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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, April 11, 2014

Hello Headliners! It’s the birthday of Richard Berry, who wrote one of the most important songs — and depending on who you believe: the dirtiest song — in all of Rock and Roll. Let’s start with the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Said, me gotta go . . . right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

TODAY IN RELIGION:

FREE THE WEED!!!

TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OUTRAGEOUS:

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

NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

WATERGATE WATCH:

Did Roger Ailes Dupe James
Rosen, Or Did Rosen Dupe ‘Merka?

MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:

BULLY CORNER:

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:

RECTUM? DAMN NEAR KILLED ‘IM!

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

IN INNER SPACE:

VIDEO DU JOUR:

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Hello, Headliners. It’s the birthday of Hugh Hefner, who created a publishing empire and understands the importance of the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Let’s hop right to it:

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OUTRAGEOUS:

TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

WAR IS HELL!

Watching the new Errol Morris documentary about my old boss,
Donald Rumsfeld, is a little like working for him: you feel nothing.

TODAY IN RELIGION:

FREE THE WEED:

ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORK:

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

MSNBC IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

BOB BECKEL IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

IN OUTER SPACE:

VIDEO DU JOUR:

It’s also Tom Leher’s birthday!
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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, April 8, 2014

NB: Due to a publishing error, all headline links done broke. I don’t have the time to fix it today. So sorry.

Good day, Headliners. It’s the birthday of comedian Shecky Greene, who has made people laugh for decades. He’s never missed the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

Today’s Headlines Du Jour is a big’un — larger than normal — so let’s get right to it:

IN LGBT NEWS:

Pulled Over for Driving
While Black and Brown
. . . and LGBTQ?

The Mozilla fiasco was about far more than “gay marriage”

BarbWire: ‘Al-‘Gay’Da’ And ‘Lezbollah’ Terrorists Brought Down Mozilla CEO


THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSOLETE:

According to MSNBC, Jeb Bush
Is Now the GOP’s Only Hope

John Boehner Claims That He
Is Killing Obamacare By Giving Obama Everything He Wants

This GOP House Candidate
Is Running for Office So
His Daughter Won’t Have
to Learn About Evolution

Wisconsin GOP candidate proposes doing away
with weekends, dismisses MLK Day, Kwanzaa

Republican Mississippi Governor
Signs Unconstitutional Law That
Voids The 14th Amendment

Local Republican Caucus Passes Resolution Allowing Wisconsin To Secede

Republican Poll Has Bad News For GOP as Mary
Landrieu Leads All Challengers In Louisiana

The GOP Is at War With Itself. So Why
Are Republicans Poised to Win in 2014?

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Head of Anglican church:
We must discriminate against
gays lest someone think
we’re gay and bash us



TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY:

WATCH: Rand Paul Says Dick Cheney Pushed for the Iraq War
So Halliburton Would Profit

Chuck Schumer Defends
Attacks On The Koch Brothers:
‘I Don’t Feel Sorry For Them’

$COTU$ WATCH:

BREAKING: Supreme Court won’t hear anti-gay photographer case

Will Voters Know Who’s Funding Who by Election Time?

FREE THE WEED!!!

Martin O’Malley Expected To Sign Marijuana Decriminalization Bill


IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

In Book’s Trial Of U.S. Justice
System, Wealth Gap Is Exhibit A

A Chronic Sickness Inside
the US Labor Market


GEORGE W. BUSH WATCH:

Bush crew’s deplorable return:
How their reemergence
sends a deadly message

IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

Right-Wing Journalist Writes a Laughably Bad Article Justifying Climate Change Denial


HISTORY IS COMPLICATED:

The Lost Canals of
Venice of America


NATURE IS COMPLICATED:

Coconut Crabs Eat Everything from Kittens to, Maybe, Amelia Earhart


CHRIS CHRISTIE CORNER:

Exclusive: Christie Prosecutor Gets Its Star Witness to Start Talking

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

‘Belligerent’ Rob Ford
warned by security at
Air Canada Centre
A “belligerent” Mayor Rob Ford received a warning from Air Canada Centre security staff at the Toronto Maple Leafs game on Saturday night.

Rob Ford, still setting the
bar as low as it will go

Rob Ford ‘Crackathon’ video game lights up the web


BACK TO THE FUTURE:

Figuring out the future: Will we be ready to live in
a world where machines are smarter than people?

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

NEW STUDY: 72 Percent
of Fox News Climate
Segments Are Misleading

Fox Doesn’t Get Why
Breaking Bad Star Supports
Health Care Reform

Fox News floats trial balloon that Mitt
Romney might make third run for president

On Eve Of Equal Pay Day, Fox Host Denies Existence Of Gender Pay Gap

Revolving Door: Fox News Hires Back Ex-Candidate Liz Cheney

FOX “NATION” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

From “Hip-Hop BBQ” To “Horseman Of Apocalypse”:
5 Years Of Fox Nation


IN INNER SPACE:

Non-Conformity & Creativity Now Listed
As A Mental Illness By Psychiatrists

I cracked the code at the Western University library
Solving the mystery of the Weldon Library letters, a tale of
weird obsession, intrigue and a lesson in the bonds of humanity

IN OUTER SPACE:

‘Star Trek’ actress lends her gravitas to film promoting idea that sun revolves around Earth


BOB MARLEY REMEMBERED:

Local Park Honors Bob
Marley With Name Change

From the vase Not Now Silly Archives:
The Day I Met Bob Marley


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Headlines Du Jour ► Monday, April 7, 2014

Howdy there, Headliners. It’s the birthday of songstress Billie Holiday. Lady Day was born on this day in 1915 and, because she loved the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear, we have a larger than usual assortment today:  

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


IN LGBT NEWS:

A Vicious Homophobic Statement
by a South Carolina State Senator

Harvey Milk Will Be The First Openly
Gay Official To Appear On A U.S. Stamp

Mozilla CEO faced ‘new fascism,’ Gingrich says

Chill Out About Firefox, Everybody


TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

Paul Ryan: Still a Total Jerk

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Mormon Leader Outlines
Opposition To Gay Marriage

Church Asks Activist Group to Reconsider Plans to Protest at General Conference


$COTU$ WATCH:

Bill Maher: John Roberts’
McCutcheon Ruling Could’ve Been
‘Written By The Little Mermaid’

TODAY IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

Tea Party leaders: Liberals risk God’s wrath with ‘covetous’ opposition to income inequality


HELPING OUR ENVIRONMENT:

Monarch butterflies could use your help – here’s what you can do


HURTING OUR ENVIRONMENT:

Whooping cough bounces back

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

Would a vineyard
on Belle Isle work?


THE NEWS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Vox Takes Melding
of Journalism and
Technology to a New Level

MSNBC IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

How Dumping Keith Olbermann and Martin Bashir Killed MSNBC


LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Bill O’Reilly Mocks The Poor
At “Benefit For Poor (?) Kids”


THE EVUL LIBRUL LEFT-WING MEDIA:

15 things everyone would know if there were a liberal media

DOES NOT COMPUTE:

R.I.P. Windows XP 2001-2014. What can you do now?


IN INNER SPACE:

Scientists smash barrier to growing organs from stem cells


IN OUTER SPACE:


VIDEO DU JOUR:

VIDEO DU JOUR BONUS:


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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, March 20, 2014

Hello Headliners!!! It’s Ned Buntline‘s birthday!!! Not only was Ned interested in the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear, but he wrote more than a few himself:

Now, let’s check out today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

American bars start boycotting Russian vodka over Ukraine

America’s Right-Wing
Has Gone Gay Crazy

The madness has spread from the
Christian Right’s talking heads to the leading lights of the Republican Party.

Janet Mefferd Upset Honey Maid’s Graham
Crackers Push ‘The Gay Propaganda Machine’

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Russell Crowe Meets the
Pope, but Will Religious
Viewers See Noah?

TODAY IN FLOR-I-DUH:

Miami Cops Now Have To Check
Guns At Door Of City Hall

FREE THE WEED!!!

In Florida, medical marijuana will be legal, John Morgan says

What can the Dutch teach
the U.S. about selling pot?

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

Yes, Schools Do Discriminate Against Students Of Color

ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:

10 years of social media’s biggest
players and payouts by the numbers

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSOLETE:

GOP Lawmaker Says Sick Leave, Equal
Pay Bills Make Women ‘Look Like Whiners’

Illinois Republicans Nominate Candidate Who
Blames Gay Rights For Autism And Tornadoes

TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY?

Rangel Questions Why Obama Thought He Could Work With ‘Mean, Racist’ Tea Party


FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Fox News host Bill Hemmer
explains missing plane: ‘It took
2,000 years to find Noah’s Ark’


White House Mice Attack Fox News

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

GM’s Problem Will Affect It And Industry ‘For Decades’ — Walsh

Salaries driving Detroit police officers to the suburbs

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:

Rob Ford: Gun photos
found on laptop that is connected to crack video,
according to documents

CAN YOU DIG IT:

126 Million Year Old Fossil Of Stick Insect Found In Mongolia

IN OUTER SPACE:

Our Universe May Exist in a Multiverse,
Cosmic Inflation Discovery Suggests

NASA Orbiter Finds New Gully Channel on Mars

VIDEO DU JOUR:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lee “Scratch” Perry.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, March 1, 2014

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a mutha. Today is Harry Belafonte‘s 87th birthday. Also celebrating birthdays today are Chopin, Glenn Miller, and David Niven, among millions of other less famous people. What do they have in common? They all just love a look back at the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear.

1565 – The city of Rio de Janeiro is founded.
1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
1692Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
1790 – The first United States census is authorized.
1845President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
1847 – The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.
1872Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park.
1873E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
1932 – The son of Charles Lindbergh, Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped.
1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.
1966Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet‘s surface.

As if that’s not enough, let’s add today’s Headlines Du Jour:

LGBT NEWS:

Stephen Colbert on SB1062 going down in Arizona

FREE THE WEED!!!

Girl Scouts Outlaw Cookie
Sales Outside of Pot Shops

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

25 Things Everyone Needs to Know About
the Lives of Black People in America

TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY:

Tea Party Nation President
Writes Possibly the Most Insane
Letter You Will Ever Read

How spending has fallen under Obama

NEWS YOU CAN USE:

50 Supermarket Tricks You Still Fall For

HISTORY IS COMPLICATED:

8 Surprising Historical Facts That Will Change Your Concept Of Time Forever

FOX “NEWS: IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

LETTER: Fox News out of touch

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

O’Reilly Lectures Valerie
Jarrett and Michelle Obama
About How To Prevent
Teen Pregnancy

BILL O’REILLY TO OBAMA ADVISER: Tell ‘Gangsta Rappers’ To ‘Knock It Off’

THE FALAFEL KING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:


O’Reilly delusional about being self-reliant

Oh, Really, Bill? Once Again,
O’Reilly Can’t Admit a Mistake

BILL O’REILLY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Bill O’Reilly criticizes Mower County officials; judge calls Fox News report slanted

O’Donnell Mocks O’Reilly’s ‘Stupid Question’ About a Woman President

VIDEO DU JOUR


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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, February 28, 2014

The headline from a year ago

As Canadians wonder why Don Francks‘ birthday is not a national holiday, allow me to get personal for a moment. I co-starred with Mr. Francks (as an extra in two different scenes, breaking movie continuity) in 1978’s Drying Up the Streets, about heroin addiction in the big city. With the deep relationship I forged with Don, I can tell you that he loves the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1525 – The Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed by Hernán Cortés‘s forces.
1849 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, 4 months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.
1883 – The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston
1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
1939 – The erroneous word “dord” is discovered in the Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1953James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April’s Nature (pub. April 2).
1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
1993Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group’s leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
2013Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.

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

THE LATEST IN COCONUT GROVE:

Coconut Grove Developer
Fined After Cutting Down 100-Year-Old Trees Around Charles Ave.

Aftermath of the Great
Miami Tree Massacre

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING:

SCOTUS INTERUPTUS:

Unprecedented Interruption of Supreme Court Proceedings

LGBT NEWS:

Joe Walsh Calls LGBT Community ‘Constitutional Terrorists’ Amid Arizona Anti-Gay Bill Protests

FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana bill clears
Ga. committee

TODAY IN RELIGION:

New York pastor: Obama
sending ‘white homo demons’
to ‘scoop up’ black men

Noah’s ark project in
Ky. to move forward

TEABAGGED ENOUGH ALREADY???

Louie Gohmert: God ‘answered my prayers’ by creating the Tea Party

5 years later, here’s how the
tea party changed politics

Tea Party leader attacks Jan Brewer
for allowing “slavery” and penis cakes

ON THE FACEBOOKERY:

Facebook Shuttering Messenger
Apps for Windows, Firefox

BROWSER BATTLES:

Chrome users attack Google for zapping
unsanctioned Windows add-ons

FOX NATION IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Eric Holder Hospitalized. Fox Nation Readers Hope He Dies

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Here’s Why Fox News
Should Report On The
Noose Hung Around A
Civil Rights Statue
At Ole Miss

Fox Debunks Its Own
Defense Of Right-Wing
Special Interest Groups

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

Sexist Pig Bill O’Reilly Insists That There Is A Downside To Having A Female President

IN OUTER SPACE:

What if We’ve Completely
Misunderstood Our Place
in the Universe?

Bizarre Orbit of Weird Asteroid’s Moon Revealed

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Don Francks stars in Jericho!!!

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Headlines Du Jour ► Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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.
1674England 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.
1859Daniel 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.
1878Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
1953Censorship: 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

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.
1865American Civil War: Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
1885The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
1913Pedro 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 9, 2014

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

474Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1775American 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.
1950Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
1964The 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


IN OUTER SPACE:

Red skies discovered on extreme brown dwarf


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