Hat tip to MB, NewsReal Blog’s Fairy Blog-Mother.
We all know FrontPage Magazine. One of the brains running it is Jamie Glazov, a good friend to many of us here at NewsReal. Readers of these sites are committed to supporting freedom and look in awe upon the heroes who have fought Communism, radical Islam, and other ideologies of tyranny and hate and paid the price to protect the world from their evils.
Click here to read about Jamie’s father, Dr. Yuri Glazov, a Soviet dissident. In the age of the Internet, the average time spent on an article measures in seconds. This is not one of those articles. Read it, you’ll be inspired. And if you appreciate what Dr. Glazov did with his life, please consider supporting the Yuri Glazov Memorial Award. It is in danger of being shut down and it is our responsibility as individuals living in freedom to stop that from happening. Click here to preserve the memory of Glazov and help support the education of students that can follow in his footsteps.
The great blog kingpin extraordinaire John Hawkins (Right Wing News, Linkiest, Self Help Quotes, and Viral Footage,) has paid NewsReal Blog a generous compliment.
From John’s list of Top 40 Conservative blogs:
20) The Nose on Your Face
19) Legal Insurrection
18) The Jawa Report
17) Atlas Shrugs
16) Althouse
15) Megan McArdle
14) Weasel Zippers
13) Newsreal
12) Say Anything
Thirteenth! Goodness. Such a vote of confidence is pretty overwhelming coming from someone I respect as much as John. I don’t really feel like we deserve such a high spot on the list but I’m not about to question his taste and judgment.
Let me repay the blog-love by saying what I think of John — where he ranks on my list. read more…
They have more in common than just the family resemblance.
My always-supportive friend and mentor Dr. Jamie Glazov has a must-read article today at FrontPage.
Usually when I introduce one of Jamie’s articles it’s time to brace yourself for a horrific expose of Islamofascism or misogyny. Today’s a bit different, though. Jamie has finally written the kind of piece I’ve been bugging him to do for months: the story of his family. Here’s the beginning of it:
One day, when I was nine years old, my father and I were on our way to Church. As we neared the entrance, I spat on the ground. Reflexively, my dad’s arm shot out across my chest like a railway barrier, blocking my motion forward. We stood there, frozen in time, for some three seconds until my father uttered, in a very serious but patient way: “It is ok to spit outside of KGB headquarters, but never in front of a place such as this.” I registered the message and indicated my understanding — and we proceeded on our way. read more…
Remember when we used to be a nation of laws? It doesn’t seem like that very long ago, but with each passing day, that seems to be a hindrance to Washington rather than a guiding light. The current administration of schoolyard bullies has set a new tone for “change” in Washington, and it is one of blatant disregard for our laws and our Constitution. read more…
Daily Beast left-winger Eric Alterman has taken a look at Vice President Joe Biden’s latest Mideast trip to address the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Three guesses who he blames for continuing violence in the region.
If you guessed Israel, pat yourself in the back:
The following day, before Biden arrived, the Israeli government announced approval for 112 new homes in Beitar Illit, an ultra-Orthodox settlement near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, despite having agreed in November to curb settlement growth in partial fulfillment of Israel’s obligations under the Bush administration road map. But that was just a warm-up, apparently, for the announcement later in the day by the Jerusalem District Planning Committee that it had authorized the construction of 1,600 units in Ramat Shlomo, an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood north of downtown Jerusalem.
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The New Mark Twain?
Newly minted Senator Scott Brown has been offered a book deal, and MSNBC’s Chris Matthews thinks he should just say no:
MATTHEWS: Time for the “Sideshow.”We learned today that Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, who has been a senator for just 35 days, has a book deal.
According to “The Wall Street Journal,” Brown is expected to write about his upbringing, his early career, and how he beat Martha Coakley to win his Senate seat. Maybe he can call it, “It‘s Not About the Truck.”
Just a thought, but didn‘t people used to write their memoirs after their careers? This guy has been in office, what, a month?
Just a thought, Chris, but didn’t you rave about Barack Obama’s Dreams from my Father, which he wrote in 1995 as he was BEGINNING his run for STATE Senate?
And since Obama, who was elected in 2006 to the U.S. Senate had his book The Audacity of Hope published in 2008, that means he had to have started writing it about the time he had been a senator for about… hmmm, let me see…. 35 days? read more…
It is almost midnight, but I can’t sleep. I am haunted by their faces, by the thought that, thirty-two years ago, at this very hour, both Gail and Dalal were still alive.
Gail was packing her cameras, checking that she had enough film and the right lenses. She would get up early so the beach would be empty. Too many people, and she wouldn’t get close enough to the birds. read more…
Frank Gaffney Needs Our Support In an Important Task: Getting the Right Back on Track in the Battle with Islamofascism
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we have a problem. Let’s review the evidence:
Exhibit A: Conservative icon Sarah Palin endorses Rand Paul for one of Kentucky’s Senate seats. The son of notorious non-interventionist Congressman Ron Paul is on record as describing his foreign policy views as “very, very similar” to his father’s.
Exhibit B: Ron Paul wins the Straw poll at CPAC. (More a symbolic victory than a substantive one given that he netted the votes of less than 10% of CPAC attendees but never the less the victory becomes a tool for his cult of unhinged, online evangelists.)
Exhibit C: CPAC fails to feature a single official panel addressing the threat of Islamofascism. The tenacious Pamela Geller is forced to hold her own panel independently.
Exhibit D: The most important conservative talk show host, Glenn Beck, calls anti-Jihad politician Geert Wilders a “fascist” on his Fox News show. In the next hour, Special Report with Bret Baier labels the Dutch freedom-advocate “far Right,” and not a single pro-Wilders voice can be found in a panel of conservative commentators.
What can be drawn from this? The Conservative Movement is in danger of abdicating its primary responsibility as the defender of America. It’s drifting toward a foreign policy that is indistinguishable from the Left — and thus a death sentence for our nation.
Thankfully one of the Right’s most important advocates of a strong national defense and a serious engagement with Islamofascism is not going to let this happen. read more…
You Can Put Lipstick (and Clairol Golden Blonde #71) on a Jihadist, but She’s Still a Jihadist
Colleen LaRose was a high school dropout who was 16 when she married a man twice her age. She was “the weird, weird, weird lady who lived across the hall” and talked to her cats. She attempted suicide five years ago, allegedly wrote bad checks, drove drunk, and was divorced twice.
Surely one of those things must explain why an American woman who lived a quiet life in a small Pennsylvania town would plot a violent act of jihad against a Swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet Mohammed with a dog’s body.
It couldn’t possibly be the “religion of peace.” read more…
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