What's up with the multiple Sign in - Login steps?

[mr_lincoln]

This started yesterday ... I have to go through multiple Sign in - Log in screens to gain access ... if I try to click the next step too fast it puts me in a repeat loop ... the pics below were 5 steps for just one log in session ... I've had more but the minimum has been 3 ... sometimes I get the little puzzle game or the type in the numbers game ...

[mr_lincoln]

Oh now here's a beauty!  "We ran in to a problem.  Please try again  later."