well, i read thru the posts and the IT guy in charge of this site can't figure it out either.
i have no problems and use opera 12.xx with all option enabled other than turbo. give it a try and see if it helps if nothing else, you'll have a nice extra browser thats my favorite due to features over the rest and security.
i use two firewalls, but they do not hit on this site.
i played with all the settings in opera and can not make it not show the states to scroll thru IceShanty Main page. must be browser related.
here are free proxies you can try to see if its an isp problem filtering you.
just add one or more (daisy chain them if you want to try some thing fun). one will do ya to see if its isp related tho
http://www.atomintersoft.com/free_proxy_list