Trolls are abounding in the comments tonight. There have been over 800 comments today and so many of them disregard the posting rules of this site: no profanity, no name-calling or personal attacks and urls have to be in html format. Sometimes I delete the offending words and leave the rest. Not tonight, no time, and most of them are from regulars who know the rules. So, if your comment is missing, it's been deleted for one of those reasons. If you find your comments blocked, it's because you've been banned for being a multiple offender. If you don't like three strikes rules, vote against them. On election day.

Update: I've banned a log of trolls tonight. There's too many and they are lowering the level of discourse on the site with their noise. Expressing a difference of opinion is fine, trolling is not. If you don't know the difference, you're probably a troll. Post at your own risk.

Update: Dr. Ace is history. True Liberal (not) is next, soon as I find his ISP number again. Steel is gone. Please don't feed the trolls. Again, thoughtful disagreement with the opinions expressed in posts and comments is fine. Snide comments, insults, name-calling, off-topic links and rants and garbage is not. I intend to take out the trash more frequently, so here's fair warning.