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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, July 29, 2014

July 29, 2014420, Alexis de Tocqueville, Bill O'Reilly, Falafel King, Fox News, Free the Weed, Guns, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Howard Kurtz, LGBT, Loofah Lad, MSNBC, Racism, Sarah Palin, Science, SpaceHeadly Westerfield

After a hiatus of a few weeks, Headlines Du Jour is back, babies!!! Today’s birthday belongs to Alexis de Tocqueville, who coined the phrase ‘Merkin ‘Ceptionalism and it wasn’t meant to be a compliment. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1565 – The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.

1793 – John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.

1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.

1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.

1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.

1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.

1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the “Son of Sam”) kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.

1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.

1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).

1993 – The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.

Now here are today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Gay Marriage and the
Political Psychology of Disgust

Why is it that some react to the LGBT community
with the same emotions we use for rotting food?
Scientists are starting to figure it out.

Florida Man Denies Homophobia After
Towing 100 Cars At Disney’s Gay Days

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014420, Air Pollution, Ben Carson, DNA, Evolution, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Fracking, Free the Weed, Guns, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Kevin Bacon, Outer Space, Racism, SCOTUSHeadly Westerfield

Hello, Headliners. Today’s birthday is ZERO degrees from Kevin Bacon, born on this day in1958. Here are some Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1099 – First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

1663 – Charles II of England grants John Clarke a Royal charter to Rhode Island.

1775 – The Olive Branch Petition is signed by the Continental Congress of the Thirteen Colonies.

1822 – Chippewas turn over a huge tract of land in Ontario to the United Kingdom.

1876 – White supremacists kill five Black Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina.

1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.

1898 – The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.

1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.

1947 – Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.

1960 – Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

1968 – The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.

1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.

1982 – Assassination attempt against Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.

2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

Let’s look at today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

A Newspaper Actually Used a Headline Calling Obama The N-Word In The White House

Off-duty GA police officer arrested for road rage assault, calling victim a ‘low-life n*gger’

GET THE FRACK OUTTA HERE!!!

Just 4 fracking wastewater sites cause 20
percent of all central US earthquakes – study

GET THE TRUCK OUTTA HERE!!!

Rolling Coal

Conservatives who show their
annoyance with liberals, Obama,
and the EPA by blowing black
smoke from their trucks.

FREE THE WEED!!!

L.A.’s First-Ever Marijuana Farmers
Market Draws Hourlong Lines

Washington State’s First Legal Marijuana
Shops Set to Open Amid Chaos

This Is What Seattle’s First Legal
Marijuana Shop Looks Like

Everything You Need to Know About
Buying Legal Weed In Washington State

Florida holds first hearing
on medical marijuana rules

Colo., Wash., differ in legalizing marijuana

SCOTUS WATCH:

Cutting Through The Conservative Lies About The Hobby Lobby Ruling

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Only 2 People Showed Up To July 4
Richmond Open Carry Demonstration

Police: Man shot toddler to torture her dad

Armed Preacher In Texas Shot With Own Gun During Home Invasion

10 states where guns are most (and least) likely to kill people

FOX & FRIENDS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox News ‘Girls Gone Mild’
segment warns women not to
raise voices: ‘Don’t talk too much’

Fox News Advises Women To Ditch Feminism, Offers Tips To ‘Keep Your Husband Happy’

DR. BEN IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Ben Carson: ‘Sad’ that stoners vote after Obama distracts them from Benghazi with pot

IN INNER SPACE:

Researchers Find Ancient Human Skull with
Inner Ear Structure Unique to Neanderthals

IN OUTER SPACE:

How the faintest galaxies
illuminated the early universe

NASA Mission Captures
Video of Massive Solar Fireworks

Sun Sends More ‘Tsunami Waves’ to Voyager 1

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, July 5, 2014

July 5, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, facebook, Falafel King, Fox News, Free the Weed, Google, GOP, Guns, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Loofah Lad, Outer Space, Outnumbered, Racism, Religion, Smiley Lewis, Steve DoocyHeadly Westerfield

Hello again, Headliners.Today’s birthday belongs to Smiley Lewis, a New Orleans Rhythm & Blues artist. Here are some of the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1687 – Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

1775 – The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.

1934 – “Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.

1935 – The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.

1946 – The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France.

1948 – National Health Service Acts creates the national public health systems in the United Kingdom.

1950 – Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.

1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.

1971 – Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.

1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.

1989 – Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell
to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in
fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions were later
overturned.

1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

2009 – The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.

Now here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Anti-gay Archbishop under investigation
for sexual misconduct with other men

Rep. Paul Broun: Right to have ‘guns everywhere’ was ‘given by our Lord’

BONUS VIDEO DU JOUR:

“GOP” STANDS FOR “GOT OUR PROPHYLACTICS?”

GOP Senator: Women Use Birth Control
for Mostly ‘Recreational Behavior’

GOP ALSO STANDS FOR THE LAST CENTURY:

Underdog GOP Candidate Sings And
Speaks In Tongues On Self-Posted Video

All The Single Ladies: Female Voting Power and The Looming Extinction of The GOP

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

17-year-old cheerleader shot
‘execution style’ on New Jersey street

Two-Year-Old Fatally Shot in Inkster; 12-Year-Old and Adult Wounded

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

Chris McDaniel Insists Thad Cochran Abandoned Christian Values by Appealing to Black Voters

FREE THE WEED!!!

First Marijuana Farmers Market
in Los Angeles Opens Today

Marijuana prohibition has
failed; it’s time for a new approach

Texas Rancher Discovers $2M Marijuana Growing Operation on His Land

ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:

Facebook News Feed experiment isn’t all bad: A look at the other side of the controversy

Clicking Their Way to Outrage

On Social Media, Some Are Susceptible to Internet Outrage

Right to be forgotten: Google may hate it,
but we’re dangerously close to making it work

FOX NEWS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Republicans Have Been Secretly Helping To Elect Bill and Hillary Clinton By Watching Fox News

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Bill O’Reilly’s awful border plan:
Insane, cruel and comparatively moderate

STEVE DOOCY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox Host: Obama Avoiding Border for Fear
He Might ‘Catch Something’ from Immigrants

OUTNUMBERED IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Outnumbered: Outlandish,
Outdated, Overtly Biased

IN OUTER SPACE:

Study Disproves 2 Earth-like Planets’ Existence

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, July 2, 2014

July 2, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, Cops Gone Wild, facebook, Festus, Festus Haggen, Fox News, Free the Weed, GOP, Guns, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Jesse Watters, Ken Curtis, LGBT, Loofah Lad, NBC, Outer Space, Tea Party, TeabaggersHeadly Westerfield

Howdy, Headliners. It’s the 183rd day of the year — with just 182 left — which means 2014 is now more than half over. Celebrating a birthday today is Ken Curtis, who played Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke, but was one of The Sons of the Pioneers. Let’s look at some of the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1504 – Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia.
1679 – Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
1776 – The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not approved until July 4.
1777 – Vermont becomes the first American territory to abolish slavery.
1822 – 35 African American slaves are hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion.
1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué take over the slave ship Amistad.
1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19.
1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
1897 – Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
1900 – The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
1962 – The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
1964 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
2001 – The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

Now here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

WATCH: SC trooper threatens Taser on cooperative NFL player during traffic arrest

TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

Tea Party Gov. Paul LePage held several
meetings with FBI-designated terrorist group