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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
May 15, 2008
Republican Panic--and Immigration
Ken Dilanian writes in USA Today:
Republicans must regain the confidence of Americans and recast their message to voters to avoid a catastrophe in the fall congressional elections, top GOP officials said Wednesday in a stark postmortem of a loss in rural Mississippi.[Republicans fear public has lost confidence, May 14, 2008]
Meth Lab Found in Immigration Raids on Kosher Meat Plant
JTA, the Jewish Telegraph Agency reports:
Federal authorities charged that a methamphetamine laboratory was operating at the nation's largest kosher slaughterhouse and that employees carried weapons to work.
The charges were among the most explosive details to emerge following the massive raid Monday at Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa.
Postville, Iowa
A reader sent me a long write-up on the illegal immigration scandal at the Lubavitcher slaughterhouse in a small town in Iowa, which I'll post below. This business run by New York ultra-Orthodox Jews first became notorious a number of years ago when a Jewish academic named Stephen Bloom exposed how the newcomers were treating the Iowans. From the review in Amazon.com:
Channon Christian’s Ordeal: Knoxville Horror Torture Testimony
(Warning: The following post contains gruesome details.)
A Georgia Reader Sees Propaganda In The New York Times' Coverage Of Postville Immigration Raids
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05/14/08 - An Iowa Reader Tells Postville's Side Of The Immigration Raids—Since The MSM Won't
The American Dream Love Story: Barack Obama's Mom Was 17 When Barack Sr., A 24-Year-Old Married Man, Knocked Her Up
A popular theme of Barack Obama's campaign, going back to the opening of his 2004 Democratic Convention keynote address, is the love of his parents. Here's the beginning of that famous speech, following a few introductory formalities: