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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, February 8, 2014

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It’s another weekend, the second of this shortened month. Before we get to today’s Headlines Du Jour, let’s take a look at some headlines from yesteryear:

• 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

• 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

• 1915 – D.W. Griffith‘s controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.

Now, on to more recent headlines:

IN LGBT NEWS:

This drag queen’s brilliant response to homophobia
will move you to tears

Video: Gays arrested in Moscow`s Red Square,
singing national anthem


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

The history white
people need to learn

Anyone who wants “white history
month” should learn instead about how
whiteness has been used to discriminate


FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:


Greg Gutfeld Rags on
Bill O’Reilly: ‘How
Egotistical Is That?!’

Fox’s Juan Williams: It’s
Fair To Call Out Fox For
Their Benghazi Coverage

Hannity Attacks “Comrade De Blasio” For Boycotting
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Over Its LGBT Exclusion
Hannity: “This Is Him Being Prejudiced Towards
People’s Deeply Held Fundamental Religious Belief”


BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Most corrupt Olympics ever: Why Sochi’s
“above and beyond” what we’ve seen before


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBFUSCATION:

National Republican Congressional Campaign using fake Democrat websites to lure voters

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD, TOO:

850,000-year-old human
footprints found in Norfolk

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

Obama invites Duggan
to develop job creation
plan for Detroit

Bankruptcy In Action: Belle Isle Becomes A State Park Tuesday

Really? A ‘No Colors Allowed’ Sign at Bar Sparks Absurd Cries of Racism

Orr: Detroit’s turnaround is going to happen quickly


FREE THE WEED!!!

Uruguay’s President Nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize for Legalizing Weed


TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Florida Ordinance Makes It Illegal
For Homeless To Use Blankets


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford wanted rainbow flag
removed from Toronto City Hall

Rob Ford to duck
World Pride parade, too

Rob Ford: ‘I’m not going to change the way I am’

WATCH: Robyn Doolittle appears on The Daily Show


FROM OUTER SPACE:

Curiosity Rover Sees Earth from Mars for 1st Time (Photos)


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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Another Tuesday to ponder. Those celebrating birthdays today include Rosa Parks, Ida Lupino, and Alice Cooper. So, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Mom Suspected Of Dismembering Adult Son
Was Having A ‘Bad Year’


DO YOU DIG ARCHAEOLOGY?

Abandoned pyramid turns out to be a 4,600-year-old wonder

In Photos: Egyptian Pyramid Predates Giza Landmark

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

Michael Dunn trial starts
in Florida: How similar
to Trayvon Martin case?
The murder trial of Michael Dunn, which began Monday, puts Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law front and center again. Mr. Dunn, who is white, is charged with killing a black teen in Jacksonville after jousting over loud music.

Coca-Cola’s ‘America the Beautiful’ Super
Bowl Ad Causes Idiotic Tea Party Backlash

FREE THE WEED!!!

More black leaders are shifting their views on marijuana

2 medical marijuana bills stall in Michigan Senate

Marijuana news: What would legal pot mean for state workers in Oregon?

CCC = CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

Chris Christie’s Botched Attempt at Bridgegate Character Assassination

NEWS OUT OF THE FACEBOOKERY:

The Quiet Upheaval of
Facebook’s New iPhone App

ROGER AILES IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

How President Obama Turned The Tables and Humiliated Roger Ailes and Fox News

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

The Five’s Bolling Slams Coca-Cola: ‘You Ticked Off a Lot of Americans’

A series from the Not Now Silly archives
Chow Mein and Bolling

IN OUTER SPACE:

International Space Station will soon contain
the coldest spot in the known universe


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Headlines Du Jour ► Groundhog Day ► Sunday, February 2, 2014

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It’s Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil shares his big day Ayn Rand, Elaine Stritch, Stan Getz, Graham Nash, and Farrah Fawcett, all celebrating birthdays today. But, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.


A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS:

Gov. Chris Christie booed by Times Square crowd at Super Bowl event


POLITICAL CORNER:

Cecil Bohanon: Why national politics has become so nasty


IN COCONUT GROVE:

Out with old, in with new Miami park

West Grove to get its first police station


IN RUSSIA, BEARS ARM YOU:

Vodka blamed for Russia’s high death rate


FREE THE WEED!!!

Obama, Who Evidently Has Not Read The Controlled Substances
Act, Denies That He Has The Power To Reclassify Marijuana

Medical marijuana shops could open by summer

FREE THE TUMBLING TUBLEWEEDS!!!

‘Tumbleweed Invasion 2014’: Tumbleweeds bury New Mexico town

EXPOSING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT LIES:

All About the Woman Whose Life Was Ruined by
Obamacare and Had No Choice but to Appear in a TV Ad

FROM OUTER SPACE:

Study Shows How Planets with Binary Stars, Like Tatooine, Form

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford reportedly ticketed in Vancouver
for jaywalking; public intoxication

Mayor Rob Ford ’embarrassed’ by Vancouver jaywalking ticket

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, February 1, 2014

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It’s the start of a new month here at Not Now Silly, the shortest month of the year. Today is the 10th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction, which made headlines all around the world. Today’s Headlines Du Jour isn’t nearly as exciting as Janet Jackson’s nipple, but we do try harder.

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

FREE THE WEED!!!

Pool was swimming in pot, police say

First medical marijuana dispensary licenses awarded in Massachusetts

Pot shops face obstacles to serve
young medical marijuana patients

Obama on the problem of
criminalizing marijuana use

THE ART OF DYING:

Ohio biker, 82, is buried on his Harley

TAKING THE FACE OUT OF FACEBOOK:

Facebook Is About to Let You Go
Anonymous for the First Time

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Bill O’Reilly and psychological warfare

SEAN HANNITY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Hannity Selectively Edits Daily Show Video To Make Himself Look Better

WHEN GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL BUY GIRL SCOUT COOKIES:

Anti-Choice Groups
Launch National Boycott
Of Girl Scout Cookies For ‘Endorsing’ Wendy Davis

GET YOUR ROCKS OFF:

Dave Hall and Glenn Taylor charged in Goblin Valley rock topple

IN RUSSIA, LIFE HAS YOU!

Twenty-five percent of Russian men die before the age of 55

IN OUTER SPACE:

How circumbinary
planets form revealed

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 31, 2014

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It’s the last day of the first month of the new year. Among those not celebrating their birthday today because they’re dead is Zane Grey, Isham Jones, Alan Lomax, Jackie Robinson, and Eddie Cantor. So, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

Detroit deadliest city for children due to prematurity, violence

TODAY IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

Why the rich are freaking out

FREE THE WEED!!!

Dueling Pot Billboards At
The Stoner Bowl: Marijuana
Is Safer Vs. Marijuana
Will Ruin Your Life

Deadly marijuana? Doctors weigh in on British woman
who supposedly overdosed
on cannabis


TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH:

Poll: Crist Leads Scott in Fla. Governor’s Race


THE EARTH IS COMPLICATED:

Yellowstone Geyser Erupts For First Time in Years

EVOLUTION IS COMPLICATED:

Your skin and hair are probably crawling with Neanderthal genes, say scientists

OUTER SPACE IS COMPLICATED:

New map of the solar system’s asteroids reveals more diversity than previously thought
The map documents the size, composition, and celestial location of over 100,000 known asteroids within our solar system.

Jupiter May Have Once Been as Close as Mars, Discovery of ‘Rouge’ Asteroids Changes
Ideas About Solar System

CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMPLICATED:

Magellanic penguin chicks dying from climate change, study says

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 24, 2014

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Welcome to another exciting chapter of Headlines Du Jour. Virginia and West Virginia figure prominently today. Each headline was picked at the moment of perfection, for your reading pleasure.

VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS!!!

IN OTHER LGBT NEWS:

McDonald’s #CheersToSochi Campaign Meets With
LGBT Backlash

Cecil Chao, Hong Kong Billionaire, Doubles Reward
For Any Man Who Can Make
Lesbian Daughter Straight

DEREGULATION?!?!? YOU’RE DRINKING IT!!!

NOT AS YOUNG AS HE USED TO BE:

Neil Young Awarded
President’s Merit Award,
Delivers Astounding Speech

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

10 reasons every American
should visit Detroit

SEPARATING THE REDS FROM THE BLUES:

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

Just Being Black Was Enough
to Get Yourself Spied on by
J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI

Jews Are Too Smart
For Manual Labor

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

Louisiana School Accused Of Religious Harassment By ACLU

MEGYN KELLY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox’s Kelly: Wendy Davis’ Defense Of Personal Struggle Is Out Of “The Nixonian Handbook”

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Roland Martin Goes Off on ‘Stuck on Stupid’
Eric Bolling for Claiming There’s No Racism

RELIGION CORNER:

Chicago Catholic archdiocese
releases documents detailing
cover-up of abuse
Settlement between archdiocese and
victims reveals decades of evasion and
bungled action by church officials

Priest sex abuse victims
respond to documents

CRACK-SMOKING MAYOR CORNER:

Doug Ford: I didn’t know mayor was drinking, he says

‘I’m 100% done with booze’ and 16 other Rob Ford lies, broken promises and statements at odds with facts

IN OUTER SPACE:

KABOOM! Nearby Galaxy
M82 Hosts a New Supernova!

VIDEO DU JOUR

Happy Birthday,
Klaus Nomi!!!

From the WikiWackyWoo:

Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 – August 6, 1983), better known as Klaus Nomi, was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona.

Nomi was known for his bizarrely visionary theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo which flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer-laden interpretations of classical music opera to covers of 1960s pop standards like Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” and Lou Christie’s “Lightnin’ Strikes”. He is remembered in the US as one of David Bowie’s backup singers for a 1979 performance on Saturday Night Live.

Nomi died in 1983 at the age of 39 as a result of complications from AIDS.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, January 21, 2014

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Not Now Silly is pleased to introduce a brand new rubric to Headlines Du Jour. The Asshole Du Jour will be awarded occasionally to that person who best exemplifies supreme assholishness. Our first winner is perennial asshole, Sister Sarah Palin, who used MLK Day to play the race card. And, that’s why, Sarah Palin, you are the very first to be given this prestigious award. You can pick up your statuette at the Not Now Silly offices during business hours. We don’t ship.

ASSHOLE DU JOUR; SARAH PALIN:

Flaming Racist Sarah Palin Celebrates MLK
Day With a Racial Attack on President Obama

INCOME INEQUALITY:

The World’s 85 Richest Now Worth as Much as 3.5 Billion Poorest

LGBT NEWS:

Twitter Explodes After Trans
Subject of Golf Article Kills Herself

Professor Claims Smoking or Drinking
During Pregnancy Makes Your Babies Gay

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Police Chief Accidentally
Shoots Himself At Gun
Shop, Blames Fleece Jacket

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Watch Fox’s Gretchen Carlson Learn Way TMI About Senior Citizen STDs

IN OUTER SPACE:

Scottish scientists awarded grant to build alien-detecting laser device

Comet-chasing Rosetta wakes up, whispers sweet-nothings to Earth

Milky Way may have formed inside-out

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

Cops bloody old man — for jaywalking

FREE THE WEED!!!

Obama Says All the Right Things About Weed in New Interview

Fox News host: Solution to high minority arrest rate is for them to smoke less pot

Drugs In Colorado: New Deadly Strain Of Marijuana Turning Users Gay

As marijuana attitudes shift, this
may be a year of legalization
California and four other states may put
initiatives on the ballot in November. A
recent poll shows a clear majority
of Americans supports legalizing pot.

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

Richard Sherman’s Post-Game Rant Brings
Out Twitter’s Actual Racists and Morons

Federal Judge Sent Hundreds of Bigoted Emails

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Clearing the Smoke: The Science of Cannabis

 

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, January 18, 2014

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In yesterday’s exciting episode of Headlines Du Jour, I lamented that my headline-collecting robot drones had not shown up. Now I know why. They’ve become supreme overlord to your home appliances. The first two headlines describe the latest adventures of my former-headline-collecting robot drones. In the meantime, I’m taking applications for interns all over again.

Refrigerator Used By Hackers In Cyber Attack
Internet-connected home appliances are infected by a large “botnet” over a two-week period.

Hackers Use Refrigerator, Other Devices to Send 750,000 Spam Emails


SCIENCE IS COMPLICATED:

New study shows chimpanzees capable of communicating
through gestures and pointing to achieve a common goal


FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS:

Fox’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Are male-wussifying feminists a national security problem?

Ann Coulter: Fox & Friends Won’t ‘Put on Conservatives Who Can Put Two Sentences Together’

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

 

Houston cops cuff and detain man for an
hour for giving change to homeless person


FREE THE WEED!!!

Harry Reid signals support for
medical marijuana use


FREE THE WEED HYSTERIA!!!

Nancy Grace: People on pot shoot
each other, strangle each other,
and kill whole families


FROM OUTER SPACE:

On Mars, A Rock Appears
Where There Wasn’t One Before


THE COMPANY HE KEEPS:

‘Hannity’ regular Erik Rush calls for military coup against Obama


OSCAR WORTHY!!!

’20 Feet From Stardom’ Gets Its Turn in Oscars’ Spotlight
How legendary record man Gil Friesen’s documentary about backup singers wowed the film world


OSCAR WORTHY???

‘MITT’: Five Big Revelations About Romney In The New Documentary

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 17, 2014

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Chris Christie in the headlines long
before he was NJ Governor.

Uh oh! My headline-collecting robot drones did not show up for the start of their shift. With no time left to hire interns, I had to go back to collecting the headlines by hand. While you read today’s Headlines Du Jour, I’ll ponder what this means.

NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

13-year-old inventor cracks
the secret of trees to
revolutionize solar energy


SCIENCE IS COMPLICATED:

Google developing smart contact lens


RELIGION CORNER:

Texas Public Schools Are Teaching Creationism
 


FREE THE WEED!!!

Florida Medical Marijuana
Supporters Claim Victory
Backers of medical marijuana constitutional amendment
have collected more than 1.1 million signatures

New Hampshire governor promises to
kill ‘historic’ marijuana legalization bill

‘I like weed, and I’m a good person’: Pot smokers fight stereotypes


TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

Tea Party Candidate’s Ad Touts His
‘Sexy’ Wife And Large Testicles


WHEN YOU GOT TO GO, YOU GOT TO GO:

Final Exit: Group That Helps Suffering People Commit Suicide Is Active in Florida


STILL WORST SHOW SINCE MY MOTHER THE CAR:

Howard Stern: Fox’s The Five
Is ‘My Favorite TV Show’

◄ ◄ ◄ From the Not Now Silly Archives ► ► ►
The Five Is Simply Bad Tee Vee
— An Aunty Em Review —


ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

D.C. officer charged with prostituting teens
had been investigated as early as 2011, police


THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH:

Walt Disney’s Grandniece
Agrees With Meryl Streep:
He Was ‘Racist’


FOX NEWS IN THE NEWS:

Fox News host says Americans don’t know their history, flubs history of Boston Tea Party


IN OUTER SPACE:

Spanish researchers discover the first
black hole orbiting a “spinning” star

Pluto Has a Fifth Moon,
Hubble Telescope Reveals

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, January 16, 2014

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January is half done. So far the headline-collecting robot drones have been collecting headlines without incident. There have been no problems and, more importantly, they’ve stopped plotting against me. I think. No matter, it’s time to read today’s Headlines Du Jour.

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Target: Me
I spent the last 37 years writing about guns.
Then my career as a firearms journalist came to an abrupt end.

WHEN BLOGGERS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY
OUTLAWS WILL PUBLISH NOT NOW SILLY:

Jailing of an Alabama blogger:
It’s worse than we thought


CLIMATE CHANGE IS COMPLICATED:

Key species of algae reveals effects
of climate change over time


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

Ex-KKK grand wizard says ‘Hollywood-style Nazis’ ruined his white supremacist enclave


ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

Surveillance video shows Dallas senior corporal shooting teen


FOR THOSE WHO DIG ARCHEOLOGY:

New fossils shed light
on the origins of lions,
and tigers, and bears


EARTH IS COMPLICATED:

Massive Hole Discovered Under Antarctica, Bigger Than The Grand Canyon


FREE THE WEED!!!

After Lengthy Floor Debate,
New Hampshire General Assembly
Approves Marijuana Legalization
The historic vote makes the New Hampshire
House the first state legislative chamber to
ever vote in favor of regulating cannabis.

Pharmacists ask to be allowed
to run pot dispensaries


NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE:

Astrophysics: The heart of darkness
The supermassive black holes that lie at the
centre of every large galaxy are full of mysteries.
But astronomers are finally getting a clear look.


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