Disabling rep is probably a temporary measure. Clearly it's more than some folks can handle.
I don't have the answers, ability or time to make immediate improvements to it, so I decided to take it down at least for the time being as it's causing too many problems and headaches.
As far as BB's banning, he was banned, unbanned, and rebanned. Obviously we can't make up our minds. I'll touch base with the other mods and admins, I'll also trade a couple emails with Believer, and we'll figure out how to proceed from there. If people have feelings on this issue one way or another, they're welcome to PM me on it. I've always said I wanted bannings to be a last resort. Even in the case of LHM we tried a temp ban before going to a permanent. This is not to say his banning today wasn't justified, it is to say that things have to go pretty far for someone to drop a banning. Particularly a guy like Nutty who doesn't like taking a step like that.
We're 22 days until the season, let's not all lose our heads 3 weeks out. Let's also all be a little better about keeping ourselves in check. The political board definitely seems to cause some headaches here and there, but is the answer to delete it and ban discussions in that line? I don't think so. On the flip side, I can't wait for the election to come and go. There's a lot of unnecessary hostility there, and a lot of intolerance of other people's beliefs and positions.