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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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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, January 19, 2014

Sadly, it happened. As I explained in yesterday’s Headlines Du Jour, my headline-collecting robot drones have become self-aware and are now controlling your refridgerator. That’s why I’ve gone back to collecting all headlines by hand. It’s safer. Having said that, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

FOLLOW THE MONEY:

Va. consultant Boyd Marcus’s case shows how money trumps principles in politics today

A BRIDGE/FLOOD TOO FAR:

Hoboken residents blast Christie
administration amid mayor’s
allegations of strong-arming

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

Cops Get So Rough with
Straight A Student That
They Rupture His Testicle

SCIENCE IS COMPLICATED:

‘Bio-Bot’ That Swims Like Sperm Is An ‘Exciting Advance’ In Self-Propelled Biological Robots

MORE ON TROLLEYGATE:

How fed dollars for trolleys in Miami-Dade, local cities spurred civil rights investigation

From the Not Now Silly Archives
Soilgate Is Trolleygate Writ Large  ► A Century of
Coconut Grove Racism

WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE:

Wal-Mart Wrote An Entire Guidebook On How To Silence Its Workers

THE EVER-PUZZLING STANDARDS AT FACEBOOK:

Facebook Claims Support For Black Films ‘Violates Community Standards’

THE LATEST NAZI ANALOGY:

WATCH: Senate Candidate Claims IRS is Training “Brown Shirts” to Enforce Obamacare Using Assault Weapons

LGBT NEWS:

Trans Woman Dares Bible-Quoting Councilman to Stone Her to Death

FREE THE WEED:

In Which Nancy Grace Debates Nancy Grace About Marijuana

Harry Reid, ‘We waste a lot of time and law enforcement going after guys smoking marijuana.’

Bill Murray Delivers Incredibly Persuasive Argument in Favor of Recreational Marijuana

Medical marijuana in Oregon: Post-prohibition liquor store in Portland now will deal in a new product

FROM OUTER SPACE:

Why are we fascinated by astronomy?

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Brownback To Rally Christian
‘Freedom Fighters’ To ‘Cause A
Revolution’ And Take Back America

 HYPOCRITE DU JOUR:

Rand Paul: ‘That’s what gave us Jim Crow’

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 10, 2014

As Fox “News” lionizes New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as a shining example of leadership, the robot drones have returned with today’s Headlines Du Jour. Let’s get right to it . . . before they close the bridge again.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Police Find Entire Jewelry Store Inside Teen’s Rectum

TODAY IN HEALTH CARE:

New Data Show How Hospitals Rip You Off

EXAMPLES OF THE COLOUR LINE:

#BlackTwitter Gives Politico’s Dylan Byers Hell For Melissa Harris-Perry ‘Intellectual’ Comments

Where The Sidewalk Ends, Racism Begins

WAR IS HELL:

Gatesgate: Why Obama was right to Distrust his Generals on Afghanistan

Top Ten Things Bob Gates was Wrong about, Some Criminal

FOX NEWS IN THE NEWS:

Megyn Kelly Renews Her Racial Attacks On Eric Holder

Megyn Kelly Race Baits? Teaching Black Toddler To Swear Is Child Abuse!

Fox host on Christie: ‘Bridge thing’ ruining
coverage of Bob Gates’ Obama-bashing

Fox News Downplayed Chris Christie Scandal All Day

FREE THE WEED!!!

The One Crucial Detail That
Could Sink Legal Pot in Colorado

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED:

Skeleton of 2,000-year-old woman unearthed in Davie

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, January 4, 2014

FREEING THE WEED

Marijuana stores in Colorado
have long lines but few problems

Pot sales exceed $1 million on first day

Tina Brown: Legal Weed Leaves
America Unable to Compete with China

Is It Legal To Smoke or Possess
Marijuana in Lansing, Michigan?

David Brooks Explains Why He
Doesn’t Smoke Pot Anymore,
Is Roundly Mocked

Fugitive Ga. Banker Suspected
In Marijuana Case In Fla.

Miami’s 16th-Annual Medical
Marijuana Benefit: “It’s Not Just
About Smoking a Joint”

Colorado’s marijuana foes and
supporters worked for smooth launch

Muting Marijuana’s High:
Pot Without the Impairment

OSU Point Guard Stevie Clark
Facing Marijuana Charges

As the first weekend of the new year begins, the Not Now Silly robot drones have collected a vast array of headlines. However, they seem to have developed a particular fascination with stories about Colorado. Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

CONSTITUTIONALLY YOURS:

The Supreme Court Joins The Right Wing Attempt to Replace the Constitution With the Bible

Bryan Fischer Rejects Constitution – Says Evolutionists Disqualified from Political Office

South Carolina Violates the Constitution With Plan For Mandatory Prayer In Public Schools

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Fox News Regular Michael Scheuer Suggests Assassinating President Obama And David Cameron

14 Things We’ve Learned From News Corp.’s Phone Hacking Trial So Far

NYT Executive Editor Calls Fox News Accusation on Benghazi “Ridiculous”
War Reporters Push Back: Fox News Doesn’t Understand What Journalism Is

Fox News’ hack has a plan to fix the country

OCCUPY WALL STREET:

Reporter Chris Faraone Sues NYPD Over Occupy Wall Street Arrest

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED:

Ancient stone bridge revealed after Chinese lake dries up

TODAY’S EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

North Carolina Deputy Orders Man With Camera Off “My County Property” Under Threat of Arrest

THE SORRY STATE OF JOURNALISM TODAY:

CNN Disgraces Journalism With Hit Piece That Tries to Get Melissa Harris-Perry Fired

THE PENIS: MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD:

Penis drawn on business card is key to Wyoming
legal battle over unemployment benefits

WAIT!!! WHAT???

Man arrested for stealing brains in Indiana

CLIMBING THE CHRIS CHRISTIE CHAIN OF COMMAND:

‘It came from a
higher authority’

Kelly: Assemblyman says order for GWB traffic tie-up came from outside Port Authority

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

New Jersey neo-Nazi alleges discrimination after ninth child taken away

LONG STORY SHORT: LIFE DOESN’T IMITATE ART:

Dave Van Ronk’s Ex-Wife Takes Us Inside Inside Llewyn Davis

EARTH IS COMPLICATED:

Geologists discover new quake fault line in Spokane

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH:

‘Criminally insane’ Florida man found in van with 36 guns, 4,629 rounds of ammo

TODAY’S TRUMP:

Donald Trump: Researchers trapped in Antarctic ice prove global warming is a sham
This “very expensive GLOBAL WARMING
bullsh*t has got to stop,” Trump tweeted


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