Well, to be fair, one of the few remaining polar bears relayed the news to her by tin-can telephone.

SNL opening was hilarious

If "I can see Russia from my house" becomes a zeitgeisty catchphrase for voters when thinking about Palin, that newness shine and the McCain polling bump goes bye bye fast.

Is there a proper term for the revulsion I feel when 88 people are most likely dead and all we can talk about is some stupid bint who will go down in history as a political footnote?

Really? THIS?

I get the Palin hate and I'm certainly on the hating Palin side, but this green headline for the death of 88 people?

Yeah, don't give me a "welcome to Fark"; I've been here for a while. Let's not throw "funny" insults at uninvolved third parties where a farkload of deaths are involved, okay?

Occam's Chainsaw: Is there a proper term for the revulsion I feel when 88 people are most likely dead and all we can talk about is some stupid bint who will go down in history as a political footnote?

PTFD-Post Traumatic Fark Disorder?

It's interesting so many witnesses "thought a war was starting."

Shows a difference between us and them. Americans would never consider that possibility. Terrorists, sure. War, nope.

azmoviez: insults at uninvolved third parties where a farkload of deaths are

Uh, 88 is a metric farkload. A real farkload is 2.54 times as many.

the_cnidarian: Uh, 88 is a metric farkload. A real farkload is 2.54 times as many.

Tell that to anyone in a thread about a US crash; 88 would qualify for the Imperial measurement if it was in Ohio.

Oh farking snap,

azmoviez: Really? THIS?

I get the Palin hate and I'm certainly on the hating Palin side, but this green headline for the death of 88 people?

Yeah, don't give me a "welcome to Fark"; I've been here for a while. Let's not throw "funny" insults at uninvolved third parties where a farkload of deaths are involved, okay?

It's an undeniable tragedy. No one disputes that. Do you really want (or expect) a FARK thread to be full of nothing but morose bon mots of sympathy for the passengers?

It's a sad thing, without doubt; but tomorrow we'll still have a Vice-Presidential candidate who, with no irony or self-deprecating humor, is literally citing her relative physical proximity to a largely uninhabited part of Russia as a bona fide foreign-policy credential.

In the grand scheme, that's more disturbing than any aviation accident.

thatvoiceguy: It's a sad thing, without doubt; but tomorrow we'll still have a Vice-Presidential candidate who, with no irony or self-deprecating humor, is literally citing her relative physical proximity to a largely uninhabited part of Russia as a bona fide foreign-policy credential.

In the grand scheme, that's more disturbing than any aviation accident.

Meh. I just mean there are plenty (PLENTY) of faults to point out in Palin. Did we really need a greenlit thread about an unrelated plane crash that took the lives of 88 people to be referenced to her faults and lack of experience?

Is Palin's daughter's pregnancy relevant to the national discussion? Is the (alleged) controversy about her last pregnancy relevant? Is her proximity to Russia relevant?

Maybe the last one is relevant to her foreign policy deficiencies.

But what the fark does any of that have to do with the horrific, terrifying deaths of 88 people?

I've admitted twice that I'm no Palin fan, but really this whole "I Hate Palin" think needs to be toned down a bit.

Yeah her faults need to be highlighted (shouted from the rafters), but attacking her on stupid unrelated shiat just doesn't do the cause any good.

I never used to be afraid of flying until I flew Aeroflot from Paris to Leningrad in 1989. It was without a doubt the most terrifying, non-turbulence related flight I have ever taken. I thought that the plane would fall apart since it was so old and rattly!

/former road warrior

Too soon... too soon.
Only way to redeem yourself now is to tell Aristocrats joke.
/shakes head

azmoviez: Really? THIS?

I get the Palin hate and I'm certainly on the hating Palin side, but this green headline for the death of 88 people?

Yeah, don't give me a "welcome to Fark"; I've been here for a while. Let's not throw "funny" insults at uninvolved third parties where a farkload of deaths are involved, okay?

Come on - it was 88 dirty communist enemies of ours. We at Fark save our respect, condolences, and mods-on-crack thread editing for former Bush press secretaries.

Subby is going to hell.

I'll be flying shotgun.

Fark the dead, they were Russians anyway. Let's have some more hate.



Because we all know that if McCain and Palin get elected, they'll start a nuclear war with Russia and we'll get to kill millions, right?

/it's too early for this shiat. why don't you libs start touting YOUR candidates experience instead of the slash and burn you've become famous for

the_cnidarian: azmoviez: insults at uninvolved third parties where a farkload of deaths are

Uh, 88 is a metric farkload. A real farkload is 2.54 times as many.

88 Russians? That's equal to, like, 16 Americans, right?

As much as I want to argue with a couple of the posts above, I'm not going to get into a political dick-waving contest here.

My sympathy for the families.

No problems were reported with the 15-year-old jet when it was last inspected at the beginning of 2008, Aeroflot Deputy Director Lev Koshlyakov said.

You know, Lev...maybe if you increased the frequency of the inspections, burning airplanes crashing into the ground and turning normal folks into hamburger would not be an Aeroflot issue.

Boeing = American company. How long until until Pravda reports on the American cause of the crash?

shotglasss: why don't you libs start touting YOUR candidates experience instead of the slash and burn you've become famous for

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Everyone is missing the REAL point here.


Why was the plane full of crashes anyway? Why the hell would ANYONE ship a crash, let alone 88 of them, in russia?


/A short comma-tary brought to you by your friends at the grammar nazi institute.

//88 deaths should take back seat to proper punctuation IMO

That is horrible. I wish the best for the families. How shiatty is that?

Fix the planes first you commy bastids!

Reyito: Everyone is missing the REAL point here.


Why was the plane full of crashes anyway? Why the hell would ANYONE ship a crash, let alone 88 of them, in russia?


/A short comma-tary brought to you by your friends at the grammar nazi institute.

//88 deaths should take back seat to proper punctuation IMO

Occam's Chainsaw: Is there a proper term for the revulsion I feel when 88 people are most likely dead and all we can talk about is some stupid bint who will go down in history as a political footnote?

well they are dead.......
and
this is fark you should know this is how it'd go by the headline your a TF'r

Occam's Chainsaw: Is there a proper term for the revulsion I feel when 88 people are most likely dead and all we can talk about is some stupid bint who will go down in history as a political footnote?

Change.

"Say . . . What's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud bank?"

Occam's Chainsaw: Is there a proper term for the revulsion I feel when 88 people are most likely dead and all we can talk about is some stupid bint who will go down in history as a political footnote?

Duh, they're Russians. It's not like they're real people. And besides, there has to be at least 15 Palin related headlines per day, to meet the quota.

Actually, it's kind of a smart move. Palin fatigue will set in within about a month.

This headline bought to you by automatic-threadjack.com.

FarkinNortherner: shotglasss: why don't you libs start touting YOUR candidates experience instead of the slash and burn you've become famous for

Barack Hussein Obama (secret Muslim) approves this message.

Hey Libs...enjoy another loss this year. You may not like Palin, but the rest of the country does. Sorry.

/Obama/Biden for President...yeah, right.
//Shouda picked Hillary
///Oh yeah, she doesn't like Obama either.

jmax31: Hey Libs...enjoy another loss this year. You may not like Palin, but the rest of the country does. Sorry.

/Obama/Biden for President...yeah, right.
//Shouda picked Hillary
///Oh yeah, she doesn't like Obama either.

shows how stupid the majority of americans are....but i knew that after 8 years of Bush

I work in Russia and fly on these planes every month. You have to role the dice to make the big bucks

Subby, you rock :)

Occam's Chainsaw: Is there a proper term for the revulsion I feel when 88 people are most likely dead and all we can talk about is some stupid bint who will go down in history as a political footnote?

azmoviez: Really? THIS?

I get the Palin hate and I'm certainly on the hating Palin side, but this green headline for the death of 88 people?

Yeah, don't give me a "welcome to Fark"; I've been here for a while. Let's not throw "funny" insults at uninvolved third parties where a farkload of deaths are involved, okay?

Agreed. shiatty greenlight.

tweek46420: jmax31: Hey Libs...enjoy another loss this year. You may not like Palin, but the rest of the country does. Sorry.

/Obama/Biden for President...yeah, right.
//Shouda picked Hillary
///Oh yeah, she doesn't like Obama either.

shows how stupid the majority of americans are....but i knew that after 8 years of Bush

This is why the left is the permanent minority. Either you're a liberal or you're stupid. That elitist mentality is what will keep you all as a permanent minority.

azmoviez: the_cnidarian: Uh, 88 is a metric farkload. A real farkload is 2.54 times as many.

Tell that to anyone in a thread about a US crash; 88 would qualify for the Imperial measurement if it was in Ohio.

In Russia, plane crashes you!!

Not that I expect the dull and predictable Obamaniacs to acknowledge it, but being a governor of a border state DOES give that person experience with international matters. Definitely more so than being a community organizer in Illinois.

azmoviez: Really? THIS?

I get the Palin hate and I'm certainly on the hating Palin side, but this green headline for the death of 88 people?

Yeah, don't give me a "welcome to Fark"; I've been here for a while. Let's not throw "funny" insults at uninvolved third parties where a farkload of deaths are involved, okay?


Ya, I have to agree. I submitted hours and hours ago with a headline that stuck to the story at hand and had just the tiniest hint of semi-tasteful humor to it. Obviously it was rejected, since it wasn't politicized.

Reyito: Everyone is missing the REAL point here.


Why was the plane full of crashes anyway? Why the hell would ANYONE ship a crash, let alone 88 of them, in russia?


/A short comma-tary brought to you by your friends at the grammar nazi institute.

//88 deaths should take back seat to proper punctuation IMO

Don't you grammar nazis have enough to get upset about online without making things up? There's nothing wrong with the headline.

I see a new farkism.

/and 88 deaths are bad, but I have seen worse on fark.

shotglasss: tweek46420: jmax31: Hey Libs...enjoy another loss this year. You may not like Palin, but the rest of the country does. Sorry.

/Obama/Biden for President...yeah, right.
//Shouda picked Hillary
///Oh yeah, she doesn't like Obama either.

shows how stupid the majority of americans are....but i knew that after 8 years of Bush

This is why the left is the permanent minority. Either you're a liberal or you're stupid. That elitist mentality is what will keep you all as a permanent minority.

i may be kind of on the left i am far from elitist and am just speaking for MYSELF, do i think that Obama is the best person to run the country... not really, do i think Mccain is the best person not really

your statement was a lot more elitist than mine

panzerfaustbob: Not that I expect the dull and predictable Obamaniacs to acknowledge it, but being a governor of a border state DOES give that person experience with international matters. Definitely more so than being a community organizer in Illinois.

More than being on the US Senate foreign relations committee?

Mr Logo: panzerfaustbob: Not that I expect the dull and predictable Obamaniacs to acknowledge it, but being a governor of a border state DOES give that person experience with international matters. Definitely more so than being a community organizer in Illinois.

More than being on the US Senate foreign relations committee?

Absolutely. Senate committee membership is worthless, which is one of the reasons that Senators don't tend to be elected President. (And which makes this Senator vs. Senator election so unusual. At least the McCain/Palin ticket has SOME executive experience, unlike the 'Career Neighborhood Organizer/Career Senator' ticket.)

Yeah, but did the plane go down faster than Bristol Palin on prom night?


/I can haz ticket?

panzerfaustbob: Senate committee membership is worthless, which is one of the reasons that Senators don't tend to be elected President.

So you call the Constitutionally awarded power to make treaties and declare war "worthless"? Very telling. Then again, it's just a goddamned piece of paper...

And BTW: To date, fifteen senators have gone onto serve in the nation's highest elected office, the presidency. Two senators, Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy, moved directly from the U.S. Senate to the White House. Source (^).

Wow, I didn't realize Alaska and Russia were that close

Fork Fark-Were all forked
Forking bastages

tweek46420
jmax31: Hey Libs...enjoy another loss this year. You may not like Palin, but the rest of the country does. Sorry.

/Obama/Biden for President...yeah, right.
//Shouda picked Hillary
///Oh yeah, she doesn't like Obama either.

shows how stupid the majority of americans are....but i knew that after 8 years of Bush

No, it just shows most people are not buying what the Dems are selling. Given the shrillness of the libs on Fark and assuming they are representative of the democrat constituency, small wonder.

Does anyone think that the outcome of this election will be of less importance than the death of 88 people? I don't know which side would be worse. Hell we might be choosing between the death of 88,000 people and 88,000,000 people this election. One thing for sure.. it's more than 89.

I've flown on Aeroflot several times. The international flights aren't bad, but boy, flying between points in Russia - those flights make you just close your eyes and hope for the best.