(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)		GOP scandals are far more widely reported than Democrat scandals	(66)
(Some Guy)		Today's question is: Who the hell is running Arizona at the moment?	(19)
(Some Guy)		Remember that whole talking point about how Democrats voted for the war? Turns out they were fed bogus "intelligence" by the CIA to get those votes	(49)
		Special Bible given to spouses of soldiers deployed to Iraq comforts and assures them that Jesus Christ loves the smell of napalm in the morning	(39)
		Australian protestors for Peace to engage in violent demonstrations in order to stop the violence in Iraq	(16)
		Iran "reaches nuclear target", becomes one	(64)
		Thai officials end YouTube ban allowing its citizens to exchange glimpses of their culture with the rest of the world. Or watch your stupid video of your stupid cat chasing a laser pointer	(7)
		The Marines here hate the idea of politicians who supposedly support the troops, but hate the Iraq war. “Pisses me off. They don’t understand. We enlisted after 9/11. We want to be here”	(312)
(JPost)		Remember that US Peace Plan that Condoleeza Rice spent so much time trying to implement in the Middle-East? Turns out she thought it was worthless and unworkable	(12)
		Show us your papers, or you won't be allowed to help these disaster victims, because we all know that only government-approved first response to a disaster is effective	(153)
		Republican Congressman leaves threatening voicemail for constituents who questioned his fund-raising ethics. Just another typical day in Washington	(25)
		North Korea has agreed to declare and disable all its nuclear programs by the end of this year, so we can focus on attacking Iran	(77)
(crooks and liars)		Senator Larry Craig still has one stalwart supporter: actor Ben Stein	(89)
		Nouri al-Maliki (R-Iraq) proves there is political progress by using the old Republican standby of equating criticism with supporting terrorists	(21)
		Charlize Theron lends her intellectual might to the calls to bring troops home	(37)
		Fox News: The President might just be crazy enough to "annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days"	(1078)
(The Atlantic)		Calling somebody a neo-con nowadays is like calling somebody a "pinko" in the 50's - so fear not, libs, Tail-Gunner Joe has your back	(110)
(Some Guy)		Free Republic: The President might just be crazy enough to nuke Iran	(241)
		"What? I'm being criticized for pardoning a castrated rapist on Wiki? Heh, not anymore"	(11)
		South African president defends health minister who said AIDS is best treated by eating garlic and beets, calls her critics "wild animals"	(35)
(Some Guy)		Daily Kos: The President might just be crazy enough to nuke Iran	(111)

(Some Guy)		Blogger argues that Jimmy Carter started the microbrew revolution	(24)
		Apparently some groups are worried that Giuliani mayor might attempt to use the upcoming 9/11 memorial service to capitalize politically. Giuliani? Use 9/11 for personal gain? Getoutttahere	(75)
		Clooney on Obama, "You've been in a room once in a while with a rock star. He walks into the world, and he takes your breath away"	(48)
		Associated Press: Ron Paul maintains strong straw poll showings at Texas	(94)
		ACLU halts government plan to send warning letters to employers whose workers have fake social security numbers	(83)
		Largest party in Switzerland proposes policy under which all members of a family would be deported if any of their children are convicted of a violent crime. Bonus: they're promoting the plan with a blatantly racist poster	(34)
		Senator Larry Craig (R- Not Gay) resigns and apologizes for getting caught	(66)
		Top democrat fundraiser turns himself in to police	(53)
		Soon it will be illegal in Venezuela to name your child "George Bush"	(69)
		Tancredo: New Orleans aid is 'gravy train'	(134)
		Iowa remembers it's a Red State and halts gay marriages	(348)
(Hot Air)		US Congress members meeting with the Iraqi National Security Adviser are shocked to find he'd rather watch cartoons during their meeting	(49)
		Top British army officer attacks U.S. policy in Iraq as 'intellectually bankrupt'	(58)
		Mitt Romney says that if terrorists detonated a nuclear bomb in a U.S. city while he was president he would retaliate. Because willingness to engage in nuclear retaliation is THE issue in this campaign	(106)
(kos)		DOJ lawyers are revolting, but in a good way	(60)

		Former Miss Heartland turned Senator responds on CNN	(28)
		California Senate acts to prohibit employers from mandating under-the-skin tracking implants in employees. Yes, this actually required legislative action to stop	(79)
		Senator Larry Craig (R-eallynotgay) to resign tomorrow	(398)
		New Hampshire set to move its primary date to last year as Michigan jumps on the bandwagon and moves theirs to yesterday	(32)
(Some Guy)		Wait for it.... wait for it... "Sen. James M. Inhofe says terrorists' attempt to shoot down the C-130 military transport plane carrying him and other lawmakers in Iraq demonstrated the progress of the U.S. military campaign." TAA-DAA	(292)
(Oxford Research Group)		From last year; comprehensive analysis of why an attack on Iran should be out of the question	(17)
		Exhibit “A” of why Republicans need to become the minority party for a long, long time	(92)
(Some Guy)		The 10 funniest ways the US tried to whack Castro	(12)
		Fred Thompson enters the presidential rat race. DONK DONK	(122)
		Senator John Warner (R-VA) to step down at end of current term. Odds on "homosexual prostitute parties with congressional pages" story breaking by day's end open at 5 to 1	(68)
(Marc Morano)		Review of 539 abstracts in peer-reviewed scientific journals from 2004 through 2007 finds that climate science continues to shift toward the views of global-warming skeptics	(131)
(asahi.com)		To avoid high-rise skyscrapers, Japan's military may deploy Patriot missile-interceptor system in Tokyo public parks instead	(10)
(JPost)		For the last year, Russia has been pressuring Syria to enter in conflict with Israel, in order to take a permanent footing in the Middle-East and influence regional affairs	(70)
(theatlantic)		January 2007: We will hold the Iraqi government to these benchmarks. August 2007: The benchmarks were set too high, we can't possibly expect the Iraqi government to meet them	(64)
(Some Guy)		Lebanese not happy about new video game allowing players to kill their prime minister	(15)
		Bush's failed Iraq policies mean the entire Defense Department and the whole U.S. military is in a complete meltdown. Not that we're shooting for drama here or anything	(96)
(Big Head DC)		Dominatrix claims Sen. Larry Craig participated in bondage sex. And the plot stiffens	(44)
		Iraq government to militias: Stop... or we'll say stop again	(8)
		My '86 antique fighter jet can whip your fancy new $6.2 billion fighter jet, aircraft pioneer says	(96)
(McClatchy)		Those lead toys were imported, from C-H-I-N-A / The other guy responsible is D-U-B-Y-A / The CPSC stayed away, and if you ask me why I'll say / Cause corporate lobbies have their way with A-M-E-R-I-C-A	(254)
		Pakistan's President Musharraf is "keeping his options open." Translation: "I'm ready to haul ass out of the country the moment the coup happens"	(19)
		Tony Snow, come on down! You are the next contestant on "Who is leaving the Bush Administration?"	(74)
		Three U.S. senators and one congressman receive special going-away gift for delegation visiting Iraq: Ground fire, evasive maneuvers	(128)
		"I am not here to play laughing homosexuals with you"	(15)
		Well-placed GOP sources in the next stall say Senator Craig is indicating he will resign; is a "power top"	(19)
		Maybe -- just maybe -- it would be more helpful for the Democrats to stop complaining that Bush failed to rebuild New Orleans and instead submit a workable rebuilding plan of their own	(116)
		The party of personal responsibility and fiscal conservatism wants to help out those janitors who bought $1,000,000 houses	(108)
(YNet)		UN: Palestinian trade stifled by current border restrictions. Israel: Jewish lives stifled by suicide bombers in buses and pizzerias	(376)
		Jimmy Carter has a major man crush on John Edwards. John Edwards is gonna crush Carter's head	(58)
		Being familiar with leaders who possess no balls, survey reveals most Europeans prefer Hillary for president	(87)
(badmouth.net)		The five biggest Republican gay sex scandals of the past 12 months	(318)
		Hillary Rodham Clinton admits her husband has looked into entering second opening, but she shut him down immediately, saying he had no Constitutional right to be there	(27)
		DOJ is probing AG Gonzales for perjury and obstruction of justice. AG expected to complain about "extraordinary rendition," lack of lube	(73)

(NBC5i)		Texas governor commutes death sentence of offender who didn't kill anyone	(285)
		"Why do we insist on locking up our prisoners in high-cost Britain when we could be contracting out the job, like call centres and manufacturing, to much lower-cost economies abroad?"	(45)
		Fred Thompson to announce he will become next President of United States on Thursday	(192)
		School that requires students to wear logo-free polo shirts is discriminating against Christianity, according to this angry mother whose crotchfruit was suspended for wearing a Jesus themed t-shirt for the fourth time this school year	(767)
		White House hopefuls love Iowa ethanol. Dumbass tag explodes in massive, blue-tinted, subsidized fireball of corroded pipes	(91)
		Edwards in the lead? Time poll shows Edwards at 29 percent, Clinton 24 percent, Obama 22 percent	(171)
		The Republican party is throwing aside Senator Craig like, well, some floozy you picked up at a rest-stop bathroom	(164)
		Media watchdogs criticize radio for giving Dems too much early morning airtime. Democrats respond that it doesn't matter, since 90 percent of their constituency doesn't wake up until around 11:00	(260)
		A statue of the Virgin Mary shrouded by a Muslim burqa and a holographic image of Osama bin Laden that morphs into Jesus Christ when angled have sparked outrage from politicians and church leaders	(133)
		New report from the Government Accountability Office states that the war in Iraq has failed in all but 3 of 18 benchmarks. Bush administration proceeds to attack credibility ot any institution with the word "accountability" in its name	(355)
		Hey kids, would you like to troll for bathroom sex like a real U.S. senator? Well, now you can just follow these five easy steps and you will be on your way to mugshot goodness	(68)

		Front page Yahoo headline: "Study: U.S. can withdraw safely from Iraq in one year." Mentioned in passing in the article: "...by a self-described 'progressive think tank'"	(61)
		That "hit piece" must have been close to the mark, Hillary now dumping the funds she has received from Hsu	(59)
		The so-called North American super-highway provision of NAFTA to go into affect over Labor Day Weekend	(66)
		Wyoming joins the ridiculous 'We wanna be first' primary competition	(37)
(Some Guy)		Turns out that Hillary fundraising hitjob put out by the WSJ is another "inaccurate but true" story run by the MSM	(65)
		Another month, another $50 billion for Iraq. Remember when they fired an advisor for suggesting it might cost $100 billion total? Try $330 billion and counting	(104)
		Rove's Jaguar is now neatly shrink-wrapped and decorated with "I Love Obama" bumper stickers	(175)
		Bush asks for another $50 billion. Promises he won't lose it this time	(151)
		Republicans predictably unamused over British Bush Porn picture. Article includes sfw pic	(299)
		Even Greenpeace is slamming Leonardo DiCaprio's pompous new documentary	(90)
		Your tax dollars at work: Map of people who receive US farm subsidies. Fark: In Manhattan	(179)
(Think Progress)		“Let’s get one thing straight. You are behind the counter because you have to work for minimum wage. I’m on this side asking to see the good jewelry because I make considerably more.” Ahh, Condi Rice. So classy	(137)
		TN State Senator John Ford sentenced to 5½ years in PMITA prison	(44)
		President Bush wants to assure all Americans that we are in fact stuck in a quagmire in Iraq	(392)
		How many times can Marion Barry say "padlock it" in 5 seconds? (LGT story w/ video)	(10)
		After the Census Bureau releases its report on household incomes, it also releases a little known report that makes important economic adjustments to the poverty numbers	(21)
		Sen. Larry "No way, no chance, not possibly gay" Craig is so not gay he's been denying it since as early as 1982. Not gay then, not gay now	(331)
		DHS spending $50 million on huge intrusive data-mining program, but forgot to check whether it was legal first. So now they are going to have to scrap the program -- at least as far as you know	(76)
		So just who is this Mr. Hsu who's been illegally funneling money into the Clinton campaign?	(92)
		Obama: "There may be people who chose not to support me because I'm not telling them what they want to hear or reinforcing their preconceptions"	(88)
		"You got your gang problem in my illegal alien problem" "You got your illegal alien problem in my gang problem" "Wait a minute, I think we're onto something"	(242)
(New York Times (via Der Spiegel))		Crack NYT journalist Sheryl Gay Stolberg takes an in-depth look at all those non-gay Republicans. Looks like everybody's gay after all	(232)
(MRC)		Retired CNN anchor Bernard Shaw blames racism for immigration debate, also blames nurse for not bringing his Maypo fast enough	(54)
		Man wrongfully arrested for carrying an unconcealed weapon and one hundred of his friends with holstered pistols attend Norfolk, VA city council meeting to give Mayor a refresher course on the Second Amendment	(779)
(Hot Air)		Malkin's Blog Oct 17, 2006 on Sen Craig gay rumors, "If a U.S. Senator was going to have a tryst — especially a gay tryst — would he really do it in the men’s room of one of the busiest places in D.C.?"	(90)
		Interesting: A new nation ratchets up its anti-Iran rhetoric in preparation for the upcoming war. Weird: It's France	(25)
		Kucinich - "My wife's 29, you draw your own conclusions." You're a pedophile?	(305)
		Zombie Castro gives his endorsement for Clinton/Obama in 2008	(69)
		Move over Iraq's "smoking gun in the form of a mushroom cloud," here comes Iran's "spectre of a nuclear holocaust"	(155)

		Sen. Larry Craig says he is SO not gay. Nope. Not him. NOT GAY	(85)
		U.S. troops arrest Iranian delegation in Baghdad, with video showing U.S. soldiers escorting 10 blindfolded people away. The gears of war with Iran grind one tooth further forward	(487)
		Senator Larry Craig bravely blames a newspaper for his gay bathroom antics	(401)
		From the It Was Bound to Happen Department: Mitt Romney links Larry Craig (R-estroom) with Bill Clinton	(139)
		Meaningless bill allowing Californians to vote on Big Tuesday over Iraq troop withdrawal passes State Assembly in Sacramento. Schwarzenegger threatens veto if they don't throw a bone to the "Find Sarah Connor" camp	(53)
		Rudy Giuliani will be in New York City on September 11, probably to talk about health care, or something	(60)
(Florida Today)		It's now illegal for politicians in Florida to conduct surveys in an effort to find out how their constituents want them to vote. Wild-ass guesses or rolling dice now seem to be the best options available	(109)
(Think Progress)		Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) switches stance on the surge and gets verbally flogged by a group of constituents at a town-hall meeting (with video of said flogging)	(103)
		NRO responds to the Larry Craig "incident" by pointing out that Democrats Jim McGreevey, Barney Frank and Mark Foley are also gay. Oh, and Bill Clinton is a womanizer	(106)
(NY Mag)		Profile of Matt Drudge, who hates Hillary Clinton with the red hot intensity of molten steel poured from a thousand gay steel plants	(67)
		Headline: "Hill(ary) Eyes National Cig Curb." Last line of article: "Asked whether the feds should impose a nationwide ban, Clinton deferred to local governments"	(94)
(C&L)		"By his own admission, (Ted) Nugent stopped all forms of personal hygiene for a month and showed up for his draft-board physical in pants caked with his own urine and feces, winning a deferment"	(241)
		Setting a record for earliest appeance of this seasonal story, reporters uncover the "amazing fact" that Iowans are seeing more presidential ads than anyone else	(57)
		California governor faces a Raw Deal in deciding whether or not to Terminate bill calling Junior on his True Lies. Hopes to avoid Total Recall	(34)
(Some Guy)		Postal stamp to honor Gerald Ford in works. Stamp will still be valid wherever it happens to land on the envelope	(163)
		In case you forgot... "Al Qaeda has an active plot to hit the West." Remember to tip your waiters, and vote Republican	(90)
(Malkin)		Liberal blogger calls for military coup against Bush. Gets called on his anti-American treason, hides behind the Satire tag. You decide	(99)
		Member of the Heritage Foundation perfectly emulates Jesus by telling us all how ungrateful and lazy poor people are. Blessed are the spinmeisters	(349)
		Evidently, civil unions between male couples existed around 600 years ago in medieval Europe. You'll never guess which country... okay, you guessed it	(619)
		Why Bush is so reluctant to get rid of idiots in his administration like Alberto Gonzalez or Donald Rumsfeld, or even admit a mistake of any sort	(155)
		A CA family with a household income of under $50K and a second mortgage has donated $200K to Democrats since 2005	(103)

		Surprise: Hillary and Obama both vow not to travel by hitching rides on expensive corporate jets. No surprise: So they're chartering much more expensive private jets instead	(97)
		You heard the one about how Bush granted the pope immunity from molestation charges, right? Oh, that's a classic	(131)
		Senator Larry Craig (R-eacharound) enjoys re-enacting his favorite line from Blazing Saddles in public bathrooms	(470)
		Remember when Fred Thompson was seen as the saviour of the GOP? Not so fast there... another top aide has abandoned his almost-but-not-quite-but-we-really-mean-it campaign	(97)
		Democrats reach out to Iowa's Hispanic community, who was apparently happy that he was receiving so much attention	(56)
		Blue Dog Democrats' website says they want to balance the budget and restrain spending. Not sure how the $21 billion in domestic spending they piled on top of Bush's budget will help, but it's a nice thought	(118)
(Some Footballs)		Marxism has only killed 100 million people, so naturally at the new voice of the mainstream Democrat Party, they’re ready to give it another chance	(376)
		China would like us to know they didn't hack Germany's network because they have rules against that type of thing	(19)
		Good news: John Prescott to stand down as an MP in the next election. Bad news: British satirists need to find a new person to make "fat grumpy bastard" jokes about	(6)
		Senator Christopher Dodd's office burglarized. G Gordon Liddy unavailable for comment	(16)
(Haaretz)		Government debates how much Anne Frank would be paid in restitution. Next up on the agenda: Book royalties	(21)
(Some Guy)		One after another, the men and women who have stepped forward to report corruption in the massive effort to rebuild Iraq have been vilified, fired and demoted. Or worse	(335)
		Promotional slogan promoting Scotland as the "best small country in the world" nixed after someone had a wee problem wi' it. Men in Glasgow glance down at their trousers, slink away	(14)
(France24)		The eldest son of Kim Jong-Il is back in the succession race after recently returning from exile. It's good that the American government doesn't have such a blatant policy of nepotism	(14)
(Some Guy)		Presidential candidate John Edwards makes rare mistake by telling the truth about Democrats (and politicians in general)	(65)
(New American)		"The KGB has long sponsored the Muslim fundamentalist groups that have now become a global terror network carrying out violence in Muhammad’s name." CIA looks nervous, quietly slips outside for a smoke	(19)
		Kurt Loder, the Methuselah of MTV, goes on Fox News and rails against universal health care and tax hikes	(84)