Hello Headliners!!! Today would have been the 139th birthday of Maurice Ravel, had he not had the misfortune to die in 1937. He was quite fond of the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 321 – Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
- 1850 – Senator Daniel Webster gives his “Seventh of March” speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone.
- 1912 – Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
- 1965 – Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
- 1985 – The song “We Are the World” receives its international release.
- 1989 – Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
- 1994 – Copyright Law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use.
Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:
MORE OF THAT ‘MERKIN ‘CEPTIONALISM:
35 Countries Where the U.S. Has Supported Fascists, Drug Lords and Terrorists
THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR “OH WHAT A BUNCH OF LOONS”
Sarah Palin’s Latest Lie Should
Scare Republicans — But The GOP
Noise Machine Won’t Allow That
IN LGBT NEWS:
State’s last witness says unrepentant homosexuals are going to hell
TODAY IN RELIGION:
Religion may not
survive the Internet
There’s a reason churches are struggling
to maintain membership, and it has
nothing to do with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Watch this con man ‘pastor’ go absolutely ballistic when a news crew confronts him at his home
Farah: US ‘Becoming The Persecutor’ Of Christians, Leading To Next Holocaust
CONSTITUTION CORNER:
Republicans Use Stalinesque Tactics to Show Their Love
For The Constitution
SO YOU DON’T GET LOST:
These 9 Maps Should Absolutely Outrage Southerners
FREE THE ‘MERKIN WEED!!!
Gupta: ‘I am doubling down’
on medical marijuana
FREE THE CANADIAN WEED!!!
Ticket system for pot possession
pushed by some Tories
Police often turn a blind eye to avoid hours
of paperwork and court backlogs, MP says
OH! OH! OH! CANADA!!!
Your porn is not Canadian enough, CRTC warns
erotica channels
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Newsmax CEO Wants To Combat Fox News With Conservative Cable Channel
HISTORY IS COMPLICATED. FELINE HISTORY EVEN MORE SO:
1500s German Prince Imagined ‘Rocket Cats’ Weaponry
CRACK MAYOR CORNER:
Rob Ford friend Sandro Lisi
has long history of violence,
threats and dirty tricks
Sandro’ Lisi’s unsavory past includes
incidents of menacing, stalking and
assaulting young women, snitching
on drug rivals — and deliberately
spreading bedbugs.
MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:
Different strategies for Gilbert, Ilitches as they reshape Detroit
Free Press Documentary On The Packard Plant Debuts March 20
VIDEO DU JOUR:
Packard: The Last Shift
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