Obama to jet off to Hawaii for SEVENTEEN DAY Christmas vacation. “Last year the trip cost [the US taxpayer] more than $1 million,according to the Hawaii Reporter.” BTW, he left word to all you suckers to curse the rich ’cause they have more than you. Hey, “vacation” isn’t one of those raaaaacist code words like “golf” and “Chicago”, is it? Oh, well.

Obama naivete destabilizing the Middle East. “…the Obama Administration publicly declares it is opposed to giving Syrian rebels manpads [shoulder-fired missiles], it is another story on the covert side of the house. … Some of the intelligence operatives at the so-called ‘Annex’ in Benghazi were collecting and shipping these weapon systems to Turkey. That’s one of the dirty secrets the Obama Administration is keen on hiding.” What could go wrong? Oh, yeah…

When work is punished: The tragedy of America’s welfare state. “”the single mom is better off earnings gross income of $29,000 with $57,327 in net income & benefits than to earn gross income of $69,000 with net income and benefits of $57,045.” “For every 1.65 employed persons in the private sector, 1 person receives welfare assistance… For every 1.25 employed persons in the private sector, 1 person receives welfare assistance or works for the government.” Enjoy the free stuff, Obamunists – ’cause when it’s gone, it’s gone.

NY Times’ Kristoff: Utility customers require auxiliary generators because of tax cuts for the rich. “Half-a-century of tax cuts focused on the wealthiest Americans leave us with third-rate public services, leading the wealthy to develop inefficient private workarounds.” Ummm, most electric utilities are private companies and NOT financed by tax money so this argument is flat out wrong. Maybe tax cuts for the rich are also responsible for the declining intellectual level of newspaper pundits too, eh?

Glenn Beck dunks Obama bobblehead in pi$$… calls it art. Well, the piece does seem to meet all the left’s modern criteria for art, including the avant garde use of body waste. Glen, when’s your exhibit coming to town?

Sandra Fluke should be named Person of the Year! “Time magazine gives us Sandra Fluke, with a bachelor’s degree in (no joke) Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, no marketable skills, and still on the academic track, living on the largess of others.” And way over 30 to boot. People like her used to be called ne’er do wells, now they win prizes and are elected president. Twice.

Student debt bubble officially pops as 90+ day delinquency rate goes parabolic. Unlike housing, where the lender can at least take back the house and resell it, there is nothing to recover from junior’s $100k degree in Marxist Nonsense. But, don’t worry – student loans are not dischargable in bankruptcy so junior will spend the rest of his life, if need be, paying it back – assuming he ever gets a job. Boom!

Iran may be close to a plutonium bomb, German defense experts warn. “The IAEA reported that Iran removed fuel rods from the Bushehr light water reactor… ‘it may… mean the starting-point for production of weapons-grade plutonium. That would mean a dramatic expansion and acceleration of Iran’s nuclear armaments program…'” In other news, obscure filmmakers all over the US are suddenly hiring lawyers…

Sandra Fluke is a candidate for Time’s “Person of the Year.” “I know Time also selected Hitler one year, but at least Hitler could draw a crowd.” And at it’s current newstand cover price, Time is the perfect place to dump your unwanted $3.95 just in case there isn’t a rathole or a sewer nearby.

Portugal debates future of welfare state. “The country has to choose between higher taxes or fewer state services, Vítor Gaspar, finance minister, said. “There appears to be an enormous divergence between what the Portuguese believe the state should deliver and the amount of taxes they are prepared to pay,” he told parliament recently. The solution is to tax the rich. If it doesn’t seem to work, try yelling it louder.

Do you live in a Death Spiral state? No, it has nothing to do with the latest psycho-babble from Oprah… It’s a list of eleven states which are danger spots for investors: “They can look forward to a rising tax burden, deteriorating state finances and an exodus of employers.” So don’t buy a house or a municpal bond in any of them. At the top of the list: New Mexico! But California is not far behind.

“Our lord and savior Barack Obama.” Spoken by oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx at the previously recorded Soul Train Awards broadcast on BET Sunday. No need to dig out of the hole, the sh*t is now so deep we can stand on it. BTW, will Jamie be getting a Nobel Peace Prize now as well?

Assisted-suicide sitcom coming to BBC. “The six-part series is described as a ‘black comedy’ about three men who set up an assisted-suicide business.” Undoubtedly inspired by the UK’s NHS. Another cutting-edge idea from the network that gave the world a children’s TV show hosted by a pedophile.

Bond bubble bust. “Ben’s debt binge to detonate retirement funds.” If you’re near retirement or retired already, beware the bond market. Interest rates would not have to go up very much to squash bond prices and your principal with it. Just another hazard courtesy of Helicopter Ben and his Keynesian stimulus baloney.

A physician’s new reality: patients ask me to break the law. “Obamacare is very clear as to what is covered and what is not. Obamacare — intentionally — makes it as difficult to be seen and taken care of as possible.” Here’s what medicine will be like with the gubbermint looking over your doctor’s shoulder: “I am now mandated by the government to talk to you about your weight, exercise, family life, smoking, sexual abuse(!), and even to ask if you wear seat belts. And I am mandated to record your answers.” It’s not as bad as we thought… it’s worse!

Gaza part of secret war in Middle East? “Israeli leaks about missiles heading for Gaza have served notice that the ‘ceasefire’ can breakdown at any time. It also serves to advance the narrative that Teheran is mixed up in things somehow. With Egypt itself in turmoil the area is like a disaster waiting to happen.” There may indeed be “smart power” at work in the region – it just doesn’t work for us.

The 49ers: How ObamaCare will keep unemployment high — by forcing small companies to cut their workforce to fewer than 50 people. It’s creating jobs in China, though: “Boston Scientific has announced that it will now lay off up to 1,400 workers and shift some jobs to China.” Polls said a majority of voters wanted Obamacare repealed yet they came out Nov. 6 and re-elected Gilligan to ensure that will NOT happen. When in a hole, keep digging. Duh.

All progressive logic is circular. The Law of Unintended Consequences was another law nobody in congress read.

#fail – Morsi assumes dictatorial powers in Egypt. “In a word Morsi is the very kind of dictator which President Obama so vehemently denounced in Hosni Mubarak. …all that Obama has changed by his touted ‘leading from behind’ is in replacing one strongman friendly to the United States with a strongman opposed to it.” To paraphrase Pogo, we have met the enemy and he is Barack Obama.

Larry Summers: It’s time to tax carbon and treats. “Summers believes that the “overwhelming evidence” that sugary snacks are a cause of diabetes and cardiovascular disease and perhaps premature death means that one day there will be a tax on these junk foods that will have the same impact that the tobacco tax has had.” What happened to taxing the rich? Oh, election’s over….

Desertec’s promise of solar power for Europe fades. A huge project to provide energy to Europe by building solar thermal plants in the North African desert is in serious jeopardy. Gee, who coulda seen that coming? Anybody but the geniuses in the feckless European political class (well, throw in the feckless US political class, too.)

PA college slashes instructors’ hours to avoid Obamacare. “‘The solution’, says United Steelworkers representative Jeff Cech, ‘is that adjunct professors should unionize in an attempt to thwart schools seeking similar cost-savings efforts from avoiding Obamacare.'” Yeah, that’ll work as well as it did at Twinkie University.

MSNBC chief: “This channel has never been the voice of Obama.” “’We hire smart people with a progressive sensibility,’ Griffin said. ‘I tell them to go think for themselves. We don’t have talking points.’” Yeah, they don’t tell their people to think left, they just make sure they only hire people who already do so. It’s what some call “a distinction without a difference” although others simply call it “bulls*it.”

Blue States fear losing tax loophole. “What’s the least defensible special break in the U.S. tax code?… If forced to pick, I might say the deduction for state and local taxes, which cost $67 billion in fiscal 2011, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.” And one that Blue State Democrats, like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, are anxious to retain. Hey, GOP – make ’em live up to their rule book: Tax the Rich Blue Staters!

Happy Thanksgiving: Unions shut down traffic to LAX. “Obama’s favorite union, the Service Employees International Union, is spearheading the obnoxious effort; it’s supposed to last from 11 a.m to 4 p.m., virtually the entire day.” This is what you voted for, folks. Enjoy.