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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, March 15, 2015

Howdy, Headline hunters. Today’s birthday belongs Sam John Hopkins, better known to Blues aficionados as Lightnin’ Hopkins. Beware the Ides of March because on this date:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

It took me 32 years to come out. This is what happened when I did. By BARNEY FRANK

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

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

FREE THE WEED!!!

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

The magnitude of the chaos can range widely, from planets whose orbits remain largely
circular to those whose orbits get so elongated that a planet could slam into its host star.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, March 12, 2015

Hello there, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to singer/songwriter George Jackson. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

POTUS WATCH:

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

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

IN LGBT NEWS:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

FREE THE WEED!!!

WAR IS HELL!!!

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, March 8, 2015

Hiya, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

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

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

BULLY IS AS BULLY DOES:


FREE THE WEED!!!

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF FERGUSON COPS GONE WILD:

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

Climate Change Helped
Spark Syrian War, Study Says

Research provides first deep look at how global
warming may already influence armed conflict

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:

HACK ATTACKS:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Hello, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Doc Watson. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

FREE THE WEED!!!

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

TEABAGGERY IN THE YEW ESS EH:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

BULLY IS AS BULLY DOES:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

SCOTUS WATCH:

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:

NET NEUTRALITY:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, March 1, 2015

Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to singer and activist Harry Belafonte. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

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

FREE THE WEED!!!

TEACHING IN THE 21st CENTURY:

IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

HACK ATTACKS:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEOS DU JOUR:
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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Hey there, Headliners.Today’s birthday belongs to Roger Allen François Jouret, better known to his fans as Plastic Bertrand. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN LGBT NEWS:

IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF CORPORATIONS GONE WILD:

BULLY IS AS BULLY DOES:

Incredible Story of Allen Kurzweil’s Childhood Nightmare

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:

HACK ATTACKS:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, February 19, 2015

Hiya, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to William Robinson, who as Smokey Robinson wowed them at Motown. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN LGBT NEWS:

IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:

HACK ATTACKS:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Hello there, Headliners!Today’s birthday boy is Gene Pitney. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

WAR IS HELL:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF CORPORATIONS GONE WILD:

FREE THE WEED!!!

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

HACK ATTACKS:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, February 12, 2015

Hiya, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Let’s take a look at today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

Hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter trends as man,
46, charged with murder after killing at housing
complex near University of North Carolina campus
The most recent data on lynching, compiled by the
Equal Justice Initiative, shows premeditated murders
carried out by at least three people from 1877 to 1950.
The killers claimed to be enforcing some form of
social justice. The alleged offenses that prompted the
lynchings included political activism and testifying in court.

WAR IS HELL:

Instead of confronting the truth, we scrubbed the record
clean—and we’re still paying for it in Afghanistan and Iraq today.
From the vast Not Now Silly Archives:

IN LGBT NEWS:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF CORPORATIONS GONE WILD:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

The lynching and torture of blacks in the Jim Crow South
weren’t just acts of racism. They were religious rituals.

HACK ATTACKS:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEOS DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF CORPORATIONS GONE WILD:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

HACK ATTACKS:

ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN INNER SPACE:

Forgotten version of historical parchment that established
principle of rule of law discovered in files of history
department of Kent County Council in Maidstone

IN OUTER SPACE:

A hidden treasure trove of gear flown on the Apollo 11
mission to the moon sees the light of day after Neil
Armstrong’s widow shares the find with the Smithsonian.

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