JUSTIN BINIK-THOMAS sends this picture from the Madeira, Ohio Tea Party, currently in progress. He says there are “hundreds” present.

FROM PHIL VALENTINE, a campaign to give the Senate some balls.

STUFF TO KNOW before jumping from XP to Windows 7.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, I don’t think the Instapundit feed on Twitter is any sort of a scam. I think it was just set up by someone trying to help. I just want to upgrade it and need the keys. I figured it would be easier to ask the person who set it up for me first, rather than going through Twitter.

EATING IN FRANCE, DYING INSIDE. My experiences have been better, but I’ve never actually lived there.

HYBRID ANYTHING? Retrofit kit that turns ordinary cars into plug-in hybrids. Sounds too good to be true, but I hope it pans out.

ADVICE ON PHOTOGRAPHING FIREWORKS.

WHY ISN’T AMERICA HIRING? “America isn’t hiring precisely because of government policy. Small business owners, who are usually the first into and the first out of the job pool, are standing by the fence and watching. They are paralyzed by regulatory uncertainty. If they hire someone who ends up doing poorly, will they be able to fire that person? Will they have to pay their health care bills after they’ve been terminated? If so, for how long? Who will pay for all these stimulus checks? If it will turn out to be small business, why would they hire instead of keeping costs low to prepare for the big tax bill? Where will the market move? Are you in the right business or are your clients in a politically disfavored industry? . . . Jobs aren’t languishing despite the government’s best efforts. They’re languishing because of them.” Read the whole thing.

Employment numbers certainly aren’t living up to Obama’s “stimulus” promises.

JIM GERAGHTY: “This Fourth of July, a lot of grassroots activists will be holding their second round of tea parties – 612 at last count. If you attend one this weekend, go, enjoy yourself, get fired up, take reassurance and confidence that you’re not alone. But, if I may make a recommendation, try to walk away with something of a plan. . . . Hopefully, Tea Partiers this weekend will come away with plans to attend city council meetings, Congress member’s meet-and-greets, their town-hall meetings with constituents. Don’t be rude, but be firm.” Good advice.

NEW RESEARCH ON telomerase, stem cells, and cancer.

ONLY 25 BUCKS for a hand-cranked emergency radio/flashlight/cellphone charger.

UPDATE: Not anymore — “dynamic pricing” strikes!

ASK DR. HELEN: The Insta-Wife on depression, the Internet, and the benefits of a “caveman” approach to life. She talks with Dr. Stephen Ilardi, author of The Depression Cure: The 6-step Program to Beat Depression Without Drugs.

FORGET GREEN SHOOTS: They’re just weeds.

REPUBLICANS blame Obama for job losses. Well, it’s not what he promised when the stimulus was up for a vote, is it?

WHEW! 1.2 Billion People To Be Cleared of Potential Sodomy Charges.

MICHAEL TOTTEN interviews Robert Kaplan.

WAPO RESPONDS to access-selling story. Flier was not “properly vetted.”

UPDATE: White House denies involvement.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Kurtz weighs in. “Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth today canceled plans for a series of policy dinners at her home after learning that marketing fliers offered lobbyists access to Obama administration officials, members of Congress and Post journalists in exchange for payments as high as $250,000.” (Bumped).

OBAMA, STIMULUS, AND UNEMPLOYMENT: What was promised, vs. what has happened. Just keep this disparity in mind when you read their health-care projections . . . .

HOPING FOR CHANGE: Honduran Democracy Protesters Bash Obama and CNN. “Thousands of Hondurans protested in support of democracy, the military and the Micheletti government this week in Honduras. The US media has been ignoring these protests.”

BORED OF THE SAME OLD HORMONES FOR INCREASING MUSCLE MASS? You’re in luck! “Mechano Growth Factor (MGF) could become the next rage for athletic dopers.” On the other hand, the actual research shows that it’s promising for treating age-related muscle loss, which is very important.

PROFESSOR BAINBRIDGE ON Wal-Mart and Health Care.

MOSTLY JUST A MARKETING GIMMICK: Some airlines adding airbags to first-class seats.

THE TOP TEN manly movie deaths. (Via Tigerhawk).

WOULD WHOEVER SET UP THE INSTAPUNDIT TWITTER FEED drop me a note? (No, I didn’t do it, it just appeared.)

FIVE CLIMATE STUDIES that don’t live up to their hype.