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Sun January 18, 2009
(Daily Kos) Hero Pete Seeger agreed to sing "This Land is Your Land" today at Barack Obama's concert, but only if he could sing the original version (31)
(Some Sad Guy) Asinine Openly gay Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson gave the invocation today at Barack Obama's concert. You wouldn't have known this unless you were there, as HBO decided to censor him out (163)
(Fox News) Asinine Desperate for a fair and balanced reason to smear Obama, FOX reports on how environmentally unfriendly inaugurations are, especially for popular presidents (63)
(The Atlantic) Interesting Can agnosticism really exist in a meaningful way? Or is it merely an academic exercise with no real consequences? (525)
(Politico) Asinine There are people who are actively rooting for Obama to fail. LGT absolutely no surprises whatsoever (516)
(ABC News) Obvious Obama's first day as president: Prayers, war council, economists, dealing with Hillary, and thinking "Why did I want this shiat job again?" (92)
(Politico) Sad Obama staff will have 2 say cu l8r 2 im (98)
(Telegraph) Amusing Refreshed from their 24-day Christmas vacation, returned British Members of Parliament can look forward to new range of services at their Westminster gym, including body waxes and massages. Hey, parliamentin's hard (14)
(CNN) Followup Hamas fire rockets into Israel hours after the cease-fire is declared. BRILLIANT (932)
(SacBee) Spiffy Barber shops in Chicago are now offering the 'Obama' cut. "A guy walked in, he'd had dreads for eight, nine years, and he cut them off. He said it was time for a change." (161)
(Townhall) Unlikely Why Norm Coleman will win, Franken shine shoes (111)

Sat January 17, 2009
(Reuters) Amusing Fark Ready Headline:"Venezuela's Chavez says Obama has stench of Bush" (210)
(Some Guy) News Israel declares unilateral ceasefire, says goals of re-occupying Gaza have been realized (690)
(WUSA) Spiffy Washington police set up "prostitution free zones" during inauguration, to the thrill of hundreds of visiting Midwesterners who thought they'd have to pay for it (100)
(CNN) Silly Obama takes historic train trip to give historic speech during historic inauguration of this historic candidate for his historic victory in this historic election (208)
(Fox News) Dumbass Neil Cavuto thinks President Bush was too classy during his farewell speech. Also thinks Ann Coulter is too feminine (68)
(Google) Asinine Foreign Press call for boycott of Israeli Army P.R. after they were shelled -or- After Israels preemptive strike on a hostile media in Gaza, Foreign Press cries about Israel's so-called disproportionate response. Debate here → (129)
(IndyStar) Stupid As inauguration approaches, some US citizens are not happy. Local resident says she has heard many rumors about Obama and wonders if he will use his middle name or swear in on the Lincoln Bible during his inauguration. This is bad news...for us (128)
(NPR) Obvious Red state West Virginia wakes up to discover that Bush's environmental policies have turned their once beautiful state into Hell on Earth (101)
(Some Guy) Obvious Hawaii shut down government on Friday because it was "windy." Totally not because it creates a five-day weekend with MLK on Monday and the Inauguration on Tuesday (86)
(The Sun) Hero G.W.Bush: A true American hero (401)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Outgoing AG upset that the new AG will refuse to torture people and then lie about it (77)
(FMQB) Spiffy Beyonce set to sing the "first dance" song for Barack and Michelle Obama. Let's hope it's "Crazy In Love" and not "Beautiful Liar"... although subby is secretly hoping for "Flaws And All" (53)
(Boston Globe) Obvious Americans are going to be more dissapointed in Obama than in any President in a generation (503)
(Huffington Post) Sad The Late Show presents its final edition of "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches," commemorates it with a montage of the best of the series (46)
(New York Daily News) Obvious White supremacists being watched as Obama inauguration draws near. David Duke sucks  T-Shirt (63)
(Breitbart.com) Spiffy Secret Service: "Mr. President-elect, you'll have to surrender your Blackberry." Obama: "Nope" (173)
(CBS News) Obvious It's official, President George W. Bush leaves office with the worst approval rating EVAR. Heckuva job, Georgie (404)
(Yahoo) Sad This is the obituary written by an assassinated journalist who correctly foresaw his own assassination (31)
(Yahoo) Fail Pres-elect Obama's pick for Homeland Security failed to complete her own state's detailed security plan... even after six years (76)

Fri January 16, 2009
(Some Shrink) Interesting Analysis of Bush's farewell speech: "The lame duck's swan song was upstaged by a flock of geese" (104)
(Think Progress) Obvious Fox News has gone from blaming 9/11 on Clinton to simply stating that the attack happened during the Clinton administration (166)
(Comedy Central) Amusing The Bush Years. Jon Stewart's W Impression (74)
(CBS News) Obvious How will George Bush spend his last days in office? The same way he spent one-third of his term: on vacation. Presidentin's hard work (56)
(Google) Obvious Unable to catch Osama Bin Laden, the U.S., like so many soccer dads, instead focuses on the next best thing: harassing his kids (25)
(Spike) Amusing During George Bush's last week in office, let us begin the top 10 lists of dumbest W moments (104)
(Wired) Interesting Army 2-star general in Iraq starts a blog. Mood: surgy (25)
(Politico) Dumbass Steve King (R-Edneck) says it's "bizarre" for Obama to include middle name as part of swearing in. Every single other president in US history facepalms at the stupid (200)
(International Herald Tribune) Obvious Hamas rejects Israeli cease-fire terms. Reasons given include "Our shrapnel collection is not complete" and "We have some rockets left" (205)
(fredricksburg.com) Asinine And now a message from The American Life League: If you love free Krispy Kreme donuts, you love abortion (83)
(St. Petersburg Times) Interesting Barack Obama made 510 promises during his campaign, and a new Web site will track every one of them so that you can learn why your pony hasn't arrived yet (254)
(Huffington Post) Scary "Pastor" Rick Warren, who will give the opening prayer for Obama's inaugural, wants Christians to act like Hitler Youth, making him truly a Man of Godwin (185)
(Heritage Foundation) Interesting Obama's $800 billion stimulus plan, analyzed: It incurs $6,700 worth of debt per each household and creates 3.7 million jobs at a cost of $217,000 per job (346)
(The Atlantic) Interesting The word "conservative" has been moved so far from its original meaning that old conservatives are starting to pick new names for their ideology. Welcome to the 2012 primaries, where Whigs will face off against Tories (204)
(YouTube) Fail You know a meme is dead when Nancy Pelosi tries her hand at it (68)
(Atom) Amusing Obama's speech generator listed online (86)
(CNN) Interesting New York voters prefer Mario Cuomo's son to become senator over JFK's daughter. And all of them prefer that you get the hell out of their way, they're walking here (36)
(NPR) Obvious YES WE CAN (exploit Obama campaign imagry in advertisments and branding) (52)
(USA Today) Obvious Poll: Americans believe Obama will deliver on promises despite the fact the country is broke, Republicans abhor him, and fairy dust factories are experiencing a shortage (226)
(USA Today) Obvious Presidential inauguration will start off cold, could get hot: "The most important change is people get confused and disoriented and begin to take their clothes off because they feel warm" (125)
(The Raw Story) Unlikely Ted Nugent wants to be Obama's drug Czar: "Hippies, dope heads, corrupt politicos and various other human debris hate me, which makes me the perfect man for the job" (184)
(BBC) Interesting Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov's stand against the Kremlin a political gambit (29)

Thu January 15, 2009
(Guardian.com) Fail Israeli officer: I was right to shoot 13-year-old child. "This is commander. Anything that's mobile, that moves in the zone, even if it's a three-year-old, needs to be killed. Over." (551)
(Yahoo) Unlikely Bush's last speech puts his record in best light. Not even the Sun is that powerful (226)
(The Hill) Scary Nancy Pelosi (D-angerous) proposes eleventy billion dollar stimulus package that includes exactly zero unicorns and the only rainbows are for San Francisco (83)
(AFP) Silly Swedish betting site offers wagers on whether Obama will say words such as "banana" (1,000:1) during his inauguration speech, though if he does the odds on "fee fi fo fanna" drop to 5:1 (124)
(CBS Minneapolis) Asinine Norm Coleman (R-unning out the clock) says his recount lawsuit should only proceed once he's gained a "sufficient number of votes" (125)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Spiffy Obama's old Chrysler up for sale on eBay. Current owner has dental records to prove it too (119)
(Michelle Malkin) Ironic University champions free speech by providing a platform for Bill Ayers so speak. Then they remove all those pesky protesters and relocate them to happy fun freedom zones (207)
(AP) Followup Having proven his mettle for future filibusters, Burris finally approved as Senator (85)
(The Raw Story) Followup Missing White House emails have been found and are headed for the National Archives. The biggest surprises? Cheney bought Mexican Rogaine and Bush liked to forward the peener growth emails to Condi Rice (63)
(RealClearPolitics) Asinine Silly Californians. Just because something is a valid part of your state constitution doesn't mean your betters in the Judiciary can't choose to ignore it (640)
(Washington Post) Obvious More from the Hopey McChange express: Obama taps former Illinois Congressman notorious for packing legislation with earmarks for donors to direct highway spending projects (164)
(AP) Interesting The Louisiana ACLU is urging school superintendents to allow children "to express their views" on inauguration day... or else (247)
(Hartford Courant) Amusing CT governor names Linda McMahon, CEO of WWE, to State Education Board. Her first suggestion is to change the boardroom furniture to break-away tables and metal chairs (97)
(Gizmodo) Cool Obama becomes the first president to have his official portrait taken with a digital camera, Facebook has notified his friends of the new picture (108)
(News.com.au) Obvious Britain and Germany warn Russia that they may lose credibility if they fail to resolve gas dispute with the Ukraine. In related news, Russia apparently still has some credibility (33)
(Washington Post) Obvious Bob Woodward says Barack Obama can learn a lot about how not to be president by studying George W. Bush (112)
(London Times) Amusing 10 things to buy at Obama's inauguration. Gov. Blagojevich (D-umbass) surprisingly not on list (20)
(London Times) Obvious Obama on October 7: ""We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority." Obama today: "Yeah, about that...." (569)
(Washington Post) Spiffy Obama and Biden go on a field-trip to the United States Supreme Court. Milk and cookies were served (23)
(YouTube) Amusing Rick Sanchez doesn't like Joe the Plumber (102)
(Guardian.com) Obvious Someone finally admits that the "War on Terror" was about as effective as the "War on Drugs." Give that man a Presidential Medal of Freedom (63)
(Chicago Daily Observer) Interesting Remember that $300K salary that Michelle Obama had to "work twice as hard to get half as much" for? Her job was so critical that the hospital her husband steered millions to isn't replacing her. The Chicago Way (116)

Wed January 14, 2009
(CNN) Cool House votes to expand health insurance to 4 million more children. Won't someone please think of the Republicans (523)
(Crooks & Liars) Stupid Remember that Pentagon report that said 61 former Gitmo detainees "returned to terrorism"? Turns out that's just the Pentagon's euphemism for complaining about being being tortured in detention (73)
(NewsBusters) Asinine The fair and balanced media slammed Bush in '05 for an expensive inauguration. Obama's expensive inauguration? No problem. That is change we can believe in (421)
(Celebitchy) Sappy Obama writes a tear-jerker letter to his daughters (119)
(CNN) Hero Obama to end "don't ask, don't tell" policy and will allow openly gay men and women to serve. Well that's just fabulous (537)
(Newsweek) Amusing Senator Coburn lost a bet to fellow senator about BCS title game. Fark: he has to serenade the winner with "Rocket Man" (31)
(Slate) Sad Maps of the most gerrymandered Congressional districts in the country. Number 7 is a doozy (121)
(The Raw Story) Sad White House orders interns to fill two rows of empty seats during President Bush's final press conference. When asked for comment, President Clinton responds "Giggity" (126)
(LA Times) Dumbass Seriously, if you head the DoJ's civil rights and voting section, and you harbor racists tendencies and violate employment rights statutes, why would you ever commit your thoughts to e-mail? (140)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee explains why he didn't move to impeach Bush and Cheney, even though he admits they were "among the most impeachable officials in our Nation's history" (200)
(Law.com) Interesting Obama's nominee for Solicitor General has never argued before the Supreme Court, or any appellate court. She is a lawyer, though, so that's good. But then again so is Star Jones (136)
(Politico) Interesting Obama in 1996: "I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages." (532)
(Daily Kos) Obvious Top Bush Official admits the US tortured, even according to the definition Cheney uses (353)
(Yahoo) Interesting Turns out there may be something to those claims of "Godless Democrats" after all. This is bad news for... God? (107)
(Crooks & Liars) Dumbass For Bill O'Reilly, no allegation is too disproven to use to make a point about how Americans shouldn't demand accountability for things Republicans did (112)
(Charlotte) Fail The (hopefully) last Bushism: "I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best." (91)
(Ynet) Interesting UN: Gaza in Dire Straits. With all the bombed infrastructure, its like we've given them Money For Nothing. Civilians and Brothers In Arms suffer, forced to make Walk of Life for aid  T-Shirt (271)

Tue January 13, 2009
(CBC) Spiffy A Net Neutrality proponent as head of the FCC? "Yes, we can" (450)
(Washington Post) Interesting President Bush declares state of emergency in Washington DC (226)
(Nashville Biz Journal) Amusing The Tennessee GOP just got pwn3d (143)
(CNN) Amusing Obama threatens veto, even though he's not president yet (45)
(NewsBusters) Obvious In an unprecedented display of bi-partisanship, Obama allows anyone from the press to ask any questions they want. Just kidding, if the Chosen One™ doesn't like you, don't bother asking a question (244)
(AP) Ironic Obama's choice to run Treasury Dept on hot seat for failing to pay personal taxes from 2001-2004. Whoops (102)
(Wall Street Journal) Amusing Obama is serious about having the Clintons in his cabinet. You can tell because he's wearing his chin down, don't-fark-with-the-One, I'm-serious frowny face, instead of his chin-up, gazing-at-the-stars, yes-we-can leadership face (53)
(Anchorage Daily News) Hero Sarah Palin writes dumb, snarky letter to the Anchorage Daily News. Editor responds by demolishing her on every point and posting his response on his blog. Palowned (346)
(Gawker) Interesting Ana Marie Cox, noted for her work on Wonkette and for not looking like a total hag, joins Air America as a correspondent (68)
(Reuters) Dumbass Pentagon says at least 61 people released from Gitmo returned to terrorism. So not only are they imprisoning innocent people but they're also releasing terrorists. No wonder they're closing the place down (81)
(Yahoo) Asinine Iranians welcome the new Obama Adminstration with goodwill and hope for a better era of American-Islamic relations. Just kidding, they're setting giant pictures of Barack Obama on fire (313)
(Huffington Post) Hero In a move that will confuse many people, Al Sharpton rips churches that "break into people's bedrooms and claim God sent you" (68)
(AOL) Dumbass You're the Mayor of cash strapped Gary, Indiana. You need a car. So, naturally you have the city buy you a $30,000 Hummer. Bonus: You got a $5000 discount (88)
(1010WINS) Dumbass NY GOP doesn't see a problem with wasting an extra $20M on a Senate election now instead of following the law and allowing the Governor to make the appointment and then have an early election on [gasp] an Election Day (36)
(US News and World Report) Scary Obama's $1 trillion stimulus plan? Pfft, chicken feed. We need $2 trillion over two years. Otherwise, not everybody would get a pony (217)
(Esquire) Dumbass Mike Huckabee equates homosexuality to alcoholism but is somehow still offended by racists. This is the future of the GOP (196)
(Fox News) Obvious The three richest counties in America today are all Washington, D.C. suburbs, where we make money the old fashioned way: we WASTE it (105)
(Yahoo) Dumbass The lone vote in the UN Human Right's Council supporting Israel comes from, you guessed it, U -...wait, what? Canada? (160)
(Some Guy) Stupid Not wishing to be left out of the pointless biatching about Inauguration Day, NAACP whines that "Trail Maid" dresses remind them of "Gone With the Wind." Frankly, Obama just doesn't give a damn (110)
(Yahoo) Amusing You bought the decorative plates, the commemorative coins and even the Barack Obama bobblehead. Well, now you can now get your very own Barack Obama lava lamp. Gene Simmons facepalms, mutters, "Why didn't I think of that?" (77)
(Guardian.com) Strange British Government fails to provide proof that former attorney general was not pressured to change his initial opinion that 2003 Iraq invasion could be illegal. This may or may not be bad news for somebody (22)
(AFP) Obvious "I said 'get me President Bush on the phone'. They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn't care. 'I need to talk to him now'. He got off the podium and spoke to me" (489)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting Here are some lessons Obama can learn from Dick Cheney (67)
(Think Progress) Dumbass Arlen Specter decides he no longer thinks it's a good idea to blindly confirm cabinet level positions now that Obama is picking them (42)
(Nola.com) Obvious Bush on New Orleans: "More people need to get in their houses. More people need to, you know, have their own home there." Such wisdom. Such guidance. We'll miss you, brave leader (62)
(Google) Followup Minnesota responds to Al Franken's request to take office: Siddown and shut up, dumbass (97)
(CNN) Obvious Still-President Bush squeezes in one last farkup by threatening to interrupt The Office (110)

Mon January 12, 2009
(London Times) Obvious Israel prepares to strike Hamas with 'Iron Fist.' In other news, Hamas is apparently in league with the P.H.A.N.T.O.M.s (154)
(Miami Herald) Misc Political correctness says it's too soon for comedians to focus on Obama. Lisa Lampanelli disagrees, says Obama just white enough to do a good job and show up to work on time (268)
(AP) Cool Obama to order the closing of Guantanamo Bay (414)
(Huffington Post) Cool Don't worry ladies, Obama is gonna stimulate you too (45)
(Wired) Asinine Cheney says Obama needs to "find out precisely what it is we did and how we did it." Eight years of congressional oversight says "What?" (242)
(Bloomberg) Obvious Obama to continue the time-honored tradition of rewarding big donors with plum ambassadorships. Your $20 internet donation probably isn't going to get you out of that cubicle (81)
(Yahoo) Interesting Gay Episcopal bishop to offer prayer at inauguration event. Activist groups immediately complain that left-handed redheaded transsexual Jewish Kwaanza pastors are being excluded (129)
(Yahoo) Misc Hillary faces landmines at confirmation hearing. Snipers, too (56)
(Bloomberg) Obvious Obama says the recession means that some people will have to share their rainbows and unicorns (99)
(Fox News) Obvious Chavez confirms Castro's zombie status, "Fidel will live forever, beyond the physical life" (34)
(Independent) Interesting Why Israel just doesn't give a crap what the world thinks anymore. Except America, gotta have those guys on board (563)
(Philly) Unlikely Mayor of Philadelphia denies that his popularity is waning, just thinks that his appeal is becoming more selective (30)
(Canoe) Obvious North Korea wants to send envoy to Obama's inauguration, presumably to use the code word that activates him (38)
(News.com.au) Sad Barack Obama's Kenyan grandma will be bringing him a three-legged stool and an oxtail fly whisk as inauguration gifts, but was advised to leave her traditional tribal spear and shield at home (47)
(Politico) Interesting Meet the new news guys who will be covering the Obama Administration (31)
(WorldNetDaily) Strange GOP Congressmen held an unauthorized ceremony to annoint the door Obama will pass through on inauguration day with holy oil. Unclear if this is to bless him or in a hope he bursts into flames (93)
(Boston Globe) Obvious An overview of the Bush legacy. Republicans should support Obama since he's the only one who can prevent it from looking like a total disaster (29)
(ABC News) Interesting President Bush holds 47th and final news conference to discuss future; will be taking "of counsel" position with Chevron (112)
(Washington Post) Stupid Math error to cost Maryland $31 million, or the GDP of Jordan (65)
(New York Daily News) Followup With his presidency soon to begin, President-elect Obama down to choices tougher than finding a commerce secretary: a Labradoodle or a Portugese water hound (58)
(Boston Globe) Asinine The Senate may seat Burris today, because they're tired of having him stand outside the Capitol whining and crying to anyone that will listen (57)
(NYPost) Obvious N.Y. Gov. Paterson joins pro-Israel rally in Manhattan, says he recognizes Israel's right to exist, doesn't see eye to eye with the terrorists (71)
(Washington Times) Unlikely Slow news day: Washington Times interviews "First Dog" Barney, opening up the possibility that he may have to testify at any future criminal proceedings (16)
(Washington Post) Interesting The Republican purge continues as Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) expected to choose retirement over irrelevance (31)
(apan Today) Weird Japan's top rubber-mask studio manufacturing 300 masks per day of Barack Obama. "I've seen a couple of Obama faces made in the United States, but ours is the best" (23)
(Think Progress) Dumbass Newly-minted war reporter Joe the Plumber: "I think the media should be banned from reporting on wars." (348)

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