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Sun January 03, 2010

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Head of Iranian soccer federation publicly apologizes for having the audacity to acknowledge the existence of Israeli soccer federation (cnn.com)	(68)
		Taxpayers to lose $400 billion on Fannie and Freddie. Let's hope the Feds are better at health insurance than they are at mortgages (bloomberg.com)	(108)
		Imagine if I collected the most infamous deeds of African-Americans this decade - say, Michael Vick's dog-fighting scandal and O. J. Simpson's most recent criminal exploit - and then called it "the decade in black America" (article.nationalreview.com)	(266)
(Some Guy)		Teabaggers plan to stay home and boycott everything on anniversary of Obama's election. Well, bye (sbsun.com)	(223)
		Why Time didn't name Obama Man of the Year: buyer's remorse. "Very uncomfortable for those in the media who played the cheerleader for Mr. Obama, who skated by controversies that would have sunk other candidates" (theglobeandmail.com)	(123)
		"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." (Offer expires 1-20-09) (newsbusters.org)	(170)
(Some Guy)		New WH rules on reducing amount of classified information includes rule allowing declassified info to become classified if anyone actually submits an FOIA request for it (ace.mu.nu)	(47)
		Even the AP is openly mocking Democrats' "jobs" bill (finance.yahoo.com)	(92)
(Some Prof)		Baltimore Law: pet stores must post signs stating that they don't sell human slaves (theblogprof.blogspot.com)	(43)
		Say what you will, liberal media -- Glenn Beck is certainly getting his share of awards (mediamatters.org)	(90)
		So it turns out the whole "Tea Party" thing was a scam. Who knew? Fox News knew (mediamatters.org)	(303)
(American Conservative)		"To her supporters, it really doesn't matter whether Palin has a 20-point plan for this or that or a strategic foreign policy vision because the bond to her is emotional rather than intellecutal" (amconmag.com)	(339)
		Rich folks have a 12-month window in which to die tax-free. What could possibl [ack] ... [gasp] .... plug it back in .... [thud] (nydailynews.com)	(148)
		American politicians deal with attacks by heightening security. Italian politicians deal with attacks by recording a CD of love songs (stuff.co.nz)	(34)
		Convicted atheist rapist complains that having to share a cell with a Christian violates his human rights. Because this is the UK, his strategy worked (thesun.co.uk)	(413)

Sat January 02, 2010

	How to speak Tea Bag, a easy flash tutorial (npr.org)	(342)
	How socialized medicine really works: "Your uncle is the hospital administrator? Well then, just skip all those annoying waiting lines." (hotair.com)	(141)
	You know things are really getting bad when Ron Paul's ideas begin sounding reasonable (latimes.com)	(90)
	"The Constitution does not give Congress the power to require that Americans purchase health insurance." (online.wsj.com)	(651)
	Obama administration's $75 billion program to protect homeowners from foreclosure has done more harm than good, says noted Conservative rag (nytimes.com)	(48)
	After two days of celebrity treatment in one of the best hospitals in the country, Rush Limbaugh declares there is nothing wrong with the US health care system. His heart checked out fine, but someone needs to examine the Scarecrow's brain (nydailynews.com)	(385)
	Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's suspension of Parliament has apparently upset at least a few people. Canadian Farkers click to the right, the rest of you move along and stop coveting our Tim Hortons (upi.com)	(100)
	New Hampshire takes state sovereignty laws to a new level as it proposes charging feds with a felony for any attempt to override the state gun law (examiner.com)	(65)
	Democrats plan to run against GOP record on national security. Wait, what? (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(114)
	Skipping what has become a 40-year tradition, Chief Justice Roberts acknowledges the many "fellow citizens... touched by hardship," declines to ask for a raise for (underpaid) federal judges in his annual report (washingtonpost.com)	(60)
(Some Guy)	Obama hires first transsexual. Mark Foley, Larry Craig say he's doing it wrong (intraa.org)	(425)

Fri January 01, 2010

	"The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients at one of its primary-care clinics." (bloomberg.com)	(154)
	Doctors test Limbaugh's heart, find nothing (cnn.com)	(711)
	According to Shelby Steele the racial problems of today have nothing to do with white racism, are Obama's fault and are easily explained with examples from The Emperor's New Clothes, Afghanistan, and of course, Ronald Reagan (online.wsj.com)	(251)
	North Korea sends out its New Years message:"The fundamental task for ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of Asia is to put an end to the hostile relationship between the DPRK and the USA" (thehill.com)	(64)
(Some Guy)	Hey California Farkers, joining your office's Super Bowl pool may cost you $250 this year. No, that's not the entry fee, that's the government protecting you from the ills of gambling (covers.com)	(41)
	The health-care bill will lead to the reunification of the Soviet Union, the elimination of Israel, and the death of freedom for the entire world. It's not news, it's WorldNutDaily (wnd.com)	(213)
	Congressmen brag that they oppose the "failed" stimulus then take credit for stimulus money sent to their districts. Obvious trumps amusing, asinine, fail, ironic, sad, and sick (thinkprogress.org)	(109)
	Thanks for coming on CNN to talk about terrorism, Senator. By the way, did you get this guy a job because you were banging his wife? (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(90)

Thu December 31, 2009

	Why you might want to wait until the first day of the new year to recap the past year: TSA pats themselves on the back for "A very good year." (abcnews.go.com)	(56)
	Democrats move to change Presidential election rules. How conveeeenient (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)	(144)
	Rachel Maddow tears into Dick (dailykos.com)	(450)
	The Top 'Nontroversies' Of 2009 (npr.org)	(72)
	GOP Congressman has no explanation for GOP hypocrisy (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(148)
	The taboo question in Israel: "If anybody treated us like we're treating the people in Gaza, what would we do?" (jpost.com)	(310)
	Who needs 41 votes in the Senate when you have 13 state attorneys general willing to ensure that any health care legislation that gets passed will be locked up in court until your great grandkids can vote? (usatoday.com)	(181)
	The Top 10 conservative movies of the decade. Suprisingly, only 6 or 7 of them revolve around muscular, sweaty men rolling around with each other (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)	(223)
(Some Guy)	The Palins were hounded off Maui, Nancy Pelosi's on the Big Island but no one knows how, Limbaugh's in the hospital in Honolulu and Obama's hiding in a bunker after a surfer got hurt. The crazy is strong in Hawaii (hawaiifreepress.com)	(58)
	Karl Rove has some harsh advice for President Obama's 2010 (online.wsj.com)	(139)
	"Do you want to spend your life (and have your kids spend their lives) to pay ever-increasing taxes for teacher, cop, and bureaurat retirements at early ages? Especially while you're expected to fully fund your own?" (reason.com)	(242)
(Grand Junction Sentinel)	Colorado Democrat thinks animals' lives are twice as valuable as humans' (gjsentinel.com)	(134)
	Jonah Goldberg: Avatar's aliens should have been portrayed as Catholics. Whargabl machine set to self-destruct (huffingtonpost.com)	(306)
	Rand Paul, son of Ron Paul, enters KY Senate race. SON PAUL (wtop.com)	(140)
(All This Is That/Pablo Fanque)	Barack Obama is the man with the broom, cleaning up what the elephant left behind (jackbrummet.blogspot.com)	(347)

Wed December 30, 2009

	Paramedics take Rush Limbaugh to Honolulu hospital with chest pains. Calm, respectful well-wishes, hopes for speedy recovery to the right (politico.com)	(2562)
	US plans surprise attack on Al Qaida. With picture of what the inside of Obama's nose actually looks like (guardian.co.uk)	(82)
	Senate hopeful Scott Brown implies JFK similarities in campaign ad. If elected, you can expect him to womanize, nearly start a nuclear war, then die and ultimately be thought of fondly regardless (news.bostonherald.com)	(30)
(What Does It Mean?)	Barack Obama was 'rushed' from a golf course in Hawaii to a secure bunker after a failed CIA assassination attempt (whatdoesitmean.com)	(136)
	Obama's probe of the 12/25 terrorist attack penetrates deep into the intelligence community; leaves CIA sore (politico.com)	(57)
(poligazette.com)	Ann Coulter says he'd vote for Obama if he instituted racial profiling (poligazette.com)	(221)
	Administration officials say new executive order doesn't allow INTERPOL to do any more than they were allowed to do once Reagan recognized them as a public international organization EVERYBODY PAN- oh, wait; never mind (blogs.abcnews.com)	(61)
(whitehouse.gov)	What did Obama's five fingers say to Cheney's face? (whitehouse.gov)	(171)
	Canada's PM to enjoy pirogies, or something (cbc.ca)	(90)
	Politicians and the media are tougher on Obama's terrorism responses than they were on Bush. "This hypocrisy demonstrates Republicans are playing politics with issues of national security and terrorism." (azcentral.com)	(140)
(Some TeaBagger)	Tennessee Republican seeks law to nullify the federal government and deny federal programs and services to constituents (nashvilleistalking.com)	(226)
	Fark's 2009 Headline of the Year contest: Politics (fark.com)	(126)
	Newt Gingrich: On terrorism, it's time to "discriminate" and "profile" (thehill.com)	(289)
	Gallup poll finds that Republicans admire Obama over Glenn Beck 2:1. Ouch (gallup.com)	(120)
	Top ten reasons why Barack Obama gets an 'F' for protecting Americans (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)	(191)
	Bush takes a week to talk about the Shoe Bomber, then tries him in court = strong on national security. Obama taking three days to talk about the Underwear Bomber, then plans to try him in court = OUTRAGE (salon.com)	(176)
(Wash. Examiner)	Napolitano's got the solution to TSA bungling: unionize them. Because that way we'll know TSA for its overpaid and corrupt management instead of its incompetence (washingtonexaminer.com)	(290)
	The bleeding-heart ostriches of the left are blaming (who else?) cowboy George W. Bush for radicalizing poor, oppressed Yemenis. They'll never admit that it's time we disabled this jihadi revolving door (townhall.com)	(174)
	From the same folks who assured us that Sarah Palin was a viable vice-presidential candidate, here are the NRO editorial staff's political predictions for 2010 (article.nationalreview.com)	(134)
(federal times)	Obama directs agencies to classify less, reveal more. GOP shuffles through talking points, looks for the file marked "Obama Administration TOO transparent' (federaltimes.com)	(207)
	"ObamaCare is not about the healthcare. It is about passing something- anything- to keep the Obama administration from ending up with egg on its face by being unable to pass a bill" (realclearpolitics.com)	(468)
(Some Guy)	Stimulus funds used to build a nice new tennis court in Bozeman, Montana - the hub for Americas tennis pros (bozemandailychronicle.com)	(78)
(Some Leadfoot)	Conservative and liberal speeders agree, Barack Hussein Obama is the best president ever (kitv.com)	(40)

Tue December 29, 2009

	Iranian ayatollah speaking at Duke: "I am convinced that the regime will collapse. Also, you suck" (abcnews.go.com)	(137)
	RNC to Dede Scozzafava: Here's a million dollars for your House race. RNC to Scott Brown: Here's fifty thousand for your Senate race (hotair.com)	(84)
(Some Guy)	U.S. intelligence concludes document published by Rupert Murdoch's news outlets on an Iranian "neutron initiator" to be total B.S (afterdowningstreet.org)	(193)
(Pensito)	Republican Sen. Hatch: 'It Was Standard Practice Not to Pay for Things' When Bush-GOP Controlled Govt (pensitoreview.com)	(146)
	If there's two things the Republicans love to start screaming over, it's Christmas and terrorism. Problem is, they're furious over Christmas and celebrating terrorism (freep.com)	(195)
	A bipartisan group of US Senators work throughout the night to come to a compromise on important legislation. Is it: A) Health care reform, B) Airline security and safety, or C) Awarding themselves farm subsidy money? (dailykos.com)	(56)
	Damn you, gays. You've ruined yet ANOTHER fine conservative's marriage (politico.com)	(324)
	Saudi Arabia shocked that terrorists that have been giving paint and crayons still act like terrorists. Dumbass tag drawn with "Wild Blue Yonder" crayon (abcnews.go.com)	(55)
	Indiana GOP offers purity test to purge candidates that disagree with more than 80% of the party platform. You know who else demanded ideological purity and purged dissidents? (indystar.com)	(298)
	Chris Dodd (D-rambuie) raided the TSA's airline-security budget to a) pay off a firefighters' union, b) see if Lieberman's head would asplode as a result, or c) cover an old tab he and Teddy ran up at La Brasserie back in the day (hotair.com)	(135)
	Administration finally fires someone over Black Panther voter intimidation case. Naturally, it's the guy who investigated the case, not whoever covered it up (washingtonexaminer.com)	(640)
	Orly Taitz thinks "it might be a good time to start rallies and protests using our second amendment right to bare arms" against our "Kenyan, Indonesian communist usurper" President. Yeah, good luck with all that (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(246)
	National Republican Congressional Committee chairman to billionaire Ponzi schemer: "I love you and believe in you" (dailykos.com)	(90)
	Could custody battle between Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston over son impact her mother's 2012 aspirations? Be with us next time for "Sarah Lee's Baked Alaska" or "What A Long, Strange Tripp She's Been" (courant.com)	(93)
	My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw the son of Obama's friend pass out in Hawaii last night. I guess it's pretty serious (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com)	(155)

Mon December 28, 2009

	Dianne Feinstein thinks locally, acts locally, tries to ban solar power from California deserts (signonsandiego.com)	(108)
(Shome Schnockered Guy)	Montana Senator Max Baucus attempts to disprove viral video claiming he was drunk on the Senate floor by citing his long friendship with Ted Kennedy (greatfallstribune.com)	(47)
	Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC): "When I said if we could stop Obama on health care, it will break him, I didn't mean I wanted to break Obama" (dailykos.com)	(153)
(Some Guy)	Ugly-ass third grade photo of Obama with an obviously Kenyan classmate (starbulletin.com)	(68)
	Quote of the Year: " Of course, TSA is not going to be feeling-up people's scrotums anytime soon" (jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com)	(87)
	History Revision 101: Bush "inherited" the 9-11 attacks (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)	(328)
	Senate Democrats tell the White House to drop any kind of effort to pass a cap-and-trade bill. You read it right (politico.com)	(89)
	Ever wonder why Illinois has two Democratic senators? Republican senatorial candidate runs ad that suggests his opponent "is a homosexual" (suntimes.com)	(121)
(Some Guy)	Research grant to design better video games for senior citizens and nine other totally ridiculous uses of "stimulus" funds (verumserum.com)	(99)
	Through their overreaching arrogance, Democrats have succeeded in awakening a sleeping giant - regular Americans. They now climb out of their recliners to have a little cheese dip, assault the Fortresses of Socialism (townhall.com)	(681)
	TMZ publishes photo that seems to show JFK on a boat with naked women. Not safe for work. And NS for Camelot fans (tmz.com)	(130)
(OTB)	TSA is a self-licking ice cream cone (outsidethebeltway.com)	(122)
	Czechs Hungary to Pole the Communist Party out of elections, which they claim is abSerb and could Croat a bad precedent (nytimes.com)	(123)
(Some Guy)	For the first time ever, Israel calls all its ambassadors home for meeting. (Dusts off the 'EVERYBODY PANIC' and gets it ready.) (gatewaypundit.firstthings.com)	(208)