G8

Protests were the big news on opening day of the G8. But in the wake of the London bombings, coverage of the thrill seekers outside the fence at Gleneagles has vanished from the mainstream press.

If you want to see what's become of the crowds you have to visit websites like Indymedia - one of the many toilets along the lefty information sewer. If you'd rather not go there you can visit Michelle Malkin, who brings this report with photos so you don't have to.

You're going to see a rather small, despirited group. It seems even the vast majority of the traveling protest crowds realized just what a pathetic group they are when the real world crashed their party rather forcefully this week.

For further demoralization they can hear post-summit quotes like this one:

A mountain has been climbed only to reveal high peaks north of us. But for this moment, let's stop and look back at just how far we've come. The world around us has changed. What does $50 billion mean to the poorest of the poor, $25 billion of which is going to Africa? As examples, it means the financing is in place to halve deaths from malaria by 2010. Six hundred thousand people will be alive to remember this G8 in Gleneagles who would have lost their lives to a mosquito bite. Three thousand Africans -- mostly children -- die every day from malaria. Every country who delivers a credible plan to put their children in school will have the money to do so.

Bob Geldof adds:

This has been without equivocation the greatest G8 summit there has ever been for Africa. Today gives Africa the opportunity of beginning to end poverty over the next 10 years.

It's been a long walk from Live Aid's $200 million 20 years ago to Live 8's $25 billion today.

Watch the protests fizzle here.