A year or so ago, they filtered out words containing "Omar" because of a particularily obnoxious poster. Unfortunately, that also kept anyone from discussing topics like Mt. Palomar, General Omar Bradley, or the Glomar Explorer (a popular topic around the time that the Kurst sank). They eventually removed the Omar filter.

Then, they filtered out words containing "ck". In addition to the obvious obscenity, that filter also blocked harmless words like "check". After a couple days of abuse and ridicule, they removed the ck filter.

Now, it sounds like you've stumpled upon a new filter setting, Kunt. As you suggested, it probably was intended to block people trying to get around an obscenity filter. I'll experiment with it and see what happens.

To me, the most obnoxious thing about how MSNBC does their filtering is that they don't give you any indication what happened. All you know is that your post never shows up. Shortly after the Kurst sank last year, I spent about 20 minutes composing a detailed post that mentioned the Glomar Explorer. It never showed up and until I discovered the Omar filter, I never knew why. All of the work I did for that post was lost.

Filters are a pretty poor way of restricting access or what someone can post. Many school systems and libraries have tried using some form of filtering to keep people from surfing porn sites. However, they can also block legitimate searches on topics like breast and testicular cancer. It's like trying to do delicate surgery with a meat cleaver.