that I'm not in this to keep making aliya." I used to think that valorizing impropriety was a result of the idiot self-esteem 80s. But now I think it crosses generational lines. Because, apparently, it crosses generational lines. "I'm doing this for me" - what a perfect crystallization of the last 15 minutes.

20:53 - Nice roundup of Jewish blogs. Not exactly being presented by a "panelist," but good. Meanwhile: can I get a show of hands in favor of screening guests at next year's convention? Not for ideology as much as for "not being a moronic tool with zero understanding of propriety. Or reality." What an asshole.

20:50 - Good point for those oh-so-dissident members of the audience who - not coincidentally - want recognition from the audience. Unfortunately, I strongly suspect it was more or less lost on the hysterical gentleman who just finished his proto-racist diatribe.