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I've been away for the last five weeks or so, hiking the Argen-lachian Trail. No really, I went on a trade mission to Wasilla, AK, looking to buy some moose calves to repopulate our deplenished wildlife hereabouts. Heh. Can Republican governors get any weirder?
Actually I've been in Maryland with my grandchild. My son was scheduled for eye surgery and his wife is in the middle of an intensive (second) master's degree program so a (grand)nanny was sorely needed. Loved it, loved it. BUT it's damned hard to manipulate a laptop with a 10-month-old trying to chew on the power cord and / or taking advantage of my momentary distraction to wreak havoc on anything within reach. I've nicknamed her 'Squirmy Rooter' and, let me tell you, the name fits. She's adorable but can find a dozen ways to get into mischief if you look away for a minute. I dropped by here occasionally, hoping to stay long enough to comment but by the time her mom could take over each evening, I fell into bed exhausted.
So I finally come home to my mountaintop in VA and find, to my delight, that Comcast has given in to my outrage over their arbitrary broadband-rate increase so we are finally back to full access at home. And, thus, here I am, drenched with Sanford/Palin/Jackson fatigue and determined to NOT turn on the television.
Having some time on my hands today, I decided to clean up my accumulated e-mail. For some odd reason, my university e-mail account (uky.edu) has been auto-sending legitimate messages into my spam folder. This is a real problem since I'm the editor of APPALNET and subscribe to a dozen or so H-Net academic lists. I'm now forced to go through the spam-folder message-by-message to ferret out important stuff. Today's 400+ contained some real trashy gems.
In addition to twenty or so 'call us for advanced college degree' messages and at least fifty ads to 'Get Noticed with a sexy Acai Burn body', I've apparently gotten on any number of mailing lists for cheap drugs ('Get your Oxy here!') and sexual performance aids. Here's a few of the funnier titles I read today:
Get a full-mast again!
Lost your libido and stamina? We will help you look for it.
She will not need a magnifying glass anymore to find your tool.
With a bigger tool the confidence will be shown in your eyes.
Having a big beast in your pants will make you a beast in bed.
Women love making love with monsters even when it hurts.
Your stick will be big not only when you close your eyes.
Now obviously, I started out by deleting these ASAP without looking at the content but at some point, I misclicked to open and found out that the message content didn't make much sense (content in quotation marks):
Your shuttle needs better fuel "Restaurant offers skinny models free males"
Then I noticed that the spelling was every bit as crazy as the content:
Sexually Pleasing a Woman - Why Men Get ittt Wrong Every Day "Worker loccks would-be robber inside bank"
Women Having Orgasms -- It Is Your Responsibility To Make It Halppen "Iowa Deupties Seek Serial Voomit Dumper"
Don't Lqet penis Size Strses You Out "Charity Exxec Sentenced in Domminatrix Scam"
Your private xxx life willbe so good that you wont help from boasting it. "Ultimate shelves-wiping sale"
Sexuality and Heaflth : The New Sttudies "Drunken Elephant Mtyh Exposfed"
Give Your Woman tSunning Orgasms Through Intercourse Before Having an Orgsam Yourself "Japan's "Bvlue Samurai" shivering inn Bonn"
Explosive Female Orgasm Secrets Broken Down to 4 Sixmple Steeps "Homeless cocker spaniel wins stagge role in "Anniie"
Her Screaming Orgasm -- Secrets Tips and Techniques Redvealed! "Severe Chinsee winters bdoon for ice artists"
3 Ways to Last Lnoger in Bed - Learn to Becmoe a Better Lover - Girl's Guide to Love & Lust For Men "New cucumber soft drink htis Jappan"
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Enough of that nonsense... ON TO TOP COMMENTS! Don't forget to send your nominations to topcomments@gmail.com before 9:30 pm Eastern each day for inclusion in that evening's diary.
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From WarrenS:
Front Toward Enemy gives a perfect picture of the Thrilla from Wasilla: the dimmest bulb has burned out...
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From indycam:
It's a pity by Jerome a Paris.
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From 4Freedom:
(I have sent this in a couple of days after the posting because I didn't want it to be missed.)
llbear speaks for many of us in this top comment. Like me, he is very grateful for the wonderful work nyceve and Meteor Blades are doing on the critical health care issue. He tenderly quotes a passage from "America, the Beautiful" to honor their work. I couldn't agree with him more.
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From Land of Enchantment:
I like this exchange between Turkana and litho in MB's Listening Post meta diary.
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From Eddie C:
Showing my appreciation for some great comments that appeared in my photo diary The Lincoln Center Farmer's Market on the Fourth of July.
There were two from teacherken. One on the impact of taxes and another tells The Polyface Story.
LBK offered some great reasons to pay a little more while croyal pointed to some results of demanding less.
There was a Great link for those who don't live near NYC by translatorpro.
And if I may be so bold I had a late comment myself that may be worthy of your time. Well maybe.
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Submitted by Donnamarie
This comment on trolls is from Its the Supreme Court Stupid about Community diaries in Meteor Blades' Listening Post diary I am sorry, but there is nothing more.
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LATE-BREAKING NOMINATION:
From: PvtJarHead
This comment by vcthree in reply to my post in turneresq's diary].
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A few I found:
I'm sure this one will end up in Top Mojo but still I 'bout fell outta my chair when I read this: You'll know Palin is indicted when by ypsiCPA.
Start with Buzzer's comment to understand why Desert Rose's reply is so TC-worthy!
MLDB quotes from local newspaper about why liberals caused Had a rainy, rainy 4th yesterday.
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TOP MOJO - thanks to sardonyx and BeninSC for their help!
Top Mojo (cskendrick/sardonyx-style) excluding search-identifiable tip jars and first diary comments:
1) Here it is: by ShadowSD — 168
2) You know it's over when Fox jumps ship by turneresq — 158
3) She's a public figure...fair game by FishOutofWater — 136
4) You'll know Palin is indicted when by ypsiCPA — 118
5) Sigh! The Sociopath Who Calls The President, by leonard145b — 103
6) Ahmadinejad is now doing this because by ryder92111 — 94
7) MB's Listening Post by JekyllnHyde — 92
8) I just want to say thanks by Otteray Scribe — 92
9) Wow... by Savage — 88
10) And since that time... by two roads — 86
11) how much slack should we give? by dougymi — 85
12) My message to Sarah Palin: by Dittoz — 81
13) meanwhile Ahmadinejad wants a public convo by lizard people — 81
14) Dude - my mom voted in Iran during the elections by ShadowSD — 79
15) A big step in the right direction by ShadowSD — 77
16) An idea by m00finsan — 77
17) SARAH PALIN (D, ALASKA) TO RESIGN by Special K — 77
18) Why is he out talking? by St Louis Woman — 76
19) Yep. by Sagebrush Bob — 76
20) I'm just a user by Remembering Jello — 74
21) There is really only one question to ask yourself by buhdydharma — 70
22) Yesterday on radio by newdem1960 — 69
23) Can sombody tell Grassley... by quiet in NC — 68
24) We are #1 when it comes to something else by ShadowSD — 65
25) Nature ADORES a Vacuum! by bamajunky — 64
26) Shorter Weymouth: "We'll do it anyway ... by Positronicus — 63
27) Can't imagine Obama will show interest by mbayrob — 62
28) If last time around is any indication, I can't by middleagedhousewife — 62
29) a let 'em eat cake moment! n/t by newpioneer — 61
30) And how does one avoid "special access... by Thomas C — 61
31) I'm reminded of this by Shaviv — 61
32) Where's that "stop oppressing us" graphic by ShadowSD — 61
Top Mojo with No Exclusions:
1) Tip Jar by bobswern — 491
2) Tip Jar by Bonsai66 — 454
3) Tip Jar by Chris Rodda — 434
4) Americans should be a LOT happier than they are by xxdr zombiexx — 319
5) Tips for the First Amendment and blogger's rights by MinistryOfTruth — 319
6) Tip Jar by Meteor Blades — 289
7) Tip Jar by Thomas C — 287
8) Tips for a robust Public Option w NO trigger by Lefty Coaster — 263
9) Tip Jar by akmk — 237
10) Tip Jar by Meteor Blades — 234
11) Tip Jar by docterry — 231
12) Tip Jar by mytrinkets — 194
13) 10 reasons to buy food locally by Eddie C — 184
14) Here it is: by ShadowSD — 171
15) You know it's over when Fox jumps ship by turneresq — 161
16) Tip Jar by turneresq — 138
17) She's a public figure...fair game by FishOutofWater — 136
18) Tips for cash based speech! by potatohead — 124
19) This diary is dedicated to the memory... by two roads — 123
20) You'll know Palin is indicted when by ypsiCPA — 118
21) Tip Jar by Brainwrap — 116
22) Tips by Trix — 107
23) Tip Jar by cany — 106
24) Sigh! The Sociopath Who Calls The President, by leonard145b — 103
25) Tip Jar by RenaRF — 97
26) Tip Jar by Jay Elias — 94
27) Ahmadinejad is now doing this because by ryder92111 — 94
28) MB's Listening Post by JekyllnHyde — 93
29) I just want to say thanks by Otteray Scribe — 92
30) Wow... by Savage — 88
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Always the mountains,
va dare