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Inspiring Oklahoma Volunteers

Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 1:34am

He served in Operation Desert Storm and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, after 20 years in the Army, he will again serve his country in Operation Starting Gun, in Moore, Okla.

Cal Verdin, 41, is the Los Angeles resource manager for Team Rubicon, a disaster relief nonprofit made up primarily of military veterans. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in LA's Inglewood section, the organization has sent military veterans to disasters in Haiti, Chile, Burma, Pakistan, Sudan, Vermont, Maryland, Missouri and Alabama.

Debunking Right-Wing Bullsh*t: Marines, Umbrellas And Obama (IMAGES)

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:53pm

In a political culture hell-bent on denigrating the President, even a Marine doing his job with an umbrella becomes fodder for scandal. Let it rain...

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Good Deeds, Not Belief In Christ, Required For Salvation Says New Pope

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:50pm

It has long been held that only believers have a chance at heaven. Embracing atheists and others as eligible for salvation makes Pope Francis an innovator.

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Is The American Red Cross Evil For Paying Their CEO $500k A Year? Watch Before Answering (VIDEO)

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:44pm

An organization the size of the American Red Cross needs full-time leadership with the skills necessary for managing a $3 billion year enterprise.

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Remember When Rush Limbaugh Got Punked By A Liberal On His Show? (VIDEO)

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:41pm

This video was posted in 2011 yet much of the conversation remains relevant today. Majority Report host, Sam Seder, guides us through 'Limbaugh v. Liberal.'

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Federal Funding Slashed And A Woman In Oregon Is Raped As A Result (AUDIO)

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:37pm

It's one thing to see budget cuts as political intangibles; in this story, however, a consequence of those cuts was very real trauma for a woman in peril.

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John Boehner: Scandals Expose Obama Administration's 'Arrogance Of Power'

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:33pm

As more details emerge on the Obama administration's surveillance of the Associated Press and Fox News, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is among those who are seeking "big answers."

William Bradley: "Going Bulworth": The First Time, and Now

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:10pm

"We stand at the doorstep of a new millennium."

- Senator Bulworth re-election TV ad

"If I'm not dead by Monday morning, I'm gonna stop payment on that check."

- Senator Jay Bulworth (portrayed by Warren Beatty)

"You got to be a spirit, not a ghost!"

- Rastaman (portrayed by Amiri Baraka as a homeless griot, or storyteller in the West African tradition)

John Boehner: 'Looks To Me Like The IRS Has Got Something To Hide'

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 9:56pm

Hours after IRS official Lois Lerner invoked her 5th Amendment right to avoid testimony at a House Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearing, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) failed to buy her claim of "I did nothing wrong."

Weiner Talks Comeback Bid

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 9:09pm

NEW YORK -- Anthony Weiner knows there may be a lot of New Yorkers who would never consider voting for him again, but he says he's running for mayor because he wants to bring his ideas to the fore – and win.

"I don't kid myself. I know that this is going to be a difficult slog, and I'm going to have to have a lot of difficult conversations with people along the way," the former congressman, whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago, said by phone Wednesday after officially launching his mayoral bid.

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