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Oh hell, I can't keep that up. So yeah, we didn't have a diarist for tonight and it's 9pm and here I am. Let's get to what you really come for below the dingledoodle squigglie dKosagnocchi dividerthingie fold after a word from our sponsor...
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From Dragon5616:
This comment by glutz78 will be high on tomorrow's Top Mojo list, but why wait? glutz78 spoke for a lot of us and started a great thread in brooklynbadboy's rec-listed diary, Dear GOP: Unconditional Surrender.
From lotac:
In Hunter's diary [ Rep. Neugebauer blames park ranger for shutdown, gets blasted by onlookers], solesse413 applies the dKos standard to Congress.
From BeninSC:
Flagged by dharmasyd, this comment from Darryl House is out of recommendability, sadly, but is still worth the time!
Flagged by live1, this comment by this just in focuses on an .. out-of-balance Boehner! ::wink::
Flagged by gustynpip, this comment by Dale really captures the reality of a kos-favorite anti-hero! (Picture posted in a fine, commentless comment by shaktidurga. (Hint, read that first!) )
From Yours Truly, brillig:
This comment and especially the followup (both by niemann) absolutely perfectly describe the current situation. From Susan Gardner's Republican idea of compromise summarized perfectly in one tweet.
Top Mojo for yesterday, October 2nd, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you
mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary
FAQing Top Mojo.
1) Nice country you've got there by hnichols — 231
2) The HUGE problem for the GOP on this is... by Jacoby Jonze — 138
3) America's Marie Antoinette by quaoar — 132
4) GOOD. by Gooserock — 109
5) So now they've shutdown the federal government by Jacoby Jonze — 107
6) The nation is at a crossroad. by Cpqemp — 106
7) I guess it's true. by hayden — 106
8) Still stupid after all these months.....What a by skillet — 99
9) Brace yourself. Although maybe on Facebook by Fury — 97
10) i shut down the government by Laurence Lewis — 91
11) And now you see why by TDDVandy — 90
12) no one has been played by Laurence Lewis — 91
13) Terrific diary! by Ninepatch — 89
14) Rmoney promised to END Obamacare on Day 1 by MartyM — 86
15) Andy haz solution for Earth's woozle infestation. by jwinIL14 — 84
16) ooooohai!!!! by kishik — 83
17) Teabaggers want to defund the New Deal by FishOutofWater — 82
18) I was also going to post a poll... by The Baptist Death Ray — 82
19) Well, as the diarist brings the subject by Farugia — 82
20) It would be excellent news by corvo — 80
21) Oh, she didn't. Oh. My. God. by polecat — 80
22) This is excellent news. Let's hope that by BadKitties — 78
23) A metaphorical ass whuppin? by aoeu — 76
24) I nearly coughed up a hairball of my own by sfbob — 76
25) Someone told me that this was all kabuki. All by doroma — 76
26) Oh My Ceiling Cat! by KrazyKitten — 75
27) i suppose we could tell him how to make by jwinIL14 — 75
28) My reply to this: by The Baptist Death Ray — 75
29) Yeah, why do I think that's a call by chicago minx — 74
30) let's stick with the here and now by Laurence Lewis — 75
Top Pictures for yesterday, October 2nd. Click any image to be taken to the full comment. Thank you
jotter for the image magic!