Tweet Digest for 2008-09-03

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Steve Mullis

@NewsHour Blame it on Bob Collins. Apparently you or TDS didn’t want them. Mmmm, they were delicious. in reply to NewsHour #
Knowing that the ‘Daily Show’ crew and Brian Williams are in town really make me want to go celeb hunting. #
@NewsHour Thanks for the sandwiches! in reply to NewsHour #
Today’s kind of quiet in St. Paul. Anti-torture protest turnout:5 people; 9/11 Truth protest turnout: maybe 25 people #
@N614EF Chuck Olsen of the Uptake is hanging around our building. You should go and talk to him for NewsCut. in reply to N614EF #

Tweet Digest for 2008-09-02

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Steve Mullis

Made it out of the building and squeezed my car past the wall of police cars to make it home. A ton of cops out at every exit 94/35 #
Cops are fanning out from Xcel Center to chase down groups of protesters…while the GWB is about to speak. #
Multiple streets blocked in downtown St. Paul. #
police just moved dump trucks in to block roads #
Cops all over the street. I’m not leaving work for a while. #
Police getting ready to unleash some fury outside the Xcel. #
Check out some of yesterday’s happenings in 360 degrees: http://tinyurl.com/5lb6b8 #
Great audio from yesterday’s altercation on Shepard Rd. captured by Michael Caputo: http://tinyurl.com/6e3tvb #
I think I just pulled a muscle opening a jar of salsa. Apparently Enrico’s vacuum seals their jars in space. #
If Bush speaks at #rnc08 tonight, I imagine protests and demonstrations will get be even more wild: http://tinyurl.com/5lb3ly #
Just had a chance to watch the horrible phone video I was sending up on Flickr. Yikes, why didn’t someone stop me? #

Tweet Digest for 2008-09-01

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Steve Mullis

Tons of great photos from today’s activities at MPR.org: http://tinyurl.com/5ljzgf #
Arrests near 100 in St. Paul: http://tinyurl.com/6yv6g2 #
Some photos up. More when I have more time tonight: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smullis/ #
I’m done. I’m cashing in my chips and heading in to work. I’ll have to read about what happens back at the Capitol. #
http://twitpic.com/9×10 – #
Correction: march still extends up 7th near Xcel. Just getting less concentrated #
Tail end of march going down Minnesota. Looks like things are proceeding peacefully. Have yet to see contact between cops and protest group. #
http://twitpic.com/9wyi – Cedar & 7th #
Just saw a Hummersine headed up Minnesota. Delegates? #
March has made its turn at the Xcel. Front is moving back up 7th. #
Just heard a bang and saw smoke. Journalists scrambling toward disturbance. #
March is breaking from assigned route, continuing up cedar #
Full march leaving Capitol now. #
Contingent of police getting in unmarked cars on cedar & 11th #
Looks like actual, full battle march from Capitol is about to begin #
Huge line of buses stopped on cedar #
Some cops on top of cars in full battle stances. #
Group headed away from Xcel. Stopped at 7th & cedar #
March just turned into dance party against the war. #
They’re looping the same RATM track. Come on folks, expand your catalog. #
http://twitpic.com/9wm4 – This is the smaller march. #
Police just ordered ‘masks down!’ on cedar and 7th #
Group turning right on 7th, heading toward Xcel #
Sds heading up Minnesota #
http://twitpic.com/9wjg – #
Group marching down 12th st #
Gee they’re playing RATM. How original. #
Groups breaking off on their own, starting march early. #
Haven’t seen a lot of police. They may be on the fringes just in case things get wild. #
http://twitpic.com/9wdy – Could be getting close to the estimate #
A lot of feedback and spikes in sound from the stage. Are there no liberal sound engineers? #
For groups that are anti-capitalist, they sure are selling a lot of merchandise. #
Seems to me like this is a pretty unorganized organized march. Bad sound, too many simultaneous fringe speakers. BUT, they’ve got toilets! #
http://twitpic.com/9w73 – Wedding day #
http://twitpic.com/9w45 – An anarchist privacy circle. Seems kind of counter intuitive. #
http://twitpic.com/9w3f – Ninjas against war? #
http://twitpic.com/9w27 – Crowd is getting larger though nowhere near 50K #
Definitely have some camera envy with all of the heavy hitters and me with my lowly XT. #
Oddly, the music playing right now is the very happy, non-protesty ‘Celebration’ #
There a ton of drinks and refreshments for sale. Wonder whose pocket it is going in to? #
Heading out to the Capitol. Just spotted cops checking alleys and dumpsters for contraband. #
Home. Bed. Tomorrow is going to be a very nutty and active day. Eat your Wheaties journos, you’re going to need it. #

Tweet Digest for 2008-08-31

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Steve Mullis

Babington strikes again at Obama: http://tinyurl.com/5dlgmh #
You know, I almost feel bad for the Republicans. And now, if they lose the election, they have an excuse. Gustav is their hanging chad. #
Protesters say they are more energized than before: http://tinyurl.com/654g5q #
@jongordon Courtesy of Bill Alkofer. in reply to jongordon #
@couch Oberon is delicious! in reply to couch #
Warning people the police are coming is not journalism, it’s advocacy: http://tinyurl.com/672bdn #
Protesters in front of MPR building. The irony of the ticker is hilarious. http://tinyurl.com/6ruaab #
I respect Amy Goodman, but her jumping the fence, making her the center of attention, is a little over the top. http://tinyurl.com/5pq6vy #
Reading: MPR: McCain orders convention changes because of Gustav http://is.gd/25I6 #
@juliaschrenkler Indeed. I’m going to try and Twitter in photos during the “festivities” tomorrow. in reply to juliaschrenkler #
http://twitpic.com/9ryh – Testing Twitpic again for tomorrow’s RNC march. #
Thinking that Bush not going to #RNC08 probably works in McCain’s favor: http://tinyurl.com/5wbl2n #
Reading all of the different angles of the RNC raid stories. http://tinyurl.com/5n6cgx, http://tinyurl.com/5lqnkv, http://theuptake.org/ #

Tweet Digest for 2008-08-30

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Steve Mullis

Kind of bummed I missed the #rnc08 media party, there’s a stack of invites in the office but I had to work. Oh well, duty calls. #
According to @NewsHour, Jon Stewart was just seen down by the Irish pub near the Xcel. #
@sandentotten They could have been using GTA4 for riot training. in reply to sandentotten #
@sandentotten According to warrant it says “…iPods, X-Box gaming systems, cellular phones, PDAs…” in reply to sandentotten #
Police found bombs, caltrops, buckets of urine, etc. Crazy! http://minnesota.publicradio.org/ #
The craziness is already happening. Check out photos of contraband seized by St. Paul police: http://tinyurl.com/6jklee #
I can’t believe people wait in such long lines for fried cheese. #
Doing my duty and visiting the MN State Fair. #

Tweet Digest for 2008-08-29

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Steve Mullis

First RNC road closures hit SP today. Can still get home in 5 minutes, sweeet! #
@intheloop Nice ‘Week in Geek’ bit in reply to intheloop #
Starting today and through Thursday we have security guards posted at our doors. Welcome to the RNC. #
@jayrosen_nyu Listening. in reply to jayrosen_nyu #
Palin? McCain just sealed his fate. #
Firefox plug-in of the day, YouTube Comment Snob: http://tinyurl.com/5pd9yb #
Wow, David Duchovny really is Hank Moody: http://tinyurl.com/5vxbuy #