Wicked hot outside today with more heat coming. Not too hot, though, to post a few links:

Hot, Hot, Hot!!: The heat wave that was over the top half of the country last week has moved south and west. I can’t imagine what we’d doing if we had a long sustained outage here like they did in the mid-Atlantic last week, but “seasoned citizens” would certainly recall the days before air conditioning became common.

Shark, Shark!!: Just in time for my upcoming visit back East. I can’t wait.

Don’t Tread On Me: Don’t know if my HOA will let me get away with it, but I’ve ordered me a Gadsden flag to fly outside my house.

Obamacare fallout, Part I: I tried to tell y’all what would happen after Obamacare was upheld by the Supreme Court. I told you It would be a pyrrhic victory for Democrats, now they have to deal with problems like this and this. Be honest with yourself, regardless of party affiliation: if you were a small business owner right now would you be hiring or making plans to expand your business?

Obamacare fallout, Part II: You can bet the farm that no way in hell did President Obama think he was going to win that Supreme Court case and have to defend it in the coming general election. He really thought he’d be promoting his last race for public office as a final crusade to to get the hallmark of his “hope and change” agenda enacted and gin-up Democratic and liberal turnout. Instead, this is shaping up as a 2010-esque debacle for Democrats from top to bottom come November. And methinks, brave talk aside, the Obama campaign and Democratic operatives everywhere see this coming.