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Fark.com's  Political Inclination Thermometric Analyzer:
3.75% Fascist 1.13% Fascist
Sun December 28, 2008
(IndyStar) Strange Government employees in Indiana can okay their own raises. Which nearly compensates for having to live in Indiana (16)
(CNN) Unlikely Secretary of State Rice says the people will soon thank Bush for what he's done. Probably some time around January 20th, when he's planning to make the best move of his entire presidency (205)
(Yahoo) Stupid The media has started throwing hissy fits over the lack of Barack (100)
(Washington Post) Scary Ohio to Federal gov't: "This is our most desperate hour. Help us, Obama-wan. You're our only hope." (110)
(Washington Post) Obvious GOP got Alaska state troopers to hold off on Palin's in-law drug arrest until after the election (90)
(Guardian.com) Fail CBS considered hiring Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter to investigate Dan Rather. No, seriously (187)
(The New York Times) Obvious Caroline Kennedy supporters claim Senate seat "a done deal". Gov. Paterson, however, doesn't see it that way  T-Shirt (103)
(Yahoo) Unlikely The good thing about the current economic crisis? It's bankrupting the terrorists. Oh goody (45)
(I knew JFK, and you're no JFK) Obvious Caroline Kennedy says 9/11 and Barack Obama inspired her to seek NY Senate seat. Also, 9/11. And did you know her father was John F. Kennedy, the President? And also, 9/11 (136)

Sat December 27, 2008
(Mediabistro) Stupid On a very special episode of Conservatives Eating Their Own, Focus on the Family removes a story about Glenn Beck from their website because he's a Mormon (297)
(Yahoo) Obvious Belgium still without prime minister after no one wants the job. And really - who the hell would want to be boss of Netherlands Jr.? (69)
(MSNBC) Amusing Blagojevich says that if what he's done as Illinois governor is an impeachable offense, he's "living on the wrong planet." Hey, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while (81)
(Politico) Obvious Caroline Kennedy won't run for the Senate if she's not appointed, because if she runs she might have to, you know, talk to, or even touch the unwashed masses and that's just gross (169)
(Honolulu Advertsier) Stupid Slow news day: "At one point on the sidewalk, Obama dropped his sunglasses, bent down and picked then up."  T-Shirt (92)

Fri December 26, 2008
(CNN) Obvious Three out of four Americans are happy to see Bush go. The rest didn't understand the question (260)
(CBS New York) Obvious Caroline Kennedy says she'll have to work twice as hard as other candidates to get Hillary Clinton's vacated NY Senate seat - because she's a Kennedy. Totally not because she's twice as inexperienced (58)
(Wall Street Journal) Unlikely America's mayors want $73 billion of Obama's stimulus plan, but say their project list contains no pork: They urgently need those new tennis courts, fitness centers and prostitute re-education programs (29)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Candidate for RNC chair sends out CD with song called "Barack, The Magic Negro." It's like they never want to be in charge again (176)
(YouTube) Dumbass Rick Warren: "I love gay people. Stop persecuting me for using my free speech. You are all Christophobes" (482)
(AFP) Unlikely Poll: Obama is the most admired man in America; Bush 2nd; Ann Coulter 3rd (111)
(NYPost) Followup NY Gov. Paterson says he will not rush his selection of replacement for Hillary Clinton, will take a long, hard look at all candidates' qualifications before making his decision (44)
(WorldNetDaily) Stupid Obama's Chicago mansion actually owned by Tony Rezko's attorney. Nothing shady about that, nothing at all (282)
(Some Guy) Obvious Clinton's senate seat is for sale. Caroline Kennedy, who brings to the table a powerful political name, a family fortune and a friendship with the new president, is merely the highest bidder in a silent auction (55)
(CBS Chicago) Advice Small fire reported at Jesse Jackson Jr.'s house. It's called a paper shredder, Jesse, and it helps avoid these embarrassing situations  T-Shirt (20)
(Washington Post) Amusing The war on terror is being won not with a bang, but a boner (109)
(Libertarian Party) Amusing The Libertarian Party points out all the laws Santa Claus broke last night (139)

Thu December 25, 2008
(Reason Magazine) Interesting Obama seems to view job creation not only as something the government does with taxpayers' money but as an end in itself (172)
(The Daily Beast) Interesting Public employee unions are killing the budgets of New York and California. Labor advocates would dispute that, but they're all on break (97)
(Wonkette) Weird The real winner in Campaign 2008? The Furries. This was the Year of the Furries (65)
(CNN) Interesting U.S. Military announces new strategy in Afghanistan: We armed the extremists in the eighties, now we'll arm the civilians. Commence Operation "Let God sort 'em out" (175)
(NYPost) Followup No, Long Islanders, you can't have a Barack Obama Elementary School. Not yours (109)

Wed December 24, 2008
(Fox News) Strange Yesterday: you're getting a Presidential pardon. Today: psyche. Oh and Merry Christmas (81)
(CBS News) Interesting Geeks claim Obama is about to move into the Oval Basement. Fascinating (63)
(The Raw Story) Ironic Nobel Peace Prize laureate suggests using violence (116)
(UPI) Sad Obama scatters his grandmother's ashes into the ocean, says she was a good bowler. The Dude abidens (75)
(Politico) Interesting Obama's first rule of scandal prevention is you don't talk about scandal prevention (184)
(YouTube) Obvious Batgirl demands equal pay (53)
(CNN) Unlikely Proving Americans have the attention span of a gnat, Blagojevich named 2008 "Naughtiest" politician. Spitzer unavailable for comment as apparently they lost the key to the ball-gag lock (40)
(Some Guy) Sad Headline: "Why Obama Really Might Decriminalize Marijuana". FTFA: "President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana". Sorry, stoners (131)
(AlterNet) Sad Obama's education pick is the Sarah Palin of the school system (77)
(Pravda) Interesting U.S. planning world dictatorship? It's more вероятно than you думайте (260)
(Some Guy) Obvious Is Bipartisanship Good for Democracy? It may have a reassuring and pleasant ring to it, but it is more likely to limit than to enhance democracy. Our goal should be, above all, authentic competition (84)
(Washington Times) Obvious You didn't think those shirtless photos weren't staged did you? (113)
(Think Progress) Dumbass Rove: Biden is trying to be more of a dick than Cheney, even without shooting anyone (86)
(International Herald Tribune) Misc Coup attempt in Guinea after strongman dies. Human torso, bearded lady fighting bitterly to take his place (14)

Tue December 23, 2008
(CBS Sacramento) Obvious Governator: "To save California, I'm forced to negotiate just with the Democrats. This is the situation I am forced in because of lack of participation by the Republicans." (with 'not this shiat again' pic) (174)
(The Hill) Obvious Obama cabinet appointees donated heavily to campaign (105)
(MSNBC) Obvious Bush pardons 19 more people you've never heard of. Keith Olberman outraged (106)
(The Consumerist) Fail Former Treasury Secretary John Snow says that he, along with the entire Bush Administration, simply "forgot" that people had to be able to "afford their house." Heck of job there Snowy (98)
(AFP) Obvious Hillary Clinton plans to build a more muscular US State Department, with a bigger budget, wider ass, chunkier thighs, and more manly haircut (49)
(News.com.au) Obvious Iraqi parliament votes to allow presence of foreign troops in country after December 31. Whew, that's a relief (66)
(Newsweek) Interesting Newsweek predicts the most powerful people of 2009. #1 and #2 are obvious, #3 not so much (204)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Followup Day 33: food running out, water almost gone. Franken up by 48 votes (219)
(Politico) Spiffy On January 20th, President Elect Barack Obama will be sworn in to office with the same Koran Abraham Lincoln was sworn in with, or something like that (242)
(CNN) Obvious Democratic officials say they believe internal Democratic report will exonerate Democrat over ties to scandal-ridden Democrat (113)
(Bloomberg) Interesting George W. Bush (R-ebounding legacy)...maybe not the worst president of all time (314)
(USA Today) Stupid The Bush administration has designed a series of "exercises" designed to "test" Obama's ability to handle terrorism in his early days. Grab the stone out of my hand, dude. Seriously, it's right there. Grab it (139)
(Wired) Interesting Huffington Post accused of content theft (21)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Sarah Palin is more like Margaret Thatcher than many people realize (134)
(CBS News) Misc Mike Bloomberg to David Paterson: Pick a Senator already. Can't you see the media feeding frenzy you've . . . oh, sorry  T-Shirt (35)
(SheWired.com) Interesting Melissa Etheridge in bed with Rick Warren? (38)
(Future of Sarah Palin) Obvious Sarah Palin Named "Conservative of the Year" by Human Events. Even Ann Coulter likes the pick (98)
(Think Progress) Fail Rush blames Dems for Economic Crisis. Then it gets weird (223)
(MSNBC) Obvious Rick Warren under fire, again this time from Christian conservatives who think he doesn't have enough GARBL in his WHARR  T-Shirt (415)

Mon December 22, 2008
(AP) Interesting Arab leaders gave Condi Rice over $300,000 in jewelry last year, possibly in the hopes that they might sheik her booty  T-Shirt (54)
(Google) Dumbass Ted Stevens asks for conviction to be dismissed, on grounds that the Justice Department is a bunch of weenies (38)
(Humanevents.com) Unlikely What was the biggest mistake McCain made? Palin: "Not letting me talk to more reporters." (363)
(Navy Times) Strange U.S. Navy unaware of the recession awards $14 billion for eight more submarines that are not particularly useful against an insurgency (194)
(AJC) Amusing Conservative talk show host loses $638,000 investing in housing at the height of the market. Oh, the Sean Hannity (93)
(CNN) Unlikely Brazil to get nuclear sub technology from France. In related news, France has nuclear sub technology (78)
(Washington Times) Hero Latest outrageous covert action: Bush and Cheney have personally, privately written the families of every fallen US soldier. Click the number to the right for loud passionate claims that it doesn't count (436)
(Yahoo) Obvious In a shocking turn of events the nation's most populous state may also be its most powerful in the upcoming congress (187)
(BBC) Scary Russia lengthens presidential term to six years. What could possibly go wrong? (82)
(BBC) Interesting Meet Cuba's youngest politician. Submitter would definitely hit it (pics) (156)
(Gawker) Interesting "Like Rudolph Giuliani, the news crawl was great on 9/11 but was soon useless and despised" (114)
(Huffington Post) Amusing Notes from Obama's Hawaii vacation: he's not very good at golf, likes spam sushi, and offered to buy beers for the press pool (109)
(Washington Post) Obvious Obama inauguration attendance estimate cut in half as DC officials realize that standing outside for hours in a windy field in the middle of winter is somewhat unpleasant (39)
(Wall Street Journal) Unlikely Air America founder: "Limbaugh is right" (210)
(Daily Kos) Sad "Right to Food" resolution passes UN 184 to 1. Guess who voted against it? (1006)
(NYPost) Obvious "In a year when Republicans were out-spent and out-voted in the election, they were also out-corrupted at every turn" (82)

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