On this day in 1983, the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is almost completely destroyed by a car-bomb explosion that kills 63 people, including the suicide bomber and 17 Americans. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon. In 1975, a bloody civil war had erupted in Lebanon, […]
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French Scientists Rule Out Arafat Poisoning (VIDEO)
French scientists have confirmed high levels of polonium in Yasser Arafat’s body, but have dismissed the theory that the Palestinian leader was poisoned. The French judiciary does not want the findings from the secret French dossier to be published, but Al Jazeera has obtained access to its conclusions, which contradict those made by a Swiss […]
John Fugelsang's Advice On Dealing With Conservative Relatives On Thanksgiving (Video)
Wednesday on the ED Show, comedian and liberal activist John Fugelsang gives a few pointers on have to deal with your ‘Obamacare hating’ uncle, your ‘NRA’ uncle, your ‘gay for Reagan’ uncle and your uncle who uses Benghazi as a verb at the dinner table this Thanksgiving. Here’s an example. When discussing the history of […]
Diplomacy Again, Peace Talks To Start With Syria
Coming on the heels of the deal with Iran announced last weekend, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday that peace talks between the Syrian Government and the Syrian rebels have been scheduled to begin in Geneva, Switzerland on January 22, 2014. The goal of the talks is to bring the Civil War that has been raging in […]
ObamaCare Website Glitches May Lead To World Peace
After three decades of nuclear standoffs with the west, Iran has joined with the Obama administration in an effort to distract from the Affordable Care Webpage glitches. At least that’s what you might be thinking if you read tweets from Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Cornyn tweeted: Amazing what WH will do to distract attention from […]