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testing breaking news

the button should light up red.

This will be used for announcements or some real "breaking news". I'll see if I can restrict who can comment here :)

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Heh -- is this like RedHot or the Corner then?

Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson

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well it could be something similar

maybe more reserved for new feature announcements, or some big news, or whatever.

It sure grabs attention which is good.

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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Oh Boy...New Toys...

And it's not even Kwanzi yet!

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I don't think you

spelled that right :)

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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So now that the site has a new look

can we have a new open thread?? Or is it for looking only?
:+)

It is the economy, stupid.

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I just created one recently :)

It's under the first thread - called Monday Open Thread.

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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I've enabled tinymce editor

that you can set the default for in your account settings.

TinyMCE adds what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) html editing to textareas. This editor can be enabled/disabled without reloading the page by clicking a link below each textarea.

You can also enable/disable it on a case-by-case basis, by clicking the "enable rich-text" link right below the comment box in which you type. It will give you a row of buttons to use for inserting html into your comments.

Personally, I prefer it off, but maybe some of you will find it useful. Beware of problems of clicking it on and off in the middle of typing comments.

 By the way the button for blockquote is "Indent".

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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the server was temporarily down

If you ever can't connect and need to know the status of the server our site is hosted on, go to:

http://www.site5.com/support/currentstatus.php

And scroll to our server by the name of LEANDER.

If it has a lot of red circles next to it, then well... you just have to wait and see :)

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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blogroll

I've created one on the bottom left. If there are any other good blogs you'd like to nominate there, let me know.

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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You could put my blog in

http://freedemocrat.blogspot.com/

Thanks

Also you might find my blogroll to have some good suggestions, what you call a liberal site, is nowhere near as left as the rightwing one are in their direction and some like Truthdig is as centrist as Ornicus, and Wonkette is leaning mostly your way of late.

For up to the minute news that lefties care about Buzzflash.com is for the left what Drudge is for the right.

PS I have SwordsCrossed on my blogroll as well

The Self Made Man is just not admitting where he got all the parts.

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you got it man n/t

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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Thanks

The Self Made Man is just not admitting where he got all the parts.

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the Temp. Disabled button

is currently pointing to the Hall of Fame stats - nothing major but stuff like who wrote the most comments :) Guess who.

I'll change the graphic when I get a chance to redo the image :)

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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Sarkozy wins

More on the front page here . Just testing the breaking news feature.

Edit: cool, I like it.

Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson

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heh Bush pardons Libby...

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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The Gang Of Pirates always support their own

The only question is, will this escalate to no elections in 2008, or will the Democrats in congress wimp out enough to make the official cancellations unnecessary.

Ender I thought this administration had finally gotten putrid enough to make you gag. You are celebrating this?

The Self Made Man is just not admitting where he got all the parts.

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Lady Bird Johnson dies

RIP .

Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson

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Bush declares final plank of Unitary Executive Platform:

"Anything I say or do, and by extension, any member of the executive does or says, is covered by executive privilege, and if convicted, by pardon or commutation."

The middle finger is not the middle way, George.

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Bhutto returning to Pakistan?

From CNN banner: "AP: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto says Pakistani President Musharaff has agreed to step down as army chief."

More on Bhutto from wikipedia, and background here and here on this issue. (The Week also had a nice summary recently.)

Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson

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Gillmor found dead

Staffers found Rep. Gillmor (R-Ohio) dead at his Washington apartment. No word on a cause.

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tentative upgrade of software

next weekend - probably starting late Friday night. Should take about an hour of downtime. Then slowly your functionality will be restored.

No major changes will happen at the time so everything will look familiar. :)

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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Swords Crossed Software update tonight

tentatively starting around 10pm EST. Sorry to all the West Coast people but it might take some time and I don't want to work too late.

Actually the main conversion shouldn't take too long and then I will reactivate the site before all the other modifications are made. Probably around 11-12pm EST.

After I take the site down, please do not comment even if you see the site back up, unless I say it's ok :) Because the site will appear to be up intermittently.

Anyways, I gotta get back to figuring out some problems. Have fun.

"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR

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Thanks so much Ender!

Appreciate all your efforts here. If you need voluntary donations to help out let us know.

I hear tell GoRight's already volunteered a big donation so he can continue educating us poor democrats.

It is the economy, stupid.

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