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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Howdy, Headliners! Celebrating a birthday today is Ellas Otha Bates, better known as Bo Diddley. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

TODAY’S PROTEST:

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

MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:

Democrats pushed through dozens in December,
but Republicans have all the leverage now.

IN LGBT NEWS:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

The odds of life existing on another planet
grow ever longer. Intelligent design, anyone?

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, December 28, 2014

Hello, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs Grandfather of Rhythm and Blues, Johnny Otis. Other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear include:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS:

MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:

IN LGBT NEWS:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:

FREE THE WEED!!!

HACK ATTACKS:

CLIMATE CHANGE:

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VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Hello, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to actor, writer, singer Harry Shearer. Here are other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

And now today’s Headlines Du Jour:

THE TORTURE REPORT:

MORE FERGUSON FALLOUT:

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS:

MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:

IN LGBT NEWS:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

FREE THE WEED!!!

HACK ATTACKS:

North Korea has been blamed for one of the most destructive
cyberattacks on a company in US history. It’s just the latest in
a string of hacks sanctioned and funded by governments

CLIMATE CHANGE:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, December 21, 2014

Hello, Headliners!  Today’s birthday belongs to composer and guitarist Frank Zappa. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

THE TORTURE REPORT:

TODAY’S PROTESTS:

IN LGBT NEWS:

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

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

FREE THE WEED!!!

ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:

CLIMATE CHANGE:

As The Planet Warms, A Remote Alaskan Town Shows Just How Unprepared We Are

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered more than
950 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars.
Planets with a known size and orbit are shown below,
including Kepler 186f, an Earth-size planet in the habitable zone.

VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Hello there, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to Noël Coward. Among the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

THE TORTURE REPORT:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

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

The North celebrates its liberalism, but that disguises a
complicated relationship with discrimination, inequality

CLIMATE CHANGE:

Climate Change Takes A Village
As The Planet Warms, A Remote Alaskan
Town Shows Just How Unprepared We Are

How the Lima climate change talks failed
Lima has underscored what we already knew: that the official
negotiators are just not capable of cracking the issues on the table

US and India to announce joint climate change action during Obama visit

Earth’s Future? Ancient Warming Gives Ominous Peek at Climate Change

FREE THE WEED!!!

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, December 7, 2014

Hello again, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Louis Prima. Included among the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear is the “day that will live in infamy.”

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

TODAY’S PROTESTS:

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

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

IN LGBT NEWS:

FREE THE WEED!!!

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, December 4, 2014

Hello again, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Anna McGarrigle, one-half of Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

FERGUSON FOLLOW-UP:

ERIC GARNER FOLLOW-UP:

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

IN LGBT NEWS:

Victories for gay rights in some parts of the
world have provoked a backlash elsewhere

MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:

FREE THE WEED!!!

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Francis’s softer brand of Catholicism kept
his bishops out of the midterms—and they’re
likely to tone down their message next time too.

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Hello again, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to director Penelope Spheeris. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

FERGUSON FOLLOW-UP:

MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

OUR WIRED WORLD:

CLIMATE CHANGE:

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, October 23, 2014

Heya, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to the King of Late Night, Johnny Carson. Long live the King!!! Among other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Let’s get to today’s Headlines Du Jour

LIFE IS LIKE EBOLA CHERRIES:

FREE THE WEED!!!

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

TODAY IN WHITE PRIVILEGE:

IN LGBT NEWS:

GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST RACIAL SOCIETY:

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Bonus Video Du Jour:

BULLYING BY BULLIES:

IN INNER SPACE:

Deinocheirus mirificus, or ‘unusual horrible hand’, had long, clawed forearms, a sail on its back and a duck-like bill

IN OUTER SPACE:

The Warped Astrophysics of Interstellar

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, October 12, 2014

Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to James “Sugar Boy” Crawford, whose name may not be familiar, but his song Jock-A-Mo is immediately recognizable, covered by Dr. John, Cyndi Lauper, The Grateful Dead, and The Dixie Cups, among many others. Among the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

SCOTUS WATCH:

GOP WATCH:

CYBER-BULLYING:

WATERGATE REDUX:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN MUSIC NEWS:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

HANNITY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

NO LONGER PREGGY LEGGY MEGGY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Kelly Invents Contradiction Between Obama
Calling Attack “Act Of Terror” And Panetta
Saying Terrorists Were Involved In The Attack

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