Open thread

And some updates:

1. You may have noticed that we've added Digg This! and Add to del.icio.us buttons below every post. If you know what those sites are, then I don't need to explain anything. And if you don't know, well, then I'm probably the wrong guy to explain them (perhaps someone can do a good quick summary in the comments). Basically, they're ways of promoting individual posts around the Internet if you think the posts are particularly good. Please take advantage of the links if you think the posts are deserving.

2. Ads. As always, please visit our advertisers and see what they have to say. A lot of them are political ads from friendly organizations - please take action when they ask you to, if you agree with their message.

3. YouTube. You may not know that you can double click the image of a YouTube video on our site and it takes you to that video's home page on YouTube. From there you can rate the video - the more ratings, and the higher the ratings, the better chance that other people will see the video. So be sure to rate away if the video is particularly good.