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George H.W. Bush considered Clint Eastwood as running mate

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Monday night reported the revelation that former President George H.W. Bush’s campaign team considered picking actor Clint Eastwood as his running mate in 1988. At the time, Eastwood was a Republican mayor. Instead, Bush chose little-known U.S. Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana. Watch video, courtesy of…

21 submachine guns stolen from LAPD SWAT

Thieves made off with 21 submachine guns and various other weapons from a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT training site last week. The 21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 high-caliber handguns had been modified to fire only simulated rounds, but could be converted back to use live ammunition in about…

Catholic bishop charged in child abuse case

For the first time in the history of the United States, a Catholic bishop is facing criminal charges. A Grand Jury in Jackson County, Missouri has indicted Bishop Robert Finn for failing to report child abuse. The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph was also indicted. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean…

‘Rapture’ preacher makes fourth end-of-the-world forecast

In an recent audio message, Family Radio’s Harold Camping told his followers that the end of the world will “probably” happen on Oct. 21. Camping has wrongly predicted the Rapture on at least three occasions, in 1992, 1994 and on May 21 of this year. “I do believe we are…

Pregnancy center warned reporter of ‘underground fetus market’

A hidden camera investigation of New York City crisis pregnancy centers found they gave out false medical information. One center told the undercover reporter that having an abortion could increase women’s risk of developing breast cancer. Expectant Mother Care warned that doctors tricked women into having abortions and then sold…

WATCH: Baby has a very serious talk with R2D2 toy

With the wide field of Republican candidates still at large and vying for the nomination, we’ve seen more serious Sunday morning show interviews and group debates than we care to recollect. Much preferable, we find, is a serious conversation between a diapered baby named Trent and his bleep-blooping R2D2 robot…

Keith Olbermann calls Florida Republican lawmaker an ‘a$$hole’

Current TV host Keith Olbermann called Florida state Rep. Brad Drake (R) an “asshole” on Wednesday for introducing legislation to replace lethal injection as a execution method with electrocution or a firing squad. Drake said he got the idea for the bill after talking to someone at a Waffle House.…

California lawmaker surprised to find genre of music cannot be outlawed

A California assemblywoman on a quest to end raves was surprised to find that electronic dance music could not be outlawed. Democratic Assemblywoman Fiona Ma tried to ban the music after a 15-year-old girl died at The Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles, apparently from an ecstasy overdose. “We found…

Perry: ‘We fought the revolution in the 16th century’

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says debates aren’t his strong suit, but apparently history isn’t either. Speaking at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity on Dartmouth College’s campus after Tuesday night’s The Washington Post/Bloomberg presidential debate, Perry missed the date of the American Revolution by about 200 years. “Our Founding Fathers…

Lawsuit: New Hampshire school allowed racial harassment

A $1 million lawsuit is alleging that officials at Raymond High School in New Hampshire did almost nothing to stop the racial harassment of a 16-year-old student. The suit claims that officials did little to protect the boy from a daily onslaught of racial slurs, according to WMUR. The mother…

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