Headlines Du Jour ► Monday August 4, 2014

Hello Headliners! Celebrating a birthday today is singer Helen Kane, often cited as the inspiration for Betty Boop, even though she lost the court case when she sued Max Fleisher for wrongful appropriation of her likeness. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

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

WORLD WAR WATCH:

Instability in Ukraine, chaos in Syria,
conflict in the East China Sea—the trigger
points for World War III are in place.

SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN INNER SPACE:

Gentler personalities and more feminine
faces, caused by a reduction in testosterone,
saw art work boom 50,000 years ago

IN OUTER SPACE:

TEE VEE CORNER:

There are often so
many tee vee headlines in Headlines Du Jour
that the Not Now Silly
Newsroom is looking for new ways to
present it all. This section will be
in flux until we get it right.

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

THE FALAFEL KING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

BAD BOY BOBBY BECKEL IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

TUCKER FUCKER CARLSON IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

GLENN BECK IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

From the vast archives of the Not Now Silly Newsroom:

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