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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, November 2, 2013

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It’s another edition of Headlines Du Jour, this one called The Rob Ford Bulldog Edition. So lets get right to it.

THE LATEST ROB FORD NEWS:

 


Xenophobia and racism back in the Dominican Republic
It is ironic that a state whose citizens are discriminated
against abroad, legalises racially discriminating measures.

FOX “NEWS” NEWS:

Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station.
Commander Chris Hadfield – Space Oddity

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, November 1, 2013

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Now that we’ve got Halloween and Octover out of the way, it’s time for November. November 1 is the 305th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 60 days remaining until the end of the year.

IN CLIMATE CONTROL NEWS:


► As the seas rise ◄
High Water Line | Miami
Sea Level Rise in Metro Miami
Prepared as part of the High Water Line | Miami project/movement, this video depicts sea level rise in greater metropolitan Miami at one-foot intervals, ranging from one foot to ten feet (in the introductory section at the beginning) and one foot to six feet (throughout the remaining sections).

IN FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL NEWS:

Dick Cheney Absurdly Claims the Iraq War Was Worth it Because We Didn’t Find Weapons of Mass Destruction

International Group of Lawyers Urges Toronto
Police to Arrest Dick Cheney for War Crimes

A TALE OF TWO SENATES:

Analysis: Wright-Duffy cheque affair:
Harper’s explanations changing by the day
Senate expenses scandal defies PM’s efforts at message control

The Reign Of Morons: Absurdity In The Senate

► And, as always, Steven Colbert had the most accesible take on the Reign of Morons ◄
Colbert Skewers GOPers Who Called
‘Backsies’ On Debt Ceiling Vote

IN CONSTITUTIONAL NEWS:

For the Last Time, the Constitution is Not Based on the Bible

IN CONFEDERATE NEWS:

 

Confederate flag was the flag of traitors

IN NEWS NEWS:

►”More than 35 years, it’s the first time I’ve been punched on the job — outside of the newsroom.”◄
WATCH: TV News Crew Maced and
Punched by Distraught Woman

IN TORONTO MAYOR NEWS:

► The crack-smoking video exists ◄
Rob Ford video scandal: Police photographed mayor
in multiple meetings with alleged drug dealer
Police have a video and will present it in court, Blair says

IN SCUMBAG NEWS:

Report: George Zimmerman left behind
bullet-riddled target for wife to find

Man throws away $500K in gold to spite ex-wife

AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR:

Hipsters Rejoice! You Can Now Sell Advertising Space On Your Beard To Make Cash

Unpacking The Writer ► The Bearded Edition

AND NOW A WORD FROM OUR MANATEES:

Manatee deaths break record with two months left to go in year

IN FOX “NEWS” NEWS: 

Megyn Kelly’s Near Hysteria To Bash Obamacare

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

That Awkward Moment When The Woman
You Try Robbing Knows Systema

WHY CANADA IS DIFFERENT:

Canadians believe Edward Snowden is a hero, not a villain

WHY MICHIGAN IS DIFFERENT:

Michigan State University sells deadly toxic
waste to the public on its surplus website

WHY GOVERNMENT IS DIFFERENT:

Big Government?
The Government Is Smaller Than It Was 47 Years Ago
[with charts and everything]

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Singapore as you’ve never seen it

Headlines Du Jour ► All Hallows Eve ► Thursday, October 31, 2013

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Headlines Du Jour is an aggregation of news stories you may be interested in, you may have missed, or you didn’t even know you wanted until you read about it here on Not Now Silly.

 

 HALLOWEEN NEWS:

► Remember that time Aunty Em Ericann went on a Ghost Hunt? ◄
The Ghost In The Machine

Most Haunted Places In Canada:
10 Spooky Canadian Ghosts Stories (PHOTOS)

 

 INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, & LOCAL NEWS:

 

██ Dispatches from Detroit, ‘Merka’s first throwaway city ██

██ Dispatches from Michigan, ‘Merka’s first throwaway state? ██

►When being poor is outlawed, only outlaws will be poor ◄
ACLU asks Michigan communities
to repeal laws against panhandling

██ And in Coconut Grove News . . . ██

► While I am in support of this project, not everyone is a fan ◄
Miami activist moves to halt Tuesday
vote on Coconut Grove waterfront

██ Today in Randian Paulian Newsian ██

Rand Paul lifted his antiabortion speech from the
Wikipedia page for a science fiction movie

Rand Paul Plagiarism Scandal Grows

Colbert Blasts Maddow for Shaming Rand Paul:
‘Who the Hell Do You Think You Are?’

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NEWS REPUBLICANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU: 

► Here’s your food stamp welfare mom ◄

► PARTY OVER COUNTRY! SAY IT WITH ME!! PARTY OVER COUNTRY!!! ◄
Pat Buchanan to The GOP – Fight! If The Party
Goes Down, Take the Country Down With You

► Don’t forget: Sarah Palin is also a Dominionist ►
The Left Must Accept that Ted Cruz is the Dominionist Messiah

 

TODAY’S EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

 

►The weapon of choice, when a bullet in the back won’t do ◄

POST-RACIAL SOCIETY NEWS:


MTA bus driver calls Muslim boy, 10,
‘terrorist’ and denies him ride: suit
A Brooklyn boy, now 12, claims a city bus driver
blocked him from taking a ride days before his 11th
birthday because he was singing a Muslim song
while searching for his MetroCard, lawsuit charges.

Shackles and Ivy: The Secret History of How
Slavery Helped Build America’s Elite Colleges

The REAL ‘Lone Ranger’ Was An African American
Lawman Who Lived With Native American Indians

In Hungary, Anti-Semitism Rises Again

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Once Again, Fox Misleads To Manufacture Obamacare Victims

Fox’s Hasselbeck: Insurance Cancellations
Part of Obamacare’s ‘Grand Design’

TECH NEWS:

Adobe breach THIRTEEN times worse than thought, 38 million users affected

Is a Google smartwatch just months away?

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:

Rachel: Lou Reed’s transsexual muse

► This is the exact moment satire committed suicide ◄
Report of Ted Nugent assassination attempt
in Detroit is ‘pretty laughable,’ son says

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

10 Fearless Black Female Warriors Throughout History


► The most amazing Video Du Jour ◄
Mars Flyover – European Space Agency’s Mars Express
 ESA releases spectacular Mars flyover video after probe’s 12,500 trips around the planet

Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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Not Now Silly presents some of the headlines roiling the world, or at least my little portion of it, today.

When I gain a pound it’s in the headlines.
~~~~~Kim Kardashian

Not in my Headlines Du Jour, Kim.

► Don’t blame Obama! Nixon’s the one! ◄

Nixon proposed today’s Affordable Care Act
It’s easy to forget amidst all of the conservative handwringing
that this is the kind of plan GOP has always wanted

██ A couple of headlines from Detroit, ‘Merka’s first throwaway city ██

► It turns out Gov Snyder could have protected the pensions, but chose not to ◄
Snyder rejected pension fund conditions
 

► Could the DIA treasures be sold at bargain basement prices? ◄
Kevyn Orr testifies DIA art could help city,
but stops short of suggesting sale

► Who is scooping up some of these distressed buildings? ◄
China Moves to U.S. Projects
Investors Taking on Distressed Properties in Cities Such as Detroit

 

██ The latest news about Fox “News” ██

► We will soon learn whether Rupert Murdoch paid his minions enough to keep their mouths shut ◄
High-profile British phone-hacking trial begins

► The Wall Street Journal used to be a respected newspaper. Then Rupert Murdoch bought it ◄
Suzanne Somers’ Anti-Obamacare Op-Ed
in the WSJ Is at 3 Corrections and Counting…

 

► There are still idiots willing to say idiotic things about the Travon Martin case. Enter Ted Cruz ◄
Trayvon Martin’s Mother Responds to
Ted Cruz’s Stand Your Ground Remarks

► BLAME OBAMA!!! ◄
Beck: Obama’s ‘Class War’ Is Responsible
For A Brutal Murder Of Five People

► This is some of the funniest footage I’ve seen in a long time ◄
NYPD tries to stop longboard skaters
during Broadway Bomb, fails miserably

► I’m so glad we are living in a post-racial society ◄
Teacher Suspended for ‘Racist’ Rant
Against ‘Ghetto’ Trick-or-Treaters

► When hemp is outlawed, only outlaws will farm hemp ◄
Could hemp be next big thing?
Discussion highlights opportunities

► Guns seem to have that effect on people, not to mention death ◄
‘We’re all in a state of shock’: Shooting
rampage in Texas leaves five dead

► The colour line is the poverty line is the power line ◄
After Sandy: New York’s ‘perfect storm’
of inequality in wealth and housing
One year on, it’s painfully clear that society’s choices mean the
hurricane hit our poorest communities harder than the well-to-do

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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Headlines Du Jour, a new Not Now Silly feature

Welcome, Not Now Silly fans. You are now in on the ground floor of a brand new semi-regular series. Headlines Du Jour will highlight stories that you may have missed, stories you might not be aware, and stories you ignore at your peril. So, get out your hip waders and let’s take a look at some of the important news stories du jour:

► Online cyber-bullying continues to be a terrible problem ◄
Regina mom says online bullying preceded daughter’s death
Mother of Savy Turcotte, 13, urges parents to keep an eye on children’s online activities

► Just some more of those Libertarian values they champion so much ◄
Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died
of Pneumonia, Penniless and Uninsured

► Who knew this crazy lady was still alive and still crazy? ◄
 Phyllis Schlafly: “It’s the Statue of Liberty,
not the Statue of Immigration”
The conservative activist reminds us all about the name of
a famous statue while also saying hateful things

► The Fox “News” Agit-Prop Du Jour because “Fair and Balanced”◄
Fox & Friends Hosts Tell GOP Not to
Delay Obamacare: ‘Why Bail Obama Out?’

► Fox “News” Graphic Screw-up Du Jour ◄
Dishonest Fox Chart Overstates Comparison Of
Welfare To Full-Time Work By 500 Percent

► Another exciting episode of Cops Gone Wild . . . ◄
Police investigate [Toronto] radio host’s arrest
Radio host John Downs took to the airwaves Monday night with
details of his January arrest while taking pictures. Downs was charged
with public intoxication but the charges were later dropped in court.

► Another chapter in the long-running Soap Opera that is Toronto’s mayor ◄
Toronto Catholic school board keeps
Rob Ford football documents secret
Board refuses to release documents related to its decision to fire Toronto’s
mayor as volunteer coach of the Don Bosco Eagles, arguing he was a “quasi”-employee.

► While Texas is totally backwards, apparently its judges are not ◄
Judge strikes down parts of Texas abortion law

Judge rules controversial Texas abortion law unconstitutional

► The obituary of a tradition-breaker ◄
►►► R.I.P. ◄◄◄
Ulysses Curtis opened doors in Toronto — and dashed through
First black Argonaut went on to be ‘great motivator’ as teacher.

► A Rock and Roll hero with a Rock and Roll heart ◄

►►► R.I.P. ◄◄◄
Lou Reed’s Politics

► Oh! Canada! ◄
Saint John teacher abuzz about Jeopardy! appearance
Maryanne Lewell fulfills dream of appearing on quiz show

► Movie Trailer Du Jour ◄
Bettie Page Reveals All

Headlines Du Jour will be a semi-regular feature at Not Now Silly. Updated through the day. Use our valuable bandwidth to post your news comments in today’s open thread.