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Sun May 17, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
(Minnesota Public Radio)		Coleman and Franken are done. The ball is now in the Minnesota Supreme Court's...um, court (minnesota.publicradio.org)	(211)
(The State)		South Carolina's GOP convention breaks down into flamewar between people who want to win and people who want to kick everyone out of the party (thestate.com)	(175)
		When even a writer for her liberal hometown newspaper The San Francisco Chronicle says Nancy Pelosi is lying, maybe it's time for her to throw in the waterboard (realclearpolitics.com)	(259)
		"How the Republican Party shot itself in the face: Dick Cheney, won't you please go home?" (theglobeandmail.com)	(204)
		Biden reveals that Cheney ran the country for years while hiding in his basement (foxnews.com)	(180)
		British National Party nutbars launch "British Jobs For British Workers" campaign - but hire American models for the ad campaign (pics) (mirror.co.uk)	(109)
(Glenn Beck)		Taxing the wealthy in Maryland is working so well that affluent citizens are leaving in droves, creating a third world state (glennbeck.com)	(544)
		Not news: Church wants to tear down ugly building, rebuild new beautiful one. News: city agrees, but cannot let them because it is "historic." Fark: since it was built in the 1950's (wtop.com)	(88)

Sat May 16, 2009

	"Washington has never seen anything like Pelosi's ever-shifting tales of what she'd been told of CIA interrogation techniques. Even Richard Nixon didn't have this much trouble explaining what he knew and when he knew it." (pajamasmedia.com)	(459)
	GOP Chairman Michael Steele says that marriage burdens small business (news.yahoo.com)	(401)
	The House of Representatives votes 422-1 to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Arnold Palmer. So who voted against him? You probably already know (sports.yahoo.com)	(235)
	Finally, statistical proof that libruls hate freedom. If by "libruls" you mean "normal people" and by "freedom" you mean "insanity" (dailykos.com)	(67)
(Hillaryis44)	Because farm animals recently were given more rights in California, Obama hates gay men, or something like that (hillaryis44.org)	(38)
	You know that CNN report that we waterboarded people to get fake intel to support Iraq War? The one Wilkerson said he was "pretty sure" was "fairly accurate"? Turns out it couldn't possibly be at all accurate (blogs.tnr.com)	(62)
	Obama has promised to "restore science to its rightful place in government decision-making" Which is really gonna suck for him as he tackles the ethanol issue (news.yahoo.com)	(117)
	State Department fixes a glitch that was responsible for paying embassy workers 1$ a day. Will now be about 3-4$ a day. That's pocket change we can believe in (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(31)
	Cheney ordered the waterboarding of an Iraqi official in order to create a link between al Qaeda and Iraq (msnbc.msn.com)	(171)
	Who do you think has the best ideas for the economy: Congressional Democrats, Congressional Republicans, or the new guy in the White House? Survey says: (news.yahoo.com)	(211)
	Obama looks to appoint another political crony... oh, wait, he wants to appoint former astronaut and NASA assistant deputy administrator, retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charlie Bolden to head NASA (space.com)	(68)
	Go on welfare in Massachusetts and win (a) cheese, (b) contraceptives, or (c) a free car? (bostonherald.com)	(67)
	The GOP hopeful Obama's advisor was most worried about has been dispatched on a slow boat to China (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(56)
	AIPAC in public: 'Israeli two-state solution is great.' Too bad AIPAC forgot to take their name off a bipartisan letter pushed by Congress to fight against the two-state solution (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(115)
	Not News: Republicans run attack ad. Fark: attacking Barack Obama's dog. Where is your permanent majority now? (dailykostv.com)	(245)
	US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Jonnie Carson, is shocked that Eritrea is supplying arms to Islamic hardliners in Somalia. "This is some weird, wild stuff. I did not know that" (news.bbc.co.uk)	(28)
	By reinstating military tribunals for suspected terrorists, President Obama gave Sen. Lindsay Graham an opportunity to say "LOOK AT ME I'M AN ATTENTION WHORE." (miamiherald.com)	(61)
	Former Senator and Intel Committee Chair Bob Graham says his datebooks show the CIA never conducted 3 out of the 4 briefings they claimed to have given him; and never mentioned waterboarding at the other one (huffingtonpost.com)	(332)

Fri May 15, 2009

	PA lawmaker introduces bill that would require the governor, his senior staffers, state cabinet secretaries and legislators to forfeit all pay until a budget is finally enacted (pennlive.com)	(41)
	Leon Panetta is the latest politico to chuck Nancy under the bus (politico.com)	(503)
	Republican leaders want to be perfectly clear. They would never say anything to piss of the CIA (usatoday.com)	(157)
	Newt Gingrich calls Nancy Pelosi "despicable", but stops short of calling her "wrascally" (blogs.abcnews.com)	(221)
	Pelosi tries to explain when she learned of waterboarding. Um, can you repeat the part of the stuff where you said all about the... thing? (breitbart.tv)	(210)
	For the first time in US history, more people say they are pro-life than pro-choice. So being pro-choice is a minority position, like being a Republican or liking scrapple (gallup.com)	(325)
	Once again, The Daily Show puts an issue in perspective: Every value we hold dear can be sacrificed in the war on terror as long as the military doesn't catch teh ghey (thedailyshow.com)	(323)
(Some Guy)	Two Prejeans enter, one Prejean leaves (jezebel.com)	(93)
	Obama performs first miracle, resurrects military tribunals for terror suspects (cnn.com)	(246)
	Wondering what Obama's national health care will look like? Then check out Boston, where the wait for a doctor can be more than a year (boston.com)	(477)
	Position: Supreme Court Justice. Requirement: Being white, or failing that, at least qualified (cnn.com)	(167)
	Newt Gingrich is threatening to sue Twitter for putting a gun to his head and forcing him to accept the terms of service without reading it (wonkette.com)	(69)
(Grade Gov)	You remember that site the media told you about that lets you grade members of Congress? So far, every single F belongs to a Democrat and every grade above a C+ belongs to a Republican (gradegov.com)	(291)

Thu May 14, 2009

	Arkansas senate candidate refers to Charles Schumer as "that Jew" (newsday.com)	(231)
	Dick Cheney: Torture worked. Don't believe me? Look at the CIA memos. Obama administration: Yeah, about that? Sorry, they can't be released (weeklystandard.com)	(473)
	Obama proves the Keynesian model works by using it with his own family (nydailynews.com)	(231)
	Bill Clinton's joke about Cheney is only funny because they both got off shooting people in the head (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(36)
	Although they represent only a fraction of Americans, public-sector labor unions have become the most powerful political force in US government. Submitter would write more, but it's time for his break (online.wsj.com)	(89)
	You had to know Sarah Palin was going to insert herself into the Miss California thing sooner or later (politico.com)	(155)
	If you want to interview Elizabeth Edwards, you can't mention John's mistress by name. You can, however, call her "That Whore," "Slutarella," or "Little Miss Skank" (washingtonpost.com)	(48)
	Neal Boortz blast Obam........wait he is defending him. Ok who divided by zero (boortz.com)	(110)
	Dick Cheney channels FreeRepublic: "Everybody's in a giant conspiracy to achieve a different objective than the one we want to achieve" (politico.com)	(179)
	Welcome to Obama's America, where a marine official telling the truth about failures to adequately supply troops gets him dragged in front of a political committee and fired (usatoday.com)	(170)
	New drug czar says we can't have a war on drugs unless we put the drugs in prison or something (online.wsj.com)	(78)
	Teabgging 2.0: Even More Partisan Astro-turf (mediamatters.org)	(93)
	Up to 130 people passed out from the 100 degree heat waiting for Obama to speak at ASU. Note: His opening act this time was paleo-rocker Alice Cooper (azcentral.com)	(16)
(Some Guy)	Ann Coulter, tired of simply widly jumping to wild conclusions, develops teleportation machine to transport crazy straight to the point (anncoulter.com)	(41)
((M)Ann Coulter)	Ann Coulter's take on the Miss California situation: "Liberal masturbators are, once again, launching furious attacks on a beautiful Christian in a fit of pique similar to the one directed at Joan of Arc. " (anncoulter.com)	(101)
	John McCain's mom to Rush Limbaugh: You're a wanker (huffingtonpost.com)	(124)
	Sarah Palin weighs in on the Miss California gay marriage issue. What took so long Mrs. P? (myfoxdc.com)	(336)
	Pope Benedict never, never, never belonged to the Hitler Youth. Except for that one time. But that's it (baltimoresun.com)	(113)
	Rush Limbaugh apology watch for today: Arizona Rep. John Shadegg (thinkprogress.org)	(43)
	Nancy Pelosi follows PoliSci 101: When you're caught in a lie, tell everyone the other guy lied. After a while no one can remember who lied about what (foxnews.com)	(104)
	Prominent Marine anti-war activist who was wounded during one of his three tours in Iraq turns out to be a mental patient who never even served (michellemalkin.com)	(167)
	If your copy of a secret treaty with China says "DO NOT MAKE PUBLIC" it's probably best not to table it in Parliament (theaustralian.news.com.au)	(28)
	Another day, another tax cheat endorsed by Obama supporting higher taxes on regular joes. The boot, peasant. Lick it. Lick it nice and clean (media.nationalreview.com)	(96)
	In reversing itself and blocking the release of photos of U.S. military personnel abusing detainees, the Obama administration claims to have found a new legal argument. It hasn't (myfoxdc.com)	(223)
	Former DC mayor who couldn't balance his own budget will help other US mayors not balance their budgets. FARK: We're not talking about Marion Barry (myfoxdc.com)	(8)
	"People who have concerns about the adoption of children by gay couples are 'retarded homophobes', the state-funded national adoption agency said yesterday." (dailymail.co.uk)	(91)
	What did French President Sarkozy choose to do last night: (a) sleep with Carla Bruni, (b) sleep with Carla Bruni or (c) leave Carla Bruni alone in the South of France and go watch soccer in Paris? (timesonline.co.uk)	(75)
	Kurt Warner meets Obama and asks how he can pray for the president. "It was cool." (azcentral.com)	(107)
(Some Guy)	Greta Van Susteren, who denounces ambush journalism when others do it, does it (foxnewsboycott.com)	(187)
(FayObserver)	Remember when people used to say "Try banning smoking in North Carolina and see what happens?" Yeah, well, they just did (fayobserver.com)	(277)
(Some Guy)	Even the GOP diehards wants Dick Cheney to shut the hell up and go back to doing whatever he does when he's not shooting people in the face (usnews.com)	(264)

Wed May 13, 2009

	Press put on notice: if your cell rings during the daily briefing the White House spokesman will confiscate it. You can have it back after class (earthtimes.org)	(55)
	High Court Derby field is set and five of the six are fillies; however, Old White Guy is still the odds-on favorite to win (cnn.com)	(61)
	Senate Republicans warn Obama that if he picks an "activist" for SCOTUS they'll hold their breath until they turn blue, because they don't have the votes to do anything else (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(192)
(Les Jones)	Actual unemployment figures aren't just worse than Obama's rosy projections for stimulus package. They're worse even than doomsday scenario he outlined if stimulus didn't pass (lesjones.com)	(163)
(New Haven Register)	What could the NAACP possibly find wrong with a life-size picture of President Obama depicted as a pimp? (nhregister.com)	(150)
(Some Guy)	The Millenial Generation is more progressive than any previous generation. Bonus: fewer jam bands than the hippies (americanprogress.org)	(113)
	AIG warns that despite over $180 billion in bailout money they still stink on ice (foxnews.com)	(53)
	Glenn Beck thinks ACORN is planning his assassination. Really. Why are you laughing? He said it, not me. I'm just the messenger here (feeds.gawker.com)	(318)
	With less than 6% of the $787,000,000,000 stimulus money spent, and the economy already recovering mostly on its own, should the government stop while it's ahead? (reason.com)	(276)
	Hillary the Neo-Con? It's more likely than you think (huffingtonpost.com)	(28)
	You know the WHAARGARBL has run out when right wingers are actually making up Joe Biden gaffes (mediamatters.org)	(58)
	Pastors win challenge to political involvement. IRS rules voter education on moral issues, registration permissible. God wants his say on Fark's politics board too (wnd.com)	(80)
	House Democrats stop ethics inquiry for eighth time since February (google.com)	(107)
	New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin "unaware" that several exotic vacations were paid for a city contractor...says trip to Jamaica was "a blur" (hosted.ap.org)	(48)
	Don't challenge Rep. John Murtha (D-Porkylvania), especially if you're a former Army reservist, or a Murtha aide will threaten to have the Army recall you to active duty and prosecute you for campaigning (politico.com)	(110)
	Former leftist apologizes, tries to make amends with the real America (americanthinker.com)	(519)
	Joe Scarborough goes full Cheney (huffingtonpost.com)	(332)
	As many as one fourth of overseas votes from US service personnel go uncounted. "Sad" tag used in absence of "Inexcusable" tag (apnews.myway.com)	(150)
	Norm Coleman asks if he can use his campaign funds to help defend a donor in a campaign financing money laundering case (wcco.com)	(45)
	Crist has arisen in Florida and begun to spread his message of hope and salvation, but will Republicans offer up their hearts unto him? (miamiherald.com)	(109)
	Taking a page from the Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf playbook, Taliban leaders peek out from their bomb craters to demand that all Pakistani leaders step down (edition.cnn.com)	(46)
	Apparently, Federal prosecutors need to be schooled on the whole "sharing of exculpatory evidence" thing (boston.com)	(42)
	Good news-Obama may have a way to pay for healthcare reform. Bad news-By taxing the insurance benefits of those who have it (foxnews.com)	(291)
(Some Guy)	Porland, Oregon county government decides it doesn't really need to hire a Facebook/Twitter coordinator. You submitted this with a shorter headline, and to 95 friends (katu.com)	(32)
	When the U.S. military resorts to stealing water from private contractors to stay alive, we might want to revisit that whole 'outsourcing' thing (cbsnews.com)	(235)
(Some Guy)	Hugo Chavez names new cell phone after penis. Apparently, he wants to reach out and touch someone (intomobile.com)	(136)
	Professor points out the obvious problem facing US health care, which no politician would ever mention: We spend too much keeping really, really old people alive (hotair.com)	(253)
	The District of Columbia has decided that 200,000 more people will park illegally next year, just enough to fill the hole in the budget (washingtonpost.com)	(28)
	The New York State Assembly passed a same-sex marriage bill Tuesday, and it moves to the state Senate. If approved, it will go to Governor Paterson, who said that he will sign it if he sees it on his desk (cnn.com)	(80)
	...then they came for the soda drinkers, but I did not drink soda, so I did not speak up (cbsnews.com)	(603)
	When looking for a spokesman for your anti-universal healthcare group, maybe you should skip past the guy who perpetrated the largest healthcare fraud scheme in American history (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)	(77)

Tue May 12, 2009

		Sarah Palin signs book deal. No word yet on who's going to read it to her (swamppolitics.com)	(180)
		Jonah Goldberg refused to stand for the President at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. That'll show him (wonkette.com)	(241)
		Social Security and Medicare are in such terrible shape due to the economy that the Social Security fund will be depleted by 2037 and Medicare will be gone by 2017 (news.yahoo.com)	(264)
		Jesse Ventura: You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders (youtube.com)	(228)
		U.S. earns first-ever seat on UN Human Rights Council, joining pillars such as Cuba, China, and Saudi Arabia (google.com)	(251)
		Citizens storm state capitol building to protest low taxes. Wait, what? (wcco.com)	(415)
		Remember how Iran had "no evidence" the US reporter was spying? Well, turns out, not so much (timesonline.co.uk)	(130)
		Thinking what is unthinkable for progressives: What if Dick Cheney is right, that torture saved the lives of thousands of Americans? (washingtonpost.com)	(973)
		Just when you thought the screeching vanguards of the Republican party had missed the Wanda Sykes portion of the White House Correspondents' Dinner, out comes the wharrrgarbl (foxnews.com)	(571)
		Obama's proposed public health care plan will screw doctors, especially primary care physicians, through lower reimbursements, so get ready for long waits and office visits measured in fractions of a minute (online.wsj.com)	(663)
		Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) says Obama driving down stock market and increasing unemployment on purpose (wonkette.com)	(191)
		Personal aide leaves Gordon Brown's make up tips in the back of a taxi. What a slap on the face (telegraph.co.uk)	(31)
		Biden tells schoolchildren that his dog is smarter than Obama's dog, promptly gets a yank on the leash (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(69)
		Gay activists join rest of nation hoping for an Obama reach-around (miamiherald.com)	(94)

Mon May 11, 2009

		When Iran arrests a journalist with no evidence, it makes them evil. When we do it, it proves we're good (salon.com)	(164)
		After fixing the banking and auto industries, the Obama administration is gearing up for an anti-trust suit against hulu.com (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(108)
		Obama's promise of changing Washington hasn't extended to banishing the age-old practice of nepotism (politico.com)	(89)
		Dow drops 155 points in one day. In other news, after Obama's first 100 days, this is news again (money.cnn.com)	(129)
		Remember all that derision from the GOP about Obama being a celebrity? (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(281)
		On unemployment? Thanks to Hope & Change you can now attend college while keeping your benefits. Everybody else will simply take out more loans to pay for you (cnn.com)	(259)
		Kos, then: the White House Correspondents' Dinner shows that the media is in bed with Bush. Kos, now: the White House Correspondents' Dinner shows that the media is in bed with Obama (dailykos.com)	(67)
		Obama's proposal to close "loopholes" in corporate tax laws is about as based in reality as a Joss Whedon series (washingtonpost.com)	(211)
		Yeah, about that whole lower deficit thing (finance.yahoo.com)	(489)
		While in Israel, Pope calls for creation of Palestinian state, exchange of hilarious hats (theglobeandmail.com)	(473)
		Meghan McCain, daughter of the senator, tried to get three people into the White House correspondents dinner with only two tickets. She did get in, and no doubt headed right for the appetizers (pic) (nydailynews.com)	(211)
		Chicago activists wondering why Obama hasn't stopped student slayings in his hometown by ponying up $20 billion for make-work jobs (suntimes.com)	(37)
		Golf analyst grovels and apologizes for tasteless joke about Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. In related news, Wanda Sykes and Obama still hoping Rush Limbaugh's kidneys will fail (foxnews.com)	(503)
		The ether is wearing off of some of Obama's wealthiest supporters (telegraph.co.uk)	(105)
		Gov. Charlie Crist to announce on Tuesday he will be bringing his orange glow to the U.S. Senate (blogs.tampabay.com)	(68)
		Obama continues his attack on the moral fiber of our country by slashing all funding for abstinence-only education, heralding a dark future of socialist sex (dailykos.com)	(247)
		Republicans want to declare 2010 the Year of the Bible. Al Stewart to declare it Year of the Cat (dailykos.com)	(445)