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Sun April 19, 2009

	Why the NRA is manufacturing outrage over ban on guns in national parks: "The NRA has to figure out how to maintain the membership rolls - and keep those dues flowing in. Too many successes, and it ceases to need to exist"	(313)
	Anti-gay group not smart enough to comprehend satire, sends thank you letter to Stephen Colbert	(223)
	GOP gets their panties in a knot because President Obama didn't ask them "Mother may I?" before shaking hands with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez	(464)
	Obama maintains Bush administration secrecy decision. This is not a repeat from last week, the week before, the week before that, last month, or February	(59)
(WOAI.com)	Chuck Norris for President of Texas, try and alter this headline and he will hunt you down	(267)
(Some Guy)	"The United Nations global racism meeting is the first for eight years. Naturally it will discuss the evil racism of jews, the barbarism of jews, the slaughter of children by jews, and the destruction of civilisations by jews"	(387)
	House Republican leader John Boehner actually goes with the "cow farts" argument on national TV in debating climate change	(166)
	40% graduation rate in a poverty stricken school district? You better believe that's a spending hundreds of thousands on catered private meals and travel for well connected administrators	(51)
	There's a new McCain in town - smarter, savvier, more charismatic... oh, and she's pretty hot, too	(317)
	61% of Americans approve of Obama's performance, 26% disapprove, and the remaining 13% too busy watching SpongeBob to bother with stupid politics	(274)
	Meet the future of the Republican Party: he's Jewish, southern, a fundraising dynamo... and very ambitious	(184)
	Could gay marriage be the cause of the next American Civil War? Well, at least the uniforms would be a lot more fabulous than before. Seriously, dingy blue vs boring gray? How tacky	(142)
	The book Hugo Chavez gave Barak Obama goes from #54,295 to #20 on Amazon. Suck it, Oprah, Ayn Rand	(163)
	You can sin in Baghdad again. Mission accomplished	(126)
	Waterboarding never works the first 182 times	(345)
	Fox News correspondent shows up to White House press conference in his underwear, sorry, "gym attire"	(133)

Sat April 18, 2009

		Chavez and Obama exchange handshake, high fives and fistbumps. No word on when they'll upgrade to the fish slap dance	(447)
		Michael Steele (R-eally Whack, Yo): DHS now targeting me and Sarah Palin-plus the 3000 others in the Indiana pro-life rally. "I'm sure there was somebody in the room taking names and photos"	(298)
		The gems of Kos hate mail, week 2: Hitler was a Marxist; Stuart Smalley will destroy Wisconsin; and half of America (minus one) is praying for the Moulitsas family to die	(163)
		From the lawmaker who brought you ATM fee notifications comes debit/credit notifications for when a purchase will trigger an overdraft fee. Added plus, she's hot and a Democrat	(147)
		Campus lefties don't believe in free speech when the speech is conservative. Also, water is wet, etc	(386)
		America seeks a restraining order against the GOP	(90)
		NYT columnist admits that "fag" is not necessarily an insult to legitimate butt pirates	(56)
		Kim Jong Il has finally lost it. Everybody Panic	(237)
		Normally-staid Wall Street Journal goes full WHAAAAAAAAAARGBL: "We hope Norm Coleman continues to fight"	(105)
		"If Israel wants US help to defuse the Iranian threat, Mr Emanuel was reported to have told Jewish leaders in Washington, then get ready to start evacuating settlements in the West Bank."	(170)
		Russian nuclear attack to target United States banks to do maximum economic damage. Apparently they don't know US banks already a pile of smoking, radioactive rubble	(98)
		Rush slaps himself on air to simulate torture. Usually he has a Dominican boy take care of that	(422)
		President Obama has succeeded in 3 months in doing what Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush failed to do in 50 years; U.S. - Cuba relations are officially thawed	(328)
		John Oliver wants the Teabaggers to know that killing 30 million Indians is a logistical nightmare	(276)

Fri April 17, 2009

		"When workers get unionized they earn higher wages. When they earn higher wages, they can spend more and maybe then we'll get out of this recession faster."	(292)
		CNN reporterette who told a tea party protester he should be happy with his $400 tax credit and his state's $50 billion in borrowed stimulus funds can't be reached because she's on "vacation"	(495)
		Obama's "auto czar" to banks: Hey, how about forgiving Chrysler's $7 billion debt? Banks: What do we get in return? Czar: You'll get nothing and like it	(114)
		Liberal intellectual Janeane Garofalo: "these are a bunch of teabagging rednecks," adding "this is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up"	(1245)
		Another day, another HopeyChange advisor linked to illegal kickbacks	(164)
		Mayor posts salaries of every city employee, union threatens to sue mayor claiming he is trying to "embarass" workers	(97)
		GOP insiders reach around party lines to get behind gays	(278)
		Nevada state senator introduces taxing sex acts in brothels saying "I'm willing to go in and do the dirty work if no one else will."	(57)
		Lo verily, the Messiah did outstretch his hand and raise The Dead and yet there were those who saw this and many other signs and wonders and still did not believe	(86)
		MSNBC's Keith Olbermann: "President Obama, You Are Wrong"	(626)
		Obama decides not to ban assault weapons in America, citing regulatory difficulties, logistical problems with prying them from cold, dead hands of gun nuts	(427)
		My how times have changed: The French President openly called the American President a cowardly, indecisive wimp	(690)
		You know what bugs me? Learning that the Bush administration approved using insects in interrogations	(592)
		Former V.P. Dick Cheney gets told by none other than Gov. Bobby "The Page" Jindal (R-eally?)	(117)

Thu April 16, 2009

(Some Guy)	"All is not well in ObamaFanLand. A growing number of Obama enthusiasts are starting to entertain the possibility that their man is not, in fact, going to save the world if they all just hope really hard"	(283)
	Fox News on teabagging: "We were one of the only organizations to give it any publicity or P.R." Well...you guys, Mark Foley, Larry Craig and Barney Frank	(393)
	"Government workers, who are paid by the taxpayers, are vastly overpaid, and with their benefits and their pensions, are risking the financial health of this country"	(159)
	In what many consider his biggest test of transparency yet, and after an intense internal debate, President Obama decides to release CIA memos detailing torture	(876)
	Old and Busted: Ashcroft covering up statue boobies where he speaks. The New Hotness: Obama covering up Christian symbols where he speaks	(257)
(Some Guy)	Why Obama will be a one-term president	(331)
	Spanish court likely to drop case against six former Bush administration officials. In return, we have to send back Penelope Cruz and Paz Vega	(50)
	In pictures: Teabagger rally vs. Obama rally. To be fair, Obama did have the Decemberists	(761)
	North Korea kicks out international nuclear inspectors as it prepares to launch its After Effects salvo	(81)
	Slide show of the tea party protests. Just ignore the woman with the pig on her head	(1020)
	Coming as a shock to no one, the NSA miiiiiight have overstepped their bounds on the whole domestic spying thing	(243)
	Israel won't cooperate with UN probe of Gaza war. Prefers to investigate itself and find itself awesome	(247)
(TheSequitur.com)	Blagojevich heads to reality TV, opens doors for Marion Barry in VH1's "Crack Rock of Love" and Mark Foley in "Are You Jonesing for a Tenth Grader"	(22)
(Faux Nation)	CNN reporter slaps a tea bagger with her giant brass balls of knowledge. For great justice	(984)

Wed April 15, 2009

	NY Gov. Paterson gets down on one knee, makes gay marriage proposal	(110)
	US defense secretary "doesn't see any immediate need to bulk up the military response to piracy." The press conference would have gone longer, but pirates stole the podium and held it for $2 million ransom	(147)
	Caption President Obama and the Secretary of the Bunterior	(140)
	Today's "Tea Parties" aren't really grass-roots actions but rather part of a corporate-funded campaign to trick people into supporting more cut taxes for the rich	(lots)
	"As Wednesday's tax deadline looms, some Americans are wondering why they should comply with the arcane requirements of the Internal Revenue Service when top administration officials failed to do the same"	(88)
(Some Guy)	"Today, the United States of America lays in shambles. In 77 days since usurping the Oval Office, the Also Known As (AKA) Obama Administration has done more damage to this nation than any president before him"	(419)
	Taxes, Schmaxes. What happens if I don't file my tax return?	(403)
	"Rush Limbaugh and his boys are doing what Gene Debs and his comrades never really could. In tandem with Wall Street, they are building socialism in America"	(259)
	Obama says the US tax code is too complicated and he'll rewrite it. Because if there's something the federal government excels at, it's making things simple	(341)
(NBC Washington)	Obama's got one ugly biatch	(278)
	The bottom line: Most Americans like big government when it's not some big-eared, beflightsuited Texan wannabe smirking, strutting, and backrubbing his way through running it	(808)
	Obama appoints new official to protect our borders, while leaving our Barnes & Nobles scandalously open to attack	(56)
	The Nanny state: Fran Drescher may run for public office	(103)
	Screw you guys, I am going home	(88)
	Just when you think Glenn Beck has reached the peak of crazy, he goes ahead and says he thinks its all right for a state to secede	(583)

Tue April 14, 2009

	White House prepares plan for high speed rails systems -- a cutting edge, faster, and most energy-efficient method for moving money from your bank account to the toilet	(346)
	GOP leaders consider a thoughtful centrist for 2012 presidential race. No, just kidding, they want Newt	(125)
(Some Guy)	Limbaugh on the ending of the pirate standoff: "President Obama Ordered the Killing of Three Black Muslim Kids"	(370)
	After teeth-gnashing at the national party level about how to successfully rebrand the GOP label for the future, the Virginia GOP has found the answer - "We Love Hot Lesbians" (with video)	(58)
	Vatican rejects Obama's choices for ambassador because all of them are pro-choice. STAINED GLASS PARKING LOT	(388)
	Limbaugh bashes Jonah Goldberg for supporting the President	(312)
	Call it a "stimulus" as often as you like. It doesn't mean that it actually stimulates our economy	(136)
	IRS claiming to see large rise in income tax deliquencies, people listing "Obama Administration Cabinet Member" as their occupation	(263)
	Not this sh*t again: North Korea kicks out nuclear inspectors. US invades in 3... 2	(251)
	Fearful that gays may be allowed into their sacred union between man and farm animal, Iowans begin calling in death threats to openly gay senator	(62)
	"As April 15 rolls around let us take a moment to recall why we Americans pay taxes: Because some of our country's good-for-nothing bums are too chicken to rob us at gunpoint"	(114)
(redstate.com)	Redstate.com hits upon the solution to the GOP's dwindling influence: Exclude even more people from the party	(294)
	Lebanese man admits to spying for Israel, says it was tough playing a male	(28)
	This year's "Pig Book" has been released and guess what state leads the nation in pork spending? You betcha	(132)
	Sarah Palin named "most untrustworthy", "hottest" person in American politics	(112)
	MSNBC's David Shuster must be nuts to include this many double entendres in a segment about conservative tea bagging	(217)
	First came Hillary4U&Me. Then came Will.i.am and "Yes We Can". And now, the coup de grace: The Anthem of the Teabagger	(129)
	Obama is, like, "Hey, Iran, let's go to the mall and get our ears pierced and have a Cinnabon," but Iran's, like, "You're not our friend, nerdlinger, so back off"	(90)
(CQpolitics)	Most Ethical Congress Ever's ethics committee finally gets started on work, will get to that Teapot Dome thing just as soon as they sort out this Credit Mobilier business	(36)
	Prince William "overcooks" RAF training aircraft, destroys engine, decides he wants to go play tanks next	(94)
	New York Mayor Bloomberg launches ad suggesting that Virginia change its gun laws. Virginia response to the new Northern Aggression expected to be reasonable, non-violent	(476)

Mon April 13, 2009

	Turns out the stimulus package might be working afterall: infrastructure projects are coming in under budget and ahead of schedule	(339)
	Obama appoints 5th RIAA lawyer to DOJ	(104)
(KSTP)	Franken the winner of the Minnesota Senate race. For now	(309)
	Glenn Beck to begin comedy tour, marking the first time in history that people won't be laughing at him	(102)
(Not safe for work skirt pic)	Russian father had his daughter killed over the fact that her skirts exposed her knees. Slut	(218)
	Clarence Thomas proposes alternates to the Bill of Rights	(227)
(Classical Values)	You're a breeder who just sold a German Shepherd puppy to the Vice President. As a reward, you get (a) an article in Better Homes and Gardens, (b) an interview on Animal Planet, or (c) legal harassment from animal rights nuts	(70)
	57 year-old President of Paraguay admits to fathering love child. Fark.com: With woman 30 years his junior. Ultrafark.com: While he was still a Roman Catholic bishop	(38)
	Pakistan looks to be the "major test within six months" that Joe Biden promised us	(231)
	Video of pundits betting on America's failure	(277)
	Obama administration asks court to deny habeas corpus cases for three terror detainees. That cackling you hear is coming from Crawford, Texas	(256)
	"Let's face it; the vast majority of people in our society cannot create a living on their own. They need a Creator to give them an opportunity to provide for themselves. They are dependent upon these Creators"	(916)
(MPBN.com)	In an effort to have a more open government, Maine post state employees names and pay for all to see. It seems some of them have a problem with that. Others have a problem with the fix	(79)
	Everyone by now has seen the video of the crazy old man acting as Thomas Paine on the Glenn Beck show. What you haven't seen is the subtitled version	(223)
	If Republicans are so sure gay marriage threatens their unions, maybe they should undergo lie detector test to see if they ever cheated on their spouses or engaged in homosexual activity	(451)