Layoff bomb detonates...mass firings begin (UPDATE)

Anybody paid attention to the stock market since the election? Yeah, not so great. There's also another not-so-great reaction happening: unemployment. It started the day after...

Twitchy: Earlier [Wednesday], Twitchy related some heartbreaking stories of small business owners laying off workers to avoid the economic impact of the Obamacare tax that isn’t a tax. Comedian Jon Lovitz, a small business owner himself, was no barrel of laughs either as his timeline filled with stories of impending downsizing. So, what about those big corporations? Boeing’s defense division announced [Tuesday] it would cut 30 percent of management staff, and the company was not alone, we’re learning.

An AmericanThinker piece lays out an even bleaker picture from today's headlines alone!

Obama was "fired up" and so were the voters, and so now, the mass firings begin. Here's a collection of today's headlines. Please say a prayer for the families who will be suffering. Had Romney won, many of these companies would now be hiring.

Teco Coal officials announce layoffs

Momentive Inc plans temporary layoffs for 150

Wilkes-Barre officials to announce mandatory layoffs

600 layoffs at Groupon

More layoffs announced at Aniston Weapons Incinerator

Murray Energy confirms 150 layoffs at 3 subsidiaries

130 laid off in Minnesota dairy plant closure

Stanford brake plant to lay off 75

Turbocare, Oce to lay off more than 220 workers

ATI plans to lay off 172 workers in North Richland Hills

SpaceX claims its first victims as Rocketdyne lays off 100

Providence Journal lays off 23 full-time employees

CVPH lays off 17

New Energy lays off 40 employees

102 Utah miners laid off because of 'war on coal', company says

US Cellular drops Chicago, cuts 640 jobs

Career Education to cut 900 jobs, close 23 campuses

Vestas to cut 3,000 more jobs

First Energy to cut 400 jobs by 2016

Mine owner blames Obama for layoffs (54 fired last night)

Canceled program costs 115 jobs at Ohio air base

AMD trims Austin workforce - 400 jobs slashed

100 workers lose jobs as Caterpillar closes plant in Minnesota

Exide to lay off 150 workers

TE Connectivity to close Guilford plant, lay off 620

More Layoffs for Major Wind Company (3,000 jobs cut)

Cigna to lay off 1,300 workers worldwide

Ameridose to lay off hundreds of workers

Forget Greece...ECONOMIC ARMEGEDDON, here we come!

61,209,254 so-called 'Americans' re-built this! (and when I say 'rebuilt', I mean 'dismantled') Some of those dopes are very likely among the same ones being laid off! The irony...

ADDENDUM: Here's an additional list from theBlaze...they reference more at DailyJobCuts. You can add Pepsi to the list as well, laying off 4000 employees! Even the banks aren't safe: BofA lays off 312 workers in Ft. Lauderdale.

UPDATE: Papa John's and Applebee's are bringing these layoffs and downsizing to the forefront: it's all about Obamacare's impact on private enterprise.