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Sun October 11, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
(Some SNL Guy)		It looks like the CNN fact-checkers will be busy again this week (gatewaypundit.blogspot.com)	(127)
(Free Republic)		ACORN may be off the list, but the rest of the 2010 "census partners" list reads like a whos-who of left-wing pressure groups, including SEIU, AFL-CIO, Rainbow Coailtion, and La Raza (freerepublic.com)	(254)
		White House calls Fox News the "research arm of the Republican Party" (dailykos.com)	(269)
		New poll indicates Republicans are only slightly more favorable than those annoying Peyton Manning commercials. Looks like they need a bigger shirt (latimes.com)	(74)
		Time gets all farky with their "Fun with Photoshop: Obama's Other Awards" (time.com)	(81)
		Further evidence that Obama likes things turned to the left...90 degrees to the left (michellemalkin.com)	(137)
		It's exciting to accuse your political opponents of scheming to murder the elderly. But here are three of the big healthcare issues presented in plain English (network.nationalpost.com)	(84)
		National Historic Site in Maryland created by a congressional earmark costs $638,000 a year and has fewer visitors than some Alaskan parks that can't even be reached by road (washingtonpost.com)	(67)
		If you listen to Glenn Beck, he'd like you to know he thinks you're a zombie. Bill O'Reilly one-ups that by thinking you're a zombie who listens to an insane man (gawker.com)	(357)
		If Joe Biden and Prince Philip had a kid, it would be the best sound bite generator EVER (huffingtonpost.com)	(49)
		Obama reaffirms end to 'don't ask, don't tell'. Don't ask when he'll end it and he won't tell (news.yahoo.com)	(478)
		Hillary Clinton settles dispute between Turkey and Armenia. If only there was some prize she could win to show how she's making peace in the world (reuters.com)	(146)

Sat October 10, 2009

	Obama, surprised at the lack of conservative outrage over his Nobel Peace Prize, decides to address nation's largest gay rights group (cnn.com)	(464)
	Shock me, shock me, shock me, Obama urges creation of agency to regulate financial industry (latimes.com)	(248)
	It is tough to be constantly interrupted and have your words constantly twisted on the O'Reilly Factor. Especially if you are Bill O'Reilly (youtube.com)	(157)
(Some Guy)	A roundup of foreign opinion on decision to award Nobel peace prize to Barack Obama: "Were they drunk?" (poligazette.com)	(396)
	Russia says NATO doing a good job in Afghanistan, keep it up, we've got your back, we're behind you all the way. (Under breath: better you than us) (en.rian.ru)	(34)
(Xinhua)	Leaders from China, Japan and Korea meet to discuss future cooperation, purchasing everything in America they don't already own (news.xinhuanet.com)	(22)
	Governator drops in on Democratic fundraiser, responds to the hate with "I sleep with a Democrat every night." (timesonline.co.uk)	(54)
(Some Guy)	Here's the list of people the Nobel Committee decided were less praiseworthy than Obama (lewrockwell.com)	(350)
	New report says we could save money if we just remove all accountability from doctors and hospitals. Brilliant (reuters.com)	(88)
	Bono attends Tory conference: "When this ageing hipster droned on in mind-numbing platitudes about how we should all donate our hard-earned cash... there was a near-universal groan. Hands slapped against despairing foreheads" (dailymail.co.uk)	(90)

Fri October 09, 2009

	Catholics to Congress on the Health care bill: That whole church-state separation thing? Fark you, we do what we want (blogs.abcnews.com)	(267)
	Obama will donate his $1.4 million in Nobel Prize money to charity, the Foundation for Rubbing it in Bill and Hillary Clinton's Smug Faces (breitbart.com)	(234)
	Glenn Beck has an idea as to who should get the Nobel Peace Prize instead (thehill.com)	(233)
	"How can Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize on the same day that he's becoming the first POTUS to bomb the Moon?" (pajamasmedia.com)	(162)
	George Stephanopoulos starting list of "Best Obama-Nobel Jokes" (blogs.abcnews.com)	(168)
	You don't have to be Bush or Palin to be annoyed by the fact that CNN never thought it necessary to fact-check SNL when it attacked other politicians (article.nationalreview.com)	(117)
	Rush Limbaugh on the President's Nobel Peace Prize: "Greater embarrassment" than losing Olympics (politico.com)	(386)
	Rep. Grayson (D-FL) uncovers the secret Republican plot to try to ban bacon (dailykos.com)	(241)
	Taylor Branch talks about how she became Bill Clinton's oral historian (mercurynews.com)	(18)
	Dennis Miller on why Fox News is so wildly popular: "They are an absolute genius at hiring women who are beautiful, but even smarter than they are beautiful" (foxnews.com)	(248)
(Some Board Guy)	Hi, I'm I'm Bob Vila. In this week's episode, we lay some graft on the Prime Minister of Finland (hs.fi)	(15)
	Barack Obama linked to terrorist Yasser Arafat (cnn.com)	(ℵ₁)
	Evangelical Christian explains how he went from anti-gay "Jesse Helms Republican" to marching in pro-gay parades, without changing his faith (newsweek.com)	(131)
	The nattering nabobs of negativism strike again (news.yahoo.com)	(142)
	Hillary once asked why Obama "can't close the deal." Her dig is now a punch line. And most people get the joke, except CNN (realclearpolitics.com)	(64)

Thu October 08, 2009

	"Be armed with the Conservative Talking Points iPhone App as your powerful arsenal to debate those emotional and ill-prepared liberals" (politics.theatlantic.com)	(134)
	"Jesus is coming to overthrow Barack Obama" (thinkprogress.org)	(213)
	Republicans worry that the new hate crime bill will cause pastors who incite hate crimes to be prosecuted for inciting hate crimes. Glenn Beck (news.yahoo.com)	(284)
	"As it happens, Obama has found other ways to hide his Marxist mindset-such as surrounding himself with known supporters of capitalism." (reason.com)	(161)
	Oklahoma passes law saying personal details of every abortion must be posted on public website. And by abortions, we mean abortions performed in safe, clean environments by a trained professional (salon.com)	(218)
	Rush Limbaugh jumps on the anti-vaccine crazy train, claims Glenn Beck and Jenny McCarthy were getting lonely (examiner.com)	(315)
	But what about my free pony?: "The best way to lighten the tax burden is to lessen the spending burden. If government spends less, it takes less. And if it takes less, the tax system will weigh less heavily on us all" (reason.com)	(237)
	Obama foreign policy in a nutshell: Give our enemies lots of attention and lip service, ignore and insult our allies (article.nationalreview.com)	(264)
	On today's Governing With Insane People: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) is debating what a hate crime is, when the wheels fall off and he starts talking about bestiality, sex with corpses and of course voting for a black man. Let's watch (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(277)
	EU tells Obama that the US better lead the negotiations for a new global climate treaty or he'll be as embarassed as he is when his unemployed brother Billy Obama comes to visit (bloomberg.com)	(33)
	Newt Gingrich: A victory of Obama's values "would mean the end of American civilization as we know it" (article.nationalreview.com)	(209)
	House Progressives say they are 10 votes away from passing a "robust" health care public option, but are still a few votes short of approving an ice cream and ponies public option (thehill.com)	(271)
	Good morning, you've reached Cheney, Cheney, and Cheney. How can we help you? (washingtonpost.com)	(65)
	ObamaMotors is doing every bit as well as everyone but congress throught they would after the bailout (slate.com)	(212)
(Some Guy)	Why filmmaker Michael Moore is becoming a darling of the right wing in America. Probably not what he had in mind, career-wise (middle-east-online.com)	(91)
	Berlusconi vows to remain in office despite being stripped of immunity, claims there's still tail to be had (reuters.com)	(16)
	Chris Christie losing the New Jersey gubernatorial race because he can't figure out how to send a mammogram, keeps getting thrown out of Western Union (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(60)
	Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) might've just solved the entire mess over the public option - let states opt out if they want to (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(308)
	Keith Olbermann delivers his best special comment yet. Now you'll have to excuse Subby, he's got something in his eyes (msnbc.msn.com)	(833)
	"Although he's 48-years-old President Obama is, in many ways, still just a lost boy. He seeks to live, not in the real world, but in a utopia." (foxnews.com)	(155)

Wed October 07, 2009

(Chicagoboyz)	The anti-nuclear left are responsible for global warming, strip mining, air pollution, death by food-borne microbes, New Coke, the designated hitter, Madonna as an actress, and the Gary Cherone era of Van Halen (chicagoboyz.net)	(165)
	Birth control has resulted in the 60 year metamorphosis of what females find attractive. Goodbye Kurt Russel, hello Adam Lambert (dailymail.co.uk)	(161)
	Bob Dole says Bob Dole supports health care reform (voices.kansascity.com)	(111)
	According to Senate Republicans, removing funding for ACORN: good. Removing funding for companies that don't allow their employees to go to court when they're gang-raped by fellow employees: bad (dailykos.com)	(178)
	Sane: Conservative think tank takes a reasoned position and says we need to stop wasting money on the military in Afghanistan. Not so sane: Because we need to spend that money on the upcoming Sino-American war (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(119)
	Questions about Obama's birth certificate? "The only place that this issue comes up is on the left. You don't hear people on the right bringing this issue up. Honest--" So says Michelle Bachmann. Brain sproing (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(205)
	McChrystal offered the right advice the wrong way. Obama should listen to him (philly.com)	(115)
	House Republicans to introduce resolution calling on Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Uptown) to resign his chairmanship, which is as likely to happen as a congressman picking up a dinner check (washingtonpost.com)	(98)
	Giving healthcare to poor people will destroy every principle on which America was founded and will kill you and everyone you care about in a hellish, medical holo-cost (article.nationalreview.com)	(382)
	Approval rate for Congress, which was as high as 39 percent in March when people naively thought things might be different, falls to 21 percent, almost used-car-salesman level (gallup.com)	(200)
	Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, somehow, in one page, throws Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Hitler, Mussolini, Woodrow Wilson, Rousseau and Robespierre into a Crockpot of insanity, and comes up with this (politico.com)	(119)
	Bruce Bartlett, domestic policy advisor to Reagan and treasury official under President George H.W. Bush: "So much of what passes for conservatism today is just pure partisan opposition, it's not conservative at all." (nytimes.com)	(235)
	That's SENATOR "guy wearing a bra stuffed with fruit on public access cable" to you (boston.com)	(23)
	X-Box 360 signed by Sarah Palin on eBay for $1.1M. Seller notes that while it's a bit temperamental and may go off at anytime, it's also really nice to have on display (nydailynews.com)	(75)
	"Another day, another double standard from the Obama White House. This one involves the nasty effort to discredit Gen. Stanley McChrystal, whose sin was to present his commander in chief with an inconvenient answer about Afghanistan" (nypost.com)	(353)
	CNN was so offended by SNL's "Obama's done nothing" skit, they went and fact checked it (townhall.com)	(138)
(Language Log)	George W Bush has 59% more narcissism than Barack Obama (languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)	(145)
(Law Dork)	Repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell will lead to legalized bestiality, necrophilia, economic instability, and the rule of "that guy with a little mustache", according Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Godwin) (lawdork.net)	(217)
	Not comfortable with having every other news channel and paper agreeing with him, Obama adviser whines to Fox News president about unfair coverage (hotair.com)	(136)
	Sean Hannity and Michael Moore discuss capitalism. Someone just divided by zero (youtube.com)	(120)
	Bill Ayers, apparently not aware his 15 minutes were up ages ago, tries to convince random righty blogger in airport Starbucks that he wrote "Dream of My Father". Then it gets weird (hotair.com)	(98)
	Obama backs U.N. limits on freedom of speech and freedom of expression (weeklystandard.com)	(195)
(Some Buckeye Guy)	Rep. John Boehner: "I can't find one American in favor of the public option." 1800 of his own constituents: "Here we are. Hello? Um, hellooooo?" (pubrecord.org)	(112)

Tue October 06, 2009

	"I mean, my God, if you can't handle us, you sure as Hell can't handle the state of New Jersey." (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(86)
(Washington Examiner)	Democratic Congressional leaders Pelosi and Reid fight against law that would post healthcare bill online for review prior to vote (washingtonexaminer.com)	(402)
(Macleans)	Why you have to show a passport on a road trip to get some Tim Hortons and beaver jerky: Because of its less than diligent visa policies, Canada isn't trusted by the US (www2.macleans.ca)	(75)
	What do former HHS secretary Tommy Thompson, former Republican majority leader Bill Frist M.D., The Governator and Mayor Bloomberg all have in common? The answer may surprise you (politico.com)	(69)
(McNaughton Fine Art)	Didn't think a painting could be a perfect example of Poe's Law? Well, here it is. Subby has no idea if this is real or satire (mcnaughtonart.com)	(416)
(people-press.org)	63% of Republicans favor sanctions and direct negotiations with Iran. Appeasers (people-press.org)	(84)
	Sensing that there was some crazy conspiracy theory he had not yet siezed on, Glenn Beck jumps aboard the anti-vaccination train and recommends not giving your kids preventative medicine (dailykos.com)	(317)
	Obama administration cuts off all funding for the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), which was compiling lists of protestors imprisoned in this summer's unrest, as well as those who were killed in the crackdown (corner.nationalreview.com)	(178)
	Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay: "I'm insane or stupid. I can't figure out which." How about a little of both, Tom? (nydailynews.com)	(69)
	Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has three years straight without posing a question during oral arguments (thinkprogress.org)	(189)
	Obamas share quiet dinner to celebrate wedding anniversary, last time anyone accepted one of Barack's proposals (politico.com)	(147)
(The Daily Beast)	"President Obama's record on women's issues thus far is sparse, and suggests something that he either has a tone-deaf nature - or, if you're inclined to a more sinister view, that he may be uncomfortable with women." (thedailybeast.com)	(202)
	The power of Crist compels you... to un-RINO Florida and vote for a real leader who will get this evolution junk science out of our schools (littlegreenfootballs.com)	(293)
	"Although the working of the committee's mind is murky, it could reasonably have rejected Chicago's bid for the 2016 games on aesthetic grounds -- unless narcissism has suddenly become an Olympic sport." (realclearpolitics.com)	(254)
(Lohud.com)	New Yorkers upset with state funding for faith-based slaughterhouse (lohud.com)	(37)
	Quebec nationalists tell Prince Charles to avoid their country "like the plague" when he visits Canada next month (ctv.ca)	(82)
	Former activist judge resents current activist judges for deactivating her activism (usatoday.com)	(239)
	If you were an intern during the Clinton years, you just got screwed again (blog.newsweek.com)	(106)
	Because fighting two wars, a recession, mounting unemployment. Iranian nukes, and health care aren't keeping the government busy enough, now the feds are going to regulate bloggers (online.wsj.com)	(116)
	According to Medicare auditors, Medicare overpays for virtually everything, and Congress won't let them fix it. If that's not a model for government run health care, submitter doesn't know what is (foxnews.com)	(281)

Mon October 05, 2009

	Laura Bush confesses crush on Hillary Clinton, says George is dealing with baggage from the Presidency (entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com)	(277)
	USA once again tops list of "most admired nations". Which shows how awesome Real Americans are because the international community doesn't respect Obama (dailykos.com)	(282)
(Daily Beast)	Barack Obama has failed in the same way George W. Bush did (thedailybeast.com)	(446)
(CQ Politics)	Lobbyists no longer have constant overwhelming advisory access to the President. Amazingly, they are slightly irked (cqpolitics.com)	(147)
(Some Guy)	An ex-lobbyist is tapped to serve on a regulatory agency he tried to weaken. And the Senate is fine with that (patrickhenrypress.info)	(38)
(Some Guy)	Since the Bible has a liberal bias the best thing to do is to remove those verses and create a new conservative bible (blog.beliefnet.com)	(393)
	The Orly Tatiz crazy train has left the track......again (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(233)
	Paul Krugman: "The modern conservative movement, which dominates the modern Republican Party, has the emotional maturity of a bratty 13-year-old." (nytimes.com)	(493)
(RedState)	Obama, allies begin campaign to throw Gen. McChrystal under the bus (redstate.com)	(330)
	Tax sugary sodas: Government needs more money, and you need less fat (slate.com)	(262)
	In a major blow to coup plotters everywhere, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Pentagon will do whatever the hell the Commander in Chief tells them (google.com)	(222)
	Republican Senate candidate Peter Schiff (R-Bignobody) compares campaigning for Senate to going off to WWII to fight Nazis (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(220)
	Canadian PM Harper to visit India and China in his enduring quest to increase Canadian influence in the world, find the perfect sweater vest (nationalpost.com)	(66)