remove unused sockbuffer
remove unused sendbuffer
2 space indents -> 4 space indents
remove parentheses around if-conditions
use if cond: instead of if cond == True, etc.
two hash -> one hash
tidy imports
header comment -> docstring
this_message -> message
this_channel -> channel
this_requester -> requester
this_command > command
this_parameter -> parameter
this_modifier -> modifier
send_message -> line
sock_buffer -> buf
from datetime import datetime
timestamp key looks like it should be seen now
use str.format instead of + string concatenation
slightly reformat parser add_argument defns