SMOKING IS HEALTHIER THAN FASCISM. Anything is healthier than fascism.

THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES of progressive economics.

A reminder: the progressives' 'reality world' has no unintended consequences. Our world does....

THE CHECKED-OUT PRESIDENCY:

Obama’s vision of the future never involved compromise. It relied on everyone suddenly seeing just how right he was and how wrong they were. That didn’t happen, and not having a backup plan in the event that the rabbit failed to emerge from the hat, Barack Obama threw in the towel.

It's going to be a long 2-1/2 years before we can have a real President.

INSTAPUNDIT on the Democrats who passed ObamaCare: "They took a crappy bill that they hadn’t read, they rammed it through on a party-line vote using a budget-reconciliation technicality, then they did an 'I won' victory dance. Now it turns out the bill sucks and they’re blaming Republicans for not stopping them."

FEDERAL JUDGE: Washington D.C. ban on gun carry outside the home (i.e., concealed carry) is unconstitutional. Better yet, it now has to honor permits from other states.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES is up. Here's my favorite:

AS USUAL, Michael Ramirez nails it.

PAUL GREENBERG: Like a Hotel Burglar...

THE SCOREKEEPER on Massachusetts government (#8): "For a state that is home to Harvard and MIT, they sure are a bunch of slow learners." Perhaps it's because Massachusetts is home to Harvard and MIT....

SEN. TED CRUZ: Did President Obama Just Launch an Economic Boycott of Israel? My guess? Probably not; the FAA is perfectly capable of bungling on its own.

DO REPUBLICANS have an unmarried voter problem? The answer appears to be 'yes'.

IF YOU THOUGHT 'Lois Lerner syndrome' was limited to the IRS, you were wrong. Government -- at all levels -- is too big, too powerful, too intrusive.

THINGS WE MAY NEVER KNOW: Do geckos have sex in space?

OBAMA: Corporate 'inversions' are unpatriotic.

Obama criticized companies that seek inversions, telling them that "you are not doing right by your country."

"Companies thrive in the U.S. in part because they benefit from the best university system in the world, the best infrastructure," said Obama. "For you to benefit from that entire architecture that lets you thrive but move your technical address,” he claimed, "is neither fair nor good for the economy in the long term.”

Elizabeth Warren must be livid at Obama stealing her "you didn't build that" shtick.

PAUL GREENBERG: Quick, Hide the Past.

BREAKING NEWS: Michelle Obama favors obesity ... when it's in the form of fat checks delivered to her.

GOOD QUESTION: Do Republicans Face Political Peril if Obamacare Subsidies are Deemed Illegal in 27 States?

HEH: Will Businesses Use U.S. Territories as Safe Haven from ObamaCare? Any shelter in a storm....

Progressives have never heard of the Law of Unintended Consequences since there are never any consequences in their 'reality' world.

STARVATION ALSO WORKS: Let's combat global warming climate change climate disruption by making people smaller.

BREAKING NEWS FOR ENVIRONMENTALISTS: People take better care of things they own.