Since I began suspecting the headline-collecting robot drones of conspiring, they’ve been surprisingly silent. I know they’re just wait for me to slip up, so I won’t look directly at them. You shouldn’t either. Meanwhile, here’s today’s Headlines Du Jour.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Tennessee man runs for governor in GOP primary for right to shower with his raccoon

Cop shoots dead a tased, restrained, 100lb
teen: “we don’t have time for this”

Supreme Court halts Utah gay marriage

2014’s Gayest Cities in America

Climate Change Might Just Be
Driving the Historic Cold Snap

Disagree with Nancy Grace’s Anti-Pot Crusade?
Well, You’re Just ‘Fat and Lazy’ Stoners

Swaziland Bans Witches From Flying Above 150 Meters

White House To GOP: If You Want
Troops In Iraq, You ‘Should Say So’

Family Values Republican Congressman Hid
His Out-of-Wedlock Child and First Family

Koch-backed political coalition, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012

GOP Pollster Frank Luntz Became ‘Depressed’ After 2012 Election

Frank Luntz Can’t Figure Out Why Nobody In Hollywood Is Returning His Calls

Three Ways to Fight
Racism in 2014

TWERK: Booty-dancing, gender
politics & white privilege

Sting, Puff Daddy, Andy Summers, and the case of the misplaced bajillion dollars

Canada’s former defense minister says space aliens live among us, but hate our nukes

They fought for your right to hear the F word
Local ‘Toilet Rockers’ MacLean & MacLean at centre of landmark Supreme Court decision

Couple feel ‘robbed’ by 25% interest TD car loan
Dealership promised relief after a year but didn’t deliver, customers say
[FULL DISCLOSURE: TD is my bank. It advertises as ‘Merka’s most convenient bank.]

Alabama preacher arrested for his wife’s murder as he boarded overseas flight

Satanic Temple unveils 7-foot goat-headed Baphomet statue for Oklahoma Capitol

Miami Named 4th Worst-Run
City in America, Hialeah 9th

Armed Minnesota man burns down his own house, then blames Obama

Male Fans Made Bettie Page
a Star, but Female Fans
Made Her an Icon

Her risqué pinup photos made
her famous in the 1950s, but as a
new documentary reminds us,
Page’s liberated sexuality and
unflinching body positivity
are what still resonate today.

Eurythmics reunite for Grammys tribute to the Beatles that will also include John Mayer and Keith Urban

 

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