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Sun January 31, 2010

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Top ranking Republican admits they have no interest in bipartisanship. Congressional Dems will still grovel for approval (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(507)
		The ticking bomb that was ObamaCare was about to be passed, only to be defused at the last miniute by Jack Ba- er, Scott Brown (corner.nationalreview.com)	(207)
		The superstitions of politicians: Obama's strategist carried quartz for good luck, Indira Gandhi consulted soothsayers, and Pakistan's president kills a goat every day. Wait, what? (blogs.abcnews.com)	(72)
		Senator David Vitter starts printing his own Who Dat t-shirts and writes the NFL a letter demanding that they either sue him or drop their ridiculous trademark claim (examiner.com)	(72)
		Remember the Education Secretary saying Katrina was "the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans"? Turns out it was the truth, since it blew away the stranglehold of the teacher's union (pajamasmedia.com)	(174)
		After getting their ass handed to them in the State of the Union speech and on their own turf Friday, Republicans fight back with a tried and true political chestnut: Obama is "soft on terror". EVERYBODY PANIC (politico.com)	(472)
		Individual rights advocates upset that private businesses do not let them in with open carried weapons carried in compliance with California law. Alanis Morrissette heard humming in background (sfgate.com)	(302)
		It's pretty irritating to see Obama laud Ryan's plan and say that it's the sort of thing that deserves "serious discussion" after watching him refuse for almost a year to recognize the existence of legitimate opposing ideas (reason.com)	(200)
		Jon Hamm hosted SNL and played Senator Scott Brown in a sketch that brought all the Democratic leaders to the yard for a taste of his milkshake (tv.gawker.com)	(51)

Sat January 30, 2010

(The Beast)	The 50 most loathsome Americans of 2009. We may disagree with some of the choices, but the fellow at Number 1 has definitely earned it (buffalobeast.com)	(367)
(freedoMedium)	Tin Foil Hat Alert: Martial law coming to a neighborhood near you (freedomedium.com)	(130)
	Your state is going bankrupt. Do you: a) cut spending, b) raise taxes, c) pass a law doubling the existing state budget by paying the health care bills of all 37 million state residents (michellemalkin.com)	(174)
	"I suppose the end of human spaceflight does represent change, but it is certainly not the change I believe in," says Sen. Richard Shelby, R-ocketman (blog.al.com)	(397)
	Former Bush official says Hurricane Katrina was "the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans". Oh wait it was Obama's Education Secretary. Fark transformation from outrage to defense ensues (michellemalkin.com)	(218)
	Remember the time that Michael Moore made a movie that derided tax credits for Hollywood projects? Yeah, well about that (foxnews.com)	(83)
	Republican voters are "like a French Revolution in reverse in which the workers come pouring down the street screaming more power to the aristocracy." (news.bbc.co.uk)	(307)
	Obama caves on 9/11 trials in NYC: "This will be one more stroke for Al Qaeda's propaganda" (nytimes.com)	(226)
	Pudgy male pols are considered more reliable and honest than their thinner counterparts. In other news, NJ has their most honest governor ever (nydailynews.com)	(25)
	Unable to find anyone to throw the first stone, Republicans back away from "purity test" (blogs.abcnews.com)	(73)
	Fox News doesn't even bother waiting until Obama stops speaking to go into attack mode (thinkprogress.org)	(236)
	Obama meets with congressional Republicans; Fark political thread breaks out (foxnews.com)	(365)
	Republican to Obama: I hate you. You lie. You're turning America into a socialist state. But can i have your autograph? (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(35)
(FDL)	Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-eally in office way too long) threatens republican obstruction if the democrats don't try acting bipartisan for once (firedoglake.com)	(30)
	Full video of Obama wiping the floor with the House Republicans at their own retreat (youtube.com)	(295)
	Obama admits that Democrats let some provisions 'sneak into' health care legislation that violate his promises that citizens who like their insurance, doctors can keep them (realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com)	(64)
(Some Guy)	Only 32% Of Americans Know The Senate Bill Did Not Get Bipartisan Support (fdlaction.firedoglake.com)	(32)
	Russia threatened to nuke America if Henry Paulson didn't bail out Fannie and Freddy. Or, so he'd like you to believe (reason.com)	(23)
	CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera gets Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-etard) to agree that Obama is sabotaging Toyota because he owns General Motors. At least she has nice tits (newsbusters.org)	(38)
	Douche Pimp thinks wire tapping may not have been the best way to find out if Senator was answering her phones (examiner.com)	(62)
	"Why do people often vote against their own interests?" Democrat African-Americans and gay Republicans unavailable for comment (news.bbc.co.uk)	(118)
(Ynet)	Hot IDF chicks- breaking the silence of the systematic cruel violence, killing of innocent people and cover-ups in the Occupied territories. Farkers show up just to watch their butts jiggle when they write on the dry erase boards (ynetnews.com)	(88)

Fri January 29, 2010

	China threatens to cut America's allowance for selling $6.4 Billion of "f*ck China" to Taiwan (news.bbc.co.uk)	(78)
	Who "won" today's debate between Obama and the House GOP? Well, Fox News cut the feed halfway through and GOP aides say letting cameras in was "a mistake" (rawstory.com)	(416)
	Pelosi on the health bill: "If the gate is closed, we will go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we will pole vault in. If that doesn't work, we will parachute in." What if the chutes won't open? (news.yahoo.com)	(79)
	Hey, Karl Rove, Obama's record on spending is bad but you don't need to distort the truth about Bush's profligacy, says... NRO? (corner.nationalreview.com)	(31)
(GOP's Boehner)	The Republicans' "Better Solutions" have been released. I don't want to spoil anything, but many of them revolve around something that rhymes with "lax butts" (republicanleader.house.gov)	(88)
	US takes the high road and avoids conflicting with China over the Google situation. Just kidding, we're selling $6 billion of "F*ck China" to Taiwan (businessweek.com)	(90)
	Obama fails to take his family to church more than 3 times in a year, spends stimulus funds on secret mosque under White House. Allah Akbar (abcnews.go.com)	(91)
	Barack Obama is Scott Brown's father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate (nydailynews.com)	(63)
	In a brilliant tactical move, President Obama agrees to listen to Republican ideas about the economy, health care, energy and other issues. FARK: But only if they spend the day in Baltimore (myfoxdc.com)	(324)
	The Senate took a vote on requiring Congress not to pass legislation that it can't pay for. All 40 Republicans voted no (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(291)
	James O'Keefe's colorful college career: Including video of him protesting that the Lucky Charms leprechaun is a racist stereotype (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(124)
	If we hadn't bailed out Wall Street, unemployment could've reached "OMG WTF" instead of the " :( " it currently stands at (cbsnews.com)	(128)
	James O'Keefe finally breaks his silence: "On reflection, I could have used a different approach to this investigation, particularly given the sensitivities that people understandably have about security in a federal building." (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(250)
(Some Guy)	The Half-Term Governor of Alaska turned Fox media personality, who seems unfamiliar with the contents of the book she wrote, or the events of the campaign she ran, says Obama has a "credibility gap" (thecypresstimes.com)	(191)
	I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I am awesome (foxnews.com)	(259)
	Ever wonder why the filibuster works so much and has no political consequences for the party which abuses it? New poll shows that only 26% of the public even knows that it exists in its current form. Tag is for our civic ignorance (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(81)
	Smart people support Obama (news.yahoo.com)	(330)
	94% of Bill O'Reilly's viewers give Obama an "A" for his first year, illustrating that only the elite can really understand how terrible a president he is (dailykos.com)	(62)
	Andrew Breitbart would like you to know that liberals tricked him into making an utter, slobbering fool of himself on national television yesterday (biggovernment.com)	(81)
(Some Guy)	Taking the next logical step in Corporate Personhood, the Murray Hill Corporation is running directly for congress (murrayhillweb.com)	(122)
	Mistress of John Edwards goes to court to block distribution of sex tape, will soon learn how the internet works (abcnews.go.com)	(45)
	Scott Brown has one thing in common with JFK: everybody in his party is trying to exploit whatever tenuous connection to him they can invent (bostonherald.com)	(87)
	Neo-Nazis eye Tea Party protests as recruiting opportunity. And here I thought they'd pick a deli in Crown Heights (huffingtonpost.com)	(529)

Thu January 28, 2010

	Think us Americans are particularly generous? Well, in terms of giving money to Haiti, we're less generous than Ghana and China (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(325)
(Some Guy)	Obama proposes a tax credit to families where at least one parent works. The Family Research Council has a problem with that (frc.org)	(226)
	Conspiracy theorist Andrew Breitbart totally loses his shiat on live TV (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(225)
	Let me make this perfectly clear: We can't afford to lose any more jobs. (Unless you're in the student loan industry. Then you're screwed.) (deceiver.com)	(118)
	Two of the teabaggers' biggest nuts are dropping out (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(81)
(Some Guy)	"I am weary of the President's unspoken premise that only government--indeed, only the federal government--can accomplish good in our society." (lp.org)	(245)
	Bernanke confirmed. Pass out the party favors and put a TARP down (news.yahoo.com)	(134)
	We have a new leader in the "Most Vapid Sideline Bimbo" standings (deadspin.com)	(123)
	The day after President Obama ripped lobbyists in the State of The Union address, K Street insiders get private briefings. Damn it man (thehill.com)	(176)
	Michael Steele "This isn't a vacation." With picture of what a Republican on vacation may look like (huffingtonpost.com)	(92)
	Now that his uncle's seat has been given to a reactionary nude model, Joe Kennedy wonders if maybe he should have run for the Senate after all (boston.com)	(49)
	Conservatives are born scared of their own shadow. Liberals don't scare as easily. Here is the science proving what everyone has inuitively known for years (wired.com)	(426)
	Turns out Teabugger-Pimptriot James O'Keefe wasn't trying to tap Sen. Landrieu's phones after all. He was just trying to shut down the entire building's phone system by gaining access under false pretenses and cutting the wires (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(372)
(RWN)	While the left was quick to accuse Gov. McDonnell of selecting the people behind him during GOP response for their 'diversity,' it turns out they're his Cabinet (rightwingnews.com)	(116)
	WND thinks sumpin ain't right with this Google thing: "When was the last time a company making billions of dollars gave you every thing they offer for free? They're not free. You're the product, and that's the bait." (wnd.com)	(149)
	It was clear from Sam Alito's confirmation hearing and his record of appellate opinions that he is a dogmatic, state-revering, right-wing judge. But last night, he unmasked himself as a politicized and intemperate Republican as well (salon.com)	(477)
	Comedy duo reponsible for "Rod Blagojevich: Superstar" unveils their next brainchild: "Rush Limbaugh: The Musical." And yes, the lyrics to the song about Oxycontin addiction are included (suntimes.com)	(47)
	On today's episode of Tinfoil Hat Theatre: How Paulson and Goldman colluded to destroy AIG (dailykos.com)	(120)
	AP fact checks Obama's speech. Where's Joe Wilson when you need him? (statesman.com)	(362)
	Maureen Dowd has a new crush (nytimes.com)	(94)
	Chris Matthews: "I forgot Obama was black for an hour" (huffingtonpost.com)	(562)
	Supreme Court Justice Alito's "You Lie" moment during the SOTU (w/ video) (politico.com)	(681)
	Hillary almost gets her chance at the Presidency (news.yahoo.com)	(38)

Wed January 27, 2010

(KITV)	Retired WWII veteran from Hawaii lets Obama know how he really feels. Article to the left, condescending and unamerican drivel to the right (kitv.com)	(477)
	Sensing an opportunity, Hillary Clinton says she won't serve two terms as Secretary of State and will have plenty of time from 2012 on if America wants her to do, you know, stuff (politico.com)	(61)
	Rep. John Boehner (P-atriot) protects America from Obama bin Laden's terrorist buddies. Better luck next time, Al Qaeda (foxnews.com)	(189)
	FOX News' campaign to take down Howard Zinn went a little too well... RIP (boston.com)	(140)
	Ethics concerns may keep Bachmann from attending Tea Party convention, once someone tells her what 'ethics' means (thehill.com)	(28)
	Rep. Paul Ryan (R-esolute) re-introducing previously ignored Republican health care reform bill. This is a repeat from 2008, 2009 (hotair.com)	(54)
	Andrew Breitbart would like you to know that although he purchased his "life rights," hired him as a contributor, and pays him a large annual salary, he's not associated with James O'Keefe in any way, shape, or form (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(257)
	Obama's spending freeze is getting results already: Lobbyists are rushing to get their projects on the final $80 billion stimulus plan before the wallet closes (thehill.com)	(106)
(Eagle Tribune)	If you complain about city-bought office supplies being used in the mayoral campaign, expect to be laid-off when the guy who used them wins (eagletribune.com)	(15)
	Oh, my. Excerpts from the book by John Edwards' staffer: "Edwards would confide in him about how he thought about leaving 'crazy' Elizabeth, but how she plays better with American voters than he" (blogs.wsj.com)	(146)
	Continuing with a tradition from the Bush years, get your State of the Union drinking game playing card here (huffingtonpost.com)	(142)
	Press secretary Gibbs says "The president is going to explain why he thinks the American people are angry and frustrated," He will then point at 535 people seated in front of him, then at himself (abcnews.go.com)	(283)
	Iowa's two senators, Republican Chuck Grassley and Democrat Tom Harkin, say they will both vote against confirming Ben Bernake to a second term. SOLIDARITY BABY (qctimes.com)	(33)
	Joe Wilson says there will be no outbursts this time duing the State of the Union address. "I am a gentleman. My natural inclination is to be on my best behavior" You lie (huffingtonpost.com)	(157)
	Salt Lake County GOP bumps James O'Keefe from giving keynote address at annual fundraiser after his arrest. "He doesn't necessarily represent the Republican Party." (sltrib.com)	(352)
	Canadian government upset that police hired neutral polling company to analyse gun owners' opinions of gun registry, instead of smashing down doors and asking themselves (calgaryherald.com)	(179)
	UK government demands more information from the UK government (theregister.co.uk)	(9)
	NATO considering negotiating a truce with Taliban in Afghanistan, consulting with former US president on designs for their own Mission Accomplished banner (ctv.ca)	(69)
	Not news: You break up with your girlfriend. News: You're a D.C. Superior Court Magistrate and a lesbian. Fark: Your stalker ex is found unconscious in your attic with food and an ice bucket fashioned into a makeshift toilet (washingtonpost.com)	(130)
(Foreign Policy)	CIA operative who famously claimed that waterboarding was effective against al Qaeda now admits he made the whole thing up, apparently without any sort of enhanced interrogation techniques (foreignpolicy.com)	(315)
	Poll shows Scott Brown tied with Obama in a 2012 presidential contest. An unknown state legislator with no experience or accomplishments who spends a couple years in the Senate before running for president? Ridiculous, couldn't happen (bostonherald.com)	(238)
	President Obama declares his membership in Who Dat Nation for the Super Bowl (blogs.suntimes.com)	(108)
	Desperate Democrats, after a drunken night of awkard fondling and waking up hung over, are scrambling to find Plan B (hotair.com)	(43)
(KPTV)	If you make over $125,000, and your kids go to private school, should you be taxed to fund the public school system? Oregon voters gave an answer (kptv.com)	(568)
	London police detain children's TV show presenters under anti-terrorism laws. Because terrorists dress in techincolor armor & wield hairdryers covered in glitter. OK, maybe the gay ones (upi.com)	(21)

Tue January 26, 2010

	Fox News has shoved CNN's catch phrase "The Most Trusted Name In News" right down their throats. Butt hurt, this direction »»»»»»» (politico.com)	(377)
	Remember that pretend pimp that "brought down" ACORN? He was just arrested trying to wiretap a Senator's office (nola.com)	(819)
(Some Guy)	The birthers' legal challenge against Obama seems to be backfiring on them as their legal bills go through the roof (motherjones.com)	(200)
	RNC is meeting this week in Hawaii (not a real state), to consider adopting a 10-point purity test (guardian.co.uk)	(169)
(Some Guy)	Most jobs you get in trouble for spending your time on Facebook, but apparently Congressional Republicans are avid Farmville players (politifact.com)	(85)
	Finally, a bipartisan vote on a bill. Granted, it was to reject a committee that would have reduced the national debt, but hey, bipartisanship (latimes.com)	(185)
	New poll in California reveals that only 42% of Republicans in state believe Obama was born in America, meaning 58% are apparently drooling retards (sacbee.com)	(200)
	NY Times to Obama: Forget Massachusetts. Forget the polls. Forget your nervous party colleagues in the Senate. Shove that health care reform into law like spinach into a recalcitrant toddler's mouth (nytimes.com)	(217)
	John Edwards has a sex tape. DO NOT WANT (gawker.com)	(77)
	If a nutty activist can't inflate a giant pink pig outside a school board meeting, the First Amendment has no meaning. With pic of pig and its owner (pennlive.com)	(44)
	The mystery of "Ellie Light," the pro-Obama letter writer who apparently lives simultaneously in 60 cities across America, has been solved. And she's just an average, well-meaning moran (politico.com)	(96)
	Tea Party convention a bust as the regular folk finally figure out that they're being played by the RNC and corporate interests for profit (dailykos.com)	(364)
	Socialism, high taxes, and a national bootstrap shortage have led to a five percent increase in welfare rolls (usatoday.com)	(663)
	Rush Limbaugh: "If I had any sense, I would just hole myself up in a Red Roof Inn with a case of Jack Daniel's and slowly drink myself into the gaping maw of death itself" (language Not safe for work) (theonion.com)	(158)
	Obama to seek spending freeze. Republicans scrambling to find reasons to oppose it (startribune.com)	(331)
	In the spirt of bipartianship, President Obama meets GOP halfway on their demands and says he'd rather be a good one-term president than a poor two-term president (abcnews.go.com)	(213)

Mon January 25, 2010

	ACLU to Lieberman (I-diot): "The Constitution is not optional." (rawstory.com)	(263)
	"If corporations are persons, they are - if they behave as Milton Friedman wanted them to - persons with mental and emotional impairments so severe that any decent judge would feel entirely justified in declaring them incompetent." (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(178)
	The New York Times calls Harry Reid's handling of the Obamacare vote "his finest hour," with the time he fell into a septic tank running a close second (nytimes.com)	(79)
(538)	When you're the Senate Majority Leader and the most optimistic scenario shows you with a 17% chance of survival, you are some kind of screwed (fivethirtyeight.com)	(147)
	Add to the list of those opposing Ben Bernanke's reappointment: John McCain (yawn) and Move On (what?) (politico.com)	(30)
(Rothenberg Report)	Polls indicate Republicans may pick up 28 seats in the House this fall, cutting the Democratic majority and scaring the living botox out of Nancy Pelosi (rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com)	(171)
	Republican about RNC "census" mailer, "Of course, duping people is the point. That's one of the reasons why it works so well" (politico.com)	(73)
	If you were the one guy who actually thought this was going to be the year we quit with the gerrymandering, well, bad news (washingtonpost.com)	(21)
	Polling group breaks down the health care bill section by section. It turns out that almost every individual piece of it is overwhelmingly popular (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(651)
	Stimulus package has saved or created over 2 million jobs. No? Well, would you believe a million and a half? No? Well, how about three guys in a Photomat hut in San Bernadino? (hotair.com)	(111)
(Denton Record Chronicle)	Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see more Texas Education Board idiocy (dentonrc.com)	(168)
	James Carville in November, 2008: 40 years of Democrats rule. 2010: Blame Bush for loss of filibuster-proof Senate (ft.com)	(140)
	Obama puts an end to the abuse of no-bid federal contracts. Finally some chang....ah, crap (foxnews.com)	(400)
	Caption what Obama is finger-reading from the teleprompters (d.yimg.com)	(232)
	Australian TV legend says it's time to ditch national flag and its ties with Olde England, replace it with something more identifiably Australian, like an image of a koala or a beercan (news.com.au)	(62)
	President Obama summoned for Illinois jury duty, says he can't make it because he's "busy" or something (news.yahoo.com)	(149)
	Obama Press Guy to the Senate: "Mighty fine economy you got there, it'd be a shame if you didn't confirm Ben Bernanke and the economy were to tank" (dailykos.com)	(225)