Akismet apparently had a problem detecting spam comments early Thursday morning (1:50 CST January 5, 2012).
Notice received by The Cardinal — Arlingtoncardinal.com after manually marking the comments as spam …
Akismet has detected a problem. A server or network problem prevented Akismet from checking 5 comments. They have been temporarily held for moderation and will be automatically re-checked in 4 mins.