Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, March 20, 2014

Hello Headliners!!! It’s Ned Buntline‘s birthday!!! Not only was Ned interested in the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear, but he wrote more than a few himself:

Now, let’s check out today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

American bars start boycotting Russian vodka over Ukraine

America’s Right-Wing
Has Gone Gay Crazy

The madness has spread from the
Christian Right’s talking heads to the leading lights of the Republican Party.

Janet Mefferd Upset Honey Maid’s Graham
Crackers Push ‘The Gay Propaganda Machine’

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Russell Crowe Meets the
Pope, but Will Religious
Viewers See Noah?

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH:

Miami Cops Now Have To Check
Guns At Door Of City Hall

FREE THE WEED!!!

In Florida, medical marijuana will be legal, John Morgan says

What can the Dutch teach
the U.S. about selling pot?

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

Yes, Schools Do Discriminate Against Students Of Color

ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:

10 years of social media’s biggest
players and payouts by the numbers

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSOLETE:

GOP Lawmaker Says Sick Leave, Equal
Pay Bills Make Women ‘Look Like Whiners’

Illinois Republicans Nominate Candidate Who
Blames Gay Rights For Autism And Tornadoes

TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

Rangel Questions Why Obama Thought He Could Work With ‘Mean, Racist’ Tea Party


FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox News host Bill Hemmer
explains missing plane: ‘It took
2,000 years to find Noah’s Ark’


White House Mice Attack Fox News

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

GM’s Problem Will Affect It And Industry ‘For Decades’ — Walsh

Salaries driving Detroit police officers to the suburbs

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford: Gun photos
found on laptop that is connected to crack video,
according to documents

CAN YOU DIG IT:

126 Million Year Old Fossil Of Stick Insect Found In Mongolia

IN OUTER SPACE:

Our Universe May Exist in a Multiverse,
Cosmic Inflation Discovery Suggests

NASA Orbiter Finds New Gully Channel on Mars

VIDEO DU JOUR:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lee “Scratch” Perry.

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