JWN hosting service was down. Sorry

I only realized this morning (central Virginia time) that the server that hosts the blog was down, and apparently had been since mid-day or so yesterday.
Apologies for the interruption in service. You should now be able to post your comments. (If you’re a “legitimate” commenter, that is. We’ve also been installing new spam-protection software here.)
I was also totally unable to post any new posts. Which prevented me from crowing about calling it, back on Feb. 13, about Ibrahim Jaafari winning the UIA’s internal leadership race.
Oh go ahead, Helena, crow.
Anyway, let’s hope the hosting service– and you know who you are, guys!– doesn’t let this happen again, eh?