To Right wing repetitive commenters on TalkLeft (you know who you are, and if you're not sure, ask): You're limited to four comments a day --additional ones will be deleted.

Check out the posting policy at the conservative site RedState--and see how liberal we are for granting four a day.

This site is explicitly meant to serve as a conservative and Republican community. Postings, comments, etc., contrary to this purpose fall under the rubric of "disruptive behavior" and will result in banning. You may or may not get a warning -- it depends on how harried the moderators are. If you are coming from a non-conservative, non-Republican context, you are still welcome here, but you must respect the site's stated purpose.

The posting rules benefit everyone. By promoting civility even in disagreement, they help the site avoid the pitfalls of notorious dens of iniquity like....every unmoderated Usenet thread that has ever existed.

If you missed our prior announcement of the new limits or the reasons for it, you can read them here and here.

Also, off-topic comments are becoming a problem. We consider them an attempt to hijack the thread and will be deleting them.

TalkLeft hit four million visitors this month. Wow. Thanks to everyone for stopping by.

On a not so great note, TalkLeft picked up a little bug somewhere and we've got to move servers again tonight so that it can be isolated and removed. Don't worry, it's not catching. But if you get an empty page when you come to visit in the next 12 hours or so, just refresh the page or clear your cache.

Yeterday I announced a new comment policy on TalkLeft, in addition to that stated on the front of the site.

First casualty: Jeff Harrell, who has intentionally violated the policy by posting 8 comments so far today and 6 yesterday, after learning of the new rule. Any additional comments he makes today will be deleted. His last three comments have been deleted. If he persists, he'll be banned permanently.

I am also going to delete links to his weblog so that obtaining traffic from TalkLeft will not serve as a motivator for him to continue being a chatterbox here.

Update: Dr Ace posted 15 comments today. 11 have been deleted.

This is for advertisers....nine days for the price of seven--The TalkLeft premium spot on the left, under the logo, opens up tomorrow. Beginning Oct. 28, it is taken for a month. It's limited to one ad at a time, so the first person to take it for a week will have their ad run until the 28th.

Here's the ad signup page.

The time has come to limit the "chatter" on TalkLeft--constant comments by those who disagree with TalkLeft's positions, designed to overtake the discussion. I am receiving emails from TalkLeft's loyal readers who say that they feel the discussion is no longer valuable because of the constant commenting by three or four of these individuals.

So, here is the new policy. The "chatterers"--and they know who they are --will be limited to four comments of reasonable length during a 24 hour period. All comments over this amount will be deleted without explanation. After the third violation, the chatterer will be banned.

This group includes the relatively new poster "ras" who I notified of this policy last Friday and has ignored it. It does not include Jim (poker player) or Cliff--who although they take the other side, in my opinion stimulate debate. They also are the first to respond every time I put out a call for contributions.

I am not worried about chatterers using different names to get around the rule because I can track them by ISP address and their past comments. Of course, I do not publish this information.

Please feel free to email me with the names of commenters you believe I should be limiting under this new policy. Or , you can leave their names in the comments.

I'm not happy about this new policy as it will take up a lot of valuable time. But I agree with those of you who believe that these commenters are spoiling the disussion for the rest of you. They are trying to dominate the conversation on TalkLeft and it will be not happen.

Also, if you find someone who has broken the new rule and not been held accountable, send me an email and I will delete their excessive comments and add it to their strikes.

TalkLeft is scheduled to be moved to a new server at 11 pm ET. We may be down for a while. Hopefully, it won't be for long.

This was great to see today. Thanks to Jed for making such a great graphic:

And to Walter and Darren for leading me to it.

The great thing about America is that, win or lose, after the elections we still party together. And this year is no different. RMBB is at the Falling Rock Tap House on November 6th.

I'm bringing a camera to catch the fireworks. This is not a politically homogenous group by any stretch. I can't wait to snap a shot of Jeff G. and Steven G. crying in their beer.

Colorado is always beautiful, but today is especially so. I'll be back this evening, but if you have something to discuss in the meantime, be my guest.

Say hello to You Forgot Poland.

I just dropped the rates for ads on TalkLeft. Check them out, there are some real bargains. Ads placed today will be up in time for the debate. Act soon, because prices will be going back up Monday or Tuesday.

Placement links:

• Premium, top right
• Right sidebar
• Left sidebar

Demand for the top left spot is very high. It's available only between Oct. 19 and 28. Instead of lowering the price on this one, I"m offering 9 days for the rate of 7. Then it's filled until November 28, so again, act soon.

Lots of work today and I want to get done early so I can provide full coverage of the debate. Here's a second open thread for non-debate topics (debate open thread is here) and some things to read.

Saddam Hussein as the 20th Hijacker by James Bovard, and

Bush is Engagering America, a Buzzflash guest editorial by Carla Binion.

Everything at Raw Story and Memeorandum.

Congrats to Skippy who received a listing as an entertaining, far-out website from Time Out - New York:

Named for a popular Australian TV show, this blog is a brew of wiseass remarks and reports that make no claim to unbiased journalism. (President Bush is routinely referred to as "AWOL.") Skippy is most useful for its links to similarly minded blogs. It's a good way to keep abreast of which vast right-wing conspiracy is attracting the attention of the lefty blogosphere on a given day.—Elana Berkowitz