Hello there Hipsters and Headliners! It’s Lord Buckley”s birthday!!! He loved the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

• 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe.




• 1621 – The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England.
• 1792 – U.S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
• 1922 – The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated.







• 1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 “forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates” by U.S. citizens.
• 1945 – Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow “temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory”.
• 1949 – Fireside Theater debuts on television.
• 1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union.




• 1956 – Fidel Castro declares himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.
• 1969 – Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
  

Okay, Hepcats, let’s get right to today’s Headines Du Jour:

Oregon Governor Candidate: Gay
Marriage ‘Just The Same As Murder’

5 Things Conservatives Lie Shamelessly About

NRO Paints Black Students
As Criminals With Poor
Impulse Control

Judge grills Arizona sheriff’s
aide in racial profiling case

Bullying crackdown
passes Minnesota Senate
Controversial, hard-fought measure
requires stricter school policies

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Five-Year-Old Boy Exposes Xbox Security Flaw

Man Who Mistook Body
For A Mannequin Fired

The Feds Are Closing In On
Chris Christie as Bridgegate Investigation Turns Criminal

George W. Bush Is a Far Better
Painter Than He Was a President.
Here’s His Portrait of Vladimir Putin.

Filmmaker Errol Morris: Donald Rumsfeld
proved Americans are gullible morons

Fox News Host Rips Mets’ Daniel
Murphy For Taking Paternity Leave

Charles Krauthammer: Anyone can
get out of individual mandate by
claiming hardship without explanation

VIDEO: The Junk Science Of Fox
News’ Favorite “Global Cooling” Myth

Fox News Attacks When Black Women Clap Back

Megyn Kelly: Fox News is
‘only place people can go right
now for fair and balanced news’

How Many Dimensions Does
the Universe Really Have?

“Cosmic” meltdown! Neil deGrasse
Tyson under siege from Christian right

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