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Sun January 24, 2010

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose name apparently means "not helping" in Hebrew, claims an illegal Israeli settlement on the West Bank is now "an inseparable part of the state of Israel for eternity" (news.yahoo.com)	(314)
		Ever thought about redrawing the fifty states to equalize the populations and thus the representation in the US Senate? Here's a really cool map which shows what it would look like (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(380)
		Radical hippie state legislator proposes decriminalizing marijuana possession in Virginia. Actually, he's a 79-year old Republican and a pharmacist who may know what he's talking about (washingtonpost.com)	(255)
		Dear editor: Give Obama a chance. Signed Ellie Light of Philadlephia, PA, Daly City, CA, Mansfield, OH, Three Rivers, NM, Myrtle Beach, SC, Staunton, VA, etc etc etc (cleveland.com)	(193)
		45 to 44. Hey, that is a change (hotair.com)	(236)
		Obama sticks it to Glenn Beck's congregation by redistributing 10% of their gold investment. That's the only way you could lose money on something that never loses its value (cnbc.com)	(338)

Sat January 23, 2010

(Eagle Tribune)	Mayor: You're fired. City Council: We say you can't fire him. Mayor: OK, then you're laid off. Here's a box for your stuff (eagletribune.com)	(27)
	Ben Bernanke just got nominated to lean into the strike zone and take one for the team (meganmcardle.theatlantic.com)	(95)
	How Republicans won the Internet (washingtonpost.com)	(158)
	After Jon Stewart completely ripped Keith Olbermann a new one, Olbermann shows the right wing a little something called humility and professionalism (msnbc.msn.com)	(383)
(Worldnet Hatey)	Columnist says Haiti is proof the James Camerons Pan-theistic Avatar is false and that Christianity is the way to make Haiti a better place. The 96% Christian Haitians were not interviewed for this column (wnd.com)	(129)
(The State)	South Carolina Lt. Gov Andre Bauer compares public assistance payments to feeding a stray animal. "You're facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce" (thestate.com)	(287)
	Experience has already proven that prohibiting health insurers from basing coverage decisions on pre-existing conditions is the surest way to kill the health insurance industry (reason.com)	(314)
(Mich News)	"It's more than a little ironic that Democrats praised Dred Scott when it was handed down over a hundred years ago, yet now stand opposed to fundamental freedoms such as free speech today." (michnews.com)	(294)
	Nearly every broadcast and cable network aired the benefit for Haiti Friday night, but one network decided to 'go rogue' (mediamatters.org)	(857)
(Big Government)	Colorado places a tax on one of its taxes. One guess which party controls the government there (biggovernment.com)	(83)
	All charges to be dropped against 5 most dangerous terrorists currently in U.S. custody. Thanks Obama (foxnews.com)	(274)

Fri January 22, 2010

	2009: Dems shouldn't prosecute Bush war criminals because that would be bad for bi-partisanship and ruin any chances for healthcare reform (salon.com)	(242)
	Paul Krugman to House Democrats: Hey, be a man (nytimes.com)	(94)
(What Does It Mean?)	Another U.S. induced earthquake test like the one used on Haiti is being planned so we can shake up things in Iran. What? Sounds legit (whatdoesitmean.com)	(128)
	Fearing campaign funding will get worse after SCOTUS decision, corporate CEOs tell Congress to quit calling them for contributions, to publically fund elections instead (abcnews.go.com)	(151)
	Republicans shouldn't do their touchdown dance while they're still on their own 41-yard line (news.yahoo.com)	(91)
	Pulitzer Board denies National Enquirer prize for Edwards scoop, already awarded Pulitzer to Obama for presidential memoir he hasn't written yet (abcnews.go.com)	(32)
	Obama: "I am not going to walk away just because it's hard. " Somewhere Chris Matthews has a tingle (cbsnews.com)	(81)
	Judge rules that the NSA can't be sued because they violated the rights of too many Americans (theregister.co.uk)	(64)
	You knew it was coming: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) introduces legislation to reform the filibuster so the minority can't block the majority's awesomely wonderful bills (thehill.com)	(282)
(CQ Politics)	Harry Reid (D-oooooooooooooooooomed) gets some more bad news (blogs.cqpolitics.com)	(266)
	Oh, here's what's the matter with Kansas (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(147)
(Some Guy)	Big banks have already figured out how to completely ignore Obama's proposed crackdown on big banks (businessinsider.com)	(140)
(Open Secrets)	Want to know why Democrats are so up in arms about yesterdays SCOTUS decision? Maybe it's because it might take away their advantage in fundraising (opensecrets.org)	(426)
	The Tea-party movement has turned its grass-roots rage on an inside Washington, Fat-cats only, event where polticians will pocket $100,000 speaking fees, and the cheapest ticket is $500. Unfortunately it's their own party convention (news.yahoo.com)	(295)
(Yung Conz)	The best conservative rap video filmed in a school cafeteria and featuring a cardboard Reagan cutout that you'll see all day (rumproast.com)	(46)
	"You won't have any more senators from Kansas or Oregon, you'll have senators from Cheekies and Exxon. Maybe we'll have to wear corporate logos like Nascar drivers" said the Congressman (rawstory.com)	(466)
	Obama administration task force says more than a quarter of Gitmo detainees should be held indefinitely because they're a threat to the US like Rex Ryan is a threat to a pizza (washingtonpost.com)	(75)
	Obama is seen as anti-business by 77% of all corporate whores (news.yahoo.com)	(121)
	Fifty-five percent of Americans support putting the brakes on health care reform in order to obtain a compromise with Republicans, while 40 percent think Democrats should instead throttle up and just make the impending trainwreck happen already (gallup.com)	(415)
(Some Guy)	It just goes to prove, if you bounce checks and refuse to make good on them, there will be an arrest warrant in your future. Even if you are the County Commissioner (gwinnettdailypost.com)	(23)
(Maan News)	Hamas: "Can anyone explain how our recent 'Death to Israel' and 'Hamas will never nullify its charter' declarations were turned into recognition of Israel and accepting its right to exist? Death to Israel" (maannews.net)	(53)
(Some Guy)	Brett Favre is a game away from leading the Vikings to a Super Bowl, Ted Kennedy's Senate seat now belongs to a Republican, and Jon Stewart just utterly thrashed Keith Olbermann. We are through the looking-glass here, people (videos.mediaite.com)	(189)
	Chavez, angry because no one is paying attention to him, accuses the U.S. Navy of using their earthquake machine on Haiti. No, really (realclearpolitics.com)	(114)
	Senator Brown, didn't I see your wife half naked in a 1982 music video where she coaxes a tube of sunscreen to a metaphoric orgasm? [video goodness] (gawker.com)	(200)
	Health care reform teeters on the brink of collapse as Democratic leaders discover that there's no way to appease the left wing and assuage the fears of centrists after the Massachusetts election (politico.com)	(186)

Thu January 21, 2010

	Dead Air (businessweek.com)	(257)
	Less than 48 hours after being elected, Huffington Post breaks huge scandal for Scott Brown as they unearth a photo of him with his daughters who are WEARING BIKINIS (huffingtonpost.com)	(163)
	President Obama blasts Supreme Court decision, saying the campaign finance ruling will lead to a "stampede of special interest money, " failing to add, "from groups that don't support me" (breitbart.com)	(327)
	FoxNews host on U.S. military Bible rifles: "The terrorists started it." (huffingtonpost.com)	(213)
(The Agitator)	DCCC attacks "right-wing extremist group" Cato Institute. You know, the same Cato that's to the left of the Democrats on national security, immigration, civil liberties, criminal justice, and foreign policy (theagitator.com)	(151)
	He hasn't even been seated yet and Scott Brown is already in a slap fight with a birther Republican candidate (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(94)
	One year later, Guantanamo still open. Promise broken (msnbc.msn.com)	(348)
(Citizen.org)	Liberal advocacy group Public Citizen reacts to today's Supreme Court decision by calling for a constitutional amendment and public financing of elections and groups that whine and stamp their feet enough (citizen.org)	(250)
	"But the biggest reason Brown's past as a nude centerfold didn't affect his political career is that he is a man and not a woman. The voting public should let that sink in. " (nydailynews.com)	(160)
(FiveThirtyEight)	This is why we can't have nice healthcare things -- One side's a bunch of shameless liars, the other side's gutless (fivethirtyeight.com)	(168)
	President Obama congratulates Brown on a fine campaign. Just kidding, he blames Bush for the voters not picking a Democrat. "People are angry and they are frustrated because of what's happened over the last eight years" (abcnews.go.com)	(220)
	Health care bill needs to slim down, eat healthier, try to reduce stress (abcnews.go.com)	(70)
	Paul Krugman loses hope: "I'm pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in" (krugman.blogs.nytimes.com)	(490)
	Hamas accepts Israel's right to exist, so conflict in Israel should stop any minute now (jpost.com)	(237)
	Today's Admiral Ackbar approved headline: "Iranians invite Israeli minister to come sightseeing" (news.bbc.co.uk)	(58)
	"I am Quinn's father" (abcnews.go.com)	(140)
	Democrats come to stark realization: "Every state is in play" (politico.com)	(288)
	California GOP: "We hope Barack Obama will do for Barbara Boxer in November what he did for Martha Coakley this week" (cbs13.com)	(142)
	"Somehow, in the last 12 months, we allowed the party of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama to morph into the party of George McGovern" (online.wsj.com)	(184)
	I felt a great disturbance in the Fark, as if millions of headlines suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened (startribune.com)	(149)
	Republicans refuse to join bipartisan budget deficit panel, on the grounds that fixing the problem would make the Democrats look good (nytimes.com)	(232)
	When Brown runs for President in 2012 he will actually be more qualified than Obama was when he ran (news.yahoo.com)	(249)

Wed January 20, 2010

	After Brown win, MSM decides it might be worth doing more to understand the Tea Party movement than just reading the most recent DNC press release (weeklystandard.com)	(271)
	And the latest hippie commie libtard to join the protest against Prop 8 is.... Cindy McCain? (huffingtonpost.com)	(174)
	Scott Brown: "We're past campaign mode: I think it's important for everyone to get some form of health care." Wait, what? (washingtonpost.com)	(432)
(City Pages)	Al Franken says to seat Scott Brown now, so the Senate can move forward. "He won by 100,000 votes, which was about 100,000 more votes than I won by." (blogs.citypages.com)	(183)
(Some Guy)	Retarded voters elected Brown because they were pissed off the public option was taken out of the health care bill. I can't wait for him to put it back in (act.boldprogressives.org)	(98)
	Bill O'Reilly misses the good old days when you could freely make fun of ethnic minorities, and sexual harrassment wasn't grounds for a lawsuit (thinkprogress.org)	(97)
	Keith Olbermann goes full retard, says Brown voters were just releasing their inner racists: "Is this vote to any degree just a euphemism the way state's rights was in the 60s?" (hotair.com)	(281)
	Glenn Beck says of Scott Brown: 'It could end with a dead intern.' Um.....ok (huffingtonpost.com)	(81)
(RWN)	"If only Obama had been an ambitious, far left-wing radical who acted like he won instead of playing patty cake with those Republicans, voters would have loved him and the seat would have been held in a cakewalk." (rightwingnews.com)	(372)
	Now that the credit markets have begun to thaw out, the US Government is sitting on billions of dollars in profit from the AIG bailout (ft.com)	(171)
	"World aid agencies appeal to Israel to unlock Gaza" food and medicine achievement (washingtonpost.com)	(231)
	Jim Cramer: "Markets will rally if Dems lose Massachusetts senate race." He then clarified: "By 'rally,' i mean 'plummet by more than 150 points." (huffingtonpost.com)	(220)
	Earth breathes easier on news that the era of hundreds of private jets, limos converging for massive global climate conferences may finally be over (reason.com)	(174)
	In the wake of Obama's failure to stop a Massachusetts senate seat from going red, Daily Kos asks if it's too late to ask to have Howard Dean back (dailykos.com)	(392)
	With Brown's victory, odds of health care reform have been downgraded to somewhere between "Cubs win World Series" and "Submitter gets a girlfriend" (slate.com)	(404)
	Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate Seat (youtube.com)	(97)
	How Coakley blew it in Massachusetts (blog.newsweek.com)	(239)
	And so it begins: Sen. Jim Webb (D-ecent) says "it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated" (thehill.com)	(442)

Tue January 19, 2010

	Where's your Teddy now? (hosted.ap.org)	(lots)
	Joe Scarborough tells Keith Oberman he's on the same footing as Beck and Limbaugh (politico.com)	(254)
	The Mayor of Vegas runs for Governor on an "I love showgirls and gin" platform (blogs.nerve.com)	(43)
	Rahm Emanuel calls Martha Coakley a brain-dead moron surrounded by a bunch of sycophants. Or, your typical Liberal Democrat (politico.com)	(208)
	Keith Olbermann calls Massachusetts GOP Senate candidate "homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman" (newsbusters.org)	(374)
	Boston Globe declares Coakley winner, blames glitch on AP providing ACORN data early (bostonherald.com.nyud.net)	(304)
	As expected, GOP fully embraces TEA party activists and solidifies the party's base. Just kidding, RNC isn't returning their phone calls (thefoxnation.com)	(89)
	"If Scott Brown wins today, Democrats go from having the largest Senate majority since the 1970s to...the second largest Senate majority since the 1970s." (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(166)
	Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) on Republicans filling Ted Kennedy's seat: "Why would you hand the keys to the car back to the same guys who drove the economy into the ditch and then walked away from the scene of the accident?" (businessweek.com)	(141)
(Some Guy)	"If Coakley loses, Democrats will only have an 18 vote majority in the Senate... A bigger majority than George W Bush EVER had in the Senate when he did whatever. The. F*ck. He wanted" (thedailyshow.com)	(331)
(Cato-at-Liberty)	The list of tax hikes Obama and Democrats have proposed include higher income, business and excise taxes, a VAT, and a tax on soda. Not proposed: A tax on rapacious statism (cato-at-liberty.org)	(404)
	Brady center upset that President Obama has not sought violations of the United States Constitution (thehill.com)	(304)
	Republicans lecturing the country about fiscal responsibility, economic recovery, governing - or anything else, for that matter - would be like Mick Jagger lecturing Mother Teresa about excessive promiscuity (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(243)
	"Nearly one year after he took the oath of office, the president Mr. Obama most closely resembles is Jimmy Carter" (foxnews.com)	(335)
	Bipartisanship in action: both Republicans and Democrats in Indiana want cameras to give you speeding tickets (thenewspaper.com)	(79)
	As bad as our system is, unlike Taiwan, we don't have Nancy Pelosi in a no holds barred cage fight with Mitch McConnel. Not that it wouldn't be entertaining, mind you (news.yahoo.com)	(51)
(Daily Mail)	Irish bookies already paying off bets on Scott Brown to win the Massachusetts Senate race (blogs.dailymail.com)	(540)
(Daily Caller)	New poll shows ObamaCare to be "widely unpopular." And what lying, right-wing Fox News Republican mouthpiece said that? Uh, James Carville (dailycaller.com)	(420)

Mon January 18, 2010

(KARE11.com)	Things have gotten so bad for former Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), even his own family is voting against him these days (kare11.com)	(46)
	Paul Krugman blames Obama's flagging popularity on policy compromises and refusing to emulate Ronald Reagan (nytimes.com)	(156)
	Even Obama's aides think Coakley is a lost cause (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(639)
	George W. Bush tells Rush Limbaugh to STFU about Haiti (news.yahoo.com)	(257)
(Gateway Pundit)	Obama gives Scott Brown an opening that even a drunken Kennedy could drive a truck through (gatewaypundit.firstthings.com)	(222)
	"Welcome to one more installment in Washington's year-long crusade to revive private business by assailing and soaking it." (online.wsj.com)	(132)
	Democrats play the same tired old song, "Blame Bush" for Martha Coakley's failing Senate bid. Seriously, are you guys going to get a new tune before 2012? (hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com)	(300)
	Piñera wins Chilean presidency, promises smaller government and delicious pastries/coffee (ft.com)	(35)
	Experts urge new tests to identify fat kids. Because you never know when a kid might be fat (usatoday.com)	(44)
	NY lawmaker kicks off his senate campaign by hoping the Giants can continue on their path to the Superbowl. Next stop will be a campaign rally at Shea Stadium (nypost.com)	(15)
	Netanyahu willing to discuss "everything" with Palestinians, so we'll finally find out whether he wears boxers or briefs (nationalpost.com)	(44)
	Turns out the Ukrane really did like being a SSR (news.bbc.co.uk)	(49)
(NewEurope.eu)	Here's an article that grades President Obama's first year. The grading is done by a socialist progressive commie gay atheist European, so he just has to get a good grade, right? (neurope.eu)	(130)
	Texas gubernatorial cantidate Hutchinson fails to convince Republicans of her conservative credentials, guaranteeing Texas four more years of crazy (dallasnews.com)	(94)
	"Destroying the integrity of U.S. elections has been a longtime project for the far left" (pajamasmedia.com)	(188)
	NY governor David Paterson caught kissing woman that's not his wife. Paterson denies he's been seeing the woman (nydailynews.com)	(62)
	MSNBC host advocates voter fraud in Massachusetts to keep Democrat seat (washingtontimes.com)	(245)
	Jim Cramer says a Scott Brown win will lead to a giant stock market rally, and if you can't trust the guy who told you to buy Bear Stearns, who can you trust? (newsbusters.org)	(146)