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Sun August 30, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		After 54 years of conservative rule, progressives win big in Japan. Time to pull the plug on grandma-san (cbc.ca)	(175)
		Yet another partisan Democrat calls for a torture truth commission. This week's whining terrorist lover? George Will (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)	(86)
(Military.Com)		R. Lee Ermey tells Birthers he's gonna give them three seconds, exactly three farking seconds, to square their stupid asses away and start shiatting him Tiffany cufflinks or he will gouge out their eyeballs and skull-fark them (military.com)	(97)
		Republican candidate for Virginia Governor wrote in his master's thesis that working women are detrimental to society, contraceptive for unmarried couples is "illogical", and a bucketsworth of other crazy. Bonus: Regent University (dailykos.com)	(319)
		Obamacare Version 1.0 is dead. But there is an exit strategy. And a politically clever one, if the Democrats are smart enough to seize it (article.nationalreview.com)	(177)
		McCain says he doesn't care if Cheney's feelings got hurt. Torture violated the law (rawstory.com)	(156)
		"President Obama needs to stop blaming his predecessor for the country's ballooning debt and start figuring out what to do about it." (philly.com)	(223)
		"There is $200 billion of savings over 10 years if you have [lawsuit] reform, and nobody loses but the lawyers. Why isn't [lawsuit] reform in the bill?" (washingtontimes.com)	(147)
		Rep. Diane Watson claims that "Che Guevara led the Cuban revolution", and "found attorney Fidel Castro" to lead Cuba. Bonus: Also claims that Fidel was "one of the brightest leaders I have ever met" (youtube.com)	(129)
		House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, members of Congressional Black Caucus furious at Rep. Charles Rangel underreporting taxes by $1.3 million, demand he resign. Ha, just kidding. They're backing him all the way (nypost.com)	(132)
		According to the latest pol, 57% of nationwide voters would like to replace the entire Congress. No word, yet, on what that replacement might be (rasmussenreports.com)	(139)
		Over 80% of stories on health care in newspapers are about the politics and protests, with almost no one actually explaining the substance of ideas of reform plans. Good job, media (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(106)
		While Palin blows up on Facebook, Rudy returns to New York, and McCain just gets older, Mitt Romney is quietly raising millions (boston.com)	(78)
		Atheist liberals have raped and destroyed all of the values that allowed young American girls to grow into fine American women. Now, all we have is a bunch of filthy American whores (townhall.com)	(344)
		Step 1: Anonymously leak to Washington Post that torture works. Step 2: Washington Post writes article saying torture works based on anonymous leak. Step 3: Cheney goes on TV and say torture works, even the WaPo think so. Sound familiar? (salon.com)	(98)
		Hungry for more punishment after her first session with Master Stewart, Betsy McCaughey shamelessly spreads her anti-reform nonsense to the newspapers (online.wsj.com)	(88)
		Why is America so angry? (miamiherald.com)	(405)
		Pat Boone says that Liberalism is a "virus" (wnd.com)	(157)
		Old and busted and busted: Birthers. New hotness: Afterbirthers (theonion.com)	(31)
		Most people might find a $20 bill under the cushion. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-oubledealing) found $500,000 (online.wsj.com)	(99)
		Iraqi shoe-ssassin to be released early for good behavior, possession of enormous balls (msnbc.msn.com)	(60)
		McCain perpetuates "death panels for veterans" myth while destroying what's left of the "John McCain is an honorable man" myth (rawstory.com)	(106)

Sat August 29, 2009

	Barney Frank and Ron Paul team up to push a bill to have a full audit of the Federal Reserve (rawstory.com)	(252)
	Quiet week on the Kos hate-mail front. But we do have Ted Kennedy = Stalhitlerpolean, so it's all good (dailykos.com)	(97)
	Caption two of our greatest living ex-Presidents (image3.examiner.com)	(212)
	Bill Moyers cuts to the BS storm raging outside and talks about the human morality of healthcare (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)	(524)
	South Carolina State Representatives plan to launch a coup to oust Gov. Mark Sanford. WOLVERINES (foxnews.com)	(45)
(Some Guy)	Is your weekend yard sale violating the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act? (lawprofessors.typepad.com)	(41)
	A projected landslide victory in tomorrow's election by Japan's opposition party that wants closer relations to China and distance from Washington could destroy the longstanding alliance set up after WWII. What could possibly go wrong? (google.com)	(134)
	Fox Analyst: Administration wants a terrorist attack on US (dailykos.com)	(199)
	One year ago today, Sarah Palin was nominated to be Vice President of the United States, changing Vladimir Putin's life forever (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(171)
(Some College Newspaper)	"When I told my parents that college had turned me into an atheist and a pothead, they were unconcerned. But when I told them I was left-wing, they got angry." (thehoot.net)	(299)
	Entertainment Weekly weighs in on Obama's vacation reading list. Look, the guy's reading George Pelecanos and Richard Price, so clearly he has great taste (shelf-life.ew.com)	(65)
	My fellow liberals, you've been rope-a-doped by Sarah Palin. Bonus: you also proved she's far hipper than your terminally square selves (pajamasmedia.com)	(365)

Fri August 28, 2009

	A week's worth of Glenn Beck crazy condensed into 12 minutes. I hope you like your theories conspiricized (dailykos.com)	(270)
	Judge orders 10-year-old Christian homeschooled girl to attend public school because "she has not had the opportunity to seriously consider any other point of view" (wnd.com)	(284)
	Glenn Beck interviews Rush Limbaugh about Obama's secret civilian army. We have divided by zero here, people (hotair.com)	(153)
	Vatican on Ted Kennedy: "You are nobody, even to the Boston Archdiocese. You are a legend only among your constituency. Also, we've revoked that annulment we granted to your nephew. So, he's now an adulterer." (time.com)	(159)
	Your papers, please, good citizen (breitbart.tv)	(179)
	"I don't know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself." (hotair.com)	(136)
	Obama's approval rating is about to sink below 50%, meaning he's doomed -- just ask Clinton and Reagan, two other one-termers whose approval ratings fell below 50% in less than a year (gallup.com)	(247)
	The rest of Barney Frank's recent town hall meeting. Teabagger: "I am not a Constitutional scholar." Frank: "Then why did you start off arguing about the Constitution?" (crooksandliars.com)	(477)
(ScienceBlogs)	Polls shows that if science were to disprove a specific religious belief, 2/3 of people would continue to choose that religious belief over the science (scienceblogs.com)	(404)
	Republicans and Democrats both criticize Governor Charlie Crist's pick for Senate seat. Which means he must be doing something right (www2.tbo.com)	(27)
(Some Guy)	Rep. Betsy Markey : (D- itsy) If you don't give up some of the things you have worked and paid for, you're a bad American (coloradoan.com)	(339)
	"The privacy of your health records will be only as good as the most nosy, most dishonest and most malcontented federal employee" (cbsnews.com)	(144)
	Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff rips American military's ongoing failure to soften "arrogance" reputation in Muslim world. Apparently Project Blame The Manatees has failed (msnbc.msn.com)	(277)
	Massachusetts spared further tragedy as Romney confirms he won't run for Kennedy's seat (politico.com)	(90)
(Western Australia Today)	China enjoys it when the Australian PM visits because they remember the fantastic mutual orgasm they shared several years ago (watoday.com.au)	(86)
	Obama on New Orleans: "I promise you that when I'm in the White House, I will commit myself every day to keeping up Washington's end of the bargain," Pre election: five visits to NOLA. Post election: crickets (nola.com)	(282)
	Please welcome the next senator from Massachusetts, Mitt Romney (politics.theatlantic.com)	(128)

Thu August 27, 2009

	Congressional Idol ~ Sen. Orrin Hatch writes/performs a song eulogizing Ted Kennedy (youtube.com)	(101)
	Rush Limbaugh, March: "The DNC is going to call this "The Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Bill." DNC: "WHAARGARBL." DNC, this week: "Let's pass The Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Bill" (online.wsj.com)	(405)
	To whom was Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) referring as "brain dead"? a) Town hall meeting protestors, b) the GOP, or c) moderate Democrats? (breitbart.com)	(66)
	Obama's poll numbers continue to go down faster than Rosie O'Donnell chasing a fallen doughnut (gallup.com)	(264)
	Republican Senator James Inhofe: "I'll vote against health care reform without reading the bill." (huffingtonpost.com)	(215)
	Rush Limbaugh says that we need to save our penises from Obama. Like Rush would notice if his penis disappeared (mtv.com)	(199)
	Turning the crazy up to 11: RNC sends out survey to its party members saying that Obama's healthcare reform will discriminate against Republicans (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(273)
	Whitehouse: Obamacare will not subsidize healthcare for illegal immigrants. Congress: Remove any checks on immigration status from those recieving healthcare subsidies as it's too hard (cnn.com)	(282)
	Progressives to Obama: You promised us health care, and you better follow through. "I hate to sound like a betrayed 7-year-old, but you said. And we believed you" (latimes.com)	(131)
	NPR host who interrupts and talks over guests pauses long enough to deliver a smackdown to RNC's Michael Steele (dailykos.com)	(230)
	Belarusian leader admits to rigging election, lowering his margin of victory. '...his popularity is so vast that the true margin of victory was unbelievable and had to be lowered' (canada.com)	(22)
	19-year old Afghan who has been in Guantanamo for 7 years, has assimilated American culture and will sue the US (news.bbc.co.uk)	(214)
(NY Magazine)	Bloomberg guarantees his landslide re-election, says drinking in Central Park should be allowed (nymag.com)	(52)
	Obama decides to distract his liberal base from the fiery Hindenburg crash of socialized medicine by offering them a relaxing cruise on the Titanic of leftist foreign policy (hotair.com)	(267)
	100,000 Venezuelans have died in video games in the past 10 years. Never fear, Hugo is on the case (uk.news.yahoo.com)	(38)
	P.J. O'Rourke: "If, last Sunday, you spent a profitless hour reading the Washington Post (itself not too profitable), you noticed the loud yapping and desperate nipping at those who disagree with liberal orthodoxy" (weeklystandard.com)	(250)
	Democrat guy who vandalized Democrat HQ who turned out to be a Dem guy and a gal who vandalized a Dem HQ tuns out to be an anarchist tranny who vandalized a Dem HQ (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(317)
(WKRG)	"Hey, Baldwin County, how are ya man? Having a nice recession? Good, good... listen, remember that $7.7 million we gave you? Yeah, about that..." (wkrg.com)	(46)
(Some Guy)	GOP Rep Lynn Jenkins: "We need a great white hope to beat Obama. What? Should I not have said that?" (cjonline.com)	(280)
	Here's a series of editorial cartoons commemorating Zombie Senator Ted Kennedy (dailykos.com)	(355)
	News: Iraqi leader dead at 59. Fark: of NATURAL CAUSES (stuff.co.nz)	(38)
	Former Operation Rescue founder dials the crazy all the way up to 11 at a town hall last night, staging skit featuring a man in an Obama mask whipping a white woman, and Terry "stabbing" a grey- haired woman called "granny" (thehill.com)	(189)
	UPS no longer delivering advertising dollars to Glenn Beck (dailykos.com)	(362)
	America needs a warning system to identify the threats coming out of Washington (reason.com)	(39)
	Are you a teacher who passed out drunk in the classroom? Fear not, the New York City teacher's union's got your back and will make up stories about your heroism and how The Man Is Keeping You Down, even if you're still a lush (newyorker.com)	(158)
	Dick Cheney's official biographer finds evidence in CIA documents that vindicates his boss: "Torture does [redacted] work." (thinkprogress.org)	(158)
(Some Guy)	Conservative Blogger: Wouldn't it be dreadful and classless for the left to politicize Kennedy's death? Yes, it would be. Oh, and Obamacare's death panels would've killed Kennedy years ago (firstthings.com)	(198)

Wed August 26, 2009

	Obama has Lebanese citizen hooded, stripped naked for photographs and bundled onto an executive jet by FBI agents for rendition to the US. But it's OK because the guy committed bribery and not terrorism (latimes.com)	(161)
	Stimulus proponents ignore both fact and reasoning (forbes.com)	(144)
	2005: Cheney uses secret government panels to funnel millions to political allies, contrary to the public interest. 2009: Obama uses secret government panels to funnel millions to political allies, contrary to the public interest (azcentral.com)	(129)
(Some redneck)	Not news: Texas Nationalists to deliver a petition to Gov. Perry for Secession. Fark: They claim to have over a MILLION signatures (thecypresstimes.com)	(480)
	"Gang of Six" Republicans on healthcare reform: "we're not interested in compromise" (huffingtonpost.com)	(332)
	Suprising no one, Mass. Governor supports a law change that will allow him to appoint himself Senator (boston.com)	(112)
	Even her own party is getting fed up with Nancy Pelosi as Speaker (thehill.com)	(234)
	RNC chief wants doctors who refuse to prescribe Viagra for 13-year olds to be given the death penalty (washingtonpost.com)	(324)
	Fundraiser for Obama charged with fraud, which is what progressives are going to charge Obama with if they don't get a health care public option soon (washingtonpost.com)	(83)
	Barack Obama's lineage finally cleared up (realclearpolitics.com)	(117)
	Federal Election Commission not amused by SarahPAC's maverickyness (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(108)
	The politics of charisma is so Third World. Americans were never going to buy into it for long (online.wsj.com)	(204)
(Some Guy)	Pelosi: "Ted Kennedy's dream of quality health care for all Americans will be made real this year because of his leadership and his inspiration" (hindustantimes.com)	(403)
	Scientists say emotion, not logic, pervades town hall debates. Just what you expect to hear from a bunch of global-warming fearmongering panty-waists (news.yahoo.com)	(131)
	"The CIA's interrogation practices were lawful...the real crime that comes to light is the Obama administration's decision to eliminate this capability and prosecute those who stopped the next attack" (online.wsj.com)	(276)
	Four ways for the US to help Africa. And none of them involve sending the continent money for its dictators to spend on palaces and peasant-beating sticks (online.wsj.com)	(154)
	If you have not dueled with anything besides banjos or fried chicken, you are eligible to hold public office in Kentucky. Fark: you must publicly swear to it (kentucky.com)	(22)
	Sen. Ted Kennedy carries on Kennedy family tradition of dying with something lodged in his brain (EDIT: highest voted TF tagline) (abcnews.go.com)	(lots)
(dscriber)	Democrat caught carving backwards "B" into Colorado Democratic Party HQ (dscriber.com)	(258)

Tue August 25, 2009

	Jim Cramer says Glenn Beck is "a nice guy" and his advertisers will all come back. Good thing for Beck that Cramer's never been wrong (huffingtonpost.com)	(166)
(Some Guy)	Michelle Bachmann was sent by God to stop health care reform (minnesotaindependent.com)	(140)
	Maryland lays off 200 workers... who will now have to turn to unemployment checks from the state (baltimoresun.com)	(33)
(The New Editor)	House Ways & Means Chair Charles Rangel (D-NY): What's $500,000 between friends? (theneweditor.com)	(79)
	Republican Senator tells weeping wife of dying man to quit being a leech on society (paraphrased) (thinkprogress.org)	(153)
	Baptist pastor says he prays every night that Barack Obama will die and go to Hell (crooksandliars.com)	(154)
(Some Guy)	To remediate misgivings with your government, do you C) threaten domestic terrorism while speaking to your senator at a public town hall (messengernews.net)	(211)
	McCain receives angry boos and jeers for stating that "Obama respects the Constitution of the United States" during town hall forum in Arizona (thinkprogress.org)	(244)
	The health care bill might end up being the worst of both worlds: individual mandates for buying insurance, but no public option (dailykos.com)	(152)
	Cheney accuses Obama of politicizing the Justice Department. Cheney. Accuses Obama. Of politicizing the Justice Department (huffingtonpost.com)	(176)
	Today's GOP terror tactic: "The government is encouraging veterans to kill themselves." Seriously (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(264)
(Political Wire)	Despite the calm demeanor, here's a list of things that can annoy President Obama (politicalwire.com)	(262)
	Old and Busted: We have to pass ObamaCare because it will reduce spending. The New Hotness: ObamaCare will increase spending (pajamasmedia.com)	(177)
(538)	Senior citizens are complaining the most about "socialism." You know, senior citizens, who are collecting an average of $173,886 in Medicare benefits despite paying only $64,971 into the system over their lives (fivethirtyeight.com)	(439)
	With a deficit as massive as a black hole made of compressed Rosie O'Donnells, the question is not if taxes will be raised, but which ones and when. Here's a list of what Congress is looking at (online.wsj.com)	(304)
(Pollster)	If things keep going the way they are now, Harry Reid will be the second Democratic Senate Leader in six years to be kicked out of office (pollster.com)	(135)
	While Congress wonders what to do about Mexican migrant workers, NASA tries strapping them to rockets and launching them out of the country (kcra.com)	(44)
(Commercial Appeal)	Big-city mayor resigns, petitions to run in special election to replace himself, then drops out. Voices in head finally reach consensus on running for Congress (commercialappeal.com)	(21)
	Henry Waxman (Fascist-Ca) began his 'probe' into health insurance companies a month earlier than previously announced (politico.com)	(294)
	Rudy Giuliani to consider running for New York Governor's office, says he'll be sure in 9 to 11 days (gawker.com)	(92)
	Republicans rally to protect policy that is not under attack, to solve a problem that doesn't exist, in the name of people who want them to STFU (online.wsj.com)	(184)
(NY1)	Duly chastened after rash remarks and an upbraiding from the White House, NY governor Paterson reflects on his new wisdom and-- no, wait, he's doubling down on the race card and even Al Sharpton is telling him to STFU (ny1.com)	(36)
	Obama plans to "desecrate" 9/11, by changing it from a day of fear to a day of activism. Conservatives outraged, of course (salon.com)	(416)
(OC Register)	Times are so tight, bureaucrats consider throwing buses under the bus (ocregister.com)	(36)
	Headlines that make you afraid to read the article: "Bill O'Reilly Describes His Men's Room Encounter With Spike Lee" (huffingtonpost.com)	(53)

Mon August 24, 2009

(Jesus' General)	Maybe if Obama shows THIS to them, they'll be satisfied (patriotboy.blogspot.com)	(457)
	AG Holder to appoint special prosecutor to investigate CIA abuses and torture claims (foxnews.com)	(150)
(Some Guy)	18-year decorated Air Force veteran may be dishonorably discharged because he told police he was gay when he was falsely accused of rape (idahostatesman.com)	(276)
	News: Chris Wallace talks about Obama's "Assisted Suicide Death Book" on Fox News. Fark: The "Death Book" was actually a guidebook on living wills written during the Bush administration. Somewhere, Mike Wallace is weeping (dailykos.com)	(273)
(Mohave Daily News)	Congressman holds town hall meeting overrun with people complaining that Obama is a Kenyan. His response? "He did say there was a lot of conflicting evidence of Obama's citizenship and that he was considering filing a lawsuit." (mohavedailynews.com)	(211)
	President Obama approves creation of elite team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects. Questioners to be more considerate, less torturey (washingtonpost.com)	(77)
	The Obamas, who disembarked Air Force One early this afternoon for a weeklong vacation on a 28-acre estate on Martha's Vineyard, announce in an article filled with photo-ops, that they'd appreciate privacy. Hey, good luck with that (newsday.com)	(74)
	Cash for clunkers is winding down, and it teaches two valuable lessons: 1) People like free stuff, and 2) The federal government showed it isn't even good at giving away money (online.wsj.com)	(299)
	Seven months into his presidency, fewer than half of Obama's top appointees are in place advancing his agenda (nytimes.com)	(96)
	Resign, Ted Kennedy. "Though his staff tries to keep up appearances, it is clear that Kennedy is no longer an active participant in Senate business. There is no honor in clinging to office till the bitter end" (boston.com)	(170)
	"One very successful minority is permissible, but when you see too many success stories, then some people get nervous," says NY Governor Paterson who still sees race for the reason he is considered unsuccessful (nydailynews.com)	(66)
	GOP: we've been all puppies and rainbows, but Obama is a big meanie (cnn.com)	(126)
	White House surpasses one million twitter followers, asks them if they would like more cowbell. Really (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(65)
	Granny is going to have to come live with you, and she's gonna be mighty pissed: Social Security to not provide cost-of-living increases for two years (news.yahoo.com)	(194)
	Obama is considering selling out to the health insurance companies without the help of the GOP (bloomberg.com)	(151)
	Come for the cognitive dissonance; stay for the outright lies. Stephanopoulos interviews McCain on Palin "death panel" claim (blogs.abcnews.com)	(391)
(Wilmington Star)	NC State Senator shoots home invader/attorney/client, then it gets weird (starnewsonline.com)	(29)
	Joe Lieberman suggests Obama hold off on health care reforms for four years from now until we're out of recession, thus saving money by ensuring that everyone who actually needs health care has already died. Ta-da (detnews.com)	(154)
	If you think Obama is like the Nazis, please read this article (freep.com)	(425)