For as long as I can remember I've written the Tuesday Top Comments, and as a result I try to keep my Tuesday evenings clear. Not so tonight. I had to swap my Monday Swim Taxi (Tm) for tonight thanks to a meeting that had taken four of us a solid MONTH to find a time that worked. The end result of which was getting home at 8:50pm Eastern.
But I know you, the Top Comments community - you're here for the wealth of great comment nominations, the Top Mojo lists, and the witty banter in the comments...
I'll give you a bit of appropriately wonderful music to get you started on a conversational topic. I figure the opening question is "why the heck did brillig choose this one and NOT the Bowie/Queen version?"
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From AnnieR:
blueoasis' comment in slinkerwink's This Is The Kind Of Discrimination I've Faced is my nonination tonite.
From JanF:
renzo capetti captured the essence of Dkos 4 with this comment in jotterville.
From watercarrier4diogenes:
Here's a KO exchange worthy of TC in this three comment sequence in Its Official: Olbermann to Current TV, beginning with this from the diarist, Vita Brevis.
From Yours Truly, brillig:
Liberal Granny's Swastika on my door - Documenting Hatred contained many excellent comments, but this one by luvsathoroughbred caught my eye.
In David Waldman's FP story Congress and health care. Just another bunch of "employees"?, pat of butter in a sea of grits educates her family member (and government employee). The comment thread is interesting too.
Top Mojo tonight brought to you via the mojo-to-excel magic of cskendrick and sardonyx:
Top 30 (plus ties) Comments excluding tip jars, first comments and stuff:
1) I couldn't answer your poll by opinionated — 177
2) Attacked? Really? by ultrageek — 128
3) Suleiman should be hauled to the Hague by FishOutofWater — 123
4) i can't edit the poll by ne plus ultra — 120
5) Demand a security camera in your hallway. by Ezekiel Zachariah Foster — 106
6) I don't know when it became fashionable by xxdr zombiexx — 101
7) Tipped and recommended by Ivan — 99
8) I'm at Crenshaw High...teaching by marcy winograd — 99
9) When I was a safety boy by Detroit Mark — 91
10) Turn on the lights and watch the roaches scatter by Dirk McQuigley — 87
11) I watched Reagan bio on HBO last night by RFK Lives — 85
12) The Off-Center Center by JekyllnHyde — 84
13) Well, this picture, for me... by Diogenes2008 — 80
14) It's a strange thing, Vita by Diogenes2008 — 80
15) And torture has stopped under Obama? by Earth Ling — 79
16) There is only one party by MD patriot — 77
17) Keep Dubya and Dick confined. by leveymg — 75
18) It is cripplingly embarrassing by MBNYC — 73
19) Job discrimination b/c I'm deaf sucks by slinkerwink — 73
20) And, fyi, something about "real Christians" by ultrageek — 72
21) More on Suleiman, blowback and by truong son traveler — 70
22) I wish I could say this was by Vita Brevis — 70
23) the point of the comment wasn't to paint... by 2020adam — 69
24) I worked for GM for 20 years..... by importer — 67
25) Goes further back by blue aardvark — 67
26) You have my deepest sympathy by sfbob — 62
27) Everyone is furious. Tax cuts should not by livjack — 62
28) Fresh Water is the new Oil by Lefty Coaster — 61
29) (((((Liberal Granny))))) by Deoliver47 — 61
30) One thing by Diogenes2008 — 61
31) Welcome to the porch! by Deoliver47 — 61
Top 30 Comments with no exclusions, aka the Tip Jar & Pooties list :-):
1) Tips? Flames? by Something the Dog Said — 471
2) Tip Jar by Liberal Granny — 439
3) Tip Jar by ne plus ultra — 338
4) Tip Jar by slinkerwink — 332
5) I Am Furious by bink — 325
6) Tip Jar by ValerieTarico — 312
7) Tip Jar by Vita Brevis — 263
8) Tips for popcorn time by blue aardvark — 231
9) Tip Jar by Julie Waters — 215
10) Tips for TV by oxfdblue — 213
11) Tip Jar by marcy winograd — 208
12) And now? by teacherken — 185
13) I couldn't answer your poll by opinionated — 177
14) Tip Jar by commonmass — 176
15) Tip Jar by bobswern — 174
16) Tip Jar by bigjacbigjacbigjac — 170
17) Alms (tips) by Muskegon Critic — 164
18) Attacked? Really? by ultrageek — 128
19) Suleiman should be hauled to the Hague by FishOutofWater — 123
20) i can't edit the poll by ne plus ultra — 120
21) Tip Jar by Sara R — 113
22) Demand a security camera in your hallway. by Ezekiel Zachariah Foster — 106
23) I don't know when it became fashionable by xxdr zombiexx — 101
24) Tipped and recommended by Ivan — 99
25) I'm at Crenshaw High...teaching by marcy winograd — 99
26) When I was a safety boy by Detroit Mark — 91
27) Turn on the lights and watch the roaches scatter by Dirk McQuigley — 87
28) Wael Ghonim was released after 12 days. by Tahrir — 85
29) I watched Reagan bio on HBO last night by RFK Lives — 85
30) The Off-Center Center by JekyllnHyde — 84