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Sun December 13, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		"The original punishments, including standing on the gallows with a noose around the neck, have been softened to a $1,200 fine, yet some think it's time the 200-year-old crime of adultery to come off New Hampshire's books" (abcnews.go.com)	(149)
		Canada prepares to pull out military out of Afghanistan at end of 2011, agonizes about whether to airlift the rifle home or just leave it there (nationalpost.com)	(181)
		Four times as many Democrats view their party unfavorably as Republicans. Oh yeah? What Right Wing rag came up with those numbers? Fox? NRO? Nope. Daily Kos (dailykos.com)	(379)
		Christians suing to overturn court ruling that forces them to obey Matthew 6:5-6. Wait...what? (wnd.com)	(261)
(Some Guy)		Jefferson Parish in New Orleans flooded as levee pumps fail to keep up with deluge of water, sparking new round of furious demands that Bush resign (wdsu.com)	(137)
(Some Guy)		"We were just plain giddy this time last year. This year what I feel, and what I sense much of America feels is fatigue; fatigue born of repetitious let down. Sort of disappointment, but, well, more disappointing. Just let down" (opednews.com)	(154)
		After being told the Cold War ended in 1991, Britain considers scrapping their ballistic missile submarines to save money (news.bbc.co.uk)	(45)
		News: President Obama wishes everyone a happy Hanukkah. Fark: Immediately, the Birthers claim he was born in Israel. Total Fark: This is not from the Onion (huffingtonpost.com)	(134)
(Some Guy)		Protesters show up with thousands of identical, professionally printed signs without a single misspelling, syntax error or heterograph. Finally, a spontaneously literate grass roots campaign of enraged individuals we can all believe in (powerlineblog.com)	(205)
		North Korean cargo jet forced to land in Thailand; 35 tons of weapons onboard. The plane's destination? Pakistan's tribal areas. This should end well (msnbc.msn.com)	(86)
		Houston becomes the first major US city to elect a lesbian mayor, proving that Texans can't get enough bush (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(291)
		Democrats override Republican filibuster on spending bill that also kills a school voucher program, overturns bans on needle exchange and abortion funding, promotes medical marijuana. It's good to be in charge (nytimes.com)	(225)

Sat December 12, 2009

	Climate science not faked, says AP fact-checkers. This should end the debate, right? Right? (torontosun.com)	(1033)
	Latest "Law & Order" episode calls right-wing pundits "a cancer spreading ignorance and hate"; naturally, Bill O'Reilly has a problem with this (huffingtonpost.com)	(185)
	Dear Congressman, your office is too inconveniently located for us to protest at. Please move it to a better location so we can more easily call you a Marxist. Sincerely yours, teabaggers (thehill.com)	(74)
	Instead of taking everybody's guns, gun laws have actually loosened during the Obama administration. "This is all a coordinated approach to respect that human, God-given right of self defense by law-abiding Americans" (hosted.ap.org)	(248)
	Congress: "Maybe we shouldn't give taxpayer money to ACORN to give to pimps." Liberal Activist Judges: "LOL, nice try, here's some cash, ACORN." Citizens: "Uh, what about democracy?" (salon.com)	(196)
	Foes of California's gay-marriage ban lose federal appeal as 1st Amendment kicks the 14th Amendment in its shriveled balls yet again (latimes.com)	(463)
	Nanny State sending specially-trained counter-terrorism police into kindergartens to monitor students as young as four for evidence of brainwashing or extremist sympathies. Seriously (telegraph.co.uk)	(102)
(MPBN.com)	Firing a reporter because of his personal opinion, (even if you disagree) is wrong (mpbn.net)	(111)
	U.S. freezes Iran's $2 billion Citibank account. Proceeds go to the families of the 299 servicemen killed in the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut (online.wsj.com)	(115)
	Rep. Lungren (R-ocky IV) attaches $930,000 earmark to bill - but still votes against it. It's either genius or insanity (dailykos.com)	(138)
	CNN commits actual journalism, confronts Al Gore with Climategate evidence. Sweating, lying, hilarity ensue (with video) (deceiver.com)	(604)

Fri December 11, 2009

	Talk about damning with faint praise: Joe Biden calls Chris Dodd (D-irty rotten scoundrel) "the single-most gifted legislator in Congress" (politico.com)	(23)
	Obama's own HHS actuaries warn that Senate health care bill won't cut costs, may lead to cuts in Medicare services, will cause an "insurance death spiral" (google.com)	(289)
(Some Anchorage Moosewrap)	Sarah Palin gettin' paid $200,000 to speak at fundraiser for socialist Canadian abortion-providin', death-panelin' hospitals whose health-care system she thinks should be dismantled. Taa-daaa? (adn.com)	(110)
	The USSR saved us all from Zombie Nazis (cnn.com)	(53)
	Michael Steele to interns: "you are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge" (gawker.com)	(320)
	Neal Boortz "Well said, Mr. President" (boortz.com)	(266)
	Remember that Canadian who wants us to adopt a "1-child" policy? Guess how many kids she has (campaignspot.nationalreview.com)	(206)
	The sworn duty of American political leaders, regardless of party, is to grovel to conservatives and punch hippies (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(60)
	"A small number of very zealous gamers trying to impose their will on society," says man who single-handedly bans games from sale in Australia due to moral objections (gamepolitics.com)	(141)
	John McCain is getting angry. You won't like him when he's angry (news.yahoo.com)	(159)
	Your tax dollars at work screwing you: The recession hasn't hurt government employees. First they got a raise, now the percentage of civil servants making more than $100,000 has jumped 5 percent in the past 18 months (usatoday.com)	(167)
	Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) on the Obama Administration: "these people are not connected to reality" (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(134)
	Allowing people age 55-64 to buy Medicare will be a disaster of adverse selection and doom the whole system: "If the Titanic is sinking, the last thing you want to do is to put Grandma and more of your family on the boat" (nytimes.com)	(167)
	Palin makes the final stops of her book tour Alaskan Air Force bases, where she will anxiously greet the nation's sailors (miamiherald.com)	(74)
	GA democratic leader offers advice to man trying to become the first black governor of GA: "You cannot curse Bubba and Cooter, Big Man and June Bug in the daytime and beg them at night." Sage advice, whatever the hell it means (dyn.politico.com)	(40)
	"Liberalism is far more dogmatic than conservatism," says Jonah Goldberg. For instance, you'd never see conservatives demand that their politicians take a "purity test" or anything crazy like that (corner.nationalreview.com)	(490)
	Guttenberg makes surprise trip to Afghanistan. My, he certainly is the movable type (thelocal.de)	(94)
(Decatur Daily)	Alabama Governor back peddling after someone tells him that "friendly bets over the SEC Title Game" are still "gambling". All those anti-gambling speeches cost you some tasty oranges, Bobbo (decaturdaily.com)	(74)
	Palin praises Obama's Oslo speech ... wait, what? (news.yahoo.com)	(294)
	"Finance reform has become to Obama what Iraq War coffins were to Bush: something to be tucked safely out of sight" (rollingstone.com)	(192)
	Amidst tales of 1,200 limos and 140 private planes one prominent politician dares to fly commercial to the climate change summit: John Kerry (cnsnews.com)	(202)

Thu December 10, 2009

	Sarah Palin: Obama plagiarized my book for his Nobel speech (dailykos.com)	(149)
	81% of Fox News readers fail at reading comprehension (wonkette.com)	(158)
(Some Guy)	Arizona on its way to meltdown, judge who held officer in contempt now charged with felonies for rulings which Sheriff Arpaio doesn't like (blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com)	(262)
	Sarah Palin thinks we should raise taxes to 92% on the top tax bracket to pay for middle east conflicts (crooksandliars.com)	(268)
(Some Guy)	"Georgia Republicans need someone with the fortitude to clean up the culture of scotch and strippers that now permeates the Georgia General Assembly," which probably eliminates you (peachpundit.com)	(40)
	GOP is planning to undermine the President of the United States on the world stage. Now that's Patrioticism (foxnews.com)	(686)
	Democrats and Republicans are now equally hated. So, congratulations on that (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(95)
(Some Guy)	Rep. Grayson, never at a loss for words, tells Dick Cheney to STFU. Race is on to figure out Grayson's Fark.com handle (wdbo.com)	(191)
	Bill O'Reilly: "'We triple-check everything' that goes on my show." (thinkprogress.org)	(218)
(Some Guy)	Canadians want us to follow in the example of the Chinese and enact a worldwide 1-child policy (financialpost.com)	(252)
	Author of 'Cure the Gays' unwisely goes on the Rachel Maddow Show. Hilarity ensues (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)	(217)
(Political Wire)	According to Sen. Jim DeMint, Republicans actually have the same problem as Obama: They are too far left (politicalwire.com)	(92)
(Redding Record Searchlight)	California teabagger attempts to spread Christmas cheer by proposing a law that would force public schools to sing carols (redding.com)	(488)
	Dalai Lama believes that Obama's Nobel Prize is "a little early," declares that he would have selected Axl Rose for finally bringing about Chinese Democracy (foxnews.com)	(258)
	Senate Republicans united in their opposition to spins wheel the new health care reform compromise (huffingtonpost.com)	(392)
	Obama demands Republicans stop scaring people, saying that's Democrats' job. Besides, he has charts showing everything is improving. As every Farker knows, charts bring stupid arguments to a screeching halt (thehill.com)	(105)

Wed December 09, 2009

	Thomas the Tank Engine is a right-wing, conservative construct that is demeaning to women. Sir Topham Hat is also probably a closet gay (dailymail.co.uk)	(197)
	Newsweek lost $30 million this year and may shut down in 2010. In other news, evidently Newsweek is still publishing (pajamasmedia.com)	(119)
	What do you mean "you people?" (politico.com)	(199)
(The Robalution)	United States Senator Jim Webb (D-ownright Awesome) to Obama: You're not emperor (therobalution.com)	(266)
	Republican former Missouri House speaker and S&M aficionado fought to ban gay sex, labeling it "deviate sexual intercourse" (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(82)
	Total non-racist, Rush Limbaugh, compares Tiger Woods' affairs to other rich and famous philanderers... Just kidding, he says it's a black thing and blames Obama (nydailynews.com)	(323)
	Huckabee claims that a 'big tent' philosophy will kill the GOP. In other news, getting fewer votes means you win, the first draft pick is better than winning the Super Bowl, and subby's love life is thriving (politico.com)	(187)
(Mormon Times)	Noted Mormon Sen. Orrin Hatch writes "catch holiday tune" named "Eight Days of Hanukkah" as "gift" to Jews; and adds "I feel sorry I'm not Jewish sometimes." (mormontimes.com)	(54)
	Even more evidence that Obama is trying to destroy our county -- his family's holiday card makes no mention of "Christmas" (chicagotribune.com)	(184)
	CBO estimates as many as 10 million Americans will lose their employer-based health insurance under Senate bill (foxnews.com)	(176)
(ScienceBlogs)	North Carolina man is elected to city council. Man happens to be an atheist. North Carolina constitution technically forbids atheists from holding public office. I think you know what happened next (scienceblogs.com)	(136)
(Some Guy)	Working in Illinois for minimum wage? Andy McKenna (R-ich daddy) thinks you're overpaid, but wants your vote for Governor (chicagoist.com)	(158)
	In an op-ed, Sarah Palin "wrote" that the President should boycott Copenhagen because she's "always believed that policy should be based on sound science, not politics." Sound science, like the Bible (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(299)
	You may not have received a raise this year because of the recession, but the IRS employee who will be denying your claim that your cat is a dependent sure got one (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(79)
	Meet the Koch brothers. The right wing-nuts funding the vast right wing conspiracy against the Soros funded vast left wing conspiracy (alternet.org)	(168)
(Book forum)	Leftist takes shots at the anti-war left: "The left should stop saying, 'We oppose tyranny around the globe, but not to the extent of actually doing anything about it'" (bookforum.com)	(314)
(Some Guy)	Canada cuts the cost of its mission in Afghanistan by not paying the soldiers who afre fighting there. Again (ottawacitizen.com)	(43)
	Not news: the US is at war. News: the strategic objective is to create civil wars within Islamic countries. Fark: it makes sense (stratfor.com)	(112)
	Fox News: 80% correct, 125% of the time (mediamatters.org)	(167)
	"I'm sorry I said Obama purposefully preempted A Charlie Brown Christmas. But I still think he's a Muslim" (msnbc.msn.com)	(122)

Tue December 08, 2009

	Public option is officially no more. Suck it, libs (news.yahoo.com)	(676)
	Joe Lieberman (I-nsurance industry) admits public option will save money, will kill it to protect insurer profits (washingtonpost.com)	(313)
	Liberal President gives liberal speech on liberal policies at liberal think-tank to liberal crowd, is covered by liberal media. It's like the Bush years all over again, but in Bizarro world (guardian.co.uk)	(113)
	Fox News edits $198 billion in savings out of the $200 billion TARP savings (dailykos.com)	(164)
	President Obama settles lawsuit with American Indians, resulting in $1.4 billion dollar payout. In other news, plans for the new Hopenchange Casino moving forward (abcnews.go.com)	(103)
	With the EPA carbon decision, "The White House has opened a Pandora's box that will be difficult to close, that is breathtakingly undemocratic, and that the country, if not liberal politicians, will come to regret" (online.wsj.com)	(201)
	The Obama administration's attitude is that the federal government can do good things, if only we put the best and brightest people--them--in charge of it (online.wsj.com)	(160)
	The stimulus bill created jobs. And it only cost taxpayers $246,436 per job to do so (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(171)
(Some Guy)	Big Oil is so '00s. The next big threat is Big Sodomy. Fabulous (wnd.com)	(254)
	We now know who to blame for the decision to invade Iraq, hunt down Saddam Hussein and search for WMD - an Iraqi taxi driver (news.bbc.co.uk)	(65)
	ACORN "sting" videos were "substantially" edited and used "substitute voiceovers" for videographer's comments (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(536)
	Say goodbye the public option: Health care compromise will probably kill it deader than Elvis (politico.com)	(424)
	Suddenly, Palin/Bachmann 2012 doesn't look so bad after all (salon.com)	(222)
	Iran's president has documented evidence the U.S. is blocking the return of the Twelfth Imam, mankind's savior. Or maybe that was 'demented evidence' (foxnews.com)	(116)
	Sen. Barbara Boxer plays the penis pill card. Your move, impotent Republicans (thinkprogress.org)	(253)

Mon December 07, 2009

	Liberal tries to throw tomatoes at Palin in Mall of America from second story, misses by ten feet and hits two police officers in face. Now with felony mugshot goodness (myfoxdc.com)	(442)
(Political Wire)	DNC puts its foot down, saying no state is to have their 2012 primaries before February 1. In other news, early returns from Iowa caucus should be available shortly (politicalwire.com)	(79)
	Oakland mayor spends $60,000 per year to stay the hell out of Oakland (sfgate.com)	(36)
	"When free marketers warn that Democratic health care initiatives will make us more 'like France,' a big part of me says, 'I wish,'" says Ironic-tag-exploding editor of libertarian magazine Reason (reason.com)	(293)
	You either like Sarah Palin, or you hate her with the burning intensity of a habanero hoagie: Poll shows it's a 46/46 percent split (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(311)
	That bailout money we just flushed down the toilet? Well, we're getting about 90% of it back. Perhaps subby should have used different metaphor (dailykos.com)	(297)
	And these are the people we trust to "reform" health care? Congress passes rules to stop lobbyist-paid junkets, then gets around them through loopholes (nytimes.com)	(40)
	ACORN does an internal investigation in the wake of the undercover videos, finds no "pattern of intentional, illegal conduct," only breathtaking incompetence and mismanagement (ajc.com)	(76)
	"It took nearly 150 years for Congress to pass a resolution apologizing for slavery. We should apologize now to future generations for what we've done and are doing to America." (townhall.com)	(134)
	Best-laid plans: By 2012, Obama expects the bailouts to be over, America out of two wars, the deficit on the decline, and himself in the White House for another four years of awesomeness (politics.theatlantic.com)	(143)
	US Senate willing work on Christmas day if necessary in order to pass health care reform and give Americans the most expensive lump of coal ever (thehill.com)	(321)
	At last, a potentially viable third party emerges - the Republicans (rasmussenreports.com)	(209)
	Drunken Taiwanese political candidate shoots rival's sister after being defeated in election. Who knew democracy could be this interesting? (timesonline.co.uk)	(20)
	Palin's father: Sarah left Hawaii because Asians made her uncomfortable. LOL WOK? (huffingtonpost.com)	(356)
	1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges galore. Yep, the Climate Summit (telegraph.co.uk)	(590)
	Romney claims no Republican has criticized Obama's Afghanistan decision...until seconds later, when Romney criticizes every aspect of it (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(86)
	Fidel Castro's son is elected a VP of the International Baseball Federation. Where do they think they are, Chicago? (670thescore.stats.com)	(19)