Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, March 7, 2014

Hello Headliners!!! Today would have been the 139th birthday of Maurice Ravel, had he not had the misfortune to die in 1937. He was quite fond of the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

MORE OF THAT ‘MERKIN ‘CEPTIONALISM:

35 Countries Where the U.S. Has Supported Fascists, Drug Lords and Terrorists

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR “OH WHAT A BUNCH OF LOONS”

Sarah Palin’s Latest Lie Should
Scare Republicans — But The GOP
Noise Machine Won’t Allow That

IN LGBT NEWS:

State’s last witness says unrepentant homosexuals are going to hell

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Religion may not
survive the Internet

There’s a reason churches are struggling
to maintain membership, and it has
nothing to do with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Watch this con man ‘pastor’ go absolutely ballistic when a news crew confronts him at his home

Farah: US ‘Becoming The Persecutor’ Of Christians, Leading To Next Holocaust

CONSTITUTION CORNER:

Republicans Use Stalinesque Tactics to Show Their Love
For The Constitution

SO YOU DON’T GET LOST:

These 9 Maps Should Absolutely Outrage Southerners

FREE THE ‘MERKIN WEED!!!

Gupta: ‘I am doubling down’
on medical marijuana

FREE THE CANADIAN WEED!!!

Ticket system for pot possession
pushed by some Tories

Police often turn a blind eye to avoid hours
of paperwork and court backlogs, MP says

OH! OH! OH! CANADA!!!

Your porn is not Canadian enough, CRTC warns
erotica channels

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Newsmax CEO Wants To Combat Fox News With Conservative Cable Channel

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED. FELINE HISTORY EVEN MORE SO:

1500s German Prince Imagined ‘Rocket Cats’ Weaponry

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford friend Sandro Lisi
has long history of violence,
threats and dirty tricks

Sandro’ Lisi’s unsavory past includes
incidents of menacing, stalking and
assaulting young women, snitching
on drug rivals — and deliberately
spreading bedbugs.

MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Different strategies for Gilbert, Ilitches as they reshape Detroit

Free Press Documentary On The Packard Plant Debuts March 20


VIDEO DU JOUR:

Packard: The Last Shift

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