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Headlines Du Jour ► Saturday, November 30, 2013

The Not Now Silly news team never sleeps!!! While you were geting your 40 winks, they were creeping and crawling through the internets, filling their buckets with only the best in Headlines Du Jour for your Saturday.

JUST BECAUSE THE MSM HAS FORGOTTEN:

Orphans in Philippines Speak
of Typhoon’s Horrors

BLACK FRIDAY IS THE NEW BLACK FRIDAY:


110+ People Arrested As Nationwide
Protest Against Walmart Grows Stronger

Walmart on Black Friday: Scenes from the apocalypse

Senators blast Wal-Mart “trampling” workers’ rights
as dozens of activists are arrested on Black Friday

“It is time that Walmart pays its workers a fair wage and
stops trampling on their rights,” say Sherrod Brown et al

WHERE DO THOSE CHEAP GOODS COME FROM?

I Tried to See Where My T-Shirt Was Made,
and the Factory Sent Thugs After Me

CONSTITUTIONALLY YOURS:

The Supreme Court Could Rule that Hobby
Lobby is More of a Person than You Are

THERE IS STILL SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE:

Adolescent AIDS rates up alarmingly, UN finds
But mother-to-child transmission of HIV has been dramatically reduced, UNICEF reports

CRACK CORNER:

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford could be denied entry to U.S.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he wants to attend the NHL Winter Classic hockey game near Detroit. He may not get past Windsor.

CRACKED CORNER:

Birther preacher claims Obama had mother of his ‘love child’ killed outside White House

CRACKER CORNER:

North Dakota white supremacist hospitalized after hunger strike

CANADIAN CORNER:

Harper’s hockey book includes thanks to Nigel Wright for ethics help

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

A Bullet
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama, America’s first African-American Presidential nominee, won the Presidency of the United States of America. This week, two weeks following that historic event, marks the fifth anniversary of when a racist put a bullet through the front window of my home.

FROM THE WAYBACK MACHINE:

Jerry Lewis’s Immortal Lip-Sync to a Trombone
Lewis’s clever pantomime from The Errand Boy has lived on in
Family Guy spoofs and fan-made YouTube reenactments 52 years later.

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Headlines Du Jour ► Friday, November 15, 2013

During the night, when the rest of the world is sleeping peacefully, the Not Now Silly interns spread out over the vast reaches of cyberspace and told not to return unless they bring back the latest Headlines Du Jour. Only then will they be fed and allowed to rest.

STILL COVERING UP FOR BUSH’S WAR:

Exclusive: US blocks publication of
Chilcot’s report on how Britain
went to war with Iraq

WHAT THE FRACK???

Mayor Calvin Tillman Leaves Dish, Texas
Fearing ‘Fracking’ Effects On Family’s Health

WHAT THE FROCK???

Prosecutor warns of a mafia threat against Pope Francis

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

Exclusive: Grosse Pointe cops film, humiliate black people

FROM OUTER SPACE:

Potentially Dazzling Comet ISON Now Visible to Naked Eye After Outburst

THE LATEST IN FOX “NEWS” NEWS:

Rebekah Brooks Was Hacked by Her Own Tabloid

THE LATEST ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT A CRIME:

 

Boston Boondoggle Hearing Postponed Until
Next Week as Internet Criticism Grows

Blogger threatened with 10-year prison sentence
for posting public official’s phone number

CRACK CORNER:

Robot Butt Developed By Dr. Benjamin Lok:
The Cutting Edge Of ‘Rear-search’?

Joseph Small Puts Fire Hose In Butt, Causes General Mayhem

CRACKED CORNER:

 

They Came to Adore Her: A Night in Bethlehem with Sarah Palin’s Fans

CRACK MAYOR CORNER:


TODAY’S TOTALLY ACCURATE QUOTE FROM TORONTO MAYOR ROB FORD:

“Oh, and the last thing was (former staff member) Olivia Gondek. It says that I wanted to eat her pussy. I’ve never said that in my life to her; I would never do that. I’m happily married, I’ve got more than enough to eat at home. Thanks very much.”

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologises for oral-sex remarks

Rob Ford says he is receiving help from health professionals
but Ontario premier suggests province will step in

 

 Rob Ford’s ‘strength of character’ is just the pathology talking: DiManno
The public may be reeling from new and worse revelations inflicted by the man
himself, but the mayor will adamantly not collect his bobblehead dolls and leave.

 

RELIGION CORNER:

 

Study: Jesus’ Crucifixion Was Legal
A legal scholar says Christ got a fair trial and crucifixion was not unusual for the time

VIDEO DU JOUR:

‘Doctor Who’ 50th: John Hurt’s character name confirmed

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Headlines Du Jour ► Thursday, November 14, 2013

While the rest of the world sleeps, an army of Not Now Silly interns reconnoiters the vast reaches of cyberspace looking for those Headlines Du Jour that you’ve been looking for and didn’t even know it. Then, when you wake up, it’s waiting for you right where you expect to find it.

Typhoon Haiyan: in village after village
the plea is the same – please help us!

In northern Cebu, where the typhoon made two devastating
landfalls last Friday, families line the road begging for supplies

Typhoon Haiyan: Before and after
Aerial images taken over the Philippines reveal the scale of devastation
Typhoon Haiyan has caused in the once-vibrant coastal city of Tacloban.

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE NEWS:

US fears climate talks will focus on compensation for extreme weather
Officials fear the devastating impact of Typhoon Haiyan
will overshadow core issue of climate change prevention

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

THE LATEST IN FOX “NEWS” NEWS:


What I learned from partying with Fox News
Everyone loves Megyn Kelly, the Fox News “look” is real, and Bill O’Reilly loves a photo op

Sarah Palin Is Back To Doing What She Does Best —
Scaring White People And Selling Books

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

FIFTY YEARS AGO:

PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT A CRIME:

TODAY IN WTF? NEWS:

CRACK CORNER:





Mayor McCheese and the Hamburglar

Rob Ford did drugs, partied with escort, police document alleges
Mayor Rob Ford did drugs and partied with an escort during an all-night
binge last year beginning in his office, a new police document alleges.

Rob Ford admits to buying drugs; councillors ask him to take a leave
Mayor Rob Ford admitted during a testy and unprecedented city council
debate Wednesday that he has bought illegal drugs in the last two years.

► He knows when you’ve been good or bad ◄
Santa Claus Parade asks Rob Ford not to march
Parade co-chair has sent a letter to the mayor’s staff, asking to avoid the distraction
of having Rob Ford march “and put the focus back on Santa and Mrs. Claus.”

CRACKED CORNER:

Beck: Pledge Of Allegiance And Star Spangled
Banner Are The ‘Trappings’ Of Progressives

The five funniest lessons from Sarah Palin’s Christmas book
Palin predicts a President Romney and shares her recipe for Rice Krispies Treats

Marijuana laws in Washington, D.C., poised to be relaxed
City council set to decriminalize small amounts of pot, but Congress could interfere

VIDEO DU JOUR:

Cannabis History 101 – a great video about the history of cannabis