Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities

Obama throws himself and Warren under the bus. Trying to dig himself out of the hole he dug, Obama looks increasingly shovel-ready.

Nearly one in 10 employers to drop health coverage when PPACA kicks in. “One in three respondents said they could stop offering coverage if the law requires them to provide more generous benefits than they do now, if a tax on high-cost plans takes effect in 2018 as scheduled or if they decide it would be cheaper for them to pay the penalty for not providing insurance.” Failure is always unexpected when one’s head is firmly implanted up one’s butt.

Nanny Bloomberg gives Viet Nam an attaboy for going “smoke free.” “I want to congratulate Vietnam for officially going smoke-free. Last week, Vietnam adopted a comprehensive tobacco control law which makes virtually all public places 100% smoke-free and requires vivid health warnings on all tobacco packages.” Have ego, will travel.

Hack that works for a president who has no idea how the economy works wonders if Romney knows how the economy works. Even though Obama has presided over the worst economy in decades, he knows what he’s doing – after all, he got great Marx at Harvard. Cutter has no idea how irony works.

Solyndra figures attend swank Obama fundraiser. The bankruptcy that Obama built… well, one of ’em, anyway.

Energy-efficient CFL bulbs cause skin damage, say researchers. “Our study revealed that the response of healthy skin cells to UV emitted from CFL bulbs is consistent with damage from ultraviolet radiation.” Great, lightbulbs that give you sunburn. Wonder if ObamaCare’s tanning booth tax will now be applied to CFLs.

Dem House members failing to pony up dues for campaign PAC. Seems the party that’s always whining about “fairness” and “sharing” has a lot of well-off members who want to keep their cash for themselves instead of helping out their less fortunate comrades. Shocking, simply shocking.

Prosecutor: Teens killed man in “knock ‘em down” game. “After the video of the incident was posted to Facebook, it was spotted by a witness who prosecutors said had been attacked by Jones on June 30.” Any minute now, lefties no-labelies like Nanny Bloomberg will demand fists be banned.

Obama built that! To paraphrase Fauxcahontas, noboby need go bankrupt on their own, not when they have Obama to help them.

How easy is it to fool the media? Very. Using a site called Help a Reporter Out (HARO), a free service that puts sources in touch with reporters, Ryan Holiday has been quoted in news sources from small blogs to the most reputable outlets in the country talking about things he knows relatively nothing about.

IRS says art work that literally can not be sold is worth $65 million. An artwork which contains a stuffed bald eagle is valued by experts at $0 because it is a felony to sell any bald eagle, alive or dead. Somehow, the IRS has decided the market value of a piece no purchaser in his or her right mind would buy is $65 million.

Remembering Chicago’s victims. “…more than twice as many people have been murdered this month in the president’s hometown of Chicago than were killed in the Aurora shooting. They are just statistics for whom there will be no presidential visits or flags flown at half staff.” Also, mentioning murders in Chicago does not advance the political class’s narrative so don’t expect the Democrat-media complex to do so.

BMW CEO says governments need to offer more tax subsidies for EVs. Yeah, dude, like what’s the point of being a crony capitalist rent-seeker if there are no subsidies?

Obama: Ramadan “reminds us that Islam is part of the fabric of our nation.” No, in reality it reminds us what a stain the Obama presidency is on the fabric of our nation.

First café serving only water opens in NYC. It’s name is Molecule, and its water supply is pure NYC tap but the restaurant justifies charging $1 and up per serving because their water is filtered through a custom-built $25,000 purifier that “uses ultraviolet rays, ozone treatments and reverse osmosis in a seven-stage processing treatment.” And also because some people will believe anything.

Obama campaign runs deficit in June. Force of habit, we surmise. Stay tuned for “contribute $100 and you could win a chance to let Obama flush your toilet for you” emails.

Obamanomics in one photo. “Obama wants us all to feed into his collectivist nonsense regarding personal achievement, but what about the negative impact government has on us?” An economy so bad, even businesses that aren’t gubbermint-subsidized Obama crony-owned green energy boondoggles are going bankrupt.

Striking SEIU workers intentionally endangered CT nursing home patients, says company. Owners allege “union employees in at least 3 of its facilities intentionally mixed up or removed patient name plates, photos, medical bracelets and dietary advisories as they began their strike” as well as “allegations of both vandalism and larceny.” Don’t worry, the Democrat guv and AG are gonna investigate… right after they get thru walking on the SEIU picket line.

Bay Area drivers could be tracked by GPS, taxed per mile driven. “…a scenario which is part of a proposed long-range study aimed at finding ways to reduce traffic and pollution, while also raising revenues.” Mostly the latter, we’d guess. Californicating politicians have an endless supply of schemes to shake money loose from average citizens to pay off their union buddies with.

Carney: Obama’s jobs council hasn’t met in 6 months ’cause the president “got a lot on his plate.” Yeah, forty grand or so per plate, to be exact.

CNN: How ’bout Nanny Bloomberg as Romney’s VP? Yeah, that way voters can spend all their time arguing which side has the worst VP candidate. Maybe the Great Unwatched’s lefty shills should just mind their own business (the one Obama helped them build) and stick to acting surprised each time they announce another “unexpected” decline in the economy.

Pelosi: House Democrats should skip the national convention. “I’m not encouraging anyone to go to the convention, having nothing to do with anything except I think they should stay home, campaign in their districts, use their financial and political resources to help them win their election.” Anyone like birdcalls? Here’s what a Democrat owl sounds like: Barack-whoooo?

California’s Food Truck Shakedown. “Officials suggested to one truck owner that he go down to the welfare office for benefits. That’s just like California these days—hard-working people are ill treated, but there are plenty of benefits available for those who prefer to live on the dole.” The Barack Obama way of “building” businesses in action!

Greenspan: Stimulus made economy worse. Yeah, but Obama donors and Democrat client groups all made out and that was really what mattered.

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The Story of Oh. The true story of a South Korean man who took his wife and children and defected to the North. Baaaaad idea. “…what is the moral difference between Oh Kil-nam and a Bill Ayers except that Oh Kil-nam had the courage to live out his convictions where Ayers did not? The advantage Ayers has over Oh is not that Ayers is braver, but he secretly knows better. ‘Guilty as hell but free as a bird.” That’s tellin’ ‘em Bill.’ To all those academics, celebrities and politicians who praise Marxist hellholes like NK: let’s see YOU put your money where your mouths are, a**holes.