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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, March 24, 2014

March 24, 2014420, Big Bang, Bill O'Reilly, DNA, Falafel King, Free the Weed, Glenn Beck, GOP, Harry Houdini, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, LGBT, Loofah Lad, Outer Space, Religion, TwitterHeadly Westerfield

Hello Headliners. Not now Silly celebrates the birthday of Harry Houdini with a seance. Houdini was not only fond of magic tricks, he loved the Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear:

1663 – The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
1707 – The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1765 – American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
1832 – In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
1837 – Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
1882 – Robert Koch announces the discovery of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
1896 – A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
1958 – Rock’N’Roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
1965 – NASA spacecraft Ranger 9,
equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on
domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes
before crash landing.
1989 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petroleum after running aground.
1993 – Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.

No more magic tricks. Here’s today’s Headlines Du Jour:

◄ ◄ From the Not Now Sill Archives ►►
The Day I Shook Hands With Glenn Beck

No self-awareness whatsoever

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

A conversation with Bill O’Reilly

IN INNER SPACE:

New genetic research shows we have more in common with Neanderthals than we thought

IN OUTER SPACE:

Alien Moons Could Bake
Dry from Young Gas
Giants’ Hot Glow

Stanford: Big Bang tremors
may back physicist’s universe-birth theory

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, March 22, 2014

March 22, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, Bully, Detroit, facebook, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Income Inequality, LGBT, Loofah Lad, Pat Robertson, Paul Ryan, Racism, Rand Paul, Rob FordHeadly Westerfield

Hello Headliners. It’s the birthday of crazy evangelist Pat Robertson, who Johnny Dollar (aka Mark Koldys) actually supported for President of the United States. [I know, right?] Robertson may be 84 years old, but still makes headlines. Especially when he opens his mouth and crazy shit tumbles out. Here are some more Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear.

1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.

1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.

1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.

1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser

1963 – The Beatles‘ first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom.

1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.

1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Now, let’s get to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Rand Paul Says the GOP is Like Bad Pizza Crust

IN LGBT NEWS:

Judge lifts Michigan’s ban on gay marriage

Lesbian Visits Harlem
Church for Her Stoning

Gay Arkansas student says his
profile was pulled from yearbook

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

African-American Man Confronts
Paul Ryan At Town Hall Over
Ryan’s Racist Comments

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSOLETE:

Will Republicans mute
the culture war in 2016?

BULLY CORNER:

Confession of a Former Bully

— Not Now Silly has its own Cyber-Bullies —

The Mark Koldys-Johnny Dollar Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day

ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:

How Facebook is Quite Possibly Becoming the Biggest Scam in Marketing and Advertising Ever

The 10 Facebook friends you need to block

TODAY IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

6 obscene paydays for the rich that prove the deck is stacked against ordinary Americans

FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana Economy Has
Plenty Of Room To Grow

No proof that high-dose
cannabis is more addictive

MORE PROOF THE EARTH SUCKS:

40ft-deep hole drains Stockport park lake of water

MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Have Detroit Police Department raids made a difference?

Audit: 19 Detroit Fire Department workers have invalid driver’s licenses

Detroit plans mass water shutoffs over $260M in delinquent bills

Filmmaker discusses his 45-year-old documentary on late-’60s Detroit