While congratulations are certainly in order for the “outing” and ZOT of obsnob, i think there’s one other little detail that might bear checking out.
It seems there is a “sister account” to the “obsnob.” It’s name is “nyds.” Here is the posting history:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:nyds/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
Please note the patterns are identical. Single source (New York Sun) and a series of “1 of X” post and runs.
One other little factoid. The “obsnob” and “nyds” accounts have born on dates one day apart (January 3rd and January 4th of this year):
http://www.freerepublic.com/~nyds/
Two hit and run posters, posting from the same source with sign up dates one day apart? What are the odds?
Oooo, VERY nice catch, Shibumi! Bears watchin’...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2977951/posts
They also posted a liberal themed touchy feely blog thread much like the other troll did.