JEFF JACOBY: Which ObamaCare Shoe Will Drop Next? The [nonstartling] conclusion: "[As] government gets bigger, citizens get smaller — and public servants become impossible to control."

Read it all.

OBAMACARE: "a toxic stew of lies, corruption and incompetence." Read the whole thing.

The next shoe to drop will be when ObamaCare's employer mandate kicks in in 2015.

LITTLE JOHNNY CHANNELS OBAMACARE:

The kids filed into class Monday morning. They were all very excited. Their weekend assignment was to sell something, and then give a talk on salesmanship.

Little Sally led off. "I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30" she said proudly. "My sales approach was to appeal to the customer's civil spirit, and I credit that approach for my obvious success."

"Very good", said the teacher.

Little Debbie was next. "I sold magazines" she said. "I made $45 and I explained to everyone that magazines would keep them up on current events."

"Very good, Debbie", said the teacher.

Eventually, it was Little Johnny's turn. The teacher held her breath.

Little Johnny walked to the front of the classroom, and dumped a box full of cash on the teacher's desk. "$2,467", he said.

"$2,467!" cried the teacher, "What in the world were you selling?"

"Toothbrushes", said Little Johnny.

"Toothbrushes" echoed the teacher. "How could you possibly sell enough tooth brushes to make that much money?"

"I found the busiest corner in town", said Little Johnny. "I set up a Dip & Chip stand, and I gave everybody who walked by a free sample."

They all said the same thing: "Hey, this tastes like dog poop!"

Then I would say, "It is dog poop. Wanna buy a toothbrush? I used the President Obama method of giving you some crap, dressing it up so it looks good, telling you it's free, and then making you pay to get the bad taste out of your mouth."

Little Johnny got five stars for his assignment.

From my email.

CHANGE: Hope lost.

THE PAST comes back to haunt.

YUVAL LEVIN on a long October. Read it all.

THIRTEEN NUTRITION LIES that made the world sick and fat. Bank on it: if it's politically correct, it's almost certainly wrong.

WHOM SHOULD YOU TRUST? Warren Buffett or Harold Hamm? It's not always -- or even usually -- the biggies.

RELATED: Looking for a different sort of president.

DEMOCRATS may be forced to admit ObamaCare is a tax increase.

KRAUTHAMMER takes on ObamaCare. It all boils down to this: "The core conceit of central planners is that the participants in the marketplace are too stupid to act in their own interest."

GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS TO BAN THE WORD GOVERNMENT: The Defense responds. Read the whole thing; it's hilarious.

IT'S ALL THE REPUBLICANS' FAULT: Want some cheese with that whine?

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER on the three pillars of ObamaCare: mendacity, paternalism, and subterfuge.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS to people whose insurance is 'canceled' because of ObamaCare. They get 'better' insurance they don't want at a price they can't afford to pay. Which is the real answer as opposed to TPM's 'reality' answer.

SEEN ON THE INTERWEBS:

"We supply patriots not the government." Someone gets it....

A NEW THEORY OF LIBERALISM: They're addicts. On the bright side, they can no longer use the insanity defense....

NEW YORK TIMES: Your Insurance Policy Was Cancelled for Your Own Good. Gee, thanks....

NEXT UP: the ObamaCar.

And by the way, your current car does not meet ObamaCar standards. We are recalling all existing noncompliant cars (I know we said that if you liked your current car, you could keep it, but that just hasn't worked out. Sorry). Well, you wouldn't be allowed to drive it after this month anyway. If you don't buy an ObamaCar by March 31, 2014, the IRS will levy a fine on you. If you are unable to pay this fine, they will seize enough of your property to cover the fine. And by the way, this is just a cardboard mockup - the real ObamaCars won't be available to buy until 2015 (if things go well). On the other hand, if you were POOR, or an OPPRESSED MINORITY, you could have one of these babies, with all the mandatory "options", FOR FREE! Too bad, you are the wrong race. You might check the competition. Oh that's right, none of them seem to still be in business. We are anxious to see the first one of these completed at Government Motors in the People's City of Detroit, but we seem to be having some labor issues there. Something about their health insurance, I think.

But you needn't feel bad that your shiny new ObamaCar doesn't exist, since there's no coal to fuel the power plants that make the electricity to run it.

MALLARD FILLMORE on the mainstream media.

WINTER IS COMING: Are you ready?