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Sun February 21, 2010

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Man arrested for trying to tap Democratic Senator's phones gets 'rock star welcome' from the Conservative Political Action Committee Conference in DC (nola.com)	(636)
		By supporting jihadists, Amnesty International "is suffering from a kind of moral bankruptcy, and has lost the ability to distinguish right from wrong." And what right-wing tool said that? Try Salman Rushdie (timesonline.co.uk)	(186)
		Arizona GOP State Representative wants to bring an incandescent bulb factory to Arizona so the Federal Government won't force him to switch to those commie fluorescent lightbulbs (azcentral.com)	(210)
		Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania says the White House needs to stop letting Republicans control the whargarbl (news.yahoo.com)	(58)
		Glenn Beck at CPAC: "Progressivism is eating the Constitution." OM NOM NOM (huffingtonpost.com)	(309)
(538)		Fact: Looking at the past 30 years, deficits increase under Republican administrations and decrease under Democratic administrations, and only Clinton ran a surplus. Conclusion: both sides are bad. Wait, what? (fivethirtyeight.com)	(176)
		Sarah Silverman just gave you a Get Out Of Marriage Free card (newsbusters.org)	(138)
		You may want to invest in popcorn. The Christian organization the Liberty Council is suing to allow prayer in school. "The court's ruling has elevated this case to nuclear war" (nwfdailynews.com)	(255)
		Cartoon Christian explains why it's okay for Ugandans to execute homosexuals with snazzy graphics and a backing band. You know, for the kids (youtube.com)	(561)
(eurweb)		It looks like Ann Coulter may finally have a boyfriend and he's just plain dyn-o-mite (eurweb.com)	(153)

Sat February 20, 2010

	Ron Paul wins CPAC Presidential straw poll. RON POLL (foxnews.com)	(527)
	Victoria Jackson, who really should be on some sort of medication, turns her special brand of crazy on Rahm Emmanuel (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(244)
	Actual headline: "Like Dr. Evil, did the GOP just steal Obama's mojo?" Un-addressed in article: Were sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads involved? (csmonitor.com)	(88)
	White conservative rapper plays to thousands at CPAC. Just kidding; nobody showed (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(184)
	Newsweek asks; Is there such thing as a good coup? Hundreds of tea baggers nod feverishly (newsweek.com)	(74)
	You have to be blind to not see its going to be a tough election to keep your job as NY Governor when top members of your own party go "David who?" while finding excuses for skipping your campaign's kick off event (nydailynews.com)	(23)
	Remember John Yoo, the Bush lawyer who wrote the Torture Memos? Turns out, he also said the President could legally order entire villages of civilians to be wiped out if the President felt like it (blog.newsweek.com)	(195)
	Seth MacFarlane goes on "Real Time with Bill Maher" and responds to Sarah Palin's attacks against him, and it turns into a Palin-bashing segment of awesomeness (tv.gawker.com)	(517)
	Alexander Haig no longer in charge here (washingtonpost.com)	(186)
(Some Guy)	February 20th, 1992: Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King. Do you hear me? Did you hear what I'm saying to you? What you have here is a headline. You read it from left to right. It's not rocket science, people (brainyhistory.com)	(57)
(Some Bankrupt Californian)	New from the producers of the "Pay to Use 911" tax, the "Pay to Clean Up Your Crash" tax (capitolweekly.net)	(41)
	Mitt Romney used his Vulcan death grip in airport attack on innocent rapper: "I just react. Boom. Get off me, you know. Bring amber lamps" (news.bostonherald.com)	(52)
	Mike Huckabee: "I met Michelle Obama, and she was really nice, and she really loves this country." Hannity: "GARBL GARBL WHARR GARBL WHARR WHARR WHARR" (mediamatters.org)	(175)
	Dutch government rudderless (news.bbc.co.uk)	(34)
	Bush administration lawyers used poor judgment, though they didn't commit professional misconduct, when they wrote memos authorizing torture (bloomberg.com)	(305)

Fri February 19, 2010

	US Marines seize Taliban HQ, ID's and photos of fighters. This is not even remotely a repeat of the last 8 years (dailykos.com)	(394)
(Some Concerned Citizen)	Florida Concerned Citizens For Better State Government request you join them in a short state wide survey of how you feel our state government should progress. I see what they did there (gulf1.com)	(39)
	CPAC speaker turns into wrestling bad guy, says CPAC shouldn't have allowed gay conservative group to attend, challenges Ultimate Warrior to showdown (mediamatters.org)	(271)
	Bob Barr actually acts like a libertarian for once, says waterboarding is torture. This would usually earn him an obvious tag, but he had the balls (and moustache) to do it at CPAC (thinkprogress.org)	(100)
	Ahhh, CPAC. Where flying planes into government buildings full of American citizens is simply hilarious (wonkette.com)	(125)
	Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) is the latest Democrat to say he can't stomach D.C. politics anymore (foxnews.com)	(73)
	The main problem with Obama's War on Terror is: A. Lack of initiative, B. He appeases our enemies or, if a former Bush official is to be believed, C. He's killing too many terrorists (huffingtonpost.com)	(97)
(Some Nauseated Guy)	If you had 'less than a day' in the 'how long until the Teabaggers canonize Andrew Joseph Stack' pool, please collect your tea bag (americablog.com)	(447)
	Massachusetts Attorney General wants federal judge to reach around courts, deem federal marriage laws unconstitutional (hosted.ap.org)	(55)
	In a move no one could have forseen House Minority Whip Eric Cantor states "we will say no to the health care bill." For those wondering, that's the health care bill agreed upon at a bipartisan meeting in a week (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(57)
(Some Guy)	Florida bill wants to make abortions illegal, punishable by life in prison (jaxobserver.com)	(153)
	Politicians who quit politics because of all of the partisanship are like soccer players who give up the game because of all the kicking (reason.com)	(65)
	Dems, if it's any consolation, the Bush White House found Senate Republicans to be useless political grandstanders too (politico.com)	(39)
(Washington Examiner)	Obama, 9/09: Legislative session one of the most productive in a generation. Obama 2/10: Senate can't get anything done (washingtonexaminer.com)	(193)
	NY Times finally publishes hit-piece on Gov. Paterson where he admits that "...all I'm doing is drinking, chasing women, doing drugs." Ok maybe that was out of context but whatever (nytimes.com)	(22)
	Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius says that if the Senate wants the public option President Obama will "absolutely" fight for it. Oh, Kitty, you still believe, that's so sweet (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(54)
	CPAC speaker brags that conservatives "have" Fox News. You know, "fair and balanced" Fox News. That one (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)	(158)
	Does anybody really know if Osama's dead? Does anybody really care? (news.yahoo.com)	(155)
	Two birds, one stone: have Obama nominate himself to sit on Supreme Court (washingtonpost.com)	(259)
	So who's in the lead for the 2012 GOP nomination according the members of the Conservative PAC? The gay-marrige supporting guy who imposed Obamacare on his state almost a decade ago (news.yahoo.com)	(227)
	U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer files papers to run for reelection, rebellion (articles.latimes.com)	(78)
	The latest birther theory: Obama was a CIA mole working for the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 80s. Aww, come on - it could be true. Couldn't it? (salon.com)	(171)
	"Ronald Reagan would not have been welcome at today's CPAC or a tea party rally, but he would not have wanted to be there, either. Neither do I." (correspondents.theatlantic.com)	(323)
(Some Guy)	After Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's term is up, some people want to see another politically-savvy, intellectual replace him. Naturally, Playboy Playmate and former Hef girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson comes to mind (popeater.com)	(28)
(TV Squad)	White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says President Obama would be more than happy to do "The Daily Show" while in office. "The Colbert Report"...not so much (tvsquad.com)	(101)
	Glenn Beck says something sane (with video clip) (mediamatters.org)	(244)
(Some Guy)	Obama fist bumps with Chavez, but makes the Dali Lama leave through the White House back door by the trash (weaselzippers.net)	(156)
	Utah Senator doesn't want teh gheys 'shoving it down his throat' (thinkprogress.org)	(54)

Thu February 18, 2010

	I am shocked, SHOCKED that Scott "I have a truck" Brown is using the Austin plane crash to tout his own election (crooksandliars.com)	(166)
	Las Vegas mayor snubs Obama for his arrogant remarks suggesting Americans might be better off saving their money instead of investing it in blackjack, booze, bimbos and blow (foxnews.com)	(247)
	Testify at house oversight committee, Toyoda will (money.cnn.com)	(43)
	The Dalai Lama talks to President Obama and comes out of the meeting ecstatic and filled with hope. A year from now the Lama will be out of work, upset about the deficit and grumbling about "czars" (news.yahoo.com)	(103)
	Cheney says Obama will only be president half as long as him (abcnews.go.com)	(124)
(Bluegrass Politics)	Kentucky Senate passes bill to teach Bible in public schools, draws correlation between school shootings and lack of biblical studies (bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com)	(189)
(WNYC)	NY legislator photobombed during press conference by critics. "Like a political version of 'whack-a-mole,' no sooner had they successfully blocked one sign than others popped up in the mostly pro-Espada crowd." (wnyc.org)	(42)
	With health care reform seemingly dead, the public option is slowly making a comeback (dailykos.com)	(76)
	If this keeps up, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert won't even need writers anymore...Republican politician gives speech blasting Obama's use of the teleprompter while standing at podium with teleprompters (huffingtonpost.com)	(120)
	Proving once again that Obama is ok with nuclear powers, the White House has threatened reconciliation if GOP doesn't come to the table on Feb 25th (msnbc.msn.com)	(121)
	John Boehner and Eric Cantor have written a letter challenging House Democratic leadership to a televised debate on jobs creation, but only if they promise not to bring the President because that didn't go so well for them last time (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(166)
	Manifestos are all the rage in conservative political circles these days with half a dozen either issued or in the works from various Tea party and GOP groups. Gee, what other party was famous for its manifestos? (news.yahoo.com)	(124)
	Dramatic Olbermann vs. Dramatic Chipmunk (youtube.com)	(62)
(Photo Spy)	Photo Evidence: Michelle Obama keeps Socialist Books in the White House library (sayanythingblog.com)	(402)
	Former Intelligence Committee Chair Bob Graham says there's no difference in how Bush and Obama handle terror suspects and Lincoln is probably doing a half-gainer in his grave because of Cheney's recent comments (news.yahoo.com)	(43)
	Sarah Palin's daughter is all, "He makes lots of money and I want it." The father of former Governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's grandchild is all, "No way." (myfoxtwincities.com)	(383)
	The top 400 families in America earned an average of $345 million in income last year, up 31% from the year before. That's half the total that the bottom 25 million Americans made (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(864)
	Pollster John Zogby conducts an exhaustive study of our coutry's self-described "libertarians" and concludes that they're mostly all Republicans who are too embarrassed to admit they voted for Bush twice (article.nationalreview.com)	(340)
(Some Guy)	Can of cola has sparked a diplomatic row between the tiny western Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands and the United States (dailytelegraph.com.au)	(82)
	Another win for the totally peaceful, non-partisan Tea Party: "I want Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash) hanged" (huffingtonpost.com)	(466)

Wed February 17, 2010

	Canada drops the ball yet again, lets a mentally ill man with a homemade security pass through two checkpoints and to within feet of Joe Biden during Vancouver opening ceremonies (ctvbc.ctv.ca)	(154)
	South Carolina lawmaker seeks to ban federal currency. Next up, secession and civil war (cbsnews.com)	(117)
	Utah: Let's replace MLK Jr. Day with Browning Day, in honor of the gunmaker (deseretnews.com)	(134)
	Glenn Beck says Rachel Maddow called him a liar without any proof. Which is sort of true, because he cut out the part of the clip where she provided the proof (watching-tv.ew.com)	(390)
	Obama continues his agenda to take away your guns by signing a law allowing concealed weapons in national parks (ohio.com)	(295)
	Oh, crap: Rick Santorum lubing his supporters into a froth for a presidential run (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(104)
	Americans don't agree on much else, but 80% of Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike, agree that the current Supreme Court is a bunch of citizen-hating corporate whores (news.yahoo.com)	(106)
	Virginia's GOP governor makes bold step in civil rights history by rolling back protections for gay state employees (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(216)
	Coming soon: George Washington was a libtard (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(158)
	Sarah Palin: "Both sides are bad so vote republican" (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(168)
(PPP)	The vast majority of opposition to healthcare reform and DADT repeal emanates from voters who'll pull the lever for Democrats sometime after the pigs flying from Reagan's corpse's ass brew some earl grey (publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com)	(62)
	Jerry Falwell's Liberty University continues to produce quality science: Did humans eat dinosaurs? How does God see under your sheets? Are gay people human? (blogs.chron.com)	(170)
(NORML)	CBS: Black children are an endangered species ad? Greenlight. Anti-abortion SuperBowl ad? Greenlight. Ad saying legalizing pot will bring in billions in taxes? Nope... too contentious an issue (blog.norml.org)	(236)
(Some Guy)	Young Kenyan voters wish they had an Obama of their own (minnpost.com)	(34)
	"Remind me why I moved to the land of the free? To lose freedoms? To watch conservatism calcify into anti-gay bigotry as one of its binding principles?" (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(317)
	Don't look now, but the "Stimulus" may have actually worked (nytimes.com)	(454)
	When Bill O'Reilly says extremist loony things, he is in no way related to, and asks you to not group him with, Tea Party folks who say the same extremist loony things (foxnews.com)	(67)
	"That is not a tax increase if you look at it carefully," says Nevada Governor about the new taxes he's proposing (rgj.com)	(40)
	Welcome to Part II of "Getting You Ready for a Massive Tax Hike" (abcnews.go.com)	(318)
	"We don't want people interfering with the process, because that's not American." (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(87)
	Class warfare through tax policy may make progressives feel warm and cozy inside, but it hurts state economies: New Jersey lost $70 billion in wealth as the rich fled high income tax rates (nj.com)	(587)
	Some Republicans, who apparently have blotted their last televised encounter with Obama from their memories, think the upcoming televised health care summit could really help them score some points with voters (news.yahoo.com)	(192)
	Bob Barr, torchbearer of libertarianism, thinks that paganism in the military should not be tolerated (blogs.ajc.com)	(377)
	The State Department sends their newest government diplomat to strengthen and broaden ties between the United States and Russia. Ashton Kutcher ??.....facepalm (news.cnet.com)	(53)
	"Who is the worst killer in the long, ugly history of war and extermination? Hitler? Stalin? Pol Pot? Not even close" (hotair.com)	(420)
	Love letters from John F. Kennedy to his Swedish mistress are up for auction. Camelot? You bet he did (wbbm780.com)	(93)
(Newser)	Baptist pastors prayed for Obama's death by brain cancer on Presidents Day. It's not a tumor (newser.com)	(221)

Tue February 16, 2010

	Obama up for Kids' Choice Award. Republicans say it's too early for such an award (nbclosangeles.com)	(55)
	52% on Obama for second term: OH HELL NO. The other 48% hasn't put the Kool-Aid down (thehill.com)	(504)
	Lamont announces run for governor. Fred fakes heart attack. Grady says "Great googly moogly." (msnbc.msn.com)	(21)
	Remember how liberals were against "censorship" of CBS's Reagan biopic? Turns out, now that the creator of 24 is doing a Kennedys miniseries, they were against it before they were for it (nytimes.com)	(154)
	Two decades of classic Bidenisms including an oldie but goodie from 1998, "to dethrone Saddam Hussein over the long haul." (pajamasmedia.com)	(154)
	Americans on health care bill: Can we just scrap it and start over with a new one? White House: Yes we can (prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com)	(368)
	Senate hopeful suggests Obama got his birth certificate through identity theft (azcentral.com)	(216)
	Why does Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison refuse to meet with the man who called him "more dangerous to American values than terrorist attacks?" What are you trying to hide Mr. Ellison? (corner.nationalreview.com)	(86)
	Argentina moves on Falkland Islands. This is not a repeat from 1982 (news.bbc.co.uk)	(129)
(Some youth in asia)	Good news everyone. Canadian socialized health care now covers "palliative sedatives." (montrealgazette.com)	(66)
	"'I voted twice and I failed political science twice," said Darin Stevens, leader of the Spokane 9/12 Project.' (nytimes.com)	(111)
(Political Wire)	Clinton: "I hope I'll have two asterisks: one is 'they impeached him,' and the other is 'He stood up to them and beat them. And he beat them like a yard dog.'" (politicalwire.com)	(214)
	From the looks of things, Lybia is trying to start a land war with...Switzerland? (news.yahoo.com)	(49)
(Some Guy)	Candidate accuses White House, party officials of rigging election. Stupid paranoid Republica...wait, it's another Democrat? (dailycaller.com)	(81)
	Rupert Murdoch: I took over the liberal rag Wall Street Journal and made it fair and balanced (mediamatters.org)	(82)
(Harpers)	What to do when the former Vice President admits to war crimes on national television? (harpers.org)	(508)
(Ann Althouse)	If Amy Bishop had been a tea partier rather than a hardcore liberal, her political affiliation would still be front-page news (althouse.blogspot.com)	(182)
(Some Guy)	A tardy Sarah Palin finally gets around to voicing her disapproval of Family Guy on the internet (thedailybeast.com)	(267)
	"The entire problem with Bayh and ["centrists"] like him is that the "middle" has nothing to do with staking out policy positions. It has to do with staking out political positions." (ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com)	(64)
	The 2010 census hasn't started yet, and the federal government has already wasted millions of dollars in a breathtaking display of incompetence. But don't worry, they'll get health care right (breitbart.com)	(380)
	Obama administration steers $100,000 straight into the gaping maw of Clinton friend in no-bid contract scandal (foxnews.com)	(206)
	Someone of "Joe the Plumber stature" to rally the kids, the most popular games like "Dance Revolution", a rap/jam session, and conservative "comedy." Welcome to XTREME CONSERVATISM (foxnews.com)	(89)
	Just 6 percent of Americans think the $787 billion stimulus plan created jobs, despite economists saying the streets are now overflowing with smiling widgetmakers without a care in the world (thehill.com)	(144)
	More than 80 conservative leaders will gather at Mount Vernon to issue a political manifesto. Article I: Get that pinko out of the White House (washingtonpost.com)	(229)
	There are those who love Sarah Palin, and there are those who hate Sarah Palin. And they are all equally living in Fantasyland (washingtonpost.com)	(140)
	The Republican party platform of 1956. How times have changed (dailykos.com)	(578)
	Passenger gets pissed off at Mitt Romney before takeoff for no real reason, with the expected result (myfoxboston.com)	(168)
	Obama approves the construction of the first new nuclear reactors in thirty years. Republicans call emergency meeting to determine what they don't like about this (news.yahoo.com)	(455)
(Castanet)	Mayor refuses to participate in deliberations on his own pay, and when council gives him a raise of almost $2,800, writes an equivalent check back to the town (castanet.net)	(35)

Mon February 15, 2010

	Does Barack Obama want to impose martial law? Short answer: No. Long answer: Noooooooo (alternet.org)	(302)
	Ken Starr appointed president of Baylor University. Promises to get to the bottom of student affairs (chron.com)	(71)
	White House revamps communications strategy, decides that the problem is that Obama hasn't gotten out there and visibly delivered his message enough (washingtonpost.com)	(271)
	Kim Jong-il urged to run for Rep. John Murtha's vacant congressional seat (content.usatoday.com)	(96)
	John Senator Mellencamp (dailykos.com)	(56)
	Joseph Farah: "never have I stated that Obama was not born in the United States. " (wnd.com)	(364)
	Rachel Maddow's incredible week: How one woman is trying to change this nation's trajectory (dailykos.com)	(592)
	Top 10 Forgettable Presidents. This is bad news.....for Van Buren (time.com)	(124)
	Oh great. Now Obama's KIDS are endangering America (dailykos.com)	(175)
	Well, Bayh (politico.com)	(394)
	Georgia's Office of Student Achievement released its devastating report on suspected test tampering in Georgia schools last week. There is an investigation into these accusations .... by the same schools that were altering test scores (ajc.com)	(53)
	Palin plays politician to a crowd full of lefties (google.com)	(173)
	Reporter shows up to report on BNP press conference. Things get rough when they start to play "I've got your nose" (timesonline.co.uk)	(134)
	Obama to ask Clinton to ask Saudi Arabia to ask China to pressure Iran on its nuclear program (news.bbc.co.uk)	(41)
	Michelle Malkin: "Sufficient time has passed" to "speak ill" of Jack Murtha. No word on the shelf life of ping pong jokes (rawstory.com)	(65)
	Texas politician and Hair Magnate to announce "miracle" grooming product that blows as much hot air as he does (blogs.chron.com)	(43)
(Los Angeles Daily News)	California about to remind Obama & Pelosi it's where Reagan & Nixon came from (dailynews.com)	(131)
	While the rest of the nation fights over Obamacare, Tennessee's own "TennCare" system has been a resounding success these past several years. Just kidding, it consumes 24% of their budget and is still under tremendous debt (tennessean.com)	(317)
	General Stanley McChrystal apologizes to Hamid Karzai for raining down fiery hot freedom and democracy on 12 Afghan civilians. "Oops, our bad, dude" (bloomberg.com)	(32)