THE MEDIA REVOLVING DOOR: “At least 16 reporters and newsroom staffers at The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., most of whom left the paper in the past year’s massive buyout, are now working for public officials or state agencies the paper covers. In several cases, writers who covered a specific beat are now working for individuals or agencies upon which they once reported.” If this were any other industry, the press would be calling this corrupt . . . .

WHERE THE FORECLOSURES ARE: If you go to this map and click the “foreclosures” tab it looks a lot like a map of the states Obama carried.

WALL STREET WEEKLY: Stock Market Gives Obama’s First Month An ‘F’.

HMM: Iseman to POLITICO: The Times lied.

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Anti-Stimulus Protests Sprout Up.

And here’s a how-to guide.

EMINENT DOMAIN STORIES: Jeff Benedict’s Little Pink House tells the story of Kelo v. City of New London. Ilya Somin likes it.

OVERLAND PARK TAXPAYERS’ PROTEST: UMKC student Amy Ruth Schley sends this report:

Glenn, I imagine that you will get some better quality pictures than these, but I wanted to share mine.

First, it was cold, though not anything special around here. Hence, the whole family came out to play!

The mom was channeling Monty Python while the little girl’s sign read “Freedom of Speech for Conservatives too!”

Some families had thematic signs. Others went past repeating movie lines to modifying them.

Most took on the idea of the pork laden bill with humor. (No Moore Pork.jpg and Shovel Ready.jpg) The other side of the pig on a stick read “Save the Pigs!”

And then there were those who kept it simple. (Yes Nyet.jpg)

Alas, I foolishly forgot to get a picture of the lady with the hand crafted wooden pitchfork.

Oh, well. Here’s one of Amy’s pics.

UPDATE: David Vickers emails: “There were probably about 400 people that turned out in 25 degree weather this morning to protest the Stimulus Bill at Congressman Dennis Moore’s office. It was excellent. Even a U.S. Mail Truck drove by, honked, and waved in support. If you need pics, I can send.” I’ve asked for some, stay tuned. And wow, that’s a lot more than I’d expected to turn out.

But reader Mike Wilson reports the same: ‘It was cold and windy, but not bitter. I’d guess 400 people showed up, and we were warmed by all the support we got from passing traffic. I’d call it a huge success!”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Don Rieschick writes: “As a KC area resident, I’ve been watching the Kansas City Star’s (our MSM) website this morning for coverage of this protest. So far nothing which is not surprising. They are covering a press conference Claire McCaskill held yesterday touting the stimulus though. Just thought you would like to know.” Not the first time they’ve been scooped by the blogosphere, and won’t be the last.

And here’s a Picasa web album with pictures taken by reader Samuel Mullen as he drove by.

More on Memeorandum.

COMPARING FAMOUS AND NONFAMOUS: TotallyLooksLike.com tells you who they totally look like. (Via the comments here.)

IN THE MAIL: From David Weber, Storm From The Shadows, the latest in his Honor Harrington series.

ANOTHER INSTA-POLL, suggested by reader Darin S. Morley:

NEW YORK TIMES: Obama Widens Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan.

Question: “Wouldn’t it have saved a lot of time if Obama had just asked W to be his War-on-Terror czar?” Meet the new boss, yada yada.

UPDATE: Obama Administration Still Defends State Secrets.

Plus this: “In the past, objecting to a Gitmo-Gulag comparison was evidence of a ‘withered moral sensibility,’ but I suspect we’re allowed to reject such false equivalencies now.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Heh: “Looks like we can schedule the Obama war crimes trial to run concurrently with Bush’s.”

Well, Fritz Hollings is already on board. . . .

Related thoughts at Dissenting Justice:

If progressives now believe that they overreached in condemning Bush, they should make this clear. If progressives simply wanted to drum Republicans out of power, they have made a mockery of the very values they claim to embrace.

Read the whole thing.

CBS NEWS INTERVIEWS Rebel Economist Michelle Muccio.

CHRIS DODD UPDATE: Dodd’s Senate Seat Up For Grabs?

Connecticut’s senior senator, Chris Dodd (D), is seen as being politically vulnerable right now and it looks like the Republicans are lining up for the opportunity to give him a run. . . .

Healy notes that Dodd’s approval ratings are at an all-time low.

“They don’t believe his explanation when he tried to explain how he got two sweetheart mortgage deals with Countrywide,” Healy said.

And just yesterday Dodd had to announce he was giving $27,500 to charity because that’s the amount accused financial scammer Allen Stanford and his employees gave to Dodd’s campaigns.

Read the whole thing.

UPDATE: Reader Andrew Morriss writes: “Why is it OK for Dodd to give the money he got from Stanford to charity? Politicians regularly do this when it is revealed they got dirty money. Shouldn’t that money go back to the people it appears Stanford defrauded? Isn’t this like receiving stolen property? The charitable donation buys Dodd some good will from the recipient, so it is not like he’s not still getting some benefit from the contribution.”

BRIAN DOHERTY: The Post-Heller Fight for Second Amendment Rights in Illinois Proceeds.

OBAMA’S HONEYMOON DOWNGRADED TO “smashing plates.”

HOPE AND CHANGE! Activists ‘shocked’ at Clinton stance on China rights.

THE “AMERICAN TEA PARTY” MOVEMENT SEEMS TO BE GROWING, with plans for taxpayer protests in Dallas, Chicago, Fayetteville, NC, San Diego, Omaha, and elsewhere. (Plus Atlanta).

UPDATE: By the way, if you’re braving what looks to be bitter cold in Overland Park, Kansas today, please send me some pics of whoever else turned out!

SAYUNCLE: “On a personal note: I’d like to graciously thank the Commercial Appeal. Their disregard for privacy will contribute to these firearms bills being fast tracked. So, thank you.”

REALCLEARMARKETS: The Market Is Shorting Obama’s ‘Stimulus’.

The election marked a turning point. Investors looked forward to the economic policies crafted by Democrats in Congress and the White House. More pointedly, they wanted decisive, well-crafted action on the banking crisis. Hence the Dow soared 6.5% Nov. 21 on news that Timothy Geithner, the highly-respected head of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, was Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary.

Yet, from Nov. 4, 2008 through Feb. 12, 2009, the DJI overall fell 18% — a larger drop than during the Sept-Oct plunge. In January, when the Obama plan, promising far greater deficits than the two much smaller “emergency stimulus” plans signed by Pres. George W. Bush in 2008, was unveiled, the market tanked – the worst January performance in 113 years.

My portfolio shows it.

WHATEVER HAPPENED to President Hope?

CLIVE CROOK likes Obama’s housing plan.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON on the Battered American.

BILL QUICK WONDERS what George Soros is shorting.

ORGANIZING AN Atlanta Taxpayers’ Protest. Check in if you’re interested in helping. Email’s on the upper right, or respond in the comments.

UPDATE: Advice on how to organize your own tea party protest.

SPEAKING TRUTH TO SELF-IMPORTANCE: More on Vaclav Klaus’s speech to the EU Parliament.