For what it's worth...

I started the NPR / CIA thread. I started that as an independent thread because I posted the same thing in the body of another thread which was 'consolidated' almost immediately after. The consolidation obscured the NPR observation...so I wondered why that had been done.

From what I've gathered in reading on Mudcat, the site receives certain grants, etc., for operation. Govt sponsorship? So I decided to push the envelope and re-post the NPR thing to see how deeply-indebted to the govt this site is.

I've had other threads deleted and changed (I started the 'Anti-war' thread with the name 'The Hated Guest' only to have that part removed, so it now seems to have been started by an anonymous guest. Have NO idea why that was done. And I've had a couple of threads...a couple that I can recall at the moment, maybe more...just outright removed).

Anyway, I expected the NPR thing to be deleted, but I guess some rules about excessive deletion apply...rules I'm not familiar with. So instead of deleting, 'Joe' enhanced the thread title with "(Conspiracy of the Day)", then made an entry which he later came back to and enhanced with more verbiage about 'black helicopters' and such. Third-grade name calling. Then later I read where the Joes are encouraging diversity and involvement...bullshit.

I expect, if you folks really ARE seeing new and unprecedented changes on this forum, the changes are a result of political panic. These are unusual times, and government sites are going to do what they have to do to keep their grant money coming in.