I didn't intend to stir up so much controversy here. I also didn't realize so many had trouble with making dead links live. I most certainly don't intend to start arguments among the readers here; as someone mentioned, we're supposed to all be friends here.

I'll look deeper into protecting the site when live links are posted (they can provide an entry for bad things to happen to the site; live in comments has a different path of destruction) and start putting live links in. I'm guessing I need to upgrade some of the background security material. Part of the fun ...

I enjoy seeing the back and forth between all; didn't intend it to get antagonistic - though not as much so as I've seen elsewhere. So far.

"Sorry Joe" is very close to having the most views of any post to date ... some would think that good.

9/11 happened. Whether or not the true story has come out, >we< will likely never be certain.
The original post was suggested by Joe as interesting but the material appears to be copyrighted so I didn't post it.

It was NOT my article .... and not necessarily my opinions. I felt it was worthy of consideration though - and so did Joe or he wouldn't have suggested it.
Myself? Given many things, spoken or not, I'm surprised it wasn't worse. What if the buildings had tipped sideways ...

As far as overall content goes, I'd really like it if everyone oohed and ahhed over every single post. Fat chance of that happening; I don't ooh and ahh over every post myself. I could post "current events" and provide commentary - just like most every other similar site. Boring. Why write it if I can find another site to read it? So I put up weird stuff as it comes to me. Some will like, some will not.

On the other hand, I've expressed my desire to post submissions from all of you - kind of a group effort.

ghost: "His house, his rules, I won’t complain too much."
I'd still like to think of this site as "our" house with me the caretaker. Someone needs to make decisions and keep the lights on though. Complaints can lead to improvements; I'm flying blind here - so let me know.

"I foresee the day when the internet at large just won’t work for me any more"
ghost - I for one would be sorry to realize you just faded into the aether of real life.

It is/was a long shot trying to keep some semblance of "American Digest" going.

Readership - "visitors" on the stats - seems to have settled between 75 and 100 per day; I don't know if that is based on unique IPs or just the number of times the site is accessed. There are between 150 and 200 views per day; multiple views per visitor. I suppose I should pay (not much) to get more detailed information but for the time being, the site continues along its merry way - sometimes good stuff, sometimes bad stuff, sometimes "what the hell was he thinking?" stuff.

I'm having fun with it anyway.

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