December 12, 2013
— Ace Smart diplomacy.
This sounds like a funny story. It's not, quite: Hackers successfully breached dozens of computers (and maybe more than dozens).
The level of damage has not been figured out yet -- and this all happened in 2011.
The suspected culprit? China.
These are our "Best and Brightest" -- or at least they always tell us so.
It should be noted that Carla Bruni took her clothes off a lot when she was younger, so Naked Carla Bruni pictures should not be considered some Holy Grail of Nudity. These people could have just Binged for pictures.
But instead they clicked on a sketchy attachment, and got hacked.
Nude pictures of former French first lady Carla Bruni were used to break in to the computer systems of dozens of diplomats, it emerged today.The shocking security breach was first discovered at the G20 summit in Paris in February 2011 and may be ongoing.
‘To see naked pictures of Carla Bruni click here’ said a message sent to those attending, who included finance ministers and central bank representatives.
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This prompted many to open an attachment which turned out to be a ‘Trojan Horse’ with an embedded virus, although all recipients could see were the X-rated photographs.Once accessed, it infected the computers of senior officials as well as forwarding the offensive email on to others.
‘Almost everybody who received the email took the bait,’ said a government source in Paris, saying that this included representatives from the Czech Republic, Portugal, Bulgaria, Hungary and Latvia.
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The so-called phishing attacks are thought to have originated in China and were aimed at extracting information.
The attacks are still being investigated, and nobody is yet sure what information was extracted.
America is thought to have been the main target of the scam.
The arrogance of our non-elite elites is a serious danger to Western democracy and security.
Draw and Strike considers this danger, suggesting Obamacare is the bonfire of the progressive New Class' vanities.
Not that they've noticed. They still think they're doin' just fine.
HOW OBAMACARE DESTROYS
SELF-ANOINTED ELITES
ILLUSION OF COMPETENCY
The biggest damage from the developing ObamaCare trainwreck is to the carefully crafted illusion that progressives have worked so hard to create for the past several decades: that Big Government self-anointed elites in Washington DC are competent super-managers of sterling character who can be trusted with an ever-increasing amount of power and control over the lives of citizens.The Washington Post obtained a memo that detailed the White House in-fighting over how ObamaCare should be implemented. The memo goes over the struggle within the administration between what it dubs 'the economics team', who argued for bringing in private sector specialists with experience at start ups and complex problem solving of the magnitude that the ACA called for, and the 'political team' who wanted fast implementation by it's own in-house political staffers who fully believed they were up to the job.
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When the political team won the debate, many members of the economics team, such as Larry Summers and Christina Roemer, jumped ship to avoid the looming disaster they saw coming. Recent developments have shown their decision was prescient. The political team that thought itself supremely competent to launch something of the size and scope of the ACA despite having had no such prior experience has now been exposed as totally inadequate.
As the scope of the abject failures involved in ObamaCare's implementation mount, even the die-hard Old media completely in the tank as propaganda arms of the DNC have to shake their head in bewilderment at how they are going to spin a disaster this obvious.
Thanks to Andy, @theh2.
By the way, to spare you the trouble of searching: If you really want to see Carla Bruni naked, click here.
I'm good like that.
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Posted by: hack at December 12, 2013 10:06 AM (168MX)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2013 10:07 AM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: kathysaysso at December 12, 2013 10:07 AM (6H6o8)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at December 12, 2013 10:07 AM (YeyZi)
Posted by: Morgul at December 12, 2013 10:07 AM (sj5FF)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2013 10:08 AM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Sort of at work at December 12, 2013 10:08 AM (PYAXX)
Carla Bruni, really ?
I might be tempted, by lets say Jennifer Lawrence or Emma Stone or Kate Upton, or or or or or or or ................
Posted by: Jhoey OBiden at December 12, 2013 10:08 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: rickl at December 12, 2013 10:09 AM (zoehZ)
Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Sort of at work at December 12, 2013 10:09 AM (PYAXX)
Posted by: D-Lamp at December 12, 2013 10:09 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:09 AM (RD7QR)
>>By the way, to spare you the trouble of searching: If you really want to see Carla Bruni naked, click here<<
You dick!
/Spicoli
Posted by: MacGruber at December 12, 2013 10:10 AM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 12, 2013 10:10 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2013 10:10 AM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: Obama's Impractical Jokers at December 12, 2013 10:11 AM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Moochelle Antoinette at December 12, 2013 10:11 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at December 12, 2013 10:11 AM (+lsX1)
I hate it when scope mounts. It's just so unseemly.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 12, 2013 10:11 AM (B0gqn)
Posted by: JackStraw at December 12, 2013 10:12 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:12 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2013 10:12 AM (FNtJ6)
"I regard Google as the most evil corporation currently in existence.
I really don't like Microsoft either, but at least they aren't google."
Google: Don't be evil.
Microsoft: Don't be Google.
Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at December 12, 2013 10:13 AM (73P68)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 10:13 AM (/Crba)
The Bourbons thought they were doing just fine - right up to the point where everything got all head-choppy. I don't think our 'non-elite elites' are even as clued in as the Bourbons were.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 12, 2013 10:13 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: ace at December 12, 2013 10:13 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: ace at December 12, 2013 10:14 AM (/FnUH)
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (h4eud)
I regard Google as the most evil corporation currently in existence.
...
yeah I was going to say google but I'm tired of advertising for a company I think is sketchy.
Posted by: ace at December 12, 2013 02:13 PM (/FnUH)
I despise google as well, never use it
Posted by: Jhoey OBiden at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (nTgAI)
Posted by: DM at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (LaKlJ)
Posted by: blue.dot at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (slETN)
Posted by: --- at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: NewEnglandDevil at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (73P68)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (FMbng)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 10:15 AM (/Crba)
Peanut butter and JAAAMMMM!!!
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Still can't explain why I laughed so much when the TPB did that.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 12, 2013 10:16 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: Obama's Impractical Jokers at December 12, 2013 10:16 AM (R6JT1)
Posted by: Hal at December 12, 2013 10:16 AM (MftY/)
Posted by: ace at December 12, 2013 02:13 PM (/FnUH)
DuckDuckGo
Posted by: kathysaysso at December 12, 2013 10:16 AM (6H6o8)
I promise it's nothing bad.
Posted by: ace
(*Kris Kristopherson voice from Payback* )
NO!
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 12, 2013 10:16 AM (B0gqn)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:16 AM (zqvg6)
*shudder*
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (ZKzrr)
It should be noted that Carla Bruni took her clothes off a lot when she was younger
Research seems to suggest that if you want to be a famous celebrity, you need to do that a lot. It also seems that most of those beautiful wymons who do get nekkid for fame and fortune seem to enjoy it. How can it be exploitive if everyone wins?
Posted by: Tatum's Turnip Truck Delivery Service at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (COZW+)
Posted by: RightWingProf at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (RtR5I)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (Re0Ay)
A beautiful Russian spy and Obama walk into a bar.
The brawny, muscular bartender leans over to Obama and whispers in his ear " I know for a fact that lady is a Russian spy and just a honey trap to tempt you to give up our national secrets"
Obama says " don't worry, she has nothing I want and thanks for warning me. What are you doing later?"
Posted by: polynikes at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Bing at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (HsJeN)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (WQy0c)
Let me guess who didn't take the bait: straight women and gay men.
Nah. Straight women would click the link so they could tsk about Bruni's invisible cellulite and confirm their opinions of her as a slut.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: © Sponge at December 12, 2013 10:17 AM (xmcEQ)
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at December 12, 2013 10:18 AM (+lsX1)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:18 AM (zqvg6)
Well, arrogance and incompetence.
At this time in the now rather well advanced history of the infosphere, just how stupid does someone have to be to have not figured out the bogus attachment trick? Apparently just that stupid, with such stupidity being widespread in the striped pants set.
It's like a guy getting taken over and over again at three-card-monte. Goddamn! Just when I thought I had it figured out. Next time for sure.
Posted by: torquewrench at December 12, 2013 10:18 AM (gqT4g)
Posted by: rickb223 at December 12, 2013 10:19 AM (FNtJ6)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 12, 2013 10:19 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at December 12, 2013 10:20 AM (659DL)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 10:20 AM (h4eud)
It's possible they spoofed the header so it appeared to have been sent by someone the recipient knows.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 12, 2013 10:20 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Bing at December 12, 2013 02:17 PM (HsJeN)
Hollande is a disaster so Sarkozy is plotting his comeback. You elect Sarko and you get Carla too.
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:20 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:21 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 12, 2013 10:21 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: redenzo at December 12, 2013 10:21 AM (zgVtn)
Posted by: Insomniac at December 12, 2013 10:21 AM (DrWcr)
Obama would only click if it promised a guy naked.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2013 10:21 AM (B/VB5)
"The political team that thought itself supremely competent to launch something of the size and scope of the ACA despite having had no such prior experience has now been exposed as totally inadequate."
And, the scary part is that the economics team wouldn't have succeeded, either. Oh, they might not have muffed the "website" so badly, but they still couldn't have made Obamacare work. But <em>they</em> were the smart ones out of that crew. Dayum.
Posted by: GWB at December 12, 2013 10:22 AM (9eTPJ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at December 12, 2013 02:17 PM (4df7R)
_____________________
The only redeeming thing about that aspect of your gender is that you're harder on yourselves. I put together an album of artistic nekkid pics of the ex- Mrs. Bandersnatch from over a 20 year period. Showed it to her. Asked her to acknowledge its artistry. She said, "I guess, but all I see are the flaws".
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 12, 2013 10:22 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 10:22 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 12, 2013 10:23 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at December 12, 2013 10:23 AM (B0gqn)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:23 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 12, 2013 02:22 PM (A0sHn)
Frumious. Dude. You wouldn't happen to have scanned that album, would you?
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:24 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Ray Gilette at December 12, 2013 10:24 AM (/Crba)
Speaking of CoolCzech..... Where has he been lately? Anyone know?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2013 10:25 AM (32Ze2)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 10:25 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2013 02:21 PM (B/VB5)
Obama probably faps to his own nude selfies.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 12, 2013 10:25 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 02:24 PM (RD7QR)
___________________
Of course. But I live to see joncelli's laws overturned. Lots of pics of various partners, no confidences betrayed on the internet.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 12, 2013 10:25 AM (A0sHn)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:25 AM (zqvg6)
They are dumber than a creosote post.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at December 12, 2013 10:26 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 12, 2013 10:26 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: D-Lamp at December 12, 2013 10:26 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Thunderb at December 12, 2013 10:27 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Vic at December 12, 2013 02:26 PM (T2V/1)
You'll be hearing from our lawyers.
Posted by: Cresosote Post Anti-defamation League at December 12, 2013 10:27 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: polynikes at December 12, 2013 10:27 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 12, 2013 10:27 AM (BtDfQ)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 12, 2013 10:27 AM (LSJmV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 12, 2013 10:28 AM (JdUCt)
period. Showed it to her. Asked her to acknowledge its artistry. She said,"I guess, but all I see are the flaws".
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 12, 2013 02:22 PM (A0sHn)
She said that the nekkid pictures I took came out much better.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 12, 2013 10:28 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 12, 2013 10:28 AM (NQyj0)
bear this in mind, our Intellectual Betters in Everything - the people who foisted ObamaCare upon us, - are on record saying that Michelle Obama is waaaay hotter than Bruni.
Remember that whole "First Ladies" confab from 2009-10?
Trust us: Michelle is sexier than Carla Bruni, way sexier, trust us. --- that should have been our first clue.
Thus proving that the MFM is teh ghey.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (DrWcr)
Last night on the ONT, I laid out my devious masterplan to take over all lib computers:
I've figured out the perfect targeted computer virus -- an email with an embedded hyperlink saying Click here to hear Obama lay out the unvarnished truth.
No one but an idiot lib would click on that; I'd have the world's first lib botnet.
First move -- a Ddos attack on Starbucks. Just because.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Roy at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at December 12, 2013 02:25 PM (A0sHn)
I applaud you. And I did say "APPROACH" 100 percent not "ARE" 100 percent.
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (JdUCt)
Posted by: BuckIV at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (CLfqv)
Yes, which was a major sign that they're full of shit.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: EC at December 12, 2013 10:29 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: nnptcgrad at December 12, 2013 10:30 AM (BvPBm)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 12, 2013 10:30 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: John F'n Kerry, Secretariat of State at December 12, 2013 10:30 AM (MMC8r)
You should encrypt their storage media. Then send them an email or text saying if a nominal fee is sent to Odinga in Kenya then the NSA will decrypt their storage.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 12, 2013 10:31 AM (JdUCt)
Posted by: steevy at December 12, 2013 10:31 AM (zqvg6)
Posted by: GWB at December 12, 2013 02:22 PM (9eTPJ)
They proved they were the smart ones by knowing they weren't smart enough to do that and advocating hiring people who were. That right there is a good example of 'smarts' or 'wisdom'.
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at December 12, 2013 10:31 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Richard_Gozinya at December 12, 2013 10:32 AM (RhnRv)
Posted by: MSNBC at December 12, 2013 10:33 AM (hRzu2)
Posted by: D-Lamp at December 12, 2013 10:33 AM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Roy at December 12, 2013 10:33 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: Richard_Gozinya at December 12, 2013 02:32 PM (RhnRv)
So is the trophy a little gold rowboat?
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:34 AM (RD7QR)
http://tinyurl.com/6mjhxxg
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 10:34 AM (QFxY5)
Yep....even if you were smart enough to not click you are now on Interpol's dossier of closet cases.
Posted by: eleven at December 12, 2013 10:34 AM (KXm42)
My own take on the O-Care debacle was that they were sitting around the White House "brainstorming" (so it was short, probably while waiting for the wagyu beef to be delivered) and someone said, "But of course we can reform the health care system, we all went to Harvard and Yale! But what will we do AFTER lunch?"
Posted by: Adjoran at December 12, 2013 10:35 AM (473jB)
Posted by: jwest at December 12, 2013 10:36 AM (u2a4R)
Anna, I don't want their money, I want them to SUFFER. Imagine them all getting banned from Starbucks for Ddosing -- They'd be walking around in a daze, mooning for their soy latte frappe de cocoa like abandoned puppies.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 12, 2013 10:36 AM (wNF3N)
Yeah, that happens all the time. Perhaps their spam filter usually catches that sort of thing so they thought it was safe.
But yeah- still dumb on their part.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at December 12, 2013 10:36 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 12, 2013 10:36 AM (CJjw5)
PTSD vaccine story in sidebar links to the Cats stealing beds video.
Posted by: PMRich at December 12, 2013 10:37 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: Kafiroon at December 12, 2013 10:37 AM (U0DWi)
You don't know how close you are.
It was linked here once but the origin of o-care is that TFG came up with it, ad-libbed it, during one of his campaign speeches back in 2008 as a counter to Hillary. Remember, TFG was originally against the idea of o-care mandates before he was for it.
Posted by: EC at December 12, 2013 10:37 AM (GQ8sn)
http://tinyurl.com/6mjhxxg
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 12, 2013 02:34 PM (QFxY5)
Just visiting that site made me gheyer. Wait...
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:37 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 10:38 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: irright at December 12, 2013 10:38 AM (8GKDa)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at December 12, 2013 02:36 PM (CJjw5)
__________________
What? That's not Ben Stiller?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 12, 2013 10:38 AM (32Ze2)
Look at those lips of hers! Imagine them wrapped around your.....
Posted by: EC at December 12, 2013 10:39 AM (GQ8sn)
http://tinyurl.com/lo8h2by
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 12, 2013 10:39 AM (JdUCt)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at December 12, 2013 10:39 AM (hBdnt)
Posted by: Daybrother at December 12, 2013 10:40 AM (k3l60)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 12, 2013 10:40 AM (LSJmV)
You want to make them screwing up the website into this grand philosophical Crisis of Liberalism, when really all it means is...they screwed up the website.
Other decidedly non-Marxist countries have managed to implement national hc before there were websites to screw up, whatever their flaws.
To non-retards, the fact that, even with all the power and money at the disposal of the United States government, it couldn't build a functioning website in three years is really the only proof one needs of how fucking incompetent government is at running, well...anything.
But no worries, I'm sure it's nothing inherent in the system itself....you just need the right people in charge! It's bound to work next time!.
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 12, 2013 10:40 AM (BrQrN)
"Qui, my wife is tres chaud! She brings all the jeune fils to the ecole yard!"
Posted by: EC at December 12, 2013 10:41 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Cheri at December 12, 2013 10:41 AM (G+Wff)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 10:41 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 12, 2013 10:41 AM (JdUCt)
Posted by: Lincolntf at December 12, 2013 10:42 AM (ZshNr)
Asking for a friend ...
Posted by: kbdabear at December 12, 2013 10:42 AM (aTXUx)
I may have to sue Drudge for PTSD.
Posted by: GnuBreed at December 12, 2013 10:43 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Countrysquire at December 12, 2013 10:43 AM (LSJmV)
@101 Faaawwwwkkkk
Huckabee running for POTUS
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Please tell me you're not serious...
Posted by: junior at December 12, 2013 10:43 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Lace Wigs [/i] at December 12, 2013 10:43 AM (BDQcr)
Yup. The results are perfectly fine for most searches, Bing's front page has actual salutes to actual patriotic American stuff that Google considers beneath them, and it makes the NSA work harder to figure out everything I've searched for across the various search sites.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2013 10:43 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Dr. Jesse Pinkman at December 12, 2013 10:44 AM (h4eud)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 10:44 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at December 12, 2013 10:44 AM (GjPnA)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 10:44 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 12, 2013 10:46 AM (t3UFN)
Yup. The results are perfectly fine for most searches, Bing's front page has actual salutes to actual patriotic American stuff that Google considers beneath them, and it makes the NSA work harder to figure out everything I've searched for across the various search sites.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 12, 2013 02:43 PM (B/VB5)
DuckDuckGo.
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 10:46 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 12, 2013 10:47 AM (oFCZn)
@170 Weasel Zippers:
How About abortions for men also!
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We already get those. Hasn't Weasel Zippers heard about the kinds of coverage that the ACA requires now?
Posted by: junior at December 12, 2013 10:47 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: lt commander scott at December 12, 2013 10:48 AM (vjQ/G)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 12, 2013 10:48 AM (0LHZx)
Issa cites a December 6, 2013 letter that HHS sent to Creative Computing Solutions, Inc. In that letter, “the Department claimed that the company is contractually precluded from producing documents to Congress. The letter further stated that the Department will respond to requests from Congress on the company’s behalf.” Issa’s letter states that other HealthCare.gov vendors received similar letters.
But Issa notes that the actual HHS contract precludes vendors from sharing documents with other companies, not Congress, which is charged by the Constitution with overseeing the actions of the executive branch. “The Department’s attempt to threaten CCSI for the purpose of deterring the company from providing documents to Congress places the officials responsible for drafting and sending the letter on the wrong side of federal statutes that prohibit obstruction of a congressional investigation,” Issa states in the letter to HHS. He cites Section 1505 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code
Posted by: Frankie Goes To HHS at December 12, 2013 10:49 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: U.N. Inspectors and Peacekeepers at December 12, 2013 10:49 AM (Dwehj)
Only 10% to 15% of those listed as "enrolled" in Obaaamacare have actually made a payment.
And by iron-clad contract law--and the law under Obaaamacare--there is no coverage until the payment is received.
Oh, and the payment has to be received by January 1, 2014.
You know, with both Christmas in the middle of next week and New Years in the middle following.
yeah.
Lotta people who "enrolled" will be getting a letter of cancellation 'round about January 15, 2014.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 12, 2013 10:49 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at December 12, 2013 10:50 AM (dfYL9)
Posted by: --- at December 12, 2013 10:50 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 12, 2013 10:51 AM (O3C36)
Posted by: Xander Crews at December 12, 2013 10:52 AM (Ul91r)
Well regardless he pissed off the Worf.
I suspect it is because like Rev Jerry Wright the Worf believes the hype...
Posted by: sven at December 12, 2013 10:52 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: AmishDude at December 12, 2013 10:52 AM (xSegX)
Posted by: EC at December 12, 2013 02:39 PM (GQ8sn)
...car's tailpipe? Yes I can.
Posted by: Insomniac at December 12, 2013 10:52 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 12, 2013 10:53 AM (0LHZx)
Posted by: U.N. Inspectors and Peacekeepers at December 12, 2013 10:53 AM (Dwehj)
Posted by: RWC at December 12, 2013 10:53 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 12, 2013 10:54 AM (7ObY1)
Not like we're entering any sort of high-spending period of the year.
Oh, and get this:
"One additional point to keep an eye on: If consumers pay their first monthÂ’s premium but then stop paying, insurers cannot drop them from their plans for 90 days.
“Under the rule interpreting the law, insurers offering plans on the exchanges must provide a three-month grace period to individuals who have enrolled and who have stopped paying their premiums. In the first 30 days, the insurer must continue to pay incurred claims."
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 12, 2013 10:54 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 12, 2013 02:54 PM (7ObY1)
Big bada-boom!
Posted by: Leeloo Dallas Multipass at December 12, 2013 10:54 AM (DrWcr)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at December 12, 2013 10:54 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 12, 2013 10:54 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: jwest at December 12, 2013 10:55 AM (u2a4R)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at December 12, 2013 10:55 AM (7ObY1)
Liberal MSNBC host Ed Schultz received at least $177,000 from labor unions in 2012
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Just look at that objective media. I wonder how much the other network newsreaders get from outside groups.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at December 12, 2013 10:55 AM (O3C36)
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Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 12, 2013 10:56 AM (t3UFN)
Zaino Brothers polish
http://tinyurl.com/ch7xuq
You may get a few scratches as the cat slides right off the car but the cat will learn and the car will look amazing.
Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at December 12, 2013 10:57 AM (DL2i+)
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Posted by: The Russian Embassy Staff at December 12, 2013 10:58 AM (0FSuD)
And the sick thing is, the father allowed himself to be destroyed in court by a defense psychologist just to get his precious son off the hook.
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/235582721.html
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at December 12, 2013 11:00 AM (JdUCt)
Posted by: Jean at December 12, 2013 11:01 AM (S4AQU)
There. I said it.
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True.
I think hillbuzz covered this.
Which is why you'll see such horrible stuff as "fashion." They don't have a clue what a real woman is supposed to wear and look like.
Posted by: RoyalOil at December 12, 2013 11:01 AM (VjL9S)
Posted by: Jean at December 12, 2013 11:03 AM (S4AQU)
Because the men in the fashion world are mostly gay, and they prefer boyish bodies as the ideal, so they push that ideal on the American public.
There. I said it.
Posted by: zombie at December 12, 2013 02:58 PM (+cx5n)
It's no actual secret, oh Undead One. The gay fashion designers would have preteen boys as models if they thought they could. I think the attraction of models for men is that they're exotic and unattainable. The attraction of Kate Upton/Christina Hendricks is that they've got big gazongas and you want them to bear your children.
Posted by: joncelli at December 12, 2013 11:03 AM (RD7QR)
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Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at December 12, 2013 11:05 AM (P7Wsr)
@205 And the sick thing is, the father allowed himself to be destroyed in court by a defense psychologist just to get his precious son off the hook.
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Not really. A bunch of people that he's never met and likely never will might read an article making him look like a parent who spoils his kid (not exactly a catastrophic reputation to have, mind you). The people who actually know him will know that he traded his integrity for his son.
He'll get some hate mail in the short term. But I doubt that there will be much of a long-term effect for him.
Posted by: junior at December 12, 2013 11:05 AM (UWFpX)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 12, 2013 11:05 AM (t3UFN)
Other decidedly non-Marxist countries have managed to implement national hc before there were websites to screw up, whatever their flaws.
Posted by: blue.dot at December 12, 2013 02:15 PM (slETN)
Sure, just because the Leftist sh!t-stains over-promised and under-delivered from Day One is no reflection on the ability of the Central Planners(tm) to direct complex systems with millions of moving parts with absolute precision.
Speaking of the wonders of nationalized healthcare, that's why we hear about all the rich Americans jetting off to Canada for their medical treatment.
Dullard.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop posting from work at December 12, 2013 11:06 AM (T6MoX)
Damn. Nobody tell the Chinese, but all it would take to get me to spill my guts is a couple or three hot Asian chicks, and a few million dollars.
Bonus gut spillage if the hot Asian Tomatoes are dressed up in comic con outfits.
*It
**God help me if I ever have to apply for a security clearance again.
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at December 12, 2013 11:06 AM (0IhFx)
Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 12, 2013 11:06 AM (/Crba)
Posted by: Miley Virus at December 12, 2013 11:06 AM (Dwehj)
You had me at gazongas.
Posted by: EC at December 12, 2013 11:06 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: shredded chi at December 12, 2013 11:07 AM (nttL5)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 12, 2013 02:23 PM (B0gqn)"
I'm sure they all consider themselves "idea people". As someone who gets paid to be an "idea person" in the corporate world, all I can do is shake my head at how obtuse they actually are. They are, at best, shameless self-promoters who gain a following by telling people even more mediocre than themselves (e.g. any troll who has posted here in the past decade) that they are part of something special.
I get that some people on the Right here in the US don't like Nietzsche because of his numerous disparaging comments on Christianity, but damn if that guy didn't nail the psychology of these two-bit socialist-leaning living abortions. Check out any of his commentary on the "socialist rabble" infecting Europe in his day and it aligns 100% to what we see here in the US today.
Posted by: Sudden Clarity Clarence at December 12, 2013 11:08 AM (ab876)
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why The Incompetent DonÂ’t Know TheyÂ’re Incompetent
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