Dunno who wrote this bit. Could have been one of my brain farts. If not mine, someone else had a brain fart.
#moderationbuttons ul li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0 6px 4px 0;
}The reason it's doofus is that there's no need for that descendant chain. Since the ul has an id anyway it'd make more sense to use:
#moderationbuttons_strip li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0 6px 4px 0;
}