Seems to be intermittent; I haven't been able to connect for a couple of days either, but I got an email today saying there's a new post in a watched thread.

Still can't connect, though.  We'll just have to sit tight for a while.

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When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed. - Ayn Rand