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Sun January 17, 2010

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Just in case Martha Coakley hadn't screwed up enough yet, add one more insanity to the resume of the man about to beat her: Scott Brown is a birther (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(384)
		Two hecklers knock President Supercool off his game at political rally. Teleprompter got stuck on "Ask again later" and "Reply hazy, try again" (hotair.com)	(441)
		If Democrats lose Ted Kennedy's seat, Senate may bypass that whole "voting" thing on health care reform (news.yahoo.com)	(168)
		Republican candidate for MA senate race tries to explain why a tax payer subsidized golf course was a more important priority than paying 9/11 rescue workers (thinkprogress.org)	(68)
		UN: Give us all your money because all the glaciers will melt in twenty years. Critics: Based on what? UN: Uhhhh...you know what? Nevermind (corner.nationalreview.com)	(136)
		Female terrorist suspects wants no trial by Jewry (nydailynews.com)	(62)
		DKos: Is Redstate.com breaking the law by encouraging phone jamming in MA? Redstate.com: Whatever, Stalin (dailykos.com)	(161)
		If the GOP wins the Massachussetts Senate seat, it will not only be a vindication of the nihilistic and destructive strategy of obstructionism, but it will be final proof that the American people don't deserve to keep their republic (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(533)
		What Obama really means when he uses his favorite phrase, "Let me be clear." (washingtonpost.com)	(115)
		RIP War on Drugs (independent.co.uk)	(179)
		The GOP is finding out that going with Palin and Steele to Tea Partyvile will only get them a lousy T-Shirt (nytimes.com)	(147)
		Texas Board of Education moves to restore Christmas, study country music instead of hip hop, eliminate "global citizenship," and promote the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association (mysanantonio.com)	(194)
		Six major powers move closer to thinking about someday discussing the possibility of sanctions against Iran. Maybe (nytimes.com)	(44)
		Cindy Sheehan leads protest, she says using drones is "cowardly" and "immoral." At this point grief counseling or a nice big cup of STFU is in order (hosted.ap.org)	(497)
		Utah senate's Republican majority leader, who's father was killed by a drunk driver, and is a Mormon which means no alcohol, and sponsored drunk driving legislation gets arrested for...(I'll give you one guess) (sltrib.com)	(147)

Sat January 16, 2010

	Seattle's new city attorney dismissing all cases of pot possession. Conservatives outraged, saying that expensive, bureaucratic, pointless lawyers and jail cells are the GOOD kind of socialism (seattletimes.nwsource.com)	(547)
	Please take a molement to read the DailyKos Saturday hate mail bag (dailykos.com)	(90)
	In the interest of openness and full disclosure the White House does not advocate making the health care bill available for reading 72 hours before its voted on (cnsnews.com)	(143)
	Under the Cadillac tax, there's one set of rules for the Service Employees International Union and another for everyone else (article.nationalreview.com)	(377)
	The majority of Americans would vote against Obama if the 2012 election were held today. This is bad news...for Obama (hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com)	(200)
	"Art is not porn," according to article demonstrating that Australia's pornography laws are just as insane as the rest of the world's (smh.com.au)	(37)
(Some Blogger from New Jersey)	Cocaine in the White House? It's more likely than you may think, here comes the science. (Link not from 2001-2008) (blog.savejersey.com)	(189)
	If you were worried that Glenn Beck might show enough class to stay out of the Haiti earthquake wharrgarbl, well, rest easy (crooksandliars.com)	(313)
	Press corps dogpile Robert Gibbs over WH violations of promises of transparency (youtube.com)	(101)
	Three months after the fact, the Obama administration finally agrees that the Ft. Hood attack was that T-thing (foxnews.com)	(320)
	MSNBC hosts picks Lincoln as her favorite founding father after laughing at Sarah Palin for picking all of them (hotair.com)	(373)

Fri January 15, 2010

	Iran vows to stop mollycoddling protesters, will now kill them plus their families plus their friends PLUS their families AND 10 random people (nytimes.com)	(127)
	GOPs Froth Over Santorum Exploration (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(178)
	Obama is disconnected from the concerns of the people, in much the same way Saturn's moons are disconnected from Madonna's nipples (online.wsj.com)	(221)
	Rather than working on attempting to locate or capture him, the government would like you to look at these two pictures of how Bin Laden MAY look today. With pic of what could be any middle aged Muslim male (huffingtonpost.com)	(63)
	GOP empathy: Rep Steve King (R-IAmajerk)--deport Haitian immigrants so they can help in disaster relief (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(193)
	Heroic Democratic People's Republic of Korea generously offers to assist imperialist running dog lackey stooges of south Korea in disposing of their corrupt food surplus (news.bbc.co.uk)	(101)
	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: "Oops - sorry about using the WTC to illustrate corporate greed in our attack ad" (politico.com)	(175)
	Karl Rove: Americans learned last year that President Obama discards campaign promises like most people discard used Kleenex (online.wsj.com)	(213)
	"Is Obama a Republican?" (reason.com)	(205)
(the daily show)	Glenn Beck to Sarah Palin: "Did I just finger you?" giggity (thedailyshow.com)	(128)
	"If you think that the Nebraska deal was unpopular, just wait until the administration announces higher taxes on everyone but its friends in the labor movement." (meganmcardle.theatlantic.com)	(268)
	Rush Limbaugh says he will not back off his criticism of Obama's response to Haiti, because "everything is political to this president." (politico.com)	(219)
	Oh really? I think devout retards probably shouldn't work in the Senate (washingtontimes.com)	(301)
	Roger Ebert lays a smackdown on Rush (rogerebert.suntimes.com)	(690)

Thu January 14, 2010

	Quebec Premier, "noting that the Quebec-based Cirque du Soleil and Céline Dion have made their mark in the U.S. market," vows to forge broader ties with America (montrealgazette.com)	(43)
	Pat Robertson would like you to know that he may be a crazy old man, but he means well, and shipped a million dollars in aid to Haiti while you were still standing in line at Starbucks (corner.nationalreview.com)	(364)
	In attacking President Obama in defense of conservatism and the religious right, Glenn Beck quoted Thomas Jefferson: "question with boldness". The full Jefferson quote? "Question with boldness even the existence of a God." (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(235)
	Olbermann: "Mr. Robertson, Mr. Limbaugh, your lives are not worth those of the lowest, meanest, poorest of those victims still lying under that rubble in Haiti tonight. You serve no good, you serve no God." With video goodness (rawstory.com)	(389)
	"Doomsday Clock" moves back one minute thanks to the power of Hopey McChange (abcnews.go.com)	(188)
	Guy that works for Rupert Murdoch is outraged that someone would accuse him of working for Rupert Murdoch (guardian.co.uk)	(13)
(Some Guy)	Connecticut Secretary of State declares candidacy for office she is legally unqualified for (wtnh.com)	(52)
	GOP Massachusetts Senate candidate Scott Brown on the Tea Party movement: "Never heard of them." Awkward (boston.com)	(195)
	"King of all Witches" announces plan to stand for election to British parliament. Expected to score highly amongst the "weighs as much as a duck" demographic (telegraph.co.uk)	(36)
	Glenn Beck: Who is your favorite founding father? Sarah Palin: Uh, all of them? (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(505)
	On Thursday, Dr. Ruth will be sworn in as the city's honorary secretary of the "Department of Love and Relationships."...yeah, 'cause when you think romance, you think DC (wtop.com)	(32)

Wed January 13, 2010

	Rush Limbaugh attacks Obama for talking about Haiti too soon. Because what's a natural disaster that takes a hundred thousand lives, if not a great opportunity to get a partisan attack in? (crooksandliars.com)	(605)
(American Spectator)	Yep, it's who you know: Democrats reward labor unions for their political support by exempting them from the proposed surtax on high-priced "Cadillac" health care plans (spectator.org)	(384)
	The upcoming defense authorization bill will contain a little gift to the US military and civil rights: the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(223)
	Democratic Senate candidate Martha Coakley says she doesn't know why a member of her entourage knocked a reporter to the ground, as she was too busy attending a fundraiser put on by health care industry lobbyists (news.bostonherald.com)	(64)
	The tragic disaster in Haiti has taught us a very important lesson: capitalism is awesome (agenda.nationalreview.com)	(347)
	Obama admits he hasn't united the country yet. But the way his approval numbers are falling, it's only a matter of time (news.yahoo.com)	(137)
	Stimulus has now created... [spin wheel, apply arcane new formula, sprinkle with pixie dust]... 2 million jobs (hotair.com)	(80)
	The GOP finds their "Obama". A first term Senator with no real experience or leadership history.... this should end well (news.yahoo.com)	(202)
	Obama promises "swift, coordinated, and aggressive" aid to Haiti, similar to the swift and agressive aid he gave us to fix the economy. They're screwed (abcnews.go.com)	(172)
	"The White House on Thursday confirmed receipt of a letter from U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal that formally asks Barack Obama to address questions about his place of birth." Your move, Mr. Soetoro (wnd.com)	(407)
	Obama: The Musical (thelocal.de)	(43)
	Have Republicans already won in Massachusetts? Democrats already lost? Are 4 chicken nuggets enough, 6 too many? (blogs.abcnews.com)	(246)
	Secession from the Union. Its not just for Texas anymore (news.yahoo.com)	(257)
	3 out of 4 people doing Federal Government work are actually private contractors, who are on facebook, twitter, and Fark for 6 out of the 8 hours of their workday (huffingtonpost.com)	(123)
	American Idol contestant and daughter of Senate hopeful claims that her father's opponent put senate race in gutter. Simon Cowell disagrees, Paula thinks she looks great, and the other guy calls her "dawg", whatever that means (news.bostonherald.com)	(91)
	President Obama plans on asking Congress for an even bigger war budget than President Bush. Suck it Nobel Committee (news.yahoo.com)	(245)
	Beverly Hills is going to kick non-resident, or so-called "permit students" in kindergarden through 8th grade students out of their schools. Some people seem to have a problem with this (news.yahoo.com)	(159)
(Some Guy)	The Obama's are donating the food they've grown in the White House garden to a neighborhood soup kitchen. Somewhere, some Republicans will find fault with this (mnn.com)	(263)

Tue January 12, 2010

	Sarah Palin to address Wine and Liquor Wholesalers of America convention in April, appear in Republicans Gone Wild video in May (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(241)
	Ray Stevens, songwriter of "The Streak" fame, writes the Tea Party Anthem. You know, that hit topical song in the '70s about streakers? No? Get off my lawn, then (crooksandliars.com)	(167)
(Some Economist)	Want to know why health care costs keep spiralling upward? Don't bother looking in your own wallet (american.com)	(155)
	It appears that sometimes the right of the people to peaceably assemble is best conducted out of view (startribune.com)	(70)
(Some Guy)	Mark Sanford will have to decide if a county councilman arrested on a peeping tom charge committed a crime of "moral turpitude" (theitem.com)	(32)
	Happy Birthday, Rush Limbaugh (corner.nationalreview.com)	(299)
	Obama administration abandons "jobs saved or created" metric, adopts new "hey we gave you money" metric (blogs.abcnews.com)	(58)
	Obama's first year in office: 48 percent of Americans think "miserable failure" needs a new Google bomb, 47 percent say he spent 12 months bestriding the country as a shimmering colossus (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(165)
(Some Guy)	"(N)ot only unique but superior," that its citizens are "a chosen people, divinely ordained to lead the world to betterment... " Nazi Germany? Imperial Japan? No, try Texas (texastribune.org)	(142)
	Former Bush DOJ lawyer and "torture memo" author John Yoo describing his many briefings with the President crafting the administration's views on what is and isn't torture: "I've never met the man." (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(72)
	Chuck Norris searches for Obama's secret vault so he can punch it in the face (wnd.com)	(148)
	"Clinton seeks answer to sticky dispute." No, this is not 1998 (hosted.ap.org)	(12)
	A GOP view of gay marriage: "Confining some of our neighbors and friends who share these same values to an outlaw or second-class status undermines their sense of belonging and weakens their ties with the rest of us" (hotair.com)	(213)
	Obama going 'full frontal' on our sovereignty. Hawt (newsmax.com)	(66)
	"Charging people $500.00 plus the costs of travel and lodging to go to a National Tea Party Convention run by a for profit group no one has ever heard of sounds as credible as an email from Nigeria," should be a resounding success (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(185)
(Daily Caller)	"ObamaCare is great" says completely objective MIT professor who snagged $392,600 in no-bid contracts from the Obama Administration (dailycaller.com)	(80)
(Some 538)	Statistics show that gay marriage bans destroy the sanctity of hetero marriages (fivethirtyeight.com)	(262)
	You must be a cold-hearted big-business shill if you object to the latest hard-earned union benefit: paid time off when the temperature at work dips below an intolerably frigid 68 (nytimes.com)	(253)
	Al Qaeda succeeded in its real aim, which was to throw the American system into turmoil (newsweek.com)	(280)
	"African Americans for Harry Reid" event scheduled for later this week. Awkward (washingtonscene.thehill.com)	(169)
(AmericaBlog)	GOP runs hot model candidate with nude centerfold experience for Kennedy's seat (americablog.com)	(75)
	Notoriously loud, violent protest groups threaten to oust their party if health care bill passes. Fark: It's the unions, wanting the DNC out of business (huffingtonpost.com)	(138)
	George Will delivers an "Ohhh, SNAP" moment to Lynne Cheney on the Negro comment (blogs.abcnews.com)	(370)

Mon January 11, 2010

	The filibuster - just like abortion, torture, and the Fed - is unconstitutional (nytimes.com)	(233)
(Some Guy)	TN Republicans seek to delay implementing Tennessee Voter Confidence Act during emergency special legislative session (nashvilleistalking.com)	(91)
	Congress stimulates the economy. Only it was Copenhagen's economy (drudgereport.com)	(121)
	Tea Party leader unleashes the history-altering powers of MS Paint (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(525)
	Summing up the whole Reid/Lott brouhaha in one sentence: "One guy is talking, perhaps inelegantly, about why he's wholeheartedly supporting our first black president; the other is wishing the country had elected a racist." (salon.com)	(254)
	Haven't gotten enough yet? Libertarians should love Avatar because of its rousing defense of property rights. "I turned to a libertarian friend and said, 'This is the Kelo decision" (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(134)
	The head White House economic adviser says despite disappointing jobs report last week, she expects better employment by spring, which is when new people will be hired to feed the unicorn herds and tend to the fairy gardens (marketwatch.com)	(70)
	Unlike the example of Somalia, this actually is a Libertarian paradise (news.bbc.co.uk)	(220)
	Fox News to continue their bold tradition of Fair and Balancedness by non-partisanly signing independent maverick Sarah Palin as unbiased news contributor (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(710)
	"Barack Obama has spent the last year doing bigtime Islamoschmoozing, and they sent America a thank-you note by way of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's underwear: Hey, thanks for all the outreach But we're still gonna kill you." (article.nationalreview.com)	(224)
	Today the House of Representatives' Wheel-O-Graft points the needle at Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NYC) and his conveniently timed success in the stock market (nydailynews.com)	(29)
	Not News: Politician takes leave due to allegations of sexual impropriety. News: With his wife (online.wsj.com)	(63)
	When Rupert Murdoch dies, will the kids fire Roger Ailes? (network.nationalpost.com)	(65)
	General McChrystal says the tide is turning in Afghanistan, which is good since we'll need all of our resources soon for Iran. I mean Yemen (abcnews.go.com)	(260)
	Double standard failing to work, Democrats now playing the race Card in their attempt to save the foundering USS Harry Reid (news.yahoo.com)	(877)
	Rod Blagojevich: "I'm blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes" (chron.com)	(431)
	Obama has "no intention" of sending troops to Yemen. None. Nope. Not a chance. El zippo. Zilch. Nada. Nicht. Nein. Non. Nej. Negatory. Ain't gonna happen. Translation: We're about to attack Yemen (news.yahoo.com)	(594)
	With a full tank of gas and half a pack of cigarettes, Sarah Palin was on a mission from God; presumably to get the band back together (washingtonpost.com)	(174)