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Q: Who are you guys?
A: Here’s some of our back story, and how we see the future.
Q: Why do you call the current president “Dr. Utopia”?
A: Uh, because in the 1940s someone prescient made this cartoon which sums the current president up pretty damn well:
Q: Why hasn’t my comment shown up in a post?
A: WordPress is what it is. There’s a spam filter on the site because there are computers in Asia that blast WordPress sites with endless spam…if the filter was not on, every thread would have thousands of links to scam sites hawking Cialis and Viagra, or malicious viruses that attack computers. So the WordPress shields are needed.
Spam computers don’t have avatars registered to them, so another reason your posts might not be turning up is if you also don’t have an avatar. Avatars are free and are easy to get. You just need to register at www.gravatar.com. It could not be simpler…but if you need help setting an avatar up, here is a nice rundown on how to do it:
If you have an avatar and your comments are still going into moderation, it’s because your IP address has been identified by WordPress as a spam computer. Your IP address is a multi-digit code unique to the computer you are operating from. If you are someone that’s been banned on other sites WordPress runs, or if you repeatedly repost the same remarks over and over again and get a warning from WordPress that “It Looks Like You’ve Already Said That”, then you may have been identified by the system as a spam site. In that case there is nothing we can do to help you. You will always be someone that has to go into moderation.
We work hard to check the spam filters throughout the day, multiple times, to unclog any legitimate comments that might be in there trapped between all that Asian spam…but if you are someone in moderation, you just need to wait until someone can un-spam you.
There is seriously nothing we dislike more than when people complain about their comments not posting. It’s tiresome, and after a few years of doing this, and dealing with WordPress and all this spam we just won’t allow these complainers to take up any of our time. There’s an awful lot to do in a day, and we’re not going to spend any of our time siting there reading complaints from people. So, if you are someone who does that consistently and complains about being in moderation, we’re just going to stop approving any of your comments at all and you will end up on the permanently banned list.
And that will be your own damn fault.
Q: Why haven’t you posted anything in several days?
A: Because we all work at least two jobs here trying to make ends meet in an increasingly more expensive and overtaxed city like Chicago. While we would love to be paid bloggers like Michelle Malkin and just write a column and run blog posts and essays every day with nothing else on our plate, we’re all working day jobs while waitering, bartending, and doing all sorts of Funemployment, crazy gigs to keep roofs over our heads and dinner on the menu. If we can’t post something for a while, it’s because we are busy trying to make our rent.
Anything you can contribute to the tip jar in appreciation of our writing and information really does make a big difference…and helps alleviate a little of the pressure, while giving us great encouragement to keep going everyday, using all our free time to snark on politics and put opinion out there.
Q: Who are you and why are you so fascinated with Hillary Clinton?
A: Read Here.
Q: What does “sometimes the universe brings you the wrong french toast” mean?
A: Read Here.
Q: Why do you call Muslims “misunderstood CAIR Bears”?
A: Read Here.
Q: How do you feel about “gay marriage”?
A: Read Here.
Q: How can you support both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin at the same time?
A: Read Here. (and we say back, how can you have two favorite teachers in different subjects…or like two different football teams…or drink Coke and Pepsi? Last time we checked, this is still America, and it does not have to always be an Us v. Them world, no matter what the MSM and Liberals try to convince you).
