Top Comments is closed tonight, due to breaking events in national news. All of the windows have been boarded up so they cannot be smashed and the comment threads re-spooled. The welcome mats have been taken in, and emails sent around among the Top Comments diarists asking WTF welcome mats are we talking about?!
We apologize for shuttering Top Comments tonight. I, BeninSC, apologize. brillig apologizes by proxy. I have not communicated with Chrislove, Steven Payne, Ed Tracey, Puddytat, emeraldmaiden, bastrop, gizmo59, cohenzee, Tara the Antisocial Social Worker, boran2, lotac, cskendrick … but I am pretty sure they apologize, as well.
I kosmailed the National Guard for diary coverage, expect response momentarily, but even if they are late, Top Comments is shut down, in solidarity with the family and friends of Michael Brown, and to make sure that our little Top Comments corner of the world remains safe for Kossacks everywhere.
As I write this, the verdict is not known, so I’m hoping for a murder indictment, but will know momentarily. In any case, I won’t be able to write about that, since Top Comments is under curfew, and if I were able to write about it, you wouldn’t be able to read it, probably.
As of this pre-curfew time, no decision has been made on what might happen to Top Commenteers who might try to dialogue in the comment threads after curfew. Whatever you decide to do, we in Top Comments, the Top Comments apologists, as it were, will have your backs. And we wish you the very best in your post-curfew lives.
Curfewed Diary Update: Damn.
On to the comments we would have posted had the curfew not been imposed.
brillig here, sending this dispatch from an undisclosed location with an MSNBC feed. Had we not been curfewed, here is what I'd have posted for Tops tonight ...
Brillig's ObDisclaimer: The decision to publish each nomination lies with the evening's Diarist and/or Comment Formatter. My evenings at the helm, I try reeeeallllyy hard to publish everything
without regard to content. I really do, even when I disagree personally with any given nomination. "TopCommentness" lies in the eyes of the nominator and of you, the reader - I leave the decision to you. I do
not publish self-nominations (ie your own comments) and if I ruled the world, we'd all build community, supporting and uplifting instead of tearing our fellow Kossacks down.
From blugrlnrdst:
elenacarlena's comment in teacherken's diary Charles M. Blow just knocked it out of the park is a top comment!
Top Mojo for yesterday, November 23rd, 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) A bit of an explanation for my rant by teacherken — 144
2) The "lawless" remark really gave me a chill. by David54 — 121
3) I think this goes to the heart of the by don mikulecky — 109
4) Nasty bit of work by LSophia — 84
5) What a telling quote... by skralyx — 84
6) What are you talking about? by leftykook — 83
7) The scumbags even make a hero out of... by leftykook — 83
8) By "STUPIDS" you mean children? by Eileen B — 72
9) And how many military bases are named by BOHICA — 68
10) By itself, roofie is assault. It is poisoning by Liberal Capitalist — 67
11) Not Alone by Denise Oliver Velez — 64
12) It amazes me that so many men feel no by ExpatGirl — 63
13) I'll start off by Dallasdoc — 61
14) what a beautiful diary! by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse — 58
15) And... I'm not done ranting. by Eileen B — 57
16) Thanks for this. I shudder at the reality by Ian Reifowitz — 56
17) Hence Their Hiring of Smedley Butler to Overthrow by Gooserock — 56
18) More information from the Cleveland Plain-Dealer by ExpatGirl — 55
19) There's warfare.... by NBBooks — 54
20) Good piece. The President created what by Wildthumb — 54
21) Missing dog formation. by aoeu — 53
22) That's got the outstanding bills taken care of by TiaRachel — 52
23) Sekritarmy muse? by arizonablue — 51
24) What do you want to be? by Ojibwa — 51
25) One side effect of having no electricity by TiaRachel — 51
26) Dang.....Mr Blow DID Nail It! by snapples — 50
27) Oh Hai Whoknu! #Sekritarmy, Klassic, Muse!!! by leonard145b — 49
28) The Southerners have never accepted... by Shockwave — 49
29) It's kind of funny by HamptonRoadsProgressive — 48
30) Just minding your own business, and then by kerflooey — 48
Top Pictures for yesterday, November 23rd. Click any picture to be taken to the full comment and/or larger picture. Thank you
jotter for the image magic!