Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, January 30, 2014

While the Right Wing clutches its collective pearls over King Obama vowing to go around the obstreperous House of Representatives, Not Now Silly continues to bring you the best in news. Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

LGBT NEWS:

New Study: Anti-Homophobic School Policy
Reduces Suicide Risk—For All Students

FREE THE WEED!!!

Florida Will Be the Next
Medical Marijuana State

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

Cop Arrested For Demanding
Sex At A Traffic Stop

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Lindsey Graham: World
‘Literally About to Blow Up’

Senator Floats Idea To
Penalize Low-Income
Women Who Have Children

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

Rare photo of slave children found in North Carolina attic


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Brother-in-law beaten in jail to keep quiet about Rob Ford’s drug use, lawsuit alleges

Rob Ford hit with lawsuit alleging link to jailhouse assault


MR. CHRISTIE? YOU MAKE GOOD COOKIES:

Chris Christie update: Questions arise over
Christie brother’s real estate dealings


GLENN BECK IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Beck: Obama Became ‘America’s First Dictator’ During State of the Union


From the Not Now Silly Archives

The Day I Shook Hands
With Glenn Beck

MARTHA MACCALLUM IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox News host: Women don’t want equal pay,
they already get ‘exactly what they’re worth’

Cyber-bully Mark Koldys

BULLY CORNER:

Texas Parents Sue Six Bullies And
Their Parents For Cyberbullying Page

From the Not Now Silly Archives
The Mark Koldys-Johnny Dollar
Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day

BOYCOTT THE OLYMPICS, COCA-COLA, & MCDONALD’S

Olympic Sponsors Were Warned
About Sochi; Now McDonald’s and
Coca-Cola Are Having a PR Nightmare

AND THAT INCLUDES SANTA CLAUS:

Early Europeans had dark skin and blue eyes

ORANGE ALERT:

John Boehner Threatens President Obama With Impeachment Over Use
Of Executive Orders

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Virginia pastor: Women are
sinners if clothes ‘outline’
body ‘to make it noticed’

Arizona pastor offering tax-deductible exorcisms over Skype for $295 each

AMNESIA ON THE BRAIN:

Amnesiac Henry Molaison’s brain undergoes digital post-mortem

BEATLES CORNER:

Ringo Starr Talks Paul, Meditation
and Why He Loves L.A.

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