New URL formats in LJ, live now. Most notable changes to simpler URLs are to calendar, day, and entry views. (I've also noticed that the titles of entry pages (both in the title bar and the page header) feature a nice, prominent User: Subject.)
And from bluekitsune: "To announce that there be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American people."