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| New York Times, September 12, 2001 |
Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Robert Hicks, better known as Blues guitar legend Barbecue Bob. Memorializing three synchronous events in today’s Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- 1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
- 2001 – Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
First you deny racism exists. Then you smear the
reputation of any black man who appears to be a victim.
reputation of any black man who appears to be a victim.
IN LGBT NEWS:
FREE THE WEED!!!
MORE REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
FOX & FRIENDS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Co-Host Anna Kooiman: “He Fought Two Wars, One Of Them In Iraq On The Very
Same Soil” And “Pretty Much Everything” He Warned Could Happen Came True
Same Soil” And “Pretty Much Everything” He Warned Could Happen Came True
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BRAIN BRIAN KILMEADE IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
SEAN HANNITY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
OUTNUMBERED IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
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