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by John Cole|  June 21, 20112:03 pm| 29 Comments

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Not sure what is happening, but akismet blew up so almost every comment is going into the spam filter. Bear with us.

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  1. 1.

    cleek

    June 21, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    i dare you to eat this comment, Akismet!

  2. 2.

    freelancer

    June 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    not so kismet, this.

  3. 3.

    grape_crush

    June 21, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    Rats are continuing to leave a sinking Newt.

    http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/apnewsbreak-gingrich-campaign-fundraisers-983277.html

  4. 4.

    The Dangerman

    June 21, 2011 at 2:12 pm

    Paraphrasing the immortal words of W:

    Now, watch this (test) drive.

  5. 5.

    geg6

    June 21, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    Which explains why my brilliant, funny comment yesterday was flagged as spam. For no fucking reason that I could discern.

    I feel better about it now, though.

  6. 6.

    jeffreyw

    June 21, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    Testing…testing…

  7. 7.

    scav

    June 21, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    And where is the Monty Python choir dare I wonder?

  8. 8.

    Adam Hyland

    June 21, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Spam spam spam spam spam.

  9. 9.

    Downpuppy

    June 21, 2011 at 2:20 pm

    Bears are still threat #1.

  10. 10.

    Poopyman

    June 21, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Akismet sounds Muslim. Are we at the mercy of a Muslim comment filter? FSM help us!

  11. 11.

    Poopyman

    June 21, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    @ Downpuppy:

    Only if they’re flying through your windshield.

  12. 12.

    schrodinger's cat

    June 21, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Help! Tunch is eating my comments.

  13. 13.

    schrodinger's cat

    June 21, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Is Tunch on some kind of a diet? First he eats the reply button, now the comments. Please feed Tunch ASAP.
    Kthxbai.

  14. 14.

    Calming Influence

    June 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    I know that it’s been dominating the news for the last ten days so your probably sick of hearing about it, but I just heard Thom Hartmann talking about Osama Hussein Muhamad, the leader of the Islamic terrorist cell who’s still on the loose in Montana after a shootout with sheriff’s deputies 10 days ago. They apparently have food and weapons caches all over the state, and plotted to assassinate local officials, go to war with the National Guard and overthrow the federal government. I hope they catch him soon so I can watch TV without the constant news updates about these dangerous Muslims!

  15. 15.

    Brian S

    June 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    It’s been barfing on us at The Rumpus for a couple of weeks now, though we moderate everything so it’s (oddly enough) a little bit less of a problem than it is for you, I’m guessing.

  16. 16.

    Poopyman

    June 21, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    FWIW, the full story of what happened to a couple of hijab–wearing women at NN and how the flashmob came to be is here.

    And Gaius Publius has his final thoughts on NN here. Gotta say I overwhelmingly agree with his points.

  17. 17.

    RossInDetroit

    June 21, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    I had to Google Akismet. If only there was an easy way to invest money in defense against unwanted online content.
    I smell a profit, but alas no clear winner at this point.

  18. 18.

    gnomedad

    June 21, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Bleg update: Windows Explorer was crashing because of a bad shortcut on my desktop. (This explains why other logins were OK.) Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. Tip: if something similar happens to you, turn off desktop icons.

  19. 19.

    slag

    June 21, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Is this a challenge to see how many pen.is enhancement synonyms we can collect in a single thread?

  20. 20.

    trollhattan

    June 21, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    From the really odd political metaphors file:

    “The last place you want a benefit decision like this that impacts future generations, it’s tantamount to fiscal child abuse, is what we’ve done,”

    http://blogs.sacbee.com/the_state_worker/2011/06/marcia-fritz-pension-reform-fiscal-child-abuse.html#ixzz1PwFWuSBK

    Is that us having another Serious Adult Conversation(tm)? Yes, pensions are just like child abuse.

  21. 21.

    Mnemosyne

    June 21, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    Gotta say I overwhelmingly agree with his points.

    I’m very much afraid that you’re right, which means that the left has learned absolutely nothing from its 40 year long abandonment of electoral politics and decided that the best idea is to double down on what hasn’t worked since they gave up on the Democrats in 1968.

    I’m going to go bash my head against a wall for a while.

  22. 22.

    kindness

    June 21, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    We are all spam now.

  23. 23.

    JCT

    June 21, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    And meanwhile on the “ethically challenged” front:

    http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/21/249512/thomas-aei/

    I don’t think this asshole has a single redeeming quality.

  24. 24.

    catclub

    June 21, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Of course, JCole could have more undressed mopping adventures
    and invite us to bare with him.

  25. 25.

    JC

    June 21, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    This is probably old news, but, first time I saw it:

    The following is ‘biggest TV pundits’, based on an algorithm of media appearances, etc.

    Truly puts the lie to the idea of ‘liberal media’, is all I’m saying.

    At the time I’m writing this comment, rankings are:

    1. Newt Gingrich
    2. Sarah Palin
    3. Karl Rove
    4. Tom Brokaw
    5. Ann Coulter
    6. Juan Williams
    7. Dan Abrams
    8. Andrew Sullivan
    9. Mike Murphy
    10. John Oliver

    Two ‘objective’ reporter, 6 Republican operatives/politicians, whatever Andrew Sullivan is, and the comedian, John Oliver.

    Liberal media, my a$$.

  26. 26.

    Poopyman

    June 21, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    I’m going to go bash my head against a wall for a while.

    Have fun!

  27. 27.

    kindness

    June 21, 2011 at 3:46 pm

    I’m a little puzzled as to those out there in the blogsphere (Sully & others) who now have multiple posts up pointing out that ‘some say’ Jon Stewart was dishonest when he said Fox News viewers were the most misinformed audience.

    That can be parsed (as politifact did) so that it’s meaningless but the data is pretty significant and Sully, Politifact et al are lying whores on this one.

    Why is that so hard to just say & let the lying whores piss, whine & moan about being called out for being lying assholes.

  28. 28.

    OzoneR

    June 21, 2011 at 4:10 pm

    This makes sense I guess

    At 51-39 approval, Tester most popular sen. we’ve ever tested who trails for re-elect; lags Rehberg 47-45 despite Rehberg’s 44-45 approval

  29. 29.

    RossInDetroit

    June 21, 2011 at 5:31 pm

    All your swears are belong to us.

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