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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, February 20, 2014

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Hello, Headliners!!! On this, the 87th birthday of Sidney Poitier, let’s first take a look at some of the Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear:

• 1816 – Rossini’s opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
• 1872 – In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
• 1877 – Tchaikovsky‘s ballet Swan Lake receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
• 1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party‘s upcoming election campaign.
• 1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
• 1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
• 1959 – The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
• 1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.

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

SO GLAD WE ARE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:


George Zimmerman’s BFF Called Oprah the N-Word

FBI Investigating Racial Vandalism Of Ole Miss Statue

New Georgia Specialty License Plate Features A Confederate Flag

IN LGBT NEWS:

Gambian president: LGBT stands for “Leprosy, Gonorrhoea, Bacteria and Tuberculosis”

FREE THE WEED!!!

A marijuana tidal wave?

Minnesota Poll: Majority support legalization of medical marijuana

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Mississippi church floor collapses, around 35
injured: report

THE LITTLE BROTHER WATCHING BIG BROTHER:

Meet Jonathan Mayer, The Stanford Ph.D. Student Who’s Reverse-Engineering The NSA

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

GOP Candidate Arrested for Assaulting
Man Who Called Him ‘RINO’

A MEMBER OF THE CORRUPT GOVERNORS CLUB:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Bill Maher Claims MSNBC Is Turning Into Fox News

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED. THE HISTORY OF CRYPTOGRAPHY EVEN MORE SO:

IN OUTER SPACE:

Our entire universe might
exist inside a massive
black hole, say physicists

Supernova secrets seen in X-rays

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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Good morning, Headliners. How will you be celebrating the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus today? Among the Headlines Du Jour from yesterday include:

• 356 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
• 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
• 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
• 1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
• 1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1953 – Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
• 1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan‘s The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women’s organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.

Now let’s delve into today’s Headlines Du Jour:

LGBT NEWS:

The evolutionary puzzle
of homosexuality

Washington State To Automatically Marry All Same-Sex Domestic Partners

GET THE FRACK OUT OF HERE!!!

Scientists mystified as 20 earthquakes hit Oklahoma in one day

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Bobby Jindal Relaunches Himself One More Time

The Cost of Voting Republican: Economy Lost $3 Billion Due to GOP Blocking UI Entension

THE “P” IN GOP STANDS FOR PLUTOCRACY:

FOLLOW THE MONEY:

Comcast Gave $854,000 to
Congressional Committee
Overseeing its Merger with Time Warner

Filthy rich but secretly terrified: Inside the 1 percent’s sore-winner backlash


TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

The Tea Party Demands that
Mitch McConnell Drop Out Or
Else Alison Grimes Will Win

Voting Against John Boehner Just Became The Tea Party’s Litmus Test

FREE THE WEED!!!

Louisiana governor open to
legalizing medical marijuana

Washington State Legislators
Pass Hemp Nullification Bill

Inside Girl Scout Cookies

Kinky Friedman Agriculture Commissioner campaign rooted in marijuana legalization

KANSAS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Kansas Bill Would Allow Spanking
Children To Point Of Bruising

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

How Fox News Talks About African-Americans When It’s Not February

Don Lemon Attacked By Fox News Over
His Reaction To Michael Dunn Verdict

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Doug Ford says Rob Ford is
being bullied by gay community

Rob Ford not backing down from controversy, says he can see ‘no reason’ to put up Pride flag to support gay rights during Olympics

Rob Ford may have broken
election rules, rival says


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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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As every Beatles fan knows, February 18 is the birthday of Yoko Ono, who gets the Headlines Du Jour delivered to her doorstep every morning. She says her favourite part is the Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear:

• 1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
• 1885 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• 1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
• 1930 – Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
• 1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
• 1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

How’s that? Was it good for you too, Yoko? If so, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

IN LGBT NEWS:

Olympic police re-arrest former
Italian MP for wearing rainbow outfit

Watch: Lawmakers Cheer As
Ugandan President Declares ‘War
With The Homosexual Lobby’

Susan Rice Urges Ugandan President
Not To Sign Anti-Gay Law

Anne Rice Unloads on Anti-Gay Facebook Commenters

TODAY’S EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

California police use taser
on deaf man trying to communicate with them
via sign language

PRESIDENTS’ DAY LEFTOVERS:

George W. Bush: Still the worst

A new study ranks Bush near the
very bottom in history, due to delusional
wars, reckless spending and inflexibility

Happy Presidents’ Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents


FREE THE WEED!!!

Uruguay Prez Jose Mujica To
United States: Legalize Weed

Medical Marijuana Sponsor Says
Police Are Addicted To Drug War Dollars

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

GOP Senate Candidate Calls
Mitch McConnell ‘Beltway
Turtle’ In Anti-Cornyn Ad

Greg Abbott under fire
for Ted Nugent invite

43 House Republicans Want to Sue Barack Obama For Being President

The GOP Has Screwed Itself
Out Of A Perfect Obamacare
Election Message


TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

America’s First President
Was The Tea Party’s
Worst Nightmare


TODAY IN RAPE CULTURE:

Montana county attorney’s office to mother of 5-year-old rape victim: ‘Boys will be boys’

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:


CNN’s Don Lemon Hits Back
at Fox’s Gregg Jarrett: ‘Mind
Your Business, Old Man’


Chris Wallace Says Climate Change Isn’t Occurring Because It Is Cold On The East Coast


MORE IN CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS:

Heatwave frequency ‘surpasses levels previously predicted for 2030’
Abbott government urged to better articulate dangers of climate
change as Climate Council highlights rising number of hot days

TODAY IN NON-RELIGION:

NC high school faces legal challenge for refusing secular club


TRUMP THE CHUMP:

Donald Trump faces
Irish wind farm battle


LIVING WITH POLLUTION IN DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

John Carlisle: Some Detroiters
living with Marathon plant
pollution find peace – at a price


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Yoko Ono backed by John Lennon, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, February 17, 2014

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As we celebrate the birth of Jerry Lewis-muse Kathleen Freeman, let’s take a closer look at a few Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear:

• 1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
• 1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
• 1819 – The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
• 1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
• 1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
• 1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the “Sea of Tranquility” would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
• 1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.

Now that that’s over with, let’s take a gander at today’s Headlines Du Jour:

BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS!!!

Russians “brutally” arrest former Italian member of parliament at Sochi Olympics

TODAY IN HEALTH CARE:

Hospital charges shown to vary widely
Some bill more ‘because they can’

FREE THE WEED!!!

New details emerge on Colorado
marijuana operators raided by feds

Deep pockets and personal stories underpin Florida’s medical marijuana push

HACKING DU JOUR:

Kickstarter Hacked, Credit Card Data Safe

PHONE HACKING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Murdoch’s ex-British paper boss Brooks to start phone-hacking defense

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Would Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly be a good president in 2016 or not?

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Why would a Michigan medical clinic block Fox News?

WHEN THE MITT HITS THE FAN:

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OH! STOP!! MY!!! SIDES!!!!

Election Thief Karl Rove Says Chris Christie Is What We Want In a President

PASS THE POPCORN!!!

Reviled by Republicans,
Ted Cruz is ‘So Hated,
He’s Going to Need
a Food Taster’

REAL ESTATE CORNER:

Al Capone’s gangster mansion on the market in Miami Beach

CONSTITUTION CORNER:

Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Not Talk to the Police


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford’s Toronto: where the buck doesn’t stop

If Ukrainians can protest their leader in weather even colder than Toronto’s, why are Torontonians content to let Rob Ford be mayor?

STAR TREK UNIVERSE:

Michael Dorn Confirms He’s Working on a ‘Star Trek: Captain Worf’ TV Series

CBS developing new CSI
and EMS related Star Trek
television shows

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Pastor dies after snake he was handling bit him

DYLAN IN DECLINE:

Bob Dylan and the Ethics of Market Fascism

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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Today we celebrate the official birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Coming up this weekend is Presidents’ Day, where we honour both George Washington and Lincoln with mattress sales. Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

LGBT:

Nevada State Officials Stop Defending Same-Sex Marriage Ban In Appeal

Where is it illegal to be gay?

NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

Some species of crocodiles can climb trees

COLD CASE HEATS UP:

New Suspect Named in Disappearance of Sisters 39 Years Ago

CONSITUTIONAL CORNER:

‘Choose Life’ License
Plate Struck Down By
Federal Appeals Court

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Florida County Eliminates Minority-Heavy Polling Places

Republicans Lose It and Try to Overthrow
John Boehner Over the Clean Debt Limit Bill

WHEN POP-TART GUNS ARE OUTLAWED:

Pop-Tart school-gun bill clears first hurdle in Florida

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Right-wing pastor: Pat Robertson committed ‘blasphemy’ by mocking creationism

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS:

Did A Fox News Host
Just Endorse The Public
Health Care Option?

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Chow Mein and Bolling

FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana May Stop The
Spread Of HIV, Study Finds

Lethal Dose: Half Ton of Weed Kills a Man

Alaska To Legalize Recreational
Weed This Summer?

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

Breakdowns In Pipes And Power
Grid Cause Disruptions Across City

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford’s conduct criticized by
student protesters at City Hall
About a dozen protesters say Mayor Rob Ford’s lying,
drinking and drug-taking make him unfit to lead.
The mayor was not there to hear them.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, February 10, 2014

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It’s February 10th, folks. Which means this is the 41st day of the year. Before we get to today’s news, here’s a look at a few of the headlines from yesteryear. On this day, according to the WikiWhackyWoo:

• 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
• 1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
• 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo“.
• 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Now let’s get right down to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law,
Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays

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

Racist Chants From The Crowd
Brought This Soccer Star To Tears

FREE THE WEED!!!

Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State
Marijuana Law Roundup.

Medical Marijuana Gains
Traction in the Deep South

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

On Fox & Friends: Oscar
Song ‘Yanked’ Because
Of Faith Based Bigotry

PAYING TWO DEBTS TO SOCIETY:

BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Sochi Olympic Winter Games at
root of residents’ housing woes

THINGS GO BETTER WITH KOCH:

Keystone XL Pipeline Could Yield
$100 Billion For Koch Brothers

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Ken Ham: The Making of An
American Religious Huckster

Young American adults abandon
religion in record numbers

Christians Might Be Surprised to
Find That Not God, But Men,
Decided What They Would Believe

CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

NJ Star-Ledger Regrets Endorsing
Christie: ‘We Blew This One’

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford’s wee-hours
Foggy Dew pub night
concerns Coquitlam mayor

IN OUTER SPACE:

Researchers identify one of the
earliest stars in the universe
The discovery suggests that the very first generation of stars may not have been as powerful as previously thought.

NASA is now accepting applications from companies that want to mine the moon

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, February 9, 2014

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As we celebrate Alice Walker‘s birthday (1944), let’s take a look at some headlines from yesteryear for this day:

• 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• 1950 – Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.

And now, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS:

George Zimmerman’s Epic Boxing Match With DMX Has Been Canceled
The rapper will not get to stop, drop, shut Zimmerman down after all


IN LGBT NEWS:

Justice Department to
give married same-sex
couples equal protection


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

‘Racial slurs’ used in more
than 10,000 tweets a day


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSFUCATION:

Republican Party wing creates
18 fake websites for Democrats

PASS THE POPCORN!!!

Tea Party Brings The Knives
Out For Mitch McConnell


TODAY IN RELIGION:

The Religious Right Sells the False Choice of the State or Christianity


FREE THE WEED!!!

Alaska Could Be The Next
State To Legalize Marijuana

This Is Why So Many Reasonable People Think Anti-Marijuana Crusaders Look Ridiculous

Marijuana Legalization Plan Stalls in New Mexico

BULLY CORNER:

Former high school bully congratulates gay victim after seeing marriage proposal online

Some bullies never seem to learn:
The Johnny Dollar Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day

LOOFAH LAD CORNER:

Bill O’Reilly Is On The
Wrong Side Of The
Minimum Wage Debate

O’Reilly Sucks Up
To Ted Nugent

Bill O’Reilly: “I Believe
That John Boehner Is
Secretly A Democrat”

Geraldo Rivera Calls O’Reilly ‘President
Of Most Of The White Guys In America


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford ‘talking gibberish’ during late night B.C. pub visit
Mayor reportedly disappeared into tiny staff washroom for more than an hour, emerging incoherent and fidgety before ordering rounds of drinks.

Toronto police mostly quiet on visit to Mayor Rob Ford’s office

Somali group to use Gawker funds for mentoring


GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

NC parenting columnist’s 3-year-old son shoots 17-month-old sister
with dad’s gun

6-year-old Alabama boy
shot while Dad was trying
to unload his pistol


IN OUTER SPACE:

Red skies discovered on extreme brown dwarf


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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, February 8, 2014

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It’s another weekend, the second of this shortened month. Before we get to today’s Headlines Du Jour, let’s take a look at some headlines from yesteryear:

• 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

• 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

• 1915 – D.W. Griffith‘s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.

Now, on to more recent headlines:

IN LGBT NEWS:

This drag queen’s brilliant response to homophobia
will move you to tears

Video: Gays arrested in Moscow`s Red Square,
singing national anthem


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

The history white
people need to learn

Anyone who wants “white history
month” should learn instead about how
whiteness has been used to discriminate


FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:


Greg Gutfeld Rags on
Bill O’Reilly: ‘How
Egotistical Is That?!’

Fox’s Juan Williams: It’s
Fair To Call Out Fox For
Their Benghazi Coverage

Hannity Attacks “Comrade De Blasio” For Boycotting
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Over Its LGBT Exclusion
Hannity: “This Is Him Being Prejudiced Towards
People’s Deeply Held Fundamental Religious Belief”


BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Most corrupt Olympics ever: Why Sochi’s
“above and beyond” what we’ve seen before


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBFUSCATION:

National Republican Congressional Campaign using fake Democrat websites to lure voters

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD, TOO:

850,000-year-old human
footprints found in Norfolk

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

Obama invites Duggan
to develop job creation
plan for Detroit

Bankruptcy In Action: Belle Isle Becomes A State Park Tuesday

Really? A ‘No Colors Allowed’ Sign at Bar Sparks Absurd Cries of Racism

Orr: Detroit’s turnaround is going to happen quickly


FREE THE WEED!!!

Uruguay’s President Nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize for Legalizing Weed


TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Florida Ordinance Makes It Illegal
For Homeless To Use Blankets


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford wanted rainbow flag
removed from Toronto City Hall

Rob Ford to duck
World Pride parade, too

Rob Ford: ‘I’m not going to change the way I am’

WATCH: Robyn Doolittle appears on The Daily Show


FROM OUTER SPACE:

Curiosity Rover Sees Earth from Mars for 1st Time (Photos)


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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Another Tuesday to ponder. Those celebrating birthdays today include Rosa Parks, Ida Lupino, and Alice Cooper. So, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Mom Suspected Of Dismembering Adult Son
Was Having A ‘Bad Year’


DO YOU DIG ARCHAEOLOGY?

Abandoned pyramid turns out to be a 4,600-year-old wonder

In Photos: Egyptian Pyramid Predates Giza Landmark

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

Michael Dunn trial starts
in Florida: How similar
to Trayvon Martin case?
The murder trial of Michael Dunn, which began Monday, puts Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law front and center again. Mr. Dunn, who is white, is charged with killing a black teen in Jacksonville after jousting over loud music.

Coca-Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’ Super
Bowl Ad Causes Idiotic Tea Party Backlash

FREE THE WEED!!!

More black leaders are shifting their views on marijuana

2 medical marijuana bills stall in Michigan Senate

Marijuana news: What would legal pot mean for state workers in Oregon?

CCC = CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

Chris Christie’s Botched Attempt at Bridgegate Character Assassination

NEWS OUT OF THE FACEBOOKERY:

The Quiet Upheaval of
Facebook’s New iPhone App

ROGER AILES IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

How President Obama Turned The Tables and Humiliated Roger Ailes and Fox News

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

The Five’s Bolling Slams Coca-Cola: ‘You Ticked Off a Lot of Americans’

A series from the Not Now Silly archives
Chow Mein and Bolling

IN OUTER SPACE:

International Space Station will soon contain
the coldest spot in the known universe


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Headlines Du Jour ► Groundhog Day ► Sunday, February 2, 2014

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It’s Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil shares his big day Ayn Rand, Elaine Stritch, Stan Getz, Graham Nash, and Farrah Fawcett, all celebrating birthdays today. But, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.


A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS:

Gov. Chris Christie booed by Times Square crowd at Super Bowl event


POLITICAL CORNER:

Cecil Bohanon: Why national politics has become so nasty


IN COCONUT GROVE:

Out with old, in with new Miami park

West Grove to get its first police station


IN RUSSIA, BEARS ARM YOU:

Vodka blamed for Russia’s high death rate


FREE THE WEED!!!

Obama, Who Evidently Has Not Read The Controlled Substances
Act, Denies That He Has The Power To Reclassify Marijuana

Medical marijuana shops could open by summer

FREE THE TUMBLING TUBLEWEEDS!!!

‘Tumbleweed Invasion 2014’: Tumbleweeds bury New Mexico town

EXPOSING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT LIES:

All About the Woman Whose Life Was Ruined by
Obamacare and Had No Choice but to Appear in a TV Ad

FROM OUTER SPACE:

Study Shows How Planets with Binary Stars, Like Tatooine, Form

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford reportedly ticketed in Vancouver
for jaywalking; public intoxication

Mayor Rob Ford ’embarrassed’ by Vancouver jaywalking ticket

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