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Sun March 07, 2010

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Oh dear God no: Sharon Osbourne wants to run for a political office. Crisis averted: In Britain, where her shenanigans won't affect us. Dodged a bullet there, didn't we? (contactmusic.com)	(30)
(Some Guy)		Victoria Jackson sings "There's a Communist Living in the White House." Scroll down for the cutest video you ever did see. Seriously, she's adorable (newsrealblog.com)	(205)
(Second Amendment March)		So, a bunch of gun nuts are going to be marching in a second amendment demonstration in DC. On April 19th. The anniversary of Waco and the OKC bombing. I'm sure that's just a coincidence (secondamendmentmarch.com)	(489)
(Michael Moore)		Michael Moore wants to replace Rahm Emanuel, only wants a dollar a year, a cot in the White House basement, unlimited all you can eat buffets (michaelmoore.com)	(48)
		Tom Delay: "People are unemployed because they want to be." Yes, that's what he said (huffingtonpost.com)	(242)
		Obama's health care is "a bill granting every American a free federally delivered ice cream every Sunday morning." Why do Republicans hate ice cream? (realclearpolitics.com)	(122)
		If it's Sunday, John McCain must be lying again (videocafe.crooksandliars.com)	(130)
		Seven men arrested for praying in a parking lot. Oddly enough, the "I will pray wherever I want" brigade completely silent. Aaah, yeah, the men are Muslim (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(123)
		Virginia AG tells colleges to strike language protecting gays from discrimination. Well, Virginia, these past few years have been fun, welcome back to the Stone Age (google.com)	(234)
		In a few years all the CO2 we've been pumping out might not even matter any more (timesonline.co.uk)	(198)
		It turns out that Scientology is a real religion after all (nytimes.com)	(125)
		The Clinton family thinking about putting their little one into a Jewish Marriage Ceremony. Bill reminded the last time he put his little one into something Jewish, it didn't turn out so good (google.com)	(44)
		How is our Predator program in Afghanistan and Pakistan like a Meatloaf hit song? (rawstory.com)	(229)

Sat March 06, 2010

(LEO weekly)	"What do Fox News and pâté have in common? They're both popular with crackers" (leoweekly.com)	(114)
	David Axelrod, Obama's unofficial Director of the Socialist Communist Takeover, spills all on why Obama's presidency has failed so quickly (nytimes.com)	(71)
	You're totally in dude. You just gave her the coolest and most unique present she's ever seen. Or so you thought (telegraph.co.uk)	(33)
	McCain's anti DADT letter includes signatures of dead guys and generals who never signed it, there's even a one that was put there by the wife of a guy who was already dead and had Alzheimer's for the six years prior (thinkprogress.org)	(103)
	Obama now looking to screw up immigration like he screwed up health care: By adding an additional 20 million people to it (latimes.com)	(193)
	Mitt Romney thinks Sarah Palin is qualified to be President, which makes me wonder if Mitt Romney is qualified to be President (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(189)
	Blondoleezza (news.yahoo.com)	(67)
	A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon we're talking about real money (thehill.com)	(112)
(Business Insider)	50 reasons why "reform" will destroy the best healthcare system in the world (businessinsider.com)	(308)

Fri March 05, 2010

	Obama's secret plan to steal the 2012 elections (wnd.com)	(470)
	Good news: only 36,000 people lost their jobs today. Bad news: members of congress still employed (voices.kansascity.com)	(51)
	73% of Americans say Obama is not black (pewresearch.org)	(145)
	Rep. Eric Massa (D-generate) resigns after pulling a Mark Foley (politico.com)	(60)
	Obviously that crazed nutjob who attacked the Pentagon is a teabagger. He's one of those Truther, Bush-hating, registered Democrat teabaggers (michellemalkin.com)	(256)
	"Expunge straight women from the military and you've cleansed the force of the toxic effect they have on esprit de corps, and on rates of illegitimacy and welfarism." (wnd.com)	(115)
	Another moonbeam loving pinko commie lib calls out the Tea Party for its 'innate racism'. Wait, it was Meghan McCain? (blogs.abcnews.com)	(199)
	Nancy Pelosi says there's no link between nice, fat, juicy earmarks immediately following nice, fat, juicy campaign contributions. Next up: Debunking the link between sex and pregnancy (reason.com)	(85)
	Turns out, all that fear mongering the Republicans were doing to raise money isn't working (politico.com)	(64)
	Stephen Colbert makes Sean Hannity his biatch. Literally (colbertnation.com)	(204)
	Following Carly Fiorina's attempt to woo the furry vote, Republican candidate JD Hayworth depicts John McCain as Na'Vi in a new campaign ad (huffingtonpost.com)	(71)
	Anti-gay GOP Senator arrested for DUI- who denied coming from a gay bar- is a regular at gay bars, says gay mayor (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(218)
	NBC adds a laugh track to Sarah Palin's Tonight Show appearance. Turns out Palin is about as funny as Jay Leno after all (dailykos.com)	(90)
	Palin-Americans get fired up about video by The Onion that touts Obama being caught lip-synching a speech (dailykos.com)	(218)
	Now that Israel and Turkey are all pissy at each other, Turkey can't get the U.S. pro-Israeli lobby to ensure the U.S. congress doesn't accuse Turkey of an Armenian Genocide (jpost.com)	(59)
(Army Times)	To show support while continuing two wars in a time of record deficits and struggling economy, Obama Administration seeks lowest military pay increase since 1973 at 1.4% (armytimes.com)	(190)
	It's over, folks. George W. Bush has won the Iraq War. Jonah Goldberg awaits your apology (article.nationalreview.com)	(343)
	Obama advisers attempt to dance around the not-so-fierce urgency of realizing Bush had the right idea about those 9/11 trials after all (washingtonpost.com)	(351)
	Socialists protesting California education cuts really could have used some better primary schools (pajamasmedia.com)	(309)
	Upbeat White House describes passing health care reform as "the last helicopter out of Saigon" (online.wsj.com)	(97)

Thu March 04, 2010

(Some Guy)	Karl Rove contends President Bush didn't knowingly mislead the nation into the Iraq war (motherjones.com)	(202)
	Celebrate Women's History Month with a review of apoplectic liberal misogyny directed towards strong, intelligent conservative women (michellemalkin.com)	(200)
	In a poll to determine who in the Republican primary will run against Alan Grayson (D-FL), the leader by a wide margin is Alan Grayson (D-FL) (huffingtonpost.com)	(69)
(Politifact.com)	Surprisingly, Obama might actually know what he is doing (politifact.com)	(185)
	Obama 2007: We must negotiate with our enemies as well as our friends. Obama 2010: We're only going to negotiate with our friends (politico.com)	(65)
	Add Twilight to the list of Karl Marx's atrocities (corner.nationalreview.com)	(34)
	Obama administration pledges $8 billion for national high-speed rail, and the only thing high speed about it is how fast that money is going to go from your wallet to a huge white elephant (video) (reason.com)	(459)
	Democrats choose Rep. Sander Levin to chair Ways and Means, passing over the more senior Rep. Pete Stark, a raving looney who makes Jim Traficant look sane (washingtonpost.com)	(50)
	Bush might have been able to get rid of North Korea's despotic government if he'd known he had a secret weapon: Moon Pies (news.yahoo.com)	(46)
	Sean Hannity, master of keeping a straight face, on Palin: "I think she's smarter than Obama" (mediamatters.org)	(327)
	Another House Democratic "yes" on health care is lost, which means Speaker Pelosi has 216 "yes" votes, the exact number needed to pass the bill. Don't anybody move or breathe (blogs.abcnews.com)	(196)
	Sarah Palin, hater of the liberal Hollywood elite, and her entourage described as "like locusts" when they descended on the Oscar gifting suite (eonline.com)	(165)
	Old and busted: 30 Senate Republicans vote against anti-rape bill sponsored by Democrats. New Hotness: 153 House Republicans vote against anti-child abuse in schools bill sponsored by Democrats (dailykos.com)	(223)
	Obama-era Bipartisanship: while Republicans are trying to dismantle his healthcare bill, Senate democrats are trying to neuter his financial reform package (news.yahoo.com)	(20)
	Obama just happens to name appeals court nominee this week who just happens to be the brother of House Democrat who just happens to be undecided about health care (weeklystandard.com)	(167)
	Bush's $760 billion tax cuts were passed via reconciliation, yet the media did not cover it like it was a gimmick, a nuclear explosion, or a forcible rape of American citizens (mediamatters.org)	(414)
	Rachel Maddow tweet-slaps Orrin Hatch. Kinky (dailykos.com)	(103)
	Joe Lieberman (I-CT) introduces a bill to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," don't think we forgot about health care Joe, but today, you're not a total dick (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(126)
(Washington Examiner)	President Obama, meet Senator Obama on reconciliation: "Under the rules, the reconciliation process does not permit that debate. Reconciliation is therefore the wrong place for policy changes" (washingtonexaminer.com)	(274)
	Unemployed and on disability for the past 25 years? No work experience? Arguably illiterate? Need a job? Simple solution: run for election to the Texas State Board of Education as a Republican (mysanantonio.com)	(94)
	Today's "married Republican making inappropriate advances towards young male staffer" is NY Democrat Rep. Eric Massa (politico.com)	(100)
	"Family values" Republican legislator arrested for DUI after drinking at gay nightclub (cbs13.com)	(174)
	The Outrage is here (cnn.com)	(101)
	Senator Bunning writes op-ed explaining why he held up the vote. Looks like he's not the one that's the d*ck after all (blogs.usatoday.com)	(237)
	Washington is working just fine. It's us that's broken (newsweek.com)	(69)
	GOP: We don't like your plan. Obama: Let's include some of your ideas. GOP: We don't like our plan (reuters.com)	(173)
	Louisiana Sheriff forms a posse out of scared overweight McCain supporters and arms them with shotguns, riot shields, and .50 caliber equiped "war wagon" (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(135)

Wed March 03, 2010

	News: Political document found declares Republican donors as ego-maniacs who respond to fear. Fark: It's an RNC fundraiser presentation (politico.com)	(203)
	Canadian national anthem to be made gender-neutral. Kind of like Canadians (cbc.ca)	(56)
	Michelle Bachmann vs Alan Grayson debating health care on Larry King tonight. Popcorn in lap, comments to the right (huffingtonpost.com)	(562)
	Teach for America volunteers have been credited by Obama's education secretary as key to huge improvements in post-Katrina New Orleans schools. Naturally, the teachers' union in Detroit is fighting it tooth and nail (detnews.com)	(63)
	Saudia Arabia is becoming more liberal as Israel is turning more theocratic, writes a credulous Maureen Dowd, who took a break from her research into Moon cheese and monkey fishing to write a column (nytimes.com)	(105)
	What your children will learn in history class: "Single-term President Barack Obama sacrificed his second term to push Health Care through Congress for the benefit of the American people" (reuters.com)	(392)
	Obama to Bunning: "Let me just sign this real quick so we can watch some college basketball" (whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com)	(112)
	Australia is not likely to jeopardize its supply of Matzoh balls over a few measley cases of identity theft (csmonitor.com)	(15)
	New York Governor in trouble again after he got free tickets to listen to Game One of the World Series (nytimes.com)	(35)
	Step 1: Obama nominates highly qualified judge for Federal Court. Step 2: Republicans filibuster her for 124 days. Step 3: After 4 months, judge is confirmed by the Senate 99-0 (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(180)
	Elections are bad for democracy (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(121)
(Pharyngula)	Repent Amarillo is the American Taliban come to life. Sort of like if Fred Phelps and his clan had humvees and fatigues and went to funerals ready to kill the mourners, then wrote their license plates down to harass them later (scienceblogs.com)	(306)
	GOP lawmakers dismiss the results of a 9-month Pentagon study on the effects of repealing "don't ask, don't tell" as "obviously biased" because it doesn't agree with them (abcnews.go.com)	(222)
	Jim Bunning is just a d*ck (thedailyshow.com)	(623)
	Lucky Birmingham Mayor wins 555 separate jackpots ($1.5 million in total) at casinos owned by campaign donor. What are the odds? (blog.al.com)	(101)
	Don't worry, government single-payer health care is coming: "Whatever reform we get is only the first draft of what must follow: a declaration of independence from the insurance industry" (boston.com)	(293)
(Texas Tribune)	Don McLeroy, prominent creationist, voted off Texas' Board of Education by godless Texas commies (texastribune.org)	(106)
	PMILF told to STFU and GTFO (news.bbc.co.uk)	(36)
	Massachusetts corporate executives work together to influence lawmaking, which makes them unregistered lobbyists for each other, which makes them criminals (bostonherald.com)	(39)
	Former Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies. He was a living leg end (news.sky.com)	(109)
	WND is now making anti-Obama rap videos. That's the joke (wonkette.com)	(101)
	Perry wins Texas gubernatorial primary. Plans to celebrate by taking the midnight train going anywhere (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)	(197)
	Bunning comes to his senses, stops playing childish brinksmanship games and accepts reasonable compromise proposed by Democratic legislators two days ago (voices.washingtonpost.com)	(87)
	Jerry Brown announces scheme to become the "Grover Cleveland" of California governors, come for your uncool niece (cnn.com)	(51)
	To meet the Obama administration's targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Americans may have to experience gas at $7 a gallon. No comment from Al Gore, but he's looking a little nervous after hearing that (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)	(618)
(Some Guy)	Thanks to the US losing to Canada in Olympic Hockey, Obama is sending Canada's prime minister a case of Molson beer, and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs will wear a Canadian jersey during his daily on-camera briefing (vancouversun.com)	(83)
	Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-umbass) will not relinquish his chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. Shocker, right? (foxnews.com)	(53)
	Fun: She gets paid $155,500 a year to sail on yachts, golf, travel to Vegas and help out friends. Not so fun: You're paying her salary (washingtontimes.com)	(80)

Tue March 02, 2010

	Crisis in Chile is finally over after Hillary Clinton delivers 25 phones (abcnews.go.com)	(31)
	Teacher wins right to display God banners in his math class (signonsandiego.com)	(404)
(Some Guy)	Sen. Bunning's office inundated with respectful, calm pleas from lefties to change his position. Just kidding; they're receiving bomb threats (gatewaypundit.firstthings.com)	(304)
	Noted historical scholar Glenn Beck explains how progressivism always leads to Nazism (crooksandliars.com)	(284)
	"The Al Qaeda Seven": International terrorist masterminds? Or some lawyers in the DOJ Liz Cheney decided she doesn't like? (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(76)
	Will Obama still be blaming Bush in 2012? (pajamasmedia.com)	(285)
(Some Guy)	Harry Reid (D-ouche) could end Bunning's blockade of spending bill in an eyeblink by just bringing the bill to the floor for a vote. So why doesn't he? (redstate.com)	(117)
	Obama adopts several GOP ideas from healthcare summit in his proposal to congresss. GOP outraged because, well, BECAUSE because. That's why (content.usatoday.com)	(229)
	"Patriot" Groups pose a larger threat to America than Al-Qaeda ever has. This is bad news, for Bill Belichick (aolnews.com)	(155)
	Limbaugh compares Pelosi to a terrorist for saying passing health care is more important than re-election (thinkprogress.org)	(73)
	Not content with treating the US Constitution as a "living document," the religious left and their secular muscle now want to confer the same status on The Bible - another work written by God (bighollywood.breitbart.com)	(229)
	Upon hearing that ACORN is cleared of all charges, Andrew Breitbart throws O'Keefe under the bus (mediamatters.org)	(717)
	Poll shows that Americans have as much faith in an economic recovery right now as they have in Buzz Aldrin winning "Dancing With the Stars" (rasmussenreports.com)	(110)
	USPS considers cutting delivery of Saturday mail due to mountain of debt. But don't worry citizen, government run healthcare will run much more efficiently (money.cnn.com)	(213)
	Liberals insist the country is ungovernable because Obama is exactly like Carter. If only Reagan were here there would be no problems with anything ever (realclearpolitics.com)	(146)
	GOP majority: Filibustering is evil and should be done away with. GOP minority: Ready to set a new record for number of filibusters (google.com)	(148)
	Supreme Court considers overturning the handgun ban that has given Chicago 30 years of nothing but peace and tranquility (abcnews.go.com)	(868)
	Republicans now calling reconciliation "the nuclear option". Progressives wondering what the actual nuclear option will be called now; when they can get that too (abcnews.go.com)	(89)
(Some Sandbagger)	Just in time for spring flooding, Sen Jim Bunning (R-idiculous) blocks renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program (keloland.com)	(223)
	Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly try to define 'progressivism.' That's the joke (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(513)
	While atheists have higher IQs in America, that's not because atheists are actually smarter, but that smart people are more likely to reject the status quo in most situations, and Christianity just happens to be dominant in America (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(177)
	Newt Gingrich: "Universal health care is an Orwellian nightmare straight out of 1984." George Orwell: "I'm a socialist. You know that, right?" (yglesias.thinkprogress.org)	(161)
	Glenn Beck vs. the poodle (npr.org)	(29)
	Republican Senator cuts health care costs for seniors by 21% (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(81)
	The race for the craziest Senator from Arizona took a fun twist: AZ Tea Party refuses to endorse JD 'Tea Party' Hayworth (azcentral.com)	(46)

Mon March 01, 2010

	Obama's physical advised "alcohol in moderation." The right has decided this clearly means he's a raging boozer who needs AA stat (mediamatters.org)	(148)
	Obama last week: starting health care over would be wasteful and pointless. Public: Oh? Enjoy these lower poll numbers. Obama this week: you'll be happy to know I had the GOP write me a new bill. Fark those Dems anyway, amiright? (corner.nationalreview.com)	(80)
	President Obama to visit Savannah on Tuesday to talk up the benefits of his economic stimulus plan to local residents who for some reason have enough free time to come out and see him in the middle of the day (washingtonpost.com)	(86)
	Disgraced congressman Mark Foley is now selling his furniture in order to pay the bills. Apparently there is an "array of elephant-themed paraphernalia, no doubt bittersweet reminders of Foley's political past" (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(40)
(Some Guy)	The photo that could doom the Democrats (thedailybeast.com)	(135)
	Why I regret voting for Obama (realclearpolitics.com)	(358)
	Who's to blame for a scumbag like John Edwards becoming a political player? Pundits point to the press for crappy vetting, while the press blames candidate staff for lying and covering up a douchebag (dyn.politico.com)	(39)
	Warren Buffett says healthcare costs are limiting America's economic growth. But what does he know, stupid liberal (news.yahoo.com)	(141)
	Why Teddy Roosevelt was the most badass president ever: "Death had to take him sleeping, for if Roosevelt had been awake there would have been a fight." (cracked.com)	(86)
	Congressional candidate Barb Davis White (R-MN): "Rosa Parks did not move to the front of the bus to support sodomy." (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)	(192)
	Barack Obama extends Patriot Act for one year, liberating Americans from the burden of privacy (blogs.villagevoice.com)	(262)
	Harry Reid (D-NV) is trailing every Republican in his Senate race. Only one thing can ensure his victory: the Tea Party (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(77)
	Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who's challenging John McCain in Arizona, says he was never a birther and said President Obama wasn't born in the US on his radio show, "to provoke conversation." (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(44)
	Preventing health care reform due to abortion language is like letting a forest burn down for the sake of a bag of acorns (suntimes.com)	(168)
	Jim Bunning's (R-KY) stalling caused 2,000 people to be furloughed, but he missed a Kentucky basketball game, so it's about even (talkingpointsmemo.com)	(73)
	"A guy with high cholesterol who still smokes is ill-suited to play national Health Nanny." (pajamasmedia.com)	(126)
	John McCain ((R-AZy) claims he thought the TARP money was supposed to go to homeowners, not Wall Street (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com)	(135)
	Christopher Hitchens: "For a few hours at least, the United States of America appeared to be - and actually was - a pathetic banana republic" (network.nationalpost.com)	(48)
	Pat Robertson offers compassionate words of encouragement to the people of Chile over their natural tragedy. Just kidding. He says they had it coming for making god angry. Bonus:"...personal hero of mine, Augusto Pinochet" (open.salon.com)	(194)
(Some Birther)	People who think Joseph Farrah is nuts are the "real conspiracy theorists." Reverse vampires unavailable for comment (wnd.com)	(94)
	Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) says that using reconciliation to pass bills will "Kill the Senate." He would know, having voted to use reconciliation four times himself. Game, er, Senate over (thinkprogress.org)	(387)
	Just a tip, Mr. President: Poker? Probably not your game (with video) (newsbusters.org)	(183)