| Source | Fark Headline | Comments | |
| Rangers manager Ron Washington admits he used various drugs as a player. "I'm not proud of it," he said, "but I want everyone to know that these were isolated incidents. Thousands and thousands of isolated incidents." (sports.yahoo.com) | (21) | ||
| More regrets from the Bush Administration. Now they know how we feel (aolnews.com) | (61) | ||
| The IMF admits unrestrained free market policies might be a bad idea (npr.org) | (95) |
| Liberals didn't much care for Bush's rhetoric when he called for bin Laden to be captured "dead or alive." Obama's administration proves their superior sophistication by dropping the "alive" option altogether (news.yahoo.com) | (192) |
| Never tell a madman with a silly mustache you risked the Third Reich on the security of cloud computing (networkworld.com) | (10) | ||
| The government's use of legal exemptions to keep records secret rose during President Barack Obama's first year in office. Most.secretive.administration.ever (abcnews.go.com) | (118) | ||
| Tea party leader admits that the Tea Party is over. Beer Party sign-up booth to the left (huffingtonpost.com) | (183) |
| Karl Rove on Iraq: "The suggestion that somehow or another the administration had as its policy, we're going to go into Iraq and take their resource and pay for the war is not accurate" (thinkprogress.org) | (222) |
| Just in case you needed more proof the Obama administration is Anti-American (aolnews.com) | (117) | ||
| RE: Female teachers doing their students - "They may be having a transitional crisis in their lives and welcome the admiration of a student who essentially puts them on a pedestal" (and then drills them mercilessly) (cnn.com) | (110) | ||
| Utah House leader admits to naked hot-tubbing with a 15-year old girl. Was that wrong? Should he not have done that? (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) | (227) | ||
| Rudolph the Cadmium-nosed reindeer....had an atomic number 48 nooooose (blogs.mcall.com) | (52) | ||
| Since Ari Fleischer is helping out Tiger Woods get his tarnished image cleaned up again, let's take a look at some of the other Bush Administration flacks and what they're up to now (tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com) | (31) | ||
| John Cho says "A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas," could shoot in June, even though Kumar, or Kutner or whatever the hell his name is, is in now the Obama Administration. NPH is going to be in though, that's all that matters anyway (slashfilm.com) | (36) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Israel now admits they were using human shields, but says it has nothing to do with diffusing the UN report that accused Israel of doing things like using human shields (mondoweiss.net) | (85) | |
| Iran wins in simulation versus United States. Iran will win in the real world too. I guess that's not what you wanted to read (washingtontimes.com) | (390) |
| George Will describes Obama as a "progressive Wilsonian." Basically, it's the "longing to replace the governance of people by the administration of things" (washingtonpost.com) | (116) |
| Fresh off an armed raid of three bars for violating a silly administrative policy on beer, State Police raid a city beer distributor and seize cases of expensive Belgian and German brews (philly.com) | (118) | ||
| There are several things the Democrat Party will never admit about the Obamacare boondoggle, the most despicable of which is that they think it's "the right thing to do." What a bunch of bleeding-heart pansies (article.nationalreview.com) | (69) |
| Cherish that marlin, for it may be your last: Obama administration is no fan of recreational sport fishing or the clearly unenlightened brutes who engage in it (sports.espn.go.com) | (69) | ||
| You know what would be great for the jobless? An FDR-style public works program. But the Obama administration won't allow it because it's too covered with labor union pocket lint (theatlantic.com) | (66) |
| In a suprise to nobody. Gay guy from Will and Grace admits he's gay (eonline.com) | (89) |
| (Not Even Tongue-In-Cheek) | Gene Simmons can't stand Oasis or the Gallagher brothers. However, he is admittedly a fan of Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys, and Keane. This news is expected to drive KISS fans wild and drive them crazy (spinner.com) | (30) |
| Riding a bicycle on treadmill = Fail (liveleak.com) | (27) | ||
| (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) |
| Rumors spike about Chicago getting second NFL team. Mayor meets with former commish, and admits subject comes up. Fark: also wants second baseball team in addition to White Sox (wbbm780.com) | (112) | ||
| 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) | ||
| (Brisbane Times) | "A lot of us are screwed", admits porn star (brisbanetimes.com.au) | (380) |
| (TheDailyBeast) | Jello Biafra discusses Jerry Brown, admits being wrong about 'California Über Alles': "When Ronald Reagan won in 1980, I realized I kind of misfired" (thedailybeast.com) | (56) | |
| 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) |
| OK Go follows up their famous treadmill dance video with an amazing Rube Goldberg machine video (gizmodo.com) | (69) |
| Health insurer admits that the US healthcare system is completely broken (latimes.com) | (162) | ||
| President Obama prepares for 2012 election by appointing his chief campaign fundraiser as new White House Social Secretary. You gotta admit - the man is efficient (politico.com) | (40) |
| Obama administration meets with dozens of religious organizations, and one atheist organization. Sean Hannity reacts: "Why is Obama giving special treatment to atheists?" (mediamatters.org) | (141) | ||
| Hey, the Catholic Church now owns all images of Jesus apparently, and they admitted they watched Roland Emmerich's 2012 (io9.com) | (152) |
| I'm not a 9/11 truther, says former Obama administration "green job czar," I just willingly put my signature on stuff that I haven't read and have no intention of reading (huffingtonpost.com) | (334) | ||
| (News-Leader.com) | Hospital admits those receiving certain cancer treatment last year were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. A spokesperson for the patients indicated that he was, "angry, and you wouldn't like [him] when [he's] angry." (news-leader.com) | (41) |
| Obama administration arrests, Mirandizes, prosecutes in the civilian system, gets guilty plea from a dangerous terrorist in a triumph of the American justice system. Republican response: Not a single word (mediamatters.org) | (172) | ||
| Obama administration's "pay czar" discovers that Wall Street is a different world: "Compensation is a surrogate for worth, for integrity, for value. It's not just about private schools and fast cars and mansions" (thehill.com) | (69) |
| Jimmy Carter objects to comparisons with Obama; thinks Carter administration was FAR better (news.yahoo.com) | (74) |
| Leaked Interior Dept document shows Obama Administration planning to create "stealth" national monuments (deseretnews.com) | (211) |
| Nice try: airport administrator negotiating deal to ease Delta's stranglehold on Atlanta. Trying too hard: administrator leaves spy pen in meeting room to record Delta's conversations (ajc.com) | (24) | ||
| (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) | (155) |
| Bush administration lawyers used poor judgment, though they didn't commit professional misconduct, when they wrote memos authorizing torture (bloomberg.com) | (305) |
| (Some Guy) | After openly admitting they have no idea if it's a valid concern, California politicians decide to slap radiation hazard labels on cell phones (sanluisobispo.com) | (33) | |
| 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) | ||
| The Pulitzer Prize Board reverses an administrator's earlier objection and permits the National Enquirer to submit their John Edwards coverage for award consideration in two categories (gawker.com) | (63) |
| (US Magazine) | You may have to sit down for this one: Jersey Shore's JWoww and Snooki admit they are not Italian (usmagazine.com) | (98) | |
| 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) | ||
| Akon admits that he's the one to blame for you having to hear Lady Gaga's name mentioned 11 times every farking day (starpulse.com) | (47) |
| Obama administration grants Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitians illegally residing in United States. If only there were some kind of report summarizing the government's efforts to keep track of them (abcnews.go.com) | (137) | ||
| Seattle librarian admits she's never read Robert Heinlein or seen "Star Trek", but suggests these four novels for sci-fi newbie readers (blog.seattlepi.com) | (162) |
| (Harpers) | What to do when the former Vice President admits to war crimes on national television? (harpers.org) | (508) | |
| Obama administration steers $100,000 straight into the gaping maw of Clinton friend in no-bid contract scandal (foxnews.com) | (206) |
| Google admits to screwing up Buzz, vows to be less evil (boston.com) | (45) |
| (KTVI) | Obama administration gives gas station $43,000 to fill tires with nitrogen. Submitter is waiting for his Monster cable stimulus grant to come through (fox2now.com) | (118) |
| Obama administration pushes for warrantless cellphone tracking, promises that your chocolate rations will be increased to compensate (news.cnet.com) | (146) | ||
| USAG: We've tried 300 terrorists in civilian court. GOP/Fox News: [Citation Needed] USAG: Sure, this Bush admin document. Awkward (npr.org) | (191) |
| 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) | ||
| 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) |
| Convicted felon, terrorist enabler and known liar Oliver North worries the repeal of DADT will encourage NAMBLA members to get gay married (rawstory.com) | (130) |
| (The Daily Swarm) | Blogger pays tribute to rock doc 'Decline of Western Civilization P2: The Metal years': "Some of these folks are hungry in more than just the figurative sense. A few even admit to being so broke that they date women for meals" (thedailyswarm.com) | (18) | |
| (Lowell Sun) | Headmaster says there's a lot of girl-on-girl action at his school, but he's afraid to try for a threesome. "If I did, I'd get punched" (lowellsun.com) | (123) |
| The CBO takes a look at the House GOP's "Roadmap for America's Future" -- "The Roadmap would put the federal budget on a sustainable path, generating an annual budget surplus of about 5 percent of GDP by 2080." (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) | (180) | ||
| It's official: Even the head of Taylor Swift's label admits she can't sing (news-briefs.ew.com) | (133) |
| Obama administration picks recipients of high-speed rail installations. Hmm... if only these states had something in common (wired.com) | (434) | ||
| Academy admits that they nominated higher than usual number of flicks for Best Picture in hopes of getting more people to watch the Oscars (online.wsj.com) | (44) |
| Photoshop these anxious administrators (s.wsj.net) | (42) | ||
| John Murtha admitted to intensive care (abcnews.go.com) | (325) | ||
| Gangs are using Facebook and Twitter more often. Tomorrow, see Part 2 of this series, titled "Gangs getting busted for admitting crimes on Facebook, Twitter more often" (suntimes.com) | (49) | ||
| Israel finally admits illegal use of white phosphorus in Gaza... buried in paragraph 108 of a report released on Friday afternoon. Oh, and the officers involved got really firm wrist slaps, too (news.bbc.co.uk) | (730) |
| Top ranking Republican admits they have no interest in bipartisanship. Congressional Dems will still grovel for approval (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) | (507) | ||
| Finally, a woman admits she's bisexual and the confession is in no way hot; seriously, none of us would ever touch Amy Winehouse (contactmusic.com) | (58) |
| 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) |
| 'Princess and Frog' pendants recalled for ...[throws dart at periodic table]... cadmium (abcnews.go.com) | (22) | ||
| (Spinner) | Charlie Watts admits being more of a jazz fan, thinks The Beatles and Elvis suck: "The Stones are merely an annoying pastime" (spinner.ca) | (18) | |
| Hayden Panettiere is now a redhead, and has admitted to being drawn to older men. Just in case any Farkers find this relevant to their interests (stuff.co.nz) | (192) |
| Obama will cancel NASA's moon program and make the agency study global warming instead "We certainly don't need to go back to the moon," said one administration official, who sucks (orlandosentinel.com) | (541) | ||
| (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) |
| (Some Favre Lover) | "That's the thing about Brett Favre: He's not afraid to throw interceptions. You have to admire him for that." (bleedinggreennation.com) | (182) |
| Bill Gates says that it will take the U.S. years to recover from the Bush Administration, and it's going to cost you too (news.yahoo.com) | (432) | ||
| Glitch in airline's computer allows customers to buy first class tickets for $2.90. Instead of canceling tickets, company admits it was their mistake and says passengers get to keep them (news.yahoo.com) | (47) |
| Obama administration task force says more than a quarter of Gitmo detainees should be held indefinitely because they're a threat to the US like Rex Ryan is a threat to a pizza (washingtonpost.com) | (75) | ||
| Former NFL QB and ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury finally admits that he used his cell phone to take pics of his junk and displayed it to others (usatoday.com) | (39) |
| Today's Admiral Ackbar approved headline: "Iranians invite Israeli minister to come sightseeing" (news.bbc.co.uk) | (58) |
| Subby shocked to learn that his 18 year old nubile, pneumatic, nymphomaniac, broadminded Swedish cheerleader on-line girlfriend may not be who he actually says he is (news.com.au) | (126) |
| What do Pavement, Vampire Weekend, Tiësto, Faith No More, Deadmau5, David Guetta, MGMT, Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz have in common? If you answered "I wish they'd play Coachella in 2010", you're about to be very happy (content.usatoday.com) | (78) |
| (Some Guy) | Eleven year old builds a home made motion detector as a science project at school. Administrators do the only sensible thing (sdnn.com) | (264) | |
| Three months after the fact, the Obama administration finally agrees that the Ft. Hood attack was that T-thing (foxnews.com) | (320) |
| "If you think that the Nebraska deal was unpopular, just wait until the administration announces higher taxes on everyone but its friends in the labor movement." (meganmcardle.theatlantic.com) | (268) |
| Obama admits he hasn't united the country yet. But the way his approval numbers are falling, it's only a matter of time |
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| Farker quoted for ripping into NBC: "The show 'was performing at acceptable levels for the network' but 'did not meet our affiliates' needs,' If that's not an admission of incompetence, I'm not sure what is" (thrfeed.com) | (10) |
| Obama administration abandons "jobs saved or created" metric, adopts new "hey we gave you money" metric (blogs.abcnews.com) | (58) | ||
| Former Bush DOJ lawyer and "torture memo" author John Yoo describing his many briefings with the President crafting the administration's views on what is and isn't torture: "I've never met the man." (tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) | (72) | ||
| Canada's second oldest magazine, proudly named "The Beaver" for more than 90 years, has finally admitted defeat in the face of modern-day perverts and spam filters and changed its name (canada.com) | (84) | ||
| (Daily Caller) | "ObamaCare is great" says completely objective MIT professor who snagged $392,600 in no-bid contracts from the Obama Administration (dailycaller.com) | (80) | |
| (Chronicle of Higher Ed) | Admitting you don't recycle is like saying you want to boff Satan on a stack of burning Bibles: Environmentalism is the new secular religion (chronicle.com) | (314) |
| In a move that surprises nobody outside of St. Louis, Mark McGwire admits to steroid usage (abcnews.go.com) | (396) |
| M.I.A. says she's an untalented, terrible singer. About time someone admits it. Hopefully, other musicians will come out and admit they too are untalented. I'm looking at you, Nickelback, Creed, Jack White, and Animal Collective (contactmusic.com) | (66) |
| Giuliani clarifies his "no terrorist attacks under the Bush administration" by saying he "clearly was referring to the time after 9/11" (blogs.abcnews.com) | (378) | ||
| Obama Administration's review of intelligence mistakes contains intelligence mistakes (abcnews.go.com) | (28) |
| (ha'aretz) | Obama Administration to Israelis and Palestinians: We are sick and tired of your bullshiate and have better things to do than babysit you two. Have a nice day (haaretz.com) | (179) | |
| Pelosi admits Obama campaign promises were BS (politico.com) | (353) | ||
| (Popeater.com) | TV Chef Padma Lakshmi reportedly having a baby girl. Article includes pic that prominently displays the kid's upcoming menu choices (popeater.com) | (124) |
| Former Bush officials support Obama's anti-terror policies but are afraid to admit it publicly because it might anger the Cheney (huffingtonpost.com) | (145) | ||
| Attention Tea-baggers: No matter how principled your disagreement with the administration's policies, that message gets lost when you express it by hanging an effigy of the president from a noose (news.yahoo.com) | (322) | ||
| I, Donald Williams, do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons....under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me Merriam-Webster (upi.com) | (193) |
| Gilbert Arenas admits that pulling a gun on a teammate in the locker room was "bad judgment". Whew... glad we got that cleared up. Move along, nothing to see here (cbsnews.com) | (34) |
| How socialized medicine really works: "Your uncle is the hospital administrator? Well then, just skip all those annoying waiting lines." (hotair.com) | (141) | ||
| Obama administration's $75 billion program to protect homeowners from foreclosure has done more harm than good, says noted Conservative rag (nytimes.com) | (48) |
| Administration officials say new executive order doesn't allow INTERPOL to do any more than they were allowed to do once Reagan recognized them as a public international organization EVERYBODY PAN- oh, wait; never mind (blogs.abcnews.com) | (61) | ||
| Gallup poll finds that Republicans admire Obama over Glenn Beck 2:1. Ouch (gallup.com) | (120) | ||
| AP reports that it is easier for athletes to gain admission to universities, cheerleader's pants (sports.espn.go.com) | (147) | ||
| The bleeding-heart ostriches of the left are blaming (who else?) cowboy George W. Bush for radicalizing poor, oppressed Yemenis. They'll never admit that it's time we disabled this jihadi revolving door (townhall.com) | (174) | ||
| (federal times) | Obama directs agencies to classify less, reveal more. GOP shuffles through talking points, looks for the file marked "Obama Administration TOO transparent' (federaltimes.com) | (207) | |
| "ObamaCare is not about the healthcare. It is about passing something- anything- to keep the Obama administration from ending up with egg on its face by being unable to pass a bill" (realclearpolitics.com) | (468) |
| California cuts free mammograms for low-income women, despite thousands of volunteers willing to administer the test for free (newsweek.com) | (242) | ||
| After a sleepless, overnight flight to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month, President Barack Obama made a not altogether surprising admission. He was tired (myfoxdc.com) | (90) | ||
| Administration finally fires someone over Black Panther voter intimidation case. Naturally, it's the guy who investigated the case, not whoever covered it up (washingtonexaminer.com) | (640) |
| Obama Administration wants to ensure that we don't develop moobies by drinking tap water. That's change we all want to avoid (seattletimes.nwsource.com) | (75) |
| Israel admits harvesting organs from Palestinians who didn't need them any more. Predictably, the anti-semites are making this sound bad (guardian.co.uk) | (520) |
| Karzai announces that he will be keeping half his existing cabinet in his new administration. The other half couldn't pony up the cash (washingtonpost.com) | (27) |
| Here's a tip for gate agents: if you've just told a TV personality who volunteered to get off a flight that his reward is a 6 hour layover, it's probably not a good idea to add, "Don't badmouth us on TV" (consumerist.com) | (93) | ||
| DOJ tells lawyers not to cooperate with U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Strangely, this is from the Obama Administration, and not the George Wallace Administration in parallel universe 21 (washingtontimes.com) | (175) |
| White House computer technicians discover 22 million previously missing Bush administration emails despite having to use keyboards lacking "W" keys (foxnews.com) | (258) | ||
| The official Bishop for the British armed forces would just like to apologise for expressing his admiration for the Taliban (news.bbc.co.uk) | (48) |
| Instead of taking everybody's guns, gun laws have actually loosened during the Obama administration. "This is all a coordinated approach to respect that human, God-given right of self defense by law-abiding Americans" (hosted.ap.org) | (248) | ||
| Bird-shaped restaurant headed for auction. Owners not expecting to tern a profit, but admit they have no egrets. Yes, these puns are ostrich, but owl bet there'll be more (upi.com) | (90) |
| Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) on the Obama Administration: "these people are not connected to reality" (tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com) | (134) | ||
| Nanny State admits that it has a policy of not encouraging bright students in school because it makes them think they're smarter than other people and that's "elitism" (dailymail.co.uk) | (257) |
| Smith also admitted to police that she sodomized the victim, saying, "that she did this as a joke." (bangordailynews.com) | (313) |
| (Flavorwire) | It's hard to admit, but what some people thought would be "The Jimmy Fallon Nervous Giggle and Awkward Audience Silence Hour" has actually turned out to be pretty cool (flavorwire.com) | (92) | |
| Media admits they're very, very thankful for their early present this holiday season: "God bless Tiger" (blogs.news.sky.com) | (29) |
| Joe Lieberman (I-nsurance industry) admits public option will save money, will kill it to protect insurer profits (washingtonpost.com) | (313) | ||
| The Obama administration's attitude is that the federal government can do good things, if only we put the best and brightest people--them--in charge of it (online.wsj.com) | (160) | ||
| Admittedly, Scotswomen do tend to be somewhat round, pale and lumpy, but that's still no reason to go after one with a potato peeler (news.stv.tv) | (54) |
| U.S. Air Force ends ban on recruits with tattoos on their saluting arms, admitting yeah, they'll pretty much take whatever they can get these days (guardian.co.uk) | (374) |
| (Some Guy) | Today's headline that you never thought you'd read: "Well known badminton player dies" (nwemail.co.uk) | (9) |
| Democrats who complained about Medicare Part D when the Bush administration enacted it are now going to address it in the health care bill. By making it worse (online.wsj.com) | (25) | ||
| (Some Guy) | Woman admits to killing her 18-year-old sister over a pair of hair straighteners. (w/ ugly sister-hot sister picture) (heraldsun.com.au) | (235) |
| "James T Kirk, the Star Trek captain, was based on a young new president, John F Kennedy... the Obama administration is part of a 1960s-type revival. Except this time, Kirk isn't in charge. Spock is" (3news.co.nz) | (173) |
| Giants QB Eli Manning will have more time to admire his Citizen watch while he's out for the year with a foot injury (nydailynews.com) | (77) |
| Scientists admit that they dump...that the dog ate much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based (timesonline.co.uk) | (382) |
| Rich town will install cameras to photograph every license plate entering town and instantly alert police if they spot a stolen car, a wanted criminal, or the sysadmin's ex-wife's new boyfriend (sfgate.com) | (120) | ||
| (KSNT) | Under the new administration, sex slavery for the mentally handicapped is no longer on the list of Medicare-approved therapies (ksnt.com) | (118) | |
| Half of drivers age 18-34 admit texting on the road; the other half reponded with ;) (suntimes.com) | (370) |