Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Mayor McCheese blames the Hamburglar for asking wrong questions

Welcome to today’s exciting edition of Headlines Du Jour, where only the freshest headlines are picked at the exact moment of ripeness for your news reading pleasure.

TORONTO’S MAYOR MC CHEESE ADMITS TO SMOKING CRACK:

Rob Ford : ‘Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine.’
Rob Ford said he smoked crack about a
year ago. “I don’t even remember.
Probably in one of my drunken stupors.”

 

Full transcript of Mayor Rob Ford admitting he smoked crack cocaine

Doug Ford calls on Toronto police chief to step down
Says Chief Blair believes he’s ‘judge, jury and executioner’ in case involving Mayor Rob Ford

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford ‘could easily get re-elected’
The mayor’s base of support hasn’t eroded much, say experts

COCONUT GROVE’S SOILGATE AFFECTS POOR AND RICH:

Du Pont Mansion in Coconut Grove Is Buried in Poison

BUT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLANETS WE HAVEN’T POLLUTED YET:

8.8 billion habitable Earth-size planets exist in Milky Way alone

ON THE ELECTION TRAIL:

Alabama GOP Special Election Candidate Told
Gays To ‘Go Back To California Or Vermont’

IN LGBT NEWS:

‘You Would Have To Kill Me’: Hawaii Police Union
President Speaks Against Gay Marriage Laws

IN HEALTH INSURANCE NEWS:

The Real Story Behind the Phony
Canceled Health Insurance Scandal

Insurance companies ripped off Americans for years
with lousy health plans. Obamacare was designed to fix that.

FROM THE FOUR FOOD GROUPS:

Family evacuated as deadly spiders hatch from Sainbury’s bananas
Terrified family flee London home after finding dozens of world’s most venomous
spiders hatching and crawling all over banana bought in supermarket chain

FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

John Carlisle: Utopia-seeking squatters struggle
to create oasis in rough Detroit neighborhood

CRAZY POLITICIANS’ CORNER:

Ted Cruz’s Father is a Dangerous Religious Fanatic

Fresh Plagiarism Charges Raised Against Rand Paul

He Did It Again: Rand Paul Caught Plagiarizing
Word for Word in Washington Times Op-Ed

Gun-loving rock star Ted Nugent on possible
run for president: ‘Sure, why not?’

15 Things You Need To Know About David Barton,
The Man Who Could Be Texas’s Next Senator

 

TODAY’S EXCITING EDITION OF COPS GONE WILD:

4 On Your Side looks into traffic stop
gone horribly wrong for Lordsburg man

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Colbert Trolls Fox News By Offering
@RealHumanPraise On Twitter, And It’s Brilliant 

 

 

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