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21.32% Commie 10.92% Commie
Sun February 14, 2010
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(NewsBusters) Asinine It took the AP less than 24 hours to tie the Seattle cop shooter to Mike Huckabee, but they still haven't tied the Alabama prof. shooter to a Democrat Congressman who let her off after she shot her brother  (newsbusters.org) (149)
(Washington Post) Obvious Cheney states he thinks Obama is doing a great job on national defense. Nah, just kidding, he says we're all going to die and we deserve it for voting Democrat  (washingtonpost.com) (176)
(Fox News) Asinine Climate change proves to be a giant scandal-plagued boondoggle built on extremely sketchy science. Obama's solution? Give them another 2.6 BILLION dollars, of course  (foxnews.com) (294)
(JSOnline) Hero Unnamed business in Wisconsin pays $1000/month to rent huge billboard calling for Obama's impeachment  (jsonline.com) (208)
(Huffington Post) Obvious After Googling "teabag" Teabaggers were shocked to discover it had another, even more embarrassing meaning. Now hoping to change their name to Donkey Punchers  (huffingtonpost.com) (120)
(Crooks & Liars) Dumbass Darth Cheney comes out of cryo-sleep, endorses torture  (videocafe.crooksandliars.com) (203)
(ABC News) Obvious Behind closed doors and with no cameras present, President Obama signed into law Friday afternoon the bill raising the public debt limit from $12.4 trillion to $14.3 trillion  (blogs.abcnews.com) (243)
(Boston Globe) Amusing Title: "Pondering a Congress without the Kennedy family" Subtext: Do you really want Massachusetts representatives being *sober* during their votes?  (boston.com) (31)
(Daily Kos) Amusing Teabaggers blow gasket when invisible hand of the market switches their wharrgarbl for easy listening  (dailykos.com) (106)
(Boston Herald) Obvious "If the economy is good, it's hard to find a Republican to run for anything in Massachusetts. Republicans, how can I put this, work. They have jobs, real jobs."  (bostonherald.com) (80)
(Huffington Post) Obvious Joe Biden stops and speaks coherently for once. Says Cheney is rewriting history. Cheney must have said Biden has balls  (huffingtonpost.com) (69)
(ABC News) Scary The Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be monitoring the comments and posts on websites. It will be watching the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post, Twitter, Google. So, Farkers are safe for now. Right ??..... RIGHT??  (abcnews.go.com) (282)
(Denver Post) Asinine Colorado state senator introduces legislation to allow creationists to opt out of science class. This should end well  (denverpost.com) (243)
(Youngstown Vindicator) Interesting James Traficant could be dipping his toe into the pool of congressional candidates this fall. No word yet if he will run as an independent or Wig  (vindy.com) (32)
(Townhall) Scary President Obama is sending coded messages to his terrorist buddies that it's safe to come and attack America. Time to start learning the Islam language  (townhall.com) (271)
(Politico) Amusing Joe the Plumber goes all mavericky on John McCain  (politico.com) (104)

Sat February 13, 2010
(Washington Post) Cool Democrats intend to document Repubicans' obstructionist whining for use during election season  (washingtonpost.com) (297)
(Some Guy) Stupid Harry Reid thinks Obama should appoint federal judge who have never been judges before. Sounds like fun. Let's also have auto mechanics try brain surgery and pastry chefs build nuclear reactors  (lvrj.com) (96)
(RealClearPolitics) Obvious Sen. Jay Rockefeller says Obama is "beginning not to be believable." Obama responds, promises Rockefeller an extra unicorn and unlimited puppies  (realclearpolitics.com) (57)
(Crooks & Liars) Silly Your Fox lolwut of the day: Why can't the rest of the media treat the Tea Partiers as respectfully as we treated the anti-war protesters?  (crooksandliars.com) (170)
(Daily Kos) Sad GOP strategy: Tie up Senate to make Americans sick of Congress so they will elect more Republicans. And it just might work  (dailykos.com) (114)
(CBS News) Cool 95% of working Americans got a tax cut, but you just have to explain to them in small words  (cbsnews.com) (189)
(Fox News) Obvious New poll shows Americans consider Tea Party movement a fruitless mix of racism, conspiracy theories  (foxnews.com) (124)
(Hot Air) Interesting Arch conservative group calls for the resignation of the head of the IPCC. But who'd listen to Greenpeace on environmental issues?  (hotair.com) (24)
(Fox News) Stupid GOP: "If the Dems can put somebody with no real experience in the White House, so can we: Scott Brown 2012"  (foxnews.com) (189)
(american news) Interesting Obama may use recess appointment option for Becker. Outraged Republicans with selective memories banging pots and pans and throwing feces in 3...2...1  (americasnewsonline.com) (132)
(Huffington Post) Stupid The potatoe doesn't fall too far from the tree  T-Shirt  (huffingtonpost.com) (87)
(News.com.au) Interesting Despite four deaths and 86 fires, Peter Garrett insists that his job as Environment Minister is safe. Still no word yet as to where everyone will sleep while the beds are burning  (news.com.au) (68)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Dan Quayle proves that he's still Dan Quayle: "51 votes in the House and 51 votes in the Senate. That is not what our Founding Fathers had in mind. That is not the constitutional process"  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (205)

Fri February 12, 2010
(Fox News) Interesting Democrats resort to 'Plan B' in order to get a health care bill passed  (foxnews.com) (390)
(World Tribune) Interesting Eat, drink, Fark and watch MTV for tomorrow the Chinese are coming  (worldtribune.com) (147)
(Wonkette) Amusing NH state rep gets down and dirty with same-sex marriage: "We're talking about taking the penis of a man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wriggling it around in excrement."  (wonkette.com) (343)
(Some Regulator) Obvious Obama's new economic policy: keep people from knowing how bad things are  (washingtonsblog.com) (89)
(Yahoo) Obvious "Obama is dumber than dumb. We're not talking Dubya dumb. We're not even talking Sarahcuda dumb. We're talking pulling off your mask so the clerk of the bank you're robbing can hear you dumb."  (news.yahoo.com) (700)
(Bloomberg) Amusing Yesterday's media suggestion for President Obama was to "go gangsta' ". Today's suggestion from Bloomberg is to "crack some heads". Is "pop a cap in someone's ass" far behind?  (bloomberg.com) (55)
(The Daily Show) Sad Q: What would you say to Hawaiians who say I have governmentally mandated health care and love it. A: They have that?  (thedailyshow.com) (323)
(Inside Higher Ed) Amusing Calling Obama "Professor"? Yeah that's racist  (insidehighered.com) (219)
(Talking Points Memo) Ironic Majority of Americans want filibuster gone, but lack filibuster proof majority  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (229)
(National Review) Obvious "Liberalism is never wrong; it just has a problem explaining to the mule-headed electorate that it's right about everything. Liberalism is always one more tutorial away from sunshine and lollipops for everyone."  (article.nationalreview.com) (413)
(Michelle Malkin) Interesting Michelle Malkin: Under Obamacare, Bill Clinton's heart would've shot out of his chest and exploded, killing him and everyone he loves. And small business owners would be taxed to pay for it  (michellemalkin.com) (118)
(Forbes) Asinine Iran is set to win a seat on the Human Rights Council of the UN, record an Alanis Morissette cover  (forbes.com) (184)
(NPR) Followup That outrage over Palin's bracelet that whipped up the Palin haters? Oops. Turns out it was wrong. But don't expect to see that in the mainstream media. Wait, NPR covered it? What?  (npr.org) (336)
(CBC) Stupid Canadian politician gets suspended after flipping the bird and threatening colleague with 'Yes, I gave you [the finger]. And I'll give you that again. And I'll give you this if you want to go outside.'  (cbc.ca) (36)
(The New York Times) Asinine Poll shows that 70% of Americans support gays and lesbians in the military. However, only 59% support homosexuals in the military. Non-homosexual gay and lesbian soldiers rejoice  T-Shirt  (thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com) (233)
(Huffington Post) Interesting If "cops don't make laws, they just enforce them," why are police opposing marijuana legalization?  (huffingtonpost.com) (313)
(Washington Post) Interesting Patrick Kennedy announces retirement, meaning that 2011 will be the first year since 1947 that no Kennedys are in Congress  (washingtonpost.com) (102)
(The Hill) Asinine Reid kills bipartisan jobs bill after Democrats complain it's bipartisan  (thehill.com) (141)

Thu February 11, 2010
(Some Guy) Interesting African-Russians interested in Obama's visit to Moscow. In another news, there's African-Russians  (rferl.org) (38)
(Abc.net.au) Obvious Key 'climategate' scientist cleared of wrongdoing  (abc.net.au) (525)
(Toronto Star) Dumbass Pro tip: Details of your adultery are supposed to come out AFTER you are erected to office  (thestar.com) (34)
(Crooks & Liars) Scary Boehner (R-eally paranoid): Obama's attempt at bipartisanship are diabolical attempts to make us look bad  (videocafe.crooksandliars.com) (250)
(Reason Magazine) Interesting Obama is now fifth all-time on list of longest drought of clemency actions to start a Presidency, trailing only the first two and the last two of his predecessors  (reason.com) (43)
(Star Bulletin) Interesting They may lack organization, but the Tea Partiers can't just be dismissed out of hand. Their "broad and relentless critique of runaway government is, if anything, more popular than the movement itself."  (starbulletin.com) (211)
(Senate.gov) PSA A running track of all the filibusters so far this Congress. Come for the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act, stay for the Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act  (senate.gov) (67)
(CNN) Interesting Why do Americans vote France the #1 place to live? (France's) tiresome bureaucracy and high taxes are outweighed by an unsurpassable quality of life, including the world's best health care  (cnn.com) (243)
(C|Net) Scary Obama administration pushes for warrantless cellphone tracking, promises that your chocolate rations will be increased to compensate  (news.cnet.com) (146)
(BusinessWeek) Obvious Obama, 2008: "I will not raise taxes on anyone making less than $200,000 a year." Obama, 2010: "Wait a second, you actually believed me?"  (businessweek.com) (508)
(ABC News) Interesting Jobs bill is picking up bipartisan support in the Senate. You're probably thinking that's because there's something unrelated in there, something harmful, to buy Republicans off. How cynical of you  (abcnews.go.com) (57)
(ABC News) News Bill Clinton rushed to NY hospital with heart problem. Details, updates, Clinton expected to come soon  T-Shirt  (abcnews.go.com) (406)
(Media Matters) Dumbass Glenn Beck: Teabaggers may eventually need to secede, take Alaska and join Russia  (mediamatters.org) (208)
(NPR) Amusing USAG: We've tried 300 terrorists in civilian court. GOP/Fox News: [Citation Needed] USAG: Sure, this Bush admin document. Awkward  (npr.org) (191)
(Breitbart.com) Dumbass Americans are represented by two separate but equally different political parties: the democrats who advocate liberalism, and the republicans who have Michael Moriarty claiming John McCain is a secret democrat. This is his latest whargarrbl  (bighollywood.breitbart.com) (46)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail CA GOP Senate candidate suggests the solution to her state's budget woes is to break Federal bankruptcy law  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (84)
(Dartmouth Review) Fail We're going to need a bigger palm: Dartmouth Young Republicans release rap song featuring a chorus by none other than Ol' Dirty Reagan and a cameo by Michelle "Left Eye" Malkin (with video)  (dartreview.blogspot.com) (101)
(azdailysun) Asinine In Arizona, the party of small government and personal responsibility says couples aren't capable of deciding for themselves when it's time to divorce  (azdailysun.com) (111)
(Some Guy) Asinine You know that whole separation of Church and State thing? Now some state legislatures are calling that "religious discrimination"  (koinlocal6.com) (150)
(WorldNetDaily) Obvious World Net Daily finally gets something right: The Becks and Breitbarts of the world aren't opposed to birtherism because they don't believe it, they're opposed because they think it's a losing issue that makes the right look bad  (wnd.com) (339)
(Independent) Interesting White House reportedly "disappointed" by the way the UK courts have ruled that the public should know when Britain tortures people  (independent.co.uk) (37)
(Fox News) Obvious Sen. Tom Coburn on the recent D.C. Snowmaggedon shutdown: "The best thing is we're not passing any legislation, which ultimately will save the government a lot of money,"  (foxnews.com) (113)
(LA Times) Unlikely "Iraq is one of Obama's great achievements." Joe Biden (D-im) is the world's greatest troll  (latimesblogs.latimes.com) (182)
(CNN) Asinine CNN political analyst tells president he should "go gangsta' " on Republicans. That should get the bi-partisanship experiment off to a good start, don't you think?  (cnn.com) (204)
(Crooks & Liars) Ironic Editor of the Nation defends Obama to Joe Scarborough by claiming he's just like Cheney. Um....thanks, bro  (videocafe.crooksandliars.com) (50)
(Washington Post) Obvious It should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that the gazillions the government spent on Blackwater included such "expenses" as booze and hookers  (washingtonpost.com) (126)
(RealClearPolitics) Interesting "What, one wonders, will Democrats have to say about the filibuster when Sarah Palin is jamming through her first-year agenda as president?"  (realclearpolitics.com) (602)
(The Local (Sweden)) Amusing The next time you need an excuse for cheating on your expenses, just do what this Swedish MP did, and blame it on Ursula, your transvestite alter-ego  (thelocal.se) (20)

Wed February 10, 2010
(Washington Times) Asinine Ron Reagan: Dad would have hated the Tea Party. Michael Reagan: Shut up Ron. He would have loved it. And Sarah Palin. So shut up  (washingtontimes.com) (266)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail John Boehner, at GOP retreat: Obama, televise the healthcare debate. John Boehner, after GOP retreat: Obama, how dare you televise the healthcare debate  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (191)
(Media Matters) Asinine World Net Daily columnist says US has the most bigoted military in the world  (mediamatters.org) (111)
(Politico) Cool Noted climate scientist Sean Hannity disproves the global warming hoax: "It's the most severe winter storm in years, which would seem to contradict Al Gore's hysterical global warming theories."  (politico.com) (596)
(Boston Globe) Dumbass Sen. Scott Brown (R-ino) shops around his idea for a children's coloring book to explain his rise to power  (boston.com) (116)
(Daily Kos) Dumbass Everybody's been so concerned about the writing on Palin's hand that they missed the stupid about 3 inches further down her arm  (dailykos.com) (265)
(Gawker) Followup Former Senator John Edwards and his baby-mama Rielle Hunter are now engaged  (gawker.com) (220)
(Daily Kos) Stupid Some Virginia lawmakers may vote against allowing employers and insurance companies to implant microchips in people against their will because...wait for it...it might help protect humanity from the anti-christ  (dailykos.com) (105)
(AllGov) Scary Blackwater mercs take control of Islamabad, Pakistan. Things just went nuclear  (allgov.com) (76)
(Newsweek) Fail "The Amero" and other tea party tinfoil hat nonsense  (newsweek.com) (312)
(Talking Points Memo) Fail Newt Gingrich illustrates that when the facts don't support you, lies can  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (227)
(CBS New York) Followup Senator Monserrate (D-omestic Violence) expelled from New York Senate, but we all know they'll tearfully take him back in a few days  (wcbstv.com) (33)
(Politico) Asinine During the first six months of the Obama administration, press briefings averaged 189 laughs per month (LPM) . In the last six months, its down to 89 LPM. In related news, someone keeps track of the number of LPM in a press briefing  (politico.com) (91)
(TMV) Fail There is a difference between snark and well placed satire. Reagan offered far more than today's GOP leaders, who dearly aspire to be like him but fall way short of that mark when they resort to playground politics  (themoderatevoice.com) (186)
(Fox News) Obvious You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see that the IQ of Congress will drop another 80% this fall with the retirement of its only nuclear physicist representative  (congress.blogs.foxnews.com) (42)
(Talking Points Memo) Asinine The Republican roadmap to economic recovery includes slashing taxes for the rich which will eventually result in $5 trillion and $7 trillion of lost revenue  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (616)
(Boston Globe) Dumbass Politician sets example for city on verge of bankruptcy by trying to serve as both full time mayor and full time state lawmaker to collect two salaries  (boston.com) (30)
(Canoe) Obvious Canadians have made their choice, and by a margin of almost 5:1, they prefer an onion ring to their Prime Minister. That number goes up even more when you add cheese and gravy  (cnews.canoe.ca) (42)
(The New York Times) Strange Paterson answers questions from reporters about a story the reporters don't know exists and denies rumors about what that story that he doesn't know exists might say  (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com) (34)
(CBS News) Cool Iraq War veteran Lt. Dan Choi, who came out to Rachel Maddow, has been reinstated in the United States Army. You are all safer tonight  (cbsnews.com) (270)
(Some Guy) Interesting Dennis Kucinich urges America to adopt single-payer healthcare, quit stealing his Lucky Charms  (washingtonindependent.com) (207)
(Fox News) Amusing Gibbs give GOP's Palin a hand job  (foxnews.com) (268)
(Talking Points Memo) Amusing Stephen Colbert: "Sarah Palin is a f*cking retard"  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (805)
(CBS News) Obvious Obama's plea of bipartisanship really means "do it my way or you are engaging in obstinacy" which is the exact same thing his last four predecessors said. Welcome to Change Country  (cbsnews.com) (243)

Tue February 09, 2010
(Talking Points Memo) Obvious Sarah Palin misreads Pat Buchanan column and announces the Lord is Gay  (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (418)
(KTVN Channel 2) Fail Pathetic: You're accused of adultery. Patheticker: Your defense is that you haven't had sex with anyone, including your wife, since 1990. Pathetickest: You're the Governor of Nevada  (ktvn.com) (56)
(Some shower hog) Dumbass American "Family" Association claims gays showering with straights creates "hostile work environment" for military. Getting shot at apparently doesn't qualify as "hostile" enough  (afa.net) (309)
(Washington Times) Obvious Publicly the Republicans hate the stimulus for its wasteful spending. Privately, they're hounding federal agencies for money for their districts  (washingtontimes.com) (339)
(Talking Points Memo) Dumbass Michelle Bachmann brings the crazy again with her proclamation of God's curse upon the U.S. if it doesn't do Israel's bidding  (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) (237)
(Washington Times) Obvious Congress can only agree on one thing these days: that weenie in the White House calling for bipartisanship is getting in the way of their bickering and he should really stop that  (washingtontimes.com) (111)
(Daily Beast) Asinine We can thank the Democratic Party for "Birtherism"  (thedailybeast.com) (218)
(Some Guy) Video Lewis Black on Palin and Limbaugh and the "R-word"  (thedailyshow.com) (119)
(The Daily Beast) Scary "Thank you for your service, Justice Ginsburg, and good luck in your retirement. But before you go, please join me in welcoming your replacement, Justice Hillary Clinton"  (thedailybeast.com) (249)
(ABC News) Obvious Criticizing the President's handling of anti-terror measures is no longer patriotic. Nothing to see here citizen, move along  (blogs.abcnews.com) (224)
(WHNT) Followup US Senator Shelby (R-ALzheimer's) releases blanket hold on 70 of President Obama's appointees after getting some attention, hugs  (whnt.com) (196)
(ABC News) Obvious Robert Gibbs says the President is willing to review the GOP health care proposals that he has been saying for months do not exist  (blogs.abcnews.com) (244)
(Yahoo) Amusing You know that big GOP congressional landslide that's supposed to happen in 2010? Well new polling data shows that Latino voters will decide at least 40 races next year. Looks like the GOP picked the wrong decade to play the xenophobia card  (news.yahoo.com) (549)
(ABC News) Cool Sen. Ben Nelson to Obama: No, you can't have some card-check-supporting SEIU lawyer on the National Labor Relations Board. Not yours  (abcnews.go.com) (263)
(Daily Kos) Amusing Outlook for 2010 midterm elections looks so bad, Daily Kos is turning to Rasmussen polls for optimistic indicators  (dailykos.com) (125)
(Think Progress) Unlikely Fox and Friends: Sarah Palin wrote that stuff on her hand on purpose to mock Obama  (thinkprogress.org) (660)
(Some Guy) Amusing Democratic lawmaker gets knocked out because he was blocking the view of the belly dancers. Republicans want singles for tips. Not for the belly dancers, for the guy who knocked him out  (newsnet5.com) (97)
(Some Redneck Politician) Dumbass Darn liberals and their progressive ideas like "case law" and "judges"  (coolice.legis.state.ia.us) (181)

Mon February 08, 2010
(Huffington Post) Stupid Billboard of George W. Bush saying "Miss me yet?" mysteriously appears in Michele Bachmann's district  (huffingtonpost.com) (685)
(Houston Press) Fail Sarah Palin stumps for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Signs carried by attendees do not disappoint  (blogs.houstonpress.com) (306)
(Some Guy) Asinine New Captain America comic focuses on hunting down racist, white male tea partiers  (publiusforum.com) (423)
(Wall Street Journal) Interesting "We'll never be rid of "partisan games" because politicians, being partisans, object only when the other party benefits from them. Or one's own party gets embarrassed by them." In related news, Fark needs a THIS tag  (online.wsj.com) (125)
(Commentary) Asinine Head of Amnesty International's gender unit: Hey, maybe we shouldn't be providing a megaphone for a jihadi who wants to kill Jews and enslave women. Amnesty International: Hey, maybe we'll stop giving you a paycheck  (commentarymagazine.com) (140)
(MSNBC) Obvious NY Governor Paterson doesn't see himself resigning  (msnbc.msn.com) (32)
(Wall Street Journal) Stupid Think Washington is full of people with the class of used car salesmen already? Well don't look now but the Republican Party is recruiting used car salesmen to run for office this year  (online.wsj.com) (35)
(National Review) Followup The Argentine artist who received a six-figure check from the Canadian Arts Council to fund the creation of a 300-meter-long inflatable banana to fly over Texas in protest of President Bush's policies has cashed the check and skipped town  (corner.nationalreview.com) (70)
(NBC Bay Area) Interesting Proposition 8 trial judge, who may or may not be anti-gay, may or may not be gay  (nbcbayarea.com) (123)
(Dallas News) Asinine Tea party candidates line up to take on noted pro big-government, tax and spender Ron Paul  (dallasnews.com) (149)
(Founding Bloggers) Obvious The mocking of Sarah Palin over "Handgate" is standard, arugula-chomping left-wing elitism. The real crime for them isn't that she wrote down notes, but that she wrote them on her hand, something an unsophisticated hick would do  (foundingbloggers.com) (556)
(Pajamas Media) Asinine Why does this generation of American folk singers refuse to speak out against the things right-wing bloggers want them to speak out against?  (pajamasmedia.com) (100)
(Time) Interesting Among the five things learned at the Tea Party Convention: "It's hard for us to unify behind any one person. We're not a cult"  (time.com) (94)
(American Thinker) Amusing A New-Age douchebag beloved by Oprah, Arianna Huffington, and other cementheads who believe quantum theory allows them to create unicorns just by thinking of them, Deepak Chopra is a terrible human being  (americanthinker.com) (106)
(FiveThirtyEight) Strange She's writing cues on her hand. She's defending the use of the word "retard." She's doing so many things wrong and it seems like the only person who is truly looking out for Sarah Palin is Nate Silver  (fivethirtyeight.com) (334)
(Yahoo) Interesting Obama invites the GOP to a televised Q&A about health care. Fool me twice... uh... we won't get fooled again  (news.yahoo.com) (234)
(USA Today) Interesting Although she lives in a state that allows gay marriage, TV pundit Rachel Maddow says she and her girlfriend don't want to get married, but like having the option of putting the Subaru in both their names if they want  T-Shirt  (usaweekend.com) (132)
(BBC) Spiffy Laura Chinchilla set to become Costa Rica's first female, rodent President  (news.bbc.co.uk) (68)
(Yahoo) Followup Scott Cohen drops out of bid for Illinois Lieutenant Governor seat  (news.yahoo.com) (87)

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