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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, March 23, 2014

March 23, 2014420, Cops Gone Wild, Detroit, DNA, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Income Inequality, LAPD, LGBT, Netflix, Outer Space, Racism, Rand Paul, Tom Leher, Wernher von BraunHeadly Westerfield

Hello Headliners!!! You need not be a rocket scientist to know that today’s the birthday of ‘Merka’s favourite Nazi, Wernher von Braun. While Werner was directly responsible for many Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear, he’s indirectly responsible for what happened on this date in 1965 and 1983:

1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” – at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their “Corps of Discovery” begin their arduous journey home.
1857 – Elisha Otis‘s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)
1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States‘ first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
1989 – Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce their discovery of cold fusion at the University of Utah.

Without any further ado, whatever that is, let’s get to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

LAPD Officer Raped Woman and then Dept.
Tried to Bury Case, Threatened her with Jail
A new lawsuit alleges that the Los Angeles police department
stonewalled a case of rape by one of its own.

THE “G” IN GOP STANDS FOR GULLIBLE:

Rand Paul’s “youth” snow job: Why he’ll never, ever, ever win over young voters

STREAMING OR STEAMING?

Netflix Just Opened the Door to
Paying ISPs More Access Fees

TODAY IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

Right Wing Billionaires Tell People Forget Income Inequality Worship Us Instead

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

2 Car Thefts Push WSU Board Member Kim Trent Closer To Leaving ‘My Beloved City’

IN INNER SPACE:

DNA Mugshots Possible

IN OUTER SPACE:

Now you see it: Nasa spots Martian
gully that formed in just three years

Just After It All Began, the Universe Sent
Us a Text Message. We Just Decoded It.
Phil Plait explains the universe’s sudden and dramatic
inflation…tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, March 22, 2014

March 22, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, Bully, Detroit, facebook, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Income Inequality, LGBT, Loofah Lad, Pat Robertson, Paul Ryan, Racism, Rand Paul, Rob FordHeadly Westerfield

Hello Headliners. It’s the birthday of crazy evangelist Pat Robertson, who Johnny Dollar (aka Mark Koldys) actually supported for President of the United States. [I know, right?] Robertson may be 84 years old, but still makes headlines. Especially when he opens his mouth and crazy shit tumbles out. Here are some more Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear.

1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.

1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.

1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.

1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser

1963 – The Beatles‘ first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom.

1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.

1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Now, let’s get to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Rand Paul Says the GOP is Like Bad Pizza Crust

IN LGBT NEWS:

Judge lifts Michigan’s ban on gay marriage

Lesbian Visits Harlem
Church for Her Stoning

Gay Arkansas student says his
profile was pulled from yearbook

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

African-American Man Confronts
Paul Ryan At Town Hall Over
Ryan’s Racist Comments

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSOLETE:

Will Republicans mute
the culture war in 2016?

BULLY CORNER:

Confession of a Former Bully

— Not Now Silly has its own Cyber-Bullies —

The Mark Koldys-Johnny Dollar Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day