I've noticed that too.
That's why I'm asking.
I think he has always been a troll and just flew under the radar. I have been complaining about him for awhile now.
Neville has been bashing President Bush since 2000 but he always manages to stay below the threshold for being banned. While Neville is the most well known, there are plenty of others who do the same thing on a daily basis but they just do not create vanity threads on the subject.