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Sun July 26, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		That Woman who disrupted Congressman Castle's town hall meeting with her birther rant? Turns out the locals know her as "Crazy Eileen" and she also thinks Obama is the Anti-Christ (dailykos.com)	(234)
		Hillary Clinton rules out another bid for the White House, ever. In related news, Hillary Clinton will be running for president in 2012 (news.yahoo.com)	(55)
		Hamas in Gaza, 2007: We won't impose our conservative Islamic values on you. Hamas in Gaza, 2009: Yeah, about that (online.wsj.com)	(101)
(Some Freeper)		The National Poltical Weather Service has issued a Category 3 shiatstorm warning for Free Republic and its vicinity, as Ann Coulter publicly denounces the birthers (freerepublic.com)	(284)
		White House bans Twitter. Fark still ok (upi.com)	(74)
		Live in the UK? Have a nice view? Or a patio? Or a bus stop near your house? That's gonna cost you (dailymail.co.uk)	(72)
		Obama chief antitrust officer wants to examine complaints in the telecommunications, pharmaceutical, agricultural, financial, and travel industries, but faces opposition from Congresscritters worried about their donors (upi.com)	(228)
(Some Guy)		Just 1 in 5 Americans trust the federal government to do anything right, crushing any chances for Obamacare in this lifetime. Why do 4 out of 5 Americans hate America? (mcclatchydc.com)	(351)
		Alaska's long national nightmare is finally over (nydailynews.com)	(214)
		Tax hikes leave Massachusetts governor so unpopular, his only chance for reelection is if a fellow Democrat runs as an independent and splits the anybody-but-Deval vote (boston.com)	(55)
		"Let's make a deal...I don't yell that President Barack Obama is a crazy socialist trying to ruin the country. In return, you don't demand that every fool idea that pops into Congress' head has to be passed tomorrow." (tampabay.com)	(85)
		Just when you thought it was over...World Net Daily brings up the birther argument against Obama AGAIN...Using a brand new tactic...Naturalized citizens applying for passports...Yup, that'll get him (wnd.com)	(449)
		I think Obama is gonna be wanting a gag for Biden (kdka.com)	(139)
		Sen. Boxer (D-umb as a Post) faces tough re-election challenge from former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina (foxnews.com)	(368)

Sat July 25, 2009

	The legacy of Dick: "As large as Cheney once loomed, that is how small he has since shrunken" (tampabay.com)	(79)
	This weeks editon of the DailyKos hate mailbag, "the ugliest week yet" (dailykos.com)	(98)
	New Iraqi government has authority to run police department. Greets American soldiers with cake, flowers, arrests (washingtonpost.com)	(63)
	On one hand, waterboarding is harsh but effective. One the other hand we should all panic because OBAMA IS WATERBOARDING AMERICA (wnd.com)	(137)
	Republican sex and scandal inside the "C Street House" (salon.com)	(124)
	Unbiased, professional journalist Rick Sanchez says Hispanics who work for Fox News have "sold out," prompting widespread cries of, "Who?" (insidecablenews.wordpress.com)	(59)
	Bill Maher: "If conservatives get to call universal healthcare 'socialized medicine,' then I get to call private for-profit healthcare 'soulless vampire bastards making money off human pain.'" (youtube.com)	(608)
	Bill Gates is still pissed that he can't import all his programmers and pay them 50 cents on the dollar (theregister.co.uk)	(184)
	Has global warming stopped? (corner.nationalreview.com)	(405)
	Has Liberalism jumped the shark? (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(256)
	The health care cost-control conundrum (reason.com)	(83)
(Calculated Risk)	California hopes to restore health to its pension fund by doubling down on "potentially high-risk investments." If that doesn't work, there's a guy with a tux and a martini over at the canasta table who looks like a real patsy (calculatedriskblog.com)	(30)
	German porn star furious after her name is placed on the ballot without her consent, as politics would ruin her reputation (thelocal.de)	(50)
	Palin says she'll resurrect her image as a clean government crusader, once she fends off that ethics charge. No, not that one, the other one. No, the other other one. Will no one rid me of this meddlesome investigator? (upi.com)	(106)
	"Corruption scandal bad news for N.J. gov." -- Really? Because usually in Jersey politics, corruption is pretty much a prerequisite for the job (upi.com)	(16)
	Bush considered invading that notorious belligerent nation state: The Islamic Republic of Buffalo, NY (news.yahoo.com)	(255)
	G. Gordon "Obama is an illegal" Liddy is owned into puddle of incomprehensible old man whispers (rawstory.com)	(106)
	GOP state senator hikes the Appalachia Trail with a 22-year old intern (dailykos.com)	(68)
	Not news: Governor sends thank-you letter after receiving movie. News: No one in the governor's office watched it. Fark: It's an anti-Semitic video from Nazi Germany (heraldtribune.com)	(22)
	Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (R-eally??) says giving other people's kids health care will only increase the wait to get her kids in to see a doctor (huffingtonpost.com)	(203)
	Man travels to Cuba, hoping to be arrested for violating the travel ban so he can challenge it. Government calls his bluff by not caring (news.yahoo.com)	(186)

Fri July 24, 2009

	Socialized Canada pwns the "for profit" US healthcare industry. GOP tears taste so bitter (crooksandliars.com)	(633)
	Back when the Dow was below 7,000, conservative pundits couldn't stop harping on how Obama's policies were causing the market to tank. Now that it's over nine thousand... [crickets] (dailykos.com)	(284)
	House Demaocrats quit stalin, announce a great leap forward in their five year plan to produce a cultural revolution in our nation's remarxably inefficient healthcare system (news.yahoo.com)	(65)
	Healthcare? Please, who cares. Obama's comments about the police officer's actions? Yesterday's news. Today Robert Gibbs answered the question on everyone's mind. Do UFO's exist? (huffingtonpost.com)	(60)
	Obama flip flops on police stupidity (abcnews.go.com)	(787)
	American Taliban John Adams (AT-OH) introduces bill that would require women to get a man's permission before obtaining an abortion (thinkprogress.org)	(895)
	Sarah Palin's favorability ratings dip among Americans stupid enough to think favorably about her in the first place (washingtonpost.com)	(161)
	How long until Rahm Emanuel gets thrown under the Whit House bus? (realclearpolitics.com)	(92)
	GOP Governor offers ideas for genuine, bipartisan reform health care reform that House, Senate Democrats can totally ignore (online.wsj.com)	(185)
	Philadelphia's black Republican urges his party to reach out to other blacks, says he's getting pretty lonely (philly.com)	(32)
(Some Nate Silver)	"I don't think the media has a liberal bias or a conservative bias so much as it has a bias toward overreacting to short-term trends and a tendency toward groupthink" (fivethirtyeight.com)	(181)
	The Department of Energy, responsible for giving the United States handy tips on conserving energy, fails an energy audit. Again (blogs.wsj.com)	(86)
	Italians don't care that Silvio Berlusconi has sex with high-priced hookers. But keeping the 30 ancient Phoenician graves on his estate secret from the public is a big no-no (some pics Not safe for work) (dailymail.co.uk)	(56)
(Advocate)	Claire McCaskill (D-oofus) is having a bad week. First she had to apologize to Tea Partiers, now she's going to have to eat crow for gay activists (advocate.com)	(71)
(Some Sessesionist Guy)	Actual headline: "GOP Candidate: If We Lose Elections, We Still Have Guns". Because elections are for pussies (nbcwashington.com)	(435)
	Darth Cheney, evil master puppeteer who really controlled Bush administration, unable to persuade Bush to pardon Scooter Libby (time.com)	(123)
	Baltimore Republican Examiner says: "Enough of the Obama birth certificate debate, he is a U.S. citizen" Wait, what? (examiner.com)	(317)

Thu July 23, 2009

	G. Gordon Liddy has "stroke" on Hardball (dailykos.com)	(148)
	Remember that time Obama's drug czar was going to ease off pot? "Legalization is not in the president's vocabulary, and it's not in mine" (fresnobee.com)	(211)
	Glenn Beck: "I Went To The Movie This Weekend With A Gun. And Surprise, Surprise, I Didn't Kill Anybody" (huffingtonpost.com)	(278)
(Roll Call)	Most open, transparent Congress in history blocks GOP members from sending mail to their constitutents criticizing ObamaCare (rollcall.com)	(162)
	Having solved all the rest of the country's problems, U.S: House of Representatives considers commemorating 150th anniversary of the Pig War, in which Britain learned that you don't f*ck with an American's bacon (upi.com)	(25)
	The government warns department not to have meetings in 'fun cities' (online.wsj.com)	(160)
	New Math: It is unethical of Sarah Palin to defend herself against unsubstantiated ethics charges. In related news, have you stopped beating your wife? (online.wsj.com)	(108)
(Some Guy)	"Opinions of the United States are now about as positive as they were at the beginning of the decade before George W. Bush took office." Opinions of Matchbox 20 a decade later still at all time low (pewglobal.org)	(367)
	Obamacare is snake oil and Republicans have a golden opportunity to present a better plan. Right Republicans? (...crickets) (article.nationalreview.com)	(555)
	California ditches all silly distractions and gets down to brass tacks in their budget debate: It's time to whine about how scary that knife was in the Governator's Twitter video. In related news, Fark needs a Pussification tag (breitbart.com)	(120)
	What does it say about the United States that Michael Jackson is a household name but Neil Armstrong isn't? This author isn't exactly sure, but it's probably the fault of Godless liberal Hollyweird communists who hate America (online.wsj.com)	(311)
	Obama personally waged a gallant 17-year-long war against the Cambridge Police Department's oppression, before finally being forced to bend his knee to their tyranny (msnbc.msn.com)	(331)
	In the latest tactic, GOP stalls healthcare debate with abortion debate (chron.com)	(278)
	Obama to save billions in health care costs by replacing anesthesia with press conferences (huffingtonpost.com)	(74)
	Despite all their fear mongering, NRO can't understand why people still like Obama, so they ask Rasmussen and Politico and not surprisingly, they don't understand it either (article.nationalreview.com)	(122)
	Massachussetts cop, who acted stupidly and arrested a renowned black scholar without knowing all the facts, is "disappointed" by Obama's comment that the police acted stupidly without knowing all the facts (hosted.ap.org)	(lots)
	30 politicians and rabbis rounded up in massive federal corruption sweep, including a mayor who took office three weeks ago - in other words, just another Thursday in New Jersey, most of them are Democrats, nothing to see here, move along (nj.com)	(300)
	Barry "Obama" Soetoro fondly recalls watching Apollo 11 astronauts return to Hawaii, sitting on his grandfathers shoulders waving American flags.... while he lived in Indonesia (wnd.com)	(440)
	Cementing George W. Bush's legacy as a fiscal conservative, U.S. government spending rises 9.3% in his final year in office. Wait, what? (upi.com)	(197)
	A.P. fact-checks Obama's press conference. Prez gets bonus points for proving his own assertions false in same press conference, multiple times (news.yahoo.com)	(524)
	Pyongyang say Hillary looks like a primary school girl, Bill says giggity (news.com.au)	(82)
	Obama vows to reject any health care plan that is "primarily funded through taxing middle-class families". Translation: Your taxes are going up, but the rich will pay more so it's ok (msnbc.msn.com)	(299)
	Christian right aims to change history lessons in Texas schools: "Children should be taught that Christianity is the key to American exceptionalism." (guardian.co.uk)	(249)

Wed July 22, 2009

	Democrats starting to see the Second Amendment the way they see the First: "Despite the fact that Democrats control both the executive branch and Congress, supporters of gun control have had few opportunities to celebrate this year" (cbsnews.com)	(374)
	"Goldman 'warrants' raves from Congress," Ted Kennedy seen getting the glow sticks, McConnell's bringing the E (money.cnn.com)	(99)
	Pro tip: If you're the dictator-in-training from a Central American country and want to steal $2 million from the country's central bank, make sure the security cameras are off. Oh, and don't get ousted in a coup either (washingtontimes.com)	(109)
	Why Jimmy Carter truly is history's greatest monster (dailykos.com)	(298)
(abclocal.go.com)	Facing off against NYC Mayor Bloomberg in the upcoming election will be... the Naked Cowboy? (abclocal.go.com)	(65)
	Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with brain cancer in May of last year, says nationalized medical care is "the cause of his life." Yet under this plan, Kennedy would be a perfect candidate for passive euthanasia (comments.americanthinker.com)	(597)
	9.5% unemployment is Rahm Emanuel's idea of "rescuing the economy" (upi.com)	(155)
	Hope and Change: They told me if I voted for John McCain we'd have a President who used signing statements to rewrite legislation according to his whim. And they were right (breitbart.com)	(74)
(Some Individual)	"Senator Cardin, I want to know are you going to tell me an individual..." Senator Cardin" "I just think the overriding public interest is to require you and everyone in this country to have health insurance" (wusa9.com)	(401)
	Meet Virginia Governor Tim "Rovin'" Kaine (D), the man who makes Sarah Palin's quitting speech look prescient (washingtonpost.com)	(100)
(Some Guy)	South Korean Parliment erupts into a good old fashioned brawl. What I wouldn't pay to see Henry Waxman and Barney Frank get into a slap fight just once. Sigh, the US Congress is just no fun (vetocorleone.com)	(57)
	Iran treats non-muslims as third-class citizens. Which is as outrageous as the U.S. treating non-Christians as third-class citizens. But, let's not discuss the U.S. part (article.nationalreview.com)	(180)
(Some Guy)	Conservatives conveniently forget that the Duke of Wellington won the Battle of Waterloo (dailykostv.com)	(102)
	"Tennessee was home to a failed attempt at universal single payer care, and has lessons to teach a President who has promised that in pursuing his goal of universal health care, he will learn from the policy failures of the past" (realclearpolitics.com)	(107)
	"One man in his thirties...has been to almost every protest so far, a bag of metal bearings in his pocket and a slingshot under his belt he uses to target the Basij. "Yes, I'm risking my life." (time.com)	(138)
	Palin rejects ethics probe. Well alrighty then, i guess i'll be "rejecting" that speeding ticket (cnn.com)	(109)
	Obama pulls a Cheney, refuses to release names of health care executives he's met with in secret (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(192)
(Quinnipac)	Liberals crowed when Arlen Specter switched parties because they said there was no way he'd lose to arch-conservative, former Club for Growth leader Pat Toomey. Quinnipac poll today: Specter 45, Toomey 44. Oops (quinnipiac.edu)	(55)
	When Pelosi talked about "draining the swamp," I didn't realize she meant, "and refilling it with my friends." (pajamasmedia.com)	(66)
(KTVU)	Bay Area implements hippy-tax (ktvu.com)	(76)
	Chris Matthews gets birther Congressman to admit Obama is natural-born citizen (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(351)
(Some Guy)	"It's beginning to sink in that Obama's nationalized healthcare will lead directly to rationing, which Americans desire about as much as a case of salmonella." (onenewsnow.com)	(569)
	"We are fighting with the wrong tools. We are fighting the wrong people. We are on the wrong side of history. And we will be defeated in Afghanistan as we will be in Iraq" (alternet.org)	(99)
	GOP chairman Michael Steele says that he's so happy with his private health insurance he doesn't even bother to know what company provides it (politico.com)	(66)
	Not only does Obama fail to reveal his true birth certificate proving he was born in Kenya with tiny hooves and ten diadems, but now he's refusing to release documents proving terrorists put him through college. WAKE UP SHEEPLE (wnd.com)	(353)
	Khameini: Pick another vice president. Ahmadinejad: LOL WUT? (latimes.com)	(49)

Tue July 21, 2009

	The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance has jumped to the defence of Obama's Surgeon General nominee. Wait, jumped? (abcnews.go.com)	(213)
(The State)	Mark Sanford again brings up the subject of his affair--to tell everyone to stop talking about it and move forward (thestate.com)	(81)
(Some Guy)	GOP operatives don't undestand the Tea Party phenomenon any better than liberals do (riehlworldview.com)	(405)
	Sarah Palin implicated in Alaska ethics probe. This could make her "I resigned because that's what good point guards do" story look a little weak in hindsight (fe17.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(789)
(Some Guy)	"Seen from the standpoint where the US is a tub, power is water, and Washington, DC is the drain, Ron Paul is quite valuable as a rubber ducky for tracking the drainage" (rsmccain.blogspot.com)	(47)
	Mike Castle holds a Town Hall and his constituents ask him fair but hard questions about the economy. Just kidding, they scream about Obama being a citizen of Kenya and then force everyone to pledge allegiance to the flag (wonkette.com)	(746)
	Gawker says that Sarah Palin's twitter ramblings are the best trainwreck the internet has ever produced (gawker.com)	(347)
	The longer Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) keeps health care legislation before his committee, the longer health care lobbyists have to shovel huge, steaming clots of cash into his campaign fund (washingtonpost.com)	(55)
	Nanny state ponders difficult question of "should cops carry guns?" (thesun.co.uk)	(252)
	California's public retirement system will report a 23 percent loss for the recent fiscal year, a decline of $55 billion in assets, more than the GDP of 111 countries (online.wsj.com)	(68)
	Commentator says that Obama is entering "The Matrix." Subby likes the timely cultural reference, wonders if he has any Titanic jokes (cnn.com)	(36)
(Some Guy)	Leftist blogger to Obama: "Will your plan outlaw private insurance?" Obama: "I'm not sure, I'm not familiar with the bill enough, but I do know one thing, we have to pass the bill immediately." (freerepublic.com)	(259)
	Congress has to pass health care now, for good reason: "The longer Obama's health-care program marinates in the sun, the worse it smells" (article.nationalreview.com)	(519)
	April '09: Obama audaciously promises to cut an immense, whopping, hoperrific and changetastic 100 million dollars from the budget. July '09: Um, about that hundred mil (cnn.com)	(32)
	Biden indicates US support for Ukraine's bid to join NATO, stick thumb in Putin's eye. Still no for confirmation from administration official with actual authority (foxnews.com)	(49)
	Kirk considering a run for Obama's old Senate seat, still weighing the pros and Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaans (newsmax.com)	(37)
(Washington Monthly)	Ronald Reagan in 1961: "If you don't stop Medicare, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it once was like in America when men were free." (washingtonmonthly.com)	(248)
(538)	The GOP is losing the culture war, says dirty liberal pinko commie (fivethirtyeight.com)	(128)
	The US should stop being a superpower, according to acclaimed political scientist and Oprah guest Deepak Chopra (huffingtonpost.com)	(167)
	If you're a Columbia University economics professor, and you ever gave a student named Barack Obama an A, YOU MIGHT BE A SOCIALIST (newsmax.com)	(77)
	Canadian woman who only survived thanks to American health care becomes poster child for anti-Universal Care, nevermind that it's all a lie (dailykos.com)	(481)
	Japanese Prime Minister dissolves Parliament. What kind of a solution is that? (news.bbc.co.uk)	(72)
	While not quite as egregeous as eating spicy mustard, Obama has failed in his promise to present a policy on handling terror suspects (cnn.com)	(247)
	NPR makes the mistake of mentioning the 40th anniversary of Chappaquiddick, punished with WHARRGARBL (newsbusters.org)	(365)
	20 days later, the Governator finally works out a budget deal (cbs13.com)	(59)

Mon July 20, 2009

	♫ I'm so quitty / Oh so quitty ♫ What Sarah Palin might sound like if she could sing her goodbye speech (youtube.com)	(131)
	SNL and Daily Show expected to highlight Bush's latest gaffe claiming his new health care program will create greater inefficiencies and that he will have a new wellness prevention system. Oh wait, it was Obama? Never mind (politico.com)	(689)
	Vanity Fair decides to copy edit and fact check Sarah Palin's speech. I think you know where this is going (vanityfair.com)	(329)
	Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-umbass) threatens to speak for another two hours on word that 80% of Americans oppose her bill honoring Michael Jackson (blogs.chron.com)	(65)
	Amendment to expand reciprocity to all states that allow law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed weapon is very scary and should be stopped, because those law-abiding citizens will kill us all (philly.com)	(437)
	Obama pushes Congress to pass health care reform, says 'we can't afford the politics of delay and defeat', apparently hasn't noticed we also can't afford 'pass it quick without even reading it.' (foxnews.com)	(489)
(Some Guy)	Obama admires Bono because he dodged a hug from GWB, which proves Obama is a genius. After that this gets a little hard to follow (irishcentral.com)	(46)
	The media never pronounces a leftist unelectable because their ideology will turn away independent voters. Conservatives, on the other hand, the media has a problem with (hotair.com)	(410)
	Congress is spending about $3 trillion more, adjusted for inflation, in 2009 than it did in 1945, at the end of World War II (nypost.com)	(248)
	Remember that Honduran president who got thrown out of office for trying to change the constitution? Yeah, he was going to rig the referendum to do it. Here comes the black box voting (news.slashdot.org)	(97)
	Right-wing cause celebre sues Obama administration to get his job back (blogs.abcnews.com)	(100)
	India's environment minister looks down at Hillary's cankles and says GTFO, we're NOT falling for your climate change waarrggble (foxnews.com)	(88)
	Arlen Specter (R/D-PA) takes hard line on Sestak, no word on his feelings about Cha-Ka (politico.com)	(12)
	97% of blacks approve of Obama right now. What is Obama doing for the black community that warrants such loyalty? What is wrong with 3% of the black community? Why is there an 'h' in why? (rasmussenreports.com)	(774)
	Iran supreme leader warns opposition to back down. Rafsanjani absorbs Khamenei's force lightning with his lightsaber and replies "I don't think so" (google.com)	(166)
	Hope and change and bald-faced deceit: White House delays release of economic report until Congress goes into recess, so they will pass health care without seeing how dismal the economy really is (google.com)	(281)
	President of the Mormon Church to meet with the President of the US for the first time today, discuss how awesome it is to be a president. Sprite and Jello will be served (sltrib.com)	(99)
(USDA)	"Press reports suggesting that the Recovery Act spent $1.191 million to buy 2 pounds of ham are wrong." (usda.gov)	(422)