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Fark.com's  Political Inclination Thermometric Analyzer:
11.11% Commie 0.69% Commie
Sun November 29, 2009
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(Some Angry Atheist) Obvious Atheists: "we're not a religion." Australia: "religions get free money." Atheists: "can we change our answer?"  (scienceblogs.com) (263)
(CATO Institute) Fail Republicans: Obama's first fiscal year shows record high spending, see how fiscally irresponsible he is? Libertarians: Actually, 96% of it was Bush's spending, you unprincipled hacks  (cato-at-liberty.org) (431)
(RealClearPolitics) Obvious People are tired of bailouts, big spending, unchecked corruption, and being told their values are politically incorrect. "Even with the best of intentions, government almost always does more harm than good."  (realclearpolitics.com) (340)
(Some Neutral Guy) Dumbass In a move that will surely cause no turmoil whatsoever, Switzerland bans construction of minarets  (swissinfo.ch) (342)
(Wordpress) Obvious Creationist pressure group says that now it has been "proven" that climate researchers are all frauds it means that evolutionists are too. And that we need to have the scientists "Expelled." Obvious trumps Ironic  (sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com) (331)
(Foreign Policy Magazine) Interesting Who was the "greatest thinker" of 2009? If you picked the guy in the White House...you were *this* close  (foreignpolicy.com) (144)
(The New York Times) Obvious Bootstrappy red states mooch off Uncle Sam when it comes to food stamps, too...and shamlessly inflict millions of new god-bothering palinbots on the rest of us  (nytimes.com) (345)
(Some Guy) Amusing Republicans don't want the government to help them in any way. Oops That is until Mother Nature whoops them in the ass and they go running to Obama  (awritersguide.blogspot.com) (100)
(The New York Times) Asinine "The object is not to attack the press, the object is to turn it into something responsible"  (nytimes.com) (50)
(Some Guy) Followup White House "Party Crashers" had a five year relationship with Obama and were members of The American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP) radical group  (canadafreepress.com) (127)
(Cato Institute) Scary Old and Busted: ObamaCare will ONLY cost $1 trillion. The New Hotness: ObamaCare will actually cost $6 trillion  (cato-at-liberty.org) (400)

Sat November 28, 2009
(Slate) Unlikely "Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address having accomplished more than any other postwar American president at a comparable point in his presidency."  (slate.com) (352)
(Some Guy) Asinine In today's episode of ACORN, that wacky new sitcom: California's AG orders ACORN to release relevant documents. Oops -- ACORN can't find them. But in a wacky series of events, they turn up in a dumpster. In South Dakota  (biggovernment.com) (98)
(UPI) Cool Tea parties turning into a bigger moneymaker than Disneyland on the July 4 weekend  (upi.com) (57)
(Fox News) Followup Obama recovers from gruelling time off over Thanksgiving by taking time off to attend weekend basketball games. Hey, remember when lefties used to get outraged when it was Bush doing this?  (foxnews.com) (116)
(Daily Kos) Amusing Saturday's DailyKos hate mailbag: Effete pseudo-heterosexual edition  (dailykos.com) (53)
(Chicago Tribune) Interesting Scientology plans Illinois headquarters. Illinois Scientologists. I hate Illinois Scientologists  (chicagotribune.com) (43)
(SFGate) Spiffy Ahnuld calls a $79,000 tax bill "a minor paperwork tracking discrepancy". It's good to be the king  (sfgate.com) (42)
(Telegram) Interesting IAEA sends strongly worded memo to Iran, U.S. hints at larger font sizes to come  T-Shirt  (telegram.com) (90)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Interesting Obama's accept delivery of 2009 Christmas tree. The tree came from West Virginia, so there is at least one thing born and raised in America currently in the White House  T-Shirt  (blogs.suntimes.com) (124)
(Examiner) Stupid Politics or sedition? Rush Limbaugh calls for military coup  (examiner.com) (431)
(Yahoo) Caption Caption the President and his party crashers  (d.yimg.com) (116)
(Guardian.com) Obvious Residents of Michigan town don't want it turned into Guantanamo North to make money: "We don't want the rock stars of the jihad here. I'm a Christian conservative just like Sarah Palin. We don't want terrorists here"  (guardian.co.uk) (527)
(CSMonitor) Obvious "When Glenn Beck and others talk about an antigovernment revolution, we should recall the 1898 Wilmington race riot."  (csmonitor.com) (160)

Fri November 27, 2009
(Huffington Post) Amusing Sarah Palin lies about Troopergate in her book. The trooper involved, oddly enough, has a problem with that  (huffingtonpost.com) (266)
(American Thinker) Interesting Yet another (formerly liberal) woman discovers the deep-seated mysogyny of the left  (americanthinker.com) (372)
(Seattle Times) Dumbass Palin (Q-uitter) doesn't finish 5K charity race  (seattletimes.nwsource.com) (354)
(Huffington Post) Hero Netanyahu's stubbornness lead US to openly call for Israel's return to 1967 borders  (huffingtonpost.com) (185)
(Guardian.com) Spiffy British scientists and doctors say providing homeopathic medicines through the national health system is unethical, in addition to being a waste of tax dollars and an affront to common sense  (guardian.co.uk) (64)
(Washington Post) Spiffy New Obama policy costs hundreds of Washington lobbyists their jobs  (washingtonpost.com) (220)
(madison.com) Obvious "The federal government can roll into your driveway in the middle of the night and snatch you up and take you away and you'll never be seen again."  (host.madison.com) (245)
(Gawker) Amusing Beck to Palin "go make me a sammitch"  (gawker.com) (169)

Thu November 26, 2009
(Variety) Obvious "CNN wants to be the media equivalent of Switzerland," which means MSNBC is France, Fox News is Germany and Fox Business is Sweden  (variety.com) (171)
(CNN) Amusing Obama's latest misstep: misspellings on the White House State Dinner wine list. What the fark is this guy's problem?  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (200)
(Washington Post) Stupid "It's now official: So in vogue are attacks on President Obama that even his proclamation calling the nation to a day of Thanksgiving has become the focus of criticism"  (washingtonpost.com) (276)
(Politico) Obvious The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented' is... unprecedented  (politico.com) (154)
(Dawn) Interesting How a prank caller drove two nuclear-armed nations to the brink of war, made them check to see if their refrigerators were running  (dawn.com) (30)
(The Weekly Standard) Obvious Remember how Obama promised no one making less than $250k would see a dime of tax increases? Well, that promise may get broken to fund Afghanistan. If only they'd known about that war during the campaign  (weeklystandard.com) (269)

Wed November 25, 2009
(News.com.au) Interesting Every powerful, important world leader needs a War Room. No idea why the Australian Prime Minister needs one  (news.com.au) (70)
(CNN) Interesting There will be a maelstrom of crazy in Nashville in early February  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (261)
(National Review) Sad This is why you can't have nice things, America: "rather than a retelling of the Nativity story there will be a disco, a contemporary circus, a continental market and a seven foot fairy on stilts."  (corner.nationalreview.com) (458)
(Riehl World View) Obvious Gays: Hey Democrats, here's some money. Dems: Thanks. Gays: So when are you going to schedule a vote on gay marriage? Dems: What's that? Sorry, can't hear you over the sound of my sucking up to moderates  (riehlworldview.com) (282)
(Yahoo) Misc News media reports that Obama has pardoned his first turkey. AIG and GM beg to differ  (fe18.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com) (179)
(Huffington Post) Strange Time Magazine reporter Photoshops semen into Louisiana senator's hair, because the traditional delivery method is so old fashioned  (huffingtonpost.com) (86)
(CBS News) Obvious John Bolton has a glorious mustache. Your argument about Iran is invalid, and was so all along  (cbsnews.com) (122)
(Yahoo) Asinine Republicans now claim the Health bill is "Longer than War and Peace"; but since it's only 209 pages they must mean "Longer classic comix version they read in remedial freshman lit"  (news.yahoo.com) (237)
(538.com) Interesting "If you want to be a strict constructionist, fine, but be one even when it's inconvenient"  (fivethirtyeight.com) (340)
(UPI) Scary India fires nuclear-capable missile as part of a deterrent strategy against China and Pakistan. So much for trying to curry their favor  (upi.com) (53)
(Waterbury Republican American) Interesting Poll finds that swine flu is more popular than Senator Chris Dodd (D-one for)  (rep-am.com) (48)
(SFGate) Asinine President Hopey McChange decides to not sign an international treaty banning land mines and will stick to the Bush-era policy instead  (sfgate.com) (349)
(Media Matters) Fail Dana Perino, former Press Secretary for George W. Bush: "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term" (Video)  (mediamatters.org) (390)
(Yahoo) Amusing Palin tells Marg Delahunty Canada should 'dismantle' public health-care system. Canada tells Palin to shut the hell up  (ca.news.yahoo.com) (331)
(Charlotte Obs) Unlikely Billy Graham thinks God was using Sarah Palin "to wake America up," presumably to witness John McCain's godawful decision making skills  (charlotteobserver.com) (92)

Tue November 24, 2009
(Washington Monthly) Asinine CNN can keep the RNC's new Communications Director as an "analyst" because the RNC isn't paying him. Fark: the RNC isn't paying him because he's that deep in the insurance lobby's pocket  (washingtonmonthly.com) (27)
(Huffington Post) Fail Democrats want to resurrect a government hiring program they used to help the economy in 1978. Remember how terrific the economy was in '78? And how well Democrats did in the '78 and '80 elections? You do? They apparently don't  (huffingtonpost.com) (124)
(Reuters) Dumbass Gov. Patterson to NY Legislature: Uhhh, since we can't agree on the budget, vote for me to have supreme power over the budget. K THX  (reuters.com) (20)
(Talking Points Memo) Unlikely NRA: healthcare reform WILL TAKE YOUR GUNS  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (162)
(Wall Street Journal) Asinine Mr. Obama has already played 25 rounds of golf, a sport he picked up about a decade ago when he was an Illinois state senator. That's more golf than former President George W. Bush played in two terms  (online.wsj.com) (291)
(National Review) Asinine NYT, last year: "Check out these e-mails hacked from a Palin campaign staffer." Last week: "ClimateGate? Sorry; we will not publish illegally obtained e-mails." Bonus: BBC also tried to squash the story for two weeks  (media.nationalreview.com) (916)
(Some Guy) Ironic City revising its Freedom of Information Act guidelines in series of closed door, off the record meetings  (michiganmessenger.com) (19)
(Breitbart.com) Unlikely President Obama plans to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, adding that he's not sure what the "job" is, but that the public will support it as soon as there is a "clear rationale for what we're doing there."  (breitbart.com) (192)
(Wall Street Journal) Hero The public option does not have Joe-mentum  (online.wsj.com) (340)
(NewsBusters) Stupid Tina Brown: Palin's Confidence Based On 'Total Ignorance'  (newsbusters.org) (191)
(National Review) Obvious Today would have been William F. Buckley's 84th birthday, so here's a primer for Republicans to get reacquainted with what the GOP was like before it was all about the family-values weasels who cruise for trade after dark  (article.nationalreview.com) (149)
(The Raw Story) Fail DoJ investigation of former AG Gonzales finds his testimony ""confusing," "incomplete' and had the "effect of misleading" both Congress and the public" but no charges will be filed  (rawstory.com) (84)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious The progressive left dislikes the war on terror because it's sucking up federal dollars that they want to use to create a more just and equal society where everybody has his own rainbow and fluffy puppy  (online.wsj.com) (252)
(Washington Post) Interesting Lost: President. Tall and well-dressed, age 48. Enjoys basketball and golf. Has "keen moral clarity." If found, contact the American Left, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC  (washingtonpost.com) (122)
(Some Guy) Amusing Campaign season for next Philippine presidential election gets underway, with "Samia Chicken" and "Ultimate Messiah" declaring their candidacies  (thehimalayantimes.com) (43)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting Dobbs has used the "P" word  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (181)
(Politico) Obvious Sarah Palin said to be "unsure" on Latin issues, proper use of Latin  (politico.com) (133)
(KNBC 4 Los Angeles) Amusing GOP goes dumpster diving outside ACORN office, shortly after AG investigation announcement  (nbclosangeles.com) (308)
(CNN) Scary From the "be careful what you wish for, Democrats" department: Palin tied atop Iowa 2012 poll  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (345)
(Daily Kos) Followup About that evidence of a massive climatologist conspiracy  (dailykos.com) (650)
(Some Guy) Caption Caption President Obama and his staff overlooking a computer  (topcultured.com) (235)

Mon November 23, 2009
(The New York Times) Asinine GOP's Angry Frothing Could Result in Good. -Santorum  (nytimes.com) (159)
(The New York Times) Amusing GOP circulates "purity" resolution, promises not to have sex with other political parties prior to marriage  (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com) (161)
(Yahoo) Obvious Gov. Mark Sanford to face 37 charges of ethics violations. Perhaps now would be a good time for an unannounced hike in the mountains somewhere  (fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com) (104)
(Wonkette) Amusing Beware of math and its liberal bias  (wonkette.com) (236)
(Huffington Post) Sick "Tea Party Patriots" respond kindly and rationally to woman who lost her daughter and grand-daughter from lack of health insurance. Just kidding... they laugh and scream her down. Stay classy, teabaggers  (huffingtonpost.com) (498)
(Talking Points Memo) Unlikely Fox News has sent a memo to employees threatening pink slips for on-screen errors, meaning that by next year, all original Fox News programming will be replaced with reruns of "Family Ties" and "Wings"  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (81)
(Globe and Mail) Interesting Obama & Palin, the Yin & Yang of American politics: "Ms. Palin connects: Mr. Obama inspires. She's a latter-day frontier figure, impulsive, instinctive; he's pure urban cool, highly deliberate, even detached."  (theglobeandmail.com) (183)
(Daily Kos) Ironic That Psalms 109 stuff? The real irony is that it comes from a bible passage criticizing ancient Israelites for behaving like modern-day teabaggers  (dailykos.com) (302)
(RealClearPolitics) Scary "Everyone agrees that the nation is on an unsustainable fiscal path. So Democrats will add a $2.5 trillion entitlement to hurry us further along the path."  (realclearpolitics.com) (518)
(The Hill) Sad A headline that could only exist in a country with a legislature as screwed up as America's: "McCaskill still working toward goal of reading the healthcare bill"  (thehill.com) (173)
(Gawker) Scary Glenn Beck is evolving. He looks like us now. And he has a plan  (gawker.com) (580)
(JSOnline) Obvious Former Republican governor and HHS secretary: "If we could just get off our ideological partisan positions on the extremes, we could develop a bipartisan bill that could have fantastic support across the country"  (jsonline.com) (294)
(Yahoo) Asinine China angrily warns the US that publicly talking about China's attempts to steal US military and industrial secrets could harm US-China relations  (news.yahoo.com) (125)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious "For Muslims who are on the front lines of Islam's bloody reformation...Mr. Obama has come down on the wrong side of history"  (online.wsj.com) (227)
(Breitbart.com) Unlikely Chinese democracy leaders appeal to Obama. They get down on their sha na na na na na na na knees, knees  T-Shirt  (breitbart.com) (53)
(Political Wire) Interesting John King: Would you vote yes on the healthcare bill if it cost you your job? Michael Bennet (D-CO): "Yes"  (politicalwire.com) (196)

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