Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, April 2, 2014

G’day Headliners!!! It’s the 72nd birthday of Leon Russell, who started out as a session player before putting out records under his own name. As a member of the Crypt-Kickers Five, Russell is on record praising the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Whatever happened to my Trabsylvania Twist? No matter, here are today’s Headlines Du Jour:

THE “G” IN GOP STANDS FOR GUNS & GOOFBALLS:

The GOP’s perpetual war drum explained:
Why are Republicans so eager for conflict?

Louie Gohmert: ‘Separation of church and state’ means ‘church plays a role in the state’

IN ‘MERKIN POLITICS:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Gay Key West men sue for right
to marry in Florida after Monroe
clerk’s office denies couple a license

FREE THE WEED!!!

Colorado drivers claim ‘license plate
profiling’ after marijuana legalization

Medical marijuana sales now officially legal in Nevada

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Hobby Lobby’s Hypocrisy: The Company’s Retirement
Plan Invests in Contraception Manufacturers

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

White Officers Falsely
Arrested Black Teen: Jury

Report: Well-being of African-Americans in Michigan among worst in nation


EVOLUTION IS COMPLICATED:

Zebra Stripes Evolved to Keep
Biting Flies Away, Study Reveals

DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Detroit installs 3,200
new LED street lights

Cobalts Were Seen as Lemons From Start, State Data Shows

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

O’Reilly Provides GOP A
2014 Platform: “All They
Have To Do Is Get A
Transcript Of This Show”

O’Reilly, Juan Williams
Rip Chris Hayes: He
Used Conservative Guest
as ‘Living Piñata’!

STEVE DOOCY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Steve Doocy, Guest Agree: Godless ‘Noah’ Example Of Today’s Godlessness!

IN INNER SPACE:

Art and Science Collide in the Discovery of the Higgs Boson
Particle Fever, a documentary about
the physicists who found the “God
particle,” suggests doing science
isn’t that different from making art


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