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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, April 4, 2014

April 4, 2014420, Bully Boy Bolling, Detroit, DNA, Eric Bolling, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Income Inequality, LGBT, Megyn Kelly, Racism, Religion, SCOTUS, Sheldon Adelson, WalmartHeadly Westerfield

It was 50 years ago today: The Beatles had the
Top Five singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

With Headlines Du Jour on hiatus yesterday, today’s Headlines Du Jour is bigger than usual. We’ll get to that, right after the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1581 – Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.

1768 – In London, England, Great Britain, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.

1818 – The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).

1841 – William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and with the shortest term served.

1850 – Los Angeles, California, is incorporated as a city.

1859 – Bryant’s Minstrels debut “Dixie” in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.

1949 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

1958 – The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

1964 – The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

1967 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” speech in New York City‘s Riverside Church.

1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Robert F. Kennedy’s speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1969 – Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.

1973 – The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.

1975 – Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Without any further delay, here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

$COTU$ WATCH:

How The Supreme Court Just Legalized Money Laundering
By Rich Campaign Donors

More Than Corruption Threatens the Integrity of Our Democracy
The sad tale of how the Supreme
Court’s approach to money in politics
helped create the Inequality Era.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia believes society is eroding because women use the ‘F-word’ and thinks Facebook is ‘strange’

LGBT NEWS:

When Did The Gospel
Become Anti-Gay?

ACLU: We’re not buying Schuette’s ‘just doing my job’ claim on gay marriage ban

Introducing The Federalist,
A New Web Magazine For Anti-LGBT Conservatives

Miami Beach scores 100, plus 12 bonus points, on updated HRC 2013 Municipal Equality Index

THE WAL*MART EFFECT:

Hungry for Savings
Walmart donates billions to anti-hunger initiatives.
Some of those efforts benefit its own employees.

THE “GOP” IN GOP STANDS FOR “GOT OBSOLETE POLITICIANS?”:

The Sheldon Adelson Suck-Up Fest
Republican contenders prostrated themselves for the casino mogul’s favor—a vivid illustration of who owns the GOP.

Georgia GOP Chair Warns That Straight People Will Enter Sham Gay Marriages For Benefits

TODAY IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

18 Charts that Illustrate America’s Insane Class
System from Birth till Death

Krystal Ball: Rising
Inequality Is ‘Feature,
Not A Bug’ Of Capitalism

FREE THE WEED!!!

Hash Bash 2014: Marijuana rally in Ann Arbor welcomes back organizer after 2 years in prison

DEA Chief: Please, Think Of The
Dogs Before You Legalize Pot

Pot activist alleges human rights
violated by AHS over vapourizer use
Lisa Kirkman fighting for right to use medical
marijuana vapour in hospitals and other public places

Arizona sheriff ordered to return medical marijuana to patient by state Supreme Court

Washington D.C. mayor okays measure decriminalizing possession of an ounce of pot

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

Snyder Wins: How ‘CancelColbert’ Drowned Out the Native Voice

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Nun Reportedly Tells Catholic School
Kids That Masturbation Makes Guys Gay

Fairbanks campus priest charged
with DUI, drugs and weapons

DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT’ ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROAWAY CITY:

The death of a great American city: why does anyone still live in Detroit?
The city’s social contract was shredded
long ago and everyone knows time is running
out – but some Detroiters have hope

In arena deal, Detroit
worshipping Mike Ilitch
Why have we decided that a guy who became
a billionaire selling us cheap pizza is God?

Feds probe vote for Detroit
City Council leadership

New Book From WSU Press
Captures Detroit Art Explosion
In All Its Funky Splendor

IN OUTER SPACE:

Honey, I Want to Move to Mars
My wife is a semifinalist to board a one-way mission to
the Red Planet. I’m proud, happy, and thrilled for her.
Now, do you want to know how I really feel about it?

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Compare and Contrast – London: 1927 & 2013

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, April 2, 2014

April 2, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, Detroit, Evolution, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Hobby Lobby, Leon Russell, LGBT, Loofah Lad, Louie Gohmert, Outer Space, Racism, Religion, Steve DoocyHeadly Westerfield

G’day Headliners!!! It’s the 72nd birthday of Leon Russell, who started out as a session player before putting out records under his own name. As a member of the Crypt-Kickers Five, Russell is on record praising the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now Florida.
1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
1902 – “Electric Theatre”, the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
1917 – World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
1975 – Construction of the CN Tower is completed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height, becoming the world’s tallest free-standing structure.
1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.

Whatever happened to my Trabsylvania Twist? No matter, here are today’s Headlines Du Jour:

THE “G” IN GOP STANDS FOR GUNS & GOOFBALLS:

The GOP’s perpetual war drum explained:
Why are Republicans so eager for conflict?

Louie Gohmert: ‘Separation of church and state’ means ‘church plays a role in the state’

IN ‘MERKIN POLITICS:

15 things you can’t believe are
true about American politics

IN LGBT NEWS:

Gay Key West men sue for right
to marry in Florida after Monroe
clerk’s office denies couple a license

FREE THE WEED!!!

Colorado drivers claim ‘license plate
profiling’ after marijuana legalization

Medical marijuana sales now officially legal in Nevada

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Hobby Lobby’s Hypocrisy: The Company’s Retirement
Plan Invests in Contraception Manufacturers

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

White Officers Falsely
Arrested Black Teen: Jury

Report: Well-being of African-Americans in Michigan among worst in nation

EVOLUTION IS COMPLICATED:

Zebra Stripes Evolved to Keep
Biting Flies Away, Study Reveals

DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Detroit installs 3,200
new LED street lights

Cobalts Were Seen as Lemons From Start, State Data Shows

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

O’Reilly Provides GOP A
2014 Platform: “All They
Have To Do Is Get A
Transcript Of This Show”

O’Reilly, Juan Williams
Rip Chris Hayes: He
Used Conservative Guest
as ‘Living Piñata’!

STEVE DOOCY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Steve Doocy, Guest Agree: Godless ‘Noah’ Example Of Today’s Godlessness!

IN INNER SPACE:

Art and Science Collide in the Discovery of the Higgs Boson
Particle Fever, a documentary about
the physicists who found the “God
particle,” suggests doing science
isn’t that different from making art

BONUS VIDEO DU JOUR:

IN OUTER SPACE:

Skywatch: Total lunar eclipse
set for morning of April 15

ENTERTAINMENT CORNER:

Rare Footage of Duke Ellington Highlights When Jazz and Baseball Were in Perfect Harmony

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, April 1, 2014

April 1, 2014Chris Christie, Detroit, Florida, Glenn Beck, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, James Rosen, Jimmy Cliff, LGBT, President Richard Nixon, Racism, Religion, Rob Ford, Roger AIles, The Harder They Come, WarHeadly Westerfield

Howdy Headliners! It’s April Fool’s Day. No joke. It’s also the birthday of Reggae star Jimmy Cliff. No joke. He loves the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
1826 – Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine.
1919 – The Staatliches Bauhaus school is founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar.
1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the “Beer Hall Putsch“. However, he spends only nine months in jail, during which he writes Mein Kampf.
1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
1946 – Aleutian Island earthquake: A 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo.
1949 – The Government of Canada repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years.
1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General‘s warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971.
1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
1997 – Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion.
2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first country to allow it.

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

GOOD NEWS FROM THE WAR FRONT:

Zero U.S. Troops Died In Combat In March, The First Time In More Than A Decade

IN LGBT NEWS:

Religious Bigot Ordered
To Pay 1.6 Million For
Harassing Lesbian Employee

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Atlanta archbishop apologizes
over $2.2M mansion

Christians Putting Bibles in
Schools Flip Out After Atheists
Hand Out Humanist Literature!

Pastor Who Prays for President
Obama to Die Preaches That
Women Should Shut Up in Church

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

How PBS whitewashed the abolitionist movement

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSOLETE:

Watch: ‘Obama May Well Be
A Homosexual’ Says GOP
Candidate For Governor

‘Influential Republicans’
trying to draft Jeb Bush

Colorado GOP candidate
calls Obama birth certificate a
‘myth’ in uncovered video

GOP Has Built-in Advantage In Fight For The House

Rick Santorum: Uninsured people are deadbeats
and ‘won’t make a payment’ for Obamacare

Rick Santorum’s Wholesome Film Studio Has a Smutty Anime Secret

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

Ed McNeil: How Can a Bankrupt Detroit
Give Away Millions to Illitch Organization?

PLAYING CHECKERS, NOT CHESS:

Firm that cleared Christie in
Bridgegate? Same one Nixon
mentioned in famous Checkers speech

Ralph Thrower, IRS Chief Who
Resisted Nixon, Dies at 100

From the vast Not Now Silly archives:
Did Roger Ailes Dupe James Rosen,
Or Did Rosen Dupe ‘Merka?

GET A JOB:

Dallas Police: Man Sends Dick Pic With
Job Application, Still Doesn’t Have a Job

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Off-Duty Deputy Shoots Man After Catching Couple Having Sex in Community Pool

WHEN SAGGY PANTS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL WEAR SAGGY PANTS:

Pull up your pants or pay a fine! Louisiana parish introduces $50 saggy pants fine for first-time offenders and $100 for repeat offenders

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Anti-Rob Ford campaign
posters pop up in Toronto

CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

Lawrence O’Donnell Gets
Joe Scarborough To Admit
That Christie Is Absolutely Irredeemable

Glenn Beck: Not to be confused with a methane-spewing microbe.

GLENN BECK CORNER:

Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor Sues Glenn Beck
for Defamation

From the vast Not Now Silly archives:
The Day I Shook
Hands With Glenn Beck

NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

Methane-spewing microbe blamed for Earth’s worst mass extinction

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, March 31, 2014

March 31, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, Detroit, DNA, Fox News, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Income Inequality, LGBT, Loofah Lad, marijuana, Racism, Religion, TaxesHeadly Westerfield

Hello Headliners! Today’s birthday boy is Herb Albert, who was not only the leader of the Tijuana Brass, but also the “A” in A&M Records. It’s no secret: This guy’s in love with the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear.

1492 – Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1774 – American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
1909 – Construction of the ill fated RMS Titanic begins.
1917 – The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies after paying $25 million to Denmark, and renames the territory the United States Virgin Islands.
1918 – Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
1930 – The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty eight years.
1949 – The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
1951 – Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
1994 – The journal Nature reports the finding in Ethiopia of the first complete Australopithecus afarensis skull.
1995 – Selena, an American singer, was murdered by her friend and employee of her boutiques Yolanda Saldívar who was embezzling money from the establishments. The event was named “Black Friday” by Hispanics.

Today’s Headlines Du Jour, step this way:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Mozilla Finally Declares
Support for Marriage Equality

Banned for life: Why gay
men still can’t donate blood

Man Who Raised Money For
Organ Donation Dies, Is Rejected
As Donor Because He Was Gay

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBFUSCATE:

Newest ‘Obamacare Victim’ Is Actually An Anti-Healthcare GOP Operative (Video)

Students Walk out on Dick Cheney,
Calling Him ‘War Criminal’ (VIDEO)