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Headlines matching 'DIA'
Mon May 28, 2012
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(Daily Mail) Followup Canadian hang-glider pilot says he's really sorry he dropped that poor tourist to her death, and he only swallowed the video evidence because his 12-year-old daughter stressed him out  (dailymail.co.uk) (55)
(The wfds) Amusing The WFDS loves the way FARK headlined a recent Nova Scotia story in a truly Canadian way  (thewfds.blogspot.com) (0)
(Globe and Mail) Cool For the first time in history, a Canadian has won one of cycling's Grand Tours  (theglobeandmail.com) (27)


Sun May 27, 2012
(UPI) Silly A survey reveals that one-third of British pet owners would rather go away with their pet on vacation than their immediate family  (upi.com) (68)
(IndyStar) Cool Will Helio get his fourth? Will Andretti slow on the backstretch? How dusty will it get during the Dan Wheldon tributes? It's your official 96th Indianapolis 500 race thread (11am ET, ABC)  (indystar.com) (lots)
(Some Guy) Florida Unnamed cable reality show trolling Craigslist for South Floridians who have "atypical relationship with food." The things people will do for an Emmy  (blogs.browardpalmbeach.com) (15)


Sat May 26, 2012
(CTV) Sick Body found floating in Nova Scotia river stuffed in hockey bag. If this story was any more Canadian, it would be leaking maple syrup  (ctv.ca) (47)
(Science Daily) Cool NASA considering a "tumbleweed rover" to explore Mars; the 6m in diameter sphere would be powered by Martian wind  (sciencedaily.com) (41)
(The Hill) Dumbass Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-erp.) wants better control on your eggs  (thehill.com) (137)
(Toronto Sun) Asinine It's very easy to get a Canadian passport. Unless you happen to be a Canadian citizen  (torontosun.com) (90)


Fri May 25, 2012
(IndyStar) Interesting Susie Wheldon returns to the Speedway, Will Power tries to willpower his way to his first 'big' victory, Ryan Briscoe is confused by a question from his wife. It's your official Indianapolis 500 Carb Day thread  (indystar.com) (59)
(Mirror.co.uk) Cool First female skipper in British Navy's 500-year history takes charge of warship, immediately gets stuck in reverse  (mirror.co.uk) (157)


Thu May 24, 2012
(TSN) Fail Winless team captures Canadian soccer championship  (tsn.ca) (49)
(MSNBC) Obvious Latest polls show Obama leading in three states that are must-win for Romney, including double digit leads among women in each state. Romney campaign immediately files for injunction against mathematics, women's right to vote  (firstread.msnbc.msn.com) (151)
(Google) Obvious Lawyers for 9/11 defendants argue that a fair, impartial trial is impossible after Bush and Obama spent the last 11 years calling them "terrorists" in the national media. This is what happens when you let terrorists have lawyers  (google.com) (87)
(CBC) Interesting Canadian Pacific Railway strike leads to 2,000 layoffs, impromptu hockey games  (cbc.ca) (23)


Wed May 23, 2012
(The New York Observer) Obvious After Saturday hell of Great GoogaMooga, celebrity chef Eddie Huang assesses class of folks who attend food festivals: "Like a monsoon of uncontrollable soul burning diarrhea, the foodies descended upon us"  (observer.com) (18)
(Seattle Times) Photoshop Photoshop this Indiana Jones imitator  (seattletimes.nwsource.com) (30)
(Aggrogate) Interesting 5 tips for Diablo 3. Three are obvious, and two completely break the game  (aggrogate.com) (233)
(Gawker) Scary Conservative media reports that roving gangs of black teens are flash-mobbing across the country in their insatiable search for white flesh  (gawker.com) (461)
(Nature) Fail Russia, Japan, Europe, India and World Superpower Canada are together aiming to establish permanent bases on the Moon. NASA, um, isn't  (blogs.nature.com) (46)
(Washington Post) Stupid JPMorgan Chase executives finally appear before Senate committee to answer for staggering losses. GOP lawmakers immediately attack the blatant irresponsibility, recklessness, and rampant unprofessionalism of ... federal regulators  (washingtonpost.com) (173)
(Hot Air) Unlikely AFL-CIO president beats a piñata with Gov. Nikki Haley's face on it. Thankfully in our post-Giffords assassination attempt era, the mainstream media is quick to report this and Democrats are distancing themselves them the union  (hotair.com) (71)


Tue May 22, 2012
(NPR) Interesting Mainstream media: LOL, Ron Paul thinks he can get enough delegates to win nomination . NPR: Actually, yes, for his son Rand in 2016  (npr.org) (57)
(610 WIOD) Interesting Nearly 1 in 4 teens have diabetes, awesome lunches  (610wiod.com) (95)
(WTKR) Sick Four adults tie 15-year-old girl to tree, hit her with eggs and pour beer on her. Fark: Two of them are her legal guardians  (wtkr.com) (62)
(CBC) Sad Hundreds of thousands of Canadians still using dial-up. I wish there was something funny I could say about this but I'm one of them and I pray for death every day  (cbc.ca) (129)
(Coming Soon) Asinine George Lucas talks Indiana Jones 5. Which is obviously crazy talk considering the fourth one never happened  (comingsoon.net) (131)


Mon May 21, 2012
(BetaNews) Fail Ever so timely, Microsoft hops on the social media bandwagon  (betanews.com) (54)
(Gamma Squad) Amusing Here are all 68 lines of Rihanna's dialogue in Battleship, not quite enough to fill a novella, ella, ella  (gammasquad.uproxx.com) (48)
(UPI) Interesting Ever since Gingrich and Santorum dropped out, the media consensus has been that the GOP nominating race is over. Minnesota delegates would like a word with Mr. Consensus  (upi.com) (96)
(Huffington Post) Asinine Indian woman tells husband to change his Facebook status to married or she'll change her caste status to untouchable  (huffingtonpost.com) (34)
(IndyStar) Spiffy Ryan Briscoe wins the pole for the Indianapolis 500 by just nine inches using advanced Chevy engine, hood ornament from a 1957 Buick  (indystar.com) (39)
(AZCentral) Obvious Sometimes when you're having a fight with your girlfriend, the best thing to do is to immediately remove yourself from the situation. Unless you're in a moving vehicle  (azcentral.com) (7)


Sun May 20, 2012
(YouTube) Amusing Diablo III IS a girl In every_single_way  (youtube.com) (37)


Sat May 19, 2012
(UPI) Spiffy India's richest family decided to release photos of their 27-story, $1 billion home because "there have been exaggerated reports in the media about it"  (upi.com) (138)


Fri May 18, 2012
(Some Guy) Sick Who WOULDN'T want a nude portrait of their national leader to hang over the fireplace? (Answer: Canadians.)  (huffingtonpost.ca) (39)
(Daily Kos) Fail Daily Kos diarist blasts Democrat running for congress, even though they can only cite one position for their disagreement. And yes, it is teh abortion issue  (dailykos.com) (80)
(WTHR) Unlikely Governor Mitch Daniels explains why it's fiscally sound for Indiana to pay millions of dollars in late fees to its vendors  (wthr.com) (34)
(AZ Family) Scary Gladiator Fire now at 6500 acres. Nitro, Zap, Blaze inconsolable  (azfamily.com) (22)
(Some Guy) Stupid Man gives sucky TED talk. TED opts not to publish the talk. Man goes full media censorship outrage troll. Internet falls for it hook, line, and sinker  (tedchris.posterous.com) (149)


Thu May 17, 2012
(NFL) Obvious Lawrence Taylor selling his '91 Super Bowl ring after running into "legal and financial" problems, which is media talk for bad coke habits, banging underage prostitutes and the ensuing legal fees that result  (nfl.com) (36)
(Smh.com.au) Sad Indian media upset that new mom Aishwarya Rai has eaten too many sammiches  (smh.com.au) (82)
(WTAM) Cool The Cleveland Indians plan to boost attendance goes to the dogs  (wtam.com) (58)
(Kotaku) Amusing If you are French, and your man is making more love to the new Diablo III game than you, you may be eligible for a free vibrator (Not safe for work pic of woman's second-best friend)  (kotaku.com) (122)
(Science Daily) Obvious Volcanoes love chocolate and diamonds, hate Joe  (sciencedaily.com) (19)


Wed May 16, 2012
(Chicago Tribune) Scary Four Guardian Angels knifed in Chicago. If only there was somebody to watch over them  (chicagotribune.com) (72)
(Some Awesome Grandma) Cool 100-year-old Edith Pittenger has already taken laps at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (at age 96), so how does she celebrate 100? By going parasailing  (thestarpress.com) (6)
(YouTube) Video Ignore the Establishment Media: Ron Paul Has NOT Dropped Out  (youtube.com) (28)
(MSNBC) Unlikely California Governor Brown proposes four day work week for state employees. DMV workers immediately angry about having to add two days to their current schedule  (usnews.msnbc.msn.com) (89)
(Cracked) Interesting Remember how the White folks stole all of the land from the Indians? Yeah, well about that  (cracked.com) (165)
(MSNBC) Cool Need a reason to visit Santa Claus, Indiana the summer? How about riding the world's longest water coaster  (itineraries.msnbc.msn.com) (13)
(VentureBeat) Interesting Venture Beat uses FARK commentary in their article about the Error 37 Diablo III failure  (venturebeat.com) (0)
(Science Daily) Interesting Drugs harvested from Gila Monster saliva reduces cravings for chocolate and other foods, may revolutionize Type II Diabetes treatment  (sciencedaily.com) (46)


Tue May 15, 2012
(Telegraph) Spiffy RAF performs perfect 'ER II' formation in skies over North Wales in preparation for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee  (telegraph.co.uk) (57)
(Some Guy) Obvious Git out yer tinfoil hats, boys. This hyar is a list o' lies that the gubment media tells 'bout us  (gunsandammo.com) (229)
(CBC) Amusing Man swallows $20K diamond while robbing jewelry store, is locked in cell with no toilet as police play the waiting game  (cbc.ca) (75)
(ESPN) Cool At age 38, Cleveland Indians pitcher Derek Lowe throws his fourth career complete game shutout, currently has a 6-1 record with an ERA of 2.05. Fark: The Atlanta Braves are still paying $10,000,000 of his $15,000,000 salary  (scores.espn.go.com) (33)
(VentureBeat) Satire World exclusive Diablo III review  (venturebeat.com) (274)
(BizJournals) Ironic Funny: "The Onion" claims that media savvy professionals working for fracking industry are being hired in droves to mislead the public. Fark: Media savvy professional working for fracking industry responds by misleading the public  (bizjournals.com) (93)
(Fox News) Asinine Henry Kissinger subjected to "the full Monty" of groping while at TSA checkpoint at LaGuardia airport. In other news, Henry Kissinger still alive  (foxnews.com) (77)
(Washington Post) Obvious Liberal media refuses to give microphone to those who claim the media isn't liberal  (washingtonpost.com) (52)
(Taste of Country) Spiffy Taylor Swift fans miss concert because of drunk driver. Weeping messenger bluebirds dispatched; Swift's woodland headquarters immediately goes on Rainbow Alert  (tasteofcountry.com) (31)
(YouTube) Video Canadian lacrosse match turns into major brawl, to the delight of all 6 spectators  (youtube.com) (42)
(LA Times) Interesting According to some guy's book, the Zodiac Killer is a 91-year-old dude still living in Northern California  (latimesblogs.latimes.com) (96)


Mon May 14, 2012
(NYPost) Fail "After the media went ballistic on me, I received an e-mail offering me money not to preach at all until the November presidential election."; Wright said, "Barack wanted to meet me in secret, in a secure place"  (nypost.com) (143)


Sun May 13, 2012
(ESPN) Cool Cuddle up next to your mom and watch the Orioles vs Rays, Indians vs Red Sox, Braves vs Cardinals and more. It's your Mother's Day Sunday MLB Discussion Thread  (scores.espn.go.com) (52)
(St. Petersburg Times) Florida Gov. Rick Scott's chief of staff resigns, complaining the media made it impossible to do his job when reporting on all his crooked deals  (tampabay.com) (42)
(Some NFL Guy) Stupid Jets backup QB Tim Tebow finally getting his own half hour special on Eǃ Entertainment Television this summer, which will more than make up for the lack of attention he's sure to get from the New York media  (lastangryfan.com) (53)


Sat May 12, 2012
(Some Guy) Amusing John Axford blows a save so badly it puts his wife into labor. He then leaves an awesome note for the media  (foxsportswisconsin.com) (17)


Fri May 11, 2012
(ESPN) Cool Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel becomes America's favorite basketball coach by saying nine little words about the Miami Heat - "They are the biggest flopping team in the NBA"  (espn.go.com) (83)
(Boston.com) Dumbass Josh Beckett contrite and apologetic with the media after getting hammered in his first start after Golf-Gate. Haha, just kidding, he's a robodouche  (boston.com) (81)
(Some Guy) Misc Remember when the media was so concerned about Mr. Obama's drug use in high school? Good times  (thepoliticalguide.com) (177)


Thu May 10, 2012
(Columbia Journalism Review) Obvious You know something is askew when the trust fund liberals at Columbia University start taking note of media bias  (cjr.org) (48)
(CNBC) Interesting India Central Bank scrambles to pick up the blinking rupee  (cnbc.com) (10)
(News.com.au) Scary Indian cricket player bites opponent's ear off. I lobe this game  (news.com.au) (15)


Wed May 09, 2012
(UPI) Interesting National survey indicates six percent of Canadians prefer Internet to sex -- results that seem counter-Inuitive  (upi.com) (10)
(Some SMRT guy) Interesting Eastern Michigan University sees 12.4% increase in students taking remedial courses. Wait, almost HALF of them? That's unpossible  (annarbor.com) (140)
(NBCNewYork) Fail 'Butt dials' account for nearly 40 percent of NYC 911 calls  (nbcnewyork.com) (45)


Tue May 08, 2012
(Some Guy) Amusing Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard changed the poll sites, which isn't that funny until you consider the fact that his wife showed up at the wrong polling location  (indydemocrat.blogspot.com) (27)
(WCPO) Sad Absolute, indisputable, irrefutable evidence that there is no God: Professional food eater and human oil slick Guy Fieri has been tapped to drive the pace car at the Indianapolis 500  (wcpo.com) (118)
(UPI) Amusing Naked lady seen on the front of Canadian $20 bill. Dear god, I hope it's not the same lady  (upi.com) (100)
(Neatorama) Hero "The Greatest Canadian" was a poor Baptist preacher that decided health care should be a fundamental right and then did something about it. Had he born in America, the US might be in better shape  (neatorama.com) (141)
(io9) Obvious Popular media phrase "as addictive as cocaine" inaccurate and worthless. This headline is as good as cocaine  (io9.com) (28)
(CBC) Hero I said, THE CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ORDERS TV ADS TO TURN DOWN THE VOLUME  (cbc.ca) (24)
(Denver Channel) Asinine TSA still trying to kill diabetics  (thedenverchannel.com) (137)
(Huffington Post) Asinine Indians offended that The Avengers depicts their third world hellhole as a third world hellhole  (huffingtonpost.com) (200)


Mon May 07, 2012
(Starpulse) Amusing Cameron Diaz explains the science behind "saggy boobies"  (starpulse.com) (58)
(Yahoo) Dumbass The sole Canadian on US death row claims he is a changed man. He hasn't watched hockey in years, eats Dunkin Donuts, puts ketchup on his freedom fries and measures summer in months not hours  (news.yahoo.com) (86)
(Some Guy) Scary US Military wants to microchip troops to track them. It's cheaper than buying them all iPhones  (businessinsider.com) (108)


Sun May 06, 2012
(Kotaku) Spiffy With Diablo 3 less than 2 weeks away, most people would decide to preorder the game. Then you have this guy  (kotaku.com) (205)
(The New York Times) Interesting NYT debuts their new interactive electoral map, complete with paths to victory for both candidates. Unfortunately for Mitt Romney, most of his paths are akin to Indiana Jones on the rope bridge in "Temple of Doom"  (elections.nytimes.com) (194)
(The Atlantic Wire) Amusing Stuck for a last minute gift this Mother's Day? Why not buy her her own Wikipedia page?  (theatlanticwire.com) (12)
(Daily Mail) Asinine UN says the US must give back Mount Rushmore to the Indians as it is illegally occupied land that was stolen from the natives, as opposed the land where their HQ is  (dailymail.co.uk) (290)


Sat May 05, 2012
(Mirror.co.uk) Stupid Nanny state tells active five-year-old that she at risk of developing heart disease, cancer and diabetes because she is up to one stone heavier than she should be. With pictures of so-called fatty  (mirror.co.uk) (88)
(Waiting For Next Year) Cool In case you haven't noticed - and judging by the attendance, you haven't - the Indians have managed to win a few here and there, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar  (waitingfornextyear.com) (45)
(With Leather) Interesting With Nate Diaz vs. Jim Miller headlining, will UFC's third outing on FOX offer a one round knockout or a five round decision? It's UFC on FOX 3, Prelims begin at 4 PM ET on Facebook, 5 PM ET on Fuel, with the main card at 8 PM on FOX  (withleather.uproxx.com) (551)
(SlashFilm) Cool Disney's most interesting animated film in years is out at the end of the month, and unless you live in India you can't see it  (slashfilm.com) (48)
(WTKR) Sick Five dogs poisoned by antifreeze-coated fish tossed into their backyard. Fark: For the second time. Super sad: Two of them need $10,000 of dialysis to keep them alive and the owner can't afford it  (wtkr.com) (324)
(Yahoo) Fail RIM announces it will still include physical keyboards, rotary dials on its new line of wireless phones  (finance.yahoo.com) (130)


Fri May 04, 2012
(Washington Post) Fail A perfect example of why the Heartland Institute is not called the Brainland Institute, and why they probably should have been named after their more Floridian organs  (washingtonpost.com) (132)
(WXYZ Detroit) Fail "Officials say that messages on social media that led to the cancelation of classes were not threats, but were rather about masturbation"  (wxyz.com) (52)
(WPTV) Asinine When their co-worker is diagnosed with cancer, a bunch of women band together to raise money for her treatment. Fark: She comes back with a nice boob job and no cancer  (wptv.com) (157)
(Yahoo) Cool Heart transplant patient may be the first person ever to see his own heart tissue beating outside his body-okay, OTHER THAN those who ran afoul of angry kung-fu masters or mystical Indian cults  (news.yahoo.com) (15)
(Detroit Free Press) Interesting Researchers say new clue found on very old map may means the settlers of the "lost colony" of Roanoke weren't massacred by indians, wiped out by disease or abducted by aliens, but just moved up the river a bit  (freep.com) (56)
(SacBee) Dumbass California GOP calls press conference to advertise itself as "Party of Yes". Then immediately calls for "no" vote on tax proposition  (blogs.sacbee.com) (271)


Thu May 03, 2012
(Yahoo) Cool Goodwill Industries shows their good will and returns what might be may be 1,000-year-old Native American artifact to the Caddo Indian Nation  (news.yahoo.com) (56)
(Some Guy) Dumbass "LONG LIVE COMMUNISM" and other Occupy Chicago pictures you won't see in the mainstream media  (libertynews.com) (309)
(The Week) Asinine Defintion of "Non-story": Media: Elizabeth Warren falsely claimed to be Native American. Campaign: actually She's 1/32 Cherokee. Media: Well, that's not Indian ENOUGH. Indians: That's the same as the Cherokee Chief  (theweek.com) (153)
(NewsBusters) Obvious Why has most of the main stream media ignored the connection between the would-be Cleveland bombers and the Occupy movement?  (newsbusters.org) (126)
(Daily Star) Dumbass After five years, taxi driver suddenly decides to tell the world's media he remembers taking missing girl in the back of his car (with bonus pic of him pointing to precisely where she sat)  (dailystar.co.uk) (16)


Wed May 02, 2012
(Yahoo) Cool NBA Playoffs mess around, get a triple-header: Utah @ San Antonio (7pm TNT), Indiana @ Orlando (7:30pm, NBATV), and Clippers @ Memphis (9:30pm TNT)  (sports.yahoo.com) (70)
(LA Times) Strange Sadly, Colbert Nation, you have lost the Diane Keaton vote  (latimesblogs.latimes.com) (145)
(Reuters) Scary That scary black diamond run you're always bragging about at the local ski hill has nothing on this Lebanese resort, where the hazards on the slopes include getting shot by Syrian border troops  (reuters.com) (6)
(CNN) Spiffy Paralyzed Rutgers defensive tackle gets signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, immediately moves to second on the depth chart  (news.blogs.cnn.com) (30)
(BBC) Stupid BBC America takes a bleeper to The Thick Of It to censor the swearing, leaving it with just three words of dialogue  (bbc.co.uk) (51)


Tue May 01, 2012
(Travel and Leisure) Strange Choose who you sit next to on a plane via social media. What could possibly go wrong?  (travelandleisure.com) (83)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Life stinks for high school media specialist busted over sock fetish  (weblogs.sun-sentinel.com) (34)
(Marketwatch) Fail Merchants complain that new lightweight Canadian $1 and $2 coins are making vending machines go loonie  (marketwatch.com) (9)
(Townhall) Interesting Where is the mainstream media's coverage of the shocking "memo" issued by nine state attorneys general detailing 21 specific violations of law by the Obama administration?  (townhall.com) (142)


Mon April 30, 2012
(WRCB-TV) Obvious College professor plans to study stress, alcoholism. Which may be the most ingenious way to get a research grant for writing a personal diary anyone in academia has ever come up with  (wrcbtv.com) (11)


Sun April 29, 2012
(Some Guy) Obvious Canadian sci-fi convention announces entire cast of Star Trek TNG as guests. C) Too many nerds turn up, failarity ensues  (calgaryherald.com) (108)
(NewsBusters) Interesting Foreign countries with a financial stake in seeing the US oil and gas industries fail are funding left-wing groups and documentaries to spread lies against 'big energy'. Oh, and the media is in on it too  (newsbusters.org) (119)
(Some Guy) PSA When robbing a store for diapers and beer, be advised that some cab drivers will NOT drive you on your getaway (with Son, you got a panty on your head picture goodness)  (salem-nh.patch.com) (40)


Fri April 27, 2012
(News 95.7) Misc Canadian soldiers no longer to stand at attention  (news957.com) (48)
(Some Guy) Scary Wondering why that cute video you posted of your kid dancing in a diaper is getting so many views on Youtube? It's been added to a kiddie porn site  (1035superx.com) (141)
(Yahoo) Asinine And the newest media-created word guaranteed to make you punch the first person you hear using it? "Mompreneur"  (news.yahoo.com) (92)
(NYPost) Dumbass Dumb: Getting drunk and picking up a prostitute. Dumber: Passing out in a hotel room in the company of prostitute. Dumbest: Passing out in the company of a prostitute while in possession of $500K worth of diamonds  (nypost.com) (49)
(Daily Mail) Asinine Parents sue because their snowflake was kicked out of an honors English class after he was caught cheating. Fark: He had signed an Academy Honesty Pledge which warned that cheating was grounds for immediate removal from the class  (dailymail.co.uk) (200)
(SLO Tribune) Scary "Jellyfish-like creatures" take over intake structure and shut down Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. And so it begins  (sanluisobispo.com) (126)


Thu April 26, 2012
(ESPN) Interesting Good Luck to Indianapolis. RG3 replaces RG3rd and 15. Then what? It's your NFL Draft 1st Round discussion thread  (espn.go.com) (π)
(C|Net) Sad Nintendo revenue chased by Goomba to the edge of the platform, fails to make the jump, falls off a cliff. No 1UP in immediate sight  (news.cnet.com) (72)
(Breitbart.com) Dumbass Troy McGreggor say Obama's appearance on Jimmy Fallon violated campaign finance law, so that means Sarah Palin is automatically president and Obama has to wear Zap Rowsdower's Canadian tuxedo and fight Larry Csonka to the death  (breitbart.com) (145)


Wed April 25, 2012
(Huffington Post) Amusing News: British boyband involved in chlamydia scare. Fark: Koala chlamydia  (huffingtonpost.com) (33)
(Some Guy?) Interesting News: Man fights with medical insurance over the bill for his hysterectomy. Fark: A Canadian man...wait, what?  (thechronicleherald.ca) (115)


Mon April 23, 2012
(Mother Jones) Interesting Meet some of the country's biggest media companies, which own dozens of newspapers and TV news operations that are lobbying against transparency  (motherjones.com) (15)
(ABC) Obvious Keith Olberman says the media's coverage of the duelling dog stories about the presidential candidates increases the "absurdity" of this campaign. And if there's one guy who knows "absurd"..,  (abcnews.go.com) (26)
(The Daily Beast) Interesting New study confirms the media's "liberal bias" showing they covered Obama twice as favorably as Romney during the primaries. No, wait, strike that, reverse it  (thedailybeast.com) (80)


Sun April 22, 2012
(CNN) Interesting Protests flare in Bahrain as as the F1 Grand Prix is set to go live at 7:30 AM ET. Sebastian Vettel is on pole, Nico Rosberg starts 4th, and Force India will test its new TV invisibility field  (cnn.com) (89)
(The Atlantic Wire) Interesting China laughs at India's 'dwarf' missile. Ummmm.... hey guys?  (theatlanticwire.com) (63)
(The Sun) Strange 35-year-old Milf cries tears of diamonds. The Sun is there, making her eyes all sparkly (w/pic)  (thesun.co.uk) (167)


Sat April 21, 2012
(YouTube) Cool Manu Ginobili throws amazing pass, immediately gets drafted by the Broncos  (youtube.com) (16)
(Washington Post) Unlikely New study suggests lengthening the school day. Teachers immediately cite 8th Amendment, covering cruel and unusual punishment  (washingtonpost.com) (132)


Fri April 20, 2012
(Guardian) Obvious The Guardian notices the use of social internet memes and cites FARK for its "sometimes-tasteless humour" (5th paragraph) (Warning: graphic image in link)  (guardian.co.uk) (22)
(Heavy) Cool Unrestored 1.75 horsepower 1903 Indian motorcycle up for auction. Runs like new. Wheelie  (heavy.com) (35)
(Aggrogate) Interesting Diablo 3 has an open beta. That's good. It's lasting only three days. That's bad. You can download it right now for when it starts at 3 today. That's good. It's a server stress test. That's bad. Can I go home now?  (aggrogate.com) (171)


Thu April 19, 2012
(Wikipedia) Amusing Greatest entry in the history of Wikipedia? "Yinling the Erotic Terrorist . . . gave birth to Monster Bono after being hit by The Great Muta's green mist in the genitals"  (en.wikipedia.org) (63)
(IndyStar) Followup The Colts intend to draft Andrew Luck with the first pick of the draft. He looks forward to a long and successful career in Indianapolis being overshadowed by whomever is quarterback for the New England Patriots  (indystar.com) (93)
(MSNBC) Dumbass You should probably take some remedial driver's ed classes when your car goes airborne and ends up stuck in the side of a house  (msnbc.msn.com) (18)
(Some Guy) Obvious New camera line up lets you immediately share photos via WiFi to Facebook, YouTube and other services. Regretting sharing the photos to come moments later  (gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com) (38)
(MSNBC) Dumbass Unlike Best Korea, India is able to keep it up and perform. Bonus: they call it the "China Killer"  (worldnews.msnbc.msn.com) (77)
(Winnipeg Free Press) Cool Winnipeg Free Press tells of the Canadian writer who got a boost in readership and page views per day after his 'awesome' story was picked up by FARK (12th section)  (winnipegfreepress.com) (0)


Wed April 18, 2012
(ARTnews) Ironic Skulls with encrusted diamonds, the Pope struck by a meteor, nudes with distorted breasts, soiled toys and sheets, ants crawling on a cross. Bad taste is good business in the art world  (artnews.com) (29)
(WRAL) Sad Girl:✓ White:✓ Blonde:✓ Missing:✓ Soldier:✓ Queue media and military frenzy in 3...2  (wral.com) (327)


Tue April 17, 2012
(Some Guy) Obvious Jennifer Aniston reportedly cares, or doesn't, about engagement. She's moved on. Apparently the media hasn't  (wpix.com) (37)


Mon April 16, 2012
(HitFix) Dumbass Nicki Minaj deletes her twitter account that had million of followers. Social media professionals everywhere break into Nancy Kerrigan style cries of "WHY WHY WHY"  (hitfix.com) (65)
(C|Net) Sappy Indian child, separated by circumstance from his family at five and adopted by Australians, finds his mom over 20 years later by using Google Earth  (news.cnet.com) (45)
(National Post) Ironic Don't hate PBR because it's ironic. The Canadian version "has some comforting malt flavours - sugar cookies, toasted corn - which give way to a moderately hoppy finish"  (life.nationalpost.com) (115)


Sun April 15, 2012
(Yahoo) Asinine If there was one politician we needed to make brash and incendiary statements about the Israel-Palestine conflict, it's RON PAUL  (news.yahoo.com) (160)
(ESPN) Cool Can the Orioles extend their stay atop the AL East? How long before the Indians' bats go back to sleep? The Cubs...what's their deal? It's Sunday Afternoon Baseball on Fark (games begin at 1:07 PM ET)  (scores.espn.go.com) (185)
(Newser) Interesting While the media was obsessed with #Occupy's antics, the tea party was busy with the -really- freaky shiat: meetings. Going over legislative records, following debates, arguing with each other, preparing candidates. And no drum circles. Ew  (newser.com) (280)
(ESPN) Cool St. Louis Cardinals World Series ring features faceted rubies, a 14 karat yellow gold frame,103 round diamonds and one rally squirrel  (espn.go.com) (39)


Sat April 14, 2012
(Some Guy) Obvious New study finds Canadian constitution to be the most influential worldwide  (winnipegfreepress.com) (86)


Fri April 13, 2012
(Boing Boing) Fail Skeptic arrested and charged with blasphemy for pointing out a "miracle" was actually a leaky pipe and capillary action at work. See India, this is why you can't have nice things  (boingboing.net) (139)


Thu April 12, 2012
(TMZ) Interesting Morgan Freeman denies rumors he is marrying step-granddaughter. Claiming "reports of any pending marriage or romantic relationship to anyone are defamatory fabrications from the tabloid media designed to sell papers. Titty sprinkles"  (tmz.com) (37)
(Washigton Examiner) Sad In a scathing commentary on what's wrong with the American government, Joe Biden calls Senator and former comedian Al Franken a 'leading legal scholar'. Wait, he was being serious?   (campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com) (128)
(io9) Strange Indian politicians offer $2,000--nearly half a year's wages--as bounty for any slain vampires people bring in. In other news, a whole lot of people are about to be murdered in India  (io9.com) (108)
(Billings Gazette) Obvious "Law enforcement learns communication techniques," such as I'll Mirandize You When You Confess, Probable Cause 'Cause You Probably Did It, and Brokering Meaningful Dialogue Between Nightstick and Perp  (billingsgazette.com) (49)
(Talking Points Memo) Followup Dick Lugar debates Kareem-Abdul Jabber in battle for Indiana Senate Seat  (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) (55)


Wed April 11, 2012
(Seattle Times) Dumbass Police bust butt-dialer thanks to a crack in the case  (today.seattletimes.com) (48)
(Media Matters) Followup Media Matters' Fox Mole thinks Gawker's Fox Mole is hilarious and is driving Roger Ailes insane  (mediamatters.org) (134)
(Telegraph) Scary The Telegraph beats the drums for Canadian bagpipe wars  (telegraph.co.uk) (29)


Tue April 10, 2012
(My Fox Memphis) Dumbass Thar be gold in them thar diapers  (myfoxmemphis.com) (26)
(Delaware County (PA) Times) Cool Rush Limbaugh more powerful than ever -- totally doesn't need a 50,000-watt affiliate in the nation's fourth-largest media market anymore. My friends, we're on in Whitefish, Montana  (delcotimes.com) (110)
(Washington Post) Hero "I think this will be a process, a process of dialogue, of debate, and in the end I see no other path than decriminalization...as long as the demand exists"  (washingtonpost.com) (55)
(Fox Sports) Interesting In the interest of starting a pleasant and cordial thread, here's this week's Foxsports MLB Power Rankings  (msn.foxsports.com) (158)
(ESPN) Obvious In typical Canadian fashion, the Toronto Maple Leafs apologize for being the Toronto Maple Leafs  (espn.go.com) (28)
(Deadspin) Fail News media gives viewers 20 variations on a theme of Oosthuizen (w/video)  (deadspin.com) (9)
(Daily Mail) Misc For the first time since her divorce, Kim Kardashian does something almost worth media attention: wear a small bikini  (dailymail.co.uk) (101)


Mon April 09, 2012
(Economist) Obvious I am shocked, shocked to learn that the media treatment of politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin have made women less inclined to enter politics  (economist.com) (183)
(Chicago Tribune) Fail Dallas Mavericks kick Lamar Odom to the curb, effective immediately  (chicagotribune.com) (119)
(MSNBC) Followup Sales soar for final print version of Encyclopaedia Britannica as students discover something to copy more reliable than Wikipedia  (bottomline.msnbc.msn.com) (85)
(St. Petersburg Times) Florida Sexual healing may make you feel so fine, but there's better places for it than the lawn in front of the pediatric office  (tampabay.com) (26)


Sun April 08, 2012
(Telegraph) Sad Binky-hating 114-year-old pediatrician Dr. Leila Denmark has died: "When she began to practise, an appointment to see her cost $4. By the time she retired aged 103, she had more than doubled her fees - to $10"  (telegraph.co.uk) (100)


Sat April 07, 2012
(Yahoo) Obvious Sidney Crosby admits he earned his reputation as a whiner, but wants the media to know that he's not a whiner anymore, he's not, he's not, he's not  (sports.yahoo.com) (49)
(Washington Post) Unlikely Sign no. 47 the Mayans were right about 2012: the mainstream media discovers and praises Brony social club in D.C  (washingtonpost.com) (93)
(ESPN) News Dual no-hitter/perfect game in progress through five innings between Indians and Blue Jays  (scores.espn.go.com) (187)
(Some WV Guy) Scary State office building going up over old Indian burial site. What could possibly go wrong?  (wvgazette.com) (51)


Fri April 06, 2012
(WRCB-TV) Obvious Tennessee governor says all the attention on the asinine legislation his state has been proposing -- everything from not allowing teachers to mention homosexuality to banning lowrider pants -- is obviously the fault of the media  (wrcbtv.com) (86)
(USA Today) Strange College chess team wins national title and then the coach immediately announces she is leaving for a better deal at another school, and is taking the entire team with her. And you thought SEC football dealings were shady  (content.usatoday.com) (18)
(ESPN) Obvious Ahh, the signs of spring: the sun shining, the birds chirping, and the Indians blowing a 3-run lead in the 9th en route to a historic loss  (sports.espn.go.com) (63)


Thu April 05, 2012
(Reno Gazette-Journal) Spiffy $2,000,000 indoor marijuana farm busted in Reno. Grower informed of farm's value immediately before mugshot is taken  (rgj.com) (80)


Wed April 04, 2012
(Some Guy) Followup When reporters think they are on CSI Miami, real police have to work twice as hard to undo damage caused by the media  (staugustine.com) (196)


Tue April 03, 2012
(io9) Interesting Things George Lucas hates: Childhood memories of everybody born before 1980, good dialogue, cities  (io9.com) (49)
(New Scientist) Asinine Since PM Sweatervest put his foot on the throats of Canadian government scientists, media coverage of global warming has fallen 80% according to a leaked Environment Canada internal document  (newscientist.com) (57)
(Nola.com) Sad 24-year-old man dies after 14-year-old cousin applies "rear naked choke hold" while watching Wrestlemainia. Cousin immediately signed to WWE and will face The Great Khali in steel cage at next pay-per-view  (nola.com) (90)
(Click Orlando) Misc The first prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case is a little upset at the "outright lies" being told in the media. Subby just wants to know brand of tennis shoe Trayvon had, the type of cell phone used, type of grass seed in the lawn  (clickorlando.com) (96)


Mon April 02, 2012
(WRCB-TV) Interesting That damned liberal media trumps up yet another story about a top campaign donor being accused of fraud and...wait, it was one of Obama's donors? And it still made national news? This makes no sense  (wrcbtv.com) (154)
(Talking Points Memo) Stupid Mitt Romney's son slams "lib media" for mocking George Romney on Mad Men  (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (236)
(Some Guy) Sappy Mikey was a runner, Molly was a jumper, and he and his friends used to watch her. They took a little trip, he pretended not to zip, and that's how the diamond left the locker  (siouxcityjournal.com) (37)
(The Daily Beast) Obvious Media poses the question: "Has PETA gone crazy?" Which makes no sense, since as far as anyone can tell they've never been sane to begin with  (thedailybeast.com) (54)
(Yahoo) Interesting Now that Amazon is able provide customers with cheap and plentiful purple Flavor-Aid, Cool Ranch Doritos and adult diapers, Walmart is taking a closer look at this whole "internet" fad  (finance.yahoo.com) (115)


Sun April 01, 2012
(Some Bubble Dweller) Strange Not News: Guy hands a kid a five dollar bill and walks away..Police and Media: OMGZ DANGER DANGER  (bnd.com) (125)


Sat March 31, 2012
(CBC) Cool You might be lucky if: you fall off your bike in cardiac arrest and three doctors including a cardiologist are riding behind you  (cbc.ca) (37)


Fri March 30, 2012
(BBC) Interesting Why fantasy movies always lean toward British accents for characters, instead of thick Boston or Deep Southern dialects: 'A British accent provides a "splash of otherness"'  (bbc.co.uk) (110)
(Japan Times) Spiffy Japan helping to revive traditional handwoven Scottish tweed industry, using tweed in everything from hats and shoes to ties, and to cover diaries and Kindles  (japantimes.co.jp) (26)
(Des Moines Register) Obvious Just like clockwork, the mass media suddenly realizes the odds on winning a lottery are really, really thin. This is a repeat from every time the jackpot has crossed $100 million  (desmoinesregister.com) (149)


Thu March 29, 2012
(CBC) Interesting New Canadian budget to leave Canadians penniless  (cbc.ca) (133)
(The Smoking Gun) Followup Meet the drunken Canadian man who is responsible for the greatest a capella version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" ever recorded in the back of a police cruiser  (thesmokinggun.com) (92)
(IndyStar) Amusing In Merrillville, Indiana, one city councilman is set to take on the town's horrible crack problem  (indystar.com) (29)
(Some Guy) Interesting Making music with radiation  (nuclear.kth.se) (16)
(Entertainment Weekly) Stupid Anchorman 2 is a go. Paramount immediately regrets this decision  (insidemovies.ew.com) (123)


Wed March 28, 2012
(Washington Post) Spiffy Occupy DC, gladiators, internet memes, and hipsters are much more awesome when made out of Peeps (slideshow, but worth it)  (washingtonpost.com) (11)
(WLKY) Silly 70-year-old men at dialysis center get in pissing contest over final four game  (wlky.com) (24)
(Huffington Post) Stupid Food bank in Indiana using federal funds asks for just a teensy prayer before you get your groceries  (huffingtonpost.com) (240)


Tue March 27, 2012
(Slashdot) Asinine Rupert Murdoch, Media Pirate  (entertainment.slashdot.org) (24)
(PhysOrg.com) Spiffy Physicists searching for new physics in the quantum fluctuations of the primordial universe. Hopefully the kind that finally gives us freakin' kickass hoverboards  (physorg.com) (25)


Mon March 26, 2012
(Abc.net.au) Amusing Billionaire trolls Australian media to help get political party elected  (abc.net.au) (15)
(C|Net) Fail AOL begins selling off its patents to raise cash. In other news, there are business that still use dial up technology?  (news.cnet.com) (42)
(Yahoo) Sick "The money shot media following Pope Benedict XVI's first trip to Mexico were waiting for"  (news.yahoo.com) (90)
(YouTube) Video 33 years ago today, Indiana State and Michigan State faced off for the NCAA title. The most-watched college hoops game of all-time; Bird v. Magic; The Game that begat March Madness; Duke sucks  (youtube.com) (30)
(MSNBC) Obvious Santorum loses his shiat over the media using his words against him  (firstread.msnbc.msn.com) (207)


Sun March 25, 2012
(Yahoo) Sad Boxing writer Bert Sugar dies of cardiac arrest  (news.yahoo.com) (30)


Sat March 24, 2012
(CBC) Interesting Tryouts for a Canadian lingerie football team takes place to the drooling of a nearly all male audience. Yes, there's a video  (cbc.ca) (36)
(The Weekly Standard) Stupid The Weekly Standard notes that Obama used the same metaphor to praise three different allies. Obviously this makes Ernest Hemingway retroactively president, and Obama has to take remedial Creative Writing at community college in Kenya  (weeklystandard.com) (113)
(KING5) PSA If you're missing a 150-foot Japanese fishing boat from last year's tsunami, check with lost-and-found at the Canadian Coast Guard  (king5.com) (54)


Fri March 23, 2012
(Hartford Courant) Fail Protip: When you're out stealing 700 pounds of scrap metal, don't butt-dial 911  (courant.com) (17)
(Breitbart.com) Interesting One of the last holdouts of the dead-tree left-wing mainstream MSM media ceases print production in Philadelphia and DC, obviously because they've refused to investigate the horrific crimes of the Obama administration  (breitbart.com) (130)
(Some Anti-Wags-ers) PSA Medical doctors of India would like to take this moment to reassure you that despite Janani Mukherjee's claims, getting bitten by a dog does not put your child at risk of becoming pregnant with puppies  (voanews.com) (35)
(Toronto Star) Amusing The latest entrants in the War on Women are Canadian squirrels  (thestar.com) (26)


Thu March 22, 2012
(Salon) Ironic "American media terrorizes people far more than the actual so-called terrorists" Says Glenn Greenwald. But be sure to check out his other article "Obama is a murderous sociopath" who will kill you in your sleep  (salon.com) (359)
(PC Magazine) Interesting Nvidia's new graphic card is set to annihilate AMD's Radeon HD 7970  (pcmag.com) (187)
(Wimp) Amusing A new genre has been born: Diaper jive  (wimp.com) (22)
(WorldNetDaily) Asinine Sheriff Joe to media: Where the hell are you going? I've got tons more on Obama, so you just get those damn cameras back here. Yeah, that's it. Look at me... look at me... Don't stop now, goddamit, I'm almost there  (wnd.com) (88)
(Washington Post) Scary Rush Limbaugh is about to witness the firepower of the fully armed and George Soros funded Media Matters battle station  (washingtonpost.com) (293)
(The Atlantic) Sad Why is The Daily Show more effective than The Mainstream Media at reporting news like defunding UNESCO? Stewart recognizes governmental madness and absurdity, while MSM takes it as axiomatic in their "objective" reporting  (theatlantic.com) (135)
(The Consumerist) Asinine Verizon to customer: "Say buddy, that's a real quaint little dial-up plan ya got there. Sure would be a shame if somethin' bad were to happen to it. Y'know, like some sort of outage or somethin' at a bad time"  (consumerist.com) (39)
(Doubtful News) Spiffy Doubtful News thanks FARK for drawing their attention to an important story about the truthfulness of the media  (doubtfulnews.com) (0)
(Fark) Photoshop Photoshop theme: A Venn diagram to explain Fark to someone who's never been here  (fark.com) (39)


Wed March 21, 2012
(Boing Boing) Cool Obama uses ASL to communicate with a deaf man. GOP immediately attacks him for not speaking English  (boingboing.net) (208)
(USA Today) Unlikely Bob Knight talks about Kentucky-Indiana game in a calm, intelligent conversation. No really, I'm serious  (content.usatoday.com) (14)


Tue March 20, 2012
(Wired) Amusing In the upcoming Avengers movie, The Hulk is the Worst. Enraged. Gamma Irradiated. Monster. Ever  (wired.com) (92)
(NYPost) Asinine A-Rod treats his niece to a $17,000 day of clothes shopping, then disputes the AmEx charges. Store immediately cries foul  (nypost.com) (83)
(CBC) Fail Great moments in campaign bus design - Canadian Edition  (cbc.ca) (57)
(Some Guy) Cool Aaron Paul tweets that "Breaking Bad" will return in July. "Make sure u wear your diapers because I'm pretty sure u will (bleep) yourself"   (theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com) (145)


Sun March 18, 2012
(Some Scientician) Cool "It's sort of like the way a Russian Sauna works, but instead of hot coals there's a nuclear explosion, instead of steam there's X-rays, and instead of a hut it's a Frigidaire, and also Indiana Jones is dead." Science  (overthinkingit.com) (77)


Fri March 16, 2012
(Elliot Wave International) Obvious Elliot Wave International compares FARK's non sequitur headlines to the reporting by the financial news media (3rd section)  (elliottwave.com) (0)
(IndyStar) Stupid Indiana GOP revokes license plates for gay youths, triples allowance for cab fare on their expense accounts  (indystar.com) (133)
(Sun Sentinel) Florida Floridians afraid that Movies like "Project X" are making kids want to party, get drunk, do drugs, and break things. "They never would have came up with that idea themselves"  (sun-sentinel.com) (65)
(Orange County Register) Obvious Girl:✓ White:✓ Blonde:✓ Missing:✓ Queue media frenzy in 3...2  (ocregister.com) (138)


Thu March 15, 2012
(WWSB ABC 7) Florida If your first instinct is to bring that live grenade you found to police headquarters, you might be a Floridian  (mysuncoast.com) (55)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Not News: Athlete busted for doping. News: Busted by little-known Canadian sports federation. Fark: Wheelchair Curling   (wheelchaircurler.blogspot.com) (13)
(Science Daily) Unlikely Cell phone radiation during pregnancy causes ADHD and ... what was the other thing?  (sciencedaily.com) (39)
(Daily Mail) Asinine Kate Upton's latest TV commercial featuring "an erect nipple" banned from US television. Ratings-starved HBO immediately offers to develop it into a six week mini-series  (dailymail.co.uk) (203)
(Reuters) Ironic White men in New York vote to steal Indian casino money, offer them beads and trinkets for their land  (reuters.com) (84)


Wed March 14, 2012
(Yahoo) Spiffy As more and more people are selling off their diamond jewelry, the industry worries that a flood of "recycled" diamonds may cause severe drops in the artificially inflated prices they sell their shiny rocks for  (news.yahoo.com) (218)
(Slate) Dumbass Dick Cheney cancels his visit to Canada over fears Canadian terrorists might be gunning for him  (slatest.slate.com) (245)


Tue March 13, 2012
(CNN) Sad Encyclopedia Britannica is going to stop printing new editions after 250 years. Space report kid inconsolable  (money.cnn.com) (167)
(610 WIOD) Scary Facebook execs could face jail time in India over "blasphemous content". | like | comment | pmita |  (610wiod.com) (78)
(USM Free Press) Spiffy University of Southern Maine discusses news outlets and media sources: "During my first year, I expanded my horizons with websites like Fark for laughs"  (usmfreepress.org) (0)


Mon March 12, 2012
(The Daily Beast) Interesting The median age of Limbaugh's audience? Deceased  (thedailybeast.com) (198)
(CBC) Dumbass Noted marine biologist Ke$ha speaks out against the Canadian seal hunt  (cbc.ca) (53)


Sun March 11, 2012
(USA Today) Strange In this edition of Strange Collaborations in Media, we give you John Mellencamp and Stephen King, whose musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, debuts next month  (content.usatoday.com) (21)


Sat March 10, 2012
(Sun Sentinel) Amusing Man gets life in prison for stealing four-carat diamond ring from a 92 year old woman working in a mobile massage unit. Shouldn't getting a massage from a 92 year old woman be punishment enough?  (weblogs.sun-sentinel.com) (61)
(NYPost) Followup Jets' Mark Sanchez signs three-year contract extension. New York immediately removes all signs of Peyton Place  (nypost.com) (116)
(wkyt-tv) Cool Seven different home surveillance cameras capture the West Liberty, KY tornado, without CB radio dialogue  (wkyt.com) (32)


Fri March 09, 2012
(Yahoo) Sad Indiana's Jones to miss the rest of the regular season, plans to visit a museum in his free time  (rivals.yahoo.com) (17)
(Washington Post) Obvious Banning corporate campaign contributions will make Washington a glittering beacon of honest dealing, right? Let's ask India about that; they've had a ban for 45 years and hello there, Mr. Law Of Unintended Consequences  (washingtonpost.com) (74)
(Breitbart.com) Asinine Why does Comedy Central refuse to not give shows to comedians right-wing bloggers don't want them to give shows to?  (breitbart.com) (158)
(lvrj) Followup Jimmy Buffett is approved for casino license in Las Vegas. Immediately begins plans to offer high paying slots, video poker, the Buffett buffet  (lvrj.com) (26)
(Post-Gazette) Interesting University study entitled "Censorship and Deletion Practices in Chinese Social Media" narrows down a list of 295 words that will get your message deleted in China including Falun Gong, brainwash, and iodized salt  (post-gazette.com) (33)


Thu March 08, 2012
(Huffington Post) Unlikely Coke and Pepsi deny food coloring in soda causes cancer. Obesity, rotting teeth and type 2 diabetes still in play  (huffingtonpost.com) (24)


Wed March 07, 2012
(SanDiegoUnionTribune) Followup Now that the Lipitor patent has expired, the FDA suddenly discovered that the drug can increase a person's risk of diabetes and memory loss. Enjoy your generics, folk  (utsandiego.com) (25)
(Huffington Post) Obvious Pre-kids: My snowflakes will have no TV, no fast food, no disposable diapers, and no temper tantrums unlike YOUR unruly kids. Post-kids: LOL J/K  (huffingtonpost.com) (236)
(IndyStar) Strange Now that Peyton Manning is on his way out, the good people of Indiana can focus their attention on what really matters: Naming an official state rifle  (indystar.com) (30)
(Post City) Cool Earth's most powerful civilizations -- the Romans, the Greeks, the Chinese -- all made a big deal about eating an entire suckling pig as part of a magical ritual. Now the Canadians are discovering the allure  (postcity.com) (38)
(KCTV5) Dumbass What would Jesus do? Accidentally dial 911 during a drug deal and get himself and another Jesus arrested  (kctv5.com) (24)


Tue March 06, 2012
(Entertainment Weekly) Followup Because the media still isn't tired of crucifying Kirk Cameron, Alan Thicke and Tracey Gold speak out in reaction to Cameron's idiotic comments about homosexuality  (popwatch.ew.com) (218)
(The Sun) Strange Family of ten albinos in India are world's biggest albino clan. Of course The Sun is there, with SPF50  (thesun.co.uk) (81)
(The Hollywood Reporter) Interesting Tired of slideshows from Comic Con? How about Comic Con in India?  (hollywoodreporter.com) (44)
(Marketwatch) Obvious India's unexpected ban on cotton exports leaves traders hanging by a thread  (blogs.marketwatch.com) (14)
(MSNBC) Obvious Americans rate themselves as the world's worst tourists. French immediately demand a recount  (travelkit.msnbc.msn.com) (163)


Mon March 05, 2012
(Crooks & Liars) Obvious As everyone already suspected, the lamestream drive-by MSM media has a complete double-standard for Rush Limbaugh  (crooksandliars.com) (120)
(Slate) Obvious "Is it ever worthwhile to spend 100 hours playing a single video game?" Sometimes the media asks such stupid questions  (slate.com) (309)
(Chicago Tribune) Sad Four inches of snow helpfully land on Indiana tornado devastation  (chicagotribune.com) (45)
(Some Concerned Friend) Sappy Alice_Liddell is undergoing radiation and chemo after having a large brain tumor removed. Fark brain tumors Please donate to her team w/the American Brain Tumor Association, then pray for her or send her good mojo or whatever it is that you do  (hope.abta.org) (178)


Sun March 04, 2012
(Daily Mail) Fail Lindsay Lohan's disastrous SNL performance gets unanimous thumbs down from all media outlets. "This may be the first time Lindsay Lohan had trouble doing lines"  (dailymail.co.uk) (123)
(The Atlantic) Stupid Hey teachers -- you know how you hate having to explain why Wikipedia shouldn't be used as a reference in term papers? Well, things just got worse  (theatlantic.com) (157)


Sat March 03, 2012
(Louisville Courier Journal) Scary Scenes from the tornadoes that hit southern Indiana  (courier-journal.com) (58)
(YouTube) Scary Rain wrapped tornado crosses I-65 near Henryville Indiana. Has very Not safe for work language, but priceless dialogue from truckers on the CB  (youtube.com) (44)


Fri March 02, 2012
(CTV) Cool Iceland to adopt the Canadian dollar? The rise of the Canadian Empire shall be remembered not for an epic battle, but for a pleasant handshake and some herring  (ctv.ca) (53)
(Some Guy) Amusing Red Sox sign Billy Buckner. Mets immediately sign Mookie Wilson  (weei.com) (21)
(Spiegel) Photoshop Photoshop this media mogul  (cdn3.spiegel.de) (24)
(Some Guy) Amusing "Who would have thought the polygamist in the race would not be either of the two Mormons?" Is this quote from A. Jon Stewart B. Bill Maher or C. Republican Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels  (thestarpress.com) (54)
(ABC) Followup After his untimely death, the future of Breitbart's media empire is unclear, leading to fears that the nation could suffer a critical shortage of political and pop-culture commentary from d-list celebrities and the clinically insane  (abcnews.go.com) (217)


Thu March 01, 2012
(Orlando Sentinel) Florida Disney World immediately closes new Epcot attraction after realizing it mocks most of the visitors  (orlandosentinel.com) (236)


Wed February 29, 2012
(Washington Post) Obvious And so it begins. Now that Mitt Romney looks to be the nominee, the media is wasting no time in doing feature stories on his religion. Everyone get ready for the Summer of Mormon  (washingtonpost.com) (360)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Interesting Martina Navratilova to join celebrity cast of DWTS, immediately begins practice to avoid foot faults  (suntimes.com) (34)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Prosecutors concentrating on local rabbi's incendiary ash-for-cash scheme  (newyorkpost.com) (11)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Japan moves towards legalizing casino gambling, braces for influx of American Indian tribes  (tokyotimes.co.jp) (17)


Tue February 28, 2012
(Some Guy) Weird "Traffic signals will have to be disassembled, power lines will have to be cut, and ramps built across medians, then everything will have to be reassembled before morning commuters hit the streets" for: (c) a rock  (y100.com) (107)
(Fox News) Followup Tugboat reaches cruise ship adrift in pirate-infested Indian ocean, promises to bodyslam anyone that gets in its way  (foxnews.com) (33)


Mon February 27, 2012
(Salon) Fail It's okay to be convicted of three felony counts of voter fraud if you're the Republican Secretary of State and chief election official of Indiana  (salon.com) (61)
(Boston Herald) Interesting Obama says "There is no magic bullet" that will instantly lower gas prices. GOP leaders immediately criticized Obama for dangerously weakening America by failing to maintain our magic bullet arsenal  (news.bostonherald.com) (163)


Sun February 26, 2012
(YouTube) Video One of the risks of people riding on top of trains in India is that this might happen  (youtube.com) (70)


Sat February 25, 2012
(Guardian) Amusing British rival to Siri unveiled. Sure, she works on Android and Apple products, and copes with various British dialects, but can Evi tell if you want four candles or fork handles?  (guardian.co.uk) (61)
(Daily Mail) Hero What did Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Diana, and Padma Lakshmi have in common? This guy  (dailymail.co.uk) (39)


Fri February 24, 2012
(Crooks & Liars) Interesting The Fox Effect and how it shapes the media landscape. Today's lesson: Gas prices  (crooksandliars.com) (134)
(Some Guy) Obvious Twenty gallons of meth with a street value of $10 million found at Taco Bell. Printer ink industry executives shrug, laugh, go back tossing $50,000 bricks of hundreds into their platinum and diamond-encrusted fireplaces  (dfw.cbslocal.com) (111)
(ABC) Cool Rare 12.76 carat pink diamond discovered in Australia will be cut and go on world tour. Inspector Clouseau to provide security  (abcnews.go.com) (65)


Thu February 23, 2012
(Some Guy) Misc Old and busted: kidney stones. New hotness: kidney boulders. What the hell, India?  (punjabnewsline.com) (70)


Wed February 22, 2012
(MSNBC) Obvious India's $35 tablet computer program in trouble due to slow speed, short battery life and a clunky touch screen, but at least tech support is only a local phone call away  (msnbc.msn.com) (13)
(IndyStar) Hero Indiana's Speaker of the House Brian Bosma (R) responds to Rep. Bob Morris' absurd claims about the Girl Scouts connections to Planned Parenthood by passing out Girl Scout cookies on the floor of the House  (indystar.com) (96)
(National Journal) Asinine Santorum to media: Now that I've got an actual shot at winning this thng, please ignore all the crazy shiat I said during the 2008 campaign as it is "not relevant to what's being discussed in America today"  (nationaljournal.com) (143)
(The Week) Asinine What to expect from tonight's GOP debate... aka the season finale of American Political Gladiators  (theweek.com) (79)
(CNSNews) Unlikely Times Square Billboards: "Don't Believe the Liberal Media!" Believing all the advertising is still A-Ok  (cnsnews.com) (97)
(Independent) Asinine 15,000 die on Indian railways every year because the toilets on the trains just empty onto the rails, corroding them to the point of breaking. Indian officials charged with not keeping track  (independent.co.uk) (119)
(Yahoo) Interesting Canadian writer weighs the possibility of a brokered GOP convention, then nails precisely why it won't be  (news.yahoo.com) (71)


Tue February 21, 2012
(LA Times) Interesting Personal gun ownership in India is surging, with as many as 3 guns for every 100 Indians. Americans react: *cough*rounding error*cough*  (latimes.com) (121)
(NHL) Cool Will Detroit bring their magic home win streak fairy on the road? Will Lundqvist's manish good looks prevent a Staal in Pittsburgh? Will Edmonton or Calgary figure out who's the better Canadian? It's your Tuesday night hockey thread  (nhl.com) (334)
(Daily Mail) Strange Anderson Cooper gives Courtney Cox a bowl of his creamy white "dressing" which Courtney proceeds to gulp from the bowl as she tells him how good it tastes. Subby was confused by the lack of Japanese dialogue  (dailymail.co.uk) (64)
(Salon) Misc In the American healthcare system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the TV shows which write plots about diseases, and the viewers who diagnose themselves from them. These are their stories  (salon.com) (24)


Mon February 20, 2012
(Chicago Tribune) Dumbass Indiana Republican warns that the Girl Scouts are "radicalized" as proven by the fact that Michelle Obama is their honorary President  (chicagotribune.com) (217)
(RealClearPolitics) Interesting Rep. Paul Ryan (R-andian) is a one-legged man in an ass-kicking competition when debating economic issues  (realclearpolitics.com) (148)
(Slanch Report) Amusing Only Doc Emrick can reference a J-Lo movie immediately following a brutal hockey fight  (slanchreport.com) (48)
(NewsBusters) Interesting Media: Income inequality is soaring and hitting new highs. Facts: Inequality peaked in 2000 and has been decreasing ever since, with the greatest decrease when Bush was president and the GOP controlled both houses  (newsbusters.org) (207)
(Telegraph) Interesting News: Child lives as a girl and has been diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder Fark: at age four  (telegraph.co.uk) (328)


Sun February 19, 2012
(Some Guy) Asinine I keep seeing enormous squirrels around my neighborhood. They keep eating in preparation for a winter that hasn't materialized. Will there be a big problem with diabetic squirrels soon? Can squirrels get diabetes? Where's Brimley?  (mn.gov) (163)


Sat February 18, 2012
(Some Guy) Cool While the media is focusing on "Linsanity", Lebron is having one of the greatest statistical years in NBA history  (herald-dispatch.com) (81)


Fri February 17, 2012
(Some Guy) Amusing Americans on SOPA: stop it now.. Canadians on Canadian SOPA: Let's tell our government everything, eh?  (winnipegfreepress.com) (39)
(Salon) Followup The right is attacking Media Matters because it matters  (salon.com) (154)
(WorldNetDaily) Stupid Media Matters tied to MoveOn, ACORN, Soros, Satan, the ghost of Hitler, the Chupacabra and reverse vampires  (kleinonline.wnd.com) (220)


Thu February 16, 2012
(Gizmodo) Amusing Gizmodo gives props to Fark for directing them to a story about a remedial eBay user  (gizmodo.com) (0)
(Some Guy) Scary Why does Rebecca Romijn have "Wilford Brimley" diabetus cadaver feet?  (pics.wikifeet.com) (75)


Wed February 15, 2012
(Chronicle) Obvious Professor and author of two books on the 1886 Haymarket riot attempts to correct an inaccuracy on the event's Wikipedia entry; has correction reversed, is called a vandal, is told site is based on what's popular, not what's true  (chronicle.com) (361)


Tue February 14, 2012
(My Fox DC) Interesting I don't expect witty repartee kid, just give me a sign when the diaper is full so I can wait it out in the basement  (myfoxdc.com) (15)


Mon February 13, 2012
(Yahoo) Ironic The man who ordered the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist by attaching a bomb to his car denounces the Iranian-backed "terrorists" who attached bombs to cars of his ambassadors in Georgia and India  (news.yahoo.com) (150)


Sun February 12, 2012
(Marketwatch) Cool Indian stocks curry investors' favor for a sixth straight week  (marketwatch.com) (4)


Sat February 11, 2012
(Daily Mail) Stupid "Comedian" celebrates Black History Month by putting on blackface make-up and embarrassing BYU students  (dailymail.co.uk) (252)
(Reuters) Interesting Grower payment scandal claims jobs of Diamond Foods CEO and CFO, leaves farmers wanting to cut their nuts off  (reuters.com) (8)


Fri February 10, 2012
(msnbc) Spiffy IRS updates their smartphone app. Will now check your tax return and immediately tell how much jail time you can realistically expect to serve  (lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com) (37)
(BusinessWeek) Hero Mr. Bay wants to kill the QR code. Hopefully WITH LOTS OF EXPLOSIONS AND FORCED DIALOGUE  (businessweek.com) (59)
(Some Guy) Obvious Blizzard Entertainment Game Development VP Axl Rose would like you to know that there will be a little delay with the Diablo 3 release but that it's going to be totally awesome  (slashgear.com) (63)
(Wikipedia) Sad The world lost a great comedian 12 years ago today, know what I mean Vern? Bonus: graduated from same high school Drew did  (en.wikipedia.org) (103)
(Network World) Interesting Seems Wikipedia wouldn't forgive GoDaddy even if Danica sent Jimmy a Valentine  (networkworld.com) (5)
(Some Joe C. Sidekick) Followup Kid Rock steps out from Waffle House melee to refute his Not-Made-In-Detroit clothing line charges; "Let me first start off by cordially inviting you to go f*ck yourself"  (kidrock.com) (152)
(Daily Mail) Weird English woman gets flu, loses voice, regains voice, but can only speak in a French accent, immediately surrenders  (dailymail.co.uk) (14)


Thu February 09, 2012
(Great Falls Tribune) Dumbass If you ever drop your weed by the side of the road let it go, because man, it's gone, and the cops will find the methadone, opiates and benzodiazepines in your car and bloodstream when they stop to see what you're looking for  (greatfallstribune.com) (33)
(Boing Boing) Interesting Ever wonder what dinosaur comedians heard when nobody understood their jokes?  (boingboing.net) (11)
(USA Today) Asinine U.S. economic embargo of Cuba turns 50. Canadians light up a Cohiba in our honor  (usatoday.com) (133)
(Reading Eagle) Dumbass Former PA State Senator compares driver's licenses to slavery, immediately jumps to third in GOP primary  (readingeagle.com) (39)


Wed February 08, 2012
(IEEE Spectrum) Cool (Almost) everyone loves the Taiwanese media animations of current news events. Now, learn the cool story of the man behind the Next Media madness (and how they do it so quickly)  (spectrum.ieee.org) (28)
(Daily Mail) Sad Wolfman family in India seeks help for their rare genetic affliction, hopes to enlist the aid of Tom Cruise, who has decades of experience dealing with beards  (dailymail.co.uk) (82)


Tue February 07, 2012
(WRCB-TV) Obvious Consumer officials warn about online dating scams. Wait, you mean she isn't a Canadian supermodel who loves World of Warcraft?  (wrcbtv.com) (112)
(CNN) Dumbass Gingrich's spokesman edits wikipedia page to remove all mention of Newt's marriages, ethics violations, and add important facts about his balancing the budget, defeating communisism, and killing Osama Bin Laden with his giant penis  (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) (67)


Mon February 06, 2012
(WTSP) Florida Protip: Ditch your coke *before* repeatedly dialing 9-1-1 for your chest pains  (wtsp.com) (19)


Sun February 05, 2012
(SLTrib) Scary For all those who have wished Josh Powell would diaf, here ya go  (sltrib.com) (165)
(Some Guy) Amusing Canadian police determine that certain astrological signs are more likely to be Aries-ted  (inquisitr.com) (49)


Sat February 04, 2012
(Some mma fan) Cool UFC 143 ppv discussion thread Will a Nick Diaz win over Carlos Condit make him seem like less of a douche or more ? Will Roy Nelson find Fabricio Werdum more than he can stomach or find him delicious? Prelims on FX 8pm EST  (mmamania.com) (832)
(Talking Points Memo) Amusing Further proving that liberals are wholly responsible for voter fraud, the Republican Indiana Secretary State has been personally convicted of six charges of voter fraud   (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com) (142)
(Mediabistro) Fail New York Times post $40 million loss in 2011. However, it was spread out liberally among all its media businesses  (mediabistro.com) (53)


Fri February 03, 2012
(CTV) Interesting Canadian Senator wants to give prisoners the option of being in the loop  (ctv.ca) (143)
(WRAL) Weird Step 1: begin copying photos from a woman's Facebook page and blog, step 2: setup social media accounts and new blog under a new name and post them for months, step 3: profit?  (wral.com) (111)
(Chicago Tribune) Silly College student gives up cell phone and all social media for three months--and actually survives to tell the tale  (chicagotribune.com) (51)
(MSNBC) Sad Jewish Indiana Jones faces 20 years in prison. He chose...poorly  (msnbc.msn.com) (94)
(Fox News) Interesting Indiana lawmakers pass last-minute legislation making it more difficult for thousands of men to find hookers for the Super Bowl  (foxnews.com) (36)
(Mother Jones) Interesting Susan G. Komen: Defunding Planned Parenthood was not politically motivated but a new policy against donating to organizations under investigation. Media: What about the $7.5M you gave Penn State? Susan G. Komen: *crickets*  (motherjones.com) (183)
(Some Guy) Amusing You can tell Valentine's Day is near, because the media has produced the first "ZOMG, PERVERTED CANDY HEARTS" story of the season  (kcra.com) (44)
(KTLA) Scary "Yeah, fill 'er up and check the radiator Josés under the hood"  (ktla.com) (20)


Thu February 02, 2012
(ABC) Stupid Having run out of regular immigrants, Canada recruits bureaucrats to pose as new Canadians for a citizenship ceremony  (abcnews.go.com) (37)


Wed February 01, 2012
(The Sun) Silly Everyone freaks out after comedian says "wanker" on live BBC broadcast. What a bunch of bollocks  (thesun.co.uk) (64)
(Mercury News) Scary Tiny amount of radiation 'could have' leaked from nuclear power plant but there's absolutely nothing to worry about, say officials in Japan. Oops, I mean California  (mercurynews.com) (101)
(New York Magazine) Interesting The universe of reality TV shows organized into a colorful Venn diagram. XKCD can suck it  (nymag.com) (30)
(YouTube) Video 7'5" Mamadou Ndiaye, the tallest high school basketball player in the world, is a stand out in his latest game in California  (youtube.com) (109)


Tue January 31, 2012
(Mail) Followup 20-year-old babysitter's diary entry about 14-year-old boy: 'I don't care about the law.' The law: 'Ahem'  (middletownpress.com) (207)
(Rolling Stone) Interesting Comedian from popular, news-savvy TV show launches Presidential campaign to expose foibles of the political process. No, we're not talking about Stephen Colbert. Come upon my lawn and let me tell you about Pat Paulsen  (rollingstone.com) (67)
(Bloomberg) PSA Economies of midwest states, particularly Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, have improved faster than the rest of the U.S. since 2009. Not that this fact has any particular relevance in this particular year  (bloomberg.com) (171)
(Starpulse) Strange Nicolas Cage poses with his new wax figure which is immediately offered all of his acting roles  (starpulse.com) (32)
(Orlando Sentinel) Fail Orlando Magic defense finally rises to the occasion by holding powerful 76ers to season low 74 points. Unfortunately, Orlando Magic offense again takes the night off and dials in a horrific 69 point performance  (orlandosentinel.com) (34)
(Daily Mail) Spiffy Alec Baldwin lost 30 pounds after discovering he was prediabetic. Or postdiabetic, Dr. Spaceman always gets those two confused  (dailymail.co.uk) (48)


Mon January 30, 2012
(NPR) Obvious "Could a club drug offer almost immediate relief from depression?" Um...isn't that the whole point of taking it?  (npr.org) (45)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Mother-of-the-year tarts up 5-year-old for TV, sues media for $30M because her snowflake is "perceived sexually"   (theclicker.today.msnbc.msn.com) (172)
(Mossad) Obvious US to launch war with Iran in May, says Israeli media with absolutely no personal interest in creating a self fulfilling prophecy  (debka.com) (134)
(Smh.com.au) Followup Facebook IPO predicted to raise $10 billion. Mark Zuckerberg immediately eyes 25 million new acres of fake farm land  (smh.com.au) (42)
(American Thinker) Obvious There are six primary methods of eliminating potential challengers with the tacit cooperation of the mainstream media, and they have been in full display this primary season  (americanthinker.com) (167)
(Orlando Sentinel) Fail Orlando Magic free fall continues. Last night's 21-point blowout brought to you courtesy of the Indiana Pacers  (orlandosentinel.com) (62)
(TechEBlog) Amusing Yeah, that COULD be the coolest Diablo costume ever... Or it could doom the wearer to a lifetime of virginity  (techeblog.com) (37)
(Some Guy) Weird Another foot washes ashore on Vancouver beach, is immediately offered roster spot with Baltimore Ravens  (huffingtonpost.ca) (53)


Sun January 29, 2012
(Houston Chronicle) Strange I have no idea what you're saying so here's a picture of a bunch of Indian kids dressed up like Gandhi  (chron.com) (39)
(Herald Tribune) Florida 55-year-old Florida man claiming Indian descent wears war paint, headdresses, and performs sacred dance ceremonies at heritage festivals across the state. Some Native Americans have a problem with this (w/ pic of alleged Indian)  (heraldtribune.com) (164)

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