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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, January 29, 2014

STATE OF THE UNION


President Obama delivers his
fifth State of the Union address



State of the Union: Obama
tinkers around the edges



Analysis: A narrow path
for Obama’s ambitions



State of the Union: What Obama
didn’t say about energy, environment



Six things we learned from the State of the Union


5 takeaways from President
Obama’s State of the Union address



Obama hits the road to push
State of the Union message



Americans react to Obama’s address to nation

Collecting today’s headlines, Not Now Silly couldn’t help but find hundreds of headlines concerning President Obama’s State of the Union address. Some of the highlights are collected at left, with today’s Headlines Du Jour running down the rest of the page.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

KKK Member Indicted
For Trying To Build Anti-Muslim X-Ray Cannon


TODAY IN RELIGION:

Map: Publicly Funded
Schools That Are Allowed
to Teach Creationism

Thousands of schools in states across the country can use taxpayer money to cast doubt on basic science.


FREE THE WEED!!!

Poll: Majority of Americans support efforts to legalize marijuana

Marijuana contests to join county fair in Colorado


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Every GOP Member of Congress Wants a SOTU Photo with Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson


FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox Bends Over For Pepsi and Coca-Cola And Forces SodaStream To Edit Super Bowl Ad


SNOW IN MIAMI BEACH:

$37 Million Worth of Seized Cocaine Offloaded in Miami Beach by Coast Guard (Video)


THINGS GO BETTER WITH KOCH:

Rachel Maddow fends off Koch brothers’ complaints with new proof of their meddling


WHAT’S FOR DINNER?

Celebrity chef Mario Batali ordered to pay $5.25 million for skimming tips from his restaurant help

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Today is the day President Obama will be delivering his State of the Union address. But, before he does: He will be checking today’s Headlines Du Jour to see if there was anything he missed.

TODAY IN RELIGION:

LIBERTARIANISM:

Confessions of a former Libertarian: My
personal, psychological and intellectual epiphany

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

50 Signs You Watch
Too Much Fox News

Fox v. Fox:
Greta Van Susteren Slams “Disrespectful” “Jerk” Erick Erickson’s Wendy Davis Attacks

TODD STARNES IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Epic Twitter Meltdown
Fox News: Grammys Wedding Of Gay And Straight
Couples Was ‘Intolerance, Bigotry And Hatred’

HOWARD KURTZ IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox’s Kurtz Breaks Promise To Cover Critical Ailes Biography

ABLOW JOB IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox’s Ablow Dimisses Role Of Guns In Columbia Mall Shooting

FOLLOW THE MONEY:

Koch Bros. are engineering
a “merger & acquisition”
of the Republican party

FREE THE WEED!!!

Fla. Supreme Court approves medical marijuana initiative
for November ballot

Scott says he’ll vote against
proposed constitutional amendment

Ten Photos Of When Marijuana Grew All Over Brooklyn, And The Men Who Destroyed It All

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

The Effects of Ignoring Systemic Racism

You’ll Never Guess Which State Ranks #2 For Having The Most Hate Groups

VIDEO DU JOUR:


Where does hate come from? It’s learned:


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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, January 26, 2014

TODAY IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

The Human Cost of Income
Inequality in America



What you need to know about
income inequality before
Tuesday’s State of the Union address



Low pay hurts the economy


How do we deal with income inequality?


Income Inequality:
The Defining Issue of Our Time



Economic Costs of Income Inequality


Wealth and Income Inequality: Result
of “political capture”, Not the
Invisible Hand of the Market



Muckraking Journalists Needed Now More
Than Ever As Inequality Gap Grows



Venture Capitalist Compares Anger Over
Income Inequality to Nazi Germany



Poll: Most Americans believe
income gap has grown



Krugman: Income Inequality and
Unemployment Are Linked



Researchers: Income inequality
hurts economic growth



Editorial: Income inequality poses
global risk of riots and revolution



Millionaire TV Host Calls Growing
Income Inequality ‘Fantastic’



Making progress on inequality


Larry Di Rita On ‘The Ultimate
Antidote To Income Inequality’



How your income compares
to others in US



Davos finds inequality a major concern

In anticipation of President Obama’s State of the Union address, Now Now Silly will be highlighting articles on income inequality this week, along with all the other Headlines Du Jour you’ve come to know and love. Let’s get right to it:

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

Iowa GOP posts
flowchart to ID racism

John McCain Censured by Arizona GOP for Being Too ‘Liberal’

Five Important Sex Ed Lessons
For Republican Lawmakers


FREE THE WEED!!!

Medical Marijuana Bill
Introduced In West Virginia


TODAY IN SOILGATE:

Price for Miami parks cleanup
may end up in the millions

From the Not Now Silly Archives
A Century of Coconut Grove Racism ► Soilgate Is
Trolleygate Writ Large


FOLLOW THE MONEY:

We May Finally Find Out Who Is Funding One Of The Nation’s Shadiest Dark Money Groups


RELIGION CORNER:

Buddhist Student Told to Change his Religion if he Doesn’t Want to be Taught Creationism in School

Noah’s Ark revealed to be
filled with cannibal rats,
drifting toward British coast


CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

‘Jeopardy,’ comedians make hay out of continued Rob Ford scandal


A SPAWN OF PALIN IN THE NEWS AGAIN:


BOYCOTT THE BERLIN OLYMPICS:

Himmler’s love letters reveal him to be insecure romantic
fantasist who kept the Holocaust secret from his wife


BOYCOTT THE SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Broadway Responds to Russia’s Anti-LGBT Persecution

VIDEO DU JOUR:

HOMOPHOBIA!!!
IT’S THE REAL THING!!!
BOYCOTT COCA-COLA & THE SOCHI OLYMPICS!!!

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 24, 2014

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 ► Sunday, January 19, 2014

Sadly, it happened. As I explained in yesterday’s Headlines Du Jour, my headline-collecting robot drones have become self-aware and are now controlling your refridgerator. That’s why I’ve gone back to collecting all headlines by hand. It’s safer. Having said that, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour.

FOLLOW THE MONEY:

Va. consultant Boyd Marcus’s case shows how money trumps principles in politics today

A BRIDGE/FLOOD TOO FAR:

Hoboken residents blast Christie
administration amid mayor’s
allegations of strong-arming

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

Cops Get So Rough with
Straight A Student That
They Rupture His Testicle

SCIENCE IS COMPLICATED:

‘Bio-Bot’ That Swims Like Sperm Is An ‘Exciting Advance’ In Self-Propelled Biological Robots

MORE ON TROLLEYGATE:

How fed dollars for trolleys in Miami-Dade, local cities spurred civil rights investigation

From the Not Now Silly Archives
Soilgate Is Trolleygate Writ Large  ► A Century of
Coconut Grove Racism

WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE:

Wal-Mart Wrote An Entire Guidebook On How To Silence Its Workers

THE EVER-PUZZLING STANDARDS AT FACEBOOK:

Facebook Claims Support For Black Films ‘Violates Community Standards’

THE LATEST NAZI ANALOGY:

WATCH: Senate Candidate Claims IRS is Training “Brown Shirts” to Enforce Obamacare Using Assault Weapons

LGBT NEWS:

Trans Woman Dares Bible-Quoting Councilman to Stone Her to Death

FREE THE WEED:

In Which Nancy Grace Debates Nancy Grace About Marijuana

Harry Reid, ‘We waste a lot of time and law enforcement going after guys smoking marijuana.’

Bill Murray Delivers Incredibly Persuasive Argument in Favor of Recreational Marijuana

Medical marijuana in Oregon: Post-prohibition liquor store in Portland now will deal in a new product

FROM OUTER SPACE:

Why are we fascinated by astronomy?

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Brownback To Rally Christian
‘Freedom Fighters’ To ‘Cause A
Revolution’ And Take Back America

 HYPOCRITE DU JOUR:

Rand Paul: ‘That’s what gave us Jim Crow’

VIDEO DU JOUR:


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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, January 17, 2014

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

VIDEO DU JOUR:


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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, January 14, 2014

G’morning, Headliners!!!
 
It’s Tuesday. Tuesday is no different than Monday — or any other day of the week — because every day my robot drones and I bring you the news you didn’t even know you needed. 

That’s right!!! It’s time for today’s Headlines Du Jour.

AN AUTHORITY ON PORTS:

How patronage politics
ate the Port Authority


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

Ohio politician not sorry for incredibly racist email


LGBT NEWS:

Jared Leto and Michael Douglas’s
homophobic Golden Globes speeches
show the worst of Hollywood


THE SORRY STATE OF JOURNALISM TODAY:

Major Parts of the World Ignored by US TV News in 2013


PASS THE POPCORN:

Tea party group mobilizes
to oust House Speaker
John Boehner


FREE THE WEED!!!

NFL might legalize medical
marijuana for players

Marijuana advocates
lay groundwork for
legalization in Mass.


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

Deal could come as early as today to protect DIA art, Detroit pensioners


RELIGION CORNER:

Pastor accused of paying
homeless to fire-bomb
ex professes innocence:
‘I never did pay them’


EVOLUTION IS COMPLICATED:

Fossils show how fish
evolved into land animals


HISTORY IS COMPLICATED:

UO adds Native American Studies minor to ethnic studies curriculum

QUANTUM CIRCUTS ARE COMPLICATED:

Integrated quantum circuit
is most complex ever


FROM OUTER SPACE:

HD 4203c: New Giant Exoplanet Discovered


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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, January 9, 2014

Good morning, Headliners. It’s time once again to take the pulse of the world and see what your neighbours will be talking about later today. So grab a cup of java, put your cell phone on vibrate only, and settle in with today’s Headlines Du Jour.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Oklahoma man killed
stepfather with ‘atomic
wedgie,’ authorities say

LGBT NEWS:

Breaking: Utah Gov. Tells 1360 Legally Married
Same-Sex Couples Their Unions Are Invalid

FROM OUTER SPACE:

UFO Causes German Airport To Divert Flights

Fox Guest: Minimum Wage Is Just ‘Black Teenage Unemployment Act’

‘Gates of Hell’: Fox News
Pairs Ann Coulter with
Unfortunate Chyron

Colbert Calls Out Fox’s Hollow Climate Change Attack

TODAY’S COLD CASE:

Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Lawmaker fires handgun in Kentucky Capitol: ‘I am a gun owner… It happens’

I NEVER META-DATA I DIDN’T LIKE:

Graphs by MIT Students Show the Enormously Intrusive Nature of Metadata

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

16 Reasons to Go to Detroit Right Now

Detroit’s historic Brush Park may finally see a revival

Rebuilding Detroit’s first and last neighborhood

Nod to 1300 Lafayette

WHEN DO WE ADMIT THAT CAPITALISM HAS NOT WORKED?

Bring Back the WPA

Why we should give free money to everyone

TODAY IN FLORI-DUH NEWS:

Florida man bites neighbor’s
ear off over a cigarette

Toxic Tush Doc Oneal Morris to Begin
Prison Sentence (in the Male Population)

CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, & CHARLETANS

Linking Weather Extremes to Global Warming

Yes, It’s Cold — and Yes, Global
Warming Is Still Happening

RELIGION CORNER:

Pat Robertson: Global warming is a scam because there are no SUVs on Jupiter

America’s First ‘Pastafarian’
Official Sworn into Office

Pastafarian minister sworn into office

FREE THE WEED!!!

Fox News contributor Ben Carson: Marijuana causes flashbacks years after use

Chris Hayes: Bill O’Reilly Wrong On Pot Arrests

Jon Stewart blasts cable anchors panicking over legal pot: ‘You’re a f*cking idiot’

O’Reilly Fires Back at Jon Stewart, ‘Can’t Imagine’ Chinese Kids Being Addicted to Texting

Kevin Hart and Ice Cube Aggressively
Mock Nancy Grace’s Anti-Weed Comments

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Guess what day it is? That’s right! It’s the anniversary of when the last person was executed for blasphemy in Britain. Meanwhile, I’ve grown suspicious of my headline collecting robot drones. They may be executed for exactly the very same reason. However, let’s not dwell on the unpleasant because it’s time for today’s Headlines Du Jour.

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

Omaha police association labels video of
diapered black toddler ‘The Thug Cycle’

THE SORRY STATE OF TEE VEE NEWS:

“60 Minutes” gets it wrong again:
Cleantech hit job doesn’t check out

TODAY IN FOX “NEWS”

‘You’re Invisible, But I’ll Eat You Anyway.’ Secrets Of Snow-Diving Foxes

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

Climate Change Deniers
Using Cold Weather as
Proof Exposed as Idiots
By Jon Stewart

FREE THE WEED!!!

Stephen Colbert shreds
‘buzzkill’ David Brooks’s
argument against legal weed

RELIGION CORNER:

Man who thinks he’s Jesus… along with hundreds of young women who follow him across the world

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Since I began suspecting the headline-collecting robot drones of conspiring, they’ve been surprisingly silent. I know they’re just wait for me to slip up, so I won’t look directly at them. You shouldn’t either. Meanwhile, here’s today’s Headlines Du Jour.

BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR:

Tennessee man runs for governor in GOP primary for right to shower with his raccoon


TODAY’S EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

Cop shoots dead a tased, restrained, 100lb
teen: “we don’t have time for this”

LGBT CORNER:

Supreme Court halts Utah gay marriage

2014’s Gayest Cities in America

CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS:

Climate Change Might Just Be
Driving the Historic Cold Snap

FREE THE WEED!!!

Disagree with Nancy Grace’s Anti-Pot Crusade?
Well, You’re Just ‘Fat and Lazy’ Stoners

TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT REGULATION?

Swaziland Bans Witches From Flying Above 150 Meters

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OLD:

White House To GOP: If You Want
Troops In Iraq, You ‘Should Say So’

Family Values Republican Congressman Hid
His Out-of-Wedlock Child and First Family

TAKE MONEY OUT OF POLITICS:

Koch-backed political coalition, designed to shield donors, raised $400 million in 2012

FRANK LUNTZ IN THE NEWS:

GOP Pollster Frank Luntz Became ‘Depressed’ After 2012 Election

Frank Luntz Can’t Figure Out Why Nobody In Hollywood Is Returning His Calls

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

Three Ways to Fight
Racism in 2014

THE COLOUR LINE IS COMPLICATED:

TWERK: Booty-dancing, gender
politics & white privilege

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED. MUSICAL HISTORY EVEN MORE SO:

Sting, Puff Daddy, Andy Summers, and the case of the misplaced bajillion dollars

OH! OH!! CANADA?!?!?!

Canada’s former defense minister says space aliens live among us, but hate our nukes

FUCK CANADA!!!

They fought for your right to hear the F word
Local ‘Toilet Rockers’ MacLean & MacLean at centre of landmark Supreme Court decision

Couple feel ‘robbed’ by 25% interest TD car loan
Dealership promised relief after a year but didn’t deliver, customers say
[FULL DISCLOSURE: TD is my bank. It advertises as ‘Merka’s most convenient bank.]

RELIGION CORNER:

Alabama preacher arrested for his wife’s murder as he boarded overseas flight

Satanic Temple unveils 7-foot goat-headed Baphomet statue for Oklahoma Capitol

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH NEWS:

Miami Named 4th Worst-Run
City in America, Hialeah 9th

TRUE OBAMA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME:

Armed Minnesota man burns down his own house, then blames Obama

MOVIE CORNER:

Male Fans Made Bettie Page
a Star, but Female Fans
Made Her an Icon

Her risqué pinup photos made
her famous in the 1950s, but as a
new documentary reminds us,
Page’s liberated sexuality and
unflinching body positivity
are what still resonate today.

TODAY IN BEATLES’ NEWS:

Eurythmics reunite for Grammys tribute to the Beatles that will also include John Mayer and Keith Urban

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