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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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Good morning, Headliners. How will you be celebrating the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus today? Among the Headlines Du Jour from yesterday include:

• 356 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
• 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
• 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
• 1859 – Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in the United States.
• 1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1953 – Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
• 1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan‘s The Feminine Mystique reawakens the Feminist Movement in the United States as women’s organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.

Now let’s delve into today’s Headlines Du Jour:

LGBT NEWS:

The evolutionary puzzle
of homosexuality

Washington State To Automatically Marry All Same-Sex Domestic Partners

GET THE FRACK OUT OF HERE!!!

Scientists mystified as 20 earthquakes hit Oklahoma in one day

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Bobby Jindal Relaunches Himself One More Time

The Cost of Voting Republican: Economy Lost $3 Billion Due to GOP Blocking UI Entension

THE “P” IN GOP STANDS FOR PLUTOCRACY:

FOLLOW THE MONEY:

Comcast Gave $854,000 to
Congressional Committee
Overseeing its Merger with Time Warner

Filthy rich but secretly terrified: Inside the 1 percent’s sore-winner backlash


TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

The Tea Party Demands that
Mitch McConnell Drop Out Or
Else Alison Grimes Will Win

Voting Against John Boehner Just Became The Tea Party’s Litmus Test

FREE THE WEED!!!

Louisiana governor open to
legalizing medical marijuana

Washington State Legislators
Pass Hemp Nullification Bill

Inside Girl Scout Cookies

Kinky Friedman Agriculture Commissioner campaign rooted in marijuana legalization

KANSAS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Kansas Bill Would Allow Spanking
Children To Point Of Bruising

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

How Fox News Talks About African-Americans When It’s Not February

Don Lemon Attacked By Fox News Over
His Reaction To Michael Dunn Verdict

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Doug Ford says Rob Ford is
being bullied by gay community

Rob Ford not backing down from controversy, says he can see ‘no reason’ to put up Pride flag to support gay rights during Olympics

Rob Ford may have broken
election rules, rival says


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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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As every Beatles fan knows, February 18 is the birthday of Yoko Ono, who gets the Headlines Du Jour delivered to her doorstep every morning. She says her favourite part is the Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear:

• 1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
• 1885 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
• 1913 – Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
• 1930 – Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
• 1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
• 1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

How’s that? Was it good for you too, Yoko? If so, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

IN LGBT NEWS:

Olympic police re-arrest former
Italian MP for wearing rainbow outfit

Watch: Lawmakers Cheer As
Ugandan President Declares ‘War
With The Homosexual Lobby’

Susan Rice Urges Ugandan President
Not To Sign Anti-Gay Law

Anne Rice Unloads on Anti-Gay Facebook Commenters

TODAY’S EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

California police use taser
on deaf man trying to communicate with them
via sign language

PRESIDENTS’ DAY LEFTOVERS:

George W. Bush: Still the worst

A new study ranks Bush near the
very bottom in history, due to delusional
wars, reckless spending and inflexibility

Happy Presidents’ Day! Meet The Five Most Overrated American Presidents


FREE THE WEED!!!

Uruguay Prez Jose Mujica To
United States: Legalize Weed

Medical Marijuana Sponsor Says
Police Are Addicted To Drug War Dollars

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

GOP Senate Candidate Calls
Mitch McConnell ‘Beltway
Turtle’ In Anti-Cornyn Ad

Greg Abbott under fire
for Ted Nugent invite

43 House Republicans Want to Sue Barack Obama For Being President

The GOP Has Screwed Itself
Out Of A Perfect Obamacare
Election Message


TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

America’s First President
Was The Tea Party’s
Worst Nightmare


TODAY IN RAPE CULTURE:

Montana county attorney’s office to mother of 5-year-old rape victim: ‘Boys will be boys’

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:


CNN’s Don Lemon Hits Back
at Fox’s Gregg Jarrett: ‘Mind
Your Business, Old Man’


Chris Wallace Says Climate Change Isn’t Occurring Because It Is Cold On The East Coast


MORE IN CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS:

Heatwave frequency ‘surpasses levels previously predicted for 2030’
Abbott government urged to better articulate dangers of climate
change as Climate Council highlights rising number of hot days

TODAY IN NON-RELIGION:

NC high school faces legal challenge for refusing secular club


TRUMP THE CHUMP:

Donald Trump faces
Irish wind farm battle


LIVING WITH POLLUTION IN DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

John Carlisle: Some Detroiters
living with Marathon plant
pollution find peace – at a price


VIDEO DU JOUR:

Yoko Ono backed by John Lennon, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, February 16, 2014

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Hello Headliners! Today would have been Sonny Bono‘s 79th birthday, had he not died — as a Congressman — in a tragic skiing accident in 1998. Among Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear are:

• 1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
• 1874 – Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
• 1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
• 1987 – The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed “Ivan the Terrible” in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.

Without further delay, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

LGBT NEWS:

Kansas Senate Comes To It’s Senses And Nixes Extreme Anti-Gay Legislation

Idaho’s top court grants
adoptive rights to spouse
in gay marriage

FREE THE WEED!!!

Wisconsin Gov. Thinks Alcohol Safer Than Pot

Tokers React to High-Priced Legal
Marijuana Sales in Colorado

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING:

5 Things You May Not Know
About Drone Use On U.S. Soil

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED.
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY EVEN MORE SO.

New fossil bed found by
scientists hailed as ‘motherlode’
Marble Canyon in B.C.’s Kootenay National
Park yielding dozens of discoveries

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OMG!!!

Poll: Republicans like George Zimmerman more than President Obama. Independents not far behind

Ted Cruz Violates The First Amendment With Anti-Gay Marriage Senate Bill

JOKE DU JOUR:

Sarah Palin Would Win Presidential Election ‘Hands Down’ if No Media Bias, According to Husband (Video)

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

A DISPATCH FROM WINDSOR ABOUT DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Henderson: What happened to our once mighty neighbour?

RELIGION CORNER:

Virginia Marriage Equality Decision Exposes Religious Right’s Hatred of America

BULLY CORNER:

NFL Report Proves Without
A Doubt That Richie Incognito
Is A Terrible Person

◄ Speaking of terrible people, here’s my cyber-bully ►
The Mark Koldys-Johnny Dollar Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day

THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS:

One in four Americans
unaware that Earth circles Sun

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

A Whole Hour with Fox “News”

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

VIDEO DU JOUR:


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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, February 15, 2014

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As we celebrate the 450th birthday of Galileo Galilei (1564), let’s take a look at some of the headlines from yesteryear:

• 1879 – Women’s rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
• 1925 – 1925 serum run to Nome: the serum arrives in Nome, Alaska, with Balto being the lead dog of the last team.
• 1933 – In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
• 1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
• 1965 – A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.

Now, let’s dive into today’s Headlines Du Jour:

ICKY ISSA:

Irrefutable Proof that Darrell
Issa Completely and Totally
Lied About the IRS Scandal

LGBT NEWS:

Study finds genes on X chromosome linked to
male homosexuality

Fox News Isn’t Comfortable
With These New Facebook
Gender Options

CONSTITUTION CORNER:

RELIGION CORNER:

How Belief In Hell
Directly Benefits The Elite

WATCH: Tenn. pastor of Happy
Valley Church of Jesus Christ
rails against biracial babies

CYBER-BULLY CORNER:

New Study: Internet Trolls Are
Often Machiavellian Sadists

◄ ◄ My own Machiavellian sadistic internet trolls ►►

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

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLIGARCHY:

Republican Says Rich
People Should Get More
Votes Than Everyone Else

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Tea Party Senators Introduce ‘You’re Not Married Anymore’ Bill To Nullify Same-Sex Marriages

Ted Cruz’s ‘Heart Weeps’ Over Gay Marriage Progress

Missouri lawmaker introduces bill allowing
familes [sic] to ‘opt out’ of learning evolution

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSFUCATE:

GOP Congressman Gets Fact Checked By His
Own Constituents On Obamacare: ‘Stop Lying!’

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED. THE BEATLES’ HISTORY EVEN MORE SO:

Black record label brought the
Beatles to America, not Ed Sullivan

FREE THE WEED!!!

Why the U.S. is going to pot,
and other liberal adventures

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox Host Todd Starnes Blasts Hospital for Banning Fox News in Waiting Rooms

THE FALAFEL KING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Radio, cable guys not as popular as they claim

VIDEO DU JOUR:

◄ ◄ This is always always good for a laugh ► ►

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, February 14, 2014

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It’s Valentine’s Day, but more importantly, it’s Pops’ 88th birthday. Pops shares his date with these headlines from yesteryear:

• 1349 – Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remainder of their population is forcibly removed from the city of Strasbourg.
• 1778 – The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte renders a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
• 1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
• 1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.
• 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• 1929 – Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone‘s gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.

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

LGBT NEWS:

Virginia Ban on Gay
Marriage Overruled

Kansas’ Anti-Gay Segregation Bill Is an Abomination

Facebook adds gender options

TODAY IN HEALTH CARE:

How Texas Health Care Failed Israel, A Man With
Terminal Cancer Who’d Worked His Whole Life

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Court overturns restrictions on
concealed guns in much of California
Appeals panel finds state rules allowing
counties to restrict the right to carry concealed
weapons in public violate the 2nd Amendment.

NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

Takeover of the crazy ants: It’s creepy!

Kentucky Sinkhole Eats
Corvettes, Raises Questions
Geologists explain what happened—and
which other areas might be vulnerable.

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

WSJ: Ted Cruz on Mission to ‘Make Republicans Even More Unpopular’


Colorado lawmaker shocks victim’s dad: ‘Good thing’ Aurora shooter had 100-round magazine


Montana Republican Charged With Felony Assault After Throwing 4-Year Old Daughter


Darrell Issa Is Raising Millions Of Dollars
Off Of His Bogus Obama Investigations

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

Gun Owner Blames Fictional Black Man for Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

MONOPOLY ISN’T JUST A GAME:

Comcast Announces $45.2 Billion Takeover of
Time Warner Cable


Al Franken Drops the
Hammer on the Comcast
Time-Warner Deal


The Comcast Deal Won’t Make a Terrible Industry Any Worse


CAREFUL WHAT YOU TYPE ON FACEBOOK:

The Facebook Comment
That Ruined a Life

FREE THE WEED!!!

Rick Perry urges move toward marijuana decriminalization

Scott Walker: Big difference between
having a beer and smoking marijuana

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, February 13, 2014

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Not Tennessee Ernie Ford

As we celebrate the birthday of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Not Now Silly looks at some of the headlines of yesteryear (from the WikiWackyWoo).
On this date:

• 1633 – Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
• 1880 – Thomas Edison observes the Edison effect.
• 1881 – The feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is first published in Paris by the activist Hubertine Auclert.
• 1914 – Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
• 1920 – The Negro National League is formed.
• 1960 – Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.

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

IN LGBT NEWS:

Kansas House passes
bill allowing service
refusal to gay couples

Idaho bill would allow
doctors or cops to refuse
service to LGBT people
on religious grounds

Nigerian gay people being hunted down

Dallas sportscaster’s shocking response to Michael Sam coming out as gay

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

Don Lemon Proves People Are ‘Really Sensitive’ About Race with One Epic CNN Shout-Fest

7 Things Your Colorblind
Racist Friend Might Say to
You and How to Respond

BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS!!!

Russian govt defends anti-gay neo-Nazis, says kidnappings never happened

FREE THE WEED!!!

Wanted: Medical marijuana critics to write for
Motor City Muckraker


Congress Calls On President Obama To Use His Authority
To Reclassify Marijuana

RELIGION CORNER:

A Montana School Just Fired a
Teacher for Getting Pregnant.
That Actually Happens All the Time.

Georgia Rep. Paul Broun Supports the Bible, Not the Constitution

CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

Chris Christie said with a straight
face: George W. Bush was our
last successful politician


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

Burst Mains Continue Flooding Detroit Streets And Basements

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Watch Fox News Throw A Hissy
Fit Over ‘The Lego Movie’

How A Man Accused Of Threatening His Wife
With A Gun Became A
Conservative Media Hero

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

In the “RoboCop” Reboot, Samuel L. Jackson Is
Basically Bill O’Reilly


IN OUTER SPACE:

Teamwork! Two Telescopes Combine Forces To Spot
Distant Galaxy Clusters

VIDEO DU JOUR:


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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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Today we celebrate the official birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Coming up this weekend is Presidents’ Day, where we honour both George Washington and Lincoln with mattress sales. Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

LGBT:

Nevada State Officials Stop Defending Same-Sex Marriage Ban In Appeal

Where is it illegal to be gay?

NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

Some species of crocodiles can climb trees

COLD CASE HEATS UP:

New Suspect Named in Disappearance of Sisters 39 Years Ago

CONSITUTIONAL CORNER:

‘Choose Life’ License
Plate Struck Down By
Federal Appeals Court

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Florida County Eliminates Minority-Heavy Polling Places

Republicans Lose It and Try to Overthrow
John Boehner Over the Clean Debt Limit Bill

WHEN POP-TART GUNS ARE OUTLAWED:

Pop-Tart school-gun bill clears first hurdle in Florida

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Right-wing pastor: Pat Robertson committed ‘blasphemy’ by mocking creationism

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS:

Did A Fox News Host
Just Endorse The Public
Health Care Option?

◄ From the Not Now Silly Archives ►
Chow Mein and Bolling

FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana May Stop The
Spread Of HIV, Study Finds

Lethal Dose: Half Ton of Weed Kills a Man

Alaska To Legalize Recreational
Weed This Summer?

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

Breakdowns In Pipes And Power
Grid Cause Disruptions Across City

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford’s conduct criticized by
student protesters at City Hall
About a dozen protesters say Mayor Rob Ford’s lying,
drinking and drug-taking make him unfit to lead.
The mayor was not there to hear them.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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With only 323 days left in the year, let’s take a quick look at some of the WikiWhackyWoo headlines of yesteryear:

• 55 – Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
• 1531 – Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
• 1752 – Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the United States, is opened by Benjamin Franklin.
• 1794 – First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
• 1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.
• 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.

Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour before they become old:

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSTREPEROUS:

Frustrated With Obstruction Harry Reid Eyes Going Nuclear on ALL Republican Filibusters

Former Florida State Rep. Ana Rivas
Logan Leaves GOP Over Immigration,
Becomes A Democrat

BACK TO THE LAND!!!

If children lose contact with nature they won’t fight for it

BLAMING AND SHAMING THE VICTIM:

WSJ Editor: Intoxicated Sexual Assault Victims
Are Just As Guilty As Their Attackers

IN LGBT NEWS:

NFL Prospect Michael Sam Blazes Trail By Bravely Coming Out As An Openly Gay Man

Anti-Gay Restaurant Hilariously
Pranked By Gay Rights Supporters

BULLY CORNER:

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


TODAY IN RELIGION:

This church holds naked services


The Cruelty of Creationism
A new documentary shows how biblical
fundamentalism imprisons the mind.


BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS!!!

International Olympic Committee defends arrests and beatings of LGBT activists

FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana Advocates
‘Discouraged,’ but not Deterred

Why Smoking Pot Makes You So Hungry

MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:

Wall Street Journal: Casinos, The Engines Of Detroit’s Economy, Start To Sputter

East-side Detroit groups gain
recognition for reimagining
use of vacant urban parcels

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox Flips Blame
From AOL Exec
To Obamacare In
One Segment


FOX & FRIENDS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox & Friends:
Is Walmart’s Viral Pro-Work Ad a Response to Dems Denigrating Labor?

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

WATCH: O’Reilly’s Jesse Watters Confronts Pelosi to
Get Her to Come on Show

LAURA INGRAHAM IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Laura Ingraham fights
with an entire Fox News
panel over immigration

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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, February 10, 2014

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It’s February 10th, folks. Which means this is the 41st day of the year. Before we get to today’s news, here’s a look at a few of the headlines from yesteryear. On this day, according to the WikiWhackyWoo:

• 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
• 1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
• 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo“.
• 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

Now let’s get right down to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law,
Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays

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

Racist Chants From The Crowd
Brought This Soccer Star To Tears

FREE THE WEED!!!

Legal Pot Coming Soon? 50-State
Marijuana Law Roundup.

Medical Marijuana Gains
Traction in the Deep South

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

On Fox & Friends: Oscar
Song ‘Yanked’ Because
Of Faith Based Bigotry

PAYING TWO DEBTS TO SOCIETY:

BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Sochi Olympic Winter Games at
root of residents’ housing woes

THINGS GO BETTER WITH KOCH:

Keystone XL Pipeline Could Yield
$100 Billion For Koch Brothers

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Ken Ham: The Making of An
American Religious Huckster

Young American adults abandon
religion in record numbers

Christians Might Be Surprised to
Find That Not God, But Men,
Decided What They Would Believe

CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

NJ Star-Ledger Regrets Endorsing
Christie: ‘We Blew This One’

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford’s wee-hours
Foggy Dew pub night
concerns Coquitlam mayor

IN OUTER SPACE:

Researchers identify one of the
earliest stars in the universe
The discovery suggests that the very first generation of stars may not have been as powerful as previously thought.

NASA is now accepting applications from companies that want to mine the moon

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, February 9, 2014

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As we celebrate Alice Walker‘s birthday (1944), let’s take a look at some headlines from yesteryear for this day:

• 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• 1950 – Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a “record-busting” audience of 73 million viewers.

And now, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS:

George Zimmerman’s Epic Boxing Match With DMX Has Been Canceled
The rapper will not get to stop, drop, shut Zimmerman down after all


IN LGBT NEWS:

Justice Department to
give married same-sex
couples equal protection


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

‘Racial slurs’ used in more
than 10,000 tweets a day


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSFUCATION:

Republican Party wing creates
18 fake websites for Democrats

PASS THE POPCORN!!!

Tea Party Brings The Knives
Out For Mitch McConnell


TODAY IN RELIGION:

The Religious Right Sells the False Choice of the State or Christianity


FREE THE WEED!!!

Alaska Could Be The Next
State To Legalize Marijuana

This Is Why So Many Reasonable People Think Anti-Marijuana Crusaders Look Ridiculous

Marijuana Legalization Plan Stalls in New Mexico

BULLY CORNER:

Former high school bully congratulates gay victim after seeing marriage proposal online

Some bullies never seem to learn:
The Johnny Dollar Cyber-Bully Comments of the Day

LOOFAH LAD CORNER:

Bill O’Reilly Is On The
Wrong Side Of The
Minimum Wage Debate

O’Reilly Sucks Up
To Ted Nugent

Bill O’Reilly: “I Believe
That John Boehner Is
Secretly A Democrat”

Geraldo Rivera Calls O’Reilly ‘President
Of Most Of The White Guys In America


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford ‘talking gibberish’ during late night B.C. pub visit
Mayor reportedly disappeared into tiny staff washroom for more than an hour, emerging incoherent and fidgety before ordering rounds of drinks.

Toronto police mostly quiet on visit to Mayor Rob Ford’s office

Somali group to use Gawker funds for mentoring


GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

NC parenting columnist’s 3-year-old son shoots 17-month-old sister
with dad’s gun

6-year-old Alabama boy
shot while Dad was trying
to unload his pistol


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