November 20, 2013

Oh Dear: Kathleen Sebelius Does Photo-Op to Show How Well Healthcare.gov is Working; System Goes Down As She's Talking to Navigator
— Ace

Stay with the report to see how many people actually managed to sign up Obamacare, even with the aid of navigators.

I'll put the answer in white font if you just want the answer without the hoopety doo and much ado:

Two.

That's from the Free Beacon. Also check out this clip, in which Comically Evasive Mouthpiece Jay Carney fields a question about the "Obamacare success story," personally hailed by Obama, who now turns out to not be able to afford Obamacare's sky-high premiums at all.

He says he's "reaching out to her" to make sure she "understands her options." So, like, she's dumb.

Jay Carney embarrassing himself is not even dog-bites-man at this point. It's dog-bites-dogfood.


Posted by: Ace at 09:17 AM | Comments (327)
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1 I'll go get the others.

Posted by: Countrysquire at November 20, 2013 09:19 AM (LSJmV)

2 Top.  Tards.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at November 20, 2013 09:19 AM (NF2Bf)

3 Foist?

Posted by: Bigmike at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (3A7PP)

4 Hilarity ensues!

Posted by: K,tnx,bye at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (RPDkq)

5 How did Bush pull that off?

Posted by: real joe at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (i5Y1y)

6 Option 1: Shut up Option 2: You don't wanna know. Refer back to option 1.

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (L9AnB)

7 I'll go get the others.

Cue the puppy gif.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (yobtO)

8 David Burge ‏@iowahawkblog #rebrandObamacare IdentityShare™

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (ZPrif)

9 LMAO

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (NZeb5)

10 Great.  Our country is being run by the Keystone Cops.  My apologies to police everywhere.

Posted by: Cheri at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (G+Wff)

11

Reaching out to her?

Carney or TFG?

Creepy

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at November 20, 2013 09:20 AM (R8hU8)

12 At some point, you've had enough healthcare.



Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:21 AM (GQ8sn)

13 Will the shaden-boners never end? (I hope not!)

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:21 AM (7ObY1)

14 Eh! Thoid!

Posted by: Bigmike at November 20, 2013 09:21 AM (3A7PP)

15 It's cold here in WA today, obviously the cold fingers of Obama succeeded in "reaching out to her"

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 09:21 AM (RZ8pf)

16 He says he's "reaching out to her" to make sure she "understands her options." So, like, she's dumb.


NEWS FLASH: She probably is dumb.  Or just suboptimal.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 20, 2013 09:21 AM (8ZskC)

17 Oprah is pretty sure y'all are racists.

Posted by: RolandTHTG at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (QM5S2)

18 Please tell me that when the website crashed, people started laughing and pointing at Sebelius like Carrie before she torched the gym. That would make my day.

Posted by: WolfinNC at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (nchrP)

19 He says he's "reaching out to her" to make sure she "understands her options."

*radio static*

Roger, green light .


Posted by: HHS SWAT Team at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (5ikDv)

20 Those evil Republicans sabotaged us!!

Posted by: Cheri at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (G+Wff)

21 When I watch Comical Carney I go back and forth between being amused at his efforts to defend the clown show to wishing I could clock him a good one for his smarmy mouth.

Posted by: SamIam at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (HMI9a)

22 Are the Republicans saving these clips for campaign ads?

And Carney "reaching out" to the single mom, to tell her to STFU or to pay her off so she'll STFU?

Posted by: Obamacare Navigators - ACORD, La Raza, Planned Parenthood at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (JRmiD)

23 They need to lock Sibelius in the same closet they keep Biden in during campaigns. She's a walking gaffe.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (+cx5n)

24 Couldn't have happened to a nicer scrunt. Ha Ha. Saw the headline on WZ earlier, but didn't see video until now.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (HVff2)

25 Jesus.  Even I didn't think they could make it happen this fast.

Posted by: The Burning Times at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (NF2Bf)

26 5 How did Bush pull that off? Dubya simply re-engineered his Hurricane Weather Machine into a Computer Shutter-Downer machine. The man is an evil genius. He makes Lex Luthor look like a punter.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (7ObY1)

27 Maybe Obama will give her a waiver. Then all will be well. All are welcome.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (sByIH)

28 Maybe Barry could send the woman with no insurance an Obama t-shirt to be buried in.

Posted by: huerfano at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (bAGA/)

29 Damn but is that one unlikeable woman.

Posted by: Lauren at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (hFL/3)

30 We're gonna need alot of popcorn for the next few months

Posted by: McCool at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (TQxRy)

31 I'm sure Carney's version of "options" includes: "Shut the fuck up, and stop talking to the media"

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (CMlD4)

32 The navigators might do a better job if they were enclosed in spice gas containers.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (yobtO)

33 I see you are all a bunch of raaaaacist h8rz who h8, cause I have been assured by Top. Men. that there are hundreds of millions of Americans who have successfully signed up and saved hundreds on their health insurance by switching to...



uh...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (yh0zB)

34 Ace from the Morning thread.  An article from NRO that explains why Sebelius hasn't been thrown under the bus yet.  Vajayjay is her buddy and nobody crosses her.  Not even Obama.

NRO on the Iranian Ratface Vajajay.  Her enemies don't last long in the WH but her friends do despite colossal screwups.  (Sebeilius)  She also has a paid staff of 3 dozen assistants.  Congress needs to rein this shit in.


http://tinyurl.com/kkp2l48

Posted by: Vic at November 20, 2013 09:22 AM (FTQyq)

35 JT Marlin upgrades Consolidated Popcorn Supply Corp. to STRONG BUY

Posted by: JT Marlin at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (8ZskC)

36 I saw Photo Op open for Looking Glass in '74 at the Forum. Thought it was in really poor taste when they did a cover version of "Brandy".

Posted by: Countrysquire at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (LSJmV)

37 A beautiful thing to behold.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (IXrOn)

38 Option 3:   Send her a corpse-man

Posted by: McCool at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (TQxRy)

39 Options: shut up or end up in a cell next to Nakoula Nakoula.

Posted by: jd at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (Id+W0)

40 *rolls around in it* I am going to od on schadenfreude, I just know I am. *rolls around more*

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (VtjlW)

41 And we say Republicans are the Stupid Party?

Posted by: Meremortal, thinking of low info mofos at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (1Y+hH)

42 I hope this "Uh oh" becomes as famous as that clip where Bill Gates is demonstrating Plug 'N Play and the system crashes.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:23 AM (sByIH)

43 Where's that Benny Hill music coming from?

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at November 20, 2013 09:24 AM (QupBk)

44 *climbs atop pedestal, again* *points at LIVs* *ahem* FUCKING. TOLD. YOU. SO.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 20, 2013 09:24 AM (da5Wo)

45 She likes it when the system goes down on her.

Posted by: Valerie at November 20, 2013 09:24 AM (DrC22)

46 10 minutes into the presentation Sebelius was eaten by a grue.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (8ZskC)

47

I posted this this morning on the Headline thread, so I'll put it here, too, since it's the same topic.

 

 

CBS Local, Miami: http://tinyurl.com/mqjbmkc

 

 


MIAMI (CBSMiami)    Seven weeks to the day since the troubled healthcare.gov website was launched, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was in Miami, meeting with so-called  "navigators"   who are helping the public get signed up for coverage.

 

...

 

At a second table, the secretary met Carmen Salero who was trying to sign up online. As the secretary and Salero made small talk, CBS4's    Brian Andrews noticed the site crash on the lap top in front of them.

 

"The screen says   I'm sorry but the system is temporarily down,"    Andrews pointed out.

 

"Uh oh,"    responded the secretary.

 

"That happens every day,"   said Salerno.    "It must mean a lot of people are on there trying to get coverage."

 

 

*rolling eyes* Yeah, that's it, Carmen. That's the ticket.

 

Meanwhile...

 


Nick Bianchi, who owns a Social Media Consulting firm on Miami Beach, was selected by HHS to meet the secretary personally based on what he posted on Twitter about his positive experience during the sign up process.

 


"I selected a silver plan,"  Nick said.   "The website didn't work for me so I ended up waiting on papers from the provider I selected."    Nick told the secretary his new plan, effective January 1st, will run a little more than $300.00 a month.   "Hearing your situation is really helpful,"   the secretary told Bianchi.

 

 

Oh, that's a positive experience, Nick? The site did jackshit for you so you went the paper route   direct with the insurer?    Oh, okay.

 

The story is clearly supposed to be about how great it was that Sebelius was in Miami to visit with people working with the site, but it's laughably bad.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (4df7R)

48 Going down on Kathy S?   Ewwwwwwwwww

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (32Ze2)

49 He says he's "reaching out to her" to make sure she "understands her options." The dissatisfied Comrade had better look out now. Mao reached out and gave the Red Guard some options too. "Would you like to be shot in the chest or shot in the head, comrade?"

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (7ObY1)

50 How damned clever of those Koch brother to hire an ugly comedienne to play the role of the ObamaCare queen and make scripted "photo ops" around the country where everything inevitably goes as wrong as possible! Hahahahaha -- some of these skits are hilarious.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (+cx5n)

51 They need to lock Sibelius in the same closet they keep Biden in during campaigns. It's a playroom. I keep my MatchBox Cars collection in there.

Posted by: Joey B[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (sByIH)

52 And Carney "reaching out" to the single mom, to tell her to STFU or to pay her off so she'll STFU?

Posted by: Obamacare Navigators - ACORD, La Raza, Planned Parenthood at November 20, 2013 01:22 PM (JRmiD)



If it's a payoff, then they've run this play before.


During the 2008 campaign, several people figured out that if they could get their hands on the mic at a townhall or event with TFG present, they could relay their sob story about not having a car, a house, a job, or money and then things would happen and they were given whatever they wanted.  More than a few people made the connection, and the TFG team stopped having open mics at all their events.



Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (GQ8sn)

53 Anyone else hear about these "navigators" and get the mental image of a bunch of ticket scalpers?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (/Crba)

54 I thought the smartest president ever already told you rubes that buying insurance is hard.

Posted by: Mallfly at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (bJm7W)

55 I saw a tweet from James O'Keefe to Sebellius telling her she might want to cancel her plans for tomorrow.  Hmmmm.

Posted by: no good deed at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (k55Fc)

56 So when does Cruella De Ville resign to spend more time with her family?

Posted by: Bigmike at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (3A7PP)

57 How did Bush pull that off? Negative waves!

Posted by: Oddball[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (sByIH)

58

I used to have to demonstrate software during presentations at developer conferences, there's not a more awful feeling then standing up in front of a thousand software developers and having what you are demo'ing fail. That's when you have to switch to the stupid patter "well, if this was working you would see blah blah" while you are gesticulating wildly to the tech on the sidelines to do something. It helped at the time I was doing this that I was fairly attractive so I could usually smile winningly and step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction.

 

 

 

Sebelius doesn't really have that option, does she?

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (RZ8pf)

59 And we say Republicans are the Stupid Party?

Posted by: Meremortal, thinking of low info mofos at November 20, 2013 01:23 PM (1Y+hH)




Challenge.   Accepted.




Amnesty?

Posted by: Teh Stoopid Party at November 20, 2013 09:25 AM (yh0zB)

60 The navigators might do a better job if they were enclosed in spice gas containers. I have just folded space from Oregon. Many new medicaids in Oregon.

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at November 20, 2013 09:26 AM (QupBk)

61 and besides, if you were a web site, wouldn't you be really nervous if everyone was constantly watch you, hoping to see you fail?

Posted by: Mallfly at November 20, 2013 09:26 AM (bJm7W)

62 "Comically Evasive Mouthpiece Jay Carney" Honestly, he's really close to not even providing comical relief anymore. He's lying, sneering, misrepresenting, mocking, dividing, personalizing, obfuscating; whatever all of that is, it's practically not communication at all.

Posted by: m at November 20, 2013 09:26 AM (fzFaG)

63 I've been to Miami to work. There were 2 positives that came out of it, experiencing Cuban coffee and me getting the hell out of there after a month.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at November 20, 2013 09:26 AM (HVff2)

64 "You've failed me for the last time...."

Posted by: Darth Obama at November 20, 2013 09:26 AM (LA7Cm)

65 So the new defense by Comically evasive mouthpiece Carney is that "the reports may not be accurate" Is he accusing the media of making this shit up? As for options, if she doesn't understand them isn't that a fault of...I dunno, a crappy law with confusing options. Sebelius meanwhile has time for photo ops but cannot be bothered to answer my simple question: What is the purpose of insurance?

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 09:26 AM (GaqMa)

66 I can split atoms.....





....with my SCHADENBONER!!!


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:26 AM (GQ8sn)

67 52 And Carney "reaching out" to the single mom, to tell her to STFU or to pay her off so she'll STFU? Posted by: Obamacare Navigators - ACORD, La Raza, Planned Parenthood at November 20, 2013 01:22 PM (JRmiD) If it's a payoff, then they've run this play before. During the 2008 campaign, several people figured out that if they could get their hands on the mic at a townhall or event with TFG present, they could relay their sob story about not having a car, a house, a job, or money and then things would happen and they were given whatever they wanted. More than a few people made the connection, and the TFG team stopped having open mics at all their events. --- They have me on watch lists at Dem events across the country!

Posted by: Peggy Joseph at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (/Crba)

68 10 minutes into the presentation Sebelius was eaten by a grue. Posted by: Cicero Potential thread winner, but flag on teh play. Zork was a fully functioning computer program.

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (L9AnB)

69 As an IT guy, PR pro, or marketing guy - how do you let a Cabinet Sectraty walk into a mess like that?  You don't have a canned version of the website that can run off of a laptop backstage handling the event; even if you have to post-process everything by hand later.

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (CMlD4)

70 We fail to find anything funny about this.

Posted by: SNL at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (NF2Bf)

71 Oh, that's a positive experience, Nick? The site did jackshit for you so you went the paper route direct with the insurer? Oh, okay. The story is clearly supposed to be about how great it was that Sebelius was in Miami to visit with people working with the site, but it's laughably bad. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at November 20, 2013 01:25 PM (4df7R) Don't the people processing the paper have to use the website to enter the information as well?
And wtfingf the site can be crawled by bots? Oh, yeah, it's so totes secure. So is.

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (VtjlW)

72 I'll paraphrase what my dearly missed father would always say about a flat tire. It's a French website, it goes down on you.

Posted by: Countrysquire at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (LSJmV)

73 So when does Cruella De Ville resign to spend more time with her family?

Posted by: Bigmike at November 20, 2013 01:25 PM (3A7PP)

 

 

"Why do you hate us?"

 

-Sebelius's family.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (4df7R)

74 I saw Crashing Sibelius open for the Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2013 09:27 AM (+cx5n)

75 60 The navigators might do a better job if they were enclosed in spice gas containers. I have just folded space from Oregon. Many new medicaids in Oregon. --- The payoffs must flow!

Posted by: Guild Navigator Third Class at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (/Crba)

76 Yet Sebelious still colects a fat paycheck and will continue to do so until she dies.

Posted by: steevy at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (zqvg6)

77 I have just folded space from Oregon. Many new medicaids in Oregon. Posted by: toby928© Larf! Was that brought to us by McConnell's neckfat?

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (L9AnB)

78 They had a room full of people to shake her hand...


...and ONLY TWO were able to sign up?!?!?!?

Posted by: Kevin in ABQ at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (BvTwT)

79

"Anyone else hear about these "navigators" and get the mental image of a bunch of ticket scalpers?.."

 

 

Hey, watch it now. 

Posted by: Ticket Scalpers Local 1108 at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (LA7Cm)

80 Now Sebelius has a fine alpaca. Really.

Posted by: Alpaca Lovers of America at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (Tb01R)

81 selected by HHS to meet the secretary personally based on what he posted on Twitter about his positive experience during the sign up process.

So these thin-skinned shits only want to hear about success stories, huh. Blinkers on! That'll help solve your issues.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (yobtO)

82 Can't wait to see this on the evening news tonite.

Posted by: Dan Rather at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (DrC22)

83 After your thorough, ten year audit it turns out you qualify for a subsidy of $9. The bad news is that you owe us $652,567.89. You're welcome.

Posted by: IRS at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (PRPp1)

84

raaaaacist h8rz who h8

 

 

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at November 20, 2013 09:28 AM (R8hU8)

85

It helped at the time I was doing this that I was fairly attractive so I could usually smile winningly and step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction.

 

Might not be a good time to point that out.

Posted by: The Collective Schadenboner of the Horde at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (NF2Bf)

86

.. It helped at the time I was doing this that I was fairly attractive so I could usually smile winningly and step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction

 

 

Thats not an option for Sebelius

Posted by: McCool at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (TQxRy)

87 Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 01:25 PM (GQ8sn)



You're kidding, right? This whole f'n administration has been one huge payoff scam from the beginning. Problem is, folks like you and me aren't on the payoff side...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (yh0zB)

88 TWO LOL I wonder how many walked away when they saw the cost. Where were the exit polls!?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (IXrOn)

89 More people watched the show Hello Larry! than signed up for this turd.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (oFCZn)

90 When the website went down Sebelius improvised quickly by playing "Daisy" for the press on bicycle horns with her snout.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (8ZskC)

91

Don't the people processing the paper have to use the website to enter the information as well?



And wtfingf the site can be crawled by bots? Oh, yeah, it's so totes secure. So is.

 

 

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 01:27 PM (VtjlW)

 

 

Right?

 

I mean... RIGHT?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (4df7R)

92 So when does Cruella De Ville resign to spend more time with her family? Posted by: Bigmike

Anyone have a Dalmatian fur coat for her as a retirement gift?

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 09:29 AM (CMlD4)

93 At some point, this has got to be intentional. Right?

Posted by: As much as I hate to admit it at November 20, 2013 09:30 AM (Tb01R)

94 69 As an IT guy, PR pro, or marketing guy - how do you let a Cabinet Sectraty walk into a mess like that? You don't have a canned version of the website that can run off of a laptop backstage handling the event; even if you have to post-process everything by hand later. --- As an IT guy, I wouldn't. However, I'd also expect the WH to give me a heads-up if they wanted something like this so I could either work the bugs out or at least make it LOOK right. Given the way this administration works, they probably found out about it when they showed up to do the event.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:30 AM (/Crba)

95 David Burge ‏@iowahawkblog #rebrandObamacare IdentityShare™ Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 20, 2013 01:20 PM (ZPrif) I'm in love with this mans humor. In love.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 09:30 AM (IXrOn)

96 A hand in the alpaca is worth two in the Bush.

Posted by: "Jay" Carney at November 20, 2013 09:31 AM (DrC22)

97 Given the way this administration works, they probably found out about it when they showed up to do the event. Barry will read about it in the paper tomorrow.

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at November 20, 2013 09:31 AM (QupBk)

98 Ok, guys, I think I'm going to post some glowing reviews of my experience with Ocare on twitter so that they haul me in to be with the president as a success story. Then, when the cameras are on me, I'll tell them what is really happening.

Posted by: Lauren at November 20, 2013 09:31 AM (hFL/3)

99 Fuggin embarrassing, shamefull and down right knee slappingly HILARIOUS!!

I laughed til' I cried.

Two thumbs up!

A festival of comedic wonder!!

Somewhere Don Knotts is laughing in approval!

I'll never be the same!!

I SHAT Myself!!



Posted by: dan a nj con formerly known as dana nj con at November 20, 2013 09:31 AM (wmU4G)

100 The two people who signed up? They now own a bunch of Rolexes purchased at a store in Minsk.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)-also drooling imbecile incapable of doing algebra or something at November 20, 2013 09:31 AM (659DL)

101 I have this suspicion that there is no Software System Architect for is monstrosity. 

Who is he/she and what major projects has he done before?

Posted by: Jimbo at November 20, 2013 09:31 AM (V70Uh)

102 If it fucking worked at all, why would you need a "navigator"?

Posted by: Bless Your Cold Black Hearts at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (kkbgQ)

103 this is all funny...but my health insurance is cancelled come February next year and I'm certain I am screwed. Total failure of Obamacare doesn't help me cover my kids. Shitty thing is I was paying a reasonable premium all on my own. Now I'll be eligible for a subsidy and my share still is increased. There is nothing Affordable about it. I'd sure love to see some real market based solutions proposed from the geniuses in the GOP. We cant get Obama to sign them, but we can show the world that there is an answer based on competitive free market.

Posted by: california red at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (7jrCM)

104 Poor Turkey Neck just can't get a break.  Maybe she should go crawl back in the hole from where she came.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (vg8iE)

105

One day, our country will give us a medal.

Posted by: Koch Brothers association of hackers and assorted delinquents at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (Tb01R)

106 He's lying, sneering, misrepresenting, mocking, dividing, personalizing, obfuscating; whatever all of that is, it's practically not communication at all.

Not communicating? Seems like he's very good at conveying the attitude of his boss toward us livestock.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (ZKzrr)

107 Then, when the cameras are on me, I'll tell them what is really happening. It'll be like in the Hunger Games when that Old Man gives the salute to Katniss.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (sByIH)

108 The poor kid who answered when I called my donk Congressweasel's office last week told me he could forward my info to someone who would discuss with me my 'options' under Obamacare. I think this is the approved party line, sure we're fucking you over, but look at all your (shitty) 'options'! Of course, that just set me off. Told the kid I don't want options, I just want the DC crowd to keep their grubby paws off my insurance. I gave the Congressman the 'option' to repeal or resign. He voted for the Upton bill, btw. I suggest anyone else with a donk rep try calling and see if they suggest 'options'. It's fucking insulting, and they should be laid into for even suggesting it.

Posted by: mugiwara at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (vtYSe)

109 Her options are:

1) Make us look good and we will reach out to you.

2) Make us look bad and we will reach out for you.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 20, 2013 09:32 AM (Hx5uv)

110 It helped at the time I was doing this that I was fairly attractive so I could usually smile winningly and step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction.





...


sorry, I was distracted...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 09:33 AM (yh0zB)

111 I thought they cancelled Netscape Navigator

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2013 09:33 AM (L9AnB)

112 And wtfingf the site can be crawled by bots? Oh, yeah, it's so totes secure. So is. Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 01:27 PM (VtjlW) Listen, why don't you just fucking quit telling the truth about the site, alright? The ACA (not OBAMACARE you truth telling wingnut) was designed, and has been implemented, in such a way as to provide feelings accomplishment and gratitude. It was designed and has been implemented so that the poor can someday look forward to signing up for medicare on computers they can't afford. I don't understand what's so hard about this or why you keep insisting upon telling the truth about the physical workings of the site. The site isn't the point!!!

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 20, 2013 09:33 AM (da5Wo)

113 You're kidding, right? This whole f'n administration has been one huge payoff scam from the beginning. Problem is, folks like you and me aren't on the payoff side...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 01:29 PM (yh0zB)



No.


The first two I remember was a young fry cook named Julio who wanted to be a radio DJ and he was stoked to personally meet TFG.  The next was an older black woman who needed "reliable transportation" (i.e. a new car) and a house because she was homeless. 


In both instances, people in the audience or behind the scenes stepped up afterwards to figure out a way to placte these people because they knew the media were going to follow up on these poor slobs and what became of them.  You can see why Team TFG stopped with the open mics.  It was basically a free-for-all if you could get to the mic and start crying on cue.



Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:33 AM (GQ8sn)

114 Wow, that CNN reporter is a racist, bullying, gay bashing bitch! So many hate crimes committed during her dry water boarding of that lyingass, limp wristed weasel. And Carney, as usual, did not disappoint. He was his usual douchey, lying self. I hope he has an ulcer the size of TX and absolutely blinding migraines every day.

Posted by: runningrn at November 20, 2013 09:33 AM (PLOz8)

115 Given the way this administration works, they probably found out about it when they showed up to do the event.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 01:30 PM (/Crba)

 

Cruella probably popped    in for a    twenty minute visit before winging away again.     No reason    for the    Obammycare   IT    dept      to    put any effort into an event where    they're    only going to have cameras around for    those    twenty, thirty minutes tops.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:33 AM (4df7R)

116 She says only 11% of all engineers are women. While it's well-known there are fewer women in tech, a lot of programs aiming to fix the problem focus on college or high school students. Sterling believes the issue begins much earlier.

Broadening children's interests doesn't mean girls shouldn't aspire to be feminine. GoldieBlox, which makes interactive games, uses a cute blonde as its logo. But her blonde isn't a Barbie who sits around and waits for Ken. It's a blonde who is building cool things.

Sterling's realization isn't ground-beaking, but her video about it has hit a nerve. It was posted two days ago on YouTube and currently has more than 3 million views. Its mission is to make the pink shelf in toy stores less pink.

Posted by: Steve Jobs at November 20, 2013 09:33 AM (e8kgV)

117 "Jay Carney embarrassing himself is not even dog-bites-man at this point. It's dog-bites-dogfood."

LOL

Posted by: mrp at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (HjPtV)

118 80 Now Sebelius has a fine alpaca. Really. Posted by: Alpaca Lovers of America at November 20, 2013 01:28 PM (Tb01R) Is it shaved?? You got pixs?

Posted by: Bless Your Cold Black Hearts at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (kkbgQ)

119

"Maybe she should go crawl back in the hole from where she came..."

 

We don't want her back. 

Posted by: Kansas at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (LA7Cm)

120 90 When the website went down Sebelius improvised quickly by playing "Daisy" for the press on bicycle horns with her snout.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (7ObY1)

121 It helped at the time I was doing this that I was fairly attractive so I could usually smile winningly and step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction.
---
Pics or it didn't happen.

Secretary Cruella does not understand that going to the navigators means that the navigator is surfing the website.  And the website is still unstable, so boom.

Posted by: CUS at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (84pE9)

122

He says he's "reaching out to her" to make sure she "understands her options." So, like, she's dumb.

 

 

Well, she believed and voted for Obammy, soo....

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (4df7R)

123 my boobs could serve as a distraction



We need proof of this!


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (GQ8sn)

124 93 At some point, this has got to be intentional. Right? Posted by: As much as I hate to admit it at November 20, 2013 01:30 PM ----------------------- Silly poster, they aren't clever or creative enough to intentionally foul up their wet dream.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (HVff2)

125 I saw The Navigators open for Pablo Cruise at a free concert in '75. Lousy show plus low crowd turnout.

Posted by: dantesed at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (JDLZi)

126 Don't worry Jay, you don't have to reach out to that lady.  I already did that for you.

Still, if you feel that you must, bring a sledgehammer and shovel.  Just look for the newly poured section of concrete in my basement.

Oh, and if you hear what sounds like screaming coming from the fruit cellar, ignore it.  That's just the wind.

Posted by: Jim Messina at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (SY2Kh)

127 I guess I need to Mansplain it to her

Posted by: Jay Carney at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (WdbF7)

128 Has that frumpy gal from Washington considered that her enhanced premiums come with improved access to kegstands and dental dams?

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (+lsX1)

129 58 I used to have to demonstrate software during presentations at developer conferences ... so I could usually smile winningly and step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction. Sebelius doesn't really have that option, does she? Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 01:25 PM (RZ8pf) 6 minutes and not a single "you know the rules, pics" comment? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 09:34 AM (vzLfi)

130 @114 - He is the textbook example of a douchebag, isn't he?

Posted by: bicentennialguy at November 20, 2013 09:35 AM (vg8iE)

131 55 I saw a tweet from James O'Keefe to Sebellius telling her she might want to cancel her plans for tomorrow. Hmmmm. Posted by: no good deed at November 20, 2013 01:25 PM (k55Fc) Oh dayum! I can feel the next schaden-boner coming on already! This has gotta be good.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:35 AM (7ObY1)

132 Ok, guys, I think I'm going to post some glowing reviews of my experience with Ocare on twitter so that they haul me in to be with the president as a success story. Then, when the cameras are on me, I'll tell them what is really happening. Posted by: Lauren at November 20, 2013 01:31 PM


Ha! Like we'd fall for that again.

Posted by: Barry Obama at November 20, 2013 09:35 AM (bAGA/)

133 David Burge ‏@iowahawkblog
#rebrandObamacare IdentityShare™

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 20, 2013 01:20 PM (ZPrif)

I'm in love with this mans humor.
In love.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 01:30 PM (IXrOn)

**


From GTA5..."Life Invader"

Posted by: dan a nj con formerly known as dana nj con at November 20, 2013 09:35 AM (wmU4G)

134 It helped at the time I was doing this that I was fairly attractive so I could usually smile winningly and by I Want This">step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction.
-

Yeah, those were the days of hula hoops and You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 20, 2013 09:35 AM (Hx5uv)

135 I have this suspicion that there is no Software System Architect for is monstrosity. Maybe. My suspicion is the specs were so vague that nobody could figure out how to design it, so they just started with a plan with a lot of holes. Then the parts they knew about changed. So they made best guesses and WROTE MOAR CODE. Then the specs changed. Again and again and again. The current flowchart would probably take thirty plotter machines a week to print out.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:35 AM (sByIH)

136 Well its definitely the software because if not, they'd have a backdoor for this kind of shit. Why is this important? Hint: Website is not down due to stress of all those people trying to sign up.

Posted by: Cajun Caret at November 20, 2013 09:36 AM (UZQM8)

137 >>Sebelius meanwhile has time for photo ops WHY the fluck is she traveling at all? Not that I think she could do a darn thing to help the situation, but still...

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 20, 2013 09:36 AM (SUKHu)

138 The best and the brightest, at work!

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at November 20, 2013 09:36 AM (JpC1K)

139 I saw a tweet from James O'Keefe to Sebellius telling her she might want to cancel her plans for tomorrow. Hmmmm.
-
Barky, don 't changes horse's asses in the middle of a stream.

Posted by: WalrusRex at November 20, 2013 09:37 AM (Hx5uv)

140

>>so my boobs could serve as a distraction.<<

 

Oh please pretty please!?!

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at November 20, 2013 09:37 AM (A0sHn)

141 The two people who signed up? They now own a bunch of Rolexes purchased at a store in Minsk. Posted by: Circa

What do you think shipping will be?

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 09:37 AM (CMlD4)

142 My mind is going, Dave. I feel it. Stop. Stop, Dave.

Posted by: HealthCare.gov at November 20, 2013 09:37 AM (QupBk)

143 @121, @123 Damnit, missed by that >< much....

Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 09:37 AM (vzLfi)

144

my
boobs could serve as a distraction



We need proof of this!

 

We are talking about Seattle WA right?

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at November 20, 2013 09:37 AM (R8hU8)

145 Amnesty? Posted by: Teh Stoopid Party at November 20, 2013 01:25 PM (yh0zB) Ut-oh.

Posted by: Meremortal, thinking of low info mofos at November 20, 2013 09:38 AM (1Y+hH)

146 WTF is with the TMZ style talk over on the video? Is this a news broadcast or a circus for the immature and mentally challenged? Wait... disregard that second part. I think we all know the answer.

Posted by: Damiano the Economic Traitor at November 20, 2013 09:38 AM (j0wOO)

147 While it's well-known there are fewer women in tech, a lot of programs aiming to fix the problem focus on college or high school students. Sterling believes the issue begins much earlier.

...and then slightly later, when women realize that spending 50-80 hours a week chained to a computer sucks ass and quit.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 20, 2013 09:38 AM (ZKzrr)

148 Right now we're just waiting to see who steps on the rake next. This administration's been nothing but crooks, cronies, and crackpots from Day One. Our 'independent' press spent 24x7 changing their f'in Depends right through the 2012 election, but it's finally leaked down their leg and the public's finally got a little - only a little - whiff of what these people really are. If we'd had an honest media this guy would never have been elected, and if they'd been even halfway honest he'd have been washed out in 2012.

Posted by: JEM at November 20, 2013 09:38 AM (o+SC1)

149 6 minutes and not a single "you know the rules, pics" comment? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you.

Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 01:34 PM (vzLfi)




We were distracted.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 09:38 AM (yh0zB)

150 It helped at the time I was doing this that I was fairly attractive so I could usually smile winningly and step away from the podium so my boobs could serve as a distraction.

Pics or it didn't happen.

Video is preferred.

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/s][/i][/u][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:38 AM (6T8Ay)

151 I saw a tweet from James O'Keefe to Sebellius telling her she might want to cancel her plans for tomorrow. Hmmmm. Posted by: no good deed at November 20, 2013 01:25 PM (k55Fc) He tweeted that 20 hours ago... so...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 09:39 AM (IXrOn)

152 As  I tweeted yesterday (same name), I call BS on the signup numbers.  If the web site was working at all, the problems would be described differently.  If it were only working relative to certain states, demographics or any subsets of potential insured, it would not have been described as "70%" or "30%." Complete.  My best guess is that the front room registration/account thing may be working, but beyond that, applications are being processed manually in a bunch of big rooms by human beings.

I think there are many more incomptency revelations to come.

Posted by: @ParisParamus at November 20, 2013 09:39 AM (gYzAr)

153 My best guess is that the front room registration/account thing may be working, but beyond that, applications are being processed manually in a bunch of big rooms by human beings.


Pay no attention to the room full of Laotian children copying stuff down onto forms.



Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:40 AM (GQ8sn)

154 He tweeted that 20 hours ago... so...

Well, I guess he was right.  LOL!

Posted by: no good deed at November 20, 2013 09:40 AM (k55Fc)

155 >> dan a nj con formerly known as dana nj con I've always read your name as "Dan, a ninja con".

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 20, 2013 09:40 AM (SUKHu)

156 EC, I was just amused by the idea that anyone would NOT recognize this administration as one huge payoff scam.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 09:40 AM (yh0zB)

157 Pay no attention to the room full of Laotian children copying stuff down onto forms. Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 01:40 PM (GQ8sn) ------- I thought they'd outsourced that to the Peruvians?

Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 09:41 AM (vzLfi)

158

what "behold the power of the fully functional BoobStar?" I learned my lesson, I no longer show my boobs on the Internet. Or at developer conferences. These days if I tried that at a developer conference the new generation of annoying little software scrunts would pillory me.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 09:41 AM (RZ8pf)

159 Also check out this clip, in which Comically Evasive Mouthpiece Jay Carney fields a question about the "Obamacare success story," personally hailed by Obama, who now turns out to not be able to afford Obamacare's sky-high premiums at all. He says he's "reaching out to her" to make sure she "understands her options." So, like, she's dumb. The woman never blames JEF or obamacare if you listen to how she parses her words carefully. She blames the "state" exchange. There's a bit of dumb in there.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 09:41 AM (IXrOn)

160 I was just reading a friend's Facebook page and realized she's FB friends with John Wayne Bobbitt. I didn't realize he was still around these parts.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:42 AM (7ObY1)

161 I saw Boobs As A Distraction open up for Phish in Seattle back in 2009.


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:42 AM (GQ8sn)

162 This is all the Republican mind-broadcasters fault. Can you feel it? The negative energy? I feel it. I feel it all the time. Negative GOP energy.

Posted by: Dana Milbank at November 20, 2013 09:42 AM (F58x4)

163 I really do think this Washington lady is a perfect case study in the complexity of this law (And complexity is bad.) according to reports she makes 316% of the poverty level. In theory people are eligible for subsidies up to 400% of poverty level, but she's doesn't get any. (And the Kaiser Family foundation estimator agrees with that number.) Near as I can tell the 400% number is actually bullshit, in reality you're only eligible if a silver plan would cost more than 9.5% of your AGI (which, BTW is still a metric fuckton of money, not that I want to increase subsidies, but just pointing out, YIKES.) Then there's the mess with Medicaid and her son, which honestly I suspect is just states trying to inflate their Medicaid roles for 3 years (while the feds are paying for it) then they'll do audits and kick people off. Meanwhile though, we really do need to consider this, even at 300% poverty level, she's still making more or less 42-45K. (316% puts her just under 50k.) That's larger than the median income in the US. Do we really think that people who (by the numbers) are solidly middle class should be on a social welfare program? My answer is no, but I'm a heartless bastard according to several people.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 09:42 AM (GaqMa)

164 by the way my "software scrunts" wasn't directed at HeatherRadish. I suspect she knows exactly the type of women I am referring to. "he said dongle, fry his ass"

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (RZ8pf)

165 Fuck you, you bunch of fucking RINOs!!

Posted by: Ninja Cons! at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (NF2Bf)

166 I took a Project Mgmt class once taught by a guy who worked at NASSCO (shipbuilding).  Apparently all the things the DOD and other federal departments have learned about contract administration in the past 200 years went out the window for this project.  I repeat.  The Functional Spec and system/sub-system interfaces should have been defined at LEAST a year ago.  Clearly this won't be fixed anytime soon.


Posted by: Jimbo at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (V70Uh)

167 When this abomination passed, I wanted to drink in despair and rage.  Watching its implosion, I want to drink in glee. 

I want a drink and it's only 10:43 a.m.


Posted by: kathysaysso at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (6H6o8)

168 160 I was just reading a friend's Facebook page and realized she's FB friends with John Wayne Bobbitt. I didn't realize he was still around these parts. Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 01:42 PM (7ObY1) His parts are everywhere.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (bCEmE)

169 Listen, why don't you just fucking quit telling the truth about the site, alright? The ACA (not OBAMACARE you truth telling wingnut) was designed, and has been implemented, in such a way as to provide feelings accomplishment and gratitude. It was designed and has been implemented so that the poor can someday look forward to signing up for medicare on computers they can't afford. I don't understand what's so hard about this or why you keep insisting upon telling the truth about the physical workings of the site. The site isn't the point!!! Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 20, 2013 01:33 PM (da5Wo) *taps foot* You know what I've been saying about chupacabras and thunderfucking? *taps foot*

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (VtjlW)

170 PGiS, so you were at one time a Booth Babe?


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (GQ8sn)

171

...and then slightly later, when women realize that spending 50-80 hours a week chained to a computer sucks ass and quit.


Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 20, 2013 01:38 PM (ZKzrr)

I've actually never met a civil or mechanical engineer that used a computer. That's what techs are for.

 

They really really love paper.

Posted by: burmatar at November 20, 2013 09:43 AM (rnIyE)

172 I saw Boobs As A Distraction open up for Phish in Seattle back in 2009. Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 01:42 PM (GQ8sn) Yeah, but those were hippy boobs. The better show was Extreme Cleavage opening for Metallica back in 93.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 20, 2013 09:44 AM (da5Wo)

173 161 I saw Boobs As A Distraction open up for Phish in Seattle back in 2009. Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 01:42 PM (GQ8sn) ------ I thought Boobs generally toured with Distracted Drooling Mouth Breathers back then?

Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 09:44 AM (vzLfi)

174 147 While it's well-known there are fewer women in tech, a lot of programs aiming to fix the problem focus on college or high school students. Sterling believes the issue begins much earlier. ...and then slightly later, when women realize that spending 50-80 hours a week chained to a computer sucks ass and quit. --- Before or after said woman realizes that she's got her choice of dozens of men who have no idea of how to please her?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:44 AM (/Crba)

175 Ok, something that has been bugging me for a while now. (Maybe slightly OT, but I can never get into these threads in a timely fashion.) One of the upsides of obamacare which its supporters tout is that it will force the so-called freeloaders to take responsibility and pay for their own health care (instead of abusing emergency room care and thus driving up healthcare costs for all of us). OK. But one of the arguments they use to continue their support is to say, hey these super-high premiums that we keep hearing about are false, because many enrollees will qualify for substantial government subsidies. So I don’t get it. It’s BAD if we have to pay higher premiums to cover “freeloaders” but GOOD if we have to pay higher premiums to cover subsidies? I for one would rather pay for ACTUAL TREATMENT that is given to an uninsured person that to pay the insurance costs for everyone. I mean which will cost more in the long run?

Posted by: grandmalcaesar at November 20, 2013 09:44 AM (yrohn)

176 thought they'd outsourced that to the Peruvians? Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 01:41 PM (vzLfi) ------------------------------------ Say it aint so Joe, I planned on becoming a Peruvian, living in the Free Land of Peruvia.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at November 20, 2013 09:44 AM (HVff2)

177 She should have done a tittie flash instead. That would at lest be news.

Posted by: Marcus at November 20, 2013 09:44 AM (GGCsk)

178 47. She also apologized for all of the "paparazzi " . Most government apparatchiki are covered by the press and the media. But not Cruella.

Posted by: gracepmc at November 20, 2013 09:45 AM (rznx3)

179 90 When the website went down Sebelius improvised quickly by playing "Daisy" for the press on bicycle horns with her snout. Posted by: Cicero Health Care Dot Gov Load for me please, I pray. These klieg lights glare As you crash day by day. The Web site is just a big hoax The butt of a million bad jokes. But I'll be screwed If some tech dude Can't fix you and right away.

Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2013 09:45 AM (+cx5n)

180

Not to worry.   With every application to Obamacare  you will get a 2 year subscription to LifeLock for free ( not including taxes ) . 

 

Another non issue rectified. 

Posted by: Obama at November 20, 2013 09:45 AM (m2CN7)

181 I think there are many more incompetency revelations to come.

Posted by: @ParisParamus at November 20, 2013 01:39 PM (gYzAr)




and yet I had a guy at work last night tell me that he thought Oblammy was the Bestest. President. EVAR!!!



I asked him what Oblammy has done that is so great and everything he came up with I destroyed him on, by the time I was done several others had joined in on the baby seal clubbing...including one douche bag who voted for Oblammy because he couldn't contemplate the thought of voting for Palin...



at which point I turned to him and said "Good thing we dodged a bullet with that snowbilly Alaskan hick, right?"



Pissing people off. It's what I do. (incidentally, one of the reasons I work nights)

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 09:45 AM (yh0zB)

182 If it fucking worked at all, why would you need a "navigator"?

Posted by: Bless Your Cold Black Hearts at November 20, 2013 01:32 PM (kkbgQ)


**



Because these elitest pricks think that the only thing dumber than us right wing whackos is the inner city "folks" who are the recipients of our harvested tax dollars. They have nothing but contempt for both groups of victims of their nefarious redistributionist schemes.


Posted by: dan a nj con formerly known as dana nj con at November 20, 2013 09:46 AM (wmU4G)

183 EC, I was a step above booth babe in that I actually worked on the development team. But, when it came down to it I was often thrown into the role of booth babe because for some reason certain people (men) find demonstrations of extremely boring software much more compelling when a lovely young woman is doing the demonstrating. But, I got to wear more clothes then the average booth babe, so I had that going for me.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 09:46 AM (RZ8pf)

184 Can anybody explain the Jameis Winston thing? I'm not even sure what the accusation was. Seems to be a girl made a rape accusation then backed off. Now her family is saying the cops told her to back off. But supposedly there were witnesses that back up Winston. How are there witnesses? Was this some sort of public sex at a party thing where the girl may or may not have been drunk and may or may not have consented to doing something incredibly degrading in public? Tried to get the facts but all the reports seem to be dancing around the question of what even is alleged to have happened. Confused.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 20, 2013 09:46 AM (ZPrif)

185 >>When the website went down Sebelius improvised quickly by playing "Daisy" for the press on bicycle horns with her snout. <<

Best laugh I had all damn day. Thank you.


Posted by: Marcus at November 20, 2013 09:46 AM (GGCsk)

186 I saw Boobs As A Distraction open up for Phish in Seattle back in 2009. Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 01:42 PM (GQ8sn) You lie! Nobody opens for Phish!

Posted by: mugiwara has seen Phish 7 times... so far this year at November 20, 2013 09:46 AM (vtYSe)

187 by the time I was done several others had joined in on the baby seal clubbing...


It's the Sport of Kings.


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:47 AM (GQ8sn)

188 But, I got to wear more clothes then the average booth babe, so I had that going for me. --- So your outfit was larger than the price tag attached to it?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:47 AM (/Crba)

189 I didn't realize he was still around these parts.
---
I see what you did there.

Posted by: Elena Bobbit Signature Fish Fileting Knife (tm) at November 20, 2013 09:47 AM (84pE9)

190 ...and then slightly later, when women realize that spending 50-80 hours a week chained to a computer sucks ass and quit. What's the incidence of autism in women vs men? I ask because all the programmer guys I know at a certain software company are at least a little bit autistic.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:47 AM (sByIH)

191 Didn't The Thunderfucking Chupacabras open for Smashing Pumpkins once?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 09:47 AM (knoK7)

192 Baby steps, baby steps.

Posted by: Mrs. Queeg for CBS news at November 20, 2013 09:48 AM (QF8uk)

193 >>instead of abusing emergency room care and thus driving up healthcare costs for all of us) That's the key. Just because you can't afford nice doctors' offices and pharmacies, you shouldn't have to do without nice doctors' offices and pharmacies. For the fairness children or something.

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 20, 2013 09:48 AM (SUKHu)

194 191 Pissing people off. It's what I do. (incidentally, one of the reasons I work nights) Every moron needs a hobby. please continue with the good work. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at November 20, 2013 01:47 PM (OWjjx) Sounds more like a calling, and a fucking awesome one at that.

Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (vzLfi)

195 Posted by: grandmalcaesar at November 20, 2013 01:44 PM (yrohn) Ah, but buried in the deep, stench of the Obamacare bowels are the provisions that allow one to avoid paying any money owed to hospitals and providers by quitting Ocare. At which point you are no longer financially responsible for your accrued bills. Your only penalty is that you cannot re-sign up for Ocare for a year after that. You can re-apply and still not have to fork over any cash you owe. This will drive healthcare providers out of business (in addition to other hidden provisos in this disastrous crap sammie.

Posted by: runningrn at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (PLOz8)

196 Posted by: zombie at November 20, 2013 01:45 PM

Coffe...monitor...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (knoK7)

197 And this woman still has a cabinet-level position...why?

Posted by: joncelli at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (RD7QR)

198 Ok all you concert goers. Dammit, I want to see pics. Please post the links. Hey Mrs. 'Thrope, go and make me a sammich while I continue to post.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (HVff2)

199

by the time I was done several others had joined in on the baby seal clubbing

 

I just flew in from a weekend of baby seal clubbing, and boy are my arms tired!

 

Thank you!  Thanks you very much!

Posted by: Vegas Newfie at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (NF2Bf)

200 'Coffee', damn it!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (knoK7)

201 I ask because all the programmer guys I know at a certain software company are at least a little bit autistic. --- I'd say "anti-social" for the most part. The only guy in my office who I'd think was autistic was a guy who was pretty much a savant at what he did but had limited social skills as well as epilepsy.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (/Crba)

202 It would be great if some hacker took over one of the demos and showed barnyard porn or Hillary and Huma's secret wedding album.

Posted by: Marcus at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (GGCsk)

203 Never, under any circumstances, demo something that you don't know works 100% of the time. *This PSA brought to you courtesy of Information Technology 101.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (sCO74)

204 EC, I was a step above booth babe in that I actually worked on the development team. But, when it came down to it I was often thrown into the role of booth babe because for some reason certain people (men) find demonstrations of extremely boring software much more compelling when a lovely young woman is doing the demonstrating. But, I got to wear more clothes then the average booth babe, so I had that going for me.


Awesome!   You were like Laura Longfellow back in the day.


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)

205 Amazing how happy and joyful the whole process sounds in this clip. If you were just listening to the cadences and not to the words, itÂ’s all a wonderful party.

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at November 20, 2013 09:50 AM (QF8uk)

206

Software wimminz with "distractions"? Fucking amateurs.

Posted by: San Fran Nan's saggy sideboobs at November 20, 2013 09:50 AM (Tb01R)

207 Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 01:46 PM (RZ8pf) Given that experience, you could probably make a killing in Pharma Sales. Or any lab sales. When I worked in the lab the manager jokingly accused me of being taken in by the pretty Sigma Rep. Although I noted that I had 0 time for a meeting, but I needed supplies so I made her make her offer while I was setting up a Gel to run, so to be honest I didn't even look over at her (apparently she was blonde.) I then set down an excel sheet noting the difference in cost between the product we were using and Sigma's including an assessment of how much it cost that the other product often came up short in reagents. The lab manager looked at me and said "you're really an odd bird aren't you."

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 09:50 AM (GaqMa)

208 >>198 And this woman still has a cabinet-level position...why?<<

Because she's incompetent- duh!

Posted by: Marcus at November 20, 2013 09:50 AM (GGCsk)

209 The Functional Spec and system/sub-system interfaces should have been defined at LEAST a year ago.

Hell, they should have been defined before the task order was let.

Task Order 1 - Spec and Subsystem Spec
Task Order 2 - System Test Plan (different vendor!!!!!)
Task Order 3 - after delivery of #1 System ICD
Task Order 4 - PM Task Order
Task Order 5 - Test tasks  (Vendor 2)
Task Order 6 - QA Tasking (a third Vendor)
===============================
then you get into the actual design and coding tasks, and who had the IV&V responsibility outside of HHS?

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 09:50 AM (CMlD4)

210 I've actually never met a civil or mechanical engineer that used a computer. That's what techs are for.

They really really love paper.

I use a computer all day when I'm in the office.

But maybe I'm an "above average" engineer!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at November 20, 2013 09:51 AM (wtvvX)

211

Never, under any circumstances, demo something that you don't know works 100% of the time.

 

 

"Now you tell me."

 

-Bill Gates,    Demoing windows 98

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:51 AM (4df7R)

212 Ahhh, the trade show circuit. Those were the days.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 20, 2013 09:51 AM (sCO74)

213 203 It would be great if some hacker took over one of the demos and showed barnyard porn or Hillary and Huma's secret wedding album. Posted by: Marcus at November 20, 2013 01:49 PM (GGCsk) Wouldn't that be an 8th amendment offense?

Posted by: Cold Rage at November 20, 2013 09:51 AM (vzLfi)

214 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 09:51 AM (PYAXX)

215 The only guy in my office who I'd think was autistic was a guy who was pretty much a savant at what he did but had limited social skills as well as epilepsy. There are screener tests you can get online. I brought one in to work one day and a bunch of guys in my group took it. We all tested a little bit autistic. You don't have to be full-blown obvious because it's a spectrum. Try it out, you'd be surprised.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (sByIH)

216 I see what you did there. I left that knuckleball hanging over the plate to see who'd hit it! Bobbitt went to my high school. His half-brother was in my class.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (7ObY1)

217 Just went to the "Site Advisor" website and typed in "healthcare.gov" for their analysis. Big green A-OK check mark appears, with the verbiage "the site is safe", uh, we can't find any problems.
This flies in the face of everything and I mean everything I've been reading. So question, WTF is going on with McAffee?

Posted by: tubal at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (YEQ2h)

218 He says he's "reaching out to her" to make sure she "understands her options." So, like, she's dumb. No... I think it's more like she doesn't realize she's crossing the Mob Administration. "Her options" are to shut up or get disappeared.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (PYAXX)

219 Truly, its like the GOP designed this beclowning. Epic.

Posted by: maddogg at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (xWW96)

220 That Jay Carney, man. One tough cookie. Vinegar and water flowing through those veins.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (pj6Nr)

221 Didn't The Thunderfucking Chupacabras open for Smashing Pumpkins once? Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 01:47 PM (knoK7) Yeah, but then there was that incident with the Cougar Condoms and, well, the less said about that, the better. Here. A chewtoy for the Horde. http://youtu.be/jVnjlQP2oy0

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (VtjlW)

222 I love the response of the navigators when talking about the website crashing on them: /shrug "It happens all the time." /shrug whatever government work whatever it's cool just normal

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (IXrOn)

223 Whoa.  I just had a "Naked News" flashback.

Posted by: mrp at November 20, 2013 09:52 AM (HjPtV)

224 177 She should have done a tittie flash instead. That would at lest be news. Lol, that would have guaranteed nobody would be talking about the crappy website being down! Oh the horror!

Posted by: runningrn at November 20, 2013 09:53 AM (PLOz8)

225 So when does Cruella De Ville resign to spend more time with her family?

According to the excellent ValJar info dump at NRO, Sebelius is a close personal friend of the Iranian Rat and will never leave the White House.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 20, 2013 09:53 AM (B/VB5)

226 I think I've actually become desensitized to the schadenfreude.

I... I didn't think such a thing was even possible.

Every single day, the overwhelming avalanche of well-deserved come-uppance...  It's just too much for my brain to process.  My schadenfreude receptors are fried; it's like I'm numb to it now.

I hope it's not permanent.

Posted by: sandy burger at November 20, 2013 09:53 AM (4dy3y)

227 Oh, and the silence from the Obamanauts on FB the past few days is deafening and delicious.

Posted by: Bob's House of Flannel Shirts and Wallet Chains at November 20, 2013 09:53 AM (pj6Nr)

228 209 >>198 And this woman still has a cabinet-level position...why?<< Because she's incompetent- duh! --- Which goes with a post I meant to make earlier... In hiring, "A" workers tend to recommend and bring in "A" workers. "B" workers tend to recommend and bring in "C" workers. The first group hires good people because they just want to get the job done and will hire the best people they can find. The second group feels threatened by people as good or better than them and will hire inferior people who will make them look better by comparison. Every cabinet level secretary I can think of for this administration, save Gates, was a case of a "B" worker hiring a "C" worker.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:53 AM (/Crba)

229 How did we get to this point?  How did we get to the point where politicians, (most of whom can barely wipe their arses), are schooling the American citizen on the challenges of constructing a fucking website?

It's madness.  It's insanity.  Who the fuck are these people?

Posted by: Fritz at November 20, 2013 09:53 AM (UzPAd)

230 "198 And this woman still has a cabinet-level position...why?" Because she loves killing full term infants as much as Obama does.

Posted by: Lauren at November 20, 2013 09:54 AM (hFL/3)

231 155>> dan a nj con formerly known as dana nj con

I've always read your name as "Dan, a ninja con".

***

Well funny thing is..I am a ninja. On the weekends. Ever see Beverly Hills Ninja? Yeah, I was Farley's stunt double.


Secondly, I am happy that you read me Mama.



 

Posted by: dan a nj con formerly known as dana nj con at November 20, 2013 09:54 AM (wmU4G)

232 Yeah, but those were hippy boobs. The better show was Extreme Cleavage opening for Metallica back in 93. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 20, 2013 01:44 PM (da5Wo) Hippy boobs = socks filled with wet sand. OK, I sort of stole that from Rules of Engagement. (Speaking of which, that Megyn Price has some bodacious boobehs.)

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 09:54 AM (7ObY1)

233 > ...and then slightly later, when women realize that spending 50-80 hours a week chained to a computer sucks ass and quit.

The ones who get an MRS degree?

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at November 20, 2013 09:54 AM (ZWvOb)

234 Fucking magnets.... How do they work?

Posted by: K. Sibelius at November 20, 2013 09:54 AM (PIRUC)

235 When I worked in the lab the manager jokingly accused me of being taken in by the pretty Sigma Rep.
Although I noted that I had 0 time for a meeting, but I needed supplies so I made her make her offer while I was setting up a Gel to run, so to be honest I didn't even look over at her (apparently she was blonde.)
I then set down an excel sheet noting the difference in cost between the product we were using and Sigma's including an assessment of how much it cost that the other product often came up short in reagents.

The lab manager looked at me and said "you're really an odd bird aren't you."

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 01:50 PM (GaqMa)



Tell me about it.  I've got several female sales reps in my district that compete for my business.  I wish I could tell them I would sign whatever purchase order they hand me if they went full Moron-style Thunderdome.


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 09:54 AM (GQ8sn)

236 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 01:52 PM (PYAXX) To obvious. Instead I highly suspect she's about to suddenly find herself employed with a job that provides healthcare. Why draw suspicion when you can appeal to people's dreams and wishes. Let's be honest, people will start thinking it's like the lottery "I want that to happen so the Obama Lottery plays in my favor."

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (GaqMa)

237 Once again, McDs has changed their menu without my permission. They no longer have wings.

Posted by: Bless Your Cold Black Hearts at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (kkbgQ)

238 227 I think I've actually become desensitized to the schadenfreude You better take one of those little blue pills or stay here for several hours.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (HVff2)

239 "228 Oh, and the silence from the Obamanauts on FB the past few days is deafening and delicious." I'm so tempted to tag my obamabot friends in my rants about Obamacare to make them acknowledge it. Sooo tempted.

Posted by: Lauren at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (hFL/3)

240 Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 01:52 PM

Back at ya, Empress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQOXg-RzWII

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (knoK7)

241 Posted by: runningrn at November 20, 2013 01:49 PM (PLOz Really? You actually read the whole thing? I am impressed. What you've posted is insanity. No question this needs to be repealed. And the fact that K Sebelius has any position in government is disgusting.

Posted by: grandmalcaesar at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (yrohn)

242 The second group feels threatened by people as good or better than them and will hire inferior people who will make them look better by comparison. Hmm, so stack-ranking is counter-productive you say? Odd.

Posted by: Steve Ballmer[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (sByIH)

243 Woman, now, on Rush said what changed her - a long time Dem who reads the NY Times and listens to NPR was Benghazi. But, she admits to beginning to listening to Rush, originally thinking he was a kook. It was a place to commiserate with someone about how she felt re: Benghazi. wow

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 20, 2013 09:55 AM (IXrOn)

244 >>Well funny thing is..I am a ninja. I knew it! >>Secondly, I am happy that you read me Mama. Well, I read your name. I didn't saw anything about your comments...

Posted by: Mama AJ at November 20, 2013 09:56 AM (SUKHu)

245 Once again, McDs has changed their menu without my permission. They no longer have wings.

Posted by: Bless Your Cold Black Hearts at November 20, 2013 01:55 PM (kkbgQ)

 

I have it on good authority that   Red Bull gives them to you.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 09:57 AM (4df7R)

246

I just read the NRO's article on Valerie Jarrett, President Obama's most trusted aide. Jarrett and Sebelius are very close personal friends, which means Sebelius will keep her job no matter how embarrassing this gets. I mean, from a progressive perspective, how much worse can it get, really?

 

Excuse me, sorry. Just had another delicious wave of schadenfreud come over me. It's alternately sweet, then sour, then sweet again, like one of those multi-layered jaw-breakers.

Posted by: troyriser at November 20, 2013 09:57 AM (2jF2B)

247 234 > ...and then slightly later, when women realize that spending 50-80 hours a week chained to a computer sucks ass and quit. The ones who get an MRS degree? --- Oooh... been nice knowing you.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:57 AM (/Crba)

248 Here. A chewtoy for the Horde.

http://youtu.be/jVnjlQP2oy0

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 01:52 PM (VtjlW)




I knew it was going to be good as soon as I saw the content warning...

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 09:57 AM (yh0zB)

249 >>198 And this woman still has a cabinet-level position...why?<< She's a close friend of Va-Jay-Jar. Plus she fits in with all the other completely unqualified, incompetent dolts in Obama's cabinet.

Posted by: runningrn at November 20, 2013 09:57 AM (PLOz8)

250 Sebellious cannot resign. She was confirmed before Obamacare granted her office nigh dictatorial powers over the health insurance industry. Obama will never get another nominee confirmed, so she's gonna be kept until the bitter end.

Posted by: mugiwara at November 20, 2013 09:57 AM (vtYSe)

251 Clowns
Cars
Some ass'y required....

Posted by: backhoe at November 20, 2013 09:58 AM (ULH4o)

252 Just went to the "Site Advisor" website and typed in "healthcare.gov" for their analysis. Big green A-OK check mark appears, with the verbiage "the site is safe", uh, we can't find any problems.

That just advises you that the site won't infest your computer with viruses and the like.  Not that it's prone to hacking.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at November 20, 2013 09:58 AM (SY2Kh)

253 What's the incidence of autism in women vs men? I ask because all the programmer guys I know at a certain software company are at least a little bit autistic. There's a fine line between autism and nerd.

Posted by: wooga at November 20, 2013 09:58 AM (PIRUC)

254 Wasn't this already a skit on South Park and SNL? At this point, the Onion will be writing our pravda.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at November 20, 2013 09:58 AM (Y92Nd)

255 252 Clowns Cars Some ass'y required.... --- We're still getting a parade of clowns out of this particular bill, let alone this administration.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 09:58 AM (/Crba)

256 Where does one go to see the video of AtC rolling around in the schadenfreud? AOSHQ Yahoo group?

Posted by: lurking lurker what lurks at November 20, 2013 09:59 AM (u1IqZ)

257 Nemesis is really putting in the overtime on this one.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Death Capades - ObamaCare on Ice! Sponsored by the Outrage Outlet at November 20, 2013 09:59 AM (hLRSq)

258 Kate Upton - the pride of St. Joe.

Posted by: mrp at November 20, 2013 09:59 AM (HjPtV)

259 Are we going to get anymore sexy shaved alpaca pixs?

Posted by: Bless Your Cold Black Hearts at November 20, 2013 10:00 AM (kkbgQ)

260 Instead of clown cars they drive around in heavily armored government SUV's.

Posted by: steevy at November 20, 2013 10:00 AM (zqvg6)

261 Really? You actually read the whole thing? I am impressed. What you've posted is insanity. No question this needs to be repealed. No, haven't read the whole thing. A Republican Congress Critter read this and wrote about it. I can't remember which one. There are almost 2,000 pages of the bill and an additional 20,000 pages of regulations. Nobody has read all of that.

Posted by: runningrn at November 20, 2013 10:00 AM (PLOz8)

262 257 Where does one go to see the video of AtC rolling around in the schadenfreud? AOSHQ Yahoo group? --- A 4" tall ginger in stompy boots with tons of schadenfreude? Yeah, that's AoS Platinum material.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 10:00 AM (/Crba)

263 I am seriously balls-deep in Schadenfreude brand yogurt right now.

Posted by: @JohnTant at November 20, 2013 10:00 AM (PFy0L)

264 woah...



8m

In the car, I found a picture of me sitting on Santa's lap. Hard to believe that was almost a year ago. Hope he's not a Liberal. I'm naughty




gotta get me a Santa suit. I certainly have the build for it...


Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 10:00 AM (yh0zB)

265 I've actually never met a civil or mechanical engineer that used a computer. That's what techs are for.

They really really love paper.

WTF, have you missed the entire Solidworks/COSMOS/FEA direct to 3D printer for prototyping business for the last decade?

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 10:01 AM (CMlD4)

266 A 4" tall ginger in stompy boots with tons of schadenfreude? --- He's too CONFUSED to know the difference between ' and "!

Posted by: Ian Faith at November 20, 2013 10:01 AM (/Crba)

267 Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 01:54 PM (GQ8sn) I probably could have negotiated a slightly better deal for the reagents, but I seriously thing that had less to do with her looks (which were above average but not knockout) and more to do with two things: 1) Milton Friedman's the 4 ways you spend money. 2) I really was up to my ears in work that week and didn't want to engage in a negotiation for more than 5 minutes. So it wend kinda like this: 1) Beat the cost per reaction for my current vendor by at least 10% and 2) provide a guarantee that if any of my reagents come up short (i.e. not enough solutions to use the entire kit) you'll provide makeup stock at no cost. (My current vendor's wash solution always came up short because it was alcohol based and they gave you exactly enough for the kit size and never accounted for evaporation during use.) They agreed, I was happy, my boss was happy. (The kit was a DNA extraction kit and it also took less time to run than the my current one, so I was also happy.)

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 10:01 AM (GaqMa)

268 (Speaking of which, that Megyn Price has some bodacious boobehs.)

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at November 20, 2013 01:54 PM (7ObY1)

 

That  sitcom has become my favorite  to watch repeats.   Too bad it was cancelled.   Megyn Price was married to the creator of Scrubs.  She showed her boobs more on Grounded for Life.   Nice. 

Posted by: Obama at November 20, 2013 10:01 AM (m2CN7)

269 "257Where does one go to see the video of AtC rolling around in the schadenfreud? AOSHQ Yahoo group?
Posted by: lurking lurker what lurks at November 20, 2013 01:59 PM

It's there along with the one of MWR bouncing with the Schadenfreude on the trampoline. 

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 10:01 AM (knoK7)

270 I hate everyone in that video. Especially the chirpy voice over bullshit.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 20, 2013 10:01 AM (oFCZn)

271 That just advises you that the site won't infest your computer with viruses and the like. Not that it's prone to hacking.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at November 20, 2013 01:58 PM (SY2Kh)


So, you're saying that "healthcare.gov" bears no resemblance to "Mexicanmidgetgaybondageporn.com"? Color me skeptical.

Posted by: tubal at November 20, 2013 10:01 AM (YEQ2h)

272 264 I am seriously balls-deep in Schadenfreude brand yogurt right now. --- Yogurt? YOGURT! I HATE Yogurt! Even with strawberries...

Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 20, 2013 10:02 AM (/Crba)

273 So, you're saying that "healthcare.gov" bears no resemblance to "Mexicanmidgetgaybondageporn.com"? Color me skeptical. --- Both rape your wallet, but you may actually get something of value from the latter.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 10:03 AM (/Crba)

274 It only crashed three times.
Forward!

Posted by: Max Entropy at November 20, 2013 10:03 AM (QKYRm)

275 Watched the clip.  Odd how the correspondents are all ha-ha, lighthearted, how about them computers, huh?

They should all lose their jobs and have to go live in the lake.

Posted by: Null at November 20, 2013 10:03 AM (xjpRj)

276 And that is why she was gifted with a copy of "Websites For Dummies". Surprise surprise, she arrogantly assumed that SHE was no dummy.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 20, 2013 10:04 AM (9YWWv)

277 Instead I highly suspect she's about to suddenly find herself employed with a job that provides healthcare. Except... isn't Obama terrible at getting people jobs? I recall at least once (and I think several times) in his first term when he tried to get people (who had whined about their circumstances) a job- only to fail.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 10:04 AM (PYAXX)

278 Kathleen Sebelius: The Diana Moon Glampers of the Obama Administration

Posted by: Jeffersonian at November 20, 2013 10:04 AM (+ttLq)

279 In the sidebar Megan McArdle writes that game theory dictates that while Democrats may be close to defecting on ZeroCare, insurers are most nervous. They collaborated in this piece of crony fascism and they know Republicans really hate them for it. Some companies, like AARP, probably shouldn't survive the fall of ZeroCare (if there is any justice in this). Taking advantage of game theory says that Rubio is again on exactly the wrong path with his stiff statement yesterday that there will be "no bail outs" for any insurance companies. What he should do instead is propose the "Post ObamaCare Act" and in that, offer a one year transitional bail out for the first insurance companies to abandon ZeroCare but to no others. Read the article; its pretty good.

Posted by: MTF at November 20, 2013 10:05 AM (F58x4)

280 That dawn website goes down more times a day than Sandra Fluke  does.

Posted by: Roy at November 20, 2013 10:05 AM (VndSC)

281
> Oooh... been nice knowing you.

I work in development.  The women who do actual coding and stick with it are sharp as tacks, but it seems like about half of them move into management or sales type stuff since it's easier.

Posted by: Lemmenkainen, Freelance Warlord at November 20, 2013 10:05 AM (ZWvOb)

282 148 Right now we're just waiting to see who steps on the rake next.

This administration's been nothing but crooks, cronies, and crackpots from Day One. Our 'independent' press spent 24x7 changing their f'in Depends right through the 2012 election, but it's finally leaked down their leg and the public's finally got a little - only a little - whiff of what these people really are.

If we'd had an honest media this guy would never have been elected, and if they'd been even halfway honest he'd have been washed out in 2012.
Posted by: JEM

A big "Amen!" to all that.

Posted by: backhoe at November 20, 2013 10:05 AM (ULH4o)

283
Today, President Obama showed his love for me by presenting me with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  I deserved this award, much to the chagrin of conservatives, and will proudly display it for one and all to see. 

This proves to all African American's that President Barack Obama is one of us, and will recognize and go to any length to protect all African American's.  We are blessed to have elected the best president ever, who will go down in history as a great man who solved most of America's problems with his quick intellect and brilliance. 

Thanks, and a quick shout-out to my bitch Gayle. 

Posted by: Okra Winfry at November 20, 2013 10:05 AM (pJF+c)

284 277 And that is why she was gifted with a copy of "Websites For Dummies". Surprise surprise, she arrogantly assumed that SHE was no dummy. --- Sebelius : ValJar :: Taggart : Hedley Lamarr

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 10:05 AM (/Crba)

285 Well, if they signed up two in all of S FL, think how many they signed up in a Big Town, like Searchlight, NV.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2013 10:06 AM (0FSuD)

286 I cannot believe we haven't thought of some amazing scam to make money off this administration!

how about green abortions?

where only the freshest green herbs are used?

just open cd tray insert in massive amts. if that doesn't work take back off computer stuff fully. turn on add water.

Posted by: willow at November 20, 2013 10:06 AM (nqBYe)

287 Well boys and girls, things to do, people to annoy...



Later roonz and roonettez! Fear no evil.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 20, 2013 10:06 AM (yh0zB)

288 Hedley Lamarr was competent.

Posted by: steevy at November 20, 2013 10:07 AM (zqvg6)

289 GGE was it something i said?

Posted by: willow at November 20, 2013 10:07 AM (nqBYe)

290 >>Well funny thing is..I am a ninja.

I knew it!

>>Secondly, I am happy that you read me Mama.

Well, I read your name. I didn't saw anything about your comments...

*


Damn thats cold.

**sniff**


Posted by: dan a nj con formerly known as dana nj con at November 20, 2013 10:08 AM (wmU4G)

291
I blame Bush.  And the Amish.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 20, 2013 10:08 AM (iGPSR)

292 Back at ya, Empress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQOXg-RzWII Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 01:55 PM (knoK7) I do love Action Figure Therapy. Also this: http://youtu.be/G39GgvCjTZs

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 10:08 AM (VtjlW)

293 So it wend kinda like this: 1) Beat the cost per reaction for my current vendor by at least 10% and
2) provide a guarantee that if any of my reagents come up short (i.e. not enough solutions to use the entire kit) you'll provide makeup stock at no cost. (My current vendor's wash solution always came up short because it was alcohol based and they gave you exactly enough for the kit size and never accounted for evaporation during use.)

They agreed, I was happy, my boss was happy. (The kit was a DNA extraction kit and it also took less time to run than the my current one, so I was also happy.)

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 02:01 PM (GaqMa)



I get to play Daddy Warbucks here.  It's nice to work for a huge multinational corp with a lab supply cost center that I can bill to and never ever worry about running out of money on.  I know I've become jaded and complacent, but it feels good!



Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 10:08 AM (GQ8sn)

294 but it seems like about half of them move into management or sales type stuff since it's easier. As someone who has tried to do sales, and would suck at management, let me say neither of those are "easier." They are merely different, requiring different skillsets and aptitudes. Other than that, I completely agree- I've known very few women who "stay" in development. The ones who do are some of the best code-slingers I've ever met. The others tend to go into more "human-touch (not that kind, perverts)" careers.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 10:08 AM (PYAXX)

295 289 Hedley Lamarr was competent. --- Which was why I used ValJar instead of Barky. She's at least within spitting distance of competent.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 20, 2013 10:09 AM (/Crba)

296 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 02:04 PM (PYAXX) Did he fail? I honestly don't remember. I figured that since he swung a huge gift job for Mooch that finding a few middle class jobs wouldn't be that hard. It shouldn't be. I mean FFS, most universities would *love* to do the President a Favor, probably regardless of party. (Not that I blame them, this is the graft game.) You only have to agree to let someone put them on the standard probationary hire status. Gives you some time to let the problem leave the public eye. If they're a decent employee the hiring place lucks out. If they suck they quietly let them go.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 10:09 AM (GaqMa)

297 Kathleen Sebelius: The Diana Moon Glampers of the Obama Administration


*wonders if K-Seb knows her way around a pump shottie*


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 10:09 AM (GQ8sn)

298 Posted by: runningrn at November 20, 2013 02:00 PM (PLOz Wasn't being sarcastic about reading the whole thing, I thought you must have to come up with that outrageous detail. 20,000 pages of regulations? We're gonna two SMOD's

Posted by: grandmalcaesar at November 20, 2013 10:09 AM (yrohn)

299 LOl... 2 people 'signed up' bet neither one actually paid for coverage.. or they were medicaid.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 20, 2013 10:10 AM (DGIjM)

300 275 It only crashed three times. Forward! We consider 80% a success rate.

Posted by: Jay Carney at November 20, 2013 10:11 AM (PLOz8)

301 I read an entire bill last year, it was the damn "Healthy and Hunger Free Kids Act." They write them so they are completely incomprehensible in my opinion.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 20, 2013 10:11 AM (RZ8pf)

302 It's there along with the one of MWR bouncing with the Schadenfreude on the trampoline.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 02:01 PM (knoK7)

 

 

The trampoline, too, is made of schadenfreude.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/i][/u][/s][/b] at November 20, 2013 10:11 AM (4df7R)

303 The women who do actual coding and stick with it are sharp as tacks, but it seems like about half of them move into management or sales type stuff since it's easier.

Dunno if the work is easier, but anything that lets you work from home/flex your hours makes it easier to be a mommy.

The "must force moar womyn to be engineers" scrunts totally miss the part where women would rather be wives and mommies than Radish.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 20, 2013 10:11 AM (ZKzrr)

304 275 It only crashed three times. Forward! We consider 80% a resounding success!

Posted by: Jay Carney at November 20, 2013 10:11 AM (PLOz8)

305 The kit was a DNA extraction kit and it also took less time to run than the my current one, so I was also happy.) Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c)

At one point in my life I used 40K Idaho Tech kits in 6 months, before we could convince people to let us use liquid reagents.  And their sales rep definitely wasnt a hot chick.

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 10:11 AM (CMlD4)

306 The women who do actual coding and stick with it are sharp as tacks, but it seems like about half of them move into management or sales type stuff since it's easier.

Dunno if the work is easier, but anything that lets you work from home/flex your hours makes it easier to be a mommy.

The "must force moar womyn to be engineers" scrunts totally miss the part where women would rather be wives and mommies than men.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 20, 2013 10:11 AM (ZKzrr)

307 Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 02:08 PM (GQ8sn) Heh, did I mention I'm looking for work #shameless plug .

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 10:12 AM (GaqMa)

308 300 LOl... 2 people 'signed up' bet neither one actually paid for coverage.. or they were medicaid.

Posted by: Jumbo Shrimp at November 20, 2013 02:10 PM (DGIjM)

Even inattentive Obamaslacker Voters figured out it wasn't freeeeeeee...... Deal breaker for the designer coffee crowd.

Posted by: tubal at November 20, 2013 10:13 AM (YEQ2h)

309 I did get a "we make cool stuff hat" which my kid loves for some reason

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 10:14 AM (CMlD4)

310 Heh, did I mention I'm looking for work #shameless plug .

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 02:12 PM (GaqMa)



You want to work for Umbrella Corporation?





Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 10:15 AM (GQ8sn)

311 Did he fail? I honestly don't remember. Well, the fact that you don't remember (that is: that there weren't endless "heartwarming update" stories) suggests that he failed. However, I *do* remember- and, yes, he failed. The guy did finally get a job, but (like so many others in those days) it was a much worse paying one, and one he got the old-fashioned way. I don't remember where I heard it, specifically, but he and his wife were complaining that they'd been "used" for PR purposes, and then immediately discarded.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 10:15 AM (PYAXX)

312 142 My mind is going, Dave. I feel it. Stop. Stop, Dave. ObamaCare website finally shut down. http://tinyurl.com/kc65yj9

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2013 10:15 AM (0FSuD)

313 My mind is going, Dave. I feel it. Stop. Stop, Dave.


ObamaCare website finally shut down.


http://tinyurl.com/kc65yj9

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 20, 2013 02:15 PM (0FSuD)



Daisy......Daisy.....



Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 10:16 AM (GQ8sn)

314 313 142 My mind is going, Dave. I feel it. Stop. Stop, Dave. ObamaCare website finally shut down. http://tinyurl.com/kc65yj9 --- Daisy... Daiiiisy...

Posted by: HAL 9000 at November 20, 2013 10:17 AM (/Crba)

315 Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 02:15 PM (GQ8sn) I want work. What do you think I am a Liberal? I've had my fun pursing a PhD (and I'll keep working on that) and I even managed to make it pay almost as much as I was making before. But I own a house, and that's expensive.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 10:17 AM (GaqMa)

316 292 I blame Bush. And the Amish. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 20, 2013 02:08 PM (iGPSR) And the Dutch!

Posted by: Cajun Caret at November 20, 2013 10:18 AM (UZQM8)

317 Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) at November 20, 2013 02:15 PM (PYAXX) Eh, it's equally as likely I don't remember because I stopped following the story after it broke and that's what I guessed. I assumed that even a half competent politician could have greased a few palms and made it go away. Well, looks like either I Was wrong or Obama's not a half competent politician.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 10:19 AM (GaqMa)

318 I want work.

What do you think I am a Liberal? I've had my fun pursing a PhD (and I'll keep working on that) and I even managed to make it pay almost as much as I was making before.

But I own a house, and that's expensive.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 02:17 PM (GaqMa)



My last intern was from Missouri too.  She moved back last year after she finished up her PhD and is doing pathology stuff somewhere.  


How do you feel about moving to the east coast?


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 10:20 AM (GQ8sn)

319 "I do love Action Figure Therapy.
Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at November 20, 2013 02:08 PM"

No speakers here.  :-(  The long-awaited Stanley Chronicles are finally out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 10:21 AM (knoK7)

320 "The trampoline, too, is made of schadenfreude. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at November 20, 2013 02:11 PM"


Oooo....I bet you can get some epic bounce on that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2013 10:22 AM (knoK7)

321 How do you feel about moving to the east coast? I'd rather hand my nuts to Michelle Obama.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 20, 2013 10:23 AM (sByIH)

322 Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 02:20 PM (GQ8sn) Therein my friend lies the rub. Wife doesn't want to move. And it doesn't make a ton of sense to start running around the country when she does have a job. TBH if "move anywhere" were on the plate, I'd probably be more able to put the PhD(c) to good use. But it's not. Although, you'd think with 3 fortune 50 biotech companies, 1 of which in walking distance from my house (ok, it'd long walk, but you get the point) and 2 Tier 1 research institutions an old lab tech would have better luck. The Obama Economy is that fucking bad.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 10:24 AM (GaqMa)

323 The Obama Economy is that fucking bad.


Tell me about it.  We've downsized considerably over the past few years.  At our peak, my dept was 300+ people.  We are now down to 78.


To put it another way, we had to shut down two of our five reactors and slashed our private army from 10,000 down to 3000, and our jet/helicopters from 20 down to 7.

It fucking sucks!


Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 10:27 AM (GQ8sn)

324 Posted by: EC at November 20, 2013 02:27 PM (GQ8sn) It flooded the market here as well with people with significantly more experience than me who are willing to accept pretty low wages ($12-14/hour, for ostensibly skilled work). I have readjusted my goals an am now looking for part time retail work. Thanks SCOAMF.

Posted by: tsrblke PhD(c) (No really!) at November 20, 2013 10:29 AM (GaqMa)

325 and yet, 45% of the people in this country would vote for this group again....  because the republicans are mean spirited or some shit

Posted by: Reality Man at November 20, 2013 11:14 AM (obXkJ)

326 I can understand this happing in FL, but what about the other 56 states?

Posted by: Bufalobob at November 20, 2013 11:28 AM (r8ENS)

327 People are so used to the dramatic failure of the website by now that they hardly even react to it not working. Its like more of an empty feeling now than actually embarrassing. Sebelius is shameless.

Posted by: Masher at November 20, 2013 04:46 PM (Bhyf2)

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