| News: City of San Francisco paying for flights back to Honduras for convicted crack dealers so the dealers won't be deported. Fark: So they can come back carte blanche | (73) | ||
| The Dynamic Duo are at it again: "President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have rejected findings from U.S. intelligence agencies that Iran has halted a clandestine effort to build a nuclear bomb" | (88) | ||
| You know things are looking grim in the Middle East when Iran builds graves for 320,000 enemy soldiers. "The time that is left to be ready is getting shorter all the time." Where is your Jimmy Carter now? | (56) | ||
| Forget "Ron Paul Republicans", Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is going to be fighting for his seat against a Ron Paul Democrat in the general election | (35) | ||
| (Washington Times) | Barack Obama will make a excellent president of a prosperous, influencial nation. And that nation is Canada | (48) | |
| Olbermann explains why he hasn't nailed Obama on his FISA stance | (80) | ||
| In 2007 a crack commando unit infiltrated the Iranian underground. Today they still pursue targets and pass money to opposition groups. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the (US)A-Team | (30) | ||
| Optical scan voting machines will fix everything, right? Let's try them in Palm Beach County and see what happens | (18) | ||
| (Voice of America) | Mugabe sworn in after disputed run-off elections. Zimbabweans wish there was oil in their country | (39) | |
| General Wesley Clark on McCain, "I don't think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president" | (232) | ||
| A look behind the Heller case at the lawyer who started the whole shooting match, as it were: a Libertarian who never has owned a gun | (239) | ||
| Knowing that a pending lawsuit will scrap their city's strict gun control laws, Chicago newspaper has a better idea--repeal the Second Amendment. After all, the Court interpreted it totally wrong | (347) | ||
| McCain: Obama "cannot be trusted." That's not pancakes we can believe in | (175) | ||
| Fund-raiser collects $700,000 for political campaign, gives candidate $30,000 and spends the rest on hookers and blow | (28) | ||
| And moving on from religion, the next smoke-screen both candidates will try to hide behind is immigration reform. McCain flip-flops on it, Obama is for it except when he's against it. Sioux tribe wants to know if we need any blankets | (42) | ||
| Hillary supporters keep it real and show their class by spraypainting 60 vehicles with messages against Obama | (132) | ||
| Texas GOP announces finalists for anti-Obama slogan contest. "High gas prices? Thank a Democrat this November" made the cut. No, reallly | (149) | ||
| Schwarzenegger calls electric cars "sexy", opposes offshore drilling, joins frisbee club at local university | (33) | ||
| Congress might require gun makers to reduce gun homicides from 12,000 to 7,000. No word on when Ford and GM will have to do something about their 40,000 annual body count | (147) | ||
| Condoleezza Rice dogged by beef dispute while visiting Korea | (39) | ||
| McCain "doesn't know why it matters" that he doesn't know how much gas costs. After all, we pay for his trips | (110) | ||
| John McCain (R- Everyman) owns seven houses, but is in default on his property taxes for one of them. That's some pancakes you can believe in | (70) | ||
| "Appalachian voters could be key to 2008 presidential race." EVERYBODY PANIC. NO REALLY | (63) | ||
| Secret Russian maps of how Soviets planned to occupy Scotland revealed. And they thought Afghanistan was difficult | (63) | ||
| Barack Obama trades campaign message of 'Change' for more pragmatic 'Politics as usual' | (267) |
| Weird non-muslim white kids are using "Hussein" as their middle name, something even BO won't do | (76) | ||
| News: Obama plans first trip to Europe to consult with fellow heads of state. Fark: The summer before the election | (121) | ||
| Bush economic stimulus plan causes surge in disposable income of 5.7%, and increase in savings rate to 5%. The surge is working | (96) | ||
| (Some Guy) | George Bush learns what it means to have a 26% approval rating - these guys didn't even blink | (162) | |
| Actual Headline: "Bill Clinton says Barack Obama must 'kiss my ass' for his support" | (66) | ||
| Heckler heckles McCain during speech, still rambles as she's shown the door. McCain: "it's a long trip out" (video) | (47) | ||
| Having ended the war in Iraq, stabilized oil prices and conquered global warming, US House passes bill protecting us from asteroids | (31) | ||
| Some polls show Barack Obama with a 15-point lead. Michael Dukakis had a 17-point lead in July 1988. Here's how Obama could join Mr. Tank Helmet in Losertown | (212) | ||
| Israel keeps breathing on Iran's side of the continent, and Iran's going to totally hit them if they don't stop acting like dorkwads | (89) | ||
| The Washington Post traces back that "Obama is a Muslim" chain e-mail to the "conservative" website FreeRepublic.com. Well duh | (261) | ||
| Wommen cry "sexism" over a country club having a men only grill despite the fact there is a women's only grill as well | (106) | ||
| Not news: Crazy old man writes opinion piece about recent SCOTUS rulings. News: It's George F. Will. Fark: He sees them as benefits for Obama and embarrasments for McCain | (39) | ||
| NRA takes swift action in wake of SCOTUS decision, files multiple lawsuits to ensure that law-abiding gun owners have the right to blow the head off anyone they even THINK may be coming right at them | (168) | ||
| (WriteInBush.com) | "Term limits are man's law... not God's" | (134) | |
| The Taliban will likely try to boost its presence in new areas of Afghanistan while continuing to fight in its south and eastern strongholds, said Pentagon spokesman Col. Trapped N.D. Quagmire | (57) | ||
| Israel gets weekly U.S. allowance raised to $53,125,000, promises not to blow it all on ice cream and F-15's | (228) |
| McCain's top VP prospect, Bobby Jindal, thinks that intelligent design is "the very best science." | (342) | ||
| (Some Guy) | McCain campaign demands seated debates so Obama's height advantage isn't noticed by viewers | (178) | |
| (allyourtv) | Why aren't there centrists on cable news? Because nobody will watch a show called "I sort of agree with both of you" | (104) | |
| Tensions are high in Gaza as the shaky truce between Israel and Palestinian groups has been violated more times than Paris Hilton on a Friday night | (46) | ||
| If you picked "Norway" as the country that the United States would piss off for no good reason this week, please step forward to claim your prize | (41) | ||
| CNN sums up their cutting-edge election coverage in one line: "Forget the issues, forget the personalities, forget everything about U.S. politics. Can a man named Barack Hussein Obama be elected president?" | (98) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Larry Craig (R-Toe Tapper) and David Vitter (R- DC Madame) honor Republican family values by co-sponsoring Marriage Protection Amendment. The jokes just write themselves | (119) | |
| John McCain takes credit for a bill he didn't vote for and actively opposed | (105) | ||
| Despite 90+ degree heat, thousands turn out for joint Obama-Clinton Campaign rally in Unity, NH. Through a spokesman, God apologized for the unseasonable heat, saying it was necessary to keep hell from freezing over | (109) | ||
| Bitter ex-Hillary supporter is shocked to find out that when she publicly stated she's going to vote for McCain, it put her status as Democratic national convention delegate in jeopardy | (503) | ||
| Obama doesn't need to convince evangelicals to vote for him, he just needs to convince them not to vote | (89) | ||
| Will Smith identifies the keys to Barack Obama's success: "America loves ears, you know? Mickey Mouse started it, Goofy and Dumbo followed behind. And America just loves the ears" | (32) | ||
| Heller decision is a victory for women: "Guns are the only weapon that equalizes strength between attacker and attacked... if you pull the trigger first, you win" | (218) | ||
| In an effort to move away from their enviro-flaky image and become more mainstream, the Green Party run a candidate who believes that George Bush and Queen Elizabeth are shape-shifting reptilian humanoids from the planet Draco | (36) | ||
| (Some Viral Marketing Strategy) | Greenpeace tries to slam Alberta's environmental record through parody tourism site. Bonus: they actually make vacationing in the oilsands and refineries sound kind of cool | (51) | |
| Thai PM survives no-confidence vote, absurdly spicy food | (15) | ||
| McCain's battery idea is getting researchers really excited. In Norway. Where they actually fund education, research, and this strange new concept called "science" | (24) | ||
| (Savage Nation) | The Supreme Court's decision on Heller is George W. Bush's most important legacy - for all of his faults, President Bush appointed solid conservative justices to the bench | (146) | |
| Cheney's Lawyer: I can't talk because al Queda may be watching C-Span | (74) | ||
| (The BattleFlag) | "If the free world was a high school and voter turnout determined the pecking order, the U.S. would be sitting with the kids wearing headgear and helmets at lunch. " | (86) | |
| Voting in Zimbabwe starts off slow. Exit polling suggest "Robert Mugabe" is slightly ahead of "I want to die by voting for someone else" | (246) | ||
| Like the wealthy, grumpy uncle at your family reunion that nobody likes but everyone sucks up to because they want to stay in his will, McCain's advisers worry about rejection by the religious right | (40) | ||
| Barak wants to put the smack down on wealthy Americans, because well, wealthy people suck and are big dum dum heads | (379) | ||
| Britain's Labour Party come fifth in Henley by-election, beaten by the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, Green Party and that guy in the zebra-print catsuit who wants equal rights for turnips | (39) | ||
| (Daily Mail) | Like the American Communist Party embracing Hitler because Stalin signed a pact with him, Olbermann does 180° on FISA immunity because of Obama's flip-flop | (201) | |
| Obama donates to Clinton campaign. Looks like Subby isn't the only one with buyer's remorse after the primary | (55) | ||
| (Some Tarheel) | Tinfoil Hat Time: "Winnie the Pooh's birth certificate more authenic than Barack Obama's." Jus sayin | (142) | |
| (Some Guy) | Now that Clinton lost, some Democrats are favoring McCain over Obama. Because McCain is just like Clinton, only in favor of tax cuts, against health care, for 100 more years in Iraq, against abortion rights, and sells golf bags | (110) | |
| Hold your fire there sparky, that Second Amendment ruling may not mean what you think it means | (163) |
| As all other communications issues are resolved, the good folks at the FCC are tackling a pressing new problem: product placement advertising. Facepalm tag applies for employment at Fark office | (42) | ||
| 75% of Americans blame Bush for the faltering economy, decimating the English language | (109) | ||
| Governator denounces McCain and Crist's sudden support for offshore oil drilling. "Anyone who tells you this will lower our gas prices anytime soon is blowing smoke" | (116) | ||
| Despite all the global economic woes, the Treasury Secretary of Australia is taking five weeks off to take care of some wombats | (13) | ||
| John McCain: "I stopped beating my wife just a couple of weeks ago" | (68) | ||
| Glenn Beck's thoroughly thought-through and cunning plan to sidestep the SCOTUS ruling on Guantanamo detainees: "Shoot them in the head" | (227) | ||
| McCain courts the youth vote in Ohio by discussing tax policy. Because if there's one thing those young whippersnappers want to hear about, it's tax policy | (31) | ||
| Cheney's chief of staff says he is not a part of the executive branch, which must be why he's never asserted Executive Privilege | (46) | ||
| Pastor who officiated at Jenna Bush's wedding launches a pro-Obama website | (28) | ||
| Libertarian Bob Barr calls John McCain out on his gun rights flip-flopping. I mean "maverick-ing." | (119) | ||
| Supreme Court overturns part of McCain-Feingold. Of course, since McCain has already flip-flopped on the issue more than a pancake he probably doesn't care | (26) | ||
| Why Obama shouldn't be shopping for new curtains for the Oval Office just yet | (29) | ||
| New Quinnipiac poll has Barack Obama leading John McCain in swing states of Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan | (88) | ||
| Among the reasons why former Clinton voters say they won't vote for Obama: "It sounds to me like a Middle Eastern type of name..." and "I refuse to vote for an Arab to be in my White House." | (132) | ||
| Factcheck.org - new John McCain ad distorts Barack Obama's record on clean energy innovation and nuclear power. *creepy smile* That's... not pancakes we can believe in | (40) | ||
| Right winger reveals real problem with Barack Obama: the terrists will blow up the football season. Duke sucks | (47) | ||
| McCain: my energy policy is no gimmick. Miriam Webster: "to equip or embellish with unnecessary features in order to increase salability, acceptance, etc." McCain: oh | (42) | ||
| Bill Clinton insists on pressing his sour grapes for Obama to drink | (34) | ||
| (Anchorage Daily News) | Obama winning my Alaska? It's more likely than you think | (156) | |
| Heller decision to make people realize that Obama is the most anti-gun presidential nominee in history | (470) | ||
| Obama downplays online relationship with Scarlett Johansson | (66) | ||
| Chutzpah: Obama claiming credit for a bill that extended health care for wounded troops that passed 91-3... and he was one of six senators that didn't bother to vote | (346) | ||
| Obama replies to Ralph Nader's "white talk" remarks by calling him an attention whore | (101) | ||
| MTV will now accept political advertising, though candidates know they can find a more informed audience on The Cartoon Network | (79) | ||
| Who did Obama have a private meeting with on Wednesday? How about CEO's of big banking, big insurance, and other corporate welfare hogs (second article) | (163) | ||
| California announces plan to reduce car emissions by harnessing the power generated by gay marriage, immigrant rights, and war protests. Or something | (17) | ||
| Bush something something outrage | (51) | ||
| Barack Obama was against telecom immunity, but now he's for it | (339) | ||
| T. Boone Pickens: "$1 million for the first proof that anything in the Swift Boat Vets for Truth ads was inaccurate." Some Guys: "Stuff said by SBVT but not in the ads was wrong. Pay Up." Pickens: "Nope" | (63) | ||
| News: CIA releases estimate on impact of climate change on U.S. security: Not news: it contained no intelligence and most of it was written by "outside organizations." Fark: CIA says they only wrote it because Congress told them to | (37) | ||
| Washington Democratic Party realizes ad attacking Italian-American gubernatorial candidate probably shouldn't have "The Sopranos" theme song in the background | (67) | ||
| Obama alienating Progressives. But he did save a bunch of money on his car insurance by switching to Geico | (135) | ||
| Oklahoma tells the federal government to mind their own business and to stop telling them how to do things | (119) | ||
| Karl Rove criticizes New York Times for revealing the identity of a CIA agent. Seriously, how do you satirize something like this? | (121) | ||
| Meet Stephen Baldwin, Hollywood's "most stupidest" McCain hack | (96) | ||
| Because American reporters are afraid to ask the tough questions, British media are forced to ask: "Barack - what's on your iPod, dude?" | (58) |
| "I'm not sure which is more of a hurdle for Landham, being a former porn actor or being a Libertarian Party candidate" | (41) | ||
| Spain extends rights to DAMN DIRTY APES | (81) | ||
| Change that Barack Obama most definitely does NOT not NOT believe in: latest daily Gallup poll shows Obama and McCain tied at 45% among registered voters | (190) | ||
| McCain tries to get the youth's attention by updating his electric typewriter with that new game the kids are playing over at the video arcades | (86) | ||
| According to Bill O'Reilly, Obama supporters are socialist pinkos. That's change we can believe in, comrades | (179) | ||
| Upcoming presidential election will determine who voters hate more: Successful, attractive African-Americans or mossbacks who smell like Old Spice and pancakes | (258) | ||
| Realistically out of the race for four months, officially out for four weeks, Hillary still begging for contributions | (61) | ||
| John McCain, who suggests we are in a World War III scenario with Iran, says it will take World War III to re-institute the draft (with "hold on, hold on, I'm about to sneeze" pic) | (231) | ||
| Pandering to feminists and apron-wearing, noodle-brained males, Barack Obama repeats the "women earn 77 cents per dollar earned by men" propaganda | (175) | ||
| (Some KY Predator) | Former "Predator" co-star and porn actor is a running man for the Kentucky Senate race | (129) | |
| State of wisconsin governor Uses Creative veto powers to maKe a bIt of Text in a new Law Into a Budget increaSe of $200 million | (143) | ||
| (Patterico) | A 12-point poll lead for Obama is "sizeable," but a 19-point poll lead for gay marriage opponents is "narrow." Welcome to objectivity, L.A. Times-style | (80) | |
| For those who claim doing nothing wrong = nothing to fear from government surveillance, here's an analysis of Hoover's personal grudge against noted subversive Art Buchwald | (128) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Douchebag politician Mike Crotts gets caught running for a state senate seat in a district in which he does not live. For the second time | (27) | |
| GOP: "The surge is working." GAO: "Not so much" | (168) | ||
| Ralph Nader, probably the single whitest guy in America, accuses Barack Obama of "talking white" | (90) | ||
| (Some Moderate) | It set the telcos back almost $25k to bribe Nancy Pelosi to let FISA immunity pass the House. Their luggage costs more than that | (98) | |
| God won't allow Venus and Serena Williams to vote for Obama | (78) | ||
| Barack Obama's community blog is flashing subliminal messages of an Islamofascist eagle taking a dump on the American flag | (110) | ||
| Supreme Court rules that "the death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child" | (1290) | ||
| Obama is now tracking several points above McCain in the crucial monkey god demographic | (46) | ||
| In Utah, the real election is the Republican primary, and the incumbent just lost | (87) | ||
| Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R-eally good guy) just bought out Big Sugar and secured a future for the everglades. Hero tag trumps Florida tag for the first time ever | (97) | ||
| Proving Ric Romero is his bastard son, Alan Greenspan announces that the U.S. economy might be on the brink of a recession | (22) | ||
| Instead of fighting two wars on two fronts in the Middle East, Israel helpfully suggests that the U.S. just consolidate them into one big one by bombing the shiat out of Iran | (660) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Deep in the bowels of the Internet, the swift-boating of Barack Obama is under way | (132) | |
| "The first time they called me a strategist, I literally laughed on TV" and other fun confessions of a Fox News pundit | (25) | ||
| (Nuclear Notes) | Obama fleshes out his energy policy: 1) Lots of ethanol pork, 2) Jimmy Carter's windfall profit tax resurrected, and now 3) a nuclear policy straight out of a 1979 Jackson Browne concert | (343) | |
| McCain campaign nicknames Obama after Dr. No, which is appropriate since they both came out over 40 years ago | (95) |
| In case you were wondering, Obama never, EVER "flip-flops." He does change his mind on occasion. But only John McCain is a flip-flopper | (171) | ||
| "I'm a victim of sexism," says Nancy Pelosi, who, as Speaker of the House, is second in line to the presidency of the most powerful nation on the planet | (254) | ||
| Former President Clinton said through a spokesman and gritted teeth Tuesday that he is committed to helping Barack Obama become president | (65) | ||
| Iraqi military to take control of Anbar province. It's a trap | (348) | ||
| Barack Obama moves away from his left-wing base faster than Rosie O'Donnell sprints for the dessert bar | (199) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Scorecard: When Obama's aides kick Muslim women out of a photo-op, it's an unfortunate mistake not reflecting the campaign. When McCain's aide says a terrorist attack would help McCain, it proves the entire GOP is morally bankrupt | (204) | |
| As membership in the Southern Baptist Convention declines, they begin to rethink their brilliant strategy of doing nothing but coming up with biblical justifications for whatever shlock the GOP dropped in their lap | (97) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Bill Clinton holds a woman's hand and the Canadian media flips out. Imagine if they found out about those other things | (171) | |
| Pro-life Republican congressional candidate swears that even though he lent her $300 and drove her to the abortion clinic, he had no idea his girlfriend was getting an abortion or was even pregnant. Oh yeah, and he dumped her right afterwards | (983) | ||
| If you're looking for a model for universal health coverage in the US, don't look to Medicare. And the claim it's more efficient than private plans? Nonsense | (267) | ||
| Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder gives concertgoers an earful about Bush, corporate oil, and sundry conspiracies:"You expect a little passionate ignorance from a rock star" | (109) | ||
| (gov.state.ak.us) | Governor Sarah Palin (R-rrrowrrr) writes Congress urging them to allow ANWR drilling | (240) | |
| Top McCain advisor regrets admitting that a terrorist attack on US soil would be "a big advantage" for John McCain | (146) | ||
| Republicans admit Obama is winning the online battle, John McCain licking stamps furiously for his upcoming e-mail blitz | (117) | ||
| Fark: Greenlight goes to story about Obama's half-brother saying he grew up Muslim. News: From comments given to the Jerusalem Post. Not News: Obama's half brother never said it | (226) | ||
| Dobson accuses Obama of 'distorting' Bible. Pot asks kettle what color he is | (202) | ||
| UN says Zimbabwe's election won't be free and fair. The fact that the leader of the opposition party dropped out of the race and is hiding in the Dutch embassy might've been the first clue | (43) | ||
| French president Sarkozy offers wonderful insight into Mideast peace by saying Israel must surrender and share Jerusalem | (52) | ||
| If elected McCain would propose awarding a $300 million prize to the auto company that develops a next-generation car battery that weans America off oil. Followed by a $250 million prize to any company that makes the best batter for PANCAKES | (204) | ||
| McCain endorsed by the dude who ran the Hanoi Hilton | (196) |
| "I ran for president, belittled my party, and loaned myself a lot of money when the cash ran out and lost. But you can still help. How? Pay off my debt. Signed, Hillary Clinton" | (238) | ||
| Osama bin Laden's popularity rating has fallen so far that this whole War on Terror thing might be wrapped up by late July | (40) | ||
| The Executive Branch attempted to cover up the sale of defective arms to U.S. troops | (66) | ||
| While the country was busy laughing at it, FEMA quietly found traces of competence | (251) | ||
| Obama drives campaign bus right over his "Presidential Seal" | (431) | ||
| The US may open up a diplomatic outpost in Tehran. We call it "outpost" rather than "embassy" because we don't want to be too "nostalgic" | (40) | ||
| Oil will magically fall to $65 per barrel as soon as our intrepid heroes in the U.S. Congress come to the rescue | (83) | ||
| McCain's technology director tries to explain why it's not important that McCain doesn't know how to use a computer. Basically, he knows that it exists, but not how to use it, why its important, how it works, who uses it, or why | (139) | ||
| Karl Rove: Obama is "the guy at the country club ... holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by." Wait, wasn't he a secret Muslim two days ago? | (209) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Iran having nukes joins showering and pit-shaving as things considered "unacceptable" in France | (207) | |
| Op-ed writer outraged that no universities asked Sean Hannity or Michelle Malkin to deliver commencement speeches. "Good afternoon Godless, America-hating communists and their proud parents who want the troops to fail" | (218) | ||
| As if it weren't bad enough that his campaign manager has lobbied for everyone but the Legion of Doom, McCain must now explain why the guy is talking about the benefits of terrorism | (88) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Kinky Friedman on his "beautiful friendship" with Bill O'Reilly: "My heart has always been with truth-seekers and truth-tellers and people with good BS meters. Bill scores highly in all these categories" | (45) | |
| Leftist college-town kids attempt to form world's largest peace sign, but are unsure where the hammer goes in relationship to the sickle | (347) | ||
| What do a SCOTUS justice, a presidential candidate and a Bush Administration attorney have in common? If you said "They're all a bunch of partisan liars," you win teh internet | (135) | ||
| Coming soon: "The Case Against Barack Obama," a "comprehensive, factual look at Obama" from the publisher who brought you "Unfit for Commmand" about John Kerry, and the firm who publicized the Swift Boat Veterans | (1084) | ||
| Military tribunals are bad, except for Nuremberg. 1993 WTC bombing trials were good, except we didn't get everyone involved and that led to 9/11 | (59) | ||
| Obama: America is "no longer Christian", Democrat says nation also for Muslims, nonbelievers | (497) | ||
| Nine months after it was bombed by Israel, the United Nations is getting around to investigating that Syrian nuke site | (365) | ||
| Old and busted: Senator Chris Dodd (D-ollars) sponsoring bank bailout to reward sweetheart mortgage deal from Countrywide. New hotness: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-isgrace) sponsoring bank bailout in exchange for PAC money from Bank of America | (70) | ||
| Old and busted: Obama releases his birth certificate. New age hotness: Obama's full astrological chart extraploated from his birth information | (81) | ||
| Obama up to his ears with ethanol industry connections, claims there is not a kernel of truth in reports he will give them preferential treatment if elected | (126) | ||
| The Bush Administration will respect the anti-war sentiment expressed by voters for an Obama presidency. Just kidding, Bill Kristol claims Bush might bomb Iran if he thinks Obama will win in November | (297) |