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Sun November 08, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		House Bill "D.O.A." in the Senate says Graham (R-SC). That's the spirit of bipartisanship we were waiting for (cbsnews.com)	(440)
		House Democrats: Let's partially repeal tax indexing for inflation and see if anyone notices (online.wsj.com)	(246)
		Sen. Joe Lieberman calls Fort Hood massacre a terrorist act (nydailynews.com)	(464)
		Top House Republican on Democrats' future after voting for health care reform: "Their party's going to be history in about a year" (foxnews.com)	(495)
		UK officials attempt to convince a skeptical public that Afghanistan is "doable". Sun Tzu nods and smiles grimly (news.bbc.co.uk)	(52)
		About a year before Election Day, New York Gov. David Paterson has launched a major TV ad campaign to reintroduce himself to voters. Submitter wonders if he's seen the polls lately (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(33)
		Without the teabaggers, health care reform would most likely have gone down in a historic, crushing, demoralizing defeat. Good thing they're against the climate change bill too (dailykos.com)	(303)
		American Stinker acknowledges Gore never claimed sea levels would rise 220 feet in 10 years and admits their source was in error. Naturally, this is all Gore's fault (americanthinker.com)	(106)
(Some Excel Guy)		How much did the healthcare industry spend to buy your congress critter? Here's a handy chart to find out (opensecrets.org)	(92)

Sat November 07, 2009

	House passes healthcare reform bill, no word on whether it will cover Lupus (thehill.com)	(lots)
	Burning the midnight oil, the House of Representatives is about to vote on the healthcare bill. LGT live stream (c-span.org)	(971)
(Digital Journal)	Study finds 44% of U.S. Congress are millionaires, still need pay raises every year (digitaljournal.com)	(105)
	Under Pelosi's health care bill, if you don't want to buy health insurance or pay the opt-out tax, the government will provide you with health care for up to five years - in the penitentiary (hotair.com)	(593)
	"There is no need to pack every reform into one sweeping bill, larded up with special favors and irresponsible spending, that will radically remake the American economy and health-care system" (article.nationalreview.com)	(55)
	Markos Moulitsas makes Tom Tancredo cry and run away (dailykos.com)	(343)
	Democrats insist that the stimulus hasn't failed: Wall Street is back on track, the recovery just hasn't "trickled down" to working people yet (corner.nationalreview.com)	(130)
	UK Foreign Minister: Leave Obama alone (news.yahoo.com)	(22)
(Some Guy)	Iraqis "unhappy" with the quality of free food rations provided by Western taxpayers. If only there was a way for them to obtain food more acceptable to their discerning palates (kurdishglobe.net)	(90)
(Haaretz)	"Israel is not a tolerant society" says the U.S. State Department, who seemingly just returned from a 40 year, cranial self rectal spelunking fact-finding mission (haaretz.com)	(266)
	A long day's journey into crazy. HuffPo visits Teabaggers (huffingtonpost.com)	(115)
	No debate, no amendments, no support, no Republicans? No problem. Barbara Boxer pushes bill through comittee by "interpreting" the rules to mean she can do whatever she wants (chron.com)	(427)
	Stimulus money is not subject to review by transportation experts who might ask difficult questions like "why are we giving the New England Patriots a $9 million footbridge connecting two of their parking lots?" (boston.com)	(45)
	Actual headline: "Why won't Obama give you a job?" Yeah, what's up with that? (washingtonpost.com)	(84)
	Decision day for health care in the House. Bonus: Obama got them to drag their lazy asses to work on a Saturday (google.com)	(182)
	Barney Frank was there when his partner was arrested for pot. In happened in 2007, but for Fox News, it's happening now (foxnews.com)	(320)

Fri November 06, 2009

	MoveOn mounts campaign to run primary challengers, take away Committee chairmanships from Democrats who aren't "progressive" enough. But this is not a purge of moderates like those Stalinist conservatives are doing (printthis.clickability.com)	(217)
	White House strongarms its political allies to make Fox News less balanced. Wait, what? (hotair.com)	(190)
	Obama says, 'Don't jump to conclusions on Ft. Hood gunman.' Will also invite gunman and the female cop who shot him over to the White House for a beer (news.yahoo.com)	(826)
(Commentary)	In fairness, Obama's feckless diplomacy in relation to Honduras is a display of diplomatic genius compared with his Middle East policy (commentarymagazine.com)	(182)
	House Democrats can't track down enough votes to pass health care Saturday, even after using K9s to sniff out hiding members, so the vote may not come until early next week (msnbc.msn.com)	(118)
	Harvard's Martin Feldstein says ObamaCare will lead to Americans skipping insurance premiums until they get sick, then sticking the rest of us with the bill (washingtonpost.com)	(159)
	DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan -"If Republicans want to make Michele Bachmann the voice of the party, that's more than fine with us. We'll help circulate the petition." (twincities.com)	(278)
	One thing to take away from the 2009 election is that the pundits who gleefully proclaimed the great liberal ascension of 2008 were as deluded as Lindsay Lohan's career ambitions (washingtonpost.com)	(177)
	That walk to the voting machine may be a walk off the plank: "A lot of Democrats are getting a sneaky suspicion Mrs. Pelosi is willing to sacrifice their seats on the altar of liberal government health care" (online.wsj.com)	(231)
(Cato-at-Liberty)	Who will pay the most under Obama's health care plan? The same young people who turned out in droves to vote for him. You're welcome (cato-at-liberty.org)	(491)
	There's a War Going on in America, and The Stakes are Nothing Less than Glenn Beck's Internal Organs (tpmtv.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(194)
	It's a little-known fact that Cliff Clavin is considering a run for the US Senate in 2012 (examiner.com)	(123)
	PETA: "Al Gore, if you are trying to be green, why do you eat meat?" Al Gore: "Err.. Umm. Eating meat isn't that bad for the environment." Scientists: "O RLY?" (foxnews.com)	(609)
	Headline: Clunker deals saved little gas. Story: 57 percent better fuel economy on trade-ins (stltoday.com)	(123)
(Some HAPPY Act)	WHERAS Fluffikins is like a daughter to me AND WHEREAS checkups, shots, and other vet bills for Fluffikins add up in this tough economy AND WHEREAS Fluffikins is adorable NOW, THEREFORE $3,500 income tax credit (opencongress.org)	(115)

Thu November 05, 2009

	Cliff Clavin slams health care bill as "socialism." Adds, "Did you know, the word socialism derives from the French word "socialisme," which was first attributed to the philosopher Pierre Leroux..." (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(144)
	Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) leads a crowd of supporters in the Pledge of Allegiance, which he said "drives the liberals crazy." Fail ensues (politico.com)	(217)
	Conservatives outnumber liberals due to liberals embracing abortion, gay marriage (politico.com)	(257)
	The Representative from San Francisco vows that no matter how long and hard the fight will be, she's going to strap ObamaCare onto the legislative agenda and ram it through (hotair.com)	(94)
	The 12 most offensive signs from the GOP-sponsored Tea-Party protest on November 5th, 2009 (huffingtonpost.com)	(373)
	You know how the White House loves to blame Bush for its massive deficits? Yeah, about that (hotair.com)	(106)
	Dick Morris: Passing ObamaCare 5 days after Democrats got slaughtered "is breathtaking in its arrogance. Voters all over America will get the point: The congressional Democrats don't give a damn what the voters think." (thehill.com)	(122)
	Obama calls his daughter a slacker during a speech (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)	(161)
	After whining about health care, Republicans put out their own plan. Result? It costs more and covers fewer people (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(184)
	Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission clears the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission of wrongdoing in use of force in controversial raid of gay bar (chron.com)	(115)
	Michelle Bachmann (R-OTFLMAO) to provide epic lulz in Congress today (politico.com)	(413)
(U Express)	"The $4 million spent to pass gay marriage in Maine was wasted. Even Americans in liberal states do not believe that two guys pledged to a gay union are a marriage." (uexpress.com)	(476)
	The most impressive trick played by liberals is creating a narrative wherein attempting to fundamentally reconfigure the American economy makes one a moderate, while the nearly powerless who dissent are "Stalinists" (reason.com)	(137)
	Gay groups vow to reach around Maine defeat and plow forward with new strategies (washingtonpost.com)	(975)
	Abbas threatens to quit Palestinian elections. Mamma Mia, here we go again (cbc.ca)	(49)
	Hezbollah: "Arms ship, you say? What arms ship? What's an arms ship? We don't know any arms ships" (google.com)	(137)
	Michael Steele to Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh: "Your opinion really doesn't matter much." Grovelling apology expected by 12:00pm EST (thinkprogress.org)	(277)
	I guess old people are really godless commie pinko America destroying socialist fascists, too. God bless'em (msnbc.msn.com)	(169)

Wed November 04, 2009

	Stimulus plan helps create 2000 green jobs building wind farms. That's good. But the jobs were created in China. That's bad. But there were some permanent American jobs created. That's good. But only thirty. That's bad (dailykos.com)	(147)
	Glenn Beck suffers appendicitis attack during radio show and undergoes emergency appendectomy; now reported to now be alert, awake, crying (gawker.com)	(340)
	Newsbusters disproves Fox News report that Obama spent last night watching documentary about himself. In related news, dogs and cats are living together (newsbusters.org)	(80)
	"Parks ... fended off campaign criticism that he has lost touch with his constituents. He could not be reached for comment Tuesday." (desmoinesregister.com)	(9)
	"In short, Glenn, 9-12ers, if you are invoking it [9/11] just to oppose healthcare reform, go to hell." (rawstory.com)	(199)
	"Presumably, [Michael Steele] meant that his party is ascendent, meaning rising, and not transcendent, meaning beyond the limits of comprehension." (washingtonpost.com)	(109)
	Conservative Republican on Bachmann: "When your captain's crazy, it's time to find a new ship" (politico.com)	(127)
	House could vote on health care reform as early as Saturday, then send it immediately to the Senate, where majority leader Harry Reid is expected to greet it as enthusiastically as he would a colonoscopy (startribune.com)	(83)
	Nancy Pelosi: "We won last night" (politico.com)	(237)
	You've been named among the nation's 20 worst CEOs by Portfolio magazine, and under your leadership, your company's stock fell 60% and 28,000 employees lost their jobs. Do you (C) make a run for Senate (fe18.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(88)
	The problem wasn't that Bush was too conservative, but that he wasn't conservative enough. "After 15 or 20 years of steady moderation, many conservatives think it might be time to give their ideas a try." (article.nationalreview.com)	(476)
(Some Guy)	Texas and Ohio voters told their local politicians to take a hike and take their stop-light cameras with them (thetruthaboutcars.com)	(91)
	The government says that you don't have the right not to be framed by prosecutors (npr.org)	(253)
(Pa. Dept. of State)	The gulp you heard was from Nancy Pelosi: In Pennsylvania, a blue state where Democrats have a 1.2 million voter registration edge, Republicans won all but one judicial race (electionreturns.state.pa.us)	(282)
	Bill Gates never got a college degree, and neither did President Truman. So it's stupid and unfair to bash Sarah Palin for being "uneducated" (blogs.usatoday.com)	(381)
	Today's example of a Democrat not paying his taxes comes to you from Oakland Mayor (and former congressman) Ron Dellums (sfgate.com)	(54)
	Obama's stimulus plan reports 935 jobs saved at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, which would be impressive if it weren't for the fact that only 508 people work there (azstarnet.com)	(206)
	It wouldn't be a proper election night in Brooklyn without some butt-naked street-ranting guy at the local polling place. Good to see Spitzer's found a useful way to vent, though (nydailynews.com)	(23)
	Another one fights the bust (huffingtonpost.com)	(132)
	Wins third term as mayor of NYC (bloomberg.com)	(68)
	Lobster is still the official L word of Maine (blogs.usatoday.com)	(809)
	Apparently the new series "V" has anti-Obama/birther-sympathetic themes. You heard it on Slate: Kenyans are aliens (slate.com)	(180)
	Healthcare reform: Politics as usual or government corruption? (examiner.com)	(53)
(538)	The Teabagger Era is over (fivethirtyeight.com)	(221)

Tue November 03, 2009

	Republican Chris Christie wins New Jersey. Wow, what a crappy prize (msnbc.msn.com)	(366)
	Boehnercare: No soup for you. Sometimes the headlines come Fark-ready (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(46)
	The Obama Era is over (nytimes.com)	(½)
	Socialized medicine at work. NHL players get H1N1 vaccine before general public "given the risks associated with frequent physical contact, extreme exertion and onerous domestic and cross-border travel," Oh those poor people (cbc.ca)	(115)
	Michelle Bachmann (R-MN): "my Capitol tea party is the Super Bowl of freedom" (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(277)
(Daily Finance)	Having fixed the economy, created jobs for all Americans, and ended crime, homelessness, and famine the world over, Congress finally tackles our long national nightmare of that one plane that didn't land on time the other day (dailyfinance.com)	(41)
	White House Press Secretary says today's elections really don't mean a lot. Unless, of course, the Democrats win and then it is an affirmation of President Obama's agenda and the fact that he is a "rock star" (politico.com)	(210)
	Sesame Street takes a shot at Fox News. But we all know who the puppets really are, don't we? (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(258)
	In a moment of surprising and most likely unintentional honesty, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) admits that the GOP is blocking health care to prevent Democrats from succeeding (crooksandliars.com)	(274)
	Voters in Iowa and elsewhere are coming out of the ether: "All my Republican friends - and independents - are sitting back saying, 'Oh, what did we do?" (nytimes.com)	(145)
	"Obama's approval rating of 54% nearly identical to the 53% he won a year ago. And in nearly every demographic category, the percent that approve of Obama today is within 2-3 points of the percent who voted for him in 2008." (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(129)
(Conservative Wahoo)	The defining characteristic beliefs of Neo-Socialism: Capitalism has failed, government should compete with business, big government is good, and believing in (and enjoying) America's decline (conservativewahoo.blogspot.com)	(429)
	A trillion dollars later, Obama is serious about creating jobs. He really means it this time too (bloomberg.com)	(211)
	Newly re-elected Afghan president Hamid Karzai vows to root out the corruption that got him elected (reuters.com)	(45)
	Congress just passed a bill costing $680B for the military, and that doesn't include the wars. You might not have heard that on the news, since they are too busy asking if universal health care is too expensive at $90B per year (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(619)

Mon November 02, 2009

	Rep. Joe Wilson Blames Obama For Vaccine Shortage -- After Voting Against Vaccine Funding (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(192)
	Obama ran over a thousand lobbyists out of town (thehill.com)	(132)
	Conservative Party candidate in NY-23 race calls Glenn Beck his "mentor." (thinkprogress.org)	(184)
(Foreign Policy)	"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is completing the Obama administration's humiliating retreat from the principles set forth in the president's Cairo speech of less than five months ago" (walt.foreignpolicy.com)	(134)
(City Journal)	16 of the 17 states with the lowest tax levels had positive migration; 14 of the 17 highest-tax states had negative migration. "Conservative researchers' technical explanation for this phenomenon is: 'Well, duh.'" (city-journal.org)	(347)
	The UK government is committed to getting expert advice, as long as they can safely ignore it (guardian.co.uk)	(31)
	Michelle Bachmann(R-MN): "House health care bill is the crown jewel of Socialism" (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(263)
(Informed-Dissent)	Doug Hoffman isn't the only third-party candidate to tea-bag the GOP (informed-dissent.com)	(109)
	Obamania: First I was all "W00T11," and then I was like "You go, O," but then I was kind of "Meh" and now I'm like mostly "Whatever" (breitbart.com)	(140)
	Press Secretary Gibbs: In the past 8 1/2 months Obama has spent "a pretty big chunk of time... close to 20 direct hours" on Afghanistan war. You can stop helping now, Robert (thepage.time.com)	(293)
	After she and the rest of GOP leadership spent the last two weeks calling her a traitor, a saboteur, and a satanist, Michelle Malkin is baffled as to why Dede Scozzafava is a little pissed off at them (michellemalkin.com)	(166)
	The Democrat's healthcare plan appears to keep Obama's promise not to raise taxes on the middle class to pay for it. If you're rich on the other hand? Hoo boy are YOU about to take it up the pooper (news.yahoo.com)	(688)
	NRO breaks down the NY 23 race by way of analogy: Scozzafava is the "high-strung prom queen bitter about being upstaged" and Hoffman is the "back-up date" who's going to dump a bucket of pig's blood all over GOP (article.nationalreview.com)	(130)
	It's official: Dick Cheney has Alberto Gonzales syndrome (hosted.ap.org)	(133)
	And now, for something completely the same: Republican tries his hand at humor, ends up getting sued by Monty Python. Bonus: He's a former U.S. Attorney (huffingtonpost.com)	(140)
	Gitmo suspects don't want to leave, say officials (telegraph.co.uk)	(56)
	In short: If Taitz goes down, so does WorldNetDaily (huffingtonpost.com)	(75)
	"Change is hard." Rainbows and unicorns too (breitbart.com)	(61)
	President Clinton is erect (news.yahoo.com)	(34)