OBAMACARE: A Law or a Shakedown? Nice insurance company you have there. Be a shame if something happened to it.

The Chicago way.

HOT AIR: Did conservatives get trolled by Pajama Boy?

Nope. Let's face it; past history clearly shows OFA is not smart enough to think this strategically.

WE'RE FROM OBAMACARE & HERE TO HELP: "Beginning Jan. 1, regulators expect it will be literally impossible for an individual to buy a new [health insurance] policy in the Northern Mariana Islands [Guam], and difficult in other territories."

Coffins are one-size-fits-all.

NATURE: NASA funding shuffle alarms planetary scientists. I'm not terribly concerned; this is why. I'll have some sympathy when political science returns to just science.

WHITE HOUSE delayed enacting rules ahead of the 2012 election to prevent them from interfering with Obama's election to a second term. Surprised?

And the current chaos is merely the administration trying to soothe the electorate and move the ObamaCare dissatisfaction past the mid-term elections and prevent a Republican takeover of Congress.

THE FEDERALIST: Necessary Elitism And The Demise Of Higher Education.

Gist: Elite is good. Funnel the masses to "more targeted educational pathways that will enable them to find decent employment with a minimum of debt." A liberal education should be "the domain of a relatively small group of people. Young people who are eager and intellectually capable should be encouraged to get a serious liberal arts education, and rewarded with opportunities that justify the investment."

The problems that Lu identifies are real, but she and the academic elites fail to recognize that they have poisoned their own well by becoming liberal, dogmatic, and wrong.

TOP OBAMACARE OFFICIAL wanted HealthCare.gov shut down over security risks — and was overruled. The disclosures never end.

At least until ObamaCare is killed and a stake driven through its heart.

"I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE AWAY MY OWN PENSION." So he'll vote away his own job. Smart move.

ALMOST HUMAN: The Surreal, Cyborg Future of Telemarketing.

Question: How do you tell a liberal from a cyborg?

DEATH FROM 1,000 CUTS: Federal judge deals another blow to ObamaCare contraceptive mandate.

A&E GOES DUCK HUNTING, shoots self in foot.

Heh. I was out yesterday, doing a little last-minute Christmas shopping (where left-wing liberals dare not tread) and Duck Dynasty gear could be found in every store.

The A&E television network has two choices: apologize, or fail.

BILL WHITTLE: The End Of The Beginning.

IMPRIMIS: A Rebirth of Liberty and Learning. A must-read for anyone with Tea Party leanings.

For liberals, too, except that they are probably incapable of learning....

HOW PAJAMA BOY'S DEFENDERS missed the point. He's a laughingstock because, well, he's a laughingstock.

OLD NEWS: Dianne Feinstein admits: You could have kept your health care plan.... Until ObamaCare came into effect.

CAN YOU feel the hope'nchange yet? No, but I can feel the hope for change.

OH, THAT DEATH OF THE GROWN-UP:

The post is here.

A WARNING TO LIBERAL MALES: "Take a look in the mirror, liberals. Are you beginning to see Pajama Boy in there? Take it as a warning. Side with the left long enough, and your genitals fall off. As well they should."

BEST COMMENT: "If Pajama Boy had been on the Titanic, I doubt anyone would have questioned his getting on a lifeboat that was reserved for women and children, although they may have had some problems figuring out which category he fit into." Now guess the subject of the PowerLine post.

JONAH GOLDBERG: 'Real' rednecks must be politically correct.