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Sun November 22, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		"In the Clinton era it was OK to lie about sex. Under Obama, it seems, it's just fine to lie about running the country" (telegraph.co.uk)	(258)
		Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI DRUNK?) barred from communion over views on abortion rights, concerns that he'll drink all of the wine (cnn.com)	(165)
		Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper lauds press freedom in speech, then refuses to take questions from reporters covering the event (theglobeandmail.com)	(44)
		Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which got $10 billion and debt guarantees from the U.S. government in October, expects to pay 1% in taxes. Thats right, 1% (bloomberg.com)	(262)
		Bill O'Reilly calls out Sarah Palin for questioning President Obama and Vice President Biden for lack of experience....wait, what? (crooksandliars.com)	(298)
(Some Guy?)		Which of these makes the least sense? 1. "Diversity is a strength." 2. "Chocolate pudding is dramatic irony." 3. "Nicolas Cage is a two-cycle engine" (anncoulter.com)	(230)
(American's for Wharrgarbl)		The Obama-Care health bill's stealth homosexual agenda. Apparently someone DOES think there is something wrong with that (americansfortruth.com)	(289)
		So you think you have First Amendment rights on Federal property? And the jurors should know their rights too? Ha, Ha, you're so funny, here's some handcuffs and a shot of Thorazine for your overnight stay in the loony bin (examiner.com)	(233)
		The coming deficit disaster: why President Obama hates you personally and wants to destroy America (online.wsj.com)	(256)
(Byron York)		"Why was it so hard for Dems even to start health care debate?" Could just as well ask why was it so easy for the GOP to get 40 votes that would deny even debating the bill (washingtonexaminer.com)	(244)
		Countdown rounds up the best late night talk show laughs concerning Going Rogue, you betcha (youtube.com)	(257)
		God is punishing Notre Dame football because Obama spoke at the college. Why God is punishing the rest of us with Notre Dame football, we may never know (dailykos.com)	(112)

Sat November 21, 2009

	Fili-busted (cnn.com)	(1554)
	Daily Kos Saturday hate-mailbag: Mukous Mousetits edition (dailykos.com)	(61)
	Spoiled Californian rich kids demand that their bankrupt state subsidize their education by taking more money from poor people (corner.nationalreview.com)	(208)
(Facebook)	Sarah Palin meets her double at a book signing. Frightening or amusing, depending on your political views (facebook.com)	(63)
	No (insidetv.aol.com)	(157)
(What Does It Mean?)	Remember the FAA blunder that wreaked havoc nationwide? Yeah, about that. Apparently the USAF shot down a 1 kiloton nuclear armed cruise missile targeting the Denver International Airport. Bonus: There's a 9/11 connection. Sleep tight (whatdoesitmean.com)	(168)
	Palin quits signing books halfway through event. Methinks we see a pattern here (indystar.com)	(559)
	Mussolini's brain posted for auction on eBay, says his granddaughter. She's just upset that it didn't make the reserve price (telegraph.co.uk)	(25)
	Obama's stimulus package was small, soft and came too soon. Nation craves a bigger, longer, thicker, uncut package (nytimes.com)	(180)
	GOP Freudian Slip Theater presents: Representative Chris Buttars (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(49)
	Conservative hip-hop artist, Hi Caliber spits mad flavor: "Liberalism is like a cancerous tumor, just look at Harry Reid, Pelosi and Chuck Schumer." (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(169)

Fri November 20, 2009

	Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgissippi) draws the state he represents for National Geographic (wonkette.com)	(124)
	Everyone knows that whatever happens at his trial, KSM will never walk free. He will spend the rest of his natural life in U.S. custody. Which makes the proceedings a farcical show trial from the very beginning (article.nationalreview.com)	(319)
	Fox news website design: whargarbl.derp (wonkette.com)	(36)
	Thought the Tea Party Movement was amusing? Well, they've made a movie about themselves, and its not a documentary. Here's the trailer, and beyond all comprehension this is not a parody (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(156)
	What Geithner did right (nytimes.com)	(16)
	What Geithner did wrong (nytimes.com)	(18)
	Well, this billboard will sure bring people over to the Birther cause. Bonus: crass Ft. Hood mention (huffingtonpost.com)	(120)
	Pray for Sarah Palin: Psalm 137:8 (dailykos.com)	(158)
	Senator McCaskill points out that if the healthcare reform bill was printed with regular size font, columns and spacing it would be about the same length as Sarah Palin's book (thehill.com)	(142)
	Liberal college students arrested for protesting against liberal colleges for raising tuition due to liberal policies. Oh the humanities (cnn.com)	(342)
	aCORN hacked the voting machines with a virus (washingtontimes.com)	(245)
	Don't expect Obama to make a decision on Afghanistan before Thanksgiving: He's too busy pondering whether he wants cornbread stuffing or regular stuffing (washingtonpost.com)	(235)
	New York residents, Glenn Beck would like you to know you're being raped by your government. And he should know (mediamatters.org)	(142)
	Senate Republicans blast Democrat's healthcare bill as a "bait and switch", reportedly furious that what was supposed to be a big give-away to insurance companies, now looks like it may actually help the poor and uninsured (news.yahoo.com)	(411)
	Rep Louie Gohmert (P-yle) warns that terrorists will strike NYC if the terror trials are held there. Then, just in case the terrorists are having trouble coming up with ideas on their own; helpfully provides them with a list of targets (politico.com)	(89)
	Australian politician defends photo taken of her asleep at a NATO conference. On the plus side, she's absolutely certain that there's no holes in her eyelids (news.com.au)	(21)
	Mmmmm... fresh Iran sanctions. They're punitively delicious (guardian.co.uk)	(85)
(American Spectator)	AARP: We don't support the health care bill. Gov't: Here's $18 million in stimulus funds. AARP: Health care reform? Love it (spectator.org)	(109)
	Problem: Army worried that Sarah Palin book signing event at Ft. Bragg will turn into an anti-Obama event. Solution: Ban the media from attending (dailykos.com)	(272)
	Obama tapping Dana Perino (news.yahoo.com)	(106)
(News Channel 5)	Nashville atheist billboard sparks controversy amongst the 15 locals able to read it. "It blocks our view of the 50 foot cross by the highway" (newschannel5.com)	(321)
	European Union wins prize for the most gratuitous use of the word "Belgium" in a serious political appointment (guardian.co.uk)	(40)

Thu November 19, 2009

	Teabagger a finalist for Oxford word of the year (huffingtonpost.com)	(81)
	John Kerry's Daughter arrested for DUI. If she moves back to Massachusetts, that's bonus points for a Senate run (google.com)	(169)
	Want a good thought experiment for understanding the difference in crazy between the right and left? "Ponder how they'd be if they'd lost the election by, say, 500 votes. In a state run by Obama's brother." (dailykos.com)	(406)
	Sen. John Kerry: "My daughter was not legally drunk." Well, that explains the long face (people.com)	(72)
	Rudy Giuliani to run for U.S. Senate in 2010. Expects to come up with a 9 - 11 point plan (nydailynews.com)	(39)
	An outright majority of Republicans believe that ACORN stole the election for Obama. Really (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(650)
	Governator says he will not be back. Get it? It's a play on when he was that robot and said he would be back and now he's governor (breitbart.com)	(60)
	"All you Palin haters out there force me to root for her. There is little doubt the left is using her to create ugly stereotypes and attack limited-government types across the country (denverpost.com)	(336)
(Some Guy)	Harry Reid finds a way to increase Nancy Pelosi's taxes (legalinsurrection.blogspot.com)	(104)
	Erik Holder, the nations lead attorney is a little unclear on the usage of the Miranda warning which has been in use since 1966 (npr.org)	(580)
	Almost three-quarters of Americans like Obama as a person, but fewer than half like his policies, and only 35 percent like the House health care plan he endorsed. If you need him, he'll be in the Rose Garden eating worms (hotair.com)	(279)
	What happened to the party of Goldwater and Reagan? You betcha you know the answer (reason.com)	(367)
	Today's phantom Congressional districts receiving stimulus cash are Texas' 58th and 52nd (blogs.chron.com)	(126)
	Doug Hoffman, who was almost elected to Congress, is apparently nuttier than a squirrel's septic tank (politico.com)	(280)
	Senators draw their states for National Geographic and label important places. Georgia's senators are boring, Dick Dubin reminds us that Superman is from Illinois, and Al Franken is a suck-up (ngm.nationalgeographic.com)	(91)
	How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply (alternet.org)	(50)
	Palin supporter at book signing: Palin didn't support the bailout. Nora O'Donnell: Palin supported the bailout. Supporter: Derp? (youtube.com)	(422)
	Robert C. Byrd is now the longest-serving lawmakkker in congressional history (msnbc.msn.com)	(89)
(The Examiner)	Stop bowing. Stop apologizing. Start leading (washingtonexaminer.com)	(344)
	Signs that say "Pray for Obama Psalm 109:8", might look like a lovely sentiment until you read the verse ""Let his days be few; and let another take his office, Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow" (features.csmonitor.com)	(262)
	Jesse Jackson: "You can't vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man" (hotair.com)	(94)

Wed November 18, 2009

	US pharmaceutical companies promise they will reduce the nation's drug costs by $8 billion as soon as they are done increasing the nation's drug costs by $10 billion (nytimes.com)	(196)
	President Obama says Guantánamo won't close by January, meaning hundreds of detainees will not be opening Christmas presents with their families again this year (nytimes.com)	(120)
	Senate healthcare plan will cost $849 billion over ten years. Brought to you by the Center To Provide Big Numbers With Absolutely No Alternatives To Compare Them With (foxnews.com)	(122)
	Palin-Beck 2012? Its more likely than you think (thinkprogress.org)	(250)
	Of the $98 billion in federal government waste this year, more than half of it was due to Medicare and Medicaid "improper payments." But they'll get it right with health care reform. Trust them (business.theatlantic.com)	(341)
	Obama soothes concerns about upcoming KSM trial by reassuring New Yorkers that-- no, wait, he just went and tainted the jury pool (corner.nationalreview.com)	(810)
(Honolulu Advertiser)	Senate health bill penalizes Hawaii for reforming health insurance 30 years ago, making everyone else look bad (honoluluadvertiser.com)	(38)
	Obama in February: More stimulus debt is good for the economy. Obama in November: Whoah, this debt could cause a recession (reuters.com)	(267)
(PA GOP)	Pennsylvanians welcome federal stimulus funding for the state's 00th, 96th, 21st, 23rd and 65th congressional districts. Which don't exist (pagop.org)	(187)
	Obama may sign climate treaty with 'immediate operational effect'. In other words, like Kyoto, but destroying the economy more quickly (msnbc.msn.com)	(263)
	Hillary Clinton gushes over British foreign secretary. Good luck getting that image out of your head (telegraph.co.uk)	(51)
	No, GOP, you can't have a filibuster. Not yours (npr.org)	(100)
	Dean of Harvard Medical School says although health care reform is needed for our sucky system, the current proposed legislation is the suckiest bunch of suck that ever sucked. And it would make the system suck even worse. Suckers (online.wsj.com)	(414)
(Some Guy)	Al Gore thinks the center of the earth is as hot as the center of the sun. But don't worry, I'm sure all his other scientific theories are absolutely perfect (powerlineblog.com)	(604)
(KTAR)	Of all the great bookstores in AZ, Sarah Palin goes to where her constituency is: Costco (ktar.com)	(156)

Tue November 17, 2009

	Are New Yorkers pooping their pants over the upcoming terrorist trial? Depends (dailykos.com)	(646)
	Danish political party admits to covering posters for opposing parties' candidates with yellow stickers shaped like penises. Nice try, but in America, we go all out and put the dicks on the actual BALLOTS (upi.com)	(46)
	You might want to take cover or put on a Poncho. Obama's Judicial Nominee David Hamilton began his career as a fundraiser for the ACORN and sided with a Porn store over religion as a federal district court judge (cnsnews.com)	(278)
	Democrats in DC are torn between reducing the deficit and satisfying their natural desire to skip happily across the country, distributing checks and grants and other goodies like the Cash Fairy (thehill.com)	(249)
	You know your hometown newspaper isn't pulling for you when the first line of the article about your senate campaign is, "And then there was the time he threatened to kill a dog." (boston.com)	(51)
	Sixty-four percent of Americans think Khalid Sheikh Muhammed should be tried in a military court, while 34 percent say a civilian court. "Even a majority of Democrats and liberals say that he should be tried by military authorities" (hotair.com)	(693)
	Republicans in 2005: judicial fillibusters are unconstitutional. Republicans in 2009: we're going to filibuster every Obama judicial nominee (npr.org)	(117)
	Michelle Bachmann's (R-MN) tea party rally may have violated House Rules (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(77)
	Alaskans eager for Sarah Palin's book to come out, so she'll go on a book tour and be out of their hair for a while (google.com)	(50)
	Sarah Palin slams Newsweek as 'sexist' for using a photo that she posed for a few months ago. "[T]his 'news' magazine has relished focusing on the irrelevant rather than the relevant" (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(822)
(Montgomery Advertiser)	Add the Obama Justice Department along with the career prosecutors, the judge, the witnesses, the jury and the federal appeals court to the list of people that Karl Rove has manipulated to railroad Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (montgomeryadvertiser.com)	(44)
	Politician files bill to end "corrupting influence" of ticket cameras. Will first have to explain to Chicago politicians what's wrong with corruption (thenewspaper.com)	(34)
	Fla. Governor Charlie Crist's political career may be in jeopardy because of a picture that has surfaced of him passionately embracing another man (politico.com)	(145)
	Dear Taliban militants, When we said you need blow up girls this is not what we meant (sify.com)	(40)
	The same political wizards who brought you Doug Hoffman now want to be in charge of picking ALL the GOP candidates for next fall's election (politico.com)	(163)
	John McCain offers an official "no comment" on Palin's new book; although there were reports later in the day that he needed 10 hours of surgery to un-roll his eyes after the response (politico.com)	(96)
	Obama's home teleprompter malfunctions during family dinner (theonion.com)	(97)
	Um yeah.. uh..um.. that tax credit umm from early this year? Uh.. yeah. Give it back. kthxbai (news.yahoo.com)	(199)
	Remember how Hoffman conceded in NY-23. Yeah, about that (thehill.com)	(276)

Mon November 16, 2009

(Some Guy)	Sarah Palin to vegetarians: "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?" In other news, Sarah Palin endorses cannibalism (lefarkins.blogspot.com)	(258)
	News: 30 Jobs Saved or Created in Arizona's 9th Congressional District. Fark: There is No 9th Congressional District of Arizona (abcnews.go.com)	(207)
(Some Guy)	Teabaggers teabagged by fake teabagger (with hilarious vid) (bluestemprairie.com)	(204)
	When you think Sarah Palin is a "liberal" and uses "Socialist terminology," it's time to back up, take a deep breath and re-evaluate things (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(106)
(Some Guy)	Obama has 2.6 million twitter followers. Obama at Chinese "town hall" "What's a Twitter?" Fark: It was streamed to his Facebook account (gatewaypundit.firstthings.com)	(172)
	Fifty-nine percent of Republican voters say Sarah Palin shares their values. Specifically, the small-town values of hard work, patriotism, and having a pregnant teen daughter with big knockers (rasmussenreports.com)	(329)
	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report concludes that the House-approved healthcare overhaul would raise the costs of healthcare by $289 billion over the next 10 years. But it's ok because you won't be paying for it (thehill.com)	(161)
	US asks Afghan president Hamid Karzai to set up a court to handle government corruption. Karzai says he will, but only if the US slips him $10,000 in small bills and gets his cousin a job (news.bbc.co.uk)	(51)
	Remember how 2010 was gonna be a bloodbath and Republicans would sweep into power everywhere riding a wave of dicontent... turns out they were right about the bloodbath part, but wrong about everything else (cnn.com)	(168)
	Conservative leaders call out GOP for bedwetting over the terror trial issue (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(167)
	Isn't it funny when conservative anti-drug politicians get busted for drunk driving and cocaine possession? (network.nationalpost.com)	(104)
(Theconservatives)	Uh oh. Even Mike Lupica understands terrorism better than Barack Obama. Good news: Obama still knows more about basketball (theconservatives.com)	(210)
	Bank of America will be probed by Congress for stealing billions from U.S. taxpayers and lying to their shareholders. Fortunately, Congress is all out of lube (nypost.com)	(122)
(Some Guy)	Both left and right have it wrong. While not unprecendented, Obama's bow, as performed, "did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms" (lonelyconservative.com)	(323)
	Americans sending money to poor relatives living in third world. Fark: the money is going to US Americans, from Mexicans. Mexicans in Chiapas. That's Spanish for "we're 60% sure it's not Calcutta" (nytimes.com)	(138)
(Haaretz)	Bill Clinton pours a drink, puts on Barry White, and tells the Israeli PM, "As long as you believe that America is with you at some core emotional level, we can have a conversation about anything." Mmmm, baby (haaretz.com)	(139)
	Palin accuses the AP of doing 'opposition research' in fact check (thehill.com)	(271)
	Wouldn't it be embarassing if someone caught a whole bunch of congressmen reading almost verbatim the speeches their lobbyists wrote for them? (dailykos.com)	(97)