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Where is Steven Kessler these days? He did at times post some interesting, fun, and fascinating stories or topics regarding politics. 
Also, what ever happened to the politics forum? I can't find it anywhere. I do remember it was white informative and at times entertaining 😅 over complicated, but sometimes good topics. 

Where is Steven Kessler these days? He did at times post some interesting, fun, and fascinating stories or topics regarding politics. 
Also, what ever happened to the politics forum? I can't find it anywhere. I do remember it was white informative and at times entertaining 😅 over complicated, but sometimes good topics. 

For the love of god, can we not keep this ziploc bag closed.

I didn't often post in the political forums but I'm sad to see them retired. It'll be weird when something major happens in the world but we won't be able to discuss it on here. I would have rather seen repeat violators given permanent bans from posting in that section and disabling new members from accessing the political section for a certain amount of time to dissuade someone from just making a new profile. But I know how burned out the mods must be so I'm fine with the decision.

Since I have taken over running the site nearly two years ago, the Political Issues forum has represented literally 90% of all of the issues that the moderators have had to deal with.  We have attempted to keep the forum civil and a place where people can have mature discussions about those topics.  This includes implementing tools to remind people about our rules, giving reminders and warnings, etc.  I did this because I felt having an area that people could have an open dialog might provide a venue where people could exchange ideas and learn from each other.  
This has not happened over the last two years.  Instead it has simply become a cesspool of topics that simply attacked other members and baited the other side.  The moderators have literally have had to spend HOURS each week dealing with the output and there is nothing else I can think of that will make people use the forum as it was intended.  As a result, the Political Issues discussion forum is now retired and has been hidden on this site.  
Our community guidelines will be updated to reflect that political discussion is no longer permitted on the site. 

The grammy award-winning singer, perhaps best known for "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song" died at home today.  She was diagnosed with ALS several years ago.  RIP.