Longtime senator from Hawaii Daniel Inouye dead at the age Of 88. Medal of Honor winner. “Inoyue didn’t just throw grenades at the Germans, he threw one after he lost his arm…by prying it out of the hand on his nearly amputated arm.” A man who led from the front. Rest In Peace, Senator.

States give ObamaCare a massive vote of no confidence. Just 18 states have agreed to build insurance exchanges – the other 32, including 8 run by Dem governors, are leaving the task to the HHS. “That’s a remarkable vote of no confidence on a central element of ObamaCare, and one that’s caught the White House completely by surprise.” But it likely won’t be the last. The failure of this POS is on the horizon. Figures don’t lie but liars figure.

After Tim Scott announcement – cries of “Token Black” and “House Negro” begin. Here’s more tolerance in action: “Radio Host on Tim Scott: ‘Black Only in Skin Color.'” “Freedom” is just another word for “doing what we say.”

Thinking the unthinkable. “I live with a son who is mentally ill. I love my son. But he terrifies me. A few weeks ago, Michael pulled a knife and threatened to kill me and then himself after I asked him to return his overdue library books. … In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness.” The only problem is talking about mental illness does not advance the left’s political agenda.

Obamacare and My Daughter. “…this surgery will ‘cease to be available in two years for insurance patients due to ObamaCare.’ This is a quote from the flustered nurse at the hospital.” Elections have consequences – the youth who voted for the “cool guy” may end up learning this the hard way.

As Secretary of State, Kerry would elevate climate issues. “He would not only put climate change in the top five issues he raises with every country, but he would probably rethink our entire diplomatic approach to the issue.” Yeah, that’ll go over big with the Middle Eastern states whose economies depend on oil. Maybe Obama should make him Secretary of Statism instead.

Prosecutor: SEIU organizer committed voter fraud in 2011 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. In other news, dog bites man, sun rises, pigs don’t have wings and can’t fly, Obama’s policies wreak havoc, etc. Maybe the MSM ignores this type of stuff because they figure it’s a given, eh?

Is the wind industry entering panic mode? “…the absolute necessity of the Production Tax Credit to wind’s ‘competitiveness’ showcases just how thoroughly the industry is still operating based on rent-seeking rather than its own free-market merits after 20 years of government special treatment…” Without gubbermint subsidies, the wind industry would be gone with the you-know-what.

Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China. Nanny Bloomberg, Michael Moore and the MSM demand stricter knife controls. Sharp stick industry forsees revival.

The Commissar Vanishes. “The most disturbing aspect of Susan Rice’s fall is the almost Soviet way in which it occurred, a process which now includes a Daily Beast hagiography of the new heroine, Samantha Power.” “Why his political hide should be all-important to the Democratic Party is a mystery. There seems an unending succession of senior officials willing to take the blame for whatever it is he is cooking up as if driven by ambition, greed or fear. It is all so eerie.” Cults of personality all work that way.

Obama: I’m more of a moderate Republican than a socialist. Obama: “The truth of the matter is that my policies are so mainstream that if I had set the same policies that I had back in the 1980s, I would be considered a moderate Republican.” Of course, if someone like Obama had run for president in the 1980s, he would’ve also been considered a moderate nut. Ask the late Geraldine Ferraro.

Politico, Daily Kos upset “Fox News-Breitbart crowd” gaining influence. All the news the NY Times doesn’t think is fit to print.

The high cost of Dems’ cheap populism. “The NY Times offers a ‘News Analysis’ today in which it is revealed that the Republicans are right on the merits of most of the arguments, but Obama and congressional Democrats have boxed themselves in by relentlessly demagoguing the issue.” “It’s almost as if near-term political gain and populist theater, and not economics, are driving Obama’s approach to policy.” What do you mean “almost as if”?

Think Progress: We could end homelessness with the money Americans spend on Christmas decorations. “…the Grinches at TP want to guilt-trip Americans this holiday season by insinuating that Christmas decorations are the cause of homelessness.” Two can play that game: if not buying Christmas decorations could end homelessness, think of the good the money we spend on lousy dead-tree newspapers, donations to the DNC and union dues could do.

Aetna CEO sees Obama health law doubling some premiums. “While subsidies in the law will shield some people, other consumers who make too much for assistance are in for “premium rate shock… The prospect has spurred discussion of having Congress delay or phase in parts of the law.” Like a rotting corpse, it’s falling apart piece by piece…

IPCC AR5 draft leaked, contains game-changing admission of enhanced solar forcing. “The admission of strong evidence for enhanced solar forcing changes everything. The climate alarmists can’t continue to claim that warming was almost entirely due to human activity over a period when solar warming effects, now acknowledged to be important, were at a maximum.” Expect this information to disappear mysteriously before the final report is released.

Susan Rice withdraws from Secretary of State consideration. Obama: Wait until I find the filmmaker responsible for this! “If Susan Rice opposes Susan Rice becoming Secretary of State, does that make her a racist?” Maybe… did she vote for Romney?

Latin Spring? Post-Chavez Venezuela most likely will be governed by chaos. “To Venezuela’s low-information voters, the crime and corruption were bearable because Chavez was seen as blameless, a man they could connect with as he spoke with them nonstop on television as he shoveled the government handouts.” But now the handouts are running out – there as well as here.

Belafonte’s advice to Obama: imprison opposition “like a Third World dictator.” Yep, forget that “power to the people” sh*t, the Left is all about totalitarian statism. Every once in a while, they’ll tell you that straight out. Day-O! Daylight come and Harry’s a Marxist crumb.

Union “victory”: Chrysler reinstates 13 workers fired for drinking on the job. An arbitrator decided there was “insufficient conclusive evidence to uphold the dismissals.” They were fired two years ago after being filmed by a local TV station “drinking and smoking what the network suggested was a controlled substance before and during work.” Maybe if they had offered the arbitrator a toke… Nah.

Unions, police clash at Michigan Capitol – Steven Crowder assaulted by union protesters. Will Obama denounce this violence? What about the Krugmans and Hallops of the world?

Obama campaign to telemarket for taxes. “Aiming to bring public pressure on Republicans to back higher taxes for the rich in the ‘fiscal cliff’ fight, the Obama Biden campaign today began urging supporters to join a local, online phone bank to help the president blast the GOP.” If Obama-Biden were going to jump off a cliff, that would be an effort we’d get behind. This, not so much.

Bankrupt Obama-stimulus recipient A123 goes to the highest bidder: China. “…what we’ve essentially accomplished here is borrowing money from the Chinese, to build a company at a loss, to then sell it to the Chinese.” Well, now that the only buyer of Treasury bonds is the Fed, from now on we can print money to build a company at a loss to sell to the Chinese. Keen, er, Keynes!

You might not have a job, but you helped get Obama re-elected, and isn’t that all that matters? If you work(ed) at Newsweek, the answer is “that’s all you have left”: “Newsweek’s print edition is ending in a matter of weeks, and the anticipated staff changes have already begun. Layoffs are expected to be announced [Dec 6.] … a few editors are proactively jumping ship.” No jokes about rats and sinking ships, please. Oh, OK, just a few.

Number of workers aged 25-54 back to April 1997 levels. Hmmm, the number takes a big tumble and lies on the bottom like a dead whale from 2009 on. Meanwhile, the number of workers 55-69 looks like a graph of the US Zimbabwe’s national debt. Parabolic!