Byron York has a great review of Saturday’s Tea Party protests in DC (though I think he low balled the crowd size by a lot). It dove tails nicely with my experience at the protest. All normal family and small business people. Lots of senior citizens outraged and ready to take action. Respectful, but determined […]

I have noticed that the old media (every outlet shocked by the combined wisdom that comes crashing out of the electronic media and electronic public square) has been screwing up and self destructing for years. As one of those strange creatures who brought home the Mosaic Browser to play with (first browser, only site on […]

At one time I had a lot of sympathy for young Kanye West, with his struggle with fame and loss of his mothert. But his self absorption has definitely reached the point where he is THE GUY everyone wishes and hopes won’t show up to the par-tay: Moments after Swift won the MTV VMA for […]

Folks, we established a Facebook Page for Strata-Sphere but need some help from folks with Facebook accounts to confirm I am who I say I am (silly, isn’t it). So whoever wants to confirm me as AJStrata please drop by the Facebook site and give us a hand – Thanks! Update: Thank you everyone! We have […]

My previous posts on the 9/12/09 Tea Party are here and here, but I wanted to note some early indications I see that the Tea Party protests have seriously changed the dynamics in DC. [Note, this is not a post about Glenn Beck’s cynical “912” attempt to take credit/control of the rising backlash against Obama […]

Updates Below I have been doing some research analyzing photos and crowd data to try and ascertain the crowd size of the 9/12/09 Tea Party protests (which I blogged on here). It seems the best, most recent reference point is President Obama’s inauguration, which was estimated at 1.8-2.0 million people. If you look at the […]

(Note: All images can be viewed full sized by clicking image) Update: I should have explained my rationale for assessing the Obama inauguration to the 9/12/09 Tea Party. The Inauguration took up more square footage on the mall, but the demonstration was not packed into seats but crammed in and hanging on top of everything […]

The state of California, ever since it drifted far left in the 1980’s, is a disaster. School’s suck, cost of government is out of sight, cost of living (housing) is out of sight, taxes are out of sight, immigration is out of sight and deficits are out of sight. A completely dysfunctional legislature (somehow immune […]

Since AJStrata is stuck in meetings today I thought I would at least post something short to commemorate the 8th Anniversary of one of the worst events in our history. Eight years ago we were brought together over this tragedy, but we have lost that sense of unity against our enemies. Never forget the people […]

Updated Below The blatant arrogance of a young and inexperienced President trying to spin his failures is always something to behold. It usually is a combination of denial and panic, leading to completely obvious flights of fantasy. This White House has taken this denial to an all new level. In the case of the now […]