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Sun March 08, 2009
(SFGate) Asinine What kind of legal matter takes three months, two city councilwomen, and a five page legal opinion from the city attorney NOT to resolve? Why, who gets the good parking space, of course. Welcome to Oakland, CA (7)
(The Age (Melbourne)) Scary Detainee who was beaten in Guantanamo and had genitals sliced in Morocco faced worst torture in Afghanistan. "[He] came close to insanity after being forced to listen to the same album by rapper Eminem at top volume for a month" (57)
(The New York Times) Amusing The only logical conclusion here is that Minnesota enjoys having only one senator (45)
(AP) Amusing Musical salute to Ted Kennedy planned. "Splish Splash" to be the overture (121)
(National Post) Interesting Recession leads to spike in 'Atlas Shrugged' sales, stupid opinions (293)
(Washington Times) Scary Reporter: "President Obama, are you a socialist?" Obama: "Let me get back to you on that" (204)
(Yahoo) Obvious Newt Gingrich wants to run for President about as much as everyone else wants him to: "Not particularly" (73)
(Crooks & Liars) Silly Limbaugh's ratings have doubled since he became GOP head. Except that this 'doubling' is an estimate based on data that doesn't exist (120)
(Some Guy) Scary The Fark Independents™ were right for once: Obama to work with the Taliban (259)
(Chicago Tribune) Amusing Basement dwelling, 27 year old, mind-reading, story-telling speech writer required. Will work with Chief Executive of Revenue Redistributing non-profit (15)
(Daily Kos) Scary Threats to president's life have increased so much since Obama's inauguration that the Secret Service has had to turn to the FBI for assistance (164)
(USA Today) Fail Change you can believe in.......next year (208)
(Telegraph) Fail Out of 1,200 appointments Obama has to run past the Senate, he's only named 70. At the rate of 12 a week, we're talking 2 YEARS here. Surely he could ask the IRS for a master list of delinquent taxpayers to speed things up? (121)
(CBS Sacramento) Obvious Californians in November: "Down with gay marriage." Judges in March: "Fine. Down with marriage." (370)
(YouTube) Video Former evangelist slams religious right, Republicans, and Rush (140)

Sat March 07, 2009
(CBC) Stupid Canadian cities thinking about banning bottled water, which is fine because nobody up here drank those American beers anyway (119)
(UPI) Amusing British newspapers are gobsmacked, GOBSMACKED that their esteemed prime minister went to Washington, D.C. to visit the President of the United States, and all he got was a bunch of crappy DVDs. Former empires are so cute when they get mad (186)
(US News) Stupid Yesterday: Republicans outraged over earmarks in spending bill. Today: Turns out three of the top five senators who requested earmarks are Republicans. Tomorrow: Republicans outraged over investigations into hypocrisy (230)
(Daily Kos) PSA Note to Freepers: threatening the President may result in visits by the Secret Service (296)
(UPI) Obvious Another day, another remark from El Rushbo has the Democratic panties all up in a wad (270)
(Fox News) Amusing When even Fox News admits that infighting is tearing the Republican party apart, you know the GOP is in trouble (183)
(Think Progress) Dumbass South Carolina Senator says kids in DC are more likely to join gangs than graduate. DC's graduation rate is 14 points higher than South Carolina's. Apparently kids in South Carolina more likely to be a Senator than graduate (66)
(Boston Globe) Interesting Growing numbers of economists support federal takeovers of failing banks. Why do economists hate capitalism? (140)
(Boston Globe) Caption Caption Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (106)
(Crooks & Liars) Amusing Why Limbaugh hopes to God that Obama doesn't accept his challenge (339)
(Guardian.com) Interesting Europeans are dying to go to Switzerland to be neutralized (12)
(Think Progress) Interesting Outraged conservatives force RNC chair Michael Steele to take down his blog (136)
(Lohud.com) Scary New York state assemblyman gets a dead goat dumped in front of his house for having the temerity to be a Republican in New York (35)
(The Sun) Interesting Female university students eat bananas held between male students' legs to win votes for student council. Hey, how do you think Hillary Clinton got elected? (SFW pics)  T-Shirt (94)

Fri March 06, 2009
(Reuters) Spiffy Howard Dean reportedly next Surgeon General, practicing epic "I Have A Scream" speech (82)
(WorldNetDaily) Asinine "Snopes.com (a left-wing website) is now the arbiter of who is and isn't qualified to be president" (259)
(AP) Hero What was said: "Obama to reverse some limits on federal funding of stem cell research." What you will hear: "Obama has decreed that baby killing is legal" (693)
(Politico) Asinine Limbaugh defuses bitter partisan battle with class and grace. Just kidding, he says they should name the healthcare bill after Ted Kennedy because he will die soon (279)
(Wall Street Journal) Scary What would happen if the Dow completely collapsed these days? We're probably gonna find out soon enough (419)
(Discover) Asinine So, Congress, which of you think scientists should be able to publish where they want? Whoops, not so fast there, Conyers (75)
(CNSNews) Stupid Speaker Pelosi backs bill to regulate talk radio. You could contact her with your opposition, but it's Friday and she's flying home to California in her jet plane with crew of five at your expense (273)
(BBC) Obvious Zimbabwe opposition leader injured and his wife killed in car "accident" (44)
(Reuters) Fail Sec. of State Clinton gives Russian Foreign Minister red "reset button" to symbolize improved ties, but the word "reset" is mistranslated into Russian for "overcharge." Easy Button seen snickering (67)
(AJC) Obvious "Barack's name ain't Jesus. Barack ain't gonna improve your child's reading score. There are things we've got to do on our own" (197)
(The New York Times) Obvious Democrats are so fearful of Rush Limbaugh leading the Republican party that they're celebrating left and right (656)
(MSNBC) Scary Hillary Clinton faces her first diplomatic test with Russia. You submitted this to Fark.ru with a better headline (25)
(Daily Mail) Stupid You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never do a gift exchange with Barack Obama (303)
(Canoe) Amusing Canadian Members of Parliament shocked to find out their websites now redirect to porn and no prescription Oxycontin websites (11)
(Some 1LT) Dumbass 1st Lieutenant comes up with a creative way to make PFC (187)
(Commentary) Stupid It's not far to call Obama a Communist. For example, he wants to raise capital gains taxes, but in China, they don't even tax capital gains. So Obama is farther left than Communism (200)
(Some Guy) Dumbass The Obama honeymoon is officially over. Tonya Harding is mad at him (94)
(Dallas News) Obvious Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-hetoric) fights to remove earmarks from spending bill...except her own $152.9 million worth, of course (89)
(Democratic National Committee) Caption The DNC is holding a contest to decide which slogan to put on a billboard near Rush Limbaugh's house. Certainly Farkers can do better (1007)
(Politico) Strange It's nice to have a President that can read and speak, often at the same time, but is Obama that concerned about sounding like Biden that he won't ditch the teleprompter? (258)
(Telegraph) Interesting Guess who's coming to dinner (100)

Thu March 05, 2009
(Huffington Post) Asinine Republican Congressman: "health care is a privilege... not necessarily a right" (1378)
(AP) Spiffy Iowa is getting $1.7M for pig odor research. That's change you can smell (98)
(WWL) Obvious New head of Homeland Security tours New Orleans, asks, "What the hell is taking so long?" (76)
(Nola.com) Asinine Mayor Nagin's administration couldn't afford a hard drive to store his e-mails, but they could afford $650,000 for limos and flowers (39)
(Des Moines Register) Amusing Showing a level of awareness never before seen in bureaucrats, officials consider acronym implications of changing name to "Department of Aging " (23)
(Human Events) Interesting Ann Coulter takes on Keith Olbermann, man to man (377)
(AP) Interesting Fact check on Obama's "tax increases": Will they raise taxes for the average American? Kinda, sorta, maybe not, but it depends on whether they do or don't (184)
(Google) Spiffy Obama chooses untested crony to head FEMA. He doesn't even have experience with the International Arabian Horse Association (156)
(Washington Times) Spiffy Dems decide that since they own the House, the Senate and the Executive Branch, they should spend their time and energy in a pissing match with Rush Limbaugh. Which is good, because it keeps them from actually trying to run the country (457)
(CNN) Sad 86.7 million Americans have gone without health insurance over the past two years. Do not let your heart be troubled, the Free Market will solve the problem (782)
(Fox News) Hero Glenn Beck continues to be the voice of reason. "We're so on The Road to Socialism that Barack Obama's budget reads like he went to MapQuest and printed out turn-by-turn directions to get us to socialism as quickly as possible" (450)
(Gateway Pundit) Asinine The economic crisis is so serious, the Pelosiy-Reid congress had to give themselves a big, whopping pay raise to deal with it (178)
(Foreign Policy) Cool What does the plaque on Rahm Emanuel's wall say: (a) Chief of Staff to the President, (b) White House Chief of Staff, or (c) Undersecretary for Go F*ck Yourself? (117)
(BBC) Dumbass Realizing they'd never stand a chance against a real military, North Korea has resorted to threatening civilian planes. Take that...Civilia (114)
(BBC) Obvious Hugo Chavez seizes US rice production facility. Arroz by any other name (310)
(Chicago Tribune) Caption Chicago Tribune readers have submitted their top title choices for Blagojevich's biography, and they all suck. Caption a better title (135)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Obama, last month: "You can't go to expensive parties on the taxpayer's dime." This month: Cocktail parties with live music every Wednesday in the White House (460)
(Reuters) Misc Barbara Bush has heart, surgery (113)

Wed March 04, 2009
(Fox News) Scary Iran can develop a nuke within a year and has access to enough fissile material for 50 nuclear weapons. Have a great day (233)
(Some Guy) Obvious Obama tags on "climate revenues" line item, which will total $646 billion over eight years in new taxes, which is essentially a bailout for GE and the Shinehart Wig Company (183)
(Yahoo) Strange Next: on a very special episode of Japanese Parliament; the Prime Minister tearfully confesses "I can't READ" (194)
(CNN) Obvious Karl Rove about to suffer massive memory loss in preparation for testifying before Congress (96)
(Breitbart.tv) Asinine And the latest rich and power-hungry corporation to throw a luxury bash while treading on the working man is....the AFL-CIO?? (57)
(Wall Street Journal) Amusing San Francisco city government learns the hard way that you don't mess with an 86-year-old badminton player (12)
(Huffington Post) Amusing Rush challenges Obama to a debate, reminds Obama that if he chooses not to decide, he still has made a choice (605)
(Breitbart.com) Silly You know the honeymoon is over when even Democrats are starting to complain about Obama's plans. It's not like a little tax ever hurt anybody (114)
(Talking Points Memo) Asinine Bush Official: Sure, we tortured a few people and stuff, but compared to Pol Pot, we were "exemplary" (239)
(MSNBC) Obvious Aaaannnnnd the second shoe drops: Treasury Secretary says tax increases are necessary (655)
(MSNBC) Unlikely President Barack Obama will order martial law this year, the United States will split into six rump-states before 2011, and Russia and China will become the backbones of a new world order (525)
(Huffington Post) Amusing RNC Chair Michael Steele cancels his appearance on 'Morning Joe". Joe Scarborough being a former GOP congressman defends Mr. Steele with a conciliatory tone. Just Kidding, Joe rips him a new one (224)
(Crooks & Liars) Amusing Jon Stewart on CPAC: No, you can't make fun of 13-year old wingnuts (169)
(Breitbart.com) Interesting Obama administration unveils mortgage refinancing program that will help 9 million home flippers and janitors who thought a half-million-dollar home would be no problem on a $10-an-hour salary (247)
(Wall Street Journal) Cool "Honk if you're paying my mortgage" bumper stickers selling faster than the Treasury securities needed to fund the mortgage bailout (254)
(Washington Post) Spiffy John McCain is back, and this time he's mad. It's Live Earmark Free or Cry Hard (150)
(CQ Politics) Sad 49 House Democrats shamefully disavow The Great Healer's plan to finally make us proud of America, and instead throw in their lot with the forces of evil (159)
(News.com.au) Amusing The five best politician smackdowns (with videos) (26)
(Telegraph) Dumbass Not news: Right-wing British political party issues anti-immigration election poster featuring a Spitfire and the slogan "Battle for Britain". Fark: The plane was from a Polish squadron (138)
(Fox News) Obvious Fox News' story about Bush's memo recommending repealing the First Amendment? Not surprisingly, it only talks about Obama's plans to "release terrorists" (75)
(CNN) Silly Democrats launch new website that lets everyone apologize to Rush Limbaugh (315)
(New York Daily News) Amusing Obama offers stock market advice to investors. Winston Smith of the Ministry of Information prepares to send historical definition of 'P/E ratio' down the memory hole (72)
(Some Free Hops) Spiffy Alabama House approves sale of beer with flavor. Suck it, Anheuser Busch (55)
(Lohud.com) Amusing Meh: Crank calls for abolition of county government to save money. Hmm: In one of the nation's wealthiest counties. Fark: His dad's the county executive. Awkward (16)
(The Hill) Interesting Obama may use Senate procedural tactic so that healthcare and energy reforms only require 50 votes to pass (312)
(Telegraph) Spiffy Sen. Ted Kennedy to be Knighted by the Queen. Well, he's proved he can walk on water (75)
(Daily Kos) Amusing The Wall Street Journal commissions a poll which finds that Americans vastly prefer Democrats over Republicans. Which probably explains why you have to go to the Daily Kos to read about it (139)
(Fox News) Asinine Congress moves one step closer to having you pay your neighbor's mortgage (315)

Tue March 03, 2009
(Scientific American) Stupid How Washington really works: a Senator is blocking confirmation votes on Obama's picks to head NOAA and The White House Science office. Why? Because he's mad about something having to do with Cuba. Bonus: He's a Dem (106)
(Think Progress) Amusing Democrats want to build a maglev train from Disneyland to a Nevada brothel. Yes we can (213)
(CNN) Strange Old, white CNN reporter has a crush on Michelle Obama (169)
(SFGate) Sad Carly Fiorina adds "not getting cancer" to "running Hewlett-Packard" and "helping John McCain get elected" on the list of things she doesn't do very well (132)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious Does Obama have a bratty kid brother who likes to break things, like economies? Because he's running out of people to blame for the tanking Dow (435)
(WWL) Amusing Talk radio callers outraged, OUTRAGED I say, over Obama sipping a beer at an NBA game (800)
(National Review) Obvious Obama didn't invent dishonesty in political discourse - but he has a talent for it (294)
(Canoe) Obvious British PM hopes some of Obama's awesomeness will rub off on him (151)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Coleman lawyers call do-overs, no backsies (122)
(International Herald Tribune) Scary Now that vital issues like Meghan McCain's dating life and Joe the Plumber's book have been discussed, here's an article about the memos which gave Bush the power to ignore the Bill of Rights when he saw fit (313)
(NYPost) Obvious 2004: NYC Mayor cancels school in advance of storm then gets slammed when storm is not as severe as expected. 2009: Mayor waits until he is sure storm will be bad and then gets slammed for waiting until the last minute. A-holes: NYC parents (46)
(Vator.tv) Interesting White House gets rid of YouTube. YouPorn still available (46)
(MSNBC) Interesting Dear Vlad, How are you? I am fine. It's been awhile since I last wrote to you, but I was wondering... if I don"t build a missile defense in Eastern Europe, will you help me stop missile building in Iran? Sincerely, Obama (360)
(daily beast) Stupid Meghan McCain is suffering from electile dysfunction (125)
(Wonkette) Amusing Joe the Plumber disappointed at turnout for book signing. Promoter says "Do me a favor. Just kick my ass, okay? Kick this ass for a man, that's all." (167)

Mon March 02, 2009
(Politico) Amusing GOP Chairman Michael Steele caves like a rain-soaked paper bag immediately after showing semblence of a backbone (342)
(MSNBC) Amusing Blagojevich gets six-figure deal to write book, hopefully not on male hair care (167)
(UPI) Dumbass In an effort to keep the gays from adopting, Tennessee legislature proposes bill banning all unwed couples from adopting. Genius (217)
(CNN) Followup Republican National Committee chairman says Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer, not a spokeman for the GOP. Democrats agree, this is very entertaining (438)
(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting Almost half of Americans want Obama to hold off on government health care for a while, 42 percent want it now, and the remainder couldn't respond because they sold their phone to buy medicine (327)
(Time) Obvious After Obama's address to Congress last Tuesday, the same House Republicans who called him just another tax-and-spend liberal crowded around him like starstruck tween girls at a Jonas Brothers concert (65)
(UPI) Amusing "Socialist" replaces "liberal" as the conservative epithet of choice, although "suck it, socialists" doesn't quite have the same ring to it. Suck it, socialists (389)
(Guardian.com) Dumbass Hitler avoided bombing important British military centre because he wanted to vacation there (63)
(BBC) Interesting Chemical Ali given third death sentence in Iraq. Texas seen taking notes (37)
(Boston Globe) Stupid Any tax becomes a good tax when preceded by the word "carbon" (214)
(Gizmodo) Unlikely Humongous livable bridge could solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict, look great while on fire due to homemade rockets and white phosphorous (101)
(538) Scary "What conservatives really seem to want is Newt Gingrich's brain poised atop of Sarah Palin's body." With a picture that's...disturbing (109)
(Some Guy) Asinine Boise raises taxi cab re-inspection fees from $5.25 to $224.40. City officials say this fee would keep people safe, probably by taking cabs off the road (19)
(NewsMax) Scary New York lawmakers move in for the kill against the largest non-government provider of health, human services, and education: The Catholic Church (228)
(Fox News) Interesting "Obama says he wants to 'transform' our energy economy and get it off coal and oil. [Those industries] employ millions of people and are efficient. Wind and solar energy... are costly and ...not competitive." (214)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Playboy uncovers the astroturfing behind the right-wing "Tea Parties". Probably because, as anyone who has read the magazine in the last decade knows, Playboy hates any sort of turf on the infield (151)
(CNN) NewsFlash President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated. Madagascar closes its seaport (272)
(Washington Post) Obvious Web savvy Obama ...... [buffering buffering] ... team finding it hard .... 0101745.html?hpid%3D .. to adopt to government compu--- [connection lost] (100)
(Montreal Gazette) Dumbass Canadian PM Harper: "The Afghan insurgency will never be defeated'' (117)

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