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Sun November 23, 2008

		The kind of political discourse that only Youtube can deliver(not safe for work language)	(47)
		Congress to give Obama a stimulus package up to $700 billion on Inauguration Day. "The main thing right now is to get this economic recovery package on the road, to get money in the pockets of the middle class."	(109)
		"The French Left has devised a way to distract media attention away from President Nicolas Sarkozy - female mud-wrestling"	(19)
		Obama's aides believe he has made a mistake in hiring Hillary	(145)
		Chuck Schumer wants to double the size of the financial bailout package. For those of you keeping score at home, that's 1.4 trillion	(157)
		Beets are the new Broccoli	(104)
		Hillary demands purge of her foreign policy critics, and sole control of who's appointed at the State department	(162)
		Mayor of Greeley, CO snatches boy off of moving motorscooter and shows teenagers a $3 bill featuring Obama in Middle Eastern garb. Looks like Palin has a 2012 running mate	(71)
		Obama's new AG: "Unlawful combatants...are not, in fact, people entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention" Changey Hopey heads assplode	(404)
		Time Magazine reporter says the "[pro-Obama] media bias was more intense in 2008 than in any other campaign in recent history" and "It's the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war"	(325)

Sat November 22, 2008

	Global study finds atheiststic societies tended to have relatively low murder and suicide rates and relatively low incidence of abortion and teen pregnancy, compared to highly religious and devout communities	(1011)
	Obama gets a brain, selects Moran as White House communications director. Go USA	(76)
	Who can sympathize with Palin? Clarence Thomas	(121)
	CNN is concerned that Obama won't provide enough scandal... erm... is being too careful in his vetting process	(207)
	O'Reilly says Free Republic is biased for liberals	(91)
	Obama's Attorney General in favor of censoring the Internet	(200)
(Dr Helen)	Who's doing well in this economy? Illegal aliens who deal strictly in cash and don't pay income tax on their wages	(51)
	Former hotel workers recall JFK's last supper. He had a choice of steak or fish but had the lasagna	(23)
	Why 2008 ≠ 1929	(102)
(redstate)	If you thought Hillary was underwhelming, just take a look at the collection of time-servers, hacks and weasels angling to replace her in the Senate. Daniel Patrick Moynihan spins in his grave	(61)
	Remember the Zogby poll that showed how uninformed Obama supporters were? Well now even Zogby is running away from it because it stinks so bad	(133)
	Texas Governor Rick Perry to Homeland Secrity chief Michael Chertoff: "fark you." Chertoff to Perry. "No, fark you." Perry to Chertoff: "No, fark YOU." Chertoff to Perry: "NO, fark YOU."	(63)
	Washington's churches try to woo the Obamas, apparently unaware of the whole secret Muslim thing	(76)
	Russia devastated by financial/oil collapse. Vodak futures soar. Drunk people with nuclear weapons. That'd make an awesome movie	(58)
	A New Orleans public official actually RETURNS money his department didn't use. Head asplode tag is nowhere to be seen	(39)
	Flush with power from their recent electoral losses, Senate Republicans send a letter to Harry Reid warning him to be nicer to them, or, or else	(87)

Fri November 21, 2008

	Own a gun? Good luck getting a job in the Obama Administration	(436)
	Barack Obama Elementary School -- name change you can believe in	(194)
	Gallup does its first poll on who should be the 2012 GOP nomineee. Seems the base loves Palin, hates Jeb, and has no clue who Bobby Jindal is	(307)
	Second Boston politician arrested for corruption. No word yet on where he stuffed the money	(30)
	AG nominee Eric Holder will carry all the gun-control water that President-elect Obama doesn't want to	(210)
	Hillary says "yes"	(847)
	Republicans, suffering record disapproval ratings going into November's elections are relieved to find their favorability has plummeted since then	(110)
	Fark-ready headline of the day: "Obama to tap Clinton after Thanksgiving"	(148)
	Showing he has the ability to learn from the massive screw-ups of a previous Democratic president, Obama to delay acting on gays in the military for at least a year or so	(261)
	Before Obama reshapes one-seventh of the US economy to help the health care uninsured, it would be nice to determine who they are and why they are uninsured	(426)
	"It's not that Republicans are less popular, it's just that their appeal has become more selective."	(123)
	Good news for folks who refuse to give their hard earned money to liberal left wing God hating Hollyweird elitist socialist leftists: New film "The Dukes" is Michelle Malkin approved	(91)
(Some Guy)	Because so many of them don't believe in the alternative mentioned in this article, the GOP will die	(299)
(Minnesota Public Radio)	A sampling of contested ballots in the Coleman/Franken recount. Subby wishes his vote for "Lizard People" had been more clear	(152)
	Obama's "Change": Picking the same people that worked under the Clinton/Bush administrations	(335)
	AP reporting that Obama is "on track" to making progress towards possibly considering nomination of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State sometime after Thanksgiving or at some other point in the future, if conditions allow it	(27)
	Sarah Palin gives an interview while a turkey grinder goes all "Fargo" on her in the background. Hilarity ensues	(306)

Thu November 20, 2008

(Above the Law)	Attorney General Mukasey collapses during speech	(331)
	Remember Blackwater's diplomatic immunity in Iraq? It's just been revoked	(157)
	Olbermann reviews Senators vacating seats. Anyone notice anything funny with Larry Craig's photo (pic seen at 2:50 mark)?	(59)
	Waxman beats off Dingle for House Energy Committee chair. Berry	(81)
	Bipartisan group comes together to save auto bailout bill. And by bipartisan, we mean 4 senators from rust belt states	(80)
	Obama's AG nominee, former Clinton administration official Eric Holder: "No, of course we wouldn't send a SWAT team in to extract Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint. Don't be silly"	(226)
	Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin appear in pinup calendar. Now you no longer have to pretend you like their articles	(286)
	Karl Rove's advice to Obama: don't politicize hiring & firing of US attorneys	(101)
	NYC Mayor kicks off re-election campaign by telling city workers to wear sweaters to work this winter, unless they are fired, and telling homeowners they won't be getting their tax rebate	(18)
	Republican Party has hit an all-time low	(252)
	Suburban Maryland school officials consider cancelling classes for Inauguration Day	(135)
	Anti-war groups increasingly concerned by Obama's appointees and want people to speak up about it. "There's so much Obama hero worship, we're having to walk this line where we can't directly criticize him."	(182)
	Obama campaign: "Bush ruined everything" - President Obama: "things really aren't all that bad"	(119)
	Supreme Court to review Barack Obama's citizenship on December 5th	(533)
(CATO)	Today, the Wayback Machine takes us to a 1996 Cato Institute report lauding the benefits of privatizing social security and putting every individual's entire retirement in the hands of private fund managers	(403)
(Some Guy)	Just wait, Clinton already providing the drama and she doesn't even have the job, imagine her a year from now	(122)
	Oregon town's mayor-elect transfixing national attention with a "purple top revealing impressive cleavage, with a tight black miniskirt, flowing red locks" (with hot pic)	(296)
	The prosecutor who got Cheney and Gonzales indicted missed an important court date and is nowhere to be found right now	(102)
	Why Obama should appoint Ron Paul to be Secretary of the Treasury	(156)
	David Axelrod will soon become Obama's Karl Rove, without all of the supoena dodging and such	(54)
	Iran now has enough nuclear fuel for one atom bomb. But don't panic - experts say they're unsure if Iran knows how to build a bomb, and even if they did, they'd have to, like, break international agreements	(330)

Wed November 19, 2008

	Dude, when the electorate says you're voted out, stop showing up to Senate Hearing Committees and let it go, because it's gone	(55)
(Some Guy)	Not news: Obama won the biggest county in a state Fark: In Utah that is. Where is your magic-underwear-wearing God now?	(100)
	Scalia: "Foreign law shouldn't be used to interpret the Constitution." Suck it libs	(347)
	John McCain wins Missouri thus entitling him to one free cone at any participating Dairy Queen	(109)
	Obama taps that Daschle	(591)
	Obama will have to undo a mess of last-minute Bush laws, including the 9/11 Hijacker Dual-Citizenship Law, which confers posthumous Iraqi citizenship on all the 9/11 hijackers, thus making the reasoning behind the Iraq War more plausible	(58)
	Chuck Norris glad California banned gay marriage since he was ready to roundhouse kick it into the middle of the Pacific if it was approved	(443)
	Apparently House members sleep in their office and shower in the House Gym. For people that do absolutely nothing they sure can look busy	(32)
(Anchorage Dialy News)	Ethics complaint filed against Palin over Fox interview. Jesus lady, just go away	(181)
	If the Republican party splits over social conservatism, who gets to keep the name?	(320)
	Bill Clinton offers to adhere to strict ethics rules if that will get his wife the job as Secretary of State and out of the house and off his back, finally	(44)
(DC Examiner)	Accomodating the eleventy billion people who will attend Barack Obama's inauguration will bankrupt DC city government financially, which perfectly complements their current ethical bankruptcy	(201)
	NPR: Will $25 billion be enough for the auto industry, Congressman Frank? Frank: Hahahahaha, no, we've got another $75 billion or so penciled in for March 09' (audio in link)	(393)
(Hillaryis44.org)	Hillaryis44.org: "The Huffers and Puffers, the Farkers and gafters are all staring at each other in bewilderment, buggin', because Obama thinks Hillary Clinton is the change we need." We are?	(191)
(538)	Nate Silver interviews John Ziegler about the Zogby "push poll." Transcript Not safe for work	(387)
	Man who holds Obama's doodle breaks his silence. Little known fact: Sarah Palin also has a famous doodle	(78)
	"The fundamental problem Obama faces within his party is this: He was not their top choice for the job. The Democratic Party's top brass wanted Hillary, not Obama"	(153)
	Put up or shut up time for the "always wronged, but never wrong" crowd	(122)
	Joe Biden is not resigning from the Senate as part of a tricky seat-saving maneuver that will secure the position for his son Beau, who's in the Iraq	(94)
	Ted Stevens' re-election hopes go down the tubes	(253)

Tue November 18, 2008

	On next season's West Wing, the role of Oliver Babish will be played by Eric Holder	(49)
	A Texas grand jury has indicted Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on charges related to the alleged abuse of prisoners. 62 more shopping days for Bush pardons	(139)
	Even though the Secretary of State job is off the table, maybe John Kerry will still be able to disappoint America as Secretary of the Interior	(80)
(NBC Augusta)	Submitter tagline: No way this will ever go green on the leftist blog known as FARK but it is interesting nevertheless. Fark tagline: not this shiat again	(620)
	If Bush stole the 2000 election, why do you guys hate Lieberman so much?	(106)
(Some Guy)	The 2008 Write-in Roundup. Jesus gets 23 votes	(172)
	George has playdate today. Could be trouble if the man with the big yellow hat doesn't come out of the undisclosed location	(101)
(Zogby)	Only two percent of Obama voters correctly answered all questions in a post election test. Eighty six percent of them knew about Sarah Palin's $150,000 wardrobe	(270)
	Michelle Malkin in 2004: Democrats can't win elections because they treat the American people like they're stupid. Michelle Malkin in 2008: The American people are stupid	(597)
	Joe Lieberman (?-CT) allowed to keep his Senate committee chairmanship after emerging from Harry Reid's office in a blue ninja outfit screaming 'Fatality'	(152)
	Obama to Transition Team, "If You Leak, You're Gone." Joe Biden seen whistling and backing away inconspicuously	(73)
	Subpoena documents reveal CBS more worried about pleasing right than Bush being AWOL from Nat'l Guard duty, considered Limbaugh & Coulter for 'impartial' investigation of Dan Rather's story	(149)
	DC officials preparing for a crowd of 4 million at Obama's Inauguration . Good thing the city government is well known for their competence and efficency, particularly in the area of public transit	(258)
	Scientific consensus is that scientists avoid politically unpopular research	(249)
	If history is any guide, Obama may not have thought his cunning "Team of Rivals" plan all the way through	(351)
(The Other McCain)	Obama Mania in Houston: Democrats elect druggie judge who's coked up on the reefer pills	(86)
	Why is everyone still being nice to Lieberman? Well, thanks to Obama's resignation on Sunday, the Senate is back to being a tie	(71)
	Blogger vows to eat his printed blog if election results prove him wrong. OM NOM NOMilarity ensues	(24)
	A somewhat inappropriate profile of White House kids. Tricia Nixon = 4/4	(25)
	Barney Frank acting all tough on Paulson and Bernanke in TARP hearing this morning. None of these two-bit circus clowns have any idea what they are doing	(293)
(Right Wing News)	A poll of 260 influential conservative bloggers choose Sarah Palin as their "favorite person", proving once and for all that the Republicans have absolutely no interest in ever winning another election	(99)
	Union chief/Obama worker shows oustanding support for his victorious candidate by calling Obama "N-word" right after election	(55)
	Bill Clinton must reveal all of his connections, activities and secrets before his old lady gets the Secretary of State job, including the location of his secret porn stash	(235)
	Latest Democratic stimulus proposal is $500 billion, or 4 percent of the government's budget, for roads and bridges. It's a huge slab of pork carved from the biggest sow out there, the US taxpayer	(242)
	Dick Cavett on Sarah Palin: "With the sound off, she presents a not uncomely frontal appearance." In other news, Dick Cavett is still alive	(79)
(Some Guy)	With a recession in sight, the case for legalizing marijuana and taxing it for government revenue seems more practical than ever	(150)
	Upwards of 20 Bush Administration political appointees have jobs switched to permanent civil service posts depriving Obama of the joy of replacing them. Before the outrage grows remember Clinton had 47	(52)
(Some Guy)	In a move sure to help unite America, Michael Savage will interview a former member of the Hitler Youth to discuss the similarities between Barack and Adolf. This is good news...for Hitler	(165)
	Christopher Hitchens calls Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State "a ludicrous embarrassment", proving the mantra that it takes one to know one	(123)

Mon November 17, 2008

	Newt Gingrich talking with Bill O'Reilly. "I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us." Yes Newt, it's called democracy	(231)
	Publishers are going to give Sarah Palin seven million dollars to write a book. As far as anybody can tell this is the most lucrative pop-up book in the history of "literature"	(82)
	Guardian reports Hillary Clinton to accept Obama's offer of Secretary of State	(645)
	Mitt Romney answers back after being criticized by Mike Huckabee in his new book, "Governor Mike's Big Book of Creationism and Losing Poorly"	(93)
	Bush to FCC: kill Net Neutrality. Obama to FCC: bend over, here comes Net Neutrality	(384)
	Sal Tessio begs forgiveness from the Godfather; to be named Secretary of Get Off My Lawn	(50)
	Kansas preacher once again proving it may be better to sleep in church. Preacher refuses to take down 'Obama is a Muslim' sign	(820)
	David Frum leaves the National Review after suffering a (no doubt temporary) attack of self respect	(62)
	Silver says there's gold in them thar commuters. Hi-yer taxes, away	(116)
	Interesting: A record number of convicted felons have asked for pardons from President Bush. Unlikely: John Walker Lindh included	(186)
	After a recent winning lottery number in Illinois is 666, Newsweek asks the important questions. Is Obama the Antichrist?	(120)
	Ron Paul may run for president in 2012, at which point he will be 893 years old	(235)
	Post-election, journalistic integrity remains high: "He is not only the handsomest, the best-dressed, the most articulate, and graceful as a gazelle. He is omniscient; He is omnipotent."	(57)
	Latest urgent news on the Obama Puppy Watch: The girls will have to wait until they move into that nice crib in the crappy neighborhood	(144)
(Political Wire)	Christian conservative Mike Huckabee decides not to turn the other cheek in new book	(136)
	Oh, so NOW someone in the media is alarmed by his profession's enthusiastic knob slobberage of Barack Obama	(290)
(Defense News)	Old & busted: We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. New hotness: Nom nom nom nom	(73)
	McCain to meet wih Obama at his transition offices. For you "West Wing" fans, that's episode 20 of Season 7 ("The Last Hurrah") where Sen. Vinnick (R) gets offered SecState. Here McCain gets offered a diaper	(97)
	Germaine Greer answers the question that all the feminists are asking: "If Michelle Obama's such a great dresser, what was she doing in this red butcher's apron?"	(103)