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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, January 6, 2014

The Not Now Silly headline-collecting robot drones have been behaving oddly lately. While they have no heads, it sure seems like they are putting them together. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say they were talking about me. 

Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED:

How two archaeologists’ hunch led to
stunning claim about Buddha’s birth date

LGBT NEWS:

Gay Marriage Opponents Call For Uprising In Utah

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

“Dark Money” Funds Climate Change Denial Effort
A Drexel University study finds that a large slice of donations to
organizations that deny global warming are funneled through third-
party pass-through organizations that conceal the original funder

FREE THE WEED!!!

The People of Florida
Demand Medical Marijuana

And they’re forcing a ballot measure
to legalize it in November.

Obama’s Pot Problem

Now that states have started legalizing recreational marijuana,
will the president continue the government’s war on weed?

Bummer: Colorado pot shops will run out of marijuana within days

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Fox News Sunday Guest: God Doesn’t
Want Nuns To Sign ObamaCare Waiver

Things Go Horribly Wrong For Fox News When
They Try to Use Mitt Romney to Smear MSNBC

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

A more progressive America is emerging, but Republicans won’t go down without a fight

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doesn’t know
how to make Republicans more appealing

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Fate of Fired Guns & Ammo Editor Shows
‘Little Room for Nuance’ in ‘Gun Journalism’

OH, CANADA!!!

Canadian libricide: Tories torch and dump centuries
of priceless, irreplaceable environmental archives

ANOTHER HOAX THAT’S GONE VIRAL:

Was a Local Fox Reporter Really Fired For
Saying On-Air He’d ‘F*ck’ Missing Woman?

WHAT IF THEY BECOME SELF-AWARE?

AI vs. AI:
Two chatbots talking to each other

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Christian Pastor Calls For Atheists And Gays To Be Put To Death

10 Worst Sex and Relationship Tips From the Christian Right
These holy tips on love, dating and marriage
will allow you to please yourself (not
that way), your mate and your Lord.

IS JUSTICE BLIND?

Trial by Twitter
After high-school football stars were accused of rape,
online vigilantes demanded that justice be served. Was it?

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Miami Named One of America’s Ten Best Cities for 2013

IN OUTER SPACE:

Small Asteroid 2014 AA Hits Earth
Discovered on New Year’s Eve by a telescope in Arizona, a small asteroid struck Earth somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean — apparently unnoticed — about 25 hours later.

MEET THE BEATLES:

50 Years Later: The Greatest Beatles Performance of All Time
Months before the The Ed Sullivan Show, the band played a seven-song set for Swedish radio that settles any doubt about their electrifying live presence.

VIDEO DU JOUR:

◄ A Beatles’ Bootleg – Something ►

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 3, 2014

What makes a headline good enough for Headlines Du Jour? The biggest criteria is that it has to be interesting to me. I figure it’ll also interest at least one of my readers. Being funny, or absurd doesn’t hurt, either. However, more than anything else it has to be attractive to my robot drones, which do all my headline picking now. Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

RELIGION CORNER:

Mayor declares 2014 the ‘year
of the Bible’ in Texas city

SCIENCE IS COMPLICATED:

Dogs align themselves with Earth’s magnetic field when it comes time to poop

El Nino may be behind melting of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier

How mysterious orbs could be used to predict earthquakes: Scientists link strange lights to movement in the Earth’s crust

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

It’s Official: A Peruvian Man Owns the Crumbling Packard Plant

UAW Trust: Fiat’s $4.35 billion deal for
Chrysler is ‘best possible outcome’ for retirees

Detroit Murders Drop, But City Recorded Same Number as NY

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Young Viewers Avoid Fox
News Like the Plague
as Ratings Drop 30%

Fox Business host Stuart Varney: Ice in Antarctica
proves ‘global cooling’

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH:

Florida expected to surpass NY in population,
Sunshine State embodies 21st century America

Miami’s got new city commission leaders

THE “P” IN GOP STANDS FOR PARTY:

Defying GOP Leaders, Rep. Trey Radel Won’t Resign After Rehab

Cocaine Congressman Trey
Radel Draws $1 Million
Super PAC Challenge

Partisan Evolution Gap? Politically Insignificant, GOP Says


TODAY IN OUTER SPACE:

New studies give strong boost to binary-star formation theory

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► January 2, 2014

I was recently asked, “What makes a Headline Du Jour?” The first line of defense, as always, is my army of drone robots. They spend the long nights traversing the innertubes, collecting only the best headlines — at the peak of perfection. The hardest part is keeping the robot drones from becoming self-aware, which is why I’ve limited their RAM. Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

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

Racism Literally Costs America $2 Trillion…Ready to Stop Payment?

FREE THE WEED!!!

This Iraq War Vet Was First to
Buy Legal Pot in Colorado

Six Things You Should Know
About Buying Pot In Colorado

South America May Be On the Verge Of a Marijuana Legalization Tidal Wave

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

On Christmas, Republicans Quietly Declare War on Themselves

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Watch: Party Girl Says ‘We’re Gonna
F*ck Sh*t Up!” Live on Fox News

Kelly Wright, Juan Williams Pimp Christian
Right’s America Founded On Faith Meme

GET THE DUCK OUTTA HERE!!!

Duck Dynasty Patriarch Hates On Chinese, Says Muslims Are ‘Famous For Murder’

Franklin Graham chides Christians
for not fighting beside Phil
Robertson in ‘religious war’

‘Suck Dynasty’? Reality stars fizzle in awkward Fox New Year’s interview

Watch the Giant Rubber
Duck Pop and Deflate

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Law firm demands Florida man remove racist
‘commercial or whatever it is’ from Internet

WHOOOPS!!!

Customs officials destroy virtuoso flautist’s 11
instruments because they
were ‘agricultural products’

FROM OUTER SPACE:

NASA’s Hubble Sees Cloudy
Super-Worlds With
Chance for More Clouds

Video: Sun has ‘flipped upside down’ as new magnetic cycle begins

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► New Year’s Day 2014

2013 YEAR-ENDERS

Twelve Months Of Fox
News Race-Baiting

2013 a great year for U.S. stocks

2013: The year in whiteness

2013: The Best of Bad Astronomy

The Year in Racial Amnesia

Universe Today’s Top 10
(or so) Stories of 2013

2013 In Memoriam:
Musicians We Lost This Year

The 20 Worst Fox News
Moments Of 2013

The Seven Most Tiresome
Media Trends of 2013

In 1964, Isaac Asimov
Imagined the World in 2014

I’m sure it comes as no shock to anyone, but it’s a brand NEW YEAR!!! 

Not Now Silly is going to call it Two-thousand and fourteen when frustrated with it, but ’14 when pleased.

Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour, the very first of ’14.

CONSTITUTIONALLY YOURS:

Life, Liberty, and the Founding Fathers’ Pursuit of Hoppiness
The Constitution was written by men who owned breweries, imported whiskey, and humped cows.

Retired General Wants March on White House and Citizens Arrest of Obama

Dysfunctional Republican Christians Vow To Destroy the First Amendment

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Oops! Republican Congressman Files Re-Election Papers For Wrong District

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Christie declines to defend N.J. gun laws, sparking criticism

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

Knoxville drivers greeted by banners warning
that diversity is anti-white genocide

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Judge strikes down Florida law mandating drug tests for welfare

OH! OH!! CANADA!!!

Passengers Ridicule Canadian
Airline For Sexist Ticket Policy

RELIGION CORNER:

Franklin Graham: Pope Francis is not the judge, God is the judge

Home Depot founder worries Pope Francis neither loves nor understands rich Americans

HIGH TECH CRIME:

Thieves In Europe Are Using USB Sticks To Clean Out ATMs

VIDEO DU JOUR:

◄ Best News Bloopers of 2013 ►

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, December 31, 2013

This being the last day of the year means that today’s Headlines Du Jour is the last one for 2013. Join us tomorrow for the first Headlines Du Jour of 2014. Two-thousand and four. It just rolls off the tongue.

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Fox Anchor: NY Times Benghazi Report ‘Goes Against Much of Fox News’ Own Reporting’

Fox News Wastes No
Time Attacking NY Times
Benghazi Report

TRUE STORY: THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Guess which party has a bone to pick with evolution?

Sen. Ted Cruz hires lawyers to renounce his Canadian citizenship

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Guy Reaches For Wallet, Ends Up
Shooting Himself In The Butt

RELIGION CORNER:

Comedian Raised $125K for Atheist Tornado Survivor Just to Piss Off Her ‘Okie-Christian Neighbors’

IN OUTER SPACE:

Sun has ‘flipped upside down’ – Nasa

The Quadrantid Meteor Shower-One of the Best Bets for 2014

FREE THE WEED:

Tommy Chong on marijuana legalization:
Everyone is waking up to the truth

IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

The 12 Craziest Things That
Happened in Florida in 2013

The 32nd Annual The King Mango Strut

WHEN GLITTER IS OUTLAWED, ONLY GLAM STARS WILL BE OUTLAWS:

U.S. police gone mad: Activists
arrested for ‘bioterrorism hoax’
for using glitter on a protest banner

MOTHER EARTH IS GONNA BE PISSED:

Scientists Find 7,300-Mile
Mercury Contamination ‘Bullseye’
Around Canadian Tar Sands

I HAVE AN ORIGINAL PETER MAX POSTER:

‘Antiques Roadshow’ discovers $660
painting is $661,000 van Dyck masterpiece

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, December 30, 2013

As we count down the days to the New Year, Not Now Silly is grateful for headline collecting robot drones. My New Year’s resolution is to get more headline collecting robot drones. Meanwhile, here are today’s Headlines Du Jour.

OH! STOP!! MY!!! SIDES!!!!

Republicans Go Mad As Pope Francis and President
Obama Deliver The Same Economic Message

FREE THE WEED!!!

10 things to know about nation’s first
recreational marijuana shops in Colorado

NOT SUPER-VILLAINS:

Four robbery suspects arrested for
what LAPD deems ‘felony stupid’

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

Toronto police officer strips naked “hundreds” of people
Const. Sasa Sljivo told court on Dec. 11 he has stripped “hundreds” of people
completely naked, which is against police policy as laid out by the Supreme Court.

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Florida prostitute mistakenly texts on-duty deputy for sex: sheriff
Schquita Alaysha Warren arranged a hookup at a Pensacola Motel 6, realizing
too late she’d sexted an Escambia County investigator instead of her client.

NSA IS A 4-LETTER WORD:

The NSA Has A Way To Intercept Computers Mid-Shipment And Install Spyware On Them

NASA IS A 4-LETTER WORD:

NASA’s twitchy bouncy roboball
may explore Titan one day

TECH IS A 4-LETTER WORD:

The Biggest Tech Flops of 2013

DRONE IS A 4-LETTER WORD:

I worked on the US drone program. The
public should know what really goes on

Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits
of drones have a real clue how it actually works (and doesn’t)

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Coconut Grove’s 32nd Annual King Mango Strut

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Not Now Silly interns don’t take weekends off. They’ve spent the night wriggling through all of the innertubes collecting nothing but the finest Headlines Du Jour for your reading pleasure.

BEST STORY OF THE YEAR:

NEWS FROM THE FAR-FLUNG STATES:

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS TEACHERS:

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS WOMEN:

GOODNESS GRACIOUS!!! GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!!!

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS

RICH SON OF A GUN:

THE LATEST IN HEALTHCARE LIES:

IN LGBT NEWS:

238 Trans People Murdered Worldwide In The Past Year
The Transgender Murder Monitoring Project reveals the greatest number of killings
took place in countries with some of the most progressive LGBTI rights laws.

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

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:


Passenger ‘fell out’ of small plane near Miami
Rescue teams scour area south-east of Miami after pilot
radios that passenger fell out of aircraft flying at 2,000ft

THE NEIGHBOUR FROM HELL:

IN FOX “NEWS” NEWS:

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:


Rob Ford’s true victims may be those closest to him: DiManno
The mayor has warned media to leave his family alone, but it was he who dragged them into this mess.

Rob Ford’s intoxication affected his job: former staff
Ford was drunk at city hall between 15 and 20 times in a year, a former aide told police; he also missed events, asked staff to buy him booze, and was violent in his office.

Defanging Mayor Rob Ford could cause legal headache
Councillors and legal experts say cutting the mayor’s budget could be sticky, depending on how provincial law regarding the mayor’s “statutory duties” is interpreted.

Report: Police Were Concerned Rob Ford’s
Wife Was Domestic Abuse Victim

Rob Ford’s litany of apologies — and non-apologies
Mayor has spent past two weeks saying he’s sorry,
though sometimes it’s not clear what he’s sorry for.

CRACKED CORNER:

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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