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Sun November 16, 2008

(Some Guy)	Pro-economic bailout politicians are now having acute remorse. Who would've thought?	(25)
	What do you get when Billow invites Glenn Beck on to his program to talk about Bill Ayers after the election? A big, steaming pile of fail caught on tape	(181)
(Dobson)	Focus on the Family conducts a survey, asking 9 questions which define what Christianity is and who believes in them all. Turns out only 4% of people are true Christians	(273)
	Study shows that Conservatives outnumber Liberals on political talk shows 58 to 42 percent. But...but... LIBERAL MEDIA COMMUNIST NEWS NETWORK WAARRGARBAL	(79)
	For some strange reason, people seem in no great hurry to name things after George W. Bush. How about that	(73)
	Paglia: "Liberal Democrats are going to wake up from their sadomasochistic, anti-Palin orgy with a very big hangover. A shocking level of irrational emotionalism and infantile rage was exposed at the heart of Democratic ideology"	(263)
	Not news: Guy doesn't want Congress to bail-out state governments. News: Guy writes op-ed in WSJ. Fark: He's the Govenor of South Carolina	(59)
	Senator: bar loonies from voting in NJ. Rest of country: um, there are sane people in NJ?	(17)
	In a move most New Yorkers saw coming, Rudy Giuliani (R-9/11) is considering running for governor of New York	(58)
(Delaware Online)	Veterans excluded from Veteran's Day ceremonies so Joe Biden can have his friends and press in attendance	(50)
	The US Federal government has spent $3.8tn on the credit crisis this year, so far. More than the entire amount spent on WWII adjusted for inflation	(52)
	Another day, another lobbyist in the "no lobbyist" Obama White House. Dem apologists spinning so fast, they're creating their own gravitational fields	(96)
	"We're putting the band back together. We need ya man, we need your horn." Welcome to the Clinton Administration 2.0	(114)
(Some Guy)	Obama to give up using expensive blackberry for communication, scheduling , keeping organized	(37)
(Some Hannity)	Liberals belief in Obama as a messiah is just sickening. By the way, check out the website What Would Reagan Do?	(150)
	Al-Qaida members getting cognitive dissonance about how they can still justify their hostility at the US, now that the new president wasn't born either rich or white. Seriously	(114)
	Russian President Medvedev is "eager" to meet with Obama, much in the same way your neighbor's pitbull is eager to meet with your Pekingese	(91)

Sat November 15, 2008

	Protestors gather at city hall to protest Prop 8. Fark: in Wichita, KS	(299)
	Obama election spurs hundreds of race threats and crimes. Submitter isn't black but there's a whole lotsa times he's wished he could say he's not white	(225)
	Barack Obama wants Congress to give more money to the lazy, shiftless unemployed. Hardworking Americans still waiting for relief	(207)
	"Obama Pledges To Appoint Republican To Cabinet" Lieberman trying to figure out how to play it	(65)
	Eliot Spitzer emerges from nine months of sleeping on the couch to offer his thoughts on what to do about those whores on Wall Street	(37)
	"Teenybopper" elected county treasurer. Tag is for use of "teenybopper"	(59)
(Some Guy)	How to use a butter churn and other survivalist tips for life in the final days of the Bush Economy	(60)
(Foolocracy)	Smartest man in Idaho resigns as mayor. Tells Town to go to hell because they are too stupid	(55)
(Post-Tribune)	"On the ballot, toward the top, were small designs associated with the political party labels. Republicans had an elephant. Libertarians had the Statue of Liberty. But next to Democrats? A chicken?"	(48)
	Karl Rove Credits Himself With Obama Victory. Why is there no Evil Bastard tag?	(59)
	The strangest picture of Obama, Lincoln, and a poodle(?) you will see all day	(56)
	Joe Lieberman's fate to be decided by secret ballot on Tuesday, hopes the counting is done on Diebold machines	(76)
	Even with the "consideration" of Hillary, it appears that Obama is laying down some extra thick panes in the White House glass ceiling	(82)
	O'Reilly protects our children, complains about Guitar Hero commercial featuring lingerie-clad Heidi Klum (w/footage of ad for parental previewing) (twice)	(173)
	That "no lobbyists in my administration" thing apparently was just for show, not for dough	(98)
	Massachusetts debates raising gas tax or raising tolls until politicians realize they can do both	(29)
	Priest: "Don't take communion if you voted for Obama." Monsignor: "STFU"	(89)
	Obama weighs Clinton. What else is heavier than water?	(31)
	Town divided after schools stop making kids recite the Pledge over concerns that it holds children who don't participate up to scorn. "The whole thing is tearing our community apart."	(332)
	Castro: 'New president' won't bring BRAINS to U.S	(56)
	Pictures of Sarah Palin relaxing at the pool in Miami. Sadly it was a cloudy, overcast day	(84)
(Some Guy)	Why not nationalize oil? If the Treasury Department can bail out banks with $700 billion, to keep credit available, nationalize oil	(64)
	And the Republican Party begins throwing John McCain under the Straight Talk Express. I mean, the bus	(111)
	Al Sharpton owes the USA half a million in unpaid taxes. Apparently it is illegal to deduct expenses for hair care products	(86)
	Leaders to discuss the financial crisis over a $500 bottle of wine. A White House aide said it "was the most appropriate wine that we had in the White House wine cellar for such a gathering." Wait, White House wine cellar?	(148)
	Georgia moves closer to year-round voting as early voting for Dec. 2 runoff starts Monday	(32)
	Laura Bush says she showed Michelle Obama - a graduate of Princeton and Harvard - White House closets, because those are the things "women are interested in."	(129)

Fri November 14, 2008

	Why Obama should swear off executive privilege entirely if he's serious about curbing Presidential abuse of power	(132)
	Barack Obama has already scored his first diplomatic victory with Iran and called their bluff	(243)
	I am Attorney-General Jerry Brown. My aura smiles and never frowns. Soon I will be responding to a Supreme Court request to respond to lawsuits challenging the legality of Proposition 8	(147)
	Clinton aides say she learned as first lady how to be effective as a "backdoor diplomat", or at least that's what Bill called it	(72)
	So Lieberman is all "Hey O, I wanna be BFF again" and O is all like no way, Biden, scrape this dude off I'm busy and Lieberman is just all dammit man	(132)
	Karl Rove: "Obama barely did better than Bush in 04." If by barely you mean doubling the win percentage and getting almost 100 more electoral votes despite not being a sitting war president, yeah sure	(145)
	"If you be my Climate Czar, I can be your long lost pal." "I say no thanks Barry, but Barry when you call me you can callllll meeeee Al. Call me Al"	(154)
	Michael Moore's newest documentary will take a fair and balanced look at the financial crisis and what got us into this mess	(244)
	McCain as DHS boss? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, so says Obama	(117)
	The silver lining to the Bush legacy: Sarkozy was able to successfully dissuade Putin from executing the President of Georgia by comparing it to something Bush would do	(154)
	Barack Obama to use YouTube to deliver weekly address, lipsync Eminem tunes	(116)
	John McCain and the RNC going through a messy break up	(73)
	"How do you respond to those who say you're the worst president ever? Up yours."	(34)
	Palin was a disaster because the campaign considered her to be as stupid as she actually was, not as smart as Fox News wanted her to be	(242)
	Nine days after losing the vice presidency, Palin finally gets to deliver her concession speech	(56)
	"The biggest threat to a healthy economy is not the socialists of campaign lore. It's C.E.O.'s. It's politically powerful crony capitalists who use their influence to create a stagnant corporate welfare state."	(173)
	Constitutional law expert says Bush's last-minute finalization of 90 federal regulations is a big fark you to the American people	(124)
(Some Guy)	"Dick Richards, P.I., has only one purpose in life, but all the Wal-Mart greeter jobs were taken"	(29)
(whitehouse.gov)	The most shocking picture of President Bush and the White House staff that you'll see all day	(263)
	"Sir, you're pissing on my leg" and other notable presidential encounters with the Secret Service	(69)
	Osama bin Laden is alive and worried about his own security according to the CIA, Twitter	(172)
	Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State?	(207)

Thu November 13, 2008

	Bush preparing blanket pardons to avoid prosecutions under an Obama justice department. Obvious tag unavailable, taken away by special rendition	(393)
	The real problem with the Palin nomination was the media's insistence that nothing was awry. "It was like living in house where Daddy passed out every night, but everyone pretended that he liked to turn in early."	(96)
	Dennis "Desperate To Stay Relevant" Miller: Women hate Palin because she has a great sex life. By this logic, everyone must love Dennis Miller because he's a talentless unfunny douchebag	(109)
	Evidently, Joe the Plumber picked up a book on HTML from his local library and has unleashed his code on all of us	(241)
	Bush: The current free market failure is not a failure of the free market. Um... whatever you say buddy	(264)
(Some Guy)	"Once again, it's going to fall on Fox News Channel and alternative media outlets from radio to the Internet to try and hold Obama accountable."	(54)
	Democrats send letter to the White House - heh - demanding - lawl - it preserve all records - snort, especially those from Cheney's office BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH	(298)
(Some Wafer and Host)	Voted for Obama? No communion for you	(633)
(Some Guy)	Obama roasts Rahm - "Has he ever flashed that stubby little thing at you? It's appalling"	(100)
	Gun sales and the paranoid right: A sucker born every minute	(345)
	Time magazine says Hillary could be Obama's "spear catcher," failing to realize what that would make Obama	(281)
	"The GOP needs to confront the truth. The failure of the Bush presidency lies not in a failed execution of policy but in the policies themselves and the neoconservative ideology that informed them." Wait, who said that?	(151)
	Want a job in the Obama administration? Be prepared to fill out the seven-page, 63 question intrusive and extensive questionnaire	(420)
(Humanevents)	Ted Nugent wants a conservative revolution by going to war with republicans in name only: "I say we launch an attack on all fronts. Uncle Ted hereby declares it is open season on RINOs"	(287)
	Karl Rove does the math and concludes that 2010 will be a good year for Republicans. Unless it isn't	(88)
	Condoms and abortions for many, little American flags for some	(77)
	Bush may assert executive privilege after he leaves office. Does this mean we can have an executive privilege battle to see who can out execitive privilege the other	(353)
(Some Guy)	Former Conservative talk show producer spills secrets about the format: "The reason talk radio succeeds is because its hosts exploit the fears and perceived victimization of a large swath of conservative-leaning listeners"	(360)
	Vying for "most irrelevant story of the year" award; Exit polls find Obama could have won even bigger if he had picked Hillary as running mate	(117)
	Good Morning America will be interviewing William Ayers on Friday. Clearly GMA is a traitor to this country, and should be banned from television	(254)
	As part of changing the money culture of Washington, and after $605 million raised, Obama spams his fans for another $30 donation	(114)
	The pledge by Nancy to "govern from the middle"? Yeah, well just like everything else she says, that was bullsh*t too	(312)
	Washington Post wonders whether Bush made any mistakes beyond some communication flubs. Is we learning?	(28)
	Joe Biden set to meet Dick Cheney today to get tour of his new undisclosed location	(69)
	Sarah Palin says she's proud of socialist terrorists. Here come the retractions	(305)
	Martin Eisenstadt, the widely quoted senior McCain campaign official who said Palin didn't know Africa was a continent, is a creation of two filmmakers who wanted to pitch a TV pilot	(132)
	Stevens trailing in Alaska Senate race. Amazing what happens when you count all the votes	(72)
	Another Obama lie has been revealed: there are no hypoallergenic dogs	(93)
	Obama will suddenly reveal his secret Muslim identity by riding to his inauguration on a camel shouting ''Death to Israel'' (I mean Obama will be shouting this, not the camel)	(91)
	How to get a job in Obama's administration	(57)
	14:56 ... 14:57 ... 14:58 ... 14:59	(204)

Wed November 12, 2008

	Stocks down 1200 points since Obama's election. It's almost as though institutional investors don't believe his ideas will work	(195)
(MinnPost)	Minneapolis election director speaks: 'Ballots in my car' story false	(35)
	Pennsylvania lieutenant governor Catherine Baker Knoll has passed away	(27)
(Some Guy)	Alaska has begun counting absentee ballots, and has updated their Senate race totals. Begich now trails Stevens by only 971 votes	(144)
	Little girl cries because Obama wants to leave Iraq, proving liberals hate children	(230)
	Even the libtards at the National Review think the lawsuit over Obama's citizenship is silly	(76)
	The good news: Obama's banning lobbyists from his transition team. The obvious news: Mostly because he doesn't need them; he's already asked his biggest donors and fundraisers to join	(143)
(Some Crazy)	Obama did 11 points better among white men and 4 points better among white women than Kerry, therefore PUMA is a political force to be reckoned with	(87)
	Businesses that gave big bucks to support Prop 8 are astounded that some are boycotting their business in protest. Says a Mormon spokesman,"We had hoped there would be more tolerance for different viewpoints."	(625)
	Shepard Smith lays the smacketh down. No, really	(229)
	For some reason, Obama is under less pressure than Bush or Clinton to prove he's not a racist by appointing blacks and minorities to his cabinet	(65)
	Michael Ignatieff to join Liberal leadership race, lose next election	(84)
(The Pulse)	Republican Congressman from Tennessee claims he could beat Obama one-on-one... in basketball	(67)
	Paul Broun: I'm sorry for comparing Obama to Hitler - I mean, seriously, Obama is more of a socialist	(463)
	National Enquirer has photographic proof of Cindy McCain having an affair. Get ready for 25 greenlights a day... oh wait she never tried to help poor people. Nevermind	(281)
	President-elect Obama announces creation of the White House Office of Paying Back Urban Mayors	(173)
	U.S. ranked ahead of Canada on global "gender gap index" for first time ever, Sarah Palin nods knowingly	(32)
(Some Roads Skaller)	Homeowner's gun control sign offends neighbors & spellcheck enthusiasts alike (with equally offensive article)	(612)
	Putting his prison training to good use, former Rep. Mark Foley backs out of Today show interview	(20)
(Some Guy)	Clinton honors Butts, he cannot lie	(60)
	Some lawmakers concerned that Pelosi plan to prop up auto industry with tax money might, just possibly, invite begging by other industries	(75)
	Reverend Ted Haggard breaks silence, blames using male prostitutes on child abuse	(167)
	CBS News wants to know how much of the Wall Street bonus pool will come from bailout money? I'm thinking somewhere in the high 90th percentile	(57)
	Lefty activist have described Emanuel's cautions as "disgusting and immoral," while another called his stance "cowardly or xenophobic," and a third described him as a "war-mongering anti-immigrant NAFTA-pusher."	(76)
(Some Editoral)	Outside of Obama's pick for attorney general, not many people can claim to have been at the center of arguably the greatest financial disaster and greatest national security disaster	(256)
	Actor and political activist Tim Robbins, angry that he had problems voting, finds out he double registered and was at the wrong polling place	(82)
	Former Congressman Mark Foley breaks silence on his involvement with underage male pages. Sex scandal confessional trifecta now in play	(94)
	Jewish writer at San Francisco paper writes that Republican George Bush was the first "Yes, We Can" president, by appointing blacks to Cabinet positions. Ironic and Obvious Tags divide by zero, get sucked up by Unlikely Tag	(50)
(Anchorage Daily News)	Remember when people mocked Palin for the whole "shooting wolves from helicopters" thing? Yeah, turns out that program actually worked	(205)
	NC senator-elect Kay Hagen received 3600 donations within 48 hours after opponent Elizabeth Dole ran ads claiming she received money from Godless Americans PAC. In other news, NC voted out of Bible Belt	(328)
	Obama pledges to lead the most open and transparent presidential transition in history, starting by pointing out how carefully worded all his promises regarding lobbyists were	(401)
	Obama's transition team says that Bush meeting was not tense at all -- in the sense that at no point did a fist fight break out	(33)
	Sarah Palin Should Be Time's Person Of The Year	(123)
	Bishops moving quickly, diagonally, to try to put the Freedom of Choice act into check	(95)
	Mission Accomplished banner was a mistake says Bush, as it gave some people the idea that something had actually been accomplished	(79)
	CNN Poll: Obama's victory fails to instantly end all racial perceptions as we know them	(38)
	Obama was once a member of "The Lawn Rangers" who performed highly sophisticated semi-synchronized maneuvers with lawnmowers, brooms, and toilet plungers	(37)
	Proof McCain is senile: Claims Palin did not hurt his campaign	(64)
	Lindsay Lohan's thoughts on Obama's historic election: "It's an amazing feeling. It's our first, you know, colored president"	(238)
(Bibibama)	Former Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu "Obamacizes" his website	(35)
	Obama prepares to limit influence of lobbyists, choke a biatch	(76)

Tue November 11, 2008

	Hotels offering $40,000 inauguration day packages, Obama's first major impact on the economy	(279)
	Texas lawmakers to consider an abortion law that requires the abortion doctor at the abortion clinic to make the mother look the baby she is about to abort in the eye before she has the abortion	(496)
	In these troubled times, it is essential that we calmly confront ZOMG OBAMA KIDS ON HANNA MONTANA	(33)
	Sarah Palin to give two separate interviews to CNN tomorrow and speak about the GOP's future at the Republican Governors Association meeting on Thursday, ensuring a steady supply of Fark headlines for the foreseeable future	(111)
	Michelle Malkin invites her readers to send messages to Prop. 8 protesters, telling them to get over it. This should end fabulously well	(463)
(Some Guy)	Senator Obama may not be familiar with a long-standing tradition of presidents holding their private conversations private	(137)
(Freeperland)	Freepers savage savage Savage savaging Sarah	(135)
	Ann Coulter has a top secret new book coming out. $5 to whoever guesses the title	(214)
	Conservative bloggers at Powerline once again prove they have spent the last eight years on Mars in a cave with their eyes closed and their fingers in their ears	(143)
	Turns out that declining public financing and raising almost a billion dollars will make you less likely to be audited by the FEC	(103)
(Chicago Tribune)	If Obama were white and McCain were black, Obama would apparently look a lot like John Edwards	(66)
(Rebuild the RON PAUL11)	RNC creates website begging for new ideas, with predictable results	(361)
(Haaretz)	It takes foreign media to reveal that officials from Obama's campaign met with Hamas. Nope, no media bias here, move along citizen	(118)
(Some Guy)	Until very recently, they were segregated. People would look down on them and laugh, only because they were a bit different. But now, thanks to Obama, everything's changed. Finally, the first US President to be a Mac user	(163)
	Joe Lieberman's wet dream: Jim Martin wins the Georgia runoff, while recounts in Alaska and Minnesota go to the Democrats, making him the filibuster-busting vote. This is bad news... for Obama	(67)
	23/6 Joe Lieberman prediction: In 2012 he will change the name of his party to "Connecticut Against Lieberman," which will trick voters into giving him a landslide victory	(59)
	Keith Olbermann explains that he does not vote as a symbolic gesture to show his journalistic objectivity	(184)
	TNA Wrestling offers Sarah Palin $50K to make appearance. Of course, that won't even cover the cost of the costume	(59)
	You know that DailyKos/Research 2000 tracking poll that was kept out of the averages because of bias in favor of Obama? It underestimated his support	(65)
	Today's wildly presumptuous comparison of Obama comes from NPR, who asks, "Is Obama like Lincoln?"	(135)
	Okie newspaper decides not to carry Obama victory because "it's not local news"	(438)
	Palin puzzled by late-campaign focus on wardrobe, blue's clues, Waldo's location	(145)
	Norm Coleman's loses another 2 votes in Minnesota recount precount. At this rate, we should be able to welcome Senator Franken to office some time in May 2010	(142)
	Palin on 2012 run: "I'm like, OK, God, if there's an open door for me, this is what I pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door. Show me where the door is." Voters only too happy to show her where the door is	(213)
	Barack Obama, My President, by Mike Huckabee. Wait, what?	(159)
	Fred Phelps is planning to protest at the funeral of Obama's grandmother. This should end well	(305)
	Keith Olbermann delivers his best special comment ever	(309)
	"You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential."	(385)
	Over the weekend Obama change(d) his website removing all those pesky agenda items	(138)
	Proving just his anti-business agenda, Obama already calling for billions in bailout money for GM. Change we can deceive in	(260)

Mon November 10, 2008

	Fox News Channel expected to thrive in Obama presidency as its legions of viewers band together for support against The Enemy, much like goths at the mall food court	(168)
	Today, we catch up with Sarah Palin, who is busy sorting through her clothing in a vain attempt to help the GOP gain back some of that $150,000	(182)
(McClatchy DC)	Sarah Palin blames the Bush administration for the GOP loss. Yeah Sarah, that was kind of the point	(155)
	Peru offers Obama a Peruvian Hairless to be the first dog, give Malia and Sasha nightmares. Yes, there is a pic	(273)
	Oboogle? Goobama?	(56)
	US election lives on, in 8-bits	(40)
	MSNBC completes its transformation into The Obama News Network, adopts Obama campaign theme as network slogan	(146)
	Joe Scarborough, October 2003: "[Have we] gone this far backward that somebody could say the "F" word on TV and get the federal government's approval?" Joe Scarborough, on live TV, November 2008: "F*ck you"	(142)
(Some Guy)	Study claims Americans didn't want a liberal president. They just wanted to punish Republicans	(347)
	Bush approval rating the lowest ever recorded. Mission accomplished	(560)
	Obama is already sitting down with an unpopular, aggressive world leader without preconditions	(499)
(Some Guy)	Massive timeline shows the major actions taken in the last 12 president's first 100 days	(26)
	P.J. O'Rourke on how conservatives blew it, with a dozen good one-liners that show no mercy to either side of aisle	(342)
	Joseph Stalin: Mass-murdering dictator, communist and... style icon?	(42)
	"The swooning frenzy over the choice of Barack Obama as president of the United States must be one of the most absurd waves of self-deception and swirling fantasy ever to sweep through an advanced civilisation"	(602)
	Old and busted: Fireside chats. New hotness: Presidential blogging	(69)
	It doesn't take a whiz to figure out that this councilman is just looking out for number one, and doesn't care about the peons beneath him	(106)
	There's the bailout you knew about, and here's the bailout you didn't. "They basically repealed a 22-year-old law that Congress passed as a backdoor way of providing aid to banks"	(77)
	Oh, well if Donald Rumsfeld and George Bush said it was okay, go ahead and do those illegal military raids into friendly countries	(103)
	Remember how Zogby's polls were hilariously off last week? Turns out he was right	(41)
	Obama's election is not the beginning of a new era... because the era already changed when we weren't looking	(59)
	President-Elect Obama wants to close Guantanamo Bay, plans on bringing frien... terrorists to the U.S.	(302)
(Some Guy)	15 minutes go by fast, but that's no problem for Joe The Blogger (tm)	(112)
	Governator: We will maybe undo Prop 8	(1861)
	Plans being made to promote a national holiday for Barack Obama. No, really. Line forms to the left	(130)
	"Obama has repeatedly spoken about using the Internet to make the White House more open and accessible to the public... This would include letting people enter comments on bills before he signs them." Grabs popcorn	(142)