Steven Walling wrote:
After reading all of this, I only have one question left...is the Register ever considered a reliable source per WP:Notability? Is there some way we can list it as being unsuitable for referencing?
Not a good idea. What would happen to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Register or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Orlowski? They both use references to The Register entirely validly.
In general, one should avoid drawing hard-edged lines where situation-by-situation judgments are just fine. The looniest, kookiest, most unreliable site in the universe can still be an important and useful reference when talking about that site.