Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, January 22, 2014

It’s another day, which means another series of interviews to hire some brand new headline-collecting interns. It’s hard doing all this headline-collecting all by myself. Meanwhile, here’s today’s Headlines Du Jour.


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Republican House Candidate Calls
For President Obama To Be
Executed for War Crimes


WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE:


TODAY’S EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

BREAKING: Homeland Security Agents Rip Prescription Google Glasses Off Moviegoer’s Face


NEWS YOU CAN USE:

The 10 strangest musical instruments

DRUNKEN STUPOUR CORNER:

Rob Ford admits to drinking as
rambling video appears on YouTube

23 things to know from 5,005
pages of Rob Ford aides’ emails


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

North Carolina school rewards Black student with a confederate hat

Arizona State Frat Suspended For Throwing ‘MLK Black Party’

Don Lemon, Marc Lamont
Hill Clash with GOP
Strategist over Whether
Obama ‘Played the Race Card’

King Ended the Reign of Terror So Now It’s Time For the Truth About White Privilege

WaPo Columnist Rips Racist Reaction to Richard
Sherman: ‘Plantation Politics’ ‘Permeates’ Society

County GOP Explains MLK Gun Raffle: We’re All ‘Slaves,’ Really


FREE THE WEED!!!

Bill To Legalize Marijuana Introduced In Oklahoma

Reefer Madness: Chris Matthews Joins Chorus of Beltway Blowhards Scared of Weed


FREE THE BRIDGE WEED!!!

NJ Governor Christie: We Will End the Failed War on Drugs


BATS NO LONGER IN THE BELFREY:

Why 100,000 Dead Bats Fell From The Sky In Australia


GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

South Carolina Senate Candidate
Suggests Teachers Should Be Able
To Carry Machine Guns In School


MEGYN KELLY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Megyn Kelly Confronts Weiner: How
Could You ‘Be That Cocky’ on TV
When You Were… You Know…

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