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Sun October 18, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Sarah Palin offers a tough but wonky critique of the Baucus Bill... on her Facebook page (politico.com)	(307)
		Hillary Clinton to give a "major" speech on nuclear nonproliferation. Between this, her meetings with the Russians, and the meetings in Ireland, it's like she's trying to win some award for trying to spread peace in the world (politico.com)	(63)
		Sexually explicit illustrated Book of Genesis raises controversy: "It may surprise people but the Bible does contain nudity, sex and violence" (Not safe for Sunday) (telegraph.co.uk)	(224)
		"I am the elected sheriff. I don't take orders from the federal government" (google.com)	(312)
(Dispatches from the Culture Wars)		Remember Fox News ranting that the media was ignoring the Teabaggers' march? The recent gay rights march had the same number of people. So did Fox cover it? Here comes the Jon Stewart (scienceblogs.com)	(211)
		When even the LA Times is calling you Ethelred the Unready, it might be time to re-evaluate your foreign policy (latimes.com)	(175)
		2005: George Soros makes bid to buy Nationals. GOP goes nuts, and Republican Congressmen threaten the league with legislative action. Oh, invisible hand, you're so dreamy (dailykos.com)	(184)
		What a modern Monopoly board looks like (PDF) (americanthinker.com)	(105)
		Suicide bomber kills government security force leaders. Difficulty: They're leaders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (telegraph.co.uk)	(176)
		That's a nice antitrust exemption you got there, insurance industry. It'd be a shame if something were to happen to it (nytimes.com)	(154)

Sat October 17, 2009

	"The cool and reasonable candidate who gave hope to his voters, who promised to rise above the ugly politics and big money of Washington, is turning out to be as conventional a politician as any other." (nypost.com)	(284)
	"Fox hasn't just corrupted its own coverage. Though its influence, it has made all of cable news unpleasant and unreliable." (slate.com)	(225)
	Rush Limbaugh may have finally gone too far: Al Sharpton threatens to sue for defamation (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(285)
	How to prove fiscal conservatism, #644: Spend the gobs of campaign money you get as soon as you get it (thehill.com)	(22)
	"If President Obama can find a way to balance the precise number of troops that will stabilize Afghanistan and Pakistan, without tipping America into a Vietnam there, then he indeed deserves a Nobel Prize - for physics." (nytimes.com)	(70)
	The NRA finally asks the question on all of our minds: Should Hillary Clinton team up with third world dictators to take away our guns? It's more likely than you think (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(134)
	Daily Kos's Saturday Hate Mail-a-Palooza: "Question when are you & Moveon.org going to team up with Michael More and make more false statements about certian politicians." Subby isn't certian (dailykos.com)	(135)
	Obama attacks insurance companies, saying they have resorted to "smoke and mirrors" to try to sink healthcare reform. Could be worse, the White House could have Chinese drywall (upi.com)	(188)
	Race not a factor in Obama opposition, claims report that will be immediately denounced by Demo... oh, wait, it's from a Democratic group? Really? Oh... um... (crickets chirping) (politico.com)	(264)
	Obama's Education Czar (who now has federal control of your children) was a member of radical pro-homosexual AIDS uprising group which committed terrorist demonstrations at cathedrals in New York (wnd.com)	(306)
	President Obama pulls classy move, castigates New Orleans crowd for booing Gov. Jindal (LGT video) (politico.com)	(151)
	Grab a mop (dailykos.com)	(153)
(Rep4That)	If you want to suggest smacking around your wife doesn't truly count as assault, and neither does killing homosexuals, there's a Rep for that (wakingupnow.com)	(51)
	Federal defecit surges to $1.42 trillion. And by 'surges' they mean something that was forecast to happen about a year before anyone knew Obama was a Kenyan (hosted.ap.org)	(236)

Fri October 16, 2009

	GOP ♥ Huckabee (rasmussenreports.com)	(186)
	Rupert Murdoch would like to offer his heartfelt thanks to the White House for providing a 'tremendous' boost to FOXNews ratings (google.com)	(99)
	Five ultimate truths learned by Limbaugh's failed Rams bid: Liberals, the NFL, racist double standards, and how the media spins it all (pajamasmedia.com)	(538)
	Newest right-wing outrage with no basis in reality: Obama won't have Christmas trees at the White House - they will be HOLIDAY TREES (politico.com)	(218)
	Despite all the GOP hemming and hawing to the contrary, Obama's approval ratings are now the exact same as where they were on his election day. And if memory seves, people kind of liked him then (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(227)
	Campaigning is a fungible commodity and they don't flag, you know, the lies, where it's going and where it's not. It can't be Texans that get stuck to holding the bag without the bullshiat that is produced here, pumped here (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(59)
	Want to have dinner with President Obama at a fundraiser? You better pony up $30,400. And don't complain about the rubber chicken (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(60)
	Eugene Robinson absolutely eviscerates President Obama for his New Orleans drive-by (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(125)
	Latest left-wing moonbat strategy to 'fix the Earth'? Make the recession worse (cnsnews.com)	(99)
	"As the brother of recently deposed Prime Minister Harper, I need a U.S. bank account to transfer millions of dollars from my various Tim Hortons franchises out of the country" (cbc.ca)	(13)
	Sixty-five percent of Americans think the final health care bill will be what the Democrats want. Only 18 percent think it will be bipartisan, and those people also believe in UFOs and the innocence of OJ (rasmussenreports.com)	(135)
	Rewards for personal responsibility have been placed into the health reform bill. Naturally, unions are furious (cbsnews.com)	(150)
	At this point, maybe the better question is, what DOESN'T make Glenn Beck cry? (littlegreenfootballs.com)	(266)
	New Jersey governor wages a good, clean, positive campaign against his Republican opponent, who, he points out, is a Fatty Fat Fat (philly.com)	(83)
(Chattahbox)	Since being elected, Fox News has blamed President Obama for the slumping markets. Dow Jones goes above 10,000. Fox News: Is this the Bush Recovery? (chattahbox.com)	(409)
	City council meetings may seem dull most of the time, but you never know when an old man fight will break out (w/ video) (tampabay.com)	(99)
(Some Guy)	New video game imagines armed revolution in 2011, features Sarah Palin "helping to take out several Hamas warriors who were guarding Rahm Emanuel." Rugged patriots seen rushing to their bunks en masse (usofearth.com)	(259)
	Michelle Bachmann shows up on Glenn Beck's show to pitch new conspiracy theory, divide by zero (crooksandliars.com)	(113)
	Rachel Maddow summons the power of her gigantic brass balls to destroy the Teabagger Movement (msnbc.msn.com)	(326)

Thu October 15, 2009

		Stimulus data show that the $339 billion spent so far has only saved 30,083 jobs. That comes to $11,268,822.92 per job. Submitter is willing to take cash instead (thehill.com)	(171)
		As currently drafted, the "hate crimes" bill would you to be prosecuted for simply for saying something that allegedly influenced someone else to commit a hate crime, even if that wasn't your intention (reason.com)	(338)
		Recession ends in 79 metro areas. For those keeping score, it's Keynes 2, Friedman 0 (msnbc.msn.com)	(603)
		Don't like what you see on TV? Change the channel. It just won't be an option next week, though (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(207)
		Majority of members of Nobel peace prize jury, like majority of Americans during 2008 election, did not vote for Barack Obama (reuters.com)	(126)
		Teabaggers, enraged at Lindsey Graham (R-Totally Hetero) for working on climate change legislation, inexplicably attack the incredibly butch Senator with slurs implying he might be homosexual (crooksandliars.com)	(168)
		Contemporary political seer George F. Will, comparable in accuracy to the Oracle at Delphi, predicts Delware will be the epicenter of a political tsunami which will cleanse the government of Democrats in 2010 (washingtonpost.com)	(54)
		Meghan McCain threatens to quit Twitter after posting her boobs. Oh, the huge mammaries (wonkette.com)	(235)
		Al Franken gets his first bill, the Franken Anti-Rape Amendment, passed the senate by a vote of 68-30. In other news the are apparently 30 senators, all Republicans, who are pro-rape (thinkprogress.org)	(572)
		Moderate Republicans have become a poison to the GOP, and should be ignored and marginalized when considering serious Presidential contenders such as Sarah Palin (hotair.com)	(147)
		Obama finally makes his first trip to New Orleans, over four years too late (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(176)
		"On his website, Lombard says that years of playing Sim City, a computer game that allows the player to build a make-believe city, has given him a good idea of how one should run." And that's why he's running for mayor (startribune.com)	(151)
		Judge stumps gay marriage ban lawyer by asking how gay marriage prevents procreation for heterosexuals. Darn those activist judges and their logical questions (msnbc.msn.com)	(lots)
		RedState blogger mails 5 pound bag of rock salt to Olympia Snowe and encourages others to do the same... Because she's corrupting "Narnia" and needs to be melted, or some damn thing (huffingtonpost.com)	(178)

Wed October 14, 2009

	From the "I Can't Make This Shiat Up" Department: GOP lawmakers looking for Muslim spies on Capitol Hill (Fox took down their story, so link changed to Politico) (politico.com)	(421)
	By lying about the healthcare reform bill, the health insurance industry seems to have secured its own demise (politico.com)	(353)
	RNC chair Michael Steele: "I'm the cow on the tracks." Dailykos.com: "You dumb farker." With video goodness (Not safe for work language) (dailykos.com)	(275)
	Many stories on Fox news are "not true," says presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs, whose entire job description consists of "Shade the truth" (hotair.com)	(308)
	Robert Wexler (D-FL) to leave Congress because it's a fun thing to do (thehill.com)	(41)
	Another GOP Senator about to jump on the health care reform bandwagon (fe3.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(211)
	Like Lauren and Heidi before them, Paul Krugman and Tom Coburn (R-OK) are feuding (thehill.com)	(64)
(Is the storm still coming?)	Mormon leadership compares treatment of Mormons post-Prop 8 to the treatment of blacks during the civil rights movement (fox13now.com)	(544)
	Michael Steele's blog no longer titled "What Up?" The GOP chair's musings will now be collected under the title "Whatchootalkinbout, Obama?" (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(250)
(Tax Girl)	IRS rules woman with double mastectomy cannot deduct cost of infant formula. Washington will no doubt be equally compassionate with your health care, citizen (taxgirl.com)	(129)
	"Forget Sarah Palin. The female maverick of the Republican Party is Sen. Olympia Snowe." (hotair.com)	(203)
	Supreme Court to consider whether or not it is illegal for subby to suggest you smoke some meth and masturbate furiously in front of your local police precinct (news.yahoo.com)	(96)
	FCC wants broad open-internet rules. Which is kind of like Jeffrey Dahmer promising to obey the safe word as he snaps the fuzzy handcuffs shut (online.wsj.com)	(186)
	A little more than a year ago, a majority of Republicans had a favorable view of the federal government, while only 29% of Democrats had a positive view. Guess the numbers now (fe20.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(194)
(Some Guy)	Brits can now watch Glenn Beck. Their reaction "I don't want to seem forward or rude, but one can't help but ask: Have you people lost your minds?" (thedailybeast.com)	(483)

Tue October 13, 2009

	The GOP's new website calls Jackie Robinson a "GOP Hero." Jackie Robinson said the 1964 Republican Convention gave him "an understanding of how it must have felt to be a Jew in Hitler's Germany." (gawker.com)	(341)
	Nothing does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that he's becoming the whiner-in-chief (thenation.com)	(168)
	The President says a decision on Afghanistan is going to happen in "the coming weeks," until then he advises the Afghani people and soldiers on the ground to try and not die (google.com)	(167)
	Limbaugh says he'd gladly speak with Obama. Maybe even let him sit in the front of the bus (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(167)
	Senate Finance Committee approves health care bill. This is great news, for Beck, Limbaugh, et al (latimes.com)	(417)
(Political Wire)	RNC Chairman Michael Steele starts a blog called "What Up?" Seriously (politicalwire.com)	(217)
	Lindsay Graham: "We're not going to be the party of angry white guys", as told to a room of angry white guys (thehill.com)	(155)
(Washington Examiner)	The 1st ammendment protects freedom of speech. New bill in Congress changes that to "unless the government demonstrates ... a compelling governmental interest" (washingtonexaminer.com)	(381)
	PSA: If you need a goat farked, CNN will do it (thedailyshow.com)	(175)
	YA RLY have to respect Judge Clay Land for telling ORLY Taitz there's NO WAI she can file frivolous lawsuits without being fined $20,000 (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(211)
	If you think health care reform will solve budget problems, you're "deluded," says analyst who's spent the last couple of years saying health care reform was the key to curing budget problems (hotair.com)	(200)
(Not the Guardian)	The Guardian is prevented from reporting on a question to be answered later this week, who asked the question, what the question is, who might answer it, where it can be found or why it can't tell you these things. J. J. Abrams surrenders (derrenbrown.co.uk)	(49)
	Scram, Grandma: Held up by the Obama administration as a model for health-care reform, the Mayo Clinic will exclude coverage for some Medicare and Medicaid patients (washingtonpost.com)	(80)
	Newspaper sued for badmouthing Stalin, which is kind of like getting punched by a jock for hating Nickelback (3news.co.nz)	(132)
(Some Guy)	As the Senate finance committee prepares to pass a compromise healthcare plan, new estimates suggest 17 million Americans will remain uninsured even with the new legislation. Great Jorb, Democrats (chicagotribune.com)	(320)
	He's a former communist nation trying to find its way in a new world. She's an independent country free of the relationship that nearly killed her. Can one dusty rogue nation help them find love? (news.bbc.co.uk)	(84)
	Now that Obama's been in office 10 months, you've stockpiled all your guns & ammo, you're well prepared for the health care rationing, but are you ready for the great cheesecake crisis? (washingtonpost.com)	(46)
	Like a golem turning on its master, teabaggers are now betraying GOP leadership (politico.com)	(518)

Mon October 12, 2009

		Hoping to steal some of the spotlight back from Iran, North Korea launches a few more missiles of their own, paints their ass yellow and rides around naked on a unicycle whilst honking a Dixie horn (news.yahoo.com)	(40)
		A nunchuck-wielding ninja wants to beat up Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(54)
		Protesters hold noisy rally outside New Jersey school that encouraged students to sing hymns about - and to - Obama (abcnews.go.com)	(318)
		Evangelical protestants embrace authoritarianism. Jews say, "You know who else embraced authoritarianism?" (salon.com)	(240)
		You can judge someone quite well according to the things they don't say. And here's 20 things Obama hasn't said (americanthinker.com)	(286)
		It's starting to look like Texas Governor Rick Perry knowingly signed off on executing an innocent man, and is now trying to obstruct an investigation. Hopefully he'll cheat on his wife soon so the media will finally take notice (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(343)
		The woman Michelle Malkin blamed for making the "Obama Indoctrination Video," resulting in a continuous barrage of e-mail and phone threats, not only had nothing to do with its production, she's not even a teacher at that school (washingtonpost.com)	(121)
		Obama fails to win Nobel Prize in economics (marketwatch.com)	(267)
		From crackpot rants to official GOP policy - a timeline. Or how Glenn Beck is the de facto head of the GOP (salon.com)	(177)
		Watch out Crist, Meek may inherit Florida (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(66)
		Chavez to nationalize Golf. This is not an article from the Onion (nytimes.com)	(87)
		When you've named your plan "Chaosistan", things usually aren't going so well (politico.com)	(41)
		The only person more pissed off about Obama's Nobel Prize than Republicans is Bill Clinton, who figures Obama stole it from him the way he stole the Democratic nomination from Hillary (apps.detnews.com)	(62)
		Democratic party split by dissension on how to continue war in Afghanistan, with one faction demanding 'cut' and another urging 'run' (cleveland.com)	(104)
		Health care companies previously aligned with Obama decide to exercise the nuclear option. The fallout will destroy any hope of comprehensive medical coverage for those who need it (politico.com)	(472)
		Why free speech is dying in Canada and why Americans should care abo **CARRIER LOST** (corner.nationalreview.com)	(89)
		The Nobel acceptance speech Obama should give but won't (nytimes.com)	(252)
		"Britain continues its descent into a socialist hell, devoid of any justice or morality. We now live in a sub-Marxist world where the ultra-politicised institutions of the State wield arbitrary power" (express.co.uk)	(194)
		DNC forced to pull ad featuring Bob Dole after Bob Dole says that Bob Dole would prefer that Bob Dole's call for bipartisanship not be used for partisan purposes (blogs.abcnews.com)	(72)