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Sun March 01, 2009
(Crooks & Liars) Obvious Rahm Emmanuel, on Limbaugh: " He is the voice and the intellectual force and energy behind the Republican Party." (92)
(ABC News) Obvious Abstinence only education leads to lowest teen pregnancy rate in two decades. Just kidding, the rate increased for the first time in 12 years (225)
(BBC) Interesting Dear America, a memo from the perspective department: A million seconds is roughly 11 days, a trillion is 32,000 years. Enjoy your 11T national debt (391)
(BBC) Scary Hugo Chavez' Nationalization Dart lands in the "rice" square this week (108)
(New York Daily News) Interesting If you had "Adolfo Carrion" as the next member of Obama's staff to face charges of financial impropriety, please step forward to claim your hot cocoa sampler (253)

Sat February 28, 2009
(YouTube) Dumbass "I Do Want Obama to Fail" - Rush Limbaugh 02/28/09 at CPAC (1037)
(Pensito Review) Amusing Garafalo: Rush Limbaugh is a self-loathing narcissist (172)
(UPI) Interesting Senator Bunning is so angry with the GOP that he's threatening to quit the Senate and hand his seat over to a Democrat (69)
(Talking Points Memo) Asinine Sen. Judd Gregg is so principled, he earned $650,000 from a land investment which got $60 million from the government. Sorry, I meant principaled, not principled (34)
(RealClearPolitics) Sad Liberals 2008: "How dare George Bush ignore human rights?" Liberals 2009: "Hey China, we'll hold them down so you can whack them harder" (180)
(CNBC) Obvious Obama "is declaring war on investors, entrepreneurs, small businesses, large corporations, and private-equity and venture-capital funds." (320)
(Huffington Post) Amusing White House releases official portrait of Michelle Obama. And of course, guess who is in the background checking her out (161)
(Houston Chronicle) Amusing Texans upset because their state plans to spend $700 million in stimulus funds on building toll roads. "It ain't free money if you have to pay to use it, dadgummit," said one eloquent citizen (73)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Bobby Jindal now invented the internet (356)
(MSNBC) Hero Attorney General Eric Holder on Obama's campaign promise to end raids on medical marijuana facilities: "What he said during the campaign is now American policy." (202)
(Bloomberg) Dumbass McCain says Obama will have a tough time getting Climate Change plans through Congress. At least, if he gets any say in the matter (167)
(Crooks & Liars) Strange Bill O'Reilly whines that Fox News' ratings are... up because people trust them more than they trust Obama (93)
(Sports by Brooks) Obvious Barney Frank rips into banks for wasting money on the "ego boost" of sports sponsorships. Same Barney Frank welcomed $230,000 in campaign contributions from banks last year (69)
(BBC) Cool Benjamin Netanyahu cock-blocked by Kadima leader Tzipi Livni. Oy vey (44)

Fri February 27, 2009
(The Atlantic) Amusing Dear Michael Steele: Please stop. Please (177)
(La Migra) Silly Massive protest against Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration policies scheduled for Phoenix Saturday. In other news... America's Sheriff plans to round up thousands of illegal aliens Saturday (199)
(Some Guy) Scary Paul Krugman LOVES Obama's new budget. Be afraid. Be very afraid (151)
(The Raw Story) Followup Remember that suspect in the anthrax case that was suicided? Yeah, turns out his anthrax samples don't match the spores used in the attack. Good thing that case is closed (49)
(Some Guy) Obvious Study finds that libertarians are more likely to do immoral things, like drive a nail through a child's hand or vote for Ron Paul (146)
(YouTube) Dumbass 13 Year Old "Conservative Republican" Speaks (202)
(Talking Points Memo) Hero Bobby Jindal avoids sniper fire (211)
(Some Guy) Cool Remember that Bush law that allowed health care workers to refuse treatment based on personal beliefs? Obama is putting the kybosh on it. Change you can believe in (786)
(Crooks & Liars) Hero Finally, a principled criticism of the Obama budget by a respected member of the previous administration (260)
(Esquire) Amusing Hidden agendas in Obama's budget: Segways, porn, and environmentally-friendly hunting? (60)
(BrandFreak) Obvious Time magazine gets the week's major political scoop: that the Obama team prefers Coke over Pepsi (69)
(Portfolio) Scary "For every dollar that a US household earns, the US government plans to spend 68 cents next year" (159)
(Washington Post) Interesting Ten Republicans to watch. Sarah Palin tops the list, and Ron Paul is nowhere to be found, except maybe in the sex dreams of his fervent followers (193)
(NJ.com) Dumbass Mayor forced to resign after sending an email to friends and colleges depicting the White House lawn planted with watermelons with the title "No Easter egg hunt this year." What, should I not have done that? (716)
(Washington Post) Followup Senate passes clearly unconstitutional bill giving D.C. a vote in the House, but adds language stripping the city's gun control laws. So the bill has something to piss off everybody (302)
(Think Progress) Dumbass Apparently, the idea of destroying Chicago with a nuclear bomb is humorous to Michael Bolton and the guests at the Conservative Political Action Conference. It's like a skit from "1/2 Hour News Hour" (278)
(CNN) Weird Jewel thieves rob Mitt Romney's Utah home, likely figuring it's a better target than his homes in Michigan, Massachusetts (24)
(Wall Street Journal) Hero "Free market" lobbyists are lining up to mewl at the government teet that Obama yanked out of their greedy maws. Teet (55)
(CNN) Asinine Obama plans to bring back all the troops from Iraq by August 2010... except for the 50,000 he is leaving there forever. Change you can believe in (530)
(AJC) Asinine Nineteen members of the Georgia state legislature have failed to pay state and federal income taxes, some of them dating back to 2002; are now expected to fill Obama cabinet positions (28)
(Yahoo) Ironic Not only does the new budget contain earmarks, there is one sponsored by Senator Barack Obama (394)
(CBS New York) Dumbass Hillary Clinton expressing anti-Israeli views? It's more likely than you think (220)
(UPI) Obvious UAE blocks YouTube cartoon in Israel featuring Muslim boys rejecting the suicide-bomber mentality of their fathers. How dare they show anti-Islamic tendancies to the Jews? (213)

Thu February 26, 2009
(Fox News) Scary One the one hand, the Senate voted NOT to bring back the Fairness Doctrine. On the other hand, mmprh mmmmph mrph mm mmph (204)
(Think Progress) Obvious Tom Tancredo says Jindal's speech was "the last nail in his coffin" for the presidency. And if anyone knows about a dead presidential campaign, it's whoever that guy is (125)
(WTOP) Interesting Senate Approves DC voting rights. Suck it, Puerto Rico/Guam/Virgin Islands (357)
(Globe and Mail) Obvious Canada reveals its 10-year mission in Afghanistan will cost the country $11 billion Canadian, or roughly $87 American (73)
(Reason Magazine) Dumbass Besides being a millionaire former lobbyist on behalf of the Saudi royal family, Obama's pick for Chairman of the National Council of Intelligence thinks the Chinese did not go far enough at Tiananmen (197)
(UPI) Dumbass "You know, I'm embarrassed. Do you know the Web site number?" (179)
(Crooks & Liars) Amusing Jon Stewart explains Republicans clucsterf&*k to the poor house (114)
(Some Outraged Guy) Followup Q: How many Obama appointees does it take to change the assault weapons ban? A: Eric Holder (568)
(Boston Globe) Hero Pentagon to end photo ban on returning war dead, as America finally remembers how to honor its fallen soldiers (641)
(Wall Street Journal) Ironic Karl Rove accuses Barack Obama of twisting truth to advance politics (212)
(Gawker) Amusing Kenneth the page responds to the internet response to the Republican response to the state of the union address (71)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Interesting Chicago politics makes what goes on in DC look like a quiet political science seminar: Sen. Roland Burris's son is a tax deadbeat who got a $75,000 job from ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich a few months ago (63)
(Reuters) Stupid Ultra-conservative Supreme Court ignores 1st amendment; allows city to display 10 commandment monument while refusing monuments from other religions (241)
(Philly) Asinine Separation of Church and State, recession be damned. Pennsylvania State House spends $13,700 on buying its members Bibles (213)
(Politico) Obvious John Kerry: "On the advice of my attorney, my family and every member of my staff, I am no longer allowed to tell jokes." (105)
(Yahoo) Stupid Yielding to politics rather than science, Obama reverses plan to store the nation's nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. New plan is to store it in Mitch McConnell's basement (288)
(CNN) Interesting UN tribunal clears former Serbian president Milutinovic of war crimes (84)
(Time) Interesting Obama's appointee for Chief Watchdog over stimulus spending is a highly regarded former IG who uncovered the Abramoff scandal, who also knows 60 different ways to kill you with a ballpoint pen (90)
(Media Matters) Dumbass Hannity: The stimulus bill has 9,000 earmarks. Congressman: Name one. Hannity: You hid them all. We have to go to commercial. When we come back, the stimulus has 10,000 earmarks (858)

Wed February 25, 2009
(Think Progress) Dumbass Colorado state senator says HIV testing for pregnant women rewards "sexual promiscuity". Morons in Colorado State Senate trifacta in play (188)
(Yahoo) Followup Gov Jindal last night: "we're spending $140 million on volcano monitoring-why would we spend money on that?" USGS today:"psst.Gov..The name Pompeii mean anything to you?" (458)
(Yahoo) Obvious Everyone with eyes, ears, and a brain not ruined by drugs and Twinkies thought Bobby Jindal bombed last night. Then there's Rush Limbaugh (224)
(Think Progress) Fail Following Utah's lead in hyperbole so big you could drive a truck on it, Colorado state senator compares being gay to murder (231)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting The Obamas have chosen a Portuguese water dog to be first dog, following a recommendation by Ted Kennedy. No, seriously (184)
(ABC News) Followup Joe Biden: We will embarass those who misuse stimulus finds. Joe knows what he's talking about, he's pretty experienced at embarrassing Obama (178)
(Some Guy) Asinine Canada reduces cost of its mission in Afghanistan by cutting off the pay and benefits of soldiers currently fighting there. BRILLIANT (48)
(Media Matters) Dumbass WSJ editorial board member responds to Obama's call for energy independence: "Whatever, Hitler" (451)
(CNN) Spiffy America concludes that Pres. Barack Obama rocked the house last night (658)
(Boston Herald) Stupid In order to create jobs, Massachusetts will buy $21.8 million worth of trash cans that don't need to be emptied as often (26)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Mayor of Los Alamitos sends an email to a local African-American businesswoman showing a watermelon patch in front of the White House; hilarity for some reason does not ensue (71)
(Guardian.com) Spiffy Iran does an MS Paint-run on its new nuclear reactor (45)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Jindal's 'response' so bad, even Republicans can't defend it (496)
(HelenaIR.com) Cool Medical marijuana bill clears the thing...with the dudes...wait...where are my doritos? (68)
(Washington Post) Interesting After 220 years of taxation without representation, Senate weighs giving Washington, D.C. a seat in the House - no matter what that goddamn piece of paper says (74)
(Reuters) Sad Abuse at Gitmo has increased since Obama took office. Where's the outrage? (88)
(Washington Times) Interesting Utah's Republican governor: "I don't even know the congressional leadership. I have not met them. I don't listen or read whatever it is they say because it is inconsequential--completely" (40)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Fatah frees Hamas prisoners for Gaza and Ramallah, still hostile against other-vowel-containing groups (30)
(New York Daily News) Ironic When New York City turns down cash because Obama's stimulus bill promotes welfare dependency over workfare, it just might be too liberal (134)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Dick Durbin warns Roland Burris that his behavior is increasingly looking like the last act of a desperate man. Burris replies he doesn't care if it's the first act of Henry V, he's staying (85)
(BBC) Interesting Spain inquires about taking some Guantanamo inmates. Nobody expected that  T-Shirt (61)
(Jalopnik) Fail President Obama reminds us it wasn't over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor (340)
(TBO) Interesting Fact check on Obama's speech, with bonus Jindal fact check (216)
(Google) Amusing GOP start to coalesce into a well-oiled machine ready to march to power in 2010. Just kidding. Jim Bunning just threatened to sue his own party and said a fellow Republican Senator "doesn't understand English." (45)
(WFTV) Obvious Alaskan Governor Palin to pay state back $7000 in costs associated with taking her children on official trips, will hold garage sale featuring designer clothing purchased by McCain campaign (63)

Tue February 24, 2009
(London Times) Interesting George W. Bush to embark on international speeching tour. In a bid to make him appear impressive, the warm-up act will be provided by Joaquin Phoenix (101)
(ABC News) Unlikely "President Obama has accomplished more in 30 days than any president in modern history" (640)
(Yahoo) Dumbass House Democrats respond to President Obama's call for fiscal restraint... by submitting a $410 billion spending bill featuring "thousands" of earmarks (533)
(SFGate) Interesting San Francisco mayor caught with bottled water, which he's banned in city government. He said it wasn't his, he was just holding it for a friend (115)
(Chicago Sun-Times) PSA Facing a $50M budget gap & having taxed its residents to death, the city of Chicago decides to tax anyone renting a car in any of northeastern Illinois' 6 counties (80)
(Some Guy) Obvious Democrats realize it's all well and good to throw money at climate change -- unless you don't have any money. In that case, the planet can DIAF (89)
(PowerLine) Obvious Press secretary Robert Gibbs was reduced to stammering incoherence when he was asked today about the Congressional Democrats' utter lack of fiscal sanity, Obama breaking pledge to end earmarks. American sheeple? Meh, whatever (179)
(Reason Magazine) Cool Although a crappy president, Jimmy Carter did one good thing: He legalized home brewing, leading to the craft beer revolution that makes American ales the most varied and inventive in the world (353)
(CNN) Hero US to pay "forgotten" Filipino WWII veterans. About damn time (52)
(Canoe) Sad "Death to the Ame-- um, Canadians?" (114)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Silly Federal government earmarks $5 million for campaign to promote marriage, though it will probably only use 50% of that budget (172)
(Daily Mail) Stupid Far-right Dutch politician who has called the Koran a "fascist book" is invited to show his new anti-Islamic film in the United States. What could possibly go wrong? (262)
(Politico) Silly GOP betting on a nearly two-decade old strategy, flannel shirts, Chuck Taylors (230)
(menassat .com) Fail Quick, somebody tell Christopher Hitchens not to deface political posters right in front of die-hard party members. Oh, he already did? Quick, somebody call an ambulance (139)
(Yahoo) Followup US official confirms that US aid to re-build Gaza will likely exceed $900 million. No word on whether this is coming out of Israel's allowance (247)
(MSNBC) Stupid News: Washington State sending checks to the needy. Fark: The checks are for $1.00 (115)
(Huffington Post) Amusing Senator McCain confronts Obama over the President's new helicopter. Obama responds by unleashing his LOLicopter (179)

Mon February 23, 2009
(Daily Kos) Obvious When asked to identify wasteful spending in the stimulus, GOP strategist responds, 'I can't think of it right now. But if was filled, huge, bunch of stuff that we don't even know what's in there.' Clearly (352)
(SFGate) Interesting California lawmaker introduces bill that would legalize marijuana, essentially making its use subject to the same limits as alcohol (762)
(11 Alive) Interesting Obama settles on Locke for commerce secretary. Just have to get him off that damn island first (142)
(Yahoo) Dumbass Sarah Palin complains that journalists conspired to trash her reputation and make her look stupid, and in doing so refers to the media as "this other branch of government" (428)
(SLTrib) Asinine Utah Republicans reprimand gay-bashing senator. Not because they disagree with him, but because he is not the party's designated gay-basher. Yes, seriously (239)
(Politico) Interesting The 10 most influential Twitterers in the nation's capital. Includes the president, Karl Rove, and that hot chick who lives in Northwest DC and tweets about her cats (111)
(Detroit News) Obvious Obama's team to rescue the American auto industry has a little problem. They all drive foreign cars (442)
(UPI) Obvious If Bush was worried about his approval ratings he should be glad he wasn't the Japanese Prime Minister (33)
(BBC) Obvious North Korea deploying more missiles in a desperate attempt to convince the West that Kim Jong Il is alive and well and does not have a micropenis (58)
(London Times) Fail Central government gives local council £51,000 grant to fund free bus services for over-60s. Fark: The council doesn't run any bus services, because they're on a group of small islands (24)
(UPI) Fail New York Times reports U.S. military personnel, largely Army Special Forces, training Pakistani forces to battle Al Qaida and the Taliban in top secret... oh, damn (143)
(Huffington Post) Cool Brazilian carnival queen paints a picture of Obama on her leg to protest the sale of the rainforest. No sign of Bush. (Not safe for work)  T-Shirt (127)

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