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Sun November 15, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Obama to atheists: "get thee to church, yo" (google.com)	(234)
(Some Guy)		"Every time Obama goes abroad, he embarrasses himself and sells out his country." Fail tag substitutes for facepalm tag (powerlineblog.com)	(441)
		Have you heard that rumor about what Glenn Beck did to the satire tag? (crooksandliars.com)	(208)
		Obama to Congress: "You're not cops, so please GTFO of any Ft. Hood investigations until the real cops are done" (google.com)	(192)
		It might not be a good sign when a party's best candidate has to pay her back taxes before she's allowed to be on the ballot (stltoday.com)	(108)
		Sarah Palin: I wanted to go on SNL. McCain campaign e-mail evidence: Nope. Sarah Palin: Steve Schmidt screamed at me. Email: Nope. Sarah Palin: The McCain campaign people sucked. Email: Hey guys, thanks for trying to fix all my farkups (huffingtonpost.com)	(346)
		Bill Kristol is so terrified of President Obama violating the Constitution that he hasn't even bothered to read the farking thing (weeklystandard.com)	(254)

Sat November 14, 2009

		Rep. Jim Moran (D-roolcup) calls Obama "un-American" (weeklystandard.com)	(242)
		Area man passionate defender of what he imagines Constitution to be (theonion.com)	(152)
		Q: How many AP writers does it take to fact-check Sarah Palin's book? A: 11. That's not a joke, that's the actual number. The joke is they still can't figure out why newspapers are dying (corner.nationalreview.com)	(384)
		Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please. Oh, please (salon.com)	(226)
		From medical marijuana to firearms freedom, states are starting to use their 10th Amendment rights to keep the federal government outta their consarned bidness (reason.com)	(188)
		The end of Prohibition? This is not a repeat from 1933...and might actually end well (slate.com)	(164)
		Teabaggers plan to burn Pelosi and Perriello in effigy, because the bar can never be too low (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(189)
		Federal government may buy Illinois prison, use it to house past and future Illinois governors (qctimes.com)	(16)
		Guiliani rips Obama a new one on national TV. Welcome to the post "Can't Criticize The One" world (hotair.com)	(269)
		Sarah Palin's "facts" (google.com)	(82)
		No, Ayn Rand wasn't a nut, farker (reason.com)	(387)
		Democrats plan to attack GOP Senators as "pro-rape." Naturally, this is bad news for... Al Franken (dyn.politico.com)	(167)

Fri November 13, 2009

(Rep. John Boehner)	GOP leader blasts Obama's "irresponsible decision to prosecute the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks" (gopleader.gov)	(629)
	Fox News wants all the video clips of their shows pulled off of youtube. Well not all of them. Just the ones that point out their bias and mistakes (rawstory.com)	(91)
	Taitz: I won't pay my fines. Judge: ORLY? (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(66)
	Palin complains in new book that interviewer Charlie Gibson had no interest in the substantive issues (washingtonpost.com)	(152)
(Some Guy)	Cue the wharrgarbl dog pictures: Glenn Beck says the health care bill will insure dogs (politifact.com)	(101)
	Obama Administration to all previous administration's officials who thought that they had "burrowed in," and gotten life-time political appointments: GTFO. Unsurprisingly the GOP has a problem with this (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(122)
(Some Guy)	Do you think it's fair to send people to jail who don't buy health insurance? Pelosi: The legislation is very fair in this respect (infidelsarecool.com)	(409)
	Secretary of Defence Bob Gates on Afghan Strategy Leaks: STFU and GBTW (ft.com)	(32)
	We have a European unemployment rate and we're going to have European health care, so why not adopt European labor policies to complete the glorious transformation to Europe II? (nytimes.com)	(261)
(CATO)	President Bush should be doing penance in a monastery somewhere rather than embarrassing the free-market cause by pretending that he wasn't the biggest-government president in decades (cato-at-liberty.org)	(222)
	CBO Director says that there's a fundamental disconnect between the services people expect from the government and the money they're willing to pay for those services (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(207)
	"Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years" (politico.com)	(354)
	Former CNN host Lou Dobbs could be running for president. Yep, President of the United States, not president of the He-Man Illegal Alien Haters Club (salon.com)	(199)
	White House Lawyer Craig announces his resignation, speculation swirls as to whether he was forced out over his handling of the closure of Guantanamo, US torture policy, or, maybe because he said he was only staying a year when he started (news.yahoo.com)	(27)
	The First 10 Lies from Going Rogue (huffingtonpost.com)	(285)
(Some Guy)	Hillary Clinton optimistic that climax can be banged out with MILF (abs-cbnnews.com)	(51)
	Sarah Palin says it's the McCain camp's fault she botched the Couric interview, says she would have been better prepared if they'd just slipped some study material into the pile of papers and magazines she reads ever day (nydailynews.com)	(255)
	If red states are supposedly the bastion of family values and protecting the sanctity of marriage, one would assume they would have the lowest divorce rates. So let's check the stats, shall we? (pewsocialtrends.org)	(442)
	Political organization "suddenly" discovers they have abortion coverage in their health plan. If you guessed it was the GOP, step right up and claim your No-prize (politico.com)	(220)
	Candidate for Senate seat asks Steven Colbert to moderate candidate's debate. And if that doesn't work, he'll try to get the guy from the Twilight movies (bostonherald.com)	(28)
	The Catholic Church says it will not help the poor if Washington allows gays to marry, because that's what Jesus would do (washingtonpost.com)	(401)
	10 years ago today, President Clinton signed the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. Um, thanks (dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com)	(171)
	We're only 34 pissed off, fed up states away from a constitutional convention. The fun things that could ensue include ending the federal income tax (jdlong.wordpress.com)	(221)

Thu November 12, 2009

	Having purged the libs, moderates and RINO's from the GOP, the Teabaggers now turn on each other. Let the Reign of Terror begin (dailykos.com)	(149)
(WCPO)	Ten commandments removed from state courthouse? "STOP PERSECUTING CHRISTIANS" Privately funded atheist billboard goes up? "TAKE IT DOWN OR WE'LL KILL YOU" (wcpo.com)	(558)
	President Bush gives a speech to inaugurate his new think tank. Expected to ask: "Where are all the fishies?" (nytimes.com)	(139)
(Some Guy)	Having already indicted 12 Democratic lawmakers and staff for using taxpayer dollars for political purposes, Pennsylvania AG drops the ax on 10 Republican lawmakers and staff. Now Neutral Party lawmakers are looking nervous (attorneygeneral.gov)	(63)
	Federal budget deficit his $176.4 billion... for the month of October. Rainbows and unicorns are expensive (msnbc.msn.com)	(141)
	Here's your change candidate for 2012 and I don't mean hopey changey. I mean "defender of the Constitution" hopey changey (pajamasmedia.com)	(174)
	Harry Reid's challenger in 2010 had a brilliant idea in 2008 to close the "charisma gap" between candidates McCain and Obama... a line of scantily clad go-go dancers to greet McCain at the airport (townhall.com)	(26)
	Democratic senator from Hawaii not sure if the US constitution gives Congress the power to require people to purchase health insurace. Screw the constitution, it's only a piece of paper (cnsnews.com)	(454)
(Some Stuffed Crust Guy)	Food preferences sorted by political ideaology. No column for Independent so just use the one that goes for deep dish pizza (hunch.com)	(230)
(American Spectator)	WaPo columnist 2002: "Only the filibuster stands between the nation and ..unchecked right wing rule" 2009: In re to the filibuster "the Senate has become more of a mockery of the principle of majority rule" (spectator.org)	(100)
	Comic books used to feature proud, rugged individualist warrior-superheroes who took pride in American exceptionalism. Now, thanks to liberals, Superman is a metrosexual and the Justice League is a UN front organization (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(249)
(Some Ordinary Gentleman)	Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs explains why he parted ways with the right wing blogodome: "It's a movement that has gone completely off the rails." (ordinary-gentlemen.com)	(183)
	"Selling the bonds required to fund one temporary 'stimulus' job will take enough capital out of the private sector to destroy four 'real' jobs." (realclearmarkets.com)	(162)
(Some Guy)	10-year-old Arkansas boy refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance as long as gays do not enjoy equal rights. Fabulous (edgesanfrancisco.com)	(963)
	Obama administration is srsly srs about reducing the national debt. Orly, with what you ask? Ya rly, with unused TARP money, which will still be equivalent to a Skittle getting sucked into a black hole (online.wsj.com)	(126)
	Texas Governor says Obama is "hell-bent" on socialism. You know who else was hell-bent? (politico.com)	(148)
	Converted conservative shows you don't have to be a narcissistic, hypocritical, moralistic, self-aggrandizing douchebag to be a Republican. But it sure helps (salon.com)	(161)
(Some Guy)	In case anyone missed it, the United States signed an agreement that turns the ENTIRE country of Columbia into one gigantic US military base (russiatoday.com)	(78)
	Obama rejects all current Afghan options, says they don't tie the room together (google.com)	(287)
(onenewsnow.com)	"Some" senior citizens are cancelling their AARP memberships in an Obamacare protest. The rest will have their membership cancelled... soon enough (onenewsnow.com)	(212)

Wed November 11, 2009

	Fox News falsifies footage to make protest look bigger. Jon Stewart is on it, don't worry (rawstory.com)	(212)
(Some Guy)	Lou Dobbs to leave CNN; plans to search for Obama birth certificate full time (poynter.org)	(198)
	Rahm got told. "Yes, politics is the art of the possible. But leadership is the art of expanding the possible. Leadership without politics is futile. But politics without leadership is blind." Oh snap (tnr.com)	(78)
	Sean Hannity to explain how the phrase "earlier" meant it was fair and balanced to use a video from two months ago to show how many attended a protest last Thursday (mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com)	(334)
	The White House issued this correction: President Obama has not made a decision about Afghanistan. Those responsible for sacking those who said he made up his mind about something have been sacked (cbsnews.com)	(67)
	CNN's audience is more heavily Democratic than Fox News' audience is Republican. Bonus: Fox News also attracts a higher percentage of Democratic viewers than CNN does Republicans (google.com)	(174)
	Colorado State Senator compares President Obama to the al Qaeda terrorists who took over Flight 93 on 9/11 and real patriotic Republican Americans to the passengers who had to retake control of the plane (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(175)
	Good news: Senator Jim DeMint proposes term limits constitutional amendment. Bad news: limits members of both chambers to three terms, which is only 6 years for the House, but 18 long years for his seat (washingtontimes.com)	(214)
	According to a Gallup poll released Wednesday, 48 percent of voters said they would back a Republican, while 44 percent said they would support a Democrat, if the 2010 House elections were held today (foxnews.com)	(375)
	Camille Paglia: The House health care bill is a victory for feminism, since Pelosi's a chick, but the bill itself is a massive piece of overly bureaucratic ca-ca (salon.com)	(83)
	White House introduces "No Drug Company Left Behind" legislation (huffingtonpost.com)	(141)
	The story of John Edwards' $400 haircut that helped portray him as a rich douchebag during the election? It was Obama's opposition research team that found and leaked it (politico.com)	(105)
	It isn't every day that you see Andrew Sullivan, Thomas Friedman, and Joe Klein agreeing about something (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(91)
	Problem: Two EPA lawyers publish video critical of the Obama administration's Cap and Trade position. Solution: Edit the video or face disciplinary action. Is this the hope or change part? (nytimes.com)	(405)
	Kyrgyzstan rejects UN ban on death penalty, offer of vowels (3news.co.nz)	(368)
	Barak: Obama's leadership contributes to possibility of peace. Oh great, he's referring to himself in third person now (jpost.com)	(154)
	Mormon Church backs ballot initiative outlawing discrimination against gays, in housing or employment matters, in Salt Lake City, Utah. So, that makes up for that whole Proposition 8 business, right? (salon.com)	(120)
	Late 90's: Clinton rejects Kyoto. Liberal Whaargarbl: meh. 2000's: Bush rejects global warming. Liberal Whaargarrbl: OMFG Bush=Hitler. Today: Obama rejects climate change deal. Liberal Wharrgarbl: We love you Obama (telegraph.co.uk)	(326)
	Sarah Palin's rhetoric has gotten to the point where even Fox News needs to fact-check her (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(194)

Tue November 10, 2009

	Seattle passes 'don't ask' immigration law that forbids the government from asking about immigration status when providing services. Illegal Mexicans look at the weather report, say thanks anyway (seattletimes.nwsource.com)	(183)
	Amendment to put congress on 'Public Option' plan elicits this gem. "If Medicaid resources are diverted to members of Congress, it could impact low-income Americans, and that's why Democrats did not support the amendment," (cnsnews.com)	(261)
(Sum Frum)	"Palin supporters have constructed an alternative reality in which their heroine is wildly cheered by the American yeomanry, and despised only by a small coterie of sherry-drinking snobs." (frumforum.com)	(172)
	Are you now or have you ever been a Muslim? (thinkprogress.org)	(776)
	How Obama convinced a nice old lady to steal New York's 23rd District from the GOP (washingtonpost.com)	(242)
	Don't blame the president for high unemployment. He can't do anything about it, and he knew that when he signed the stimulus plan. We're going through a "deep structural adjustment." So hold on and hope for the best (meganmcardle.theatlantic.com)	(172)
	Looks like it may be time for Olympia Snowe to pull an Arlen Specter (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(192)
	Obama needs to concentrate more on jobs and Afghanistan, not health care. So ship all the unemployed to fight in Afghanistan. There, they have a job. Problem solved (nytimes.com)	(170)
	Carrie Prejean goes on Hannity's show to announce her new project "Sluts for Jesus" (huffingtonpost.com)	(678)
	Our long national nightmare is over: Sarah Palin returns to Twitter (msnbc.msn.com)	(99)
	Obama has apparently decided to attempt looking moderate by sending most of the troops McChrystal asked for (foxnews.com)	(420)
	I has governed your state, but I broked it. Sorry 'bout that. Merry Christmas and a happy new year? (wcbstv.com)	(86)

Mon November 09, 2009

	Who's crying now? Glenn Beck has written the best-selling children's book ever on the face of the globe (politico.com)	(401)
	Thanks for the health care, Mommy Pelosi: The bill is "a breathtaking display of illiberal ambition, intended to make the middle class more dependent on government through the umbilical cord of 'universal health care'" (online.wsj.com)	(430)
(Some Comp Guy)	Conservatives continue to blather about the length of the House health care bill, yet if you actually take the time to read it you find by word count it's actually shorter than a Harry Potter novel. Facts: Even better than a Stupefy spell (computationallegalstudies.com)	(260)
	"I know what you're thinking. Who better to take on Gov. Rick Perry than someone who got rich off hair?" (chron.com)	(34)
	Young conservatives are turned off by the bible-thumping, anti-gay, anti-choice stalking points of the old guard Republicans (alternet.org)	(671)
(Harper's)	Joe Lieberman (I) nsurance shill promises to block the public option out of a "crisis of conscience" (harpers.org)	(163)
(Media Post)	Arbitrator rejects case against Glenn Beck parody site, agreeing with the defense's argument that only a staggering moron would believe it. Beck points to his audience, nodding furiously (mediapost.com)	(497)
	Poll dancing, Australian style (smh.com.au)	(10)
	Pete Sessions (R)-iginal sin: Not having a penis is a lot like smoking (politico.com)	(185)
	Citizens: We would like some jobs, please. Democrats: Right. One order of ObamaCare coming up. Citizens: No, not ObamaCare. Jobs. Democrats: Right. ObamaCare. Citizens: J-O-B-S- Democrats: O-B-A-M- (detnews.com)	(656)
	Anh Cao (R-LA) was the only Republican to vote for the healthcare bill. In response, he has been called a "gook", compared to Mao, and told to "go back to Saigon" by conservatives. This will help the GOP attract minorities (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(436)