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Sun March 21, 2010:

(ABC) Interesting (1294)
We have "official" threads for sporting events and TV shows all the time, so here's your Official U.S. House Health Care Reform Voting thread for Sunday


(UPI) Obvious (55)
Protesters called for the resignation of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in rallies held across the country, completely ignored by American media because they lack a cute "party" name


(YouTube) Stupid (331)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) presents the GOP with 100 House seats on a silver platter: "There are no rules, we make 'em up as we go along" (video)


(Some Guy) Asinine (61)
With New York facing a $9 billion deficit, the governor proposes to cut funding from schools and hospitals, close state parks and historic sites, and spend almost $800,000 on two double-wide trailers for conjugal visits at a local prison


Sat March 20, 2010:

(Telegraph) Interesting (180)
General David Petraeus tipped as Republican 2012 presidential candidate


(Huffington Post) Dumbass (605)
Teabaggers conduct a civil, high-minded conversation at todays protest at the capitol, just kidding, they shout the n-word at congressman John Lewis, a civil-rights hero


(RealClearPolitics) Obvious (293)
Have Democrats gone insane?


(Think Progress) Obvious (160)
The best analysis of GOP politics you'll read all day: "If you don't care at all about the welfare of human beings, this is a very smart strategy"


(SFGate) Obvious (311)
Remember when Obama said he was going to combine the best Democrat and Republican ideas into his Health Care Reform Bill? Yeah, the Republican ideas are not in the bill


(Crooks & Liars) Followup (196)
GOP doubles down on hoax memo. Because that's what our founders would have wanted


(Daily Kos) Amusing (336)
Tea Partiers interviewed at "Code Red" protest in DC. Hope you got your "dumb" goggles on


(Breitbart.com) Amusing (93)
Not news: Constituent calls Congressman's office to voice his opinion on health care. News: Staffer hangs up, calls Capital Police on him. Fark: Capital Police tells staffer to STFU and take the call


(ABC) Obvious (43)
Obama slaps Boehner over finance reform. Giggity


(Fox News) Obvious (87)
ACORN on the verge of bankruptcy. Gee, One wonders how that could have Possibly happened?


(Talking Points Memo) Fail (240)
GOP, in an effort to stay classy, sent out fake memo on Medicare changes


(MSNBC) Stupid (122)
Estimated cost of $197 billon F-35 fighter jet fleet now up to $329 billion due to "inflation". Other reasons for increased costs include: buying fewer aircraft


(Boston Herald) Misc (67)
Massachusetts governor pulls out ALL CAPS to defend in-state tuition for illegals. Submitter is OUTRAGED and OVERTAXED and has A SORE PINKY FINGER


(Wizbang) Amusing (175)
Why Obama would fit in perfectly on Fark: "Like all trolls, President Obama is impervious to logic, recognition of the failure of his plans and the irrational character of his rhetoric and vulgar flavor of his behavior"


(Daily Kos) Amusing (88)
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) reams Scott Garrett (R-NJ) for reading the hoax memo on the floor of the U.S. House, thus proving that some Democrats have balls


(Minnesota Independent) Dumbass (361)
Michele Bachmann on health-care vote: "They are going to profane the Sabbath." Yes, I'm sure Jesus is really upset about trying to help the poor and sick


(Daily Herald) Asinine (115)
Problem: Prisons costing too much to upkeep. Solution: stop feeding the inmates


Fri March 19, 2010:

(Daily Kos) Amusing (298)
Poll: People are more likely to support Healthcare reform when they know that the GOP opposes it


(Crooks & Liars) Dumbass (103)
Glenn Beck says that health care reform is just like...[spins wheel]...the bombing of Pearl Harbor


(Some Guy) Dumbass (298)
Rush Limbaugh attacks an 11-year old, 11-year old takes the high road


(AOL News) Fail (61)
More regrets from the Bush Administration. Now they know how we feel


(Talking Points Memo) Amusing (61)
Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Peggy Noonan do their best impersonation of Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin on Weekend Update


(Volokh Conspiracy) Fail (315)
Obama now enjoys the same "strongly disapprove" rating Bush held when he left office. But don't worry, I'm sure Obamacare has nothing to do with that and is really secretly popular


(Think Progress) Fail (120)
Republican Congressman denounces "War of Yankee Aggression" on the floor of the House of Representatives


(The Tennessean) Obvious (32)
Democrats take out $100 million provision in health care bill to buy Nebraska senator's vote, substitute it with $99 million provision to buy Tennessee representative's vote


(National Post) Interesting (60)
Capitalism makes people nice, according to well-paid researchers


(Yahoo) Unlikely (121)
After weeks of praising violent extremists and making veiled calls for armed revolution, Glenn Beck has Sarah Palin on his show to tell their followers "Violence is not the answer", followed by a gigantic *wink*,


(Some Guy) Sick (199)
Sean Hannity's "Freedom Concerts" raise millions for troops' families... oh, wait only 4% of money raised has actually made it to the families


(WorldNetDaily) Ironic (93)
Wingnutdaily has turned away from Glenn Beck: "Scripture warns us that some day the devil will rise up with many followers. We never realized the devil's name would be Glenn Beck, and that Satan would be such a crybaby."


(Daily Kos) Cool (310)
While everyone was arguing about Healthcare reform, Congress quietly proposed the biggest deficit reduction bill since 1993


(Google) Stupid (199)
Obama hung in effigy by right wing fascists. ...This just in, the teachers union is now considered part of the fascist right wing


(Comedy Central) Video (431)
After he watches this clip from "The Daily Show," Glenn Beck might actually cry for real


(WorldNetDaily) Unlikely (546)
Anne Coulter writes something that's not 100% retarded and evil


(Think Progress) Asinine (83)
Arguing in favor of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," former NATO SAC tells Congress that gay Dutch soldiers directly caused the 1995 Srebrenica Genocide. Here comes the sci- Wait, what?


Thu March 18, 2010:

(Aint-It-Cool-News) Obvious (201)
Sarah Palin is a private citizen who just wants to be left alone to have a reality show on A&E or the Discovery Channel


(AZCentral) Asinine (111)
Arizona State Park Budget in 2007: $66 million. Revenue from State Parks in 2007: $266 million. Arizona Legislature in 2010: Close 'em down, they cost too much


(New York Daily News) Dumbass (71)
Roger Ailes tells Fox News staffers to be nice to Glenn Beck. What's wrong, little boy, you gonna CRY?


(haaretz) Dumbass (224)
Netanyahu's brother in law calls Obama an anti Semite, believes the US will be wiped off the map


(Wonkette) Fail (281)
Dennis Kucinich has given up the fight for single payer but do not despair, that fight has been picked up by... Republicans. Ya, rly. (with video)


(Wired) Interesting (120)
Court rules that trolling is not protected by the First Amendment. And the Politics tab fell silent


(NPR) Obvious (95)
The IMF admits unrestrained free market policies might be a bad idea


(Little Green Footballs) Interesting (109)
Charles Johnson, on 'Alternative Right': This is where the party ends, I can't stand here listening to you and your racist friends


(Some Guy) Ironic (16)
Teachers protest lay-off procedures, fail to note the procedures were implemented by their own Union


(The Hill) Asinine (319)
222 Democrats vote to rip Article 1, Section 7 out of the Constitution


(The New York Times) Interesting (61)
An economist's analysis of the impact of some Texas SBOE curriculum changes


(New York Daily News) Fail (58)
Link: "Vice President Biden jokes about Tiger, Fox, Israel... & no one laughs" Video: everyone laughing. (Link in right column)


(Law.com) Unlikely (48)
Not News: Interest group advocates single-payer system. Fark: For lawyers and legal services. "With attorney-legislators scrutinizing and planning the reform of medicine...it is only fitting"


(Washington Times) Fail (221)
Headline: "Obama surrenders gulf oil to Moscow." TFA: Russia signs oil exploration deals with Cuba. You know, the country we have a trade embargo against


(The Daily Show) Dumbass (106)
Rep. Steve King (R-etarded) compares the current Tea Party movement with the Velvet Revolution. He should probably Czech his history


(National Review) Scary (211)
As if the rest of it weren't bad enough, Obamacare also increases the power and funding of the IRS. Enjoy filling out your taxes, peasant


(Daily Kos) Scary (771)
CBO says health care bill will cost nation -$1.2Trillion Dollars. TRILLION


(Reuters) Obvious (108)
Obama prepares to send Iran another Strongly Worded Letter™


(Washington Post) Interesting (65)
Larry Flynt to write history of presidents' sex lives. Suggested titles include "From Johnson to Bush" and "There's A Reason They Called Millard 'Fillmore'"


(Houston Chronicle) Interesting (141)
The US Census seeks to catch the ghey, in fact all of them


(Washington Post) Interesting (208)
Latest health care whip count in the House: 149 yes, 205 no, and 77 frantically trying to hide


(Breitbart.com) Unlikely (93)
Former president Jimmy Carter laments partisan divide, taste of metamucil


(Google) Dumbass (110)
"God rest her soul, " said Mr. Biden about Irish leader's mother...who is still alive


(Politico) Amusing (143)
Thousands, or possibly less than 300, enraged Tea Partiers descend on the offices of the evil Congressional Democrats who are destroying their country and ..well, find them terribly polite and quite nice actually


(MSNBC) Obvious (505)
Fox News Channel "interviewer" asks Obama rhetorical questions, occasionally allows him to speak


(Cleveland Plain Dealer) Asinine (152)
"Welcome to Idaho: Where our residents never get sick or hurt"


(Washington Post) Obvious (213)
First Lady: "Schools should plant gardens." Liberal county superintendent: "You mean those labor intensive, pest-attracting liability disasters that need to be harvested when school is out for the summer?"


Wed March 17, 2010:

(Boston Globe) Amusing (47)
Blogger to Governor: We loathe "grammer." Governor to blogger: "I was an English major, so I can't help but try to get the punctuation and grammar right. Deal with it"


(Google) Obvious (304)
Not news: Health insurance premiums will still rise under Obama plan


(Some Guy) Scary (266)
Vote 'Yes' for our healthcare bill and we'll provide more water, otherwise enjoy the drought and umemployment


(Crooks & Liars) Fail (85)
Crooks & Liars claims firsthand knowledge of RedState commenters being blocked by CNN web site because they were paid to troll during Clinton impeachment. Difficulty: RedState didn't exist until 2004


(ABC) Scary (56)
French president Sarkozy is now married to the Cloverfield monster


(Some confused Plumber) Ironic (85)
Joe The Plumber, GOP Icon: Obama is "one of the more honest politicians. At least he told us what he wanted to do."


(Townhall) Obvious (125)
Obama has started an intifadah in Jerusalem so that he can pass his healthcare bill and destroy Israel


(The Daily Beast) Obvious (51)
Rielle Hunter may not have been the only mistress John Edwards had. This stunning revelation brought to you by the As Obvious as a Stick in the Eye Institute


(Fox News) Followup (160)
Dennis Kucinich (D-ude look at his wife) embraces socialized medicine


(The Daily Show) Hero (86)
Jon Stewart creates his own corporation


(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting (90)
Poll shows Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman tied at 40 percent to be California's next governor. Remaining 20 percent of voters didn't answer because they were too busy packing to move to Oregon


(National Review) Interesting (207)
On this St. Patrick's Day, it's important to remember that Sen. Joe McCarthy was a great man and that the term "McCarthyism" is a racist insult to all Irish people


(Huffington Post) Sad (104)
Obama struck deal with for-profit hospital lobbyists to kill the public option, while still touting the public option


(Gallup) Obvious (44)
Gallup Poll: Americans actually wanted unicorns and rainbows


(Some Guy) Obvious (58)
"There are only 115 Democratic members in seats where the putative support for the health care legislation is 50 percent or higher"


(Daily Kos) Sick (517)
Another Limbaugh-inspired craze sweeps Real America: Mocking people with Parkinsons (video)


(Dallas News) Dumbass (80)
Kesha Rogers (D-erp), challenger for Tom Delay's old Senate seat, wants to impeach Barack Obama and colonize Mars


(Fox News) Scary (65)
"Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. There was none as extreme weather due to climate change had caused a drought"


(Huffington Post) Amusing (177)
Swamped by birther emails, government in Hawaii planning to ignore future requests. So, I guess that's finally settled


(ABC) Interesting (60)
Irish Prime Minister meets with O'Bama. Guinness Summit?


(TwinCities.com) Dumbass (95)
The big fundraiser with Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin in Minnesota is sure to create everlasting memories, especially of the bank loan paperwork needed to get a picture taken with Palin


(Hot Air) Interesting (336)
Almost half of family practice doctors, who are already treated by government and insurers like they work for nothing, feel that health care reform will force them out of medicine


(Talking Points Memo) Asinine (101)
Liberal CNN's latest hire? A man who called a left-leaning Supreme Court justice a "goat f*cking child molester"


(Talking Points Memo) Asinine (158)
Taliban cleric calls for overthrow of US government. What's that? I'm sorry; make that "US Congressman Steve King calls for overthrow of US government."


(AOL News) Interesting (110)
Kim Jong Timely-Joke-About-His-Last-Name


(Globe and Mail) Interesting (18)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki complains of vote fraud, not winning


(Brooklyn Paper) Dumbass (134)
You've walked into a guy's legally-parked truck, giving yourself a tiny scratch on the leg. Naturally, a lawsuit is in order. But wait, there's more: You're a NYC councilwoman, earning 10 times as much as the truck driver


(Washington Post) Interesting (266)
Socialized abortion lowers abortion rates


(The Hill) Interesting (182)
Dennis Kucinich (D-eep space), who just this past Sunday wrote an op-ed reaffirming his 'No' vote on the current health care bill, anticipated to flip-flop tomorrow, sell out patients to insurance companies


(Politico) Dumbass (58)
White House social secretary Desiree Rogers was asked to resign because: c.) some of Obama's major fundraisers didn't receive Christmas cards


(Some Guy) Amusing (165)
The next obscure parliamentary procedure that the GOP says is sacrilege (despite having used it many times themselves) is... *spins wheel* ...the self-executing rule. Come on down, self-executing rule. You're next


(Yahoo) Interesting (193)
Liberals didn't much care for Bush's rhetoric when he called for bin Laden to be captured "dead or alive." Obama's administration proves their superior sophistication by dropping the "alive" option altogether


(Boston Herald) Obvious (272)
Mass. Democrat Treasurer says if Obamacare is enacted it will destroy the economy in less than four years


Tue March 16, 2010:

(The Hill) Interesting (344)
Jim Demint (R-uh roh) is "less confident" in the GOP winning Obama's Waterloo. Game over, man


(Talking Points Memo) Spiffy (136)
Judge upholds $20,000 fine against Orly Taitz, proving once and for all that Birthers have lost their appeal


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