I had to use Duck Duck Go to find out what ALEC is. It's an organization for conservative state legislators. Based on that, the SD MSM's estimate of 1000 demonstrators, and nadin's estimate of 3000 demonstrators, there were probably 300-500 actual demonstrators.
I'm guessing her "a local RW blog" is some one who also writes for Breitbart, PJMedia, American Thinker, or some similar major conservative online news/opinion site.
"... a few party flavors that we took just in case the cops went to town," since an iPhone weighs less than a pound and a digital camera with extra memory cards less than 5 pounds, I wonder what Mrs. Malaprop's "party flavors" might have been. Possibly something with a potential to land her and the rest of her "We" in jail if used?
BTW, my guess is that unless she lifts weights, her "60 pound pack" is probably more like 20 or 25 pounds. I doubt she could lift and carry 1/3-1/4 her body weight,
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