Protests as Clinton Holds Meetings in Egypt, Some Even Hurling Shoes and Insults at the Former First Lady, Who’s Now Secretary of State

Not everyone in Egypt was happy about the visit from U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.  While Clinton’s Motorcade was departing from the newly reopened U.S. Consulate in Alexandria, protesters threw tomatoes and shoes on Sunday and shouted, “Monica, Monica, Monica” , in reference to a Washington scandal during her husbands first term as President of […]

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Afghan Woman’s Public Execution Sparks Outrage

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ordered the arrest Monday of any and all participants in the public execution of a woman accused of adultery, the executioners are Afghan President Hamid Karzai, ordered the arrest of all participants and onlookers seen in the video. thought to be Taliban. The arrest was ordered after after the government became aware of  an amateur video that […]

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Human Rights Watch Report Describes the Brutal Torture Seen in Syria

Human Rights Watch has released a report on Syria’s state policy of torture, which includes testimony from former prisoners and security officers, while also revealing that among the victims are women, senior citizens and children. However, Syria’s government routinely denies all allegations of any such abuse.   “Basat al reeh.” “Dulab.” “Falaqa.” They are Arabic names for torture […]

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Live Maggot Found Eating Teen’s Eye

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player         After complaining of pain and seeing something in his eye, one Arkansas teenager shocked doctors and got national attention when a maggot was found feeding on his eyeball. Five years ago, Kenneth Watson was walking to the bus stop when he lost vision in one eye.   “I just […]

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To Men Have the Capacity to Be as Sexually Fluid as Women Are Perceived as Being?

    There is a new critically-acclaimed off-Broadway play, (the title too controversial for print) in which a gay man finds himself falling for a woman, thus causing him and his partner to question his orientatios.  Can a gay man who is sexually attracted to women still be gay? And what about straight men who get turned […]

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Al Sharpton Receives The BET 2012 Humanitarian Award

     During Sunday Nights Award Show BET handed out The Well-deserved Humanitarian Award to the Reverend Al Sharpton.   He was celebrated, in part, for his voter education efforts, his tireless pursuit of civil rights, and being of general service to the African American community, and beyond for many decades! Ordained in the Pentecostal church, Al […]

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Yitzhak Shamir, Former Israeli Prime Minister, Passed Away on Saturday at Age 96

    Yitzhak Shamir, who served two terms as Israeli prime minster 1983 to 1984, and from 1986 to 1992, died Saturday, the prime minister’s office said.   Born in Poland, Shamir moved to Palestine and fought for Israeli independence. He joined the Likud movement, serving as a member of Israel’s parliament, and also worked […]

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AMERICAN Student Says an Apple Store Employee Refused to Sell Her an iPad. Why? Because She Can Speak Farsi.

    An Apple Store employee refused to sell an iPad to an Iranian-American girl. He stated that apple had a strict policy against selling merchandise to Iran, due to current international relations between Iran and the US. The Georgia college student and her dad were shocked and returned the next day to explain that […]

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Man Wearing “Grandpa’s To Do List” T-Shirt Is Arrested for Sexual Assault

                59-year-old Richard Whitehead is facing two felony counts of second degree sexual assault. Whitehead, who reportedly confessed to police that he inappropriately touched two girls, ages 6 & 10, has been in the Faulkner County Jail since Thursday night.        The  59-year-old grandfather from Conway, Ark. […]

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Mitt Romney’s Fund-raising Flurry Post Supreme Court Ruling Was Announced

        After Thursday’s supreme court ruling, stating that President Obama’s healthcare law did not, in-fact violate the Constitution, Mitt Romney’s campaign receives a flood of donations. However, both presidential campaigns are citing fund-raising spikes following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care reform laws. Obama’s campaign called the other side’s […]

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