Obama draws flush on the river, halves budget deficit

ObamaVegasSadly, President Obama was making a joke when he claimed to have hit a hot streak on the felts and more or less solved America’s growing budget deficit woes (unless he was playing the mysterious Isirdul1, who may really have that much to lose). The joke was made to a crowd of business leaders in Las Vegas, where the president sought to squelch the brouhaha created by his recent ‘don’t bet the kids’ college fund on the Strip’ remarks. No word on whether the city’s knickers were successfully un-bunched by the gesture, but perhaps Obama’s next trip to the podium will see him apologizing to wife Michelle for having make-up sex with Sin City. Read more.