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Sun July 12, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
(Some Guy)		Grand Ayatollah Montazeri issues fatwa, calling Supreme Leader unfit, and that the government is working against Islam. In simpler terms, he's just told Khamenei and the government to GTFO (memri.org)	(398)
(Some Guy)		Not news: Investor swindled out of millions in Ponzi scheme. News: He's now a Democratic member of Congress. Fark: He sits on the Financial Services Committee (rollcall.com)	(61)
		Bush III says we have a long way to go in the war (reuters.com)	(91)
(Albany Times Union)		Having finished jerking around taxpayers for a full month over picayune dick-measuring bullshiat, New York Democratic legislators decide it's high time for five-figure raises all around (timesunion.com)	(36)
		GOP says they can get stimulated for free. Larry Craig nods eagerly (google.com)	(54)
		The bargain the right has offered the downwardly mobile traditionalist -- give us your votes, and we will give you existential certitudes in a world that seems somehow to have gone crazy -- is looking less like good politics" (newsweek.com)	(114)
(Some Guy)		Russian prime minister shows off new world currency that will be introduced when global world government is created and we're all forced to become Muslims and be shipped off to FEMA concentration camps in Idaho after our guns are confiscated (guerrillanews.com)	(119)
		"Republicans' strategy for 2010: Run a lot of the same candidates" (thehill.com)	(177)
		GAO declares tap water safer than bottled water, Brawndo still most craved by plants (marketwatch.com)	(48)
		Liberals miffed that Americans haven't suddenly become collectivists (nypost.com)	(126)
(KRDO)		Colorado governor Bill Ritter is involved in a scandal...oh wait a minute he's a Democrat, move along, nothing to see here (krdo.com)	(76)
		Sarah Palin, who spent the '08 campaign calling Obama a "socialist" and accusing him of "palling around with terrorists", says Americans are tired of partisan politics (fe8.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(307)
		What did Jackie Kennedy do after JFK's death? Bobby (dailymail.co.uk)	(142)
		Cocaine king's hippo gunned down in Colombia. Wait, what? (news.yahoo.com)	(45)
		Attorney General Holder announces discovery of President Obama's missing testicles (newsweek.com)	(270)
		He's got a hot wife and he can biatchslap a guy on TV. This little guy Kucinich is doing alright for himself (crooksandliars.com)	(103)
		Turns out that Vice President Cheney gave the CIA direct orders to withhold information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress. Dick (cnn.com)	(118)
(Some Guy)		Sarah Palin appears on the "Firearms Friday" radio show and gets a complimentary call from Ted Nugent. No, this was not a discarded sketch from an SNL brainstorming session. "Sarah Palin, God bless you and your family" (adn.com)	(422)
(Some Moose)		Republicans boycott Google (motleymoose.com)	(103)

Sat July 11, 2009

	NY Times reveals that it was Cheney who ordered the CIA to lie to Congress. This revelation is about as surprising as a totally unsurprising thing that isn't at all suprising (dailykos.com)	(138)
	Obama frees Iranian terrorists responsible for terrorist attacks in Iraq that have killed hundreds of American soldiers and Marines, conveniently forgets the whole "preserve & protect" part of his Oath of Office (article.nationalreview.com)	(268)
	Canadian PM and family meet with pope, stock up on snacks for flight home (ctv.ca)	(19)
	Experiencing the kind of paranoia usually only found at the bottom of a big bag of weed, Fox News suggests that Obama and the Pope are teaming up against capitalism (mediamatters.org)	(113)
	What the media isn't telling you about Obama's visit to Africa is that he's drawing smaller crowds than a Joe The Plumber book signing (ajc.com)	(228)
	No one's more dissapointed over Sarah Palin's resignation than Hitler (youtube.com)	(47)
	Sotomayor backers urge reporters to scrutinize New Haven firefighter. That'll teach him to fight for his rights (kansascity.com)	(192)
	Newt Gingrich tries out the Palin Principle-bringing reporters to nature to give an interview; gets fishsmacked by angler who tells him "You make Calvin Coolidge look like a liberal" (crooksandliars.com)	(113)
	Without the assent of her people, America is being converted from a Christian country, 9 in 10 of whose people traced their roots to Europe as late as the time of JFK, into a multiracial, multicultural Tower of Babel (wnd.com)	(248)
	Africans reach out to Obama via text messages. Democrats want to send aid, Republicans want to know how these people can afford cell phones (edition.cnn.com)	(84)
	Former CIGNA executive says Michael Moore was right all along (dailykos.com)	(379)
	TX Gov. bows to pressure, appoints slightly less psycho neocon newspaper publisher who believes banning books is a-ok as head of the State Board of Education. Gee, thanks Rick (star-telegram.com)	(155)
(Some little Guy)	Hippies want Medicaid to stop funding a medically unnecessary, involuntary procedure which costs your state $1,000,000 per year. Guess what it is (icgi.org)	(411)
	New Haven firefighter Frank Ricci is no stranger to taking employment disputes to court (slate.com)	(172)
(Press TV)	Iran condemns Italy for "violent suppression of justice-seeking protesters by the Italian police" (presstv.ir)	(173)

Fri July 10, 2009

	The big CIA lie that Pelosi is OUTRAGED about? Turns out the CIA didn't divulge details on a program that it never implement. Much like you didn't tell your wife you were cheating on her, even when you didn't. You lying bastard (online.wsj.com)	(283)
	Free Republic pulls thread containing racist and offensive comments about Malia Obama's T-Shirt; then restores thread, adds a few token comments defending Malia, and posts a thread bashing Daily Kos for exposing them (dailykos.com)	(640)
	New report concludes Bush's surveillance programs were far worse than just warrantless wiretaps (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(126)
	Obama's science czar is all in favor of mandatory abortions and other forms of forced sterilization. And we know this because he put it in writing himself (michellemalkin.com)	(407)
(Some Guy)	Obama meets with Pope and to the surprise of many does not start on fire or get struck by lightning (voanews.com)	(151)
	Obama to African leaders: Stop blaming colonialism and the G8 for all your problems and corruption. You need honest government that serves the people, like my hometown of Chicago (blogs.abcnews.com)	(508)
	Senate postpones cap-and-trade until Obama's poll numbers improve or coal company defender Robert Byrd dies (hotair.com)	(114)
(Some Guy)	Obama/Sarkozy Ass Gawking Analysis: Yes, there are similarities. Both are blatant and hilarious. But the Sarkozy ass-gawking stance says: I admire but I must not act. And Obama is caught at the moment of as-yet-unconstrained pursuit (althouse.blogspot.com)	(402)
	Few economists not named Paul "Spend, Spend, Spend" Krugman surveyed see the need for a second stimulus (online.wsj.com)	(232)
	All the wailing, gnashing of teeth over Michelle's $6,000 handbag was misplaced. Turns out the bag only cost $875, so that's all right then (nydailynews.com)	(186)
	After raising a whopping $845 for his re-election campaign, Roland Burris decides not to run again (chicagotribune.com)	(58)
	If you think that, after misspelling the boss' name, the PR department should be extra careful with the proofreading, you obviously do not work for the White House Press Office (pajamasmedia.com)	(79)
(Some Guy)	Tucker Carlson's 'Esquire' interview with Jeb Bush. Bonus: First question, "Is Obama a socialist?" (esquire.com)	(150)
	Honey Bacon to launch the tastiest political career ever (theaustralian.news.com.au)	(11)
	John the Maverick, Caribou Barbie, Joe the Plumber and now Fireman Frank. This isn't a political party, it's an episode of Pee Wee's Playhouse (google.com)	(87)
	T-shirtgate (dailykos.com)	(802)

Thu July 09, 2009

(Some Recreating Guy)	Obama in Feb.: "You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas ... on the taxpayer's dime." But if you're the Social Security Administration, you can kick it at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa (theusreport.com)	(96)
	"The money would have gone to the lawyers no matter what they were doing." The Anchorage Daily News confirms that Palin's reason for leaving doesn't hold up (huffingtonpost.com)	(134)
(Some Guy)	Harry Reid (D-Novacaine) on the economy: "The status quo is simply not where America is." Also notes with horror that half of Americans are making less than average wages (cqpolitics.com)	(54)
	Nancy Pelosi on honoring Michael Jackson: "I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution." (wcco.com)	(186)
	Palin still dealing with ethics complaints such as the ever immoral "wearing an Arctic Cat logo on a piece of clothing during a snowmobile race." (cnn.com)	(205)
	MoveOn.org draws a crowd of 30 demonstrators in Alabama. None miss work (blog.al.com)	(312)
	Hillary Clinton effectively neutered as Secretary of State. WOOF (foxnews.com)	(59)
	Todays made-up Stephen Harper controversy: Being less than 2 minutes late for a photo-op (ctv.ca)	(119)
	While most Americans were watching the Michael Jackson circus, Obama was selling out Western Europe (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)	(396)
	Jack Cafferty: "Alec Baldwin's MFA in drama does not qualify him for public office." Alec Baldwin: "Jack Cafferty nearly killed a man and fled the scene of the crime." Jack Cafferty: "Why you gotta go there?" (huffingtonpost.com)	(266)
(The Olympian)	9th Circuit rules that religious whacko pharmacy owners can't withhold Plan B sales. The owners claim that their constitutional rights are being violated; for who could forget the 28th Amendment, enshrining the right to douchebaggery for all (theolympian.com)	(1059)
	In news that will shock precisely no one, states are misusing federal stimulus dollars, probably on fur-bearing trout farms and midnight checkers programs (usatoday.com)	(59)
	Ann Coulter on the Palin resignation contains what you'd expect: Palin is a genius, liberals are scrawny homos, Keith Olbermann's mother is still dead, Hitler (townhall.com)	(244)
(Pensito)	Rep. King, R-Iowa, Casts Lone Nay Vote on Thanking Slaves for Building U.S Capitol (pensitoreview.com)	(194)
	Does the fact that the Bushies pushed democracy mean it would be bad form to support even our own political system? Obama seems to think so (online.wsj.com)	(283)
	Joe Biden is lying when he says the Obama administration didn't realize how bad the economy was when they took office (politico.com)	(170)
	Obama: Sotomayer is a moderate judge who is tough on crime. Washington Post: BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (washingtonpost.com)	(137)
(Some Guy)	Mr. Obama's popularity appears to be dropping as unemployment and government spending increase. You just can't buy good popularity anymore (spectator.org)	(441)
	What's more cringe-inducing than Sen. John Ensign (R-andy) sleeping with the wife of a staffer? His apology letter (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(90)
	Portland starts campaign to recall Sam Adams. The mayor, not the beer...don't worry (oregonlive.com)	(37)
(The Times Union)	NY Gov David Paterson decides to end Senate stalemate by appointing new Lt. Governor, as he doesn't see anything in the state constitution forbidding this (timesunion.com)	(44)
	Pelosi is vindicated (politico.com)	(307)
	Blagojevich's former chief of staff cuts a deal, cops a plea, rolls over, flips ya for real (features.csmonitor.com)	(29)
	Salt in the wound: Franken walks away with 96 grand in GOP campaign contributions (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(146)

Wed July 08, 2009

(Some Guy)	Federal lawsuit filed against several Republican election comissioners in Tennessee for political hiring and firing (nashvilleistalking.com)	(39)
	Competing with New York in the "Most Childish State Government" contest, California budget debate devolves into food fight (cbs13.com)	(86)
	Brian Kilmeade of Fox News: "We are -- we keep marrying other species and other ethnics ... the Swedes have pure genes. Because they marry other Swedes ... Finns marry other Finns, so they have a pure society" (salon.com)	(557)
	White House, hospitals reach deal on health care. Vice President Joe Biden announced the deal at the White House today, so expect a retraction from Obama shortly (news.yahoo.com)	(103)
	PM Stephen Harper wishes the latest controversy would just go awafer a while (cbc.ca)	(55)
	"The jobs report last week opened a long gash beneath the waterline of President Barack Obama's legislative agenda. Few yet realize it, but a scramble for lifeboats is about to begin" (realclearpolitics.com)	(223)
	NY state senators argue and come to a stalemate, not working for 31 days (and counting). State comptroller decides to withhold their paychecks until they stop acting like petulant children (nydailynews.com)	(45)
	Sarah Palin's poll numbers are up amongst Republicans. The stupid, it hurts (abcnews.go.com)	(444)
	Despite being safer than driving or riding a bike, Transportation Secretary LaHood assures us that flying on planes will KILL US ALL (denverpost.com)	(101)
(Some Guy)	Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tx) talked so long at the Michael Jackson Memorial that the crowd was groaning and the telelprompter had tell her to STFU (washingtonexaminer.com)	(71)
	Top 10 most broke states. That would be 8 blue states and 2 red states on the list if you are counting at home (abcnews.go.com)	(364)
	Victoria Jackson, apparently invigorated from her rousing tea party speech, fires up what brain cells she has remaining and goes full wharrgarbl online (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(270)
(Mofo Politics)	Olberman thinks DHS should visit Glenn Beck, Fox News because Beck didn't react forcefully enough to something a guest on his show said (with video) (mofopolitics.com)	(209)
	Massachusetts sues federal government over definition of marriage. Fabulous (news.yahoo.com)	(351)
	Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Andian) thinks his theory that Keynesian economics is a failure has been validated by a single set of economic numbers. Doesn't understand there are four quarters in a fiscal year (foxnews.com)	(58)
	Study shows gun sale regulation reduces trafficking to criminals. Guess that's another NRA argument shot down (sciencedaily.com)	(249)
	Texas is one of few states running a surplus, due to cost saving measures. Like denying Medicaid to hospitalized mentally ill patients (chron.com)	(82)
	Every day there's a new story about the "leaderless GOP." In fact, it's the same story the press has been writing about Republicans and Democrats for over a hundred years (article.nationalreview.com)	(145)
	New Jersey Gubernatorial candidate Christie tells Palin that she's not allow to hitch her wagon to his star, Palin threatens to sue him with the full force of the White House Law Department (nj.com)	(82)
	Obama to meet with his union puppetmasters next week (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)	(100)
(PoliticalWire)	Republicans release new ad: 60 senate votes means that Democrats will rape, plunder and rape the American people (politicalwire.com)	(175)
	NRO outraged...OUTRAGED...that Obama didn't do a touchdown dance on stage and shout "IN YOUR FACE, COMMIES" to a bunch of Russian college students who aren't even old enough to have been alive during the Cold War (corner.nationalreview.com)	(189)
	GOP Senators go to Texas Medical Center to speak against the government option. Doctors give them an earful about what is wrong with the current system. "The status quo is not an option" (chron.com)	(160)
	VP Biden talks about his positive outlook for Iraq two years after saying that Iraq was doomed to failure. Bonus: "The fact that I'm vice president of the United States is very reassuring to them." (reuters.com)	(70)
(Some Guy)	Alcee Hastings (D-Impeached) introduces bill to create "Emergency Camps" to put pro-lifers, pro-gunners, and anti-big gov-ners (newswithviews.com)	(147)
	Henry Waxman (D-ickhead) says GOP opposition to cap-and-trade bill no-one read before vote proves they're "rooting against the country" (politico.com)	(375)
	Congressional Democrats are between a rock and a hard place. They desperately want to pass health bill they can label "universal coverage," but have no coherent plan for making provisions more efficient, less costly. Solution: Hurry (corner.nationalreview.com)	(169)

Tue July 07, 2009

	Old and busted: 14% unemployment rate. New hotness: $20 for a gallon of gas (newsweek.com)	(675)
	The same people who wanted to block all coverage of deaths in Iraq because "it hurt the war effort", now want every death covered as a national event because MJ touched little kids. Or something (foxnews.com)	(109)
	If you listened to the Rush Limbaugh Show today, you were read one of the most impressive right wing wharrrgarrrbls in recent memory. In case you didn't, read it here (article.nationalreview.com)	(432)
	How the Freedom of Information Act caused Sarah Palin to resign (online.wsj.com)	(292)
(Some Law Professor)	California joins 33 other states in supporting incorporation of the Second Amendment (Scroll Down) (volokh.com)	(14)
	Alberto Gonzalez set to teach "special topics" at Texas Tech. No word if its torture 101 or how to forget information when its needed (statesman.com)	(84)
	Real Americans™ do not live in cities. They live in bootstrappy rural areas. Real Americans™ also support Sarah Palin. So quoth MSNBC liberal Mika Brzezinski, font of Fark trollbait (mediamatters.org)	(263)
	Sarah Palin says that if she were in the White House, the White House's Department of Law would protect her from the ethics lawsuits she's experiencing in Alaska. You know, if the White House actually had one of those (abcnews.go.com)	(311)
	Obama to Israel: Don't listen to that numbskull Biden. We don't know what he's been smoking (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(242)
	American Bar Association gives Sotomayor top rating. No word yet from the Honky Tonk Bar Association (reuters.com)	(122)
	Health insurance company stocks up sharply on news that 40 million Americans will have to start giving them money every month even if their coverage is denied (forbes.com)	(142)
	Yet another prominent Obama supporter begins to experience buyer's remorse (washingtontimes.com)	(523)
	John Boehner (R-OH) to Fox News on Sunday: "Not a single stimulus-funded road contract in Ohio had been let." Ohio Department of Transportation: "Yeah, about that..." (cleveland.com)	(99)
	Wacky Bush administration warns of imminent al-Qaida attacks...wait... correction...Wacky Obama administration warns of imminent al-Qaida attacks (wtop.com)	(108)
	Last weekend in Texas, 37,000 bagger-patriots attended the July 4th Tea Party in Dallas on Independence Day to celebrate the Fourth of July. But don't expect to hear a peep about it from the mainstream MSM media or the New York NYT Times (michellemalkin.com)	(426)
	New amendment will require Senators to post office expenditures online, unsure what category 'hookers and blow' fits in (thehill.com)	(38)
	If you were horrified at the huge deficit caused by the first stimulus package, get ready to shiat your pants over Stimulus Package 2: Break the Bankaloo (bloomberg.com)	(485)
	Palin: "I'm leaving". Everyone else: "Fine, go then". Palin: "Fine, I will, watch me". Everyone else: "Good. I'm watching". Palin: "I don't care, I'm out of here" (fe5.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(885)
	Who knew Jesse Ventura would pave the way for Bulgaria's next prime minister? (csmonitor.com)	(25)
	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Dumbass-RI), thinks we need a second stimulus since the first one is working so well (blogs.abcnews.com)	(195)
(Some Guy)	Get ready for 14% unemployment (realclearmarkets.com)	(414)

Mon July 06, 2009

(Some Mother)	When presidents go out, they pardon cronies or sign last-minute legislation that they agree with but would have proven unpopular with their base. Alaskan governors decide to interfere in the sex lives of teenagers (motherjones.com)	(527)
	PA Gov Rendell smacks down Sarah Palin for saying she doesn't want to be a lame duck governor because in reality Alaska doesn't even have term limits (huffingtonpost.com)	(60)
	With Sarah Palin lighting herself on fire and Mark Sanford bathing in Argetine heat, the 2012 GOP nomination seems to be assured to one of two men: the Mormon and the Huckster (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(287)
	When Sarah Palin's new book comes out, it's going to be published in 2 editions: normal, and extra Jesus (time.com)	(87)
	In the wake of Palin and Sanford's individual meltdowns, the New England Journal of Medicine reports that Republican Governors suffer from poor mental health (huffingtonpost.com)	(51)
	So where is all that stimulus money going? Paying down existing debt: "In the recorded history of [Growth in Household Debt], there have never been two consecutive down quarters... until now." (dailykos.com)	(127)
	Pundits surprised that as a Senator, Al Franken is "Not Funny At All." You'd think they were unfamiliar with "Saturday Night Live." (politico.com)	(78)
(Some Guy)	Right-wing crazies who criticize left-wing crazies say all the centrist crazies are going to get put in concentration camps (moonbattery.com)	(98)
	Former SNL star Victoria Jackson attends L.A. Tea Party, calls for Obama to be impeached, then does a handstand on stage for the troops, proving once and for all her whole dumb blonde airhead routine on SNL was just an act (latimes.com)	(258)
	If the participants in the original Boston Tea Party were this clueless we would all still be eating tea & crumpets and have yellow teeth (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(110)
	"Sarah Palin decided to chuck her responsibilities but still wants to have an impact on public debate. So what does that make her, a community organizer?" (npr.org)	(137)
	Many Americans becoming more conservative, just like Obama (blog.seattlepi.com)	(100)
	US and Russia agree to reduce their number of nuclear warheads, which makes Obama look good and is no skin off Russia's back since they already got drunk and lost theirs (washingtonpost.com)	(107)
	What happens when some loser posts a comment saying "we need to take the country back from these mad coons and illegals" on the Facebook page of the vice chairwoman of the Young Republicans? She replies "You tell 'em LOL" (gawker.com)	(693)
	Unfortunately, Israel won't keep former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in jail because we didn't call "no givebacks" (11alive.com)	(182)
	El Paso, with high poverty, easy access to guns, and enormous numbers of illegal immigrants, is one of the safest cities in the country (reason.com)	(256)
	No longer "the people's house," the US House is now "a place where bills are voted on not only before legislators or the public have read them, but also before parts of the bills even have been written" (washingtontimes.com)	(232)
	California has effectively created its own currency, putting it one step ahead of Texas in the secession game (businessinsider.com)	(132)
(Some Guy)	Palin could become "Republican Al Gore, beloved and admired on her side of the aisle and reviled and ridiculed by her irate opponents." And, like Gore, she could get rich by not running for President (bosqueboys.com)	(309)
	Wharrgarbl goes to 11 as Republican commentator likens late-term abortion to slavery (examiner.com)	(314)
	Government health plan would offer cut-rate premiums to match the cut-rate care you'll receive (hosted.ap.org)	(173)
	FBI swears it is not investigating Sarah Palin. "Normally we don't confirm or deny those kind of allegations out there, but by not doing so it just casts her in a very bad light." The truth is out there (miamiherald.com)	(220)
	"Unlike American draft dodgers who immigrated to Canada during the Vietnam conflict, the individuals coming to Canada now voluntarily joined the United States military and have subsequently deserted." (ctv.ca)	(187)
	Biden: Israel has the right to bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran (newsdaily.com)	(233)
	NY Gov. Paterson forces state senators into Sunday session to work out power struggles. Senators say "fark that," meet for 3 minutes before going home (wcbstv.com)	(54)