Tue May 21, 2013
Mon May 20, 2013
Karl Rove criticizes White House surveilling Fox reporter:"The Bush administration used to focus on the potential leak, not the reporter who received it." Valerie Plame unavailable for comment
Nazi flag flying over West Bank mosque causes Führer
"A president actually in command of his administration would bring in a new chief of staff and new communications personnel, and figure out how to at least appear interested in getting to the bottom of these issues"
Four people who worked on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign may not be signing up to work on her 2016 run. What does it mean? WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
How much has Obama overreached? Other news organizations might have to defend Fox News
It's looking like Obama may be experiencing a full-fledged Fortnightius Horribilis as yet another Inspector General report is released detailing misconduct in the administration. Bonus: This one puts Fast & Furious back in the spotlight
Concession speech, Texas style
It's been a bad week for Obama to quit smoking weed
CBS' Bob Schieffer to administration, "This isn't Watergate, so why are you acting exactly like the Nixon administration did when faced with Watergate?"
Obama referring to conservatives by the homosexual(?) term 'tea baggers' was really a secret code ordering the IRS to audit 501(c)4 applications
Turns out AP wasn't the only news outlet Obama was tapping, FOX News also was spied on. Come on Obama, you just completed the right-wing conspiracy trifecta in just two weeks, At least make it hard for them
Senator-wannabe Ed Markey's only hope is to stay in hiding for the next month and hope uninformed voters instinctively choose "D"
Lois Lerner planted the question that got her to admit the IRS's targeting. This "scandal" gets stranger every day
"It is not hyperbole to say Barack Obama is the worst President in the history of the nation"
Immigration agents upset over the Senate immigration bill. Though it's more like the DEA being pissed over legalizing pot than this bill actually being a terrible bill
ABC News's Jon Karl wants you to know 1) yes, those Benghazi emails were really fabricated by Republicans, and 2) his story that the Benghazi emails were from the White House "still entirely stands"
Treasury Secretary Le0e0e0ew: RAISE THE FARKING DEBT CEILING WITHOUT YOUR PANDERING CRAP FOR ONCE. God, it's like dealing with a bunch of farking 3 year olds
Does Obamacare not forcing employers to cover spouses matter? Short answer: "Yes" Long answer: "YEEEEEESSSssssss"
Rand Paul, defender of "truth", "justice" and the 'murican way, says that there's a damning IRS memo somewhere. Damning for someone, sure, but with the GOP's luck, it'll be damning for them
Father of Aurora victim confronts CO State Senate minority leader about how some senators conducted themselves during the debate, shows him pictures of slain son. State senator: "Yes, I know what he looks like" *storms off*
Mitch McConnell defends White House on the AP scandal. In other news, fire and brimstone reported coming down from the sky, rivers and seas are boiling, the dead are rising from the grave, dogs and cats are living together
U.S. now spends $150 million annually to house 160 Guantanamo Bay inmates, not including cable and internet
McConnell predicts that Obamacare will dominate mid-terms, as well as, 2012 election, 2016 election, 2020 election, 2080 election, the fall of mankind, the rise of the apes, the first meeting with Vulcans
Former Rep. Kucinich is already doing his part to 'balance' the derp on Fox News: Obama "hasn't done anything" on jobs
Sun May 19, 2013
President Obama could avoid future scandals by lifting his boycott on Fox News
Obama tells African Americans that there's no more room for excuses for their own failings
According to the Guardian, Men are misogynists for wearing condoms, and keeping a woman from having 100% of control over the when/where/who/how of conception
In the wake of the worst, most scandal filled week in the history of politics the President's approval rating has plummeted up several points. Just resign already, failbama
Atheists thank Georgia governor for allowing distribution of godless literature in state park cabins
Chris Christie teams up with star of Cake Boss to rebuild houses destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, test the structural integrity of lap bands
"But show me a woman with grace and charm, sensibility and righteousness -- goodness and beauty combinedǃ This woman, this angel, this gift of God to men -- may she be adored, and not just adored, but protected by all menǃ" ¯\(°_o)/¯ dyurrrp
Conservative groups: "We were singled out and picked on by the IRS. This is Obama's Waterlooghazigate." Nonconservative groups: "Whoa now, sassy pants, we got picked on too." Conservatives: "....fark"
Today in specious reasoning: The IRS is full of liberals because only Liberals want to work for the government
Candidates in heated 3-way primary race for the position of county prothonotary spend most of their campaigns explaining to voters what the farking hell a prothonotary is
Only MSNBC could somehow find a way to connect the Obama administration targeting a political group that didn't exist until 2009 on Bush
Michele Bachmann's campaign has now caught the attention of the FBI, which contacted two staffers to kick off the investigation
Conservative radio host: "I want to shoot Hillary Clinton right in the vagina, and I don't mean with my penis"
Sat May 18, 2013
(Some Guy)
Conservatives are doubling down on umbrellagate, as they now ponder the Freudian meaning behind the worst scandal since man arose from the primordial soup, discovered how to control fire, then decided that staying out of the weather was for wimps
Lesbian couple with children? That's a separatin' or a CPS'in
NEWS FLASH: WND features complimentary article about Piers Morgan
Jeffrey Nugent says his brother Ted is crazy, supports the idea of universal background checks for gun owners
Nation Supposes It's Outraged By White House Scandals: 'I Guess It's Bad, Sure,' Populace Shrugs
Sending a team of contingency planners and hostage negotiators from the continental US to Benghazi to save Ambassador Stevens "ruled out from the start"
(Some Guy)
Just in case you're in favor of internet sales taxes, here's why you're wrong
(Some Guy)
President Obama should be tested, and then disqualified from office, for using performance enhancing drugs. At least, that appears to be the gist of the article
Born in Canada? Check. Father is Cuban? Check. Living in Texas and Mother is red blooded American? Congrats You're eligible to be President And hey, let's forget all that birther nonsense from last election cycle? mmmkay?
Fri May 17, 2013
Conservatives: I was audited by the IRS because I spoke out against Obama. Nate Silver: Oh hell naw
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens condemns the Bush v. Gore decision because dimpled chads and hanging chads are given equal rights under the equal protection clause, or something
On today's episode of "this is why we can't have nice things," after the failure of the background check bill, the majority of Americans now want Congress to "move on"
Sarah Palin: Most Americans hold their own umbrellas, Obama. Will McAvoy: ORLY?
Harry Reid sets up us the bomb
Congresscritters 90% of the time: The government is BROKE, we DEMAND you spend less money Congresscritters after the DOD cancels a system in their district: how dare you cut this program? we DEMAND you spend this money immediately
In spite of being broke, Detroit was still able to spend $22,000 to send 4 people to a Hawaiian beach resort this weekend. Well there's your problem
Fox News and CPAC have some questions about these so called Benghazi emails. Ooops, subby means USA Today has some questions
Media Matters sends out talking points defending Obama's DOJ obtaining AP phone logs so dumb and partisan that even Salon is forced to blush
PETA: Dude, the IRS has been harassing us for, like, ever, man. Just gotta chill and eat some of this amazing kelp and seaweed dish. It's like totally tasteless
Obama's Rose Parade of scandals: a crash course on the perils of big government
"IRS Scandal: What we still haven't learned" Like how this is, you know, a scandal?
Benghazi has become a real problem. For Republicans
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford goes full Marion Barry, gets caught smoking crack on tape. No word yet on whether a biatch set him up or not
Thu May 16, 2013
(Some Guy)
In a scorcher of a decision, the Supreme Court handed down a decision offering some clarification on the primacy of plans under ERISA, but left unclear the interpretation of the "equitable relief" provision and, uh, oh, god, this is dull
RNC spokeswoman accidentally confirms: Mitt Romney paid no taxes for 10 years. Whoops?
GOP: #Obamacareinthreewords, go. WH: It's the Law. #OHSNAP
Clarification: When Congressman David Nunes said the DOJ bugged the cloak room in the House of Representatives, what he actually meant to say is that none of that happened at all, because it didn't
Rand Paul says that President Obama is "drunk on power." As opposed to Congress, which conducts daily business like they are just drunk
All right, the IRS scandal's handled, Benghazi's going away, and this AP thing's turning out not so bad. Finally, Obama can rela--"Federal Witness Protection Program loses two suspected terrorists." Aw, fark, here we go again
"Paul Krugman is totally wrong and slanderous to say that we support austerity for moral reasons. We support austerity because we have to pay a price for past sins, which is totally different"
President Obama has expressed that he desires to "go Bulworth" and speak his mind about things rather than always speak in meaningless platitudes. While its a fun idea, here's why its a bad idea
New York Daily News wins today's tabloid-headline battle by default with "FEEL MY TUMORS"
How much money are the Obamas worth? Well, it's somewhere between $1.8 million and $5.8 million. Oh, you'd like him to be more specific? Well, who are you to ask questions of our liege?
Congressional Budget Office says the budget deficit problem is solved for the next ten years. Apparently the Treasury's printer is back in full operational mode again
The IRS scandal has people wondering about where Harry Reid got his supposedly detailed knowledge of Mitt Romney's tax returns
Even Chris Mathews has lost his stiffy. This really IS bad news for Obama
Florida mayoral candidate who claimed to have been endorsed by Jesus Christ finishes dead last in election. I haven't seen a Floridian endorsed by Christ fail this badly since Tim Tebow
Boehner: "Who's going to jail over the IRS?" He then went into an Irish coughing fit. *Obaugh* *Obaugh* before Rubio helped him with a glass of water
Hi. I'm from the IRS. Can I have 10 million medical records? No, I don't have a warrant--don't need one, just give them to me, especially them CA state judge ones. Also, while I'm here, I'm going to watch the NCAA tournament
The AP continues with the embed program, this time with the CIA, FBI, and NSA
Pentagon to furlough 680,000 workers in July. Defense Department immediately postpones all new wars until August
Left-wing website spends days searching for liberal victim of IRS overreach, finally finds one. One. So that makes it all even, right?
When Eric Holder, who is under fire for two scandals and recused himself from a third, tells you that your behavior is "shameful" and "unacceptable", you may just be an asshat
The IRS situation is a scandal. Several even, just not the one you would think
Words you never thought you see in the Fark politics tab: "But Bush didn't do it"
The most interesting thing about the BENGHAZI "coverup": The CIA thinks they could stop Hillary. Silly spies
From Pirate Bay to Brussels... and Strasbourg. The co-founder and spokesman of the file sharing site, The Pirate Bay is to stand in the 2014 European elections for Finland's Pirate Party
GOP vows to continue probe into IRS until God himself demands an Obama impeachment
To show how sad and weak the field is to replace Mike Bloomberg as NYC mayor, newspaper photo-shops candidates into a picture around 1962 Mets manager Casey Stengel. Fark: The candidates are all wearing Yankee uniforms
Obama's damage control pretty much sucks
Obama's damage control is pretty good
Palestinians in Gaza using intricate network of tunnels to smuggle in (a) weapons, (b) narcotics, or (c) buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken
Wed May 15, 2013
Louie Gohmert (R-eally needs a psych evaluation) goes full word-salad while being all outragey toward Eric Holder: "The attorney general will not cast aspersions on my asparagus"
If you were wondering why a bunch of "bad news for Obama" stories happened all at once even though they actually took place a while ago, here's the reason
Why is it so difficult to bake a cake for a gay wedding?
At some point, one has to ask: Is this administration responsible for ANYTHING?
When Charles Rangel tells you to come clean, you know it must be bad
Goldberg and O'Reilly agree: Obama could cure cancer and Republicans would still hate him. Still no cure for cancer
If you liked the Delta Gamma email, you'll love this concession speech from a Dallas City Council hopeful (Not safe for work language)
The parties that saved Iceland after the 2008 economic meltdown were re-elected with nearly 90% of the vote. JUST KIDDING: Voters brought back the very same people that plunged the country into turmoil in the first place
R.I.P Posse Commitatus
Remember how the GOP insisted that increasing taxes on the rich wasn't going to be enough to reduce the deficit? Yeah, about that
Before you jump on the "OMG IRS/BENGHAZI/OBAMA" scandal bandwagon, read the Inspector General's report on the IRS
While the IRS central scrutinizer was singling out right-wing groups for nitpicking, they were waving through liberal groups' applications. In other news, Tea Party changes its name to Mother Gaia's Nuanced Vegans for Appeasement
Muslim imam urges "spiritual warfare" to impose religious values on British government. And by "British" I mean "American" and by "Muslim imam" I mean "Michele Bachmann"
Hamas and Fatah agree on reconciliation, just need to iron out if they should demand the destruction of Israel or total annihilation of Israel
2012: Senator Schumer threatens the IRS with legislative action if they DON'T target Tea Party groups
Okay ABC News, when you get fact checked by CNN and proven wrong, you really should just get out of the news business altogether
GOP Senators on AP phone records: THIS IS not so much of AN OUTRAGE
Mitch McConnell says IRS is the most powerful agency in government. The FBI laughs as they arrest subby for submitting this headline without a license
Venezuelan opposition (anti-Chavez) TV channel Globovision sold to consortium headed by Murdoch, Kane, Spielbergo
We've actually known that IRS employees love Democrats for about 25 years now
Obama needs a Drudge, according to writer who misses the entire point of news aggregators
The dark side of homeschooling: Creating child soldiers for the culture wars
Omaha, Nebraska elects its first female mayor, firmly planting its foot in the 20th century
Jay Carney appreciates the question, 131 times
Tue May 14, 2013
Under IRS law, political organizations cannot be tax-exempt, so all applicants who used the words "Tea Party" or "Patriot" were required to prove in great detail they were a social welfare organization to qualify. Of course, this is TYRANNY
"Democrats worship abortion with same fervor the Canaanites worshipped Molech" according to perfectly rational and not at all insane person
Dick Cheney: Benghazi is one of the worst incidences, frankly, that I can recall in my career. The rest of the Nation: Wait, what?
On today's episode of "Republican Hispanic Outreach", State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the RNC quits the GOP and becomes a Democrat
Sex slaves are necessary for an army's discipline. So we're good here, right?
Looking for a bigger scandal than IRS, Benghazi, and the 9/11 cover-up?
Republican with an agenda calls for public Benghazi hearings. Wait, he's a Democrat? Benghazigate is here. Finally, its here. Oh, I thought it would never come. But it came, just the same
Hey, remember when George W. Bush had the IRS target liberal organizations like Greenpeace and certain churches? No? Well, then, shut up, Tea Party and Marco Rubio
Congratulations Boston Herald for coining the new term for the IRS scandal: "Obamagate" I just hope no one finds out about "Nixongate"
There is student-run newspaper stupid, and then there is this. BONUS: Calls Nicki Minaj "the only true feminist in mainstream media"
The dirt behind the IRS scandal. What happened and who's to blame. Explained
New York Times: the problem with Benghazi is the inept response by the White House to explain itself, oh and Republicans are bad
White house on secretly obtaining AP phone records: What records? Go ask the DoJ, which we already own
(Some Guy)
Utah senator proposes amendment allowing rich people to hire undocumented workers for scutwork, household servants and menial labor. Guess his party affiliation. Go on, guess
How high does a "low level" employee of the DOJ have to be to get the AP phone records? As high as Eric Holder it would seem
Jenny McCarthy is now behind the Taliban in scientific literacy
Gallup admits mistakes in 2012 polling. Promises to unskew the polls for 2016, study it out
Obama is experiencing how it feels to be in reactive mode when accused of a scandal
Journalists are PISSED at the DoJ. How pissed? They are *so* pissed, they may actually start doing real reporting on the subject
ProPublica: The IRS unit that went fishing in conservative groups' business also sent us a whole mess of confidential documents from those groups. Lately it's been more difficult to reach the IRS for comment, though. Can't imagine why
"Of the 41 percent of Republicans who consider Benghazi to be the worst political scandal in American history, 39 percent are unaware that Benghazi is located in Libya"
Like Germany, Japanese history books insist that the country took 1931 and 1945 off. They were on vacation in Korea. Punch was served. Check with Korea
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