CANADIAN BORDER GUARDS WANT TO BE SURE THAT foreign journalists don’t criticize the Vancouver Olympics.
Good thing I didn’t go, then. . . .
Archive for 2009
November 28, 2009
MARKDOWNS ON home and garden stuff.
GATEWAY PUNDIT: 4000 Patriots Join James O’Keefe At St. Louis Tea Party Protest.
WORLD WAR II VETS: This isn’t the Britain we fought for. “As a group, they feel furious at not being able to speak their minds. They see the lack of debate and the damning of dissenters as racists or Little Englanders as deeply upsetting affronts to freedom of speech.”
DANIEL DREZNER on the global governance of apocalypses.
FLIGHT TESTING A magnetic heat shield.
ED DRISCOLL: Ron Ziegler Redux.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE, an “into-the-breach rapid response.”
READER DAN ROHR sends this photo and report from today’s St. Louis Tea Party rally.
A worthwhile event I’d say. About 1500 people, 4 K9s, about 10 speakers. A poem was very well thought out. I’d rate a few of the speakers pretty high:
James O’Keefe – nailed ACORN
Jay Steward – He was the highlight, me thinks.
Some fellow from pre/post Castro Cuba was inspiring.
UPDATE: Stephen Green writes:
From that photo on your site, it looks like the event was held at the St. Louis Muny. It’s an amphitheater in a huge natural bowl in Forest Park, and seats more than 10,000. So it really is huge. People sitting in the back rows (where that pic was taken) would have a lousy view. Were people sitting up there just because they wanted to? Or did they have to, and attendance was much higher than the reported 1,500? Can’t tell from the shot, but it’s got me curious.
Here’s the view of the stage from the back row, where that picture was taken.
Yes, later reports are saying over 4,000 people. Plenty of crowd shots there, but is it the same venue? Looks similar, but I think it’s a different one . . ..
ANOTHER UPDATE: Christopher Johnson emails: “From what I understand, it was held at Kiener Plaza downtown, a few blocks west of the Gateway Arch. There’s an amphitheater there and various events are held there all the time.”
L.A. TIMES: A Daughter’s Cure Is Priceless.
KOS POLL SHOWS poor morale among Democratic voters, as reflected in low likelihood-of-voting reports. Republicans, on the other hand, are much more likely to say they’ll turn out to vote next time.
COMING: A Toyota MR2 Hybrid? Where’s the hybrid RX8?
RETAIL SUPPORT BRIGADE UPDATE: Early holiday shopping has merchants optimistic.
THEY MUST BE PREPPING HIM FOR A CABINET SPOT! IRS files $79,000 tax lien against Schwarzenegger.
ANDREW BOLT: IPCC too “politicised” to survive.
Plus, from Tim Blair, a ClimateGate wrapup.
MORE POTENTIALLY MONEY-SAVING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF HEALTHCARE RESEARCH: Research Shows Chronically Ill Patients Might Be Happier if They Give Up Hope.
MICHELLE MOORE WRITES that she’ll be streaming video from the St. Louis Tea Party on her blog this afternoon.
WILL HIGHER OIL PRICES DRIVE PEOPLE INTO CITIES, or move businesses out to ex-urbs?
CHEER UP! Phil Bowermaster reminds us that things are getting better all the time.
IN THE MAIL: From Michael Ledeen, Obama’s Betrayal of Israel.
PJTV: Stephen Green’s The Week In Blogs is up.