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Iran Nuclear Watch: Reza Pahlavi, Son of the late Shah of Iran Plans Overthrow of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Human Events: Shah of Iran’s Heir Plans Overthrow of Regime
Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, told the editors of HUMAN EVENTS last week that in the next two to three months he hopes to finalize the organization of a movement aimed at overthrowing the Islamic regime in Tehran and replacing it with a democratic government.
He believes the cause is urgent because of the prospect that Iran may soon develop a nuclear weapon or the U.S. may use military force to preempt that. He hopes to offer a way out of this dilemma: a revolution sparked by massive civil disobedience in which the masses in the streets are backed by elements of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Pahlavi, who lives in exile in the United States, said he has been in contact with elements of the Revolutionary Guard that would be willing to play such a role, and activists who could help spark the civil disobedience.
He also said that the U.S. and other governments can help by imposing “smart sanctions†on the leaders of Iranian regime, but he categorically opposes U.S. military intervention.
After the revolution he envisions, Pahlavi said, he would be willing to become a constitutional monarch in Iran if an Iranian constitutional convention offered him that role. “I’m ready to serve in that capacity,†he said. “If the people so choose, it would be my greatest honor.â€
The Iranian resistance has about 6 months to affect change.
The POINT OF NO RETURN for Iran’s uranium enrichment program is fast approaching.
Stay tuned…..
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Great American Boycott 2006 Mid-Day Round-Up
Mary Katherine Ham over at Hugh Hewitt’s blog has a good mid-day round-up of boycott activities:
Michelle Malkin has a big round-up on the immigration rallies today.
So does Instapundit, who heard from Roger Simon in California that the size of the crowd is incredible.
Roger describes the protestors:
A lot of the organization from the downtown demonstration came, alas, from ANSWER and their extremist ilk, but that didn’t stop us from being moved by the demonstrators and their earnest desire to be Americans and to find honest work here. Nevertheless, there were some among them who wanted, unfortunately, the whole enchilada, the return of California to Mexico. But when you interview these people (you will see the results later), you find some are more confused than anything else. For the most part, they just want to work and raise families. They are being exploited by leaders singing a very old and tired song.
Kim at Wizbang! comments on the A.N.S.W.E.R. connection:
The protests’ organizers, ANSWER, a communist organization founded by Ramsey Clark, have convinced the illegal and legal immigrants that they are the oppressed “proletariat” exploited by the “bourgeoisie,” which is why they use language (we clean your toilets, we watch your children, we pick your fruit and vegetables) that pits the illegal and legal immigrants against the middle class. This is classic communist propaganda meant to “empower” the masses of the “oppressed” immigrants and to intimidate congress and the American people into giving illegal immigrants full amnesty.
Grrrr, Commies.
John Hawkins applauds Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) for making this request of the ICE:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should pursue the multiple reports in the news media today regarding companies which have been forced to halt operations because large numbers of their employees appear to be in the United States illegally and are participating in the protest rallies.ICE has an obligation to use this public information to enforce immigration laws. We respectfully request that you look into this matter and report back to us on your findings.
Tancredo points out what an actual, full boycott would mean:
Hospital emergency rooms across the southwest would have about 20-percent fewer patients, and there would be 183,000 fewer people in Colorado without health insurance.OBGYN wards in Denver would have 24-percent fewer deliveries and Los Angeles’s maternity-ward deliveries would drop by 40 percent and maternity billings to Medi-Cal would drop by 66 percent.
Youth gangs would see their membership drop by 50 percent in many states, and in Phoenix, child-molestation cases would drop by 34 percent and auto theft by 40 percent.
In Durango, Colorado, and the Four Corners area and the surrounding Indian reservations, the methamphetamine epidemic would slow for one day, as the 90 percent of that drug now being brought in from Mexico was held in Albuquerque and Farmington a few hours longer. According to the sheriff of La Plata County, Colorado, meth is now being brought in by ordinary illegal aliens as well as professional drug dealers.
Darleen points out the Mexican policy on illegal immigrants.
My co-worker Josue thinks this is all going to backfire, big-time:
Mark my words–this is going to backfire on them. America has woken up to the reality of reconquista–a minority but a real threat–and to the problem of illegal immigration. To top it off, to most American citizens, the release of “Nuestro Himon” is an alarming afront on the traditions of the American culture. This is not the way for illegal immigrants to gain a popularity contest as a guest in a foreign country.
Josue also appeared on Tammy Bruce’s show today. She has kind, true words about him.
Michelle Malkin has A DAY TO HATE THE YANQUIS
Welcome to May 1. It’s the day to hate the Yankees. That is: Americans, not the baseball team. Via Mexidata:
In Mexico, what began as a vague appeal for cross-border solidarity on the Internet is snowballing into a movement as well. In various parts of the country, labor unions, regional and local business groups, and ex-bracero associations are supporting a one-day boycott of US products and businesses.”For me, the protest serves a double purpose: I get to support the immigrants and I also get to express my slightly anti-Yankee sentiments,” said Mexico City cafe owner Joaquin Garcia Nava.
As in the United States, the Roman Catholic Church is adding legitimacy, voice and presence to the movement. And the bishops of the Mexican border cities of Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Mexicali, Nogales, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, and Piedras Negras have all endorsed the May 1 action.
Lonewacko keeps track of the who’s who behind the boycott.
My Vent is here.
And we’re maintaining The Multimedia Mother of all May Day Posts over at Hot Air.
Kit Jarrell has a new Guard the Borders blogburst.
Power Line is collecting video reports. Pajamas Media is in LA.
Tom Tancredo imagines What If.
North Carolina got a jump-start with an illegal alien rally yesterday. The Cultural Report has photos and details, and witnessed one zealot urging illegal immigrants to “Break the rules!”
The Open Borders Business List (via AP):
Some big businesses were shutting down operations: Six of 14 Perdue Farms plants will close; Gallo Wines in Sonoma, Calif., was giving its 150 employees the day off; Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s largest meat producer, planned to shut five of its nine beef plants and four of six pork plants.
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11:35am EDT…
Blogger reports from Slapstick Politics in Denver.
11:59am EDT…Bare Knuckle Politics provides nationwide live video feeds.
Stay tuned……
Protestors mass in front of City Hall in Los Angeles, May 1, 2006, as part of what was being billed as ‘A Day Without Immigrants,’ a nationwide protest staged by immigrant rights advocates to protest proposed legislation to reform U.S. immigration law.
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Great American Boycott 2006 – Los Angeles Getting Ready for Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Roundup Fear Spreads
Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN†American Cities – Redux
Illegal Immigration Watch: California State Senate Supports Mexican “NOTHING GRINGO†DAY
Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN†American Cities
Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform Redux
Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform
Hillary Clinton Watch: Clinton – “Wall Would Be Appropriate in Certain Areasâ€
Illegal Immigration Watch: Send a Brick Project
Illegal Immigration Watch: The BACKLASH
Illegal Immigration Watch: La Reconquista
Illegal Immigration Watch: Flush Illegal Alien Amnesty
Illegal Immigration Watch: Democrat Party Recruiting at Illegal Immigration Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Rights Activists on March Again
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Compromise Bill Delayed? NOW Shelved…..
Illegal Immigration Watch: Republicans to Filibuster Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: McCain – “Not Enough Votes for Senate Judiciary Committee Billâ€
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Majority Leader Frist Wants Immigration Bill Vote this Week
Illegal Immigration Watch: FAQ About Illegal Aliens
Illegal Immigration Watch: Los Angeles Latino DJs Spur Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: United States Senate Judiciary Committee Approves an Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: The United States Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up the Debate
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Pajamas Media Update From Los Angeles Protests
Juliette Ochieng, Baldilocks Blog, interviews demonstrators.
Pajamas Media: UPDATE FROM DOWNTOWN LA
Andrew Marcus, Juliette Ochieng and Roger Simon hit the streets of the downtown LA demonstration this morning (with a videographer) and were immediately engulfed by a gigantic crowd. It is impossible to say how many are here from our perspectives, but these are the things we can report – they were joyful, they were non-violent (at least as far as we could see) and they were well-organized. A lot of the organization from the downtown demonstration came, alas, from ANSWER and their extremist ilk, but that didn’t stop us from being moved by the demonstrators and their earnest desire to be Americans and to find honest work here. Nevertheless, there were some among them who wanted, unfortunately, the whole enchilada, the return of California to Mexico. But when you interview these people (you will see the results later), you find some are more confused than anything else. For the most part, they just want to work and raise families. They are being exploited by leaders singing a very old and tired song.
Other PJM stories:
Politicians wriggling over May 1 protests: UPDATE
Flirting with backlash: a sea of Mexican flags in LA
Immigration mishmashPhotos from Los Angeles Protests (Courtesy L.A. Times):
Demonstrators march at Broadway and 2nd Street in Los Angeles.
Thousands of people fill Broadway during an immigration protest and rally in downtown Los Angeles.
Immigrants and their supporters gather at Olympic Blvd. and Broadway Ave. in downtown Los Angeles as part of a protest of US immigration policy.
Street vendor Miguel Torres of Bell Gardens will try to earn a few dollars by selling his wares to protesters, immigrants and their supporters gathering downtown.
Supporters of immigrants prepare for demonstration in downtown Los Angeles.
Stay tuned for more protest coverage……
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Great American Boycott 2006 – Los Angeles Getting Ready for Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Roundup Fear Spreads
Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN†American Cities – Redux
Illegal Immigration Watch: California State Senate Supports Mexican “NOTHING GRINGO†DAY
Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN†American Cities
Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform Redux
Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform
Hillary Clinton Watch: Clinton – “Wall Would Be Appropriate in Certain Areasâ€
Illegal Immigration Watch: Send a Brick Project
Illegal Immigration Watch: The BACKLASH
Illegal Immigration Watch: La Reconquista
Illegal Immigration Watch: Flush Illegal Alien Amnesty
Illegal Immigration Watch: Democrat Party Recruiting at Illegal Immigration Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Rights Activists on March Again
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Compromise Bill Delayed? NOW Shelved…..
Illegal Immigration Watch: Republicans to Filibuster Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: McCain – “Not Enough Votes for Senate Judiciary Committee Billâ€
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Majority Leader Frist Wants Immigration Bill Vote this Week
Illegal Immigration Watch: FAQ About Illegal Aliens
Illegal Immigration Watch: Los Angeles Latino DJs Spur Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: United States Senate Judiciary Committee Approves an Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: The United States Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up the Debate
Illegal Immigration Watch: 500,000 Rally to Protest Immigration Bills
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Pesticides May Affect Penis Size
Sounds like a spam e-mail but wait……
UF zoology professor Louis Guillette has completed a study which found that some contaminants found in pesticides can change the sex of unhatched baby alligators.
London Free Press: Pesticides may affect penis size
A renowned U.S. scientist supports a ban on the chemicals for cosmetic purposes.
A renowned U.S. scientist who has documented fertility and sex changes — including decreasing penis size — due to environmental contamination says he wouldn’t apply pesticides on his own lawn.
Delivering a special series of lectures this week at the University of Western Ontario, Louis Guillette has been drawn into London’s lawn-care debate during question periods and talk-show interviews.
“The use of these compounds just for cosmetic reasons, just because you don’t want to make dandelion wine from your yard or whatever, I think is inappropriate,” Guillette, who is associate dean for research at the University of Florida, said in a lecture yesterday at UWO’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Based on his own scientific investigations, Guillette said there’s enough evidence pesticides put children, wildlife and the ecosystem at risk.
“Just because you can go buy them at the local stores doesn’t meant that is appropriate use,” he said.
Whatever you say doc!
But, now you say pesticides will do what?
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LA Times Watch: School Me! Adventures in Education – A Los Angeles Times Blog
Los Angeles Times: Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Pandering Has Got To GoVia Patterico:
Welcome to the blogosphere for Bob Sipchen and the School Me! Adventures in Education.
Bob (in the Michael Kinsley, John Carroll days) was the Sunday Opinion editor.
Bob Sipchen last year speaking at the Los Angeles Press Club before Hugh Hewitt, Roger Simon, and Pajamas Media start-up folks.
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Great American Boycott 2006 – Los Angeles Getting Ready for Protests
Uly Linares passes out a publication supporting the upcoming pro-immigration boycott during Fiesta Broadway, an annual Hispanic celebration which closes off several blocks of the downtown area, Sunday, April 30, 2006, in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Times: Gearing Up, and Girding for, Protests
As organizers and police made final preparations Sunday for immigration protests and possible boycotts around the nation today, residents and business owners in the path of marches in Los Angeles were bracing with a mix of excitement, anxiety and even some anger.
Los Angeles police expect the largest of the demonstrations to occur this afternoon on Wilshire Boulevard. Authorities are preparing for hundreds of thousands to march down one of L.A.’s most storied streets, following a route between MacArthur Park and the Miracle Mile that’s a microcosm of the city’s ethnic and economic diversity.
Many businesses along Wilshire plan to close for most of the day — some so that workers can join the protests, others in hopes of avoiding potential problems. Parents were figuring out how to pick up their children from school, while some residents — such as Ted Moreta of Hancock Park — were getting out of town altogether.
Roger Simon, Andrew Markus and Baldilocks will be covering the Los Angeles protest for Pajamas Media.
Stay tuned……
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Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Roundup Fear Spreads
Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN†American Cities – Redux
Illegal Immigration Watch: California State Senate Supports Mexican “NOTHING GRINGO†DAY
Illegal Immigration Watch: May 1 Protest to “CLOSE DOWN†American Cities
Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform Redux
Illegal Immigration Watch: President Bush SELLS OUT on Immigration Reform
Hillary Clinton Watch: Clinton – “Wall Would Be Appropriate in Certain Areasâ€
Illegal Immigration Watch: Send a Brick Project
Illegal Immigration Watch: The BACKLASH
Illegal Immigration Watch: La Reconquista
Illegal Immigration Watch: Flush Illegal Alien Amnesty
Illegal Immigration Watch: Democrat Party Recruiting at Illegal Immigration Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: Immigration Rights Activists on March Again
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Compromise Bill Delayed? NOW Shelved…..
Illegal Immigration Watch: Republicans to Filibuster Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: McCain – “Not Enough Votes for Senate Judiciary Committee Billâ€
Illegal Immigration Watch: Senate Majority Leader Frist Wants Immigration Bill Vote this Week
Illegal Immigration Watch: FAQ About Illegal Aliens
Illegal Immigration Watch: Los Angeles Latino DJs Spur Protests
Illegal Immigration Watch: United States Senate Judiciary Committee Approves an Immigration Bill
Illegal Immigration Watch: The United States Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up the Debate
Illegal Immigration Watch: 500,000 Rally to Protest Immigration Bills
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Day By Day by Chris Muir