Massachusetts officials are pleased to report that the state's experiment in socialized medicine is over budget	(9)
		Iranian president calls U.S. dollar "a worthless piece of goddamn paper"	(117)
		Bush criticizes Democrats over Iraq war funds: "Congress is failing to meet its responsibilities to our troops." Hypocrite tag desperately needed	(183)
(Some Molecular Biologist)		Get your "Summon" and "Repel" cards out because a conservative christian columnist just called intelligent design a "dumb idea". Bonus: He is also a scientist	(217)
(Gateway Pundit)		Hillary Clinton fundraiser indicted for fraud. No, not that guy. The other one. The other other one. The other other other other other other other one	(14)
		You know that Depleted Uranium that we told you was safe? Well, funny thing,	(60)
(azdailysun)		Section of border fence nears completion just in time to be useless	(17)
(RINF)		"High School Physics Prooves Towers were Demolished." (with additional damning MS Paint evidence)	(175)
		Australian political opponents tackle third rail issues: Who would win in a bar fight? Who would you turn gay for?	(8)
(Some Guy)		British leave Basra, violence and strife erupt. Just kidding, violence drops 90 percent	(43)
(Idaho Statesman)		Idaho Republican seeks to make more happy traditional families... by eliminating no-fault divorce. Bonus quote:"Divorce is just terrible. It's one of Satan's best tools to kill America."	(69)
		"The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is alive and well and flourishing in Red State America, and I'm glad to be a part of it"	(44)
(Some Guy)		Photoshop this pre-Power Point presentation to the president	(49)
		America's Chocolate City is looking more vanilla today	(30)
		Iranian government bans Gabriel Garcia Marquez' book "Memories of My Melancholy Whores," leading to a frenzy of people buying it on the black market	(17)
		Religious leaders and politicians join forces to fight the greatest evil facing our world: lesbians who want children	(197)
(Huffington Post)		November 26, the day Al Gore goes back to the White House. And George has to say how great Al is	(36)
(Poughkeepsie Journal)		Top Kennedy adviser to speak for Obama campaign. Not the drunk Kennedy or the pill-popping Kennedy. Or the enviro-nut Kennedy. Or the Kennedy from that crappy movie Frodo was in. The original, Marilyn-Monroe-shagging Kennedy	(23)
(Some Guy)		Locking up that youth vote Edwards gets endorsements from Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt	(12)
(Medical News Today)		Maryland, USA: Get your child vaccinated or go to jail. Lawyers scrambling for cheap TV commercial spots	(54)
		NYC firefighters planning to swift-boat Rudy. 9/11	(229)

		World set to ban clusterbombs. Still no cure for clusterfarks	(114)
(Gateway Pundit)		Planted audience + planted questions + planted questionaires + 3 former or current aides = CNN so far in the tank for Hillary they might as well change their name to the Clinton News Network	(78)
		Clintons say they have no dirt on Obama so when it comes out you didn't hear it from them	(22)
(thehill.com)		Capitol Hill cafeteria worker fired after Republican lawmaker complains that his sandwich was grilled, not toasted as he requested. People requesting not to die in a meaningless war also not getting what they asked for	(41)
(Some Guy)		"Fark, another large blog, also uses essay editorship to exclude ++++**NO CARRIER**++++	(36)
		EU may want to "fast track" gun control, due to recent school shooting. Because hastily making knee jerk reaction laws are always a good idea	(38)
		Thanks to a math error, flood gates that were supposed to reduce flooding in New Orleans during a major storm by about 5.5 feet will only reduce flooding by half a foot. What could possibly go wr....oh.... righhhtttt	(38)
		Obama uncovers Bush-Clinton secret White House conspiracy	(26)
(Grist)		Presidential debate on climate change and energy policy. Webcast begins at 5:10 pm EST	(33)
(Hot Air)		Politician caught on tape finally admitting the obvious: SCHIP expansion is a Democratic effort to achieve universal health insurance by stealth	(101)
(OC Register)		"It's not just Americans and Iraqis and Afghans who owe a debt of thanks to the U.S. soldier, but all the Europeans grown plump and prosperous in a globalized economy guaranteed by the most benign hegemon in history"	(45)
(Some Guy)		Insurance lobby convinces Congress the United States will be the victim of a cataclysmic terrorist attack for at least the next 7 years or 14 years or as long as they keep paying them	(3)
(kos)		Was the Las Vegas debate rigged? With eye-bleach requiring photo of James Carville	(52)
		Rudy Guiliani, a foe of "socialized medicine" in his Presidential campaign, advocated putting more people on state medical programs as mayor of New York. Oh, and 9/11	(22)
(Alternet)		This just in: It's hard to be against a war that seems to be drawing to a successful close	(179)
(Some Guy)		"Ron Paul has absolutely zero chance of becoming the Republican presidential nominee, regardless of his high level of grassroots support"	(162)
		Unable to do much of anything else, senate Democrats take away Bush's recess time	(34)
		No Michigan, you can't have an early primary. Not yours	(48)
(Some Guy)		Canada shuts doors to US war resisters	(47)
(Ynet)		Moscow pushes ahead with plans to supply Tehran with uranium after release of IAEA report. We begin bombing in five minutes	(33)
		Japanese text books leaving out the tiny little bit about Japanese military asking villagers to commit suicide during WWII	(86)

(Some Guy)		Professional Bridge players pull a Dixie Chicks, send the Professional Bridge world into a tailspin	(77)
(Some Guy)		CNN pressured girl to ask Hillary whether she preferred diamonds or pearls, even though she wanted to ask a legitimate question about nuclear waste disposal. It's not news, it's CNN	(74)
		Sen. John Kerry accepts Texas oilman's offer to pay $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth	(74)
		Republican senators ok with more spending on the war, just don't talk about bringing the troops home	(25)
		Aviation expert schools Fox & Friends regarding Bush's "clear the skies for the holidays" thing	(31)
		Texas oilman offers $1 million to anyone who can disprove just one criticism of John Kerry's military record. Kerry vows to answer the challenge, and says the money should go to paralyzed vets	(169)
		Bush administration calls latest vision on public land including national monuments, recreation areas and rivers "energy corridors". Or, they could just call them oil pipelines	(36)
		Judge agrees to hear argument that Church is a business. This should end well	(33)
		"It is clear that the lives of more than 300 million people of the former Soviet empire are better today than they were under communism"	(147)
(Political Books)		Bidding war erupts over Ted Kennedy's memoir. The only question is: Will he write about anything interesting?	(33)
(Fred '08)		No way Fred Thompson will let the UN get its grubby little hands on the Internet	(38)
(Nealz Nuze)		Hillary picks a running mate	(43)
		Using capitalism to fund socialism: Citgo selling US assets in order to become the cash cow for Hugo Chavez's social welfare programs in Venezuela	(98)
(Some Guy)		"The media are always at least a decade behind real life"	(13)
		Hillary accuses rivals of mudslinging, Kucinich accuses Edwards of being a lawyer	(36)
(AOL News)		Sen. Harry Reid (D-andyboy), fulfilling the futile ambitions of pantywaists and milksops everywhere, denounces his longtime "bully" from the steps of Capitol Hill. Also demands lunch money back from Bush	(42)
		State Department inspector general, under fire for his handling of the Blackwater shooting investigation, claims he didn't know his brother was on Blackwater's board until Congressmen told him the other day during a hearing	(96)
		Iran demands apology from U.S. after IAEA inspections confirm Iranian claims about nuclear program	(325)
(Rumormonger)		L.A. Times may be set to publish a story saying Hillary Clinton is a lesbian	(150)
		One of Britain's biggest Cold War mysteries solved: Who killed frogman Lieutenant Commander "Buster" Crabbe?	(73)
(Big Head DC)		John Edwards thinks he came off bad in the Democratic debate last night because he was poorly placed on CNN’s Las Vegas-based stage	(38)
		Volunteers fill slots at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, thus negating a draft of foreign service officers. First order of business: Where the hell is Iraq and what are all those loud noises?	(24)
(Some Guy)		"Hillary Clinton has a lifelong obsession with seeking out, and trying to control, unruly events and people. Brainy women don't frighten voters; control freaks do"	(177)
(Some Free Guy)		CNN shill and O'Reilly clone Glenn Beck deems Ron Paul a "domestic threat." Whatever, dude	(274)

(The BRAD BLOG)		Are Tucker Carlson's aays at MSNBC numbered?	(102)
		Official semi bi-weekly Democrat Debate discussion thread	(241)
(Political Wire)		Hillary Clinton took campaign contributions from three people pardoned by her husband as he was leaving the White House	(49)
(Political Wire)		CNN anchor Lou Dobbs tells friends he's considering a White House bid next year	(36)
(The Rev)		Why Hillary Clinton will NOT be President of the United States. With perfectly respectable photo illustration	(85)
(Classical Values)		"Is Elliot Spitzer competing to win the Biggest Horse's Ass of the Year Award? Or is he just trying to make Hillary look reasonable?"	(19)
(Think Progress)		House Minority Leader John Boehner openly cries on the floor of the House. Again. Ladies and gentlemen, your Republican Party	(114)
		Bad: New Republican scandal features Giuliani, Kerik, Ailes and Fox News, all centered around a sexual affair. Good: At least it’s not gay sex. So far	(47)
(Some Guy)		Karl Rove joins Markos Moulitsas as a Newsweek columnist during the presidential campaign. This should be fun	(29)
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)		Conservative Christian group gets part of state hate crime legislation thrown out, protecting your God given right to hate fruitcakes and cripples just as Jesus intended	(112)
		Lebanese leader pledges cash to straighten Rice’s teeth, institutionalize Bush	(73)
(Some Guy)		College sophomore goes for the ultimate in extra credit for his PoliSci course, gets elected to local City Council	(12)
(Wicked Local)		Cambridge (Our Fair City), MA gets rid of Boy Scouts' donation boxes for troops overseas, citing "implied pro-war message"	(48)
(The New Republic)		The best case against universal health care	(187)
(CQ Politics)		Former Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign before end of year, spend more time honing his washboard abs	(34)
		In Mexico, you have to prove you are in the country legally to get a driver's license. And we all know that Mexicans can't be racist, unlike those pinche gringo norteamericanos	(77)
(Daily Kos)		Mortgage industry fighting bill that would require that if a bank agrees to 6% interest that the mortgage broker can't say they will agree to 6.25% and pocket part of the 0.25%. Asinine trumps obvious	(55)
		You are a judge presiding over the case of a 19-year-old woman who was gang-raped by six men. Do you: A) Yawn? B) Giggity? C) Sentence her to 200 lashes and a six-month prison sentence?	(345)
(KATV)		You remember those FEMA trailers in Arkansas? Well, they're still sitting empty. And they are going to stay where they are for another 10 years. Cost to you: $450 million	(31)
(Big Head DC)		Hillary Clinton voodoo dolls are now available	(33)
		Columbia University College Republicans "demand the hiring of 12 conservative professors." Remember when conservatives hated affirmative action?	(159)
		Mitt Romney picks up the coveted lunchbox endorsement	(18)
(New York Times)		FBI confirms that Blackwater has never lost someone that they were guarding, even if a few future terrorists had to die in the process	(60)
		If you want to learn to do things "by the book" at Gitmo, now you can	(28)
		Musharraf to quit army soon, grow mustache and mullet, get job at Chick-Fil-A	(46)
(Swarthmore Blogs)		"Now is an embarrassing time to be an American"	(261)
		Clinton: "I'm not sure, no I'm for, no actually I'm against driver's licenses for illegal immigrants"	(190)
		Dems finally grow a pair and pass war-funding bill with withdrawal timelines in defiance of Bush's veto threat. Suck it, chickenhawks	(119)
(Democratic Underground)		Hillary Clinton also planted a question in 1999. At the time, she said it will never happen again	(54)

(Some Guy)		NYU students say they'd give up their right to vote for an iPod touch. Submitter says we can do without a few hundred more idiot voters; bring on the iPods	(61)
		Hacker breaks into Pentagon network; gets routed to a hostile applet that takes down the hacker's server. So he apologized. Just kidding: He wants protection from"offensive use of information war"	(64)
		Mark Cuban challenges Bill O'Rlly to a debate moderated by Keith Olbermann	(79)
(The Hill)		We may get to see a real live filibuster over an Iraq withdrawal bill. For all you young'uns, that's when it actually becomes entertaining to watch Congress get nothing done	(38)
		Getting "creationism" into schools failed. "Intelligent design" had its irreducibly complex ass handed to it in court. Now it's time for "teach the controversy"	(778)
		Obama says he has no records from his eight years in the state Senate. He claims he didn't have resources available to keep them	(60)
(Washington Times)		"As of Veterans Day 2007, I think one can claim a very real expectation that next year the world may see a genuine, old-fashioned victory in the Iraq War."	(159)
		Catholic Bishops tell parishoners that they MUST vote according only to Church Teachings in 2008* (*- please ignore our stances on War, Poverty, Immigration, the Enviornment, torture, and Health Care)	(110)
(National Journal)		"The cancerous spread of ideologically eccentric, shoddy, phony-diversity-obsessed fanaticism among university faculties and administrators is far worse and more inexorable than most alumni, parents, and trustees suspect."	(160)
		Hugo Chavez demands apology from Spanish king over "shut up" comments, or else: "Spain has many investments, private companies here and we don't want to damage that, but if they are damaged, they are damaged"	(95)
(KATV)		Romney criticizes Huckabee for giving tuition breaks to illegal immigrants, Huck responds: "I guess Mitt Romney would rather keep people out of college so they can keep working on his lawn."	(149)
(Cleveland Leader)		Bill O'Rly, all hot 'n bothered about Mark Cuban's new movie, asks attendees of Thursday's Mavericks game to carry 'Support Our Troops' signs. Is painfully unaware Mavs already planning to support troops that very night	(69)
(US News)		Clinton v. Giuliani might not be inevitable afterall, as polling in Iowa indicates the Democratic race is now a three-way statistical deadheat, and both Romney and Huckabee crushing Giuliani on the GOP side	(140)
		Over sixty percent of Americans would welcome Bill Clinton back into the White House. Even if he has to bring his wife along with him	(98)
		What happens in Vegas may not stay in Vegas much longer, as the Democratic takeover there may be a harbinger for the rest of the country	(16)
		Woman in Hilton Head, S.C. asks Sen. John McCain a rather pointed question: "How do we beat the biatch?"	(81)
		Gov. Jon Bon Jovi (D-NJ)	(63)
(NY Daily News)		Archdiocese of New York issues 11th commandmant: Thou shalt not scalp tickets to the upcoming Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium	(10)
(Some Guy)		Florida Governor expected to announce that the Seminole Tribe can gamble on their land. Running Deer Subby approves	(17)
(Some Guy)		"With the far-Left media legitimizing things like gay pride as though it was on par with the county fair, it’s no wonder the public thinks 80% of their neighbors are either far-Left activists, anti-American or gay"	(89)
(Condi Rice)		Answer: A Hizbollah Mole. Question: What do you call an illegal alien from Lebanon working as a waitress at a shish kabob restaurant in Detroit who then got a highly sensitive position within the CIA	(637)
(Nice Hair)		John Edwards plans on paying for national health care by mugging the "richest Americans." Why does the Democratic Party insist on extortion and looting as a campaign strategy?	(217)
		Days after the New Guy becomes Attorney General, the DOJ has suddenly decided to reactivate its inquiry into whether warrantless wiretapping is, you know, actually legal and all	(19)
		Hillary says vote for her because of her record, Obama and Edwards say vote for them because of Hillary's record	(14)
		FBI Report finds Blackwater's shooting of 17 civilians in Iraq unjustified. Which means these guys will finally be brought to justice unless something crazy happens like the State Dept. giving them all immunity or something	(194)
		US to spend $1,600,000,000,000 on universal health care, free college education for all. Just kidding, it's for war, and it's already gone	(852)
		Mitt Romney's campaign has set a record for most spent on advertising at this point in an election, spending around $85,000 a day on campaign commercials, which have aired more than 14,500 times already	(29)
		Iran forced to submit their TPS reports	(40)
		NY governor abandons plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants	(76)

(Heritage Foundation)		Thirty-four Senate Republicans is all that is keeping the United Nation’s “Law of the Sea Treaty” from being ratified and delivering a potential death blow to our nation’s sovereignty, security and prosperity	(117)
(Daily Kos)		Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas to work for Newsweek. "Heads exploding in wingnutlandia."	(30)
		USA Today/Gallup poll shows Clinton and Obama tied for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton campaign starts spreading rumor that Obama has black children	(90)
		Bush in 2003: "The Iraq conflict is going to cost no more than 80 billion dollars." Multiply that by about 2000 and you'd be a bit more on target. Heckuva job Bushie	(58)
		Only nine percent of Americans think it would be a bad idea to elect a female President. Maybe Guiliani was smarter than people thought for wearing a dress after all	(144)
		The Dover, Pennsylvania, "intelligent design" trial to be examined on "Nova." Judge's conclusion: No intelligence identified among creationists	(259)
		Bill O'Reilly tries to get liberal blogger booted from law school for daring to ask him a tough question	(85)
		The king of Spain is getting applause from all over the world for telling Hugo Chavez to "just shut up"	(69)
		John Edwards threatens Congress' health benefits with the classic "if you don't have enough for everyone, than nobody gets any" line	(42)
		Bush says Congress is"acting like a teenager with a new credit card." In other news, the Iraq War has finally paid for itself and trickle down economics have made us all rich	(93)
(Think Progress)		New poll suggests liberals are more open-minded and sophisticated, while Fox News conservatives are close-minded, tunnel vision poopy heads	(207)
		You know that whole "income inequality" thing that populist politicians like to pontificate about. Well that's bullsh*t too	(87)
(Some Guy)		Hillary Clinton flag incident was a setup by the opposition. No really. With screencap "evidence" and everything	(69)
		President Bush vetoes $606 billion health and education bill, but increases the Pentagon's budget even after the White House admitted it contained "unnecessary spending."	(50)
		Lagging in the polls and with less than two months to go until the Iowa caucuses, maybe John Edwards would be better served just being BFFs with Barack Obama	(38)
		Now that there is a strong economic incentive for fuel conservation and alternative energy, Congress may try to take credit	(30)
(Some Guy)		"The press has showered Hillary with positive coverage, but even seasoned political journalists describe reporting on Hillary as a torturous experience: 'Her ground-zero assumption is that [a reporter is] an asshole'"	(76)
(Bostonnow.com)		Veterans arrested at Veterans Day parade, which was okay to march in -- unless you were against the war	(160)
		"Today, there is no need to be afraid of the Russian armed forces," said Russian army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky. "However, I do not believe that the Russian military is obliged to defend the world from the evil Americans."	(62)
(Some Guy)		McCain's missed over half of all Senate votes this year. In fact, Kucinich seems to be the only presidenial candidate currently serving in Congress that shows up for work regularly	(56)
		U.S. attack on Iran may "open Pandora's box." As if Iraq isn't already one	(141)
		Yahoo defends their role in the jailing of Chinese dissident	(41)
		UN: "Ignoring global warming is criminally irresponsible." Ignoring Darfur, Iran's nuclear program, the Taliban, Oil-for-Food, peacekeeper sex scandals and human trafficking is still A-OK	(97)

		Louisiana Democrat calls aging civil rights veteran "Buckwheat"	(70)
		And the fourth seal was broken: Richard Mellon (Mr. Vast Right Wing Conspiracy) Scaife and Bill Clinton are all lovey-dovey	(17)
		The rumor that Reagan started his 1980 campaign with a speech courting white racists is easily debunked by 10 minutes of research. So of course, it's being printed as fact by left-wing commentators nationwide	(312)
		Judge orders White House to save copies of all e-mails, after several million went missing and somebody sued	(41)
		Salon.com profiles the smear campaign machine against Ron Paul	(176)
(Some Pro-lifer)		Pro-life website inadvertently admits humans are derived from primates while criticizing stem cell research	(47)
		John McCain forced to borrow $3 million to finance his sinking campaign	(36)
(Some Guy)		In an attempt to look cool to the "kids," John Edwards shows up at a Mellencamp concert, ends up more like a bad, awkward blind date where you drive home in tears feeling dirty and alone. Or so they say	(32)
		Why do American flags hate Hillary?	(63)
		Bill before Congress to end college funding for schools that don't kiss RIAA/MPAA ass	(129)
		The campaigns of Barack Obama and John Edwards have cut a deal to not attack each other anymore and only focus on Hillary	(30)
(Herr Schadenfreude)		Former Congressman John E.Sweeney's lawyer: “He is a private citizen. This is a private matter.” Submitter: "Welcome back to the private sector where arrests are a matter of public record"	(23)
		The money spent on the Iraq war, which will reach approximately $611 billion dollars this year, could have been used for other purposes, such as ending world hunger for seven years or providing free gas to everyone for 18 months. (Slideshow)	(158)
		President says critics of his handling of Iranian nuclear policy are "traitors," and anybody opposing his policies "is either a compromiser... or is a coward"	(92)
		In case you were wondering, Clinton, Reagan and Bush I killed our soldiers more efficiently during their administrations	(104)
(PowerlineBlog)		"Revisionist" Western historian clains that there are "500,000 abandoned mines in the West." Hmm, it looks like "new math" was a requirement before we could get to "new history"	(70)
		Congress proposes rewarding all the ex-slaves who helped build the Capital building. No, wait, what?	(49)
		Long Attention Span Theater: The Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Speeches	(10)
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