Top Comments: Mixed Bag edition

A look at some random items, after-the-jump ….

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A quick laff: in a social media reply to the MSNBC host Katie Phang (over the panic setting-in at Mar-a-Lago) — a gent named Frank suggested the host file this:

Next, as the college basketball playoffs begin: I saw two stories that I noted in a 2013 Top Comments essay on the breaking-down of racial segregation in southern schools that led to the 2006 Jerry Bruckheimer-produced film Glory Road.

One was the 1963 national championship team from Loyola of Chicago, which had four of five Black athletes starting. The team today is best-known for its 104 year-old chaplain Sister Jean Schmidt.

Their most historically noteworthy contest (the Game of Change) came in the second round: where they faced an all-white Mississippi State (MSU) team that had won several conference titles: yet were unable to go to post-season play due to the state’s (unwritten yet real) ban on competing against integrated teams. Finally, the team decided to defy the ban (during this previous week in 1963):

Avowed segregationist Mississippi governor Ross Barnett was fed-up, asking if "the other team's Negroes want to dance with our girls?" Then a chancery court judge judge was persuaded to issue a temporary injunction for the team not to leave campus. Through secretive means - its head coach driven to Nashville (while lying down in a car) ... then sending decoy players to the local airport (to see if anyone would stop them) - eventually, the team flew to Michigan to play the match. Perhaps the most everlasting memory of the match: Loyola's Jerry Harkness shaking hands pre-game with MSU's Joe Dan Gold. After losing 63-53, the team returned home … with fans eager to shake their hands. Not from a racial justice angle (MSU was segregated) but simply eager to see their team compete.

What I had not known back in 2013 … was that the injunction issued by a chancery judge … was suspended by a Mississippi state Supreme Court justice:

Then it was this week in 1966 that an integrated team from Texas Western (later named Texas-El Paso) started five Black players against an all-white Kentucky squad (which had future NBA coach Pat Riley in its backcourt) in the championship match. I recall watching the 72-65 Texas Western victory as a nine year-old … yet had no clue as to the game’s significance. 

Finally, Rick Wilson offers yet more encouragement to those worried that Joe Biden may not be able to prevail in November (looking at this week’s voting).

Now, on to Top Comments:

Highlighted by Hoghead99:

In the diary by randym77 about TFG warning Mike Pence (before January 6) that his career would be over if he did not comply — This from JoanMar is, without a doubt, the BEST comment I have seen in weeks.

And from Ed Tracey, your faithful correspondent this evening ........

In the diary by sepiasiren about New York state attorney general Tish James planning to seize properties held by TFG —  in response to a comment by Torta about needing buses due to Schadenfreude — Carmeninvermont had a suggestion as to where to procure said buses.

Next - enjoy jotter's wonderful (and now eternal) *PictureQuilt™* below. Just click on the picture and it will magically take you to the comment featuring that photo.

TOP PHOTOS March 20th, 2024 (NOTE: Any missing images in the Quilt were removed because (a) they were from an unapproved source that somehow snuck through in the comments, or (b) it was an image from the DailyKos Image Library without permissions set to allow others to use it.)

And lastly: yesterday's Top Mojo - mega-mojo to the intrepid mik ...... who rescued this feature from oblivion:

1)  "and mocking a reporter with a disability isn't? … by Megalion +126

2)  Sorry to hear. … by Franks Human +118

3)  I disagree with you!  Mocking Republicans o … by Slideman +116

3)  Oh, God. “Immature”. Seriously. Fuck these peopl … by Matt Z +116

5)  Not to worry. He’ll always have Putin. by IndieGuy +107

6)  Youtube, TikTok, Facebook and all the other “soc … by avoicefromeurope +99

7)  Asshole reporter (def a beltway lame-ass) should … by delver +96

8)  The worst part of that “comic” is that it is act … by marknc +94

9)  [image] by exlrrp +87

10) This hearing is a disaster for the GOP. Parnas h … by voidstuff +84

11) Thanks, Greg.  Daily Toons: Bloodbath … by Denise Oliver Velez +83

12) Just to add to this…  … by NotSoNew +81

13) I seem to recall in other cases defendants have  … by ecortez +79

14) An unfortunately good point is being made here.  … by jaybeleriand +78

14) I’d change the headline to say “lies about Biden … by psnyder +78

14) (sigh) If only the Democrats had been this “comb … by A Noah Count +78

17) Actually, I think Putin might have a short tour  … by Sue Blue +75

18) Like the virus lurking to erupt in shingles they … by pelagicray +74

18) More of this please.  … by Megalion +74

18) There’s a lengthy survey of what TFG “owns” here … by PhillyWill +74

21) [image] by exlrrp +71

21) Dump by Denise Oliver Velez +71

23) Giggling here. Looking at the debt due June 2024 … by BeadLady +70

23) Thanks for the chuckle. anyone who lived in NY w … by healejd +70

25) I’m sorry to hear this. RIP. by Matt Z +68

25) [image] by annieli +68

27) This is terrible news, 714day. Thanks for lettin … by belinda ridgewood +67

28) This is my shocked face. by Toro Blanco +66

29) The problem with “freedom” and “democracy” is th … by necturus +65

30) Abortion is the Republican kryptonite so of COUR … by CyberMindGrrl +63

30) This does not seem unreasonable to me — seizure  … by occams hatchet +63