From the Office of Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi to President Barack Hussein Obama according to Michael Ledeen’s Faster Please blog. Again caution, not yet confirmed.
From the Office of Mr. Mir Hossein Mousavi
To the President of the USA, Mr. Barack Hussein Obama:
Dear Mr. President,
In the name of the Iranian people, we want you to know that when you recently made the statement “Achmadinejad or Mousavi? Two of a kind,” we consider this as a grave and deep insult, not just to Mr. Mousavi but especially against the judgment …
The following letter from an Iranian student was received by The Jerusalem Post via a professor at a leading American university with close ties to Iran:
Pray for protesters and for the country. Your support means a lot, as people happily tell each other how Iranians abroad are gathering around embassies to support them. Internet sites are filtered here, so please inform people inside of events and rallies by e-mail if you hear of any. I testify with confidence that this is the most authentic, grassroots and beautiful movement from …
Safe havens from the Iranian Regime for the freedom-seeking injured. Via Eldercato’s Blog. Check back for updates.
The following are embassies that are accepting Iranian injured. A link to Maps is at the bottom of page!
-Australian Embassy : No. 13, 23rd Street, Khalid Islambuli Ave – Telephone+98 21 8872 4456
-Belgian Embassy No.3,Babak Alley, Shabdiz St.,Elahieh – 155-157 Shahid Fayyazi Avenue (Fereshteh)
16778 Teheran
-British Embassy 198, Ferdowsi Avenue Tehran 11316-91144
-Dutch Embassy – Sonbol Street # 7 Farmanieh Tehran, 1953623253
-Finnish Embassy- Qeytariyeh in Haddadian 2, Mirzapour St. (prev. Soheil …
Excerpts from Revolutionary Road, 25-year old blogger in Iran. Information should be taken provisionally until confirmed.
3:50pm
CRUCIAL Demonstration on today 16:00 in Tehran and all around the world. IT IS STILL ON ,PEOPLE ARE IN ENQELAB sq!
3:55pm
political and students activists: we will resist at the risk of imprisonment, Will go to Enghelab Sq today for sure
3:58pm
horrible news from Enqelab st. its full of special forces…
4:00
Mobiles in the Enghelab area have been cut off
4:05
enghelab sq and the streets are filled with police and plain clothes with batons in hands
4:10
Protest starts NOW
4:15
“large …
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Iranian Blogger: I May Get Killed Tomorrow
I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go to the salon before I go tomorrow! There …
Senator “Chuck” Schumer (D. N.Y.) will chair a hearing on Comprehensive Immigration Reform later today, called “Can We Do It and How?” If past is prologue, with Mr. Schumer crafting immigration reform expect amnesty and a policy that may ultimately hurt America.
Why? Because Senator Schumer’s early leadership role to fix America’s immigration system arguably contributed to the broken system that afflicts America today.
Recall it was in 1986 when President Ronald Reagan signed the far-reaching and ineffective Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Schumer, the then little known …
War is ugly and brutal. The brave men and women of the military fight, and yes, kill terrorists bent on America’s and western civilization’s destruction. These terrorists are the same “extremists” who celebrate death, use women and children as human shields; and who would gleefully slaughter—kill, all Americans, and any westerner whenever possible
Tragically, regrettably, in the fog of war collateral damage occurs and innocent people get caught in the crossfire, but when the bombs have fallen and the troops have secured the area, why is it that no one …
“The Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 evolved from the bitter experience of the Depression, when American banking was in shambles. Left free to speculate in the 1920’s, banks naturally looked where profits seemed highest, and were inevitably drawn into risky propositions. When a few banks failed, depositors nationwide panicked. Runs on banks pushed this country over the brink of financial disaster.”
Is Weill using his Citigroup perks to rehabilitate his image from economy crasher to statesmanlike philanthropist to benefit his Weill Family foundation? Even more troubling—is there a conflict of interest?
