LiveJournal Ups and Downs

Delurking to ask if anyone know what is going on with LiveJournal.... it seems to be very unstable right now.  I read on another journal that the DdOS attacks that are knocking LiveJournal offline is actually being generated by the Russian government trying to get to some bloggers they don't like.  If that's the case, it's really outrageous... or am I just joining the ranks of the paranoid?

Meanwhile, life continues--trying to find a decent gym and working too hard.  More of the same...