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The government will soon be spying on you with oversized Goodyear blimps in geocentric orbit. And before you doubt, "The Watchmen" is cited as evidence, so it must be legit |
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Latest Democratic race poll:Hillary - 41%, Obama - 17%, Edwards - 11%, Gore - 10%, Kerry - 8% |
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Bush's arrogance has turned the world off to the idea of democracy |
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Gov. Richardson enters Democrat primary as first Hispanic with a chance of coming in third place |
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Praise the Lord and Allah Akbar, Muslims and Christians finally unite...to protest government yoga program |
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If you have employer provided health insurance President Bush wants to tax your benefit. At least he never said “Read my lips…” |
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Chinese, Saudi, and *gasp* French money to fund Clinton campaign? |
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And so it begins: Smearing Barack Obama like a toddler in a highchair smearing birthday cake on its face |
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Hillary Clinton knows that 2008 is her one chance. If Obama - or Edwards or someone else - denies her the nomination, she knows she'll be on the trail to Senatorial codgerdom, not the presidency |
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USA planning to build an anti missile system on Poland |
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Wanna raze villages, manipulate public opinion and bribe health officials and politicians? Georgia Tech Professor creates political video games |
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Hamas lays term for truce: "If you give us everything we want, leave Jerusalem, give us a temporary Palestinian state and let us form an army, we are willing to wait 10 years before deciding if we'll allow you to stay or kill you" |
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Our society has eradicated small pox, typewriters, and sheepskin condoms… So this article claims it's time to eradicate the world's oldest social institution... marriage |
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After Texas Governor Rick Perry gives his inaugural address about tolerance, Ten Nugent takes the stage to help it sink in |
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Bush proposes tax breaks for health insurance. No trollish headline necessary to start this flamewar |
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Iran legalizes one-hour "temporary marriages" to enable prostitution |
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Domain auction tops out at $25.2k. Domain? ImpeachBush.com |
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Republic Sen. Brownback enters presidential race |
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Analyst: "We're not talking about strikes against targets. We're talking about taking out the Iranian Air Force, submarines, anti-ship missiles and even Iran's ballistic missile capability" |
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Sixteen Americans killed in Iraq today. So how's your weekend going? Gonna watch the playoffs? |
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According to legend, Iran's President has threatened to destroy Israel, or, to quote the misquote, "Israel must be wiped off the map". Contrary to popular belief, this statement was never made. Ignorance is Strength |
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It’s all well and good to say you’ll increase troops in Iraq by 21,000 but where are those additional soldiers going to come from? |
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Political correctness is destroying America’s ability to win wars |
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And then there were 4. Four Democrats NOT running for President |
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Democrat senator will let lobbyists go skiing with him, for a tiny $5000 donation. How 'bout them new ethic rules? |
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Protestor arrested because someone was "annoyed" with the sound of his voice. Good thing we didn't have these laws around when MLK was being a "troublemaker." |
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Young man with a penis-shaped squirt gun attempts to attend Prime Minister's speech, gets cockblocked by security guard |
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Democrat House leader Nancy Pelosi says there is no obligation to have any troops in Iraq. Apparently she is unfamiliar with the "you break it, you buy it" rule |
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The network that brought you Bush's current press secretary, the Swift Boat Veterans, and the phrase "homicide bomber" is now implying that Barack Obama attended jihadist training camp as a kid (with video) |
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WH correspondents dispute Rich Little's claim they asked him not to criticize Bush. They just merely asked him not to disturb the shrubbery, and then broadly winked and nudged him repeatedly with their elbows |
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Scottish Chancellor says he hopes England wins 2010 World Cup. As far as blatant political vote-whoring goes, this is equivalent to a presidential candidate from Illinois rooting for the Cowboys to go to the Super Bowl |
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Robert Redford opens Sundance with a call for US apology for Iraq. In other news, Robert Redford surprisingly not dead yet |
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As if we didn't have enough to worry about with Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Hugo Chavez, global warming and Roberty Downey Jr. as Iron Man, there's now a resurgence of French-Canadian terrorism |
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Daily Kos edges out Wonkette for title of the #1 read blog on Capitol Hill, likely due to recent paucity of Ana Marie Cox and Washingtonienne photos. For shame |
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NH pot legalization legislation introduced by Congressman Weed |
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John Edwards sells his home for 5.2 Million to a corporation that is under an SEC probe for sleazy accounting and stock option practices. He declares vehemently "I am not a douchebag" |
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Does Barack Obama's high school yearbook picture suggest he's a sex machine with all the chicks? Ya damn right |
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Venezuela's legislature grants Hugo Chavez power to enact law by decree so that he can nationalize industries and create a glorious socialist utopia |
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A school in Little Rock offered bonuses to teachers for improved student testing. Naturally, students' scores jumped 29 percent. Even more naturally, parents love it. Most natural of all: Teachers' unions are forcing them to stop |
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Contrary to previous FARK headline, Dems wrap up 100 hours package of bills in 42 hours, will now spend rest of time drinking coffee and biatching about how hard those 42 hours were |
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"Take time to understand Iraq war" - Something this blogger failed to do |
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CNN blames Iraq war for all Muslim extremist terrorist attacks. Also blames british tabloids for distorting the "Muslim issue" and focusing only on the extremists, rarely finding the facts, context and texture beneath the surface |
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Edmund Stoiber, the Conservative premier of Bavaria, pulls a Nixon and resigns after his aide was caught snooping into a political rival's private life |
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A Reality-Based State of the Union |
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Being the fiscally-responsible Republican he is, Bush plans to put millions of illegal immigrants on Social Security |
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Uber-redneck Ted Nugent (last relevent during Carter administration) offends GOP faithful at Texas governor's black-tie gala |
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Manual to be used for trials of terror suspects held at Guantanamo says that evidence gathered by torture can only be used if the torture took place before Dec. 30, 2005. Because after that date torture became a bad thing |
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In the interest of keeping the press free for a few more months, WH correspondents ask Rich Little not to criticize George Bush |
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Democrat Senate plan to make all bloggers with more than 500 readers register with the government. Chavez heard muttering why didn't he think of that first? |
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House passes bill to roll back oil company subsidies. Suck it, Big Oil |
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Poll: 49% of Democrats either want us to lose in Iraq or "don’t know" if they want us to succeed. Just don't question their patriotism |
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Internet grows as a source for political news. Romero nods approvingly |
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US to create $10 "First Spouse" coins. In a rare moment of lucidity, US mint makes them cost 10x what the presidential coins cost and determines presidents without first ladies shall be paired with "Liberty" |
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Attorney General doesn't think the Constitution guarantees the right of Habeas Corpus to U.S. citizens |
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Former gay NJ governor's beard to no longer be a silent partner |
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SMU pressured to reject the oxymoron that is the George W. Bush Presidential Library |
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We all know the media's in a fawning, jeans-creaming frenzy over Obama's presidential bid, but any minute now the stars will clear from their eyes and they'll get down to some hard-hitting investigative reporting. Any minute now |
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Condoleezza Rice: "Whole of Mideast wants peace." Clap louder Condi, Tinkerbell is dying |
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Even high gas prices couldn't stop inflation in 2006 from being at the lowest rate in three years, 2.5 percent. Bush, global warming, Marty Schottenheimer not blamed |
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Lawyer defends feces-laden mailer sent to Congresswoman by invoking Thomas Jefferson and South Park's Mr. Hankey. Woman who allegedly sent dog feces calls it all 'political expression.' |
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If Barack Obama becomes either the presidential or vice-presidential nominee for the Democrat Party, expect left-wing racial demagoguery against the Republican Party to be unleashed as never before |
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The rank in birthrate of countries in Europe just happens to precisely correspond with the percentage of muslims in their population |
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In less than 40 hours, Democrats have passed 5 of their 6 promises. Last item up for veto: a gasoline price hike |
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One year after going to a hospice to die, political columnist Art Buchwald finally does, noting that he knew it was about his time when he heard the ghost of Richard Nixon humming for 18 1/2 minutes |
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New Yorkers bewildered by possibility of efficient, non-corrupt state government |
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Nancy Pelosi, intent on putting global warming atop the Democratic agenda, is moving to create a special committee to recommend legislation for cutting greenhouse gases. Hot air from politicians remains constant |
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Guess who wants the troops out of Iraq. You guessed it, the troops |
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The Democratic field in '08: It's Hillary vs. everyone else |
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Does it matter that Democrats took charge of the Senate this month? George Bush seems to think so. "The President has determined not to reauthorize the Terrorist Surveillance Program when the current authorization expires" |
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News: Iran offers proposal to US, ending support for militant groups and making its nuclear programme more transparent. Fark.com: 4years ago. Bonus points: Washington to Tehran, 'We don't talk to evil' |
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The most stunning thing about atheism is it's sheer hubris. As opposed to the humble belief in an invisible sky creature who knocked up a virgin and turned his kid into a zombie |
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Madison WI employees will swear to uphold the state constitution - except the part they don't like |
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In cities and towns all over the country, thousands of the nation's progressives are coming together to drink beer and build networks that could form the underpinning of a new renaissance for the American Left |
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The United States Postal Service processes at least half of the world's mail. Therefore, let's get rid of it |
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Iraqi prime minister says that if America gives them lots of guns, then our boys could come home and their streets would be flooding with 100% candy-coated, violence-free joy |
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Obamaphobia soars to new levels. Just seen on FoxNews. "Obama's dirty little secret - He's a smoker. Would you vote for a smoker?" LGN NDIT |
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Congress wants to send critics to jail. No, people of America, you cannot have freedom of speech, not yours |
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SCOTUS dismisses suit over IBM's "age-discriminatory" retirement policy, delivers crotch-chop to the average worker |
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Even in articles comparing Barack Obama favorably to the legacy of Camelot, the liberal media has to mention Obama's middle name is Hussein...in the first farking paragraph |
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President George W. Bush has decided not to reauthorize the controversial domestic surveillance program because is a weak, weak man that bows to every fickle whim of the public |
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Chicago Sun-Times on Obama's Book: 'What's Real, What's Not' |
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John Elway declines to run for Colorado senate seat, those of us who went to college where training camp was held know why |
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Hillary puts on PR blitz to show Obama how it is done, says he is messing around with the wrong man |
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Having solved American’s deficit crisis and ended the fiasco in Iraq, Congress to debate bill honoring Boise State Bronco’s win over the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl |
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An independent organization will be created to monitor the Bush administrations surveillance programs. We used to have an organization to monitor this called: Congress and the Bill of Rights |
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Cost of war hits $1.2 trillion. Good thing we got social security and the health care system fixed first |
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Scotland's independence movement is growing. Blair heard saying "The trouble with Scotland is that it's full of Scots" |
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U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. Until they actually do their jobs |
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Escalation against Iran: the pieces are being put in place and will be ready by February. It's just like chess, only more pawns |
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Alberto Gonzales says federal judges are unqualified to make rulings affecting national security policy |
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Argentina is waging a secret economic terrorism against the Falklands in a attempt to force them into Argentina. But this has nothing to do with the oil honest |
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Church group that carries pictures of aborted fetuses in city's Halloween parade had their civil rights violated because they're always forced to march at the back. Santa said to be considering filing similar suit against Macy's |
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Today's Republicans have a choice: Emulate either Eisenhower or Nixon |
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One thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on, besides the fact that pie is awesome, is that John Kerry is a horrible, horrible candidate |
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Kucinich wants to reinstate Fairness Doctrine: "Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, and a slew of conservative thinkers carved an industry out of the AM wilderness, and the Al Frankens can't keep up without government intervention" |
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Another New York nanny state ban : Now you can't pour your own drink because you might not be able to determine how much you can have |
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Virginia set to apologize for slavery, native American land grabs, killing Jesus, and pretty much ever existing |
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Deaf students at Gallaudet University hope school administration listens to their complaints now |
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John Bolton wants North Korean regime to collapse and Kim Jong Il to explode, showering delicious ham on his starving citizenry |
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U.S. comptroller says U.S. taxes would have to double to pay for Bush budget in 2040 |
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Rush Limbaugh warns us all not to follow someone who speaks only in clichés |
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Popular Vote Movement: A needed change or eliminating the relevance of the state system? |
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Bush says Iraq like behaved hella immature in the way they totally killed those bad dudes recently |
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Washington FEARS Colbert |
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Israel in peace talks with Syria |
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In preparation for upcoming Congressional hearings, Bush Administration firing federal attorneys and appointing ringers without Senate confirmation |
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Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton don't like Barack Obama because he's too good at bridging racial divides |
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Documentary exposes hate speech -- against "unbelievers," Jews, Christians and gays -- that's considered moderate in mosques. Bonus: Justifications of marriage between prepubescent girls and adult men. In Baghdad? Tehran? No, in London |
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Obama takes first steps toward running for office. Well, the first step after spending months in Iowa |
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CNN doesn't clean up Bush quotes: "Quite the contrary. My spirits are strong, and I'm-- I'm-- I'm-- I'm blessed to be the president," he said |
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Ninety-four percent of Americans believe troops will still be in Iraq when President McCain takes office. The other six percent believe in the FSM |
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Seattle stopped handing out end-of-the-year bonuses five years ago, but that hasn't stopped their city-council staffers from continuing to collect them |
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Los Angeles Times writes an editorial saying the Terminator should be allowed to run for president, despite old sexual-harassment allegations and that whole constitutional thing about being a "natural born citizen" |
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Guess who's exposed in this month's issue of Playboy? Wrong: It's the military-industrial complex (SFW article, site is probably in your workplace filters though) |
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Israel and Syria get caught talking to each other, still claim they're not really going out together |
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Bush calls Congress's bluff. You want spending under control? Fine, go for it |
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The 12 tables of early Roman Law. Edit, delete, make changes, but that's what happened |
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The trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is shaping up to be the spectacle of the young century. Act now and TicketMaster will only charge you a $15 handling fee |
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Local FOX affiliate aired video footage of a rally in support of Sen. Obama, including an image of the senator, during a segment on the sentencing of a sex offender |
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Barack Obama is more admired in America than Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton or George W. Bush |
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Northern Territory euthanasia advocate Dr. Nitschke is angry that the federal government is trying to give his book a triple intravenous dose of a non-depolarizing neuromuscular muscle relaxant |
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Australia's Water Minister may be forced to resign after being caught leaving his sprinkler running overnight |
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Afghan shop keeper "celebrating" his fifth aniversary at Guantanamo bay without being charged. See the War on Terror is making you safer, thats one less shop keeper on the street |
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"Russia continues applying age-old clandestine weapons to advance subversion, to accelerate its strategy of sabotage and "gray terror" to break up the Western alliance and cripple the U.S. government" |
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Manbearpig joke writers' stock falls on news of **rolls magic eight ball** Gore announcing he won't run in '08 |
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Democrats propose lower interest rate on student loans. Should free up money for TotalFark Subscriptions |
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Texas to consider the death penalty for repeat sex offenders |
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Despite accusations of leaning left, Google contributes more dollars to conservative Congressmen. Wait, who should suck it? |
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Democrats: "Okay. We're really going to start back up on a 5-day workweek. Umm... but it'll have to wait until next week" |
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Iran's Department of Nuclear Flowers and Puppies is installing new, freindlier Peace Centrifuges to increase the efficiency of its Hugs and Kisses Energy Department. Nothing to see here |
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Bolton calls Iraq a 'civil war'. Bonus: link includes tele-screen image of Bolton looming over interviewer like some sort of Legion of Doom villain |
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Senator Biden calls for removal of Confederate flag from SC Statehouse. Dukes of Hazzard inconsolable |
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The U.S. House hasn't voted for a tax hike since 1993, but that's going to change this week. Taxpayers weep as the IRS licks its chops |
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Many species are beleaguered by infections that can turn males into females, selectively assassinate males, or render males irrelevant by allowing females to give birth without them. Still better than being subjected to The View |
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On his tour of Latin America, Ahmadinejad adds Daniel Ortega to the commie-butt-kissing, America-hating fest |
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Ford on St. Reagan: Uninformed, bad manager, and given WAY too much credit for ending Cold War |
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Cheney says that "Scooter" Libby is one of the most honest men I've ever met, and I've met both Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy |
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Bush, evidently ignoring the 600,000 Iraqi death toll, says "I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude." |
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England and Scotland may get a divorce. Both already arguing over who has to take care of Wales |
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New law allows American civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as embedded journalists, to be court-martialed. ACLU pees its pants in excitment waiting for something to go wrong |
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John Edwards speaking on Hillary's turf while she's out of town echoes MLK's anti-war speech and say's "I am not a douchebag" |
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