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Thu November 26, 2009:
(CNN)(80) Obama's latest misstep: misspellings on the White House State Dinner wine list. What the fark is this guy's problem?
(Washington Post)(156) "It's now official: So in vogue are attacks on President Obama that even his proclamation calling the nation to a day of Thanksgiving has become the focus of criticism"
(Politico)(123) The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented' is... unprecedented
(Dawn)(25) How a prank caller drove two nuclear-armed nations to the brink of war, made them check to see if their refrigerators were running
(The Weekly Standard)(210) Remember how Obama promised no one making less than $250k would see a dime of tax increases? Well, that promise may get broken to fund Afghanistan. If only they'd known about that war during the campaign
Wed November 25, 2009:
(News.com.au)(59) Every powerful, important world leader needs a War Room. No idea why the Australian Prime Minister needs one
(CNN)(260) There will be a maelstrom of crazy in Nashville in early February
(National Review)(440) This is why you can't have nice things, America: "rather than a retelling of the Nativity story there will be a disco, a contemporary circus, a continental market and a seven foot fairy on stilts."
(Riehl World View)(272) Gays: Hey Democrats, here's some money. Dems: Thanks. Gays: So when are you going to schedule a vote on gay marriage? Dems: What's that? Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of my sucking up to moderates
(Yahoo)(178) News media reports that Obama has pardoned his first turkey. AIG and GM beg to differ
(Huffington Post)(86) Time Magazine reporter Photoshops semen into Louisiana senator's hair, because the traditional delivery method is so old fashioned
(CBS News)(121) John Bolton has a glorious mustache. Your argument about Iran is invalid, and was so all along
(Yahoo)(235) Republicans now claim the Health bill is "Longer than War and Peace"; but since it's only 209 pages they must mean "Longer classic comix version they read in remedial freshman lit"
(538.com)(338) "If you want to be a strict constructionist, fine, but be one even when it's inconvenient"
(UPI)(50) India fires nuclear-capable missile as part of a deterrent strategy against China and Pakistan. So much for trying to curry their favor
(SFGate)(347) President Hopey McChange decides to not sign an international treaty banning land mines and will stick to the Bush-era policy instead
(Media Matters)(388) Dana Perino, former Press Secretary for George W. Bush: "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term" (Video)
(Yahoo)(330) Palin tells Marg Delahunty Canada should 'dismantle' public health-care system. Canada tells Palin to shut the hell up
(Charlotte Obs)(90) Billy Graham thinks God was using Sarah Palin "to wake America up," presumably to witness John McCain's godawful decision making skills
Tue November 24, 2009:
(Washington Monthly)(27) CNN can keep the RNC's new Communications Director as an "analyst" because the RNC isn't paying him. Fark: the RNC isn't paying him because he's that deep in the insurance lobby's pocket
(Huffington Post)(124) Democrats want to resurrect a government hiring program they used to help the economy in 1978. Remember how terrific the economy was in '78? And how well Democrats did in the '78 and '80 elections? You do? They apparently don't
(Reuters)(20) Gov. Patterson to NY Legislature: Uhhh, since we can't agree on the budget, vote for me to have supreme power over the budget. K THX
(Wall Street Journal)(290) Mr. Obama has already played 25 rounds of golf, a sport he picked up about a decade ago when he was an Illinois state senator. That's more golf than former President George W. Bush played in two terms
(National Review)(913) NYT, last year: "Check out these e-mails hacked from a Palin campaign staffer." Last week: "ClimateGate? Sorry; we will not publish illegally obtained e-mails." Bonus: BBC also tried to squash the story for two weeks
(Some Guy)(19) City revising its Freedom of Information Act guidelines in series of closed door, off the record meetings
(Breitbart.com)(192) President Obama plans to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, adding that he's not sure what the "job" is, but that the public will support it as soon as there is a "clear rationale for what we're doing there."
(NewsBusters)(191) Tina Brown: Palin's Confidence Based On 'Total Ignorance'
(National Review)(149) Today would have been William F. Buckley's 84th birthday, so here's a primer for Republicans to get reacquainted with what the GOP was like before it was all about the family-values weasels who cruise for trade after dark
(The Raw Story)(84) DoJ investigation of former AG Gonzales finds his testimony ""confusing," "incomplete' and had the "effect of misleading" both Congress and the public" but no charges will be filed
(Wall Street Journal)(252) The progressive left dislikes the war on terror because it's sucking up federal dollars that they want to use to create a more just and equal society where everybody has his own rainbow and fluffy puppy
(Washington Post)(122) Lost: President. Tall and well-dressed, age 48. Enjoys basketball and golf. Has "keen moral clarity." If found, contact the American Left, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC
(Some Guy)(43) Campaign season for next Philippine presidential election gets underway, with "Samia Chicken" and "Ultimate Messiah" declaring their candidacies
(The New York Times)(161) GOP circulates "purity" resolution, promises not to have sex with other political parties prior to marriage
(Yahoo)(104) Gov. Mark Sanford to face 37 charges of ethics violations. Perhaps now would be a good time for an unannounced hike in the mountains somewhere
(Huffington Post)(498) "Tea Party Patriots" respond kindly and rationally to woman who lost her daughter and grand-daughter from lack of health insurance. Just kidding... they laugh and scream her down. Stay classy, teabaggers
(Talking Points Memo)(81) Fox News has sent a memo to employees threatening pink slips for on-screen errors, meaning that by next year, all original Fox News programming will be replaced with reruns of "Family Ties" and "Wings"
(Globe and Mail)(183) Obama & Palin, the Yin & Yang of American politics: "Ms. Palin connects: Mr. Obama inspires. She's a latter-day frontier figure, impulsive, instinctive; he's pure urban cool, highly deliberate, even detached."
(Daily Kos)(302) That Psalms 109 stuff? The real irony is that it comes from a bible passage criticizing ancient Israelites for behaving like modern-day teabaggers
(RealClearPolitics)(518) "Everyone agrees that the nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path. So Democrats will add a $2.5 trillion entitlement to hurry us further along the path."
(The Hill)(173) A headline that could only exist in a country with a legislature as screwed up as America's: "McCaskill still working toward goal of reading the healthcare bill"
(Gawker)(580) Glenn Beck is evolving. He looks like us now. And he has a plan
(JSOnline)(294) Former Republican governor and HHS secretary: "If we could just get off our ideological partisan positions on the extremes, we could develop a bipartisan bill that could have fantastic support across the country"
(Yahoo)(125) China angrily warns the US that publicly talking about China's attempts to steal US military and industrial secrets could harm US-China relations
(Wall Street Journal)(227) "For Muslims who are on the front lines of Islam's bloody reformation...Mr. Obama has come down on the wrong side of history"
(Breitbart.com)(53) Chinese democracy leaders appeal to Obama. They get down on their sha na na na na na na na knees, knees
(Political Wire)(196) John King: Would you vote yes on the healthcare bill if it cost you your job? Michael Bennet (D-CO): "Yes"
Sun November 22, 2009:
(Telegraph)(258) "In the Clinton era it was OK to lie about sex. Under Obama, it seems, it's just fine to lie about running the country"
(CNN)(165) Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI DRUNK?) barred from communion over views on abortion rights, concerns that he'll drink all of the wine
(Globe and Mail)(44) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper lauds press freedom in speech, then refuses to take questions from reporters covering the event
(Bloomberg)(262) Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which got $10 billion and debt guarantees from the U.S. government in October, expects to pay 1% in taxes. Thats right, 1%
(Crooks & Liars)(298) Bill O'Reilly calls out Sarah Palin for questioning President Obama and Vice President Biden for lack of experience....wait, what?
(Some Guy?)(230) Which of these makes the least sense? 1. "Diversity is a strength." 2. "Chocolate pudding is dramatic irony." 3. "Nicolas Cage is a two-cycle engine"
(American's for Wharrgarbl)(289) The Obama-Care health bill's stealth homosexual agenda. Apparently someone DOES think there is something wrong with that
(Examiner)(233) So you think you have First Amendment rights on Federal property? And the jurors should know their rights too? Ha, Ha, you're so funny, here's some handcuffs and a shot of Thorazine for your overnight stay in the loony bin
(Wall Street Journal)(256) The coming deficit disaster: why President Obama hates you personally and wants to destroy America
(Byron York)(244) "Why was it so hard for Dems even to start health care debate?" Could just as well ask why was it so easy for the GOP to get 40 votes that would deny even debating the bill
(YouTube)(257) Countdown rounds up the best late night talk show laughs concerning Going Rogue, you betcha
(Daily Kos)(112) God is punishing Notre Dame football because Obama spoke at the college. Why God is punishing the rest of us with Notre Dame football, we may never know
(What Does It Mean?)(168) Remember the FAA blunder that wreaked havoc nationwide? Yeah, about that. Apparently the USAF shot down a 1 kiloton nuclear armed cruise missile targeting the Denver International Airport. Bonus: There's a 9/11 connection. Sleep tight
(IndyStar)(559) Palin quits signing books halfway through event. Methinks we see a pattern here
(Telegraph)(25) Mussolini's brain posted for auction on eBay, says his granddaughter. She's just upset that it didn't make the reserve price
(The New York Times)(180) Obama's stimulus package was small, soft and came too soon. Nation craves a bigger, longer, thicker, uncut package
(The Atlantic)(49) GOP Freudian Slip Theater presents: Representative Chris Buttars
(Talking Points Memo)(169) Conservative hip-hop artist, Hi Caliber spits mad flavor: "Liberalism is like a cancerous tumor, just look at Harry Reid, Pelosi and Chuck Schumer."
Fri November 20, 2009:
(Wonkette)(124) Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgissippi) draws the state he represents for National Geographic
(National Review)(319) Everyone knows that whatever happens at his trial, KSM will never walk free. He will spend the rest of his natural life in U.S. custody. Which makes the proceedings a farcical show trial from the very beginning
(Think Progress)(156) Thought the Tea Party Movement was amusing? Well, they've made a movie about themselves, and its not a documentary. Here's the trailer, and beyond all comprehension this is not a parody
(The Hill)(142) Senator McCaskill points out that if the healthcare reform bill was printed with regular size font, columns and spacing it would be about the same length as Sarah Palin's book
(CNN)(342) Liberal college students arrested for protesting against liberal colleges for raising tuition due to liberal policies. Oh the humanities
(Washington Post)(235) Don't expect Obama to make a decision on Afghanistan before Thanksgiving: He's too busy pondering whether he wants cornbread stuffing or regular stuffing
(Media Matters)(142) New York residents, Glenn Beck would like you to know you're being raped by your government. And he should know
(Yahoo)(411) Senate Republicans blast Democrat's healthcare bill as a "bait and switch", reportedly furious that what was supposed to be a big give-away to insurance companies, now looks like it may actually help the poor and uninsured
(Politico)(89) Rep Louie Gohmert (P-yle) warns that terrorists will strike NYC if the terror trials are held there. Then, just in case the terrorists are having trouble coming up with ideas on their own; helpfully provides them with a list of targets
(News.com.au)(21) Australian politician defends photo taken of her asleep at a NATO conference. On the plus side, she's absolutely certain that there's no holes in her eyelids
(American Spectator)(109) AARP: We don't support the health care bill. Gov't: Here's $18 million in stimulus funds. AARP: Health care reform? Love it
(Daily Kos)(272) Problem: Army worried that Sarah Palin book signing event at Ft. Bragg will turn into an anti-Obama event. Solution: Ban the media from attending