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Sun June 01, 2008
(Telegraph) PSA Attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity is now a hate crime in the UK (50)
(NewsBusters) Asinine Aide: Obama's Decision to Leave Church 'Not Political' (176)
(Some Ex-Prez) Caption Caption this Bill Clinton moment (99)
(Some Guy) Sad The rumor of a Michelle Obama "Whitey" video has the Internet right salivating (492)
(MSNBC) Obvious Clinton wins the state of Puerto Rico, making her 21-0 in the United States That Matter (587)
(Saint Splittinhairs) Asinine Yeah, sure, he quit the church, and he renounced the church, but he didn't DE-nounce it. So there (133)
(SMH) PSA Australia has officially withdrawn from Iraq as of today, handing the reins over to US command (203)
(Newsweek) Sad This year's key election demographic: "Access Hollywood" viewers (39)
(CNN) Interesting Bush Administration says none of McClellan's claims are true, but considers invoking executive privilege to block his testimony (225)
(The Local (Sweden)) Unlikely Local politicians receive free dinners, booze, and money in anonymous envelopes to secure liquor licenses, find it hard to define this as bribery due to "lack of training" and "absence of a policy document" (13)
(Daily Kos) Obvious It would be a great disservice to the Internet not to have a Fark thread on these videos of today's Clinton protestors (418)

Sat May 31, 2008
(Politico) Obvious Michael Ware, CNN's Baghdad Correspondent, has some advice for John McCain (170)
(Reuters) Followup Democrats agree to seat half of the Florida delegates. Unclear if it's the top or bottom half (New DNC debate thread, other 2 closed.) (743)
(Daily Kos) Asinine Clinton supporter outside DNC committee: "What Howard Dean is doing now at the DNC is worse than slavery." (169)
(LA Times) Stupid While John McCain can tell you how many days it's been since Barack Obama visited Iraq, he cannot tell you how many troops are IN Iraq (34)
(Chicago Tribune) Followup Barack Obama leaves Rev. Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago (790)
(Some Guy) Ironic Not news: Obama getting lots of money. News: From big political donors. Fark: Bush donors (42)
(Reason Magazine) Dumbass Obama 2004: Lift the embargo on Cuba. Obama 2008 in Miami: Keep the embargo on Cuba. How's that pandering working out for ya? (112)
(Some Guy) Followup DNC RBC debate and arguments thread, Part Two (previous thread closed) (1241)
(MSNBC) Obvious Michael Chertoff says there's low risk for a nuclear attack. Translation: time to stock up on plastic sheeting and duct tape (69)
(Furman.edu) Advice President Bush will speak at my commencement today. What should I say to him when I shake his hand? (with voting) (303)
(Baltimore Sun) PSA For the first time in history, millions of Americans will wake up on a Saturday morning and say, "Quick, turn on C-Span" (thread closed - see new thread) (1511)
(Seattle Times) Sad Douchebag at Seattle University says the students can't have a douchebag party on account of he is the biggest douchebag on campus. Douchebag (68)
(Denver Post) Dumbass Democratic convention $15 million short, may not be able to afford dogs and ponies (46)
(CNN) Interesting Does discord during DNC's D.C. delegate dilemma deliberations deter Democrats? Dunno (79)
(CNN) Followup Scott McClellan is now unsure if he's still a Republican and indicates he supports Obama. Political analysts are unsure as to whether this shift is attributed to Obama's kool aid or Bush's square aid (63)
(Some Guy) Obvious CNN plays Obama speech, complete with gaffe, because they aren't in the tank for him. Just kidding They removed it (233)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Scott McClellan says "I'll be glad to talk to Congress." Bush administration: "Not so fast, Babyhands." I guess Scotty was "in the loop" after all (102)

Fri May 30, 2008
(Daily Kos) Ironic Geraldine Ferraro finally admits that racism was a factor in this election. Racism against Hillary (219)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Amusing Senate candidate Al Franken's old Playboy article has Democrats doing some mega-class panty bunching. Nobody reads it for the articles anyway (83)
(CNSNews) Misc Group chooses the "Greenest Republicans." Isn't that like choosing the "laziest terrorists" or "most pro-business" Democrats? (69)
(Some TFette) Hero Hillary conceds to splitting the delegates in FL and MI 50/50. Game over (257)
(CNN) Obvious 111 Countries ban cluster bombs. Guess which country refused sign on (648)
(Politico) Obvious The only European country that likes John McCain is Russia. Apparently cranky senile warmongering autocrats remind them of home (48)
(The Atlantic) Unlikely Obama promises national healthcare in his first 100 days (562)
(Fox News) Dumbass China may have copied laptop hard drive of US Commerce official during diplomatic visit (46)
(Canada.com) Interesting "Al Qaeda is nearing defeat" said CIA Director Michael Hayden, while stroking his pet unicorn (68)
(Seattle Times) Unlikely Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi say there won't be a convention battle because Hillary Clinton is a gracious loser who respects the will of the voters (243)
(AP) Obvious Everyday it's becoming clearer that if you want to succeed in politics, stop going to church (127)
(Yahoo) Obvious Support for a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq climbs seven points in just one month, as overall suport for the war falls to record low numbers. President-elect Obama nods in understanding (211)
(Seattle Times) Amusing Top story at the Seattle Times: Ron Paul may have as much as 40% of Washington state delegates. Never underestimate the collective power of unmedicated mental patients (129)
(Some Guy) Strange From the 'We Saw This Coming' category, Sirhan Sirhan announces he's endorsing Hillary for president (30)
(AP) Spiffy McCain gaining support for his proposed League of Democracies, especially if everyone gets to wear supercool costumes and work in the Hall of Justice (83)
(Wonkette) Amusing Not one to stall for time, Larry Craig intends to tap out his memoirs (24)
(Pharyngula.com) Amusing Toronto students quietly reorganize Bible Studies section of local bookstore by moving the contents to other sections, like Fiction, Humour, Sexuality, Erotica, Cuisine, Parenting, Mental Disorder, Parapsychology and the Occult (185)
(Politico) Hero GOP goon writes WWII vet to try and find dirt on Obama's uncle. Response: "Please crawl back under the rock you came out from." (217)
(Daily Kos) Obvious Clinton campaign yesterday: "The voters of Michigan and Florida should be heard" Clinton campaign today: "Collin County, Texas, doesn't deserve to have their voice heard" (119)
(FEC) Asinine Remember the 10 Million Dollars Hillary Clinton raised after winning the Pennsylvania Primary? Turns out it was (yet another) big fat lie (129)

Thu May 29, 2008
(NewsBusters) Amusing McClellan book reminds Matthews of 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (52)
(AP) Asinine ...the press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives to make sure the war was presented "in a way that was consistent with the patriotic fever" (82)
(Crooks & Liars) Ironic Jeff Gannon says Scott McClellan's 'credibility is zero' (78)
(MSNBC) Sad Vatican to excommunicate female priests, because nothing diplays Jesus' love better than permanent banishment to the fiery pits of hell (151)
(Dallas News) Stupid The residents of suburban Dallas are perfectly happy to have illegal immigrants build their homes, mow their lawns and prepare their food... but let them live indoors? What is this, France? (104)
(The Raw Story) Followup Scott McClellan continues dancing on Bush's political grave by reporting that the President authorized the leak of a covert CIA agent's identity (178)
(The Atlantic) Obvious In an effort to make the Internets explode, Hucakbee decries libertarianism as "heartless, callous, soulless type of economic conservatism" that poses "the greatest threat to classic Republicanism" (205)
(ABC News) Amusing Denial - not just a river in Egypt. Clinton campaign releases general election campaign schedule (97)
(Daily Kos) Amusing "Gov. Dukakis has emerged as the voters' choice, the clear leader in the Democratic nomination process, it is time for the party leadership to unite behind his candidacy." -- Bill Clinton, 1988 (59)
(Politico) Interesting All the Hillfans ranting about current polling might want to look at the polls from this time in '04 that showed John Kerry winning with 327 electoral votes (48)
(FanHouse) Hero Obama on his first 100 days: "I would call my attorney general in and review every single executive order issued by George Bush and overturn those laws or executive decisions that I feel violate the constitution" (677)
(Gawker) Interesting Newsweek was going to run a different cover of Obama last week, but decided not to, because he appeared too dark (with pics of both covers) (52)
(Examiner) Unlikely Ivy League says they're not elitist, says understanding Renaissance art is "essential for any person," telling Ninja Turtles apart (119)
(Politico) Amusing Turns out Ron Paul has used all the money he raised to make his family members crazy rich. Do you sense that? It was as if a million basement dwellers cried out in pain (110)
(Telegraph) Spiffy Barack Obama beats John McCain in European vote. Apparently, the world press is involved in the conspiracy to write-off Hillary (90)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Barack Obama is not the Messiah: "Stripped of his mystique as a different kind of office seeker, he could become just another liberal politician -- only one who parses, evades, dissembles and condescends" (293)
(Little Green Footballs) Interesting The new Bush-bashing Scott McClellan book was covertly funded by George Soros and the mole people who live at the center of the Earth (181)
(Some Guy) Interesting Oooooooooklahoma where the right wing goes totally insane (189)
(Telegraph) Dumbass Susan Sarandon threatens to move to Italy or Canada if the American people don't elect Obama (163)
(Slate) Dumbass John McCain's proposal for how to deal with North Korea sounds an awful like the one the Bush Administration had been using and later abandoned, because, well, it led to North Korea getting nukes (29)
(Some Guy) Scary The US government has developed a highly classified plan that will override the Constitution in the event of a major terrorist attack. Now is the time for citizens of the Republic to be scared Sithless (168)
(MSNBC) Asinine News: Lieberman and Lindsey Graham leave 527. Fark: It only took them two weeks and several Memorial Day veteran attack ads to comply with the "new policy" (20)
(Politico) Interesting Ex-ABC News reporter says corporate executives pressured her to kill stories critical of Bush and the war and to instead present the war in a positive light. Damn liberal media (57)
(New York Daily News) Followup White House: Scott McClellan, Scott McClellan, Scott McClellan? Never heard of him. You say he worked here? Anyway, why would we ever hire a left wing, liberal wack job? (475)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Winning hearts and minds -- with blasphemy (112)
(Chicago Tribune) Caption Caption the president showing this Air Force Academy grad who's boss (132)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Interesting Rupert "Fox News" Murdoch: Just about ready to vote for Obama (72)
(Guardian.com) Obvious Britain's Labour Party on the cusp of declaring bankruptcy. Plan to live on the dole and scream at the tele. Hoody and knife sales expected to spike. Tony Blair cackles with glee (22)
(Wizbang) Cool John McCain is checking out a MILF for VP (122)
(Washington Post) Scary Obama's flip-flops vs Clinton's. McCain's not included since they wouldn't fit in the newspaper (70)

Wed May 28, 2008
(Yahoo) Hero Bush cuts $600 million from budget for US cops in order to fund increase in Iraqi police force (165)
(New York Sun) Cool Rising gas prices has convinced Congress to waste another $14 billion in "studying" one high-speed rail corridor between New York and D.C. Everyone else can suck it up and pay (141)
(Boston Globe) Hero The RNC is keeping a clock on their website to count the days passed since Obama last stepped foot in Iraq (304)
(Salon) Dumbass According to John McCain, the reason 80 percent of the country thinks we're on the wrong track is that Congress has not approved any big trade deals recently. Seriously. With in-context quote (55)
(Rocky Mountain News) Interesting Obama says all Americans should be bilingual (431)
(Denver Post) Amusing The president celebrates with Air Force grads by "bumping chests." With pic goodness (557)
(Washington Post) Obvious Shouldn't a presidential candidate, like, know stuff? (136)
(The New York Times) Interesting Democrats lag on fund-raising for August convention, so delegates may have to settle for romaine instead of arugula on their free-range duck and organic jicama salads with raspberry-key lime vinaigrette (68)
(AP) Stupid Bush says America must not lose its "nerve" in Iraq; because having lost our moral standing, international credibility, budget surplus, and way in Iraq already, it'd be a shame if we lost that too (777)
(UPI) Unlikely Gallup poll shows Clinton more electable than Obama. There, glad that resolves that issue (178)
(CNN) Amusing White House is reportedly "puzzled" over Scott McClellan's new book, but is actively looking for someone to explain the big words to them (102)
(London Times) Scary China has invited the Japanese military onto its soil for the first time since the Second World War to assist with the quake lakes. Not that they were actually invited last time (154)
(The Atlantic) PSA If Scott McClellan's charges against Bush are true, it is the duty of Congress to impeach him (1240)
(Baltimore Sun) Unlikely Jenna Bush may become a teacher in the Baltimore City inner-city public school system. Easy coke access (160)
(Post Bulletin) Silly If you guessed that this link was submitted because of the person's name, you would be correct (50)
(Denver Channel) Dumbass Bush compares Iraq to World War II in commencement address at Air Force Academy. Good thing this guy isn't in charge of the combined armed forc... uh oh (111)
(CNN) Obvious CNN: Stagflation is back because... shakes magic 8-ball... "in 2008, like the 70s, Cheney is close to power" (26)
(Politico) Asinine "The VP story is a little bit like sex.When it's happening you're totally focused on it, it's all you want. Then, the second it's over you can barely remember why it seemed so important." Tucker? Really? (58)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Last year, Michigan enacted its biggest tax hike in a generation. Result: 18 straight months of a recession, highest jobless rate in the nation, and state budget with a $350 million shortfall. Class, what have we learned here? (353)
(Some Guy) Ironic McCain top economic advisor is the same former senator behind the deregulation that led to the housing crisis, and then became a lobbyist trying to push for a "big business" bailout. A little awkward (146)
(CNN) Followup Chinese theaters ban Sharon Stone movies after she suggests the recent earthquake was due to "bad karma." And with the rampant flooding expected after such a quake, China really could have used a beaver or two (58)
(Yahoo) Amusing Al Franken cuts Norm Coleman's lead to only two points in the Minnesota race for the U.S. Senate (100)
(Google) Interesting Russia compares their Arctic flag-planting to Armstrong putting the U.S. flag on moon. So Russia faked it on a sound stage in Burbank? (13)
(AZCentral) Sick ESPN radio host taken off the air for saying he had hoped Sen. Edward Kennedy "would live long enough to be assassinated" (124)
(The Atlantic) Interesting "As many as three dozen Democratic superdelegates have privately pledged to announce their support for Obama on June 4 or 5." Game over, man (121)
(Flickr) Sad Two kinds of goodbyes (701)
(Daily Kos) Followup Karl Rove claims Tom McClellan was so "out of the loop" that no one knew his real name was Scott (94)
(AFP) Cool McCain proposes new talks with China, Russia on lowering the size of each country's nuclear arsenal (70)
(Boston Globe) Followup Michelle Malkin claims victory as Dunkin' Donuts pulls ad featuring well known terrorist sympathizer Rachael Ray (521)
(Toronto Star) Stupid Toronto's mayor on target shooting: "Nobody can deny that hobby directly results in people being shot and killed on the streets of our city" (369)
(Politico) Amusing Scott McClellan throws Bush under a bus and then does a Congo-line over the body (102)

Tue May 27, 2008
(Reuters) Obvious Even France is speaking out against Iran's gumdrop manufacturing facilites and puppies of mass rainbow kisses (79)
(The Atlantic) Followup Obama's grandpa did see a concentration camp, just not Auschwitz. Don't worry though GOP, his middle name is still Hussein (739)
(Media Matters) Amusing Tucker Carlson compares Hillary Clinton to "trying to get your cat in a box" and "the drunk party guest who won't go home" (173)
(myTelus) Amusing Several conservative politicians turn up on the RSVP list for a screening of the new Canadian film "Young People F**king" hilarity ensues (110)
(EFF) Obvious John McCain is against telco immunity during the third week of every month. You have to catch him at the right time (39)
(Gawker) Followup Was Eliot Spitzer taken down by a weirdo swinger who used to work for Bob Dole? You decide, (28)
(Marketwatch) Cool Oil prices rise to over...wait, nevermind. Oil closes at $128.85 a barrel on news that I've got to be at the gym in 26 minutes (46)
(NPR) Interesting Today's "well, how about that" headline comes from Afghanistan, where food prices are so high that farmers are moving out of the drug trade and into wheat (110)
(The New York Times) Unlikely Cats and dogs living together, the US Supreme Court siding with employees -- mass hysteria (42)
(Washington Post) Interesting What will Hillary do once she's finally dragged kicking and screaming from the presidential race. Colleagues say she has a bright future ahead in the Senate as the voice of liberalism, as Ted Kennedy proceeds to the open bar in the sky (116)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting After Oprah Winfrey endorsed Barack Obama, her favorability ratings dropped by 8 points, but she's still rated higher than Congress and President Bush combined, squared and with infinity added (31)
(Reuters) Obvious Bush: "I'm excited to get out and campaign this fall", Republicans: "Yeah, can you endorse Obama, please? It would help us out a lot more if you did that" (37)
(Yahoo) Amusing John Hagee thinks Hitler was sent by God to massacre the Jews, and supports Israel so that it can be destroyed in the rapture and all its residents converted or sent to hell. The "supports Israel" part is enough for Joe Leiberman (96)
(The Atlantic) Obvious Reagan: "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." Santorum: "This whole idea of personal autonomy... well I don't think most conservatives hold that point of view" (207)
(Daily Kos) Amusing A nonpartisan and completely objective review of the sound of Joe Lieberman's voice (23)
(CBS Miami) Amusing Finally, the race for superdelegates is decided like it should be... by a boat race (14)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting Rassmussen shows that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is trailing his opponent. Who would think that steadfast, uncritical adulation of every single Bush policy would be an unsuccessful political strategy? (31)
(CBS News) Strange Obama claims uncle helped liberate Auschwitz. History books claim Red Army did that (1222)
(CBS News) Interesting So an Indian, a Mormon and a homosexual walk into John McCain's ranch... (207)
(RINF.com) Unlikely Seriously nutty left-wing Guardian columnist George Monbiot plans to personally execute a citizen's arrest of John Bolton. They need to sell tickets to this one (39)
(MSNBC) Obvious Consumer confidence falls to a near 16-year low. In other news, expect another round of nearsighted quick fix discussions from your politicians. Economic Stimulus Part II anybody? (47)
(National Review) Scary October surprise? Barack Obama helped organize the Million Man March (287)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Florida Today's crazy Katherine Harris story: Roger Ebert reviews HBO's "Recount." "She sees it all as an adventure starring herself, and sometimes seems to be thanking her classmates for electing her Homecoming Queen." (72)
(Congressional Budget Office) Interesting Richest 20 percent of Americans paid 68 percent of all income tax collected in 2005, 3 percent higher than when Bush took office. For comparison, the same group only paid 57 percent in 1979 (469)
(NYT) Obvious Fidel Castro endorses Obama. On deck we have Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in the hole (88)
(AP) Amusing The Associated Press has decided that Hillary's campaign is over and publishes an elegy to the Clinton political machine that assumes they're going to go away quietly (47)
(Reuters) Followup Evolving his position, Barack "Just Think of it as OJT" Obama says he won't guarantee a sitdown meeting with nutjob Iranian president (100)
(BBC) Obvious Jimmy Carter says Israel has 148, 149, 150 nuclear weapons. Aaaah aaaah aaaah (624)
(NewsBusters) Dumbass "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today..." (115)
(YouTube) Amusing Meet Bob Barr, the 2008 Libertarian Presidential Nominee. Here he is eating Borat's cheese (282)
(Guardian.com) Asinine In the UK, you can now be arrested under the Terrorism Act for downloading documents from a U.S. government website (33)
(AP) Interesting McCain says Obama should visit Iraq (229)
(The Atlantic) Obvious Hillary: "Bill didn't wrap things up until June." Bill's autobiography: "On April 9, Paul Tsongas announced that he would not re-enter the race. The fight for the nomination was effectively over" (52)
(Politico) Asinine Since Hillary narrowly won Michigan's non-primary against "uncommitted," the Clinton camp proposes that she recieve 78 percent of the delegates. No, seriously (101)
(CBC) Dumbass Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs resigns over security breach involving a cougar and a guy named Mom. With pic of sad PM (37)

Mon May 26, 2008
(CNN) Obvious CNN is shocked that a Hillary crowd boos when Obama's name is mentioned (65)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Hillaryis44 is going to be investigated by the Secret Service for threatening Obama's life (94)
(Some Guy) Asinine Congress passes bill that will mint commemorative coins, with part of proceeds going to a foundation. The problem? It's a foundation that bans atheist and gay members (233)
(Telegraph) Interesting Geraldine Ferraro, a Clinton supporter, has said that she'll vote for McCain before she would vote for Obama (213)
(NewsMax) Interesting 11% of voters think Obama is a Muslim and 20% don't like him because of his name. PT Barnum proven right yet again (309)
(Guardian.com) Asinine America's most annoying ex-President says EU should break with America (117)
(CNN) Obvious It's never, ever Bill or Hillary's fault: Bill Clinton says Obama will lose if he's the nominee, and this fact is being "covered up" by some vast, left-wing conspiracy (308)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting The history of a monument that was a lot more controversial than you would imagine: The Lincoln Memorial (340)
(Politico) Asinine The McCain people are so desperate for any straw to clutch that they are equating local stadium fights to lobbying for anti-American terrorist groups and dictators (52)
(Washington Post) Dumbass When a Clinton is in a hole, they ask for more shovels. Now Hillary claims Barack Obama made her reference RFK with his secret telepathy powers (143)
(Jerusalem Post) Unlikely The Holocaust was "scientifically impossible," according to Iranian government TV and some dude who's an "expert" on astrology and crop circles. If you can't believe them, who can you believe? (728)
(NYPost) Obvious Jimmy Carter to Hillary: If there is one thing I know, it's when a presidential campaign is lost so stop lusting over Obama's nomination (33)
(Canada.com) Unlikely Although more than 1.2 million people affected by the cyclone in Myanmar have not yet been reached by international aid, they somehow still managed to cast ballots in favour of the military junta (33)
(Google) Obvious North Korea might, maybe, possibly, if conditions are right, hand over its nuclear declaration sometime in the next few days, maybe next week -- just whenever, really. If it feels like it. Maybe (20)
(Politico) Spiffy FEC might have to just ballpark Obama's fundraising figures, as their computers aren't able to handle his tremendous tally (36)
(Daily Kos) Followup Lieberman still doing his level best to get kicked out of the Democrat party. This week's attempt: serving on the board of an anti-Obama 527 (with ad) (147)
(News.com.au) Strange Not news: Court orders DNA test to establish paternity. News: Suspected father is high-profile Australian politician. Fark: Who has been dead and buried for more than 100 years (10)
(Crooks & Liars) Obvious Karl Rove outed... as a McCain campaign advisor (77)
(Newsweek) Asinine Barack Obama does not take money from lobbyists, nor does he employ them. Except for David Axelrod, his Chief Strategist, whose $1.1 million fee was listed as the "largest lobbying contract" of 2004 by the state of New York (214)

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