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October 27, 2013

Soviet commentary on Obamacare
— Purple Avenger

"All that is complex is not useful.
All that is useful is simple."
-- Mikhail Kalashnikov

Comrade Kalashnikov was not just speaking of rifles. I'm just saying...

Democrats seem to generally be afflicted with a bad case of the In-theories

"In theory, practice is easy" as they say.
EngineerSpeak for "We need to test that". ;-)
I want to live in Theory. Everything works in Theory.
"In theory, practice and theory are the same thing. In practice they're not."
"The difference between theory and reality is a lot bigger in reality than it is in theory."

Here's an affliction the healthcare.gov developers did NOT have.

Some terse commentary on test driven design

If you put off thinking about testing until you're done implementing, you're too late.
Do it right, and you can test the pieces long before you're done. Do it right and the testing can help you find your mistakes early enough to do something about them.

*ahem*

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And WTF is that thing perched on the Queen's granddaughter's head? It looks like an oily wadded up old shop rag

If you just can't get enough Miley Cyrus tongue weirdness, CLICK HERE or CLICK HERE.

How many of these Hacker writing idioms have you adopted in your impromptu informal blog comment/post writing? For me, its quite a few.

Heh, funny geek cartoon.
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Posted by: Purple Avenger at 01:17 PM | Comments (189)
Post contains 228 words, total size 2 kb.

1 Wow. Spacious.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2013 08:35 AM (fcWGP)

2 Clean.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2013 08:35 AM (fcWGP)

3 I like this New Thread.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2013 08:36 AM (fcWGP)

It doesn't matter if Han shot first. There was Obstruction.

Posted by: MLB Ump at October 27, 2013 08:37 AM (fcWGP)

5 I guess I'll have to go and read the Post.

Posted by: garrett at October 27, 2013 08:38 AM (fcWGP)

6 That Healthcare.gov site is paradise for people like me.

Posted by: Unitester at October 27, 2013 08:38 AM (Wp/g8)

7 Joan Rivers dressed up as a chubby Miley with a 12" tongue.

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman, PhD Bitches! at October 27, 2013 08:39 AM (As/N8)

8 It's clear Saltalamachia should have tested his throw to third before going live with it.

Posted by: Umpire Jim Joyce at October 27, 2013 08:39 AM (Wp/g8)

9 I believe SCOAMF is playing golf today and doesn't care one way or the other if his website works. He also doesn't care if people have insurance or not. He does care if you get noisy during his backswing.

Posted by: MTF at October 27, 2013 08:41 AM (Wp/g8)

10 8 It's clear Saltalamachia should have tested his throw to third before going live with it. Posted by: Umpire Jim Joyce at October 27, 2013 12:39 PM (Wp/g

lol

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at October 27, 2013 08:44 AM (8JJ6O)

11 Excerpt from Scott Walker's new book "Unintimidated"

Walker flatly rejects the idea that Republicans need to "moderate" their views to appeal to an increasingly left-leaning electorate. "Our principles are not the problem," he argues. "If our principles were the problem, then why are so many Republican governors winning elections by campaigning on those very principles."

He points to the fact that in the era of Obama, the GOP has gone from controlling both the legislatures and governorships in eight states to controlling them in 23 states in 2013. No GOP governor, he notes, has lost a general election since 2007.

"We did not win all those races by running from our principles. We won by applying our principles in ways that are relevant to the lives of our citizens."

Posted by: mama winger at October 27, 2013 08:47 AM (P6QsQ)

12 Does that make this a gun thread?

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 08:47 AM (ujMoa)

13 Miley Cyrus is uglier than a crap sandwich.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 08:49 AM (zZbNF)

14 At T+n, for all n>0, all thread become gun thread comrade.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 08:49 AM (4tK7k)

15 The Head of BlueCross was in full Vizzini mode, on Meet the Press

Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at October 27, 2013 08:51 AM (Jsiw/)

16 I think Miley Cyrus is possessed by demons. One day soon, she'll be onstage and her head will rotate 360 degrees and she'll projectile vomit pea soup.

Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 27, 2013 08:51 AM (R3gO3)

17 Salty's throw didn't look that bad to me. But with the runner sliding into the 3rd baseman, it made it a tough catch. Middlebrook couldn't have done less as the runner stumbled over his upper body... and it all happened so fast. All I know is, the freaking Cardinals catch an inordinate about of "breaks", it seems to me... ( still angry Rangers fan )

Posted by: Yip at October 27, 2013 08:53 AM (/jHWN)

18 500,000 Californians to lose Health Coverage. NRO.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 08:53 AM (ujMoa)

19 ... and Pixy , what have you done?

Posted by: Yip at October 27, 2013 08:53 AM (/jHWN)

20 #1

Posted by: seamrog at October 27, 2013 08:55 AM (skJ82)

21 Speaking of people whose heads are set to go into 360 degree rotations and puke pea soup - that's still the usual reaction when you mention Scott Walker to Wisconsin leftists. It's most enjoyable.

Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 27, 2013 08:56 AM (R3gO3)

22 Comments don't work. That's why I'm first.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at October 27, 2013 08:57 AM (JNUY4)

23 "If you put off thinking about testing until you're done implementing, you're too late."

Here's something that bugs me:

There is this drumbeat of criticism of Obamacare from the tech cognoscenti which focuses 100% on the shitty design and deployment of the Web sites.

The sidebar link on "As Healthcare.gov Falters, Silicon Valley Cringes" is an absolutely perfect example of what I'm talking about. A bunch of inbred geeks who figure that once the people in charge of the stupid Web site RTFM and regroup, it's all smooth sailing for Obamacare from there on out.

News flash: IT'S NOT JUST THE FUCKING WEB SITE.

Even if the Web component were to have worked perfectly, the biggest issues with Obamacare are... nontechnological. They are financial and organizational and legal and regulatory. And, unfixable.

It _is_ technologically possible to get an Obamacare enrollment site up and running smoothly. What will never be possible is to get Obamacare up and running smoothly.

Put another way, the geeks seem to think that the problem here is that the boarding pass for the first-class round trip to Zurich isn't printing out. And they're arguing about how to fix the printer. Whereas the reality is that it's a boarding pass for a one-way economy-class ticket to Mogadishu. Fixing the printer will not guarantee a pleasant journey.

Posted by: torquewrench at October 27, 2013 08:57 AM (gqT4g)

24 Shhhh! Ghost post.

Posted by: johnd01 at October 27, 2013 09:15 AM (r0+v0)

25 It's baaaacccckkkk.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 01:18 PM (zZbNF)

26 In other news, 60 Minutes finally realizes there is a scandal connected to Benghazi Incident.

Posted by: exdem13 at October 27, 2013 01:20 PM (kfSXj)

27 Geek cartoon is funny.

Posted by: exdem13 at October 27, 2013 01:20 PM (kfSXj)

28 Oh look here it is again.

Posted by: Mama winger on her iPad at October 27, 2013 01:21 PM (P6QsQ)

29 In other news, 60 Minutes finally realizes there is a scandal connected to Benghazi Incident. *** Lara Logan does good work. I will be turning in to catch it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 01:23 PM (DmNpO)

30 "non-sequitur" has a u

Posted by: rdbrewer at October 27, 2013 01:24 PM (Iyg03)

31 davidfrum @davidfrum I already had a high-deductible plan. Now I can buy a plan with double the deductible for only $200 a month more. 1:46 PM - 27 Oct 2013 129 RETWEETS 29 FAVORITES ReplyRetweetFavorite ----------

Awww.

Posted by: RWC at October 27, 2013 01:25 PM (XOlKJ)

32 Anybody wondering if California voters experiencing the realities of Obamacare might turn on the libs in midterms?

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 01:28 PM (5Q1ZU)

33 I should have said not just California voters but those in other ultra blue states

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 01:29 PM (5Q1ZU)

34 13 Miley Cyrus is uglier than a crap sandwich. Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 12:49 PM (zZbNF) I think she looks like Ross Perot in drag.

Posted by: model_1066 at October 27, 2013 01:29 PM (3OFnS)

35 "It works well in practice, but you know it will never work in theory!"
attr. French army joke, pre-1940

Posted by: exdem13 at October 27, 2013 01:32 PM (kfSXj)

36 Anybody wondering if California voters experiencing the realities of Obamacare mightturn on the libs in midterms? Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 05:28 PM In oder for that to happen, a majority of them would have to have the cognitive abilities to link cause and effect, and the judgement to change their behavior based on same. So what do you think?

Posted by: Federal Cow at October 27, 2013 01:33 PM (4Ib7A)

37 If you like your old Healthcare Thread you can keep your old Healthcare Thread.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 01:35 PM (ujMoa)

38 Miley Cyrus is uglier than a crap sandwich. Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 12:49 PM (zZbNF) I think she looks like Ross Perot in drag. Posted by: model_1066 at October 27, 2013 05:29 PM (3OFnS) That explains what he's been doing lately.

Posted by: The Political Hat at October 27, 2013 01:35 PM (Vk2pI)

39 So what do you think? Posted by: Federal Cow at October 27, 2013 05:33 PM (4Ib7A) That would harsh their mellow, dude...easier and more fun to blame Chimpy McHitlerburton.

Posted by: model_1066 at October 27, 2013 01:36 PM (3OFnS)

40 I have a plan called a "Health Savings Plan". Right now I pay 100% of everything until I hit $5,000 between me and my wife. After that they are supposed to pay 100%.

Starting next year I have the same plan. I still pay 100% until I hit $5000. After that they pay 80% of covered doctor expenses. The 100% drug coverage now goes to 80% and stays there. And my costs in monthly payments goes up by over 100%.

Thank you Pelosi/Obama commies. You are bankrupting 90% of America, causing over a million people to lose all their insurance, and you are adding insurance to 2,000 freeloaders who didn't have it before.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 01:36 PM (zZbNF)

41 BTW, IIRC, Comrade Kalashnikov took the STG 44 and tweaked the design. So he was right-- shooting people and taking their stuff IS easy!

Posted by: Federal Cow at October 27, 2013 01:36 PM (4Ib7A)

I think she looks like Ross Perot in drag.

That's it. Miley Cyrus does look like Ross Perot in drag.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 01:36 PM (ujMoa)

>>For me, its quite a few.

Yeh, that was weird to read, cuz I couldn't figure out why anybody would need it explained.

I didn't realize how many new bits of language I'd picked up since college.

Well, I've learned a lot of new words from you pervs, but that's not what I mean.

What was my point? Oh, yeh, I'm so fluent in GeekEnglish I didn't even realize I spoke it.

Posted by: Mama AJ at October 27, 2013 01:37 PM (SUKHu)

44 Anybody wondering if California voters experiencing the realities of Obamacare mightturn on the libs in midterms? Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 05:28 PM In oder for that to happen, a majority of them would have to have the cognitive abilities to link cause and effect, and the judgement to change their behavior based on same. So what do you think? Posted by: Federal Cow at October 27, 2013 05:33 PM (4Ib7A) Gun groups in Calif. are going to recall four legislators over their gun votes. If they can recall at least one of them, then it is possible there might be some clawback from the Dem Supermajorities in the ~~Grand Soviet~~ legislature. If notÂ…

Posted by: The Fools' Golden Hat at October 27, 2013 01:37 PM (Vk2pI)

45 crap

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 01:38 PM (zZbNF)

46 Half a million Californians lose Health Insurance.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 01:38 PM (ujMoa)

47 something to make you all feel better:

Sen. John McCain's daughter says the tea party revolution within the Republican Party has left him in a state of emotional distress.

"IÂ’ve never heard him this depressed other than maybe after the Â‘08 election," Meghan McCain said. "HeÂ’s so depressed, so down-trodden. The way heÂ’s talking about it, he's never seen it this bad in his 30-plus years in office."

Meghan, who describes herself as a liberal Republican, said she shares his sense of despondency.

"WeÂ’re both frustrated with the idea that only the hyper-conservative wing of the party is going to represent the masses,Â” said McCain, 29, who spoke to ABC News about her father and her reality show, "Raising McCain."

The senator's daughter also said she was surprised by Arizona's senior senator recent comments that, at 77 years of age, he is considering another run for the Senate Â— but not because of his age.

"My father has more energy than I do and I legitimately say that, so itÂ’s not his age, it's just the idea of having another dirty tea party election," she said.

But she says she has no intentions of ever trying to fill her father's shoes or run for any public office.

"Women have to give up so much to run for office, which maybe makes me a hypocrite, because I think more women should be in office," McCain said. "I always say, I want more tattoos and I donÂ’t plan on getting married anytime soon so I think those two things might automatically make me not eligible for running for office."

(Jeff G at Protein Wisdom had a link to think, I believe it was Newsbusters but can remember fer sure.)

Posted by: mallfly at October 27, 2013 01:40 PM (bJm7W)

48 34 ---I think she looks like Ross Perot in drag. Posted by: model_1066 at October 27, 2013 05:29 PM (3OFnS) ----------------- That's it! That's it! I've been wracking my senile brain trying to remember where I have seen that image before. Thank you!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 27, 2013 01:40 PM (dfYL9)

49 Whereas the reality is that it's a boarding pass for a one-way economy-class ticket to Mogadishu.

This is why getting the site up is so critical...for US. It'll force people to have to taste the shit sandwich, not just look at it behind a counter.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 01:40 PM (4tK7k)

50 Give me a jingle if you need a hand.

Posted by: Dr. Kevorkian at October 27, 2013 01:41 PM (ujMoa)

My favorite use of jargon for the purpose of snearing:

Instead of saying "that's an anecdote, not data", just say "n=1". If they don't know what it means, it totally proves your superiority.

Posted by: Mama AJ at October 27, 2013 01:41 PM (SUKHu)

52 I love Ocare. I enjoy seeing people discover everything promised was a lie; I am thrilled by a massive demonstration of the messiah team's gross incompetence; and I want it to continue until 11/14 and then fall deader than Lou Reed. Millions losing their coverage, finding their costs increase, and their choices gone with the wind are a practical and painful lesson that elections have consequences. We have too many stupid people who believe there is a free lunch paid by little rainbow people on a planet in a galaxy far, far away. Cry me a river you ignorant, statist saps who think its raining when O pisses down your back. Take the pain and stop your bitching and moaning. http://tinyurl.com/6ajx4o

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 01:43 PM (hpgw1)

53 Damn, I Rick rolled people with a fake cyrus link and nobody noticed the difference...

...that's a damning indictment

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 01:43 PM (4tK7k)

54 It _is_ technologically possible to get an Obamacare enrollment site up and running smoothly. What will never be possible is to get Obamacare up and running smoothly.

They just never seem to make the logical leap here. The website was the easy part. If they couldn't handle that, why on earth would you think they can handle 1/6th of the American economy? Other than massive subsidies from the rest of us, of course.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 01:43 PM (6TB1Z)

55 Half a million Californians lose health insurance and a multiple of that have to pay a LOT more for less coverage. We will see if any if that ends up mattering out there.

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 01:43 PM (5Q1ZU)

56 47, mallfly: that does cheer me up, thank you.

Posted by: Donna V. sez yay Cards at October 27, 2013 01:44 PM (R3gO3)

57 Damn, I Rick rolled people with a fake cyrus link and nobody noticed the difference... *** Nobody is admitting to it. *whistles*

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 01:44 PM (DmNpO)

58 Hey, did y'all hear that Lou Reed is dead?!

Posted by: Y-not at October 27, 2013 01:45 PM (5H6zj)

59 Cry me a river you ignorant, statist saps who think its raining when O pisses down your back. Take the pain and stop your bitching and moaning.

I'd agree with that, except that it's we non-Obama voters who'll be paying the freight for this abortion.

On the plus side, HA has a link to a Mickey Kaus article asking whether we should forgive Marco Rubio now that he's backing off ammesty. The good part is that the comments are almost uniformly no. Not just no, but hell no. He has given us an opportunity. An opportunity to make an example of him, for the instruction of the others.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 01:46 PM (6TB1Z)

60 I never read that part.

Posted by: Dr. Kevorkian at October 27, 2013 01:46 PM (ujMoa)

61 Whereas the reality is that it's a boarding pass for a one-way economy-class ticket to Mogadishu. *** OT, but re Mogadishu, that Lara Logan piece wherein they revealed brand new vid of the Blackhawk Down incident was pretty incredible.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 01:46 PM (DmNpO)

62 Yeah. It's on the sidebar twice.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 01:47 PM (ujMoa)

63 >>62 Yeah. It's on the sidebar twice. Nah! Really?! ;-)

Posted by: Y-not at October 27, 2013 01:48 PM (5H6zj)

64 "Capital|ism| is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society." -- Karl Marx Compulsion (regulation, taxation, penalties for noncompliance/defiance, "taxes," and the Fist of the Proletarian, Politically-Correct, Multicultural State in general). The Sine Qua Non of Liberalism. Because Liberty. And Communism. But mostly Communism. Later.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at October 27, 2013 01:50 PM (ytQYB)

65 If he's wrong when he's against us, and wrong when he's with us, then why fucking bother? Maybe he learned a lesson, at some point, some politicians need a serious humbling. His poll/fundraising numbers might have given Rubio one.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 27, 2013 01:50 PM (ZshNr)

66 Fat Fuck David Frum can eat a bag of dicks for all I care. All of these stupid fuckers that voted for Teh JEF can eat a bag of dicks.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 27, 2013 01:50 PM (jucos)

67 ...that's a damning indictment

Posted by: Purp at October 27, 2013 05:43 PM (4tK7k)

I noticed the first link was off earlier in the day but forgot about it.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 01:51 PM (zZbNF)

68 If he's wrong when he's against us, and wrong when he's with us

He's not with us, he's worried about his reelection. Very different things.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 01:52 PM (6TB1Z)

69 forgive Marco Rubio now that he's backing off amnesty

Once I flip the dirtbag switch, it stays flipped.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 01:52 PM (4tK7k)

70 Rubio can eat a bag of dicks too. I don't trust him. He is dead to me.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 27, 2013 01:53 PM (jucos)

71 How he votes in the Senate is what matters. Whether he's being duplicitous in his switch is my concern. If he has truly flipped, we need him.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 27, 2013 01:53 PM (ZshNr)

72 The Rick-roll loses it's oomph when there's an ad you have to wait on .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at October 27, 2013 01:54 PM (1jQhu)

73 Maybe he learned a lesson, at some point, some politicians need a serious humbling. His poll/fundraising numbers might have given Rubio one.

More to the point, there is an attempt to shift the blame onto his advisors.

You know what? If you're a Senator, I expect you to be able to analyze a situation and make the right choice, not scapegoat. If you aren't unusually capable in that area, why do I need you? And if you're so clueless as to think working with Chuck Shumer on amnesty is a good thing, they you're just to stupid to be within 100 miles of power.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 01:54 PM (6TB1Z)

74 40 ---Your story sounds familiar. My daughter has a $10,000/yr. deductible plan, with 100% paid after that. She's in her 20's in great health. When she got the policy it was $42/mo. Then, after she had to start paying for Sandra Fluke's birth control, it went up to $60. She has no assets now. She figures, if something awful happened, she could borrow $10,000, work out something with the hospital, at worst end up in bankruptcy. She teaches at a private school and doesn't make enough to buy more coverage. From what I can tell, she'll have to pay > $200/mo (after subsidies, aka welfare) and will only have 80% coverage. Someone said she might even be shuffled into Medicaid. I dunno. And I don't know how someone on a low, beginner's wage can manage the extra bucks. I just know that it's sad for a young person who WANTS to pay her own way, who is proud to be independent and pulling her own weight, to be forced to take state subsidies just to get by.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 27, 2013 01:55 PM (dfYL9)

75 all this talk of "dead to me" make me feel whimsical about picking up a newspaper one day soon and seeing the name "John McCain..."

Posted by: mallfly at October 27, 2013 01:55 PM (bJm7W)

76 Rubio can eat a bag of dicks too. I don't trust him. He is dead to me. *** He is my senator and I have been suspicious of him for a long time now. He is an odd fellow, a mixture of naivety and opportunism. And, like Obama, he recites the same, tired campaign speech at every turn. If he is primaried, I will certainly vote against him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 01:55 PM (DmNpO)

77 A good rule of thumb -- if Schumer is for it, you probably want to be against it.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 01:56 PM (4tK7k)

78 71 How he votes in the Senate is what matters. Whether he's being duplicitous in his switch is my concern. If he has truly flipped, we need him. Posted by: Lincolntf

Why? Why do we need him? He's already shown his true colors on the single most important issue facing the country. How could another candidate be worse?

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 01:56 PM (6TB1Z)

79 Re the thing on Zara's head: It's called a fascinator . The Brit women love stupid looking hats

Posted by: Tuna at October 27, 2013 01:56 PM (M/TDA)

80 Allan Grayson running?

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 27, 2013 01:56 PM (ZshNr)

81 I just pay 100% of my Healthcare Expenses. I don't pay for the Grape Drank Mafia's Healthcare.

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 01:57 PM (ujMoa)

82 We need the Florida seat, not necessarily Rubio.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 27, 2013 01:57 PM (ZshNr)

83 82 We need the Florida seat, not necessarily Rubio. Posted by: Lincolntf

So primary the sleazy little lizard with a decent candidate and win with someone else.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 01:58 PM (6TB1Z)

84 Once I flip the dirtbag switch, it stays flipped.

Posted by: Purp at October 27, 2013 05:52 PM (4tK7k)

It's hard to imagine anything he can do to return to my good graces.

Maybe mooning Obama at the next SOTU address, Or dropping a dime on a bunch of illegals and pushing loudly for their deportation.

That would work....maybe.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 27, 2013 01:59 PM (oJ5Fd)

85 Maybe mooning Obama at the next SOTU address

Yeah, okay, if he does that. But nothing else will suffice.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 01:59 PM (6TB1Z)

86 Just be sure you know their "true colors" before they cast a single Senate vote. Not an easy act of prognostication. I haven't heard Rubio's walk back yet, so I'll reserve judgment on where I think he is.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 27, 2013 02:00 PM (ZshNr)

87 Jamie Dupree ‏@jamiedupree now HHS says "application and enrollment system" for federal exchange is down; working to fix "as quickly as possible"

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:00 PM (DmNpO)

88 Rubio had his chance, when it was most important, he sided with the Left.

I don't buy this conversion ... he wants to be re-elected. I have no confidence he has learned anything other than to be more subtle with his betrayals.

As for Frum, as much as he whines about the added premiums, until and unless I see him and his ilk of traitors laying blame where it belongs (Obama) and being ACTUAL journalists -- he can cram it with walnuts!

Posted by: acethepug at October 27, 2013 02:01 PM (Zc9In)

89 So primary the sleazy little lizard with a decent candidate and win with someone else. ** I wouldn't be surprised to see West primary him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:01 PM (DmNpO)

90 [] I haven't heard Rubio's walk back yet, so I'll reserve judgment on where I think he is.

Honestly, who cares what his walk back is? He looked the country in the eye, and lied through his teeth. Repeatedly. I have no interest in anything more he has to say.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 02:01 PM (6TB1Z)

91 He is my senator and I have been suspicious of him for a long time now. He is an odd fellow, a mixture of naivety and opportunism. And, like Obama, he recites the same, tired campaign speech at every turn.

If he is primaried, I will certainly vote against him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 05:55 PM (DmNpO)

He is like a Palestinian. Says one thing for the Gringos consumption and something completely different when there is a "latin" audience. That and the weird comb over and flop sweats. Don't like him. Never have.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 27, 2013 02:01 PM (jucos)

92 Senator West has a nice ring to it...

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 02:01 PM (4tK7k)

93 32 Anybody wondering if California voters experiencing the realities of Obamacare might turn on the libs in midterms? Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 05:28 PM (5Q1ZU) Wondering, but not betting on it.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 27, 2013 02:02 PM (ngwJV)

94 Rumors of Crist running for gov again too. That should be weird

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 02:03 PM (4tK7k)

95 Senator West has a nice ring to it...

Posted by: Purp at October 27, 2013 06:01 PM (4tK7k)

http://www.allenwestfoundation.org/

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 27, 2013 02:03 PM (oJ5Fd)

96 >>>And WTF is that thing perched on the Queen's granddaughter's head?<<<

One of Toytown's Road Apples? Quirky hats, sentimentalism, and public inebriation are not strictly Kentucky traditions.

Posted by: Fritz at October 27, 2013 02:04 PM (TKFmG)

97 One more thing: when the walk back doesn't work, he'll veer sharply left because he'll see that the Tea Party and conservatives have written him off as a bad investment. There are no principles there, only politics.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 02:04 PM (6TB1Z)

98 Rumors of Crist running for gov again too. That should be weird *** He is utterly lacking in self-awareness. The Dems will love him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:04 PM (DmNpO)

99 What were his lies to the country?

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 27, 2013 02:04 PM (ZshNr)

100 I wouldn't be surprised to see West primary him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 06:01 PM (DmNpO)

Oh, please, let that happen. I would break my recent rule and send West some $$.

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 02:06 PM (8lmkt)

101 55 Half a million Californians lose health insurance Give a Fuck-O-Meter registers zero point zero. Shadenfreunde-O-Meter is pegged and the guts are smoking.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 27, 2013 02:07 PM (ngwJV)

102 What were his lies to the country?

That the Senate bill would require enforcement simultaneously with legalization and the the lawbreakers would not be rewarded for their transgression. Total lies on both counts.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 02:08 PM (6TB1Z)

103 66 Fat Fuck David Frum can eat a bag of dicks for all I care. All of these stupid fuckers that voted for Teh JEF can eat a bag of dicks. Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 27, 2013 05:50 PM (jucos) *backs up 53 footer filled with dicks* Chow, fuckers!

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at October 27, 2013 02:10 PM (ngwJV)

104 Circling back to the original theme of the post, the simplest way to ensure that the border will be fixed, and the lawbreakers will not be rewarded for their transgressions, is to fix the damn border and send home everyone who crossed it illegally.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 02:10 PM (6TB1Z)

105 The reason the Affordable Health Care is so screwed up is because Bush lied and hid stuff about it to make President Obama look bad. Bush probably hates blacks too because he is from Texas .... The old south.

Posted by: mary clogginstien's uvula at October 27, 2013 02:12 PM (FnKiT)

106 Senator West would be GREAT! I would love to see Senator Ben Carson from MD too.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 27, 2013 02:12 PM (jucos)

107 I haven't been able to follow all the news stories about Lou Reed's death because all they seem to be covering is the death of Lou Reed.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at October 27, 2013 02:12 PM (tHXgZ)

108 Dilbert nails it

http://tinyurl.com/k63zejk

Posted by: kbdabear at October 27, 2013 02:13 PM (aTXUx)

109 Give a Fuck-O-Meter registers zero point zero.

I am one of them. I barely give a fuck myself.

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 02:14 PM (8lmkt)

110
We will see if any if that ends up mattering out there.

It won't. California is too far gone. You get to a certain point, and leftism is the only way to vote. Far more people will vote for themselves, not the welfare of the state. The only thing to do now, is wait for California's inevitable default, and slide into bankruptcy, as they continue to jack up taxes to keep the FSA happy. Productive citizens will continue to flee the fiscal cess pool, necessitating further tax increases, which will drive even more profitable businesses out of the state.

Lather, rinse, repeat, until the state rolls belly up like a dead bloated whale.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at October 27, 2013 02:14 PM (0IhFx)

111 I was kind of relieved when it wasn't Miley Cyrus.

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at October 27, 2013 02:14 PM (2vl2+)

112 59 I'd agree with that, except that it's we non-Obama voters who'll be paying the freight for this abortion. I think Ocare has the potential to be the tipping point. 40% will continue to support the statist POV, they are the lazy poor and the hardcore left; but there is hope that 10-20% will come, via Ocare, to distrust DC and vote accordingly... with the goal of throwing the leftwing nuts and the RINOs out and vearing back towards a Constitutional Republic.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 02:14 PM (hpgw1)

113 I haven't been worried until I saw that Baroque went to church today.
#endofworld

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at October 27, 2013 02:15 PM (baL2B)

114 Dilbert nails it http://tinyurl.com/k63zejk *** Heh. A little assignment.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:16 PM (DmNpO)

115 I am reminded of the balance between over-training and under-training neural network simulators.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 27, 2013 02:17 PM (aDwsi)

116 All this talk of Rubio puts me in a reflective mood. Try to remember what you once thought about each I'd these GOP office holders and compare to what you think of them now: Marco Rubio Chris Christie Rick Scott Lamar Alexander John Boehner Eric Cantor Arnold Schwarzenegger John McCain Saxby Chambliss Mitch McConnell Mitch Daniels John Kasich Rob Portman Paul Ryan I could go on and on ... but this is depressing enough.

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 02:17 PM (5Q1ZU)

117 32 Anybody wondering if California voters experiencing the realities of Obamacare might turn on the libs in midterms? No. They are going to vote straight D as usual since it's Bush and the Tea Party which are at fault.

Posted by: Mr. Moo moo at October 27, 2013 02:18 PM (0LHZx)

118 St Johns Episcopal is hardly church. The pulpit talker there is a social justice nincompoop.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 27, 2013 02:20 PM (jucos)

119 Obama at church plus more linked in my sock.
I'm only surprised he didn't ask for waffles to be substituted for Communion wafers!

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at October 27, 2013 02:21 PM (tHXgZ)

120 Stop looking for heroes and white knights and people who you want your kids to look up to. They're perishingly rare in politics. Who can we steer/manipulate with votes and dollars to do what we want, that's the question. Not "who is the bestest philosophical partner?".

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 27, 2013 02:21 PM (ZshNr)

121 Dilbert nails it

http://tinyurl.com/k63zejk

hilarious!

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 02:21 PM (8lmkt)

122 I clicked your first Miley link. It opened to a Miley ad. I shrugged and closed the window.

Posted by: egd at October 27, 2013 02:22 PM (qt5xA)

123 BTW the search is on for... who is the hot 'lil Marxist minkie on the cover of heathcare.com.?

Posted by: eli manning at October 27, 2013 02:22 PM (vx61Q)

124 49 This is why getting the site up is so critical...for US. It'll force people to have to taste the shit sandwich, not just look at it behind a counter.

The sandwich will be there, accumulating flies. If people talk about the broken site for a while, then it gets "fixed" and they wind up taking a nice big bite of that sandwich, a bit closer to the 2014 elections, that seems like a good thing.

Posted by: Splunge at October 27, 2013 02:22 PM (bKA83)

125 Anybody wondering if California voters experiencing the realities of Obamacare might turn on the libs in midterms?

Certainly no one who lives here would think any such thing. Srsly, it will NEVER happen. There is still no cure for stupid.

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 02:22 PM (8lmkt)

126

"Soviet commentary on ObamaCare."

Oh, that's coming on Wednesday when Gospazah Sebelius appears in congress, right?

Posted by: wth at October 27, 2013 02:23 PM (wAQA5)

127 Try to remember what you once thought about each I'd these GOP office holders and compare to what you think of them now: *** My opinion has changed most with regard to Kasich and Ryan.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:23 PM (DmNpO)

128 Yeah, Ryan really dorked us in the squeakhole. That, to me, is the most painful betrayal of all of them.

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 02:24 PM (8lmkt)

129 "And if you're so clueless as to think working with Chuck Shumer on amnesty is a good thing, they you're just to stupid to be within 100 miles of power. " The Chuck Schumer like character in John Ross's Unitended Consequences meets an very amusing end.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 02:25 PM (hpgw1)

130 They just never seem to make the logical leap here. The website was the easy part. If they couldn't handle that, why on earth would you think they can handle 1/6th of the American economy? Other than massive subsidies from the rest of us, of course. Posted by: pep ------------------- That. The worst (much worse) is yet to come, and it *really* will have to do with health care rather than the red herring of health insurance.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 27, 2013 02:26 PM (aDwsi)

131 As bad as the client (user) side of the software is, I'd bet my bottom dollar that the server side -- which is attempting to connect with files in possibly 50, maybe as many as 57 states, is even more screwed. File and record locking is a science, requiring utmost precision and heavy duty routines that are fucking bulletproof. Except they are easily corrupted by the occasional/everyday bureaucrat locking a file while he surfs pr0n, locking out a thousand potential applicants in the process. Fuck 'em. I'm not going to tell them how they fucked up or how to fix it. I want this bastard child of legislation from a bastard child to end up the same as the 18th amendment to the Constitution.

Posted by: Schrödinger's cat [/i] at October 27, 2013 02:27 PM (U2UQk)

132 Stop looking for heroes and white knights and people who you want your kids to look up to. They're perishingly rare in politics.

I couldn't agree more. That's why it's so important to make an example of Rubio. I don't care if he really believes the things he says to get himself elected by conservatives. I want him to fear the consequences of crossing me.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 02:27 PM (6TB1Z)

133 127 Try to remember what you once thought about each I'd these GOP office holders and compare to what you think of them now: *** My opinion has changed most with regard to Kasich and Ryan. ********** Mine too, but the extent to which all on that list hold conservatives in contempt has been eye-opening.

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 02:27 PM (5Q1ZU)

134 Lucky for me, my doctors still take checks. They've been out of the "insurance" racket for years, anyway, all of 'em. Which I love. If more docs had done this, we wouldn't be in this fine pickle today, would we?

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 02:28 PM (8lmkt)

135 I love you simple/complex analogy at the top. Failures in life/business and govt. all make things too complex. Make it simple then bring in other profit centers and build in their complexities.

Posted by: redenzo at October 27, 2013 02:28 PM (vx61Q)

136 BTW the search is on for... who is the hot 'lil Marxist minkie on the cover of healthcare.com.?
They've disappeared her along with the two Asian women they had fronting the Spanish-language Obamacare sign-in page. See the new sock link.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at October 27, 2013 02:28 PM (tHXgZ)

137
We were unable to produce a workable website, but don't be deterred citizen, we're going to perform the absolute best proctological examinations known to man or beast. Bottoms up!

Posted by: ObamaCare Directorate at October 27, 2013 02:29 PM (pJF+c)

138 Margarita DeVille, Did your daughter vote for the messiah? I suspect not, but if she did this will be a valuable lesson. If she did not vote for O I am in sympathetic to her plight. I am hoping the youngsters wake up and realize government big enough and intrusive enough to give you what you think you want is instrusive enough to take whatever it wants from you... including your life.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 02:30 PM (hpgw1)

139 Ryan is supposedly writing a Shamnesty Bill with a demotard sponsor. Ryan is dead to me too. He can eat a bag of dicks

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at October 27, 2013 02:31 PM (jucos)

140 "he can cram it with walnuts!" I vote unshelled.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 02:32 PM (hpgw1)

141 new thread... I was first, which is what counts

Posted by: mallfly at October 27, 2013 02:33 PM (bJm7W)

142 Mine too, but the extent to which all on that list hold conservatives in contempt has been eye-opening. *** Indeed.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:34 PM (DmNpO)

143

The EASIEST way to enforce border security???

Enforce the Identity theft laws... and fraud laws... and get the IRS involved.

If Illegals were AFRAID of getting caught, they wouldn't be here... the problem is we won't enforce our own damn laws...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 27, 2013 02:34 PM (lZBBB)

144 Not a Lou Reed fan and I'm afraid my thoughts on his recent liver transplant won't help my standing here.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:35 PM (DmNpO)

145 144 What did in his liver?

Posted by: Boss Moss the Redskin Savage at October 27, 2013 02:38 PM (ujMoa)

146 Anybody wondering if California voters experiencing the realities of Obamacare mightturn on the libs in midterms?

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 05:28 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! No! I believe my fellow Californians know they are getting screwed, but they don't care. To them its better to be screwed by govt than to make their own decisions. The economy and quality of life are not considered a priority by a majority of voters.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at October 27, 2013 02:38 PM (b9K4P)

147 138 Margarita DeVille, Did your daughter vote for the messiah? I suspect not, but if she did this will be a valuable lesson. If she did not vote for O I am in sympathetic to her plight. I am hoping the youngsters wake up and realize government big enough and intrusive enough to give you what you think you want is instrusive enough to take whatever it wants from you... including your life. Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 06:30 PM (hpgw1) ----------------------- No, she did NOT. I deeply hope that many in her position who DID vote for Zero will learn their lesson. Some won't, but I believe that some WILL.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 27, 2013 02:38 PM (dfYL9)

148 Its no secret a LOT of drugs and alcohol were involved in wrecking his liver early on.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 02:39 PM (4tK7k)

149 They've disappeared her along with the two Asian women they had fronting the Spanish-language Obamacare sign-in page. See the new sock link. Posted by: andycanuck at October 27, 2013 06:28 PM (tHXgZ) Guess the IPAB decision came in for her, and it was none too positiveÂ…

Posted by: The Medicinal Hat at October 27, 2013 02:39 PM (Vk2pI)

150 My new kitten has become an aggravation. I brought my desert rose plan in for the night and sat it on the kitchen counter. When I went back in the living room and sat down she jumped up on the counter and knocked it the floor breaking the pot.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 02:40 PM (zZbNF)

151 "Give a Fuck-O-Meter registers zero point zero." Yeah, my give a damn was busted decades ago. Now, if I don't already know and like you, I'm a cranky old bastard that would just as soon put a 357 JHP into your chest if I think you are acting twitchy. My tolerance for twitchy is .00000000000000001.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 02:40 PM (hpgw1)

152 150 My new kitten has become an aggravation. My humble advice is to never adopt a kitten or a puppy if you wish to avoid aggravation. At a minimum the cat or dog has to be 1 year old.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 02:42 PM (hpgw1)

153 What did in his liver? *** To my understanding, it was his lifestyle when he was younger. My own mother had led a life involved in drugs and drink and, even years after she turned her life around, she was diagnosed with Hep-C and died from it. You abuse your body when you are young and it is sure to bite you in the ass when you grow old.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 02:44 PM (DmNpO)

154 Awww but she's so cute.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 02:44 PM (zZbNF)

155

I want to live in Theory. Everything works in Theory.

Isn't that right across from Peruvia?

Posted by: Bill R. at October 27, 2013 02:48 PM (QnRSM)

156 They could get this website up and running like clock work people still won't sign up. They might get a few thousand who actually want healthcare but the young and healthy? It was always smart to get healthcare coverage. Why are the healthy and young suddenly going to start signing up for something that is more expensive than it was last year? Because of a penaltax that will only kick in months from now from money they would never see, and wouldn't get anywhere close to the cost of coverage.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at October 27, 2013 02:49 PM (b9K4P)

157

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at October 27, 2013 06:38 PM (b9K4P)

Sorry... but as someone who lives in the cesspit called California... its a different story...

Most citizens here just feel powerless. Even when we VOTE and win... the Government still does whatever it want.... Look at Gay marriage here.

We know they are blatantly violating the US Constitution... and Federal Law... but we don't have standing in court... our votes are more than balanced by illegals... and the Legislature is out of control.

But short of a Jeffersonian type of Answer? The California citizen is powerless against his own State Government.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 27, 2013 02:49 PM (lZBBB)

158 Maybe mooning Obama at the next SOTU address, Or dropping a dime on a bunch of illegals and pushing loudly for their deportation. That would work....maybe. Posted by: CharlieBrownÂ’sDildo at October 27, 2013 05:59 PM (oJ5Fd) Yes, that would help Rubio gain some creditability back. It is unlikely that he would do anything like that though. McConnell, the sleaze ball, pushed Rubio to take up immigration. I hate McConnell as much as I hate McCain. I felt glee when I read how upset McCain is! You guys in Red States, send more!

Posted by: CarolT at October 27, 2013 02:49 PM (z4WKX)

159 Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 06:40 PM (zZbNF)

Kittens do what they do and they melt your heart while they are about their little kitten business. Now you have been educated about bringing breakable stuff in the house and leaving it where she can get it, right?

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 02:50 PM (8lmkt)

160 "I want him to fear the consequences of crossing me." Â“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.Â” -- Thomas Jefferson I'm old enough to declare that I have lived a good life and I do not fear death. I'm more than ready to hoist the black flag and slit throats. Now that I'm older I will have to sneak up behind them, but not so old that I can not slit with my k-bar although I prefer a subsonic .22 with the muzzle pressed firmly to the back of the head. I really don't want to get blood on my clothes. Leave no evidence is my motto.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 02:51 PM (hpgw1)

161 Too late for that. House is full of breakable stuff already.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 02:52 PM (zZbNF)

162

The best way to deal with this is with a coat-hangar

Back-alley ctrl-alt-del

Posted by: Dr Gosnell at October 27, 2013 02:54 PM (Pr6hk)

163 But short of a Jeffersonian type of Answer? The California citizen is powerless against his own State Government.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 27, 2013 06:49 PM (lZBBB)

Yeah I live in a part that leans conservative, then they re-drew my district and now I live in a democrat leaning district. Economic success in the conservative areas of the state has really made the conservative voting base politically lazy.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at October 27, 2013 02:56 PM (b9K4P)

164 IÂ’m watching 60 Minutes for probably the first time in my life. I saw a clip of the Benghazi coverage by Lara Logan. IÂ’m sure theyÂ’ll start with the stupid stuff and finish with the Benghazi survivor. His name has been changed for his own protection. I think they show his face.

Posted by: CarolT at October 27, 2013 03:03 PM (z4WKX)

165 Did anyone read link from Drudge on how pissed off Saudi Arabia, and Europe is at the SCOAMF? I thought the world was going to love us again once he was in office.

Posted by: CarolT at October 27, 2013 03:05 PM (z4WKX)

166 IÂ’m watching 60 Minutes for probably the first time in my life. I saw a clip of the Benghazi coverage by Lara Logan. IÂ’m sure theyÂ’ll start with the stupid stuff and finish with the Benghazi survivor. His name has been changed for his own protection. I think they show his face. *** I've now watched it about four times in the last couple of months and have been pleasantly surprised. Lara Logan is a good reporter.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 03:12 PM (DmNpO)

167 I've said it before and I'll say it again... what the fuck, Paul Ryan?

Posted by: Gem at October 27, 2013 03:13 PM (aKLhX)

168 Did anyone read link from Drudge on how pissed off Saudi Arabia, and Europe is at the SCOAMF?

In Europe, I have a suspicion its all faux-outrage gen'd up for public consumption. Their political leadership have all been willing accomplices in the construction of this surveillance apparatus over the past 50 years. They're pissed that the revelation may cut them off from their own share of the intel "take"

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 03:15 PM (4tK7k)

169 Paul Ryan may be about to go the route of Marco Rubio, if the stories about his currently cooking up an amnesty bill are correct. What a major disappointment.

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 03:17 PM (5Q1ZU)

170 Anyone else remembering liberals claiming that the reason health care was expensive was the profit motive, and it would cost a lot less once Obamacare removed that?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at October 27, 2013 03:18 PM (azHfB)

171 Too late for that. House is full of breakable stuff already.

Posted by: Vic at October 27, 2013 06:52 PM (zZbNF)

won't be for long, my friend . . . do you know how to post a pic of said kitten overlord? if not, please let us know her colors.

Posted by: Peaches at October 27, 2013 03:19 PM (8lmkt)

172 170 Anyone else remembering liberals claiming that the reason health care was expensive was the profit motive, and it would cost a lot less once Obamacare removed that? Oh yeah, those world class economic minds among the ruling class. I remember. The msm won't

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 03:21 PM (5Q1ZU)

173 Jesus. This report is damning. DAMNING!

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at October 27, 2013 03:22 PM (DmNpO)

174 BTW the search is on for... who is the hot 'lil Marxist minkie on the cover of healthcare.com.? They've disappeared her along with the two Asian women they had fronting the Spanish-language Obamacare sign-in page. See the new sock link. Posted by: andycanuck ---------------------- Probably afraid that some outraged 'customer' would track them down. Or the people simply did not want their faces popped up with an object of so much public derision.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at October 27, 2013 03:22 PM (aDwsi)

175 The 'thing' on her head is a Royal Hat. They're an inherent part of being a British Royal Female: big nose, big hooters, great legs, funny hat.

Posted by: PersonFromPorlock at October 27, 2013 03:23 PM (lILC0)

176 The Ace substitutes need to put up a post about the Lara Logan 60 Minutes spot running tonight.

Posted by: My Name is Nobody at October 27, 2013 03:28 PM (5Q1ZU)

177 175 The 'thing' on her head is a Royal Hat. They're an inherent part of being a British Royal Female: big nose, big hooters, great legs, funny hat.
Posted by: PersonFromPorloc

Diana did not have the royal tatas, so either your characterization is wrong, or they did away with her because of them.

Oh.

Posted by: pep at October 27, 2013 03:29 PM (6TB1Z)

178 Miley's odd face looks like the Calvin and Hobbs odd face. Maybe with a little Bill the Cat thrown in. ACK

Posted by: huggy at October 27, 2013 04:24 PM (mrcSp)

179 Every time a see a healthcare.gov joke at the expense of the developers it makes
my blood boil.This project was not screwed up by the developers, it was screwed
up by the management. By "management" I mean the government agency who set
the thing up for failure and the management of CGI Federal who should have
known better. The fact that the government is bringing a whole new team to "fix"
the website just shows how clueless they are. Adding new people to a failing
project does not make it succeed, it makes it fail worse. Blaming the software
developers is chickenshit. If I were on that project I would be saying "Those
clowns screwed this up and not they're blaming me? Fuck this, I'm going to
work for some people who know what they're doing."

Posted by: Richard Johnson at October 27, 2013 04:37 PM (aB9ot)

180 huggy, You have nailed it... CM's odd tongue mug is a combination of Calvin-Hobbs-Bill the Cat. Mercy upon her tongue

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 04:42 PM (hpgw1)

181 Richard Johnson One should always be careful when it comes to who you swap juices with between the sheets. DC is the epicenter of a whole host of diseases. It is the source of plagues and chaos and pograms.

Posted by: Angel with a sword at October 27, 2013 04:48 PM (hpgw1)

182 This project was not screwed up by the developers

The things that are clear unit test fails ARE the developer's fault. Ex. the data x-mit incompatibilities.

That shit couldn't possibly ever have been unit tested.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 05:13 PM (4tK7k)

183 King Harry has found, to his dismay, that passing laws against math does not work.

Math laughs in his face.

Posted by: PJ at October 27, 2013 05:18 PM (ZWaLo)

184 Ooops. I mean King Barry. Of course.

Posted by: PJ at October 27, 2013 06:03 PM (ZWaLo)

185 The things that are clear unit test fails ARE the developer's fault. Ex. the data x-mit incompatibilities.

Not if they were told not to make intermediate testing a priority but rather just finish
the code.

Not if they were told to make major design changes one month before the release date.

Not if they were told that no matter what, they could not slip the schedule.

All these things are the fault of management setting unrealistic goals and interfering in the development process.
.
The developers undoubtedly knew that the website was a mess, I don't doubt
they told their managers but management wouldn't listen.

Posted by: Richard Johnson at October 27, 2013 06:11 PM (aB9ot)

186 All these things are the fault of management setting unrealistic goals and interfering in the development process.

Any developer who sticks around when disrespected like that is a damn fool.

Being a damn fool is your own fault.

Sometime walking away is the only way to retain any honor and self respect.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 06:21 PM (4tK7k)

187 I've walked away from about a half dozen projects because my sense of pride and integrity made it impossible to stay and ride a failure into the dirt.

The moment I decide something has become physically un-salvageable, I bolt. If there's any hope I'll stay.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 06:27 PM (4tK7k)

188 Yeah have mortgages like everyone else. They have kids in school and car
payments and they probably didn't count on the president pointing the finger at
them.

Posted by: Richard Johnson at October 27, 2013 06:41 PM (aB9ot)

189 Yeah have mortgages like everyone else. They have kids in school and car payments and they probably didn't count on the president pointing the finger at them.

Anyone who takes on a job like that and DOESN'T expect to be blamed for failure is a damned fool too.

Shit flows downhill bro, always has always will.

Anyone who senses impending doom and isn't packing their parachute is a damn fool too. Programming jobs aren't in such short supply you can't line another up within 6 months.

I spent 10 years as an independent consultant never knowing where the next gig was coming from. Knowing that, I scored when I could and lived a modest lifestyle during down time just in case.

Anyone who's been in the business a while knows you need that bailout cushion.

Anyone who expects the good times to roll forever gets no sympathy from me.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at October 27, 2013 06:54 PM (4tK7k)

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