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Sun August 02, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		California attorney obtains copy of Barack Obama's birth certificate . . . from Mombasa, Kenya. Orly? (wnd.com)	(lots)
		California Unions, in their infinite wisdom, protest furloughs by going on strike. Wait...what? (reuters.com)	(79)
(Access Hollywood)		During his Washington, D.C. concert Paul McCartney dedicates "Michelle" to the First Lady. Kiss-ass (accesshollywood.com)	(28)
		When asked what she was doing standing outside an Air Force base and carrying a shotgun and assault rifle, the woman replied, "Nothing" (dailykos.com)	(154)
		One unifying theme of Obama's presidency is his relentless campaigning for a job he already has. Its all Obama knows how to do (article.nationalreview.com)	(155)
		"How did the health-care debate decay to the point where we think it natural for the government to fix a figure for what 300 million freeborn citizens ought to spend on something as basic to individual liberty as their own bodies?" (article.nationalreview.com)	(246)
		Arizona officials taking pay cuts in leiu of budget deficits. Congress, take notice (azcentral.com)	(29)
		Forget the Bush twins. Mary Cheney was the real problem for secret service during the Bush Administration. "These stories are simply not true" (nypost.com)	(30)
		First, they came for the rich, and I said nothing. Then they came for the middle class, and I said "Oh snap" (blogs.abcnews.com)	(284)
		This is more than a summer rally; it's a new bull market in stocks. Resilient capitalism is pushing back against Obama (article.nationalreview.com)	(69)
		Iranian prosecutors decide to use the theme of "International Conspiracy" in trials of protestors; experts on thermite, magic bullets, Area 51, and the Bavarian Illuminati nod in approval (huffingtonpost.com)	(26)
		Tom Tancredo, who once called Miami a "Third World Country" because of its diversity, calls Obama a racist because of his nomination of "Sonia Mayer" to the Supreme Court (dailykos.com)	(182)
		The feud between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly, each accusing the other of being corrupt and/or morally bankrupt, has been solved by a large cash settlement (nytimes.com)	(331)
		Let's contrast the crazy - In 2009, 28 percent of Republicans believe President is not natural-born citizen; 2007, 35 percent of Democrats believe President knew in advance about the 9/11 attacks (rasmussenreports.com)	(491)
		2 pictures worth 2 thousand words. Where's your God now, libs? (americanthinker.com)	(357)

Sat August 01, 2009

	Residents of flyover states "skeptical" of healthcare reform, tell interminable stories of when their arm got chopped off by the thresher, they paid for the amputation with chickens they grew themselves not gummint chickens (cbsnews.com)	(357)
	Alaska Report claiming that Sarah Palin plans to divorce Todd. Battle between Unlikely and Obvious tags results in Wheaton tag for no apparent reason (alaskareport.com)	(608)
(Some Guy)	70% of white Southerners doubt Obama's citizenship. Yeah, yeah, correlation does not imply causation, but damn (washingtonindependent.com)	(224)
	What kind of a beer would Hillary drink? Mad biatch, of course. Stay classy, Washington Post (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(32)
	Italy finally approves the Pill. Side effects include getting ex-communicated from the Roman Catholic church (guardian.co.uk)	(32)
(Some Guy)	Asheville Tea Party has a Fark ready sign... Enjoy (ashvegas.squarespace.com)	(125)
	The world according to Glenn Beck - Old and busted: Cash For Clunkers.... New Hotness: Cash For Cripples... "That way we can turn grandma in, and get 4500 bucks" (mediamatters.org)	(313)
	Conservative talk radio tries to convince seniors that Obama's health plan is a big conspiracy to encourage euthanasia, mass-produce soylent green granny crackers (msnbc.msn.com)	(130)
	Newt Gingrich's PAC raises $8 million in six months but this guy isn't running for president in 2012, right? (upi.com)	(64)
	RNC Co-Chairman: "We are at war and Barack Obama is talking about beer in the White House. And it is wrong. It is not what our country is about." (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(184)
	Meaningful health reform cannot happen without malpractice reform and for that Congress needs to take on the trial lawyers (washingtonpost.com)	(228)

Fri July 31, 2009

(WhoRunsGov)	Rep. Eric Cantor (R-eally? REALLY?) says that the Birther movement is a seekrit librul plot to destroy Republicans (theplumline.whorunsgov.com)	(353)
	If Republicans want to rehabilitate their image and not come off as the Whackadoodle Loony Tunes Wharrgarbl Party, they should do something about the fact that 53% of their constituents are Birthers or Birther-Curious (dailykos.com)	(631)
	...A man stood up and told Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC) to "keep your government hands off my Medicare." The congressman tried to explain that Medicare is already a government program - but the voter "wasn't having any of it." (dailykos.com)	(384)
	"The US national drinking age of 21 is a failure -- it has failed to stop underage drinking, and has instead driven it underground and made it more dangerous" (theatlantic.com)	(262)
	Yeah, universal health care will be spiffy: The "cash for clunkers" debacle proves yet again the federal government couldn't efficiently run a banana stand, let alone a simple giveway program (wcbstv.com)	(701)
	House of Representatives wants to dump another $2,000,000,000 on the scrap heap in the never ending quest to waste as much money as fast as they possibly can (freep.com)	(208)
(Some Guy)	Congressional Democrats are finally looking at tax breaks for those desperately in need of help: trial attorneys. Let's all join hands with John Edwards and Satan and say thankyajaysus (volokh.com)	(91)
	In the wake of Beer Summit, here comes the expected 'What about the children response: "Is the president's message to our youth that, no matter what the problem, it can simply be solved by knocking back a few icy cold brews?" (huffingtonpost.com)	(157)
(Oily Taintz, Esq)	In a troubling turn of events, crazed Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann has teamed up with birther queen Dr. Agent Oily Taintz Esq., Attorney at Law, to form one giant, pulsating, empty brain (orlytaitzesq.com)	(60)
	Governor Rick Perry (R-eally gay) is upset that RICK PERRY IS GAY opponent Kay Hutchison's website RICK PERRY IS GAY had search phrases embedded suggesting RICK PERRY IS GAY (foxnews.com)	(115)
	Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad confirms that he is still completely out of touch with reality (edition.cnn.com)	(100)
	Sen. Chris Dodd (D-rip dripdrip) diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer (courant.com)	(209)
(PoliticoSphere)	When it comes to healthcare reform, right wing trolls are out-posting left wing trolls on internet forums by a margin of nearly 2 to 1 (politicosphere.net)	(145)
	Having already fumbled the health care bill, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Lonertana) now may vote against Sotomayor's confirmation. Left-wing Democrats ask DNC if he can be executed for treason (thehill.com)	(62)
(Politifact)	You may have recently received an e-mail from your crazy uncle detailing the evils of the health bill being proposed in Congress. Since this link is to PolitiFact, you can see where this is going (politifact.com)	(439)
	New York attempts to regain corruption lead from New Jersey by honoring notoriously corrupt senator who gridlocked Albany for a month as "Senator of the Year" (nydailynews.com)	(32)
	Caption the historic Beer Summit (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(256)
	Minnesota Democrats put out a press release accidentally linking to a YouTube video of a man tricking his Chinese grandma into shouting profanity (wcco.com)	(43)

Thu July 30, 2009

	Obama to give Kennedy the Medal of Freedom, our nation's highest civilian honor. Obama calls Kennedy "One of the greatest leaders of our time." (briefingroom.thehill.com)	(504)
	If you had "4 days" for how long it would take the Cash for Clunkers money to be exhausted, please claim your prize (freep.com)	(374)
	ClearChannel says "thanks but no thanks" to that Sarah Palin talk radio show (huffingtonpost.com)	(127)
	Rich Lowry, Sean Hannity, Bernie Goldberg and Larry Elder would all turn down the invite for beer with the President of the United States. Not only do they hate America, but they hate beer as well (mediamatters.org)	(204)
	House accepts F-22 funding cut; says it's not particularly useful against an insurgency (foxnews.com)	(260)
	Nancy Pelosi goes off on health insurance companies: "They are the villains in this," says the woman who has a smile like The Joker (thehill.com)	(279)
	Salon helpfully reminds us that conservatives don't have a monopoly on anti-science wackos (salon.com)	(158)
	States are using shady accounting practices to close massive holes in their budget. It's nice to see that all those Wall Street financial wizards found jobs (hosted.ap.org)	(40)
(Politifact)	Remember Obama's Technology Czar, the one who allegedly advocated mass sterilization and forced abortions for population control? Turns out those claims set the Truth-O-Meter on fire (politifact.com)	(355)
	In news that should surprise no one, somebody has a problem with Obama's choice of beer (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(553)
	Head of British Conservative party says "twat" during morning radio interview. Hilarity ensues (guardian.co.uk)	(111)
	Public support for Obama's health care reform is falling like a paralyzed falcon without health insurance (online.wsj.com)	(477)
	Sam Waterston headed to Washington Wednesday to meet with lawmakers regarding campaign finance reform, perputual re-runs of Law and Order on TNT (upi.com)	(41)
	Why we should go slow on health care reform, by a millionaire from birth who has never lacked for health care (blogs.usatoday.com)	(562)
	Remember NRO's editorial "slamming" the Birther Movement? Yeah, they're not quite ready to let go: "Where is the transparency we expect of public officials? Why is Obama getting a pass when other presidents do not?" (corner.nationalreview.com)	(178)
	Federal investigators issue additional subpoenas to find more corruption in NJ. Psst, meet me in the parking lot of the Empire Diner at 3PM with an evelope of cash for more information (nj.com)	(31)
	Obama's energy faeries de-fund nuclear power in favor of massive subsidies for energy produced by pies falling from skies (blogs.knoxnews.com)	(193)
	President to settle dispute between two Massholes with beer (msnbc.msn.com)	(522)
	Recent data proves liberals are losing their jobs faster than anyone expected (dailykos.com)	(77)
	Not News: Classified information taken from government computer. News: It details information regarding the First Family's bunker and motorcade information. Fark: Biden, for once, isn't the leak (computerworld.com)	(104)
	A recent poll by one of the most respected polling organizations found that 80% of the population support a 2012 Palin Presidential run (newsmax.com)	(433)

Wed July 29, 2009

	GOP's version of a health care plan would give corporations huge tax breaks and would give rich doctors protection from being sued for malpractice. All in the name of controlling costs, of course (cbsnews.com)	(303)
	Blue Dogs brought to heel and Obamacare resuscitated on House floor (msnbc.msn.com)	(157)
	Pete Sessions (U-nwise White Male) sees GOP picking up 80 house seats in 2010 (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(104)
	Ireland to house Guantanamo detainees. After a few weeks of being surrounded by beer and red-heads they'll pretty much give up all that Islam stuff anyway (news.yahoo.com)	(138)
	John Bolton: The only thing now standing in the way of a nuclear armed Iran is Israel, and that's a good thing because they have the balls to do something about it (online.wsj.com)	(366)
	U.S. border post in New York State takes down sign that says "United States" because terrorists might attack it (boingboing.net)	(120)
	A measured, bipartisan, erudite Health Care plan, which is why you've never heard of it (npr.org)	(155)
	Fact #1: Congress will soon adjourn for summer recess. Fact #2: 90% of the capital gains over the life of the Dow Jones Industrial Average have accrued when Congress is out of session. BUY MORTIMER, BUY (marketwatch.com)	(65)
	Apparently this anti-health care reform protestor took notes from the Jena 6 noose guy and the Teabaggers and smashed them together before he made this sign (politico.com)	(139)
	Cash 4 Clunkers turns out to be a salvage titled Pinto that was rear-ended at over 313MPH (autos.yahoo.com)	(215)
	Iran restricts its prisoner release to 140 characters or less (guardian.co.uk)	(112)
	How Mitch McConnell threw a knuckleball to Jim Bunning's career (time.com)	(42)
	Jason Hommel would like to give you $100,000. Just prove Obama is a "Natural-born American" and it's all yours...But you can't use the official copy released by the State of Hawaii (wnd.com)	(726)
	A few months after Obama is in office and still no green jobs. It's settled then, back to polluting (newsweek.com)	(164)
	Bill Maher, a real American patriot who looks north to the future, calls all of US Americans morons, including 'people who write the e-mails' like you such as (youtube.com)	(379)
	If the worst that Barack Obama does is ruin the economy, I will breathe a sigh of relief (article.nationalreview.com)	(131)
	House ends their evening with no deal finalized on health care. Demands to be let in on the wheelbarrow of money counting being done in the Senate (cnn.com)	(115)
(Some Guy)	White House sees your 20 page British government guide to Twitter, raises you by blocking the service altogether (switched.com)	(25)

Tue July 28, 2009

	New poll shows that 10% of Americans think Sarah Palin would make a good college professor. No, seriously (foxnews.com)	(361)
	Khamenei, "Bad Ahmadinejad. This is all his fault. No, really." (msnbc.msn.com)	(62)
	Birthers are furious because conservative National Review just slammed the Birthers are nutcases. Did you know the National Review is communist? It is now (wonkette.com)	(435)
	To the surprise of exactly no one, most bailed out companies are still in bad shape. Reality has a fiscally conservative bias (news.yahoo.com)	(113)
(Great Falls Tribune)	That Montana town which demanded city job applicants list user ids and passwords for all web sites they frequent? Yeah, the city wanted e-mail and bank account info as well (greatfallstribune.com)	(214)
	Add G.I. Joe to the waarrrgarbl hit list: "The old logo was red, white, and blue. Now the dominant image is black." At this point, NRO would be better served by simply telling us which movies AREN'T America-hating propaganda (corner.nationalreview.com)	(272)
	In a 13-6 vote, Senate panel endorses the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first wise Latina woman on the US Supreme Court (nytimes.com)	(424)
	Oh sure, the director of the Hawaiian Department of Health confirms Obama's citizenship, but I won't believe it until we've heard from the director of the Health Department (wnd.com)	(811)
	2004 - Sen. Elect Obama: "We need time to read legislation, Bush is rushing it through" 2009 - President Obama: "Sign that shiat, biatches" (youtube.com)	(188)
	The UAW "came before Congress and pleaded for billions of taxpayer assistance. Their ownership stakes in Chrysler and GM look suspicious at best and like sweetheart deals at worst" (upi.com)	(78)
	10 Questions for supporters of health care 'reform'. How many wharrgarbl free answers can you give? (townhall.com)	(498)
	White House defends Biden as an enormous ass in the administration. Oops, make that asset, not ass. Honest mistake (foxnews.com)	(24)
	Sarah Palin to media: "Democracy depends on you, and that is why - that's why our troops are willing to die for you. So how about in honor of the American soldier, you quit makin' things up" (online.wsj.com)	(304)
	Attention Birthers: Not one member of the House of Representatives believes your conspiracy theory. Not even Michelle farking Bachmann (R-eally) (salon.com)	(321)
	Unicorns and rainbows are now in the minority. Isn't it ironic? You betcha (hotair.com)	(297)
(Some Guy)	The 10 most awesome real or fictional politicians in video games (vetocorleone.com)	(94)
	Senate votes to drop the public option. Suck it, Libs (huffingtonpost.com)	(633)
(Some Guy)	Waarrrgarbl. Waarrrgarbl. Waarrrgarbl. Waarrrgarbl. Waarrrgarbl (pjtv.com)	(293)

Mon July 27, 2009

	Sens. Dodd (D-idn't get a sweetheart loan) & Conrad (D-on't even suggest we did) were "told from the start" they would be getting VIP treatment from Countrywide Financial (breitbart.com)	(79)
	Rep. Collin Peterson (D-ickhead) says he doesn't meet with constituents because 25% of them are batshiat crazy Truthers (hotair.com)	(79)
	Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-idiculous) voting against Sonia Sotomayor because he feels "burned" by the liberal appointments of that notorious pinko George H.W. Bush (salon.com)	(60)
	Sen John Cornyn (R) Apologizes for saying the F22 was needed for our impending war with India. He meant to say our upcoming war with China (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(188)
	Even though the FBI has a tape of him taking a bribe, Jersey City councilman won't resign because he is "innocent." (nj.com)	(99)
	Jeff Sessions, the Senator who doesn't think the KKK was so bad, won't vote for Sotomayor because she's a racist (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(156)
	"Birthers" posing a problem for Republicans, as legions of their most boneheaded party faithful moved from 9/11 conspiracy theories to Obama's birth certificate (politico.com)	(689)
	"So, thank you, professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and President Obama, for starting the long-awaited national discussion on black and white identity - while averting our attention from the cockamamie scheme to nationalize health care." (realclearpolitics.com)	(725)
(PolitiFact.Com)	You know those "record profits" Obama says insurance companies are making? Yeah, about that (politifact.com)	(374)
	Obama's nominee to head the National Institutes of Health is a creationist, reasoning that if the Universe had a beginning, it thus had a creator. QED (whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com)	(850)
	In her parting address Sarah Palin warns us of the two greatest dangers facing America: political "operatives" who demand public officials act ethically, and "Hollywood Starlets" with political agendas (news.yahoo.com)	(613)
	New York Post gets political, interviews the man who may be the next governor of New York: The Naked Cowboy. Political journalism: serious business (nypost.com)	(36)
	Real Americans™ know there's only supposed to be two stars on the American Flag (huffingtonpost.com)	(438)
	"Once you commit your fantasies to words and numbers, the Congressional Budget Office comes along and declares that the emperor has no clothes" (washingtonpost.com)	(109)
	Caption something Sarah Palin should have said at this moment in her resignation speech (assets.nydailynews.com)	(98)
	"Barack Obama continues his nonstop campaigning...doing countless TV specials, radio addresses...In seemingly all of these addresses, Obama does exactly what he did to get elected: speak in vague terms and blame Bush" (examiner.com)	(281)
	"There's no evidence Obama has even a sketchy grasp of economics" (weeklystandard.com)	(422)
	Despite having a fillibuster proof majority in the Senate, Democrats claim they need the GOP to pass healthcare overhaul (news.yahoo.com)	(291)
	Many donors who had given to Sen. Jim Bunning (R-eally senile) in the past are now donating to his probable primary opponent, KY Sec. of State Trey Grayson (kentucky.com)	(24)