Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,
I can finally read a news article in peace. It is amazing how little content if left after removing all of the clutter.

QUESTION, is there a way to put a master rip in for things like "sidebar" and all of the "share this/facebook" BS.?

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.4.1-signed.1-signed). 

Yes, there is.

You're asking for: Page extension

1) Create a new page (context-menu > Yarip > Create page...)
2) Give it a special name (e.g. `remove-social.yarip')
3) Create your rules and put them in the special page
4) Extend the special-page for any pages that have some ignoring social-stuff

Maybe you'd also like to try: Content whitelist / exclusive

1) Create a new page for the currently visited page (showing social-stuff)
2) `Add' a content-whitelist-rule (page-manager > Content > Whitelist) for the page
3) Check the `Exclusive'-checkbox in the lower right
4) Open the page-monitor (<ctrl> + <m>; on the visited page) and reload the page
5) Right-click > Whitelist content; for any content that is required by the page to properly display/work