Drew Curtis' FARK.com -- links tagged 'federal'

Headlines matching 'federal'

Wed May 23, 2012

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Chipotle accused of hiring illegal Mexican immigrants and is the subject of a Federal Investigation over hiring practices. Which is kind of ironic, considering their food is the furthest you can get from real Mexican (reuters.com)	(211)
		Realizing that maybe the economy isn't his strong point, Romney shifts focus to education. You know, that part of the federal government over half his party wants to get rid of (wrcbtv.com)	(40)
		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)

Sun May 20, 2012

Remember that federal aid the GOP tried to block for Joplin? Good thing they failed, because it seems to have helped. A lot (usatoday.com)

(199)

Fri May 18, 2012

		Federal Judge to DOJ: You know that part of the NDA that lets you indefinitely detain anyone you think is "supporting" terrorism? Yeah, the 1st Amendment has a problem with that (businessweek.com)	(170)
		Florida evangelist "Apostle Tito" is targeted by members of "Satan's team", or as the rest of us would put it, is arraigned in federal court on child molestation charges (clickorlando.com)	(54)
		Support for President Obama amongst the U.S. prison population expected to rise, as the administration ordered federal, state and local officials to adopt zero tolerance for prison rape (news.yahoo.com)	(118)

Thu May 17, 2012

Obama expects a "serious bipartisan approach" to tackling the budget and growing federal deficit this year. Oh wait, he's serious, let me laugh even harder (upi.com)

(41)

Tue May 15, 2012

(Some non-federal worker)

It's good to be a federal worker (wusa9.com)

(133)

Sat May 12, 2012

Our federal government has commissioned a study to study studies. Conclusion...study studying studies is flawed. Fark needs a "facepalm" tag (abcnews.go.com)

(43)

Fri May 11, 2012

Sheriff Joe responds calmly and reasonably to DOJ suit against him. Yeah, who are we kidding... "I'm not going to surrender my office to the federal government. I will fight this to the bitter end" (cnn.com)

(211)

Thu May 10, 2012

Judge rules that if you're operating a medical marijuana-related business and you default on a loan, it's totally cool because marijuana is illegal federally so therefore your loan contract is null and void (azcentral.com)

(95)

Wed May 09, 2012

		The latest gang to invade and threaten residents of south Florida: feral ducks. Difficulty: They're federally protected, so moving them is prohibited (articles.sun-sentinel.com)	(121)
		Obama faced a much tougher primary fight in West Virginia than expected with his challenger, Keith Judd, recieving almost 40% of the vote, despite the fact that Judd is currently an inmate in federal prison (abcnews.go.com)	(101)

Tue May 08, 2012

Officials say that several more bombs similar to the "improved underwear bomb" they just intercepted are "unaccounted for". Hope you'll enjoy giving TSA screening agents the newly federally mandated lap dance (abcnews.go.com)

(90)

Sun May 06, 2012

You're a federal fugitive wanted by the U.S. Marshals. Do you: A) Flee to Mexico? B) Flee to Canada? C) Pose as a disc jockey named 'RoboCraig' at a bar and grill in Oregon? (oregonlive.com)

(28)

Tue May 01, 2012

Federal Court ruling that Texas cannot bar Planned Parenthood from serving low-income women blocked 5 minutes later by Appellate Court (blog.chron.com)

(243)

Mon April 30, 2012

In a suprise twist, federal prosecutors are demanding convicted white-collar criminal Sam Cohen, who defrauded celebrities and foundations of $60 million, be sentenced to "robbed a 7-11" kinda time (news.yahoo.com)

(71)

Fri April 27, 2012

Mike Crapo (R-Stop Giggling Already) votes to strike all mentions of the word "lunatic" from Federal Law, to be replaced with "Ron Paul Fan" (thehill.com)

(75)

Wed April 25, 2012

(LA Weekly)		The original Southern California Darts Association hits the mark with a Federal injunction preventing Dino "Pebbles" Zaffina from using their 30 year old trademark (blogs.laweekly.com)	(144)
(Some Guy)		Rep. Todd Akin (R-eally dumb): "Federal student loans are the stage three cancer of socialism" (columbiatribune.com)	(393)

Tue April 24, 2012

AZ legislature passes law demanding the federal government turn over title to 48,000 sq miles of federally owned land in the state. Federal government promises to get right on that the second the Federal Supremacy Clause is repealed (news.yahoo.com)

(198)

Wed April 18, 2012

15% of all laws passed by this Congress have been to name post offices and other Federal buildings. It's nice to know there's nothing pressing that needs Congressional attention (dailykos.com)

(64)

Tue April 17, 2012

Federal judges rule the 20th century unconstitutional (thinkprogress.org)

(175)

Wed April 11, 2012

Estimated "savings" generated by the Buffett Rule over 10 years - $7 Billion. Estimated savings by cutting the federal budget by a measly 1% - $33.6 Billion. But it's never the spending (nationalreview.com)

(542)

Tue April 10, 2012

According to Federal Election Commission records, Oliver Urface has joined joined Pat Magroin and Ibin Yerkinoff as donors to Stephen Colbert's Super PAC (thesmokinggun.com)

(101)

Mon April 09, 2012

Jim McMahon the target of a Federal probe for his role in the downfall of Broadway Bank, the entire 1985 NFC (suntimes.com)

(24)

Sat April 07, 2012

(Woonsocket Call)

Federal prosecutor says he would overlook a cancer patient with a joint, but a 96,000 plant medical marijuana grow operation is going to get busted (woonsocketcall.com)

(48)

Fri April 06, 2012

(Some DHS Rascal)

Federal judge eviscerates the Department of Homeland Security with an opinion that scores somewhere between Airplane and Ghostbusters on the "density of quotable lines" scale (powerlineblog.com)

(180)

Thu April 05, 2012

This may come a a shock to you, but legal experts say that the federal judge who ordered the administration to "clarify" Obama's remarks on judicial review , is a partisan hack who has wildly overstepped his authority (cnn.com)

(284)

Wed April 04, 2012

		Federal Appeals Court orders the Obama Administration to have the Constitutional Law Professor President give the judges a teaching moment to explain why 200+ years of precedent is wrong (cbsnews.com)	(425)
		Investors totally bummed on hearing the Federal Reserve has cut off their allowance. Now they might actually have to hire people and produce things. The horror (cnbc.com)	(20)

Sun April 01, 2012

Federal Court throws out FEC rules that allowed super-PAC donors to remain anonymous. At least now we'll get to learn the names of our government's owners (huffingtonpost.com)

(119)

Wed March 28, 2012

(Some Guy)		Supreme Court rules that the Federal government can tell the world about your HIV status if it wants to (fox8.com)	(77)
		Food bank in Indiana using federal funds asks for just a teensy prayer before you get your groceries (huffingtonpost.com)	(240)

Thu March 22, 2012

(Heritage Foundation)

Good news for business owners and taxpayers. The 120 new federal regulations enacted last year will only cost you $1 billion a year for the next 15 years. Bonus: The Department of Justice says "You'll get over it" (blog.heritage.org)

(84)

Fri March 09, 2012

You know what would really fix what's wrong with this country? Another federal shut-down, that's what (dailykos.com)

(155)

Thu March 08, 2012

(Red State)

$3.4 billion annually in tax preferences to "Big Oil": A horrible drain on the federal treasury that should be investigated. $24 billion IN ONE YEAR to "Green Industries": Nothing to see here, Mr. Taxpayer (redstate.com)

(186)

Tue February 28, 2012

		When Punking™ a Federal Election®, registering the cell phone to a "Pierre Poutine" of Separatist Street, Joliette, Que., is the coup de grace (cbc.ca)	(41)
		Contractor who ran mold-infested housing for Navy families promises to work with those who got sick. And by that they mean try to have the lawsuits moved to federal court where they can claim sovereign immunity (wtkr.com)	(41)

Sat February 25, 2012

(Some Guy)

Federal Aid makes college more expensive, leading to more federal aid, leading to college more expensive, leading to more federal aid (smartmoney.com)

(141)

Thu February 23, 2012

		Enterprise Rent-A-Car blinks in battle with California mom to the tune of $15 million and a new federal law (abcnews.go.com)	(179)
		Like a task force taking down a crime family, federal prosecutors are slowly working up the corporate chain of command of Massey Energy with criminal indictments connected to the Big Branch mine disaster (cbsnews.com)	(81)

Mon February 20, 2012

Federal lawsuit against family of alleged psychic swindling gypsies may be cursed after victim says he's very happy with their ability to dispel his evil spirits (miamiherald.com)

(11)

Sun February 19, 2012

Rick Santorum wants a federal commissar to ensure enough conservative professors are hired by universities. That seems pretty reasonable (dailykos.com)

(411)

Thu February 16, 2012

(CBS LA)

Two people shot at the federal building in downtown Long Beach (losangeles.cbslocal.com)

(176)

Tue February 14, 2012

		Five reasons the federal budget is so farked not even Ron Paul can save it (csmonitor.com)	(204)
		You're a K-9 cop out on a call and have to send your dog to take down a robber who is in the country illegally. Do you: a) receive an award, b) accept a promotion, or c) get sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for police brutality? (myfoxdc.com)	(146)

Sun February 12, 2012

		Sheriffs threatening to arrest federal regulators. Another threatening to bring out his SWAT team to go up against a federal government SWAT team. Welcome to the Constitutional Sheriffs Convention (denverpost.com)	(259)
		"He says too many Americans lean on taxpayers, yet depends on a federal subsidy called the earned-income tax credit. He signed up his 3 kids to eat free meals at federal expense. And Medicare paid for his mom's hip surgery twice" (nytimes.com)	(318)