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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, March 30, 2014

March 30, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, Captain Beefheart, Chris Christie, Cops Gone Wild, Domestic Terrorism, FBI, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Koch Brothers, LGBT, Loofah Lad, Mozilla, Religion, Taxes, Texas, UFOsHeadly Westerfield

G’day Headliners!!! Today’s the birthday of painters Francisco Goya (1746) and Vincent van Gogh (1853). While their styles were quite different, they totally agreed on the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
1855 – Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – “Border Ruffians” from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
1909 – The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
1954 – The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
1976 – The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine.
1981 – President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another two people are wounded at the same time.

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

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, March 28, 2014

March 28, 2014420, Bill O'Reilly, Climate Change, Detroit, DNA, Falafel King, Free the Weed, GOP, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Income Inequality, LGBT, Loofah Lad, Outer Space, Polio, Sarah Palin, SCOTUSHeadly Westerfield

Hello Headliners! It’s the King of Jazz’s birthday. Paul Whiteman is the orchestra leader who commissioned George Gershwin to write Rhapsody in Blue and hired Bing Crosby as his boy singer back in 1926. George, along with his brother Ira, loved the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1930 – Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1969 – The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal’s history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, college students, and some McGill students at McGill’s Roddick Gates. The majority of the protesters are arrested.
1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island‘s Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial melt down.
1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

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

IN LGBT NEWS:

Mozillagate grows

LGBT RIP

SCOTUS WATCH:

A Decision In Favor Of Hobby Lobby Will
Equal a License For Religious Tyranny

FREE THE WEED!!!

Medical Marijuana User Relieved
He Can Still Grow At Home

These States Are Ready To Break The Marijuana Taboo In The Conservative South

Industrial hemp research
bill passes in Nebraska

Legalize Canada: New Activist
Group Targets Key Ridings To
Elect Pro-Marijuana Candidates

THE “G” IN GOP STANDS FOR GOYIM:

The Sheldon Primary:
No Welcome Mat for the Tea Party

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD:

India officially declared polio-free

CLIMATE CHANGE CORNER:

Weathermen Blown Away (Literally) By Massive Blizzard

TODAY IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

Former CEO: There Is
No One Representing
Low-Wage Workers

$1 trillion student loan
debt widens US wealth gap

‘Nuns on the Bus’ Leader
on Income Inequality

Michelle Kaeser: Debunking
an income inequality myth

Fixing one driver of inequality may hit
close to home for some progressives

It’s okay: Only one of them was shot!

PALIN POLITICAL WATCH:

2016 report: Sarah Palin’s possible
presidential run gaining traction

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

No Suprise: Detroit Listed as
Most Segregated City in America

◄ BONUS ►
Top 10 Most Segregated Cities in the U.S.

The Falafel King: Outstanding!
East Room, White House

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Responds To O’Reilly’s “Divisive” “Race Hustler” Attack

Chris Hayes: ‘Bill O’Reilly
Is a Pretty Accomplished
Race-Baiter Himself’

O’Reilly Blames Ignorant
Americans For Obama’s
Positive Poll Result

IN INNER SPACE:

In a first, scientists create
artificial chromosome
Scientists have built from scratch the
world’s first synthetic chromosome
of a eukaryote, incorporating it
into brewer’s yeast.