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8.93% Commie 2.36% Commie
Sun January 10, 2010
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(Daily Kos) Hero Other than New Orleans, no US cities were destroyed under Bush  (dailykos.com) (654)
(RealClearPolitics) Scary "Rome wasn't sacked in a day, and California didn't become Argentina overnight"  (realclearpolitics.com) (342)
(Classically Liberal) Sappy True story about how a half a cup of coffee saved a life a woman. Fark: From a right-wing politician. Ultra-fark: Milking it for all its worth  (freestudents.blogspot.com) (55)
(Washington Post) Obvious Michael Steele thinks it would be best for everyone if Reid would just step down as Senate Leader, and go away, and stop doing stuff  (washingtonpost.com) (149)
(Boston Herald) Obvious Democrats make contingency plans to block Republican from taking office if he wins election for Ted Kennedy's seat  (bostonherald.com) (125)
(Rolling Stone) Obvious It turns out that Big Oil and Big Coal were behind the all the bullshiat data reported by conservative media to derail any climate control legislation. Wow - didn't see THAT coming  (rollingstone.com) (550)
(Bangor Daily News) Unlikely The state of Maine would really like it if you put them in your will. You know the kids will just blow it all, anyways  (bangordailynews.com) (65)

Sat January 09, 2010
(Reuters) Obvious Chavez orders currency devaluation by 50% in Venezuela. Obama nods approvingly  (reuters.com) (166)
(CNN) Asinine Not News: Somebody makes a racist comment about Obama. News: It's a Senator. Fark: It was Democrat Harry Reid who talked about Obama's skin tone and "lack of negro dialect."  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (750)
(Talking Points Memo) Strange Michael Steele's big scheme: 1) Write a book 2) Lie about when he wrote it 3) ??? 4) Profit  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (73)
(Daily Kos) Interesting Where's the outrage from Muslim leaders? Oh. Here it is. Um, thanks  (dailykos.com) (149)
(Talking Points Memo) Interesting Harold Ford, Jr. hires staffers for a possbile New York Senate run. Hey Harold, call me  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (54)
(Politico) Dumbass Glenn Beck heroically criticizes powerful "tax cheats" who claim to have merely made "mistakes." Now Beck is being accused of similar "mistakes." For the first time ever, Beck is not available for comment  (politico.com) (188)
(Forbes) Interesting Steve Forbes rips Ron Paul a new one and derides him as "nuttier than a Jiffy factory" over Audit the Fed Bill. Just kidding, "It seems pretty mild."  (forbes.com) (45)
(Yahoo) Dumbass Ralph Nader single handedly keepin US tinfoil manufacturers in business  (news.yahoo.com) (69)
(Yahoo) Spiffy The latest politician to release a formal "Shut up Dick Cheney, you cock" would be the ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Republican Senator Richard Lugar  (news.yahoo.com) (112)
(AL.com) Stupid Alabama Republican gubernatorial candidate claims "every word" of the Bible is true. While standing in a grocery store. So, you can imagine what happens next at the fishmonger's stand  (blog.al.com) (175)
(Talking Points Memo) Hero The National Tea Party Convention has announced their keynote speakers: Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Judge Roy Moore, and World Net Daily founder Joseph Farah  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (362)
(CBS News) Dumbass Pundit believes only way to bring about peace in the Middle East is by outside forceful intervention. Because that has worked so well before  (cbsnews.com) (42)
(Politico) Obvious Talk show hosts as political candidates? Sounds good in theory, until they realize the campaign trail doesn't allow them to hang up on their opponents to silence them  (politico.com) (61)
(LA Times) Obvious Charles Johnson: "The kinds of hate mail and the kinds of attacks I am getting from the right wing are way beyond anything I got when I was criticizing the left or even radical Islam"  (latimes.com) (274)
(Pajamas Media) Obvious Previously friendly pundits starting to turn on Obama; this time it's personal  (pajamasmedia.com) (63)

Fri January 08, 2010
(ABC News) Followup Giuliani clarifies his "no terrorist attacks under the Bush administration" by saying he "clearly was referring to the time after 9/11"  (blogs.abcnews.com) (378)
(Denver Post) Amusing Actual headline: Dem lawmaker questions Hick's rural credentials  (denverpost.com) (26)
(Huffington Post) Followup Robert Gibbs finally answers the most pressing question of the day: "I don't foresee a scenario in which millions people who hope to finally get some conclusion with 'Lost' are preempted by the president."  (huffingtonpost.com) (60)
(ABC News) Ironic Obama Administration's review of intelligence mistakes contains intelligence mistakes  (abcnews.go.com) (28)
(The Hill) Interesting Nancy Pelosi tries to reinsert the public option into the House healthcare bill even though it has almost zero chance of surviving in the Senate  (thehill.com) (310)
(National Post) Hero Buy a mango, you liberal pantywaists  (nationalpost.com) (217)
(NYPost) Interesting That's a nice Congressional seat you got there. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it  (nypost.com) (73)
(Breitbart.tv) Unlikely Ted Koppel: Al-Qaeda has "triumphed" because you can't get up to pee in the last hour of a flight (video)  (breitbart.tv) (138)
(National Review) Interesting Forget Reagan, Gingrich. The GOP needs to model its message after Domino's Pizza  (article.nationalreview.com) (191)
(Talking Points Memo) Ironic Mr. 9/11 gets amnesia: "We had no domestic attacks under Bush; we've had one under Obama"  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (515)
(open secrets) Obvious Alan Grayson (D-ouchebag), Champion of the Common Man, is the sixth richest member of the House  (opensecrets.org) (137)
(Huffington Post) Fail Palin asked Biden if she could call him Joe during VP debate because she couldn't remember his last name  (huffingtonpost.com) (158)
(Some Guy) Obvious Former Oklahoma Representative Mickey Edwards (R) "I listened to my constituents. I took them seriously. They're just wrong."  (c-spanvideo.org) (87)
(Time) Interesting "Everybody in the world knows Allah is the Muslim God and belongs to Muslims. I cannot understand why the Christians want to claim Allah as their god"  (time.com) (389)
(CBS San Francisco) Amusing San Francisco city supervisor kicks off city meeting by using 'F' word, vows to use it at every public gathering for rest of year  (cbs5.com) (157)
(Crooks & Liars) Obvious Chris Matthews: "What has the Republican Party done for the country in the last 20 years?" GOP Strategist: "WHARRGARBL"  (videocafe.crooksandliars.com) (462)
(Crooks & Liars) Interesting Upset over criticism of his running of the RNC, Michael Steele says "STFU or fire me". Countdown to replacement at T-minus 10, 9, 8  (crooksandliars.com) (106)
(The New York Times) Scary "The ultimate battle, that will be a lot of fun to watch," one believer gushes."God is going to trash the planet," says another, beaming. Members of the Religion of Peace? Nope just your average American fundies  (movies.nytimes.com) (263)
(Wikipedia) Interesting Today marks the 175th anniversary of the only day the US had a national debt balance of zero. Good times  (en.wikipedia.org) (97)

Thu January 07, 2010
(CBS News) Obvious John McCain's reelection campaign basically boils down to "Obama is on my lawn, and I want him to get off."  (cbsnews.com) (78)
(Korea Times) Strange Art experts warn that fake North Korean paintings are in wide circulation throughout Korean peninsula. That's right, your rare "masterpiece" signed by Kim Jong-Il Van Gogh just might be a fraud  (koreatimes.co.kr) (13)
(Think Progress) Strange Glenn Beck to African Americans - "You don't exist"  (thinkprogress.org) (381)
(Wall Street Journal) Stupid Married people have to pay more than single people under rules in health care bills. As if they weren't punished enough  (online.wsj.com) (123)
(Michael Totten) Spiffy Interview with Christopher Hitchens on religious zealotry and the West's "multicultural masochism" in failing to recognize and condemn it  (michaeltotten.com) (555)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Crotch-bomber's one-way ticket to Detroit was actually two-way, and other corrections you may have missed  (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) (109)
(ABC News) Obvious Will the 'Cornhusker Kick-Back' kill the healthcare bill or save it? Only time will tell  (abcnews.go.com) (104)
(Fox News) Fail Obama counterterrorism chief who remained on ski slopes after learning of Christmas Day Underwear Bomber may find it's all downhill from here  (foxnews.com) (163)
(Washington Post) Amusing Obama considering pushing State of the Union address back to February 2nd in hopes the Health Care Bill is passed by then. The problem? He's in danger of pissing off a very passionate, vocal demographic: "Lost" fans  (washingtonpost.com) (99)
(Talking Points Memo) Amusing Tea Party Nation bans "liberal trolls," "icky girls" from clubhouse  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (452)
(ABC News) Unlikely First Obama gives himself a B+, now GOP chairman Michael Steele gives himself a solid B. Who the hell is accrediting these guys, anyway?  (blogs.abcnews.com) (56)
(CNN) Asinine Newt Gingrich isn't too fond of the whole "innocent until proven guilty" concept at the core of American jurisprudence  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (451)
(Fark for Lieberman) Obvious Joe Lieberman didn't think his cunning plan all the way through  (publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com) (87)
(The Atlantic) Stupid Old and Busted: Andrew Sullivan pushing for an invasion of Iraq. The New Hotness: Andrew Sullivan pushing for the invasion of Israel  (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com) (231)
(AJC) Cool Georgia is proposing sweeping changes in gun laws. We just can't carry one legally in enough places. This includes bars, church, and the airport  (ajc.com) (288)
(Minneapolis Star Tribune) Dumbass Minnesota Republican tweets that Obama is a "Power Hungry Arrogant Black Man". Later apologizes because he's a stand-uppity guy  T-Shirt  (startribune.com) (357)
(Fox News) Obvious Today's talk radio poutrage? President Obama commissions 1984 style billboard in Times Square. Book it. Done  (foxnews.com) (183)

Wed January 06, 2010
(Wordpress) Interesting You know that "Coexist" bumper sticker you have on your Prius? Here's why it's a dirty lie that sucks  (wisertime.wordpress.com) (746)
(CNN) Cool Obama finally realizes that the GOP may not be trying to help make the health care bill better, decides to freeze them out of the final bill negotiations  (cnn.com) (473)
(Hot Air) Obvious You know that fancy, schmancy National Operations Center we set up at DHS to coordinate federal agencies' info on terror? It doesn't work, "functions largely in name only"  (hotair.com) (66)
(Some Guy) Fail "Giving foreign-born, foreign-trained terrorists the right to remain silent does nothing to keep Americans safe from terrorist threats," claims well known legal scholar Sarah Palin  (politicususa.com) (535)
(ha'aretz) Hero Obama Administration to Israelis and Palestinians: We are sick and tired of your bullshiate and have better things to do than babysit you two. Have a nice day  (haaretz.com) (179)
(Yahoo) Obvious Barack Obama is going grey, proving that nothing is more stressful than teenage daughters  (news.yahoo.com) (84)
(Politico) Followup Pelosi admits Obama campaign promises were BS  (politico.com) (353)
(Newsweek) Interesting Barack Obama needs to conduct diplomatic relations with his enemies, including Dick Cheney  (newsweek.com) (90)
(Talking Points Memo) Obvious Chris Dodd's retirement could actually help the Democrats hold on to his Senate seat  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (60)
(The Hill) Interesting Obama has talked tough about intelligence community "screw-ups" regarding the crotchbomber, but hasn't fired anybody yet, since they're doing a heckuva job  (thehill.com) (200)
(Rasmussen Reports) Interesting Just 32 percent of voters believe their congressman is representing their best interests, while the other 68 percent aren't lobbyists for agriculture or defense industries  (rasmussenreports.com) (26)
(ABC News) Spiffy The Rise and Fall of the Democrat Party or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Carnage  (abcnews.go.com) (149)
(Rasmussen Reports) Obvious Voters asked whether they'd like to give California a hand, prefer to give it a finger instead  (rasmussenreports.com) (282)
(Free Press) Interesting Obama opposes closing the locks on Chicago rivers to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes in his first major statement on immigration policy  (freep.com) (86)
(USA Today) Obvious In an announcement that has nothing whatsoever to do with three prominent Democrats "retiring", Obama wants to fast track a final health care bill  (content.usatoday.com) (254)
(LA Times) Asinine The crotchbomber's visa has now been revoked, thanks to the US Department of Face Palms and Retroactive Competence  T-Shirt  (latimesblogs.latimes.com) (66)
(AZCentral) Fail Arizona legislature proposes fixing $1.3 Billion deficit with ... tax cuts. Hell, why not just sell the government and its buildings?  (azcentral.com) (276)
(MSNBC) News Senator Chris Dodd to announce he's retiring ahead of re-election  (msnbc.msn.com) (329)

Tue January 05, 2010
(The Hill) Interesting Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) announces his retirement but fails to specify whether next week's stories about him will involve pages, bribes, or wide stance  (thehill.com) (109)
(Think Progress) Obvious Joe Arpaio to file trumped-up charges against lawyers who discovered he never read the book he "wrote"  (wonkroom.thinkprogress.org) (149)
(Think Progress) Dumbass Michele Bachmann (Retarded-MN): "GOP should allow themselves to be re-defined by the tea party movement."  (thinkprogress.org) (280)
(Boston Globe) Amusing Limousine liberals: NIMBY. Obama: STFU  (boston.com) (435)
(Talking Points Memo) Obvious Fourteen months after being the GOP candidate for President, John McCain now faces not winning the GOP Senate primary in Arizona because he's not conservative enough  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (144)
(C-SPAN) Obvious Even C-Span thinks the Democrats may be hiding something in these non-televised behind the scenes "health care reform" talks  (c-span.org) (463)
(CNN) Florida Florida GOP chair has been teabagged  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (65)
(CNN) Obvious Kerry's request for swift boat to Iran denied  (edition.cnn.com) (64)
(AP) Amusing GOP Chairman says Republicans have "screwed up" since 1988. I guess that's one way to fire up the base  (hosted.ap.org) (136)
(Daily Kos) Scary White House investigating whether somebody in one of the inelligence agencies sat on information about the "Underwear Bomber" in order to make another intelligence agency look bad  (dailykos.com) (153)
(Time) Interesting Time Magazine calls out the President for not creating as many stars as he should have. A somewhat nebulous argument, i'm sure you'll agree  (time.com) (33)
(LA Times) Fail "blitheringly stupid; it's among the dumbest movies I've ever seen" "not a single plot turn, large or small, surprises" Another mindless teen comedy? Nope. Conservative reviews of the blockbuster Avatar  (latimes.com) (632)
(Telegraph) Amusing Mr. Bean temporarilly stands in as Spanish president, world wonders how anybody noticed the difference  (telegraph.co.uk) (21)
(BBC) Scary We have Al Qaeda on the run... except for their double agent who took out the command and control structure for intelligence in Afghanistan. Aside from that? We're totally winning  (news.bbc.co.uk) (126)
(The New York Times) Scary The CIA is now working with "scientists" on Global Warming  (nytimes.com) (275)
(CBS News) PSA President Obama announces that all airline passengers will be strapped to the wings of the plane to decrease security risks, feed gremlins  T-Shirt  (cbsnews.com) (42)
(Yahoo) Fail 32% more Americans file bankruptcy in 2009 because of the Obama stimulus  (news.yahoo.com) (192)
(RealClearPolitics) Cool The resurrection of Howard Dean might lead to Dean 2012. Progressives who wanted a public option said to comment "YEAAAAARGH"  (realclearpolitics.com) (112)
(WorldNetDaily) Obvious Glenn Beck claims the birther issue is the 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard,' Obama's political dream come true. Yes, you just read that correctly. Bonus: Conservative subby's link is WND with a confidently neutral bias  (wnd.com) (352)

Mon January 04, 2010
(The New York Times) Sick Not news: three Christian missionaries preach against the evils of homosexuality in Uganda. News: as a result, Uganda passes a bill condemning homosexuals to death. Fark: the missionaries consulted on the bill  (nytimes.com) (372)
(Some Guy) Stupid Who cares if Texas turns their science curriculum into Creationist Hour? That won't affect the rest of the country, will it?  (washingtonmonthly.com) (894)
(Daily Kos) Amusing Despite liberal attempts to marginalize the entire Tea Party movement, its leaders have always studiously avoided using extreme rhetoric tha-- oh crap  (dailykos.com) (379)
(Yahoo) Obvious 1955: The military-industrial complex. 2020: The politician-celebrity complex  (news.yahoo.com) (24)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Former Bush officials support Obama's anti-terror policies but are afraid to admit it publicly because it might anger the Cheney  (huffingtonpost.com) (145)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass GOP House candidate puts things in perspective: The fight against the Democrats is bigger than the fight against terrorism  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (190)
(MSNBC) Dumbass Democrats plan to run against George W. Bush in 2010 and 2012  (msnbc.msn.com) (251)
(Daily Kos) Dumbass Problem: You're a Blue Dog Democratic Congressman from Alabama. Solution: Switch parties. Problem: You're a Republican Congressman from Alabama and your entire staff has resigned because you switched parties  (dailykos.com) (115)
(The New York Times) Interesting The Supreme Court needs to send a message that torture is strictly prohibited under the Constitution unless you're Jack Bauer and are only torturing because your motives are pure  (nytimes.com) (63)
(Some Guy) Hero While Republicans were distracted protecting Christmas, Al Franken's "Rape is Bad" bill got passed  (secondpagemedia.com) (197)
(AFP) Stupid Attention Tea-baggers: No matter how principled your disagreement with the administration's policies, that message gets lost when you express it by hanging an effigy of the president from a noose  (news.yahoo.com) (322)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting America is still feeling the effects of Prohibition, which can be confirmed by anyone who's tried to buy a bottle of wine or a six pack of beer in Pennsylvania  (online.wsj.com) (175)
(NYPost) Spiffy If Republicans win the House in 2010, they can block Obama's proposals, forcing him to fall back on his personality. Which the voters like. The result? Obama wins in 2012. D'oh  (nypost.com) (157)
(Flickr) Caption Caption this tuxedo'd Obama & Biden  (farm5.static.flickr.com) (133)
(National Review) Obvious Imagine if FDR had said: ""Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - Japanese naval and air force suspects allegedly bombed Pearl Harbor"  (article.nationalreview.com) (458)
(Wall Street Journal) Unlikely Yemeni government will hold six former Gitmo detainees "indefinitely." Tomorrow's Followup: detainees accidentally freed  (online.wsj.com) (28)
(Hot Air) Obvious As Obama's descending approval rating sets new records, Democrats whine about the pollster  (hotair.com) (214)

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