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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, November 29, 2013

While you were lolling around in your tryptophan-induced stupour the Not Now Silly news team was busy — as busy as it has ever been. They were busy creeping and crawling through the innertubes with just one task: Bring back only the most scrumptious Headlines Du Jour.

TODAY IN LGBT NEWS:

Dinesh Bhugra: Psychiatry needs a broader focus
The
first gay president of the World Psychiatric Association wants a
radical rethink of mental
illness and for the profession to apologise
for the harm it has inflicted on gay people and women

World’s top psychiatrist comes out, promises stand on ‘gay cures’
New
head of World Psychiatric Association has come out as gay, demanded

action in countries where homosexuality is treated as an illness


FOX NEWS IN THE NEWS:

This Fox News interview with Richard Simmons
is the greatest thing to ever happen on cable TV

WRITERS CORNER:

Unpublished J.D. Salinger stories ‘leaked’ online
‘The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls,’ ‘Paula’ and
‘Birthday Boy’ surface against the late author’s wishes.

Unpacking the Writer – Continued

Farce Au Pain ► The Soft Launch

Farce au Pain © 2013, Headly Westerfield

YOU DON’T NEED A WEATHERMAN TO KNOW WHICH WAY THE WIND BLOWS:

Cape Breton amateur weather man is a viral video star

FREE THE WEED:

Pot-smoking Mountie can’t smoke in uniform, RCMP says
Cpl. Ron Francis legally smokes marijuana daily
while on duty to treat post-traumatic stress disorder

CRACK CORNER:

‘Merka’s greatest documentarian, Ken Burns, tackles the Rob Ford Story

FROM OUTER SPACE:

Did comet ISON flame out on its trip around the sun?

Comet ISON leaves a mystery behind as it goes around the sun

A Timeline Of Comet ISON’s Dangerous Journey

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thanksgiving Day!!! ► Thursday, November 28, 2013

On this very special day the entire Not Now Silly News Team is grateful for all the headlines out there and for all our readers in here. We couldn’t — wouldn’t — do it without you. Here’s is today’s exciting holiday edition of Headlines Du Jour.

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

Residents shocked that DeKalb County,
Georgia, juror form lists ‘slave’ as occupation

Manitoba restaurant owner says she’s closing because of racism

ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Stephen Henderson: Rally around Kevyn Orr to hold off Detroit’s financial buzzards

Tom Walsh: Warren Buffett gets it – Detroit is still alive and kicking

AND IN WORLD NEWS:

Israel heads for a terrifying split

FREE THE WEED:

Members Of Congress To California U.S.
Attorney: Back Off Marijuana Prosecutions

MANNA FROM HEAVEN:

Pot Falls From the Sky in San Diego

SPEAKING OF RELIGION:

The Unfair Tax Exemption for Politically Active Churches Must End

No, Obama Is Not Closing The Vatican Embassy

VOTER RESTRICTION NEWS:

Some Florida Election Supervisors Stunned By New Voter Restrictions

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Fox Business host Stuart Varney lectures Pope Francis about capitalism and religion

Greta Van Susteren Hypes Phony Postal Service War On Christmas

Fox Nation vs. Reality: The U.S. Closes Imaginary Vatican City Embassy

10 Headlines Fox News Might Have Written Had
They Existed During Key Points in U.S. History

CRACK CORNER:

Rob Ford investigation: Judge orders release of censored parts of police document
Remaining blacked-out information about the mayor and his associates could be made public Dec. 6, under a ruling by Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer.

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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