November 22, 2013

Tick-Tock: Sharyl Attkisson Documents Increasingly Panicked CMS as Healthcare.gov Counted Down to Launch
— Ace

Launch? Well, detonation on the launching pad, anyway.

Compare to the last post: Chao testified he removed the Anonymous Shopper feature because to have foisted such a flawed bit of software on an unsuspecting public would have been "unconscionable."

Yet the bulk of Healthcare.gov was... to call it flawed would be like saying Obama is slightly fond of golf, television, and himself.




You guys remember the rumors that CBSNews was thinking about firing Attkisson for bringing too much of a partisan edge to her reportage?

Yeah. She's the one who lives in a partisan fantasyland, huh?

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1 first?

Posted by: boone at November 22, 2013 01:19 PM (3p8HS)

2 Has any reporter been better at digging up news that Obama has tried to bury than Attkisson? She's done this on multiple topics now.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 22, 2013 01:20 PM (ZPrif)

3 Sweet.  I'd also like to add that Sharyl Atkisson is a product of the University of Florida, which also used to have a college football program.

Posted by: boone at November 22, 2013 01:20 PM (3p8HS)

4 The hiippies grew up and they are in charge. Have never accomplished a thing.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at November 22, 2013 01:21 PM (YVXLf)

5 Lying come as natural to obama, his pals in the politburo and the dems in Congress as breathing does

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 22, 2013 01:22 PM (t3UFN)

6 Is Atkisson's effectiveness mainly due to her being at CBS, so the Left cannot ghettoize and Otherize her reporting like what happens with FoxNews?

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 22, 2013 01:22 PM (ZPrif)

7 It's almost like Sharyl Atkisson views her job as an investigative reporter as "investigating" the government's claims and "reporting" on her findings.  What a loon!

Posted by: boone at November 22, 2013 01:22 PM (3p8HS)

8 Has any reporter been better at digging up news that Obama has tried to bury than Attkisson? She's done this on multiple topics now. I think at this point the leakers and potential leakers all know that Attkisson is the (nearly) only game in town.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:23 PM (sByIH)

9 they want to turn us into slaves.

Posted by: Jack at November 22, 2013 01:23 PM (gWHwW)

10

There are a few real journalists still working.  Atkisson doing yeoman's work.

Posted by: WisRich at November 22, 2013 01:24 PM (hdpay)

11 Launch? Well, detonation on the launching pad, anyway.

This calls for an early Vanguard video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvnKfgDANKY#t=0m23s

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 22, 2013 01:25 PM (yobtO)

12 I'm raged out. LiFB. It's half past drinkin time.

Posted by: toby928© insists on talking about robots at November 22, 2013 01:26 PM (QupBk)

13 They need to take her to room 101.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at November 22, 2013 01:26 PM (AWmfW)

14 Kaiser Permanente had the unsubsidized premiums on its site for awhile. The information was out there for those who wanted to look.

Posted by: RS at November 22, 2013 01:26 PM (YAGV/)

15

I remember her on CNN during the first Gulf War... she was smoking hot.

 

... and now she's an actual journalist. One of the few.

Posted by: hindmost at November 22, 2013 01:26 PM (t6Jvs)

16 There area few real journalists still working. Atkisson is doing yeoman's work. But if I don't conform to their politics I won't get a Pulitzer from the Columbia School of Journalism. /whine

Posted by: All the other reporters[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:26 PM (sByIH)

17 No surprise that it is a woman that is doing all the MSM's heavy lifting.  What a bunch of pussies.  We had a good one out here that wrote for the Puget Sound Business Journal until she left for the Wall Street Journal, after being a Pulitzer nominee: Kirsten Grind. 

Ladies, them careers are easy pickins in the journalism business.  You just have to do your job.

Posted by: flounder at November 22, 2013 01:27 PM (Kkt/i)

18 "If only we had some kind of institution whose primary mission it was to scrutinize the claims of politicians, contact experts, and report the major facts about major new legislation to the public." -ace

Not so much with the institutions  - but there appear to be a few individuals who remember how to be a reporter. Including Ms. Attkisson.

Back before the Burning Time they gave Pulitzers for stuff like that.

Posted by: McConnell, Boehner, McCain, Graham and RINOs Inc. at November 22, 2013 01:27 PM (5ikDv)

19 lol - what about the XX% that hasn't veen been started yet, much less finished. Oh, the public thinks they know how broken some of this stuff is within these "exchanges", that's the funny part.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 22, 2013 01:27 PM (l2h4p)

20 JUST WHAT IS THAT ATKISSON BITCH'S PROBLEM, ANYWAY?????

Posted by: Mark Halperin at November 22, 2013 01:27 PM (8ZskC)

21 /RINO sock off

Posted by: noone, really at November 22, 2013 01:27 PM (5ikDv)

22 um; not to say she isn't now, it's just hard to tell from a Twitter thumbnail.

Posted by: hindmost at November 22, 2013 01:27 PM (t6Jvs)

23

Upside: the early adopters of OCare are likely the True Believers who wanted it in the first place.  They'll get their data politically abused (before it gets stolen) and they'll be the vanguard of the sticker-shock brigade. 

 

The early pain should be highly targeted.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at November 22, 2013 01:28 PM (A0sHn)

24 Guess whose computer is about to get hacked again. 

Posted by: no good deed at November 22, 2013 01:28 PM (HsJeN)

25 Yes, it's O/T, but eh... I just thought of this, and found the newspaper articles to support my memory.

It's interesting how quickly the media (and all my liberal acquaintances) have forgotten that Democrats held up every single Bush judicial nomination for three months.

So much for 'unprecedented gridlock' forcing Reid's hand.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at November 22, 2013 01:28 PM (fwARV)

26 Our "Final Countdown" was waaaay more successful than 404Care's "Final Countdown"

Posted by: Europe (the band) at November 22, 2013 01:28 PM (xKK9v)

27 From the last thread: Tepid Air is reporting that the new deadline for enrollment has been moved back from Dec. 15th to the 23rd. That gives insurance companies an 8 day turn-around window so coverage can start on Jan. 1.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2013 01:28 PM (ix+5k)

28 Are there other right-wing pundits on other news channels still -- or do they all work at FoxNews now? Seems like Fox has been scooping them all up. Of course, we don't really need more right-wing pundits. We need actual journalists and primary news reporting. If anything, we have an over-abundance of pundits.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 22, 2013 01:28 PM (ZPrif)

29 If they fire her she can go to Fox and make twice the money. At some point the MSM is going to realize that liberal shit is not selling any more, that or Fox is going to have 50% of the market share. George Will just bailed.

Posted by: Nip Sip at November 22, 2013 01:28 PM (0FSuD)

30 23 Guess whose computer is about to get hacked again.

Posted by: no good deed at November 22, 2013 05:28 PM (HsJeN)


Was there any news about how that went?

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at November 22, 2013 01:29 PM (AWmfW)

31 Fucked up as a run-over bicycle.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at November 22, 2013 01:29 PM (wJNLu)

32 Sheryl Attkisson's micro-agression is creating a hostile and toxic environment at CBS, and are, you know, edgy.

Posted by: UCLA Graduate Student in Education and Information Studies at November 22, 2013 01:29 PM (TCqhy)

33 Was there any news about how that went?

I haven't seen anything recently. 

Posted by: no good deed at November 22, 2013 01:29 PM (HsJeN)

34 26 That gives insurance companies an 8 day turn-around window so coverage can start on Jan. 1. And now a perspective, from deep within the Healthcare IT and Transaction Processing Industry: LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 22, 2013 01:30 PM (l2h4p)

35
Attkisson should have went with a "get this" or two.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 22, 2013 01:30 PM (iGPSR)

36 Moron Ed Schultz gets invited to the white house... Sharyl you can atop looking for your invitation it didn't get lost in the mail.

Posted by: ADK46er at November 22, 2013 01:30 PM (1H+lb)

37 This thing, this whole thing is being propped up because 40% of this country simply cannot come to grips with the fact that Barack Obama is a complete failure by every measure.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 22, 2013 01:30 PM (T0NGe)

38 @33 26 Exactly what I want to be doing, last minute Christmas shopping for health insurance.

Posted by: flounder at November 22, 2013 01:31 PM (Kkt/i)

39 34
Attkisson should have went with a "get this" or two.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 22, 2013 05:30 PM (iGPSR)


Seriously you guys! Get this... they lied.

Posted by: Temper Tantrum at November 22, 2013 01:31 PM (AWmfW)

40 This thing, this whole thing is being propped up because 40% of this country simply cannot come to grips with the fact that Barack Obama is a complete failure by every measure. I watch the news every day and all my favorite TV reporters aren't saying that.

Posted by: Most People[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:32 PM (sByIH)

41 Mark Halperin does not approve of Attkisson's tactics.

Posted by: --- at November 22, 2013 01:32 PM (MMC8r)

42 Guess what's in your Christmas Gingerbread Day stocking this year, millenials.  Abortion coverage!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 22, 2013 01:33 PM (8ZskC)

43

@23 Guess whose computer is about to get hacked again.
-------------------

 

I'm guessing her notes are *very* carefully hidden away right now...

 

Also, CBS itself isn't taking the seizure of her notes sitting down.  They appear to be treating this quite seriously.

 

Posted by: junior at November 22, 2013 01:34 PM (UWFpX)

44 Posted by: akula51 at November 22, 2013 05:30 PM (l2h4p) Especially when the Government to Health insurance portals must be written and tested... And each portal WILL have to be different... Because just like with Electronic Medical Records, the Gov won't tell us a format to use to put them in... and because we must interface with THEM, they have to be the ones doing the telling (or they won't use them).

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 22, 2013 01:34 PM (lZBBB)

45 Every time Sharyl Attkisson writes a story it's like she's shooting Tarpon all over again.

Posted by: --- at November 22, 2013 01:34 PM (MMC8r)

46 Why did Romney only tell Sheryl Attkisson?

Posted by: Mark Halperin at November 22, 2013 01:34 PM (Kkt/i)

47 Who in their wildest dreams thinks this current level of very-bad-vibes-created-by-Obamacare can continue for all, or most, or half, or a third, or even just for another sixty days, please, in the runup to those all-important midterms? Obama, with all his power, will make the chatter all go away. His butt-buddies in the press will be his assistants. His very able and willing assistants.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at November 22, 2013 01:34 PM (tmFlQ)

48 @36 This thing, this whole thing is being propped up because 40% of this country simply cannot come to grips with the fact that Barack Obama is a complete failure by every measure.


Black Democratium vs Tragedy of Epic Failure 

for the title!




Posted by: noone, really at November 22, 2013 01:34 PM (5ikDv)

49 I seriously worry about her well-being. These Commie thugs...

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 01:35 PM (YEQ2h)

50 She would be an excellent guest on the podcast. And if she needs someone to hold her cuz youse guys are scary, then I'm definitely available.
 
She's about the only mainstream journalist that I have any respect for these days.
 
Oh, and don't forget her claim that someone was tapping into her computers and such.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 22, 2013 01:35 PM (cHZB7)

51 Guess what's in your Christmas Gingerbread Day stocking this year, millenials. Well, it sure as hell isn't health care!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2013 01:35 PM (ix+5k)

52 I would love to know who exactly lit the fuse on this one.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 22, 2013 01:35 PM (IXrOn)

53 I kinda thought Obamacare's launch looked a little more like this:  http://tinyurl.com/kyh4wfb

Posted by: FYNQ at November 22, 2013 01:36 PM (TM1p8)

54

Should she worry about getting her computer hacked again?  Absolutely.

 

What she should also worry about is taking plane rides, or walks through Ft. Marcy Park.

Posted by: Soona at November 22, 2013 01:37 PM (66ULQ)

55 42 @23 Guess whose computer is about to get hacked again. -------------------

I'm guessing her notes are *very* carefully hidden away right now...

Also, CBS itself isn't taking the seizure of her notes sitting down. They appear to be treating this quite seriously.

Posted by: junior at November 22, 2013 05:34 PM (UWFpX)


Your misremembering Attkisson (hack) with Times reporter Audrey Hudson (notes seized on unrelated and insufficient warrant).

Posted by: flounder at November 22, 2013 01:37 PM (Kkt/i)

56

@42 @23 Guess whose computer is about to get hacked again. -------------------

I'm guessing her notes are *very* carefully hidden away right now...

Also, CBS itself isn't taking the seizure of her notes sitting down. They appear to be treating this quite seriously.

-----------------

 

Whoops.  I confused the computer hacking with the incident where the government agents seized all of the notes.  That was her too, wasn't it?

 

Posted by: junior at November 22, 2013 01:37 PM (UWFpX)

57 Your = You're

Posted by: flounder at November 22, 2013 01:37 PM (Kkt/i)

58 43 Especially when the Government to Health insurance portals must be written and tested... They have started publishing "pre-clearance drafts" and dictating that folks code to them. "No, we're not planning on publishing a final version - you can go ahead and code to that. We're pretty sure we won't change anything." LOLOLOLOLOLOL In this phase of the trainwreck, the only letters in my vocabulary are T and M. And I'll be seeing a lot of them in the coming months I expect. Man, I thought HIPAA was good for permanent employment. Sheesh.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 22, 2013 01:37 PM (l2h4p)

59 That Sharyl Atkinson still writes relieves me somewhat.
1. she still shares  information with america
2. she is obviously not intmidated by this new world .
3. she is one heck of a woman.

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 01:38 PM (nqBYe)

60 Wouldn't it be nice if there was one brave American on the new software team that would sabotage this junkcodelaw once and for all. Someone who sees it for what it is. For those not so brave, at least a few Easter Eggs.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 22, 2013 01:39 PM (IXrOn)

61 Sharyl Attkisson?  Never heard of her.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at November 22, 2013 01:39 PM (sJlgq)

62 Attkinson*

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 01:39 PM (nqBYe)

63 At some point the MSM is going to realize that liberal shit is not selling any more, that or Fox is going to have 50% of the market share. George Will just bailed. Well, also, Fox is raking in the dough and can just afford to buy anybody they want. And they can get more use out of him. ABC couldn't afford to pay Will just for an hour a week plus the occasional election coverage.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 22, 2013 01:39 PM (T0NGe)

64 A few months back, she reported that her computer had been hacked. Gee, wonder who did that? (This was during the same period when the NSA was spying on the AP and Fox's Rosen.)

Posted by: BubbaLou at November 22, 2013 01:39 PM (/cUUk)

65 36. Black democratium.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 22, 2013 01:39 PM (Zswg6)

66 oh hell. AttkinSSon*

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 01:39 PM (nqBYe)

67 You tell me about Sharyl Attkisson NOW?

Posted by: Mark Halperson at November 22, 2013 01:40 PM (sJlgq)

68 Atkisson is one of the journalists whose computers were hacked right?  Her and James Rosen I believe.  I worry about their safety.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 22, 2013 01:40 PM (jucos)

69 2 Ks, 2 Ses, no Ns.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 22, 2013 01:40 PM (l2h4p)

70
Who in their wildest dreams thinks this current level of very-bad-vibes-created-by-Obamacare can continue for all, or most, or half, or a third, or even just for another sixty days, please, in the runup to those all-important midterms?




The stimulus was a failure, with 100s of billions down the rat-hole, without -- I believe, a single notable success.

Yet, ya don't hear much about that, now do you? Accountablitly is old fashioned and probably racist.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 22, 2013 01:40 PM (kdS6q)

71 I wouldn't be surprised if Attkisson worked for the Clintons.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 22, 2013 01:40 PM (IXrOn)

72 FML. 2 Ts.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 22, 2013 01:40 PM (l2h4p)

73 Want another wrinkle I haven't seen noted yet?  The same assholes responsible for doling our your health insurance would be the same assholes responsible for determining which drugs are subsidized.  So every 'liberal cause health crisis' can be fast tracked.  Heart disease, ehh, old and busted, that'll be $10K for your drugs.  Aids!  Yeah man!, here is a year's supply $.25; sorry we had to charge  you something.

Posted by: dogfish at November 22, 2013 01:40 PM (nsOJa)

74 fcol, no n?

i give up!

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 01:41 PM (nqBYe)

75 The stoopid guy in the room doesn't know he's the stoopid guy in the room.

Posted by: dogfish at November 22, 2013 01:41 PM (nsOJa)

76 67 Atkisson is one of the journalists whose computers were hacked right? Her and James Rosen I believe. I worry about their safety.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 22, 2013 05:40 PM (jucos)

Me too. Serious as a heart attack - as a heart attack after walking out of a bar after a couple of drinks...

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 01:41 PM (YEQ2h)

77 ***Launch? Well, detonation on the launching pad, anyway.*** You forgot to include this video as a video representation (note: big difference - government isn't as quick to announce failures today). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvnKfgDANKY

Posted by: gm at November 22, 2013 01:42 PM (/kBoL)

78 Chao emails staff: “I DO NOT WANT A REPEAT OF WHAT HAPPENED NEAR THE END OF DECEMBER 2005 WHERE Words from a wannabe wizard. Only TheOne can make a demand like that. Who does this guy think he is?

Posted by: Fawkes at November 22, 2013 01:42 PM (t9e6Q)

79 Sharyl Atkisson understands the Craigslist Penis Effect.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 22, 2013 01:42 PM (sJlgq)

80 At some point the MSM is going to realize that liberal shit is not selling any more, that or Fox is going to have 50% of the market share. George Will just bailed. Well, also, Fox is raking in the dough and can just afford to buy anybody they want. And they can get more use out of him. ABC couldn't afford to pay Will just for an hour a week plus the occasional election coverage. Posted by: AmishDude at November 22, 2013 05:39 PM (T0NGe) if they continue to win the elections I don't think they give a shit

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 22, 2013 01:42 PM (t3UFN)

81 So every 'liberal cause health crisis' can be fast tracked. Heart disease, ehh, old and busted, that'll be $10K for your drugs. Aids! Yeah man!, here is a year's supply $.25; sorry we had to charge you something. Yep, every cause celbre and disease that affects a protected group will get the Lion's share of money. Everyone else will just have to wait in line.

Posted by: Most People[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:42 PM (sByIH)

82 I think it's funny how all of these faux intellectuals are dictating to private business people on what needs to happen.  The only thing these Faux Intellectuals run is their mouths.  The value of an ivy league education has to have fallen through the floor after watching these clowns in action

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 22, 2013 01:43 PM (jucos)

83 Those of us with HotAir accounts may want to go whip up the Tepid crew's spines on the deterioration of the Republic....

or you know maybe not.

http://tinyurl.com/or8u434

It is only *sorta* OT Ace the structural bias real reporting faces is my point.

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:43 PM (9jfyN)

84 If this was a product, the stench would have put the company out of business.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 22, 2013 01:43 PM (aDwsi)

85 ***Me too. Serious as a heart attack - as a heart attack after walking out of a bar after a couple of drinks... Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 05:41 PM (YEQ2h)*** A couple of drinks spiked with polonium.

Posted by: gm at November 22, 2013 01:44 PM (/kBoL)

86
Now now lets be fair, that's an 8 day turnaround WITH the Christmas Break.

So it should work.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 22, 2013 01:44 PM (iGPSR)

87 I'm wondering when it'll be a "major scoop" whenever a Politico jets off to Switzerland for medical care. Because once the care (not insurance) sucks here, they'll all be doing it.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:44 PM (sByIH)

88 For those not so brave, at least a few Easter Eggs.

I wouldn't mind seeing some more code snippets uploaded to online help forums.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 22, 2013 01:44 PM (ZKzrr)

89 Oh, boy, we're gonna learn how that poor chicken feels.

Posted by: Cheryl Attkisson's Computer and House at November 22, 2013 01:44 PM (xKK9v)

90 Recall that when "Scooter"" Libby remembered something differently than a journalist he went to prison, lost his law license and paid a hefty fine (prison was commuted by W).

When this all washes out I can guarantee you not one single democrat will be so much as had a grievance filed against them.

One side plays to win...one side just plays around.

Posted by: BuckIV at November 22, 2013 01:45 PM (gedHR)

91

@63 A few months back, she reported that her computer had been hacked. Gee, wonder who did that?

----------------

 

That was pretty much her response.  Unfortunately, other than some vague hints that she suspected she knew who did it, she couldn't provide any further details.

 

Posted by: junior at November 22, 2013 01:45 PM (UWFpX)

92 Willow She was the only one reporting on Benghazi That didn't help Hillary

Posted by: Thunderb at November 22, 2013 01:45 PM (zOTsN)

93 "You guys remember the rumors that CBSNews was thinking about firing Attkisson for bringing too much of a partisan edge to her reportage?" Only praise is acceptable to Obama and the Dems, ergo Attkison is working for Republicans.

Posted by: Decaf at November 22, 2013 01:45 PM (pyqPQ)

94 Me too. Serious as a heart attack - as a heart attack after walking out of a bar after a couple of drinks...

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 05:41 PM (YEQ2h)

__________________

I know where you are going with this.  I think there might be something there too.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at November 22, 2013 01:45 PM (jucos)

95 This is almost like if the Death Star, when it fired upon Alderaan, suffered a critical malfunction and exploded. Top. Men. Explain to me again why we're on the hind foot to these retards...?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, upholstering his throne of skulls at November 22, 2013 01:45 PM (naUcP)

96 “what happens after the 16,000/60,000-70,000 threshold is reached?Is there gradual degradation of response time for users?"-White Hse's Park 8:38 PM - 21 Nov 2013 Don't worry boss. It's self correcting. It will never reach that level. End. Of. Problem.

Posted by: Fawkes at November 22, 2013 01:45 PM (t9e6Q)

97 Yet, ya don't hear much about that, now do you? Accountablitly is old fashioned and probably racist.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at November 22, 2013 05:40 PM (kdS6q)

 

 

----------------------------------------

 

 

The problem here is they're fucking with the very lives of people.  I'll give it six months until the low rumble becomes a pitched scream as people start dying because of canceled or unaffordability of insurance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by: Soona at November 22, 2013 01:46 PM (66ULQ)

98 That was pretty much her response. Unfortunately, other than some vague hints that she suspected she knew who did it, she couldn't provide any further details. The company IT guru confirmed it had been hacked, but offered no theory about who was behind it.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:46 PM (sByIH)

99 26From the last thread:
Tepid Air is reporting that the new deadline for enrollment has been moved back from Dec. 15th to the 23rd.

That gives insurance companies an 8 day turn-around window so coverage can start on Jan. 1.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2013 05:28 PM (ix+5k)

 

 

That's OK,  we all know that the week of 24 through 31 December is the most productive of the year.  No sweat.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 22, 2013 01:46 PM (sJlgq)

100 Our cost-benefit analysis said a shield on the thermal exhaust port was a waste of taxpayer funds.

Posted by: Darth Sebelius at November 22, 2013 01:47 PM (8ZskC)

101 A third world experience would be a major improvement over what we have seen  of the Obamacare website.  If this is typical of the promises versus performance,   I'm thinking Soviet tyranny may be better that the part yet to come

Posted by: George Orwell at November 22, 2013 01:47 PM (Vv4Go)

102 If Obama gets his way and packs the courts like he wants to, watch out. Including the internetz. In a few years what we're doing here, right now might be reaaalllly problematic. Tinfoil? Maybe - but I put nothing past these Fascists.

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 01:48 PM (YEQ2h)

103 hat makes Walker less a RINO than your Joisey Buddah Allah?

Really?

In case you missed it, and evidently you did Walker reformed the civil service unions in his state and actually you know improved his state's economy.

I get that berating individual teachers makes Joisey Buddah a Real Man in New EUtopia or something but he has actually accomplished very little.

Walker is about as "sensible" as you are gonna get and get turnout champ, so maybe you should be a glass half full guy and look for real you know accomplishments in your Moderate Militia?

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:48 PM (9jfyN)

104 I see Presidunce Zero (no ones) is visiting my city on Sunday to fundraise with a couple local LearJet liberals. Our weather has been perfect for November with plenty of sunshine. Forgive me for wishing it rains pineapples sideways on Sunday.

Posted by: chuckinseattle at November 22, 2013 01:48 PM (EZU5/)

105 oops post fail... sorry

self-barrel

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:48 PM (9jfyN)

106 104 self-barrel Ward, why do you have to be so hard on the Beaver?

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 22, 2013 01:49 PM (l2h4p)

107 The problem here is they're fucking with the very lives of people.

Anyone remember "If it helps just one child..."?

Texas Family With Two Kids Fighting Cancer Have Their Insurance Canceled Because of ObamacareÂ…

http://is.gd/OXUU34


But hey, their neighbor's adult slut daughter gets "free[sic]" abortions now.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 22, 2013 01:49 PM (ZKzrr)

108 Explain to me again why we're on the hind foot to these retardsÂ…? Surplus of voting retards

Posted by: Marcel Marceau[/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:50 PM (yz6yg)

109 In case you missed it, and evidently you did Walker reformed the civil service unions in his state and actually you know improved his state's economy.

Walker is also pro-2A.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 22, 2013 01:50 PM (ZKzrr)

110 Ward, why do you have to be so hard on the Beaver? The filthiest line ever uttered on network TV ::: fist bump :::

Posted by: Sean Bannion[/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 22, 2013 01:51 PM (yz6yg)

111 This Chao fellow seems a little truth and competence challenged.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 22, 2013 01:51 PM (M8OWQ)

112 You don't come here for penance, do you?

Posted by: The Barrel at November 22, 2013 01:51 PM (YEelc)

113 105 akula51 at November 22, 2013 05:49 PM (l2h4p)

Allah sorta pisses me off to my core.

I am not in the habit of purposefully crapping in the host's punch bowl unless needed....

his Obtuseness needs my fecal matter on this topic.

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:51 PM (9jfyN)

114 "I think at this point the leakers and potential leakers all know that Attkisson is the (nearly) only game in town." We may think that Dems are monolithic but they have their own internal enemies and scores to settle. In the current environment when any anti-Dem news will be stifled by most journalists Atkisson will consider it worth reporting.

Posted by: Decaf at November 22, 2013 01:52 PM (pyqPQ)

115 111 The Barrel at November 22, 2013 05:51 PM (YEelc)

I come to you because you're less painful than penance Kaboom cereal at this point old friend.

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:52 PM (9jfyN)

116 He'll probably end up being thrown under the bus.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 22, 2013 01:52 PM (M8OWQ)

117 Posted by: Marcel Marceau at November 22, 2013 05:50 PM
------------------------
Say again? I didn't quite hear that.

Posted by: I'll Be Here All Week. Try the Veal... at November 22, 2013 01:52 PM (ay6+/)

118 You guys remember the rumors that CBSNews was thinking about firing Attkisson for bringing too much of a partisan edge to her reportage?

Did this happen, or is this ace hyperbole?  I find it hard to believe CBS would be that blatant.

...no, no, no, I actually don't have any difficulty believing that.

Posted by: Null at November 22, 2013 01:52 PM (DuH+r)

119 Just another one of the many people who have let Obama down.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 22, 2013 01:52 PM (M8OWQ)

120 Allah sorta pisses me off to my core.

I am not in the habit of purposefully crapping in the host's punch bowl unless needed....

his Obtuseness needs my fecal matter on this topic.

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 05:51 PM (9jfyN)

Suffers from terminal nuance.

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 01:53 PM (YEQ2h)

121 Fun fact. Electricity hit a record high. Again. 13.2 c per kwh Americans now pay 42% more for electricity than they did a decade ago. Progress motherfuckers!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 22, 2013 01:53 PM (ZPrif)

122 That's OK, we all know that the week of 24 through 31 December is the most productive of the year. No sweat.

I know some contractors who would take that on.
They'd charge about four figures an hour, but if you really need it done that badly...

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 22, 2013 01:53 PM (ZKzrr)

123 I come to you because you're less painful than penance Kaboom cereal at this point old friend.

Just remember, the hole in the side isn't for ventilation.

Posted by: The Barrel at November 22, 2013 01:53 PM (YEelc)

124 And Sharyl Attkisson is also letting CBS and Obama down.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 22, 2013 01:53 PM (M8OWQ)

125 This is my shocked face.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at November 22, 2013 01:54 PM (PZ6/M)

126 109 ::: fist bump ::: Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe my work is done here for the week. BWI Airport, here I come.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at November 22, 2013 01:54 PM (l2h4p)

127 Obama is surrounded by wreckers, traitors, and enemies of the people. It's all quite tragic.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 22, 2013 01:54 PM (M8OWQ)

128 119 tubal at November 22, 2013 05:53 PM (YEQ2h)

Yeah when I ruminate on Iowahawk's Johnny Nuance rib on Jungle John Kerry I read it in Allah's voice...

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:55 PM (9jfyN)

129 8 day turn around? Christmas eve falls on a Tuesday, Christmas on Wednesday. So, 5 1/2 days to do something that takes 10 days minimum, with no back end support coming from commiecare computers and such, maybe two weeks. The Wizard in the West Wing not looking too much like a Wizard. As Bill Clinton used to say, "he's not qualified to get us coffee".

Posted by: the amazing cult of kool aid at November 22, 2013 01:55 PM (eQZZW)

130 Electricity prices will necessarily skyrocket, wingnutz.

Posted by: Barack Obama at November 22, 2013 01:55 PM (ZPrif)

131
I'm full up with the obamacare website, everybody gets a free pass til at least next summer.

Posted by: The Barrel at November 22, 2013 01:55 PM (iGPSR)

132 120 Flatbush Joe at November 22, 2013 05:53 PM (ZPrif)

Look Paradise is by necessity gonna bankrupt all you fuckers...

//Barack T Ogabe

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:56 PM (9jfyN)

133 Posted by: Marcel Marceau at November 22, 2013 05:50 PM
------------------------
Say again? I didn't quite hear that.


Forget it.  He just climbed away on an invisible ladder.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at November 22, 2013 01:56 PM (8ZskC)

134 122 The Barrel at November 22, 2013 05:53 PM (YEelc)

I think the Trojan Steel Ribbed Belted Radial Vulcanized Rubber with Electric Cattle Prod for her pleasure condoms are a nice touch Barrel...

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 01:57 PM (9jfyN)

135 BREAKING... Sharyl Attkisson spotted looking confused, fearful near Fort Marcy Park...

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 22, 2013 01:57 PM (oFCZn)

136 Chao seemed a little upset.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 22, 2013 01:57 PM (M8OWQ)

137 Can the House go after the liars or do they have to use the DOJ?

Posted by: Goatweed at November 22, 2013 01:58 PM (8HrdX)

138 Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 05:48 PM (9jfyN)

Exactly.

100% correct....about Walker AND about Christie.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 22, 2013 01:58 PM (oJ5Fd)

139 Yeah when I ruminate on Iowahawk's Johnny Nuance rib on Jungle John Kerry I read it in Allah's voice...

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 05:55 PM (9jfyN)

Kinda like he's stuck in Debate Club, where the side you take is not always the side you are on. He seems to always want to be even handed, or fair......while dealing with Orcs.

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 01:58 PM (YEQ2h)

140 If Obama gets his way and packs the courts like he wants to, watch out. Including the internetz. In a few years what we're doing here, right now might be reaaalllly problematic. Tinfoil? Maybe - but I put nothing past these Fascists. Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 05:48 PM (YEQ2h) the one saving grace is that any decision the DC Circuit Court makes can be appealed to the Supreme Court where we still hold sway depending on whether Roberts took his meds

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 22, 2013 01:58 PM (t3UFN)

141 Americans now pay 42% more for electricity than they did a decade ago. ------------ Our plan is proceeding according to the timetable.

Posted by: Barky The Destroyer at November 22, 2013 01:58 PM (aDwsi)

142 " she was smoking hot." Not bad even now, actually

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at November 22, 2013 02:00 PM (v9cuy)

143 the one saving grace is that any decision the DC Circuit Court makes can be appealed to the Supreme Court where we still hold sway depending on whether Roberts took his meds

Posted by: Nevergiveup at November 22, 2013 05:58 PM (t3UFN)

Stay healthy, Justice Thomas.

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 02:00 PM (YEQ2h)

144 137 CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 22, 2013 05:58 PM (oJ5Fd)

Thanks,  I know it is easy to forget and God knows the last 3 years haven't been reminding people but once upon a time I was a pretty cogent, witty, and sane political observer.

We're gonna need to get you a Hannah Montana family friendly nick alter ego and get *you* into some mainstream exposure CBD....


Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 02:00 PM (9jfyN)

145 On the up side, we'll at least have more obamacare failure stories to look forward to during the usually news-free week between Christmas and New Year's Day.

Posted by: Mayday at November 22, 2013 02:00 PM (eHc+1)

146 For those who watch Boardwalk Empire...the Democrats are looking more  and more like Gillian at the end of episode 11

and they seem to be in the same position: irretrievably fucked

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at November 22, 2013 02:01 PM (4eNxd)

147 SCOTUS only takes a small # of cases each year. Most of DC Circuit decisions are final.

Posted by: Barack Obama at November 22, 2013 02:02 PM (ZPrif)

148 "We're gonna need to get you a Hannah Montana family friendly nick alter ego..."

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 06:00 PM (9jfyN)

Have you seen what Hannah Montana has been doing recently?

She even embarrasses Bannion!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 22, 2013 02:02 PM (oJ5Fd)

149 She even embarrasses Bannion! Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 22, 2013 06:02 PM (oJ5Fd) Embarrass? No. Disgust? Yes. *longs for the days of yesteryear and redheaded Miley*

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 02:03 PM (GEICT)

150 148 CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 22, 2013 06:02 PM (oJ5Fd)

People forget that Robot Chicken predicted all this...

http://youtu.be/uGHmOB-4-sU

eerie...


Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 02:03 PM (9jfyN)

151 149 BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 06:03 PM (GEICT)

it's like finding out the Olson twins are basket cases or something for nerdom...

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 02:04 PM (9jfyN)

152 and they seem to be in the same position: irretrievably fucked

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at November 22, 2013 06:01 PM (4eNxd)

 

 

----------------------------------------

 

 

Sounds like  an  AoSHQ "Date  Night".

Posted by: Soona at November 22, 2013 02:05 PM (66ULQ)

153 "The State does not function as we desired. The car does not obey. A man is at the wheel and he seems to lead it, but the car does not drive in the desired direction. It moves as another force wishes." -- Lenin on the Obama Administration Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 22, 2013 02:05 PM (M8OWQ)

154 We're gonna need to get you a Hannah Montana family friendly nick alter ego and get *you* into some mainstream exposure CBD.... Charlie Brown's Bat?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 22, 2013 02:05 PM (ix+5k)

155 >>>SCOTUS only takes a small # of cases each year. Most of DC Circuit decisions are final.<<<

Well, guess they need more help on SCOTUS. I'll just have to add on a few more justices.

Posted by: SCOAMT at November 22, 2013 02:06 PM (xKK9v)

156 ah well this is the first evening in a week Ms 10077 has made it in before 1900...

I am under orders to take her out and show her a good time...

luckily I have her fooled into thinking Cincos Muchachos (Five Guys) or Wendy's Pretzel Burgers are high cuisine....

ie she like me is a cheap date

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 02:06 PM (9jfyN)

157 Thunderb, i believe both Benghazi and Fast and Furious.

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 02:06 PM (nqBYe)

158 it's like finding out the Olson twins are basket cases or something for nerdomÂ… Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 06:04 PM (9jfyN) Forget the heroin addicts. Jodi Sweetin is where it's atÂ….http://tinyurl.com/kb4vnhq

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 02:06 PM (GEICT)

159 "You guys remember the rumors that CBSNews was thinking about firing Attkisson for bringing too much of a partisan edge to her reportage?"

She is Not Of The Body.

She must be ejected, as an insect hive ejects those members who do not conform to its rigid and specific internal order.

A reporter who actually reports? Unheard of.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 22, 2013 02:07 PM (gqT4g)

160 154 rickb223 at November 22, 2013 06:05 PM (ix+5k)

or "football"

y'all hang in there see you soon

Posted by: sven at November 22, 2013 02:07 PM (9jfyN)

161

We all need to just start calling Obama what he  really is  (and the best part is that it is 100% accurate):

 

A second-rate insurance salesman.

 

 

 

 

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at November 22, 2013 02:07 PM (PZ6/M)

162 This week's Steyn is out.

I couldn't laugh.  It's all too sad.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at November 22, 2013 02:08 PM (ZKzrr)

163 The arrogance of thinking this wouldn't come out is breathtaking.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 22, 2013 02:08 PM (Gk3SS)

164 163 The arrogance of thinking this wouldn't come out is breathtaking. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 22, 2013 06:08 PM (Gk3SS) Surely the Empress hasn't been that busy with Teh Ravage to notice how these folks have conducted themselves for the past 5 years.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 02:09 PM (GEICT)

165 administratin email , "I betcha 20 bucks  Attkisson is a Tea Partier, in fact i bet she and koch are the bosses"

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 02:10 PM (nqBYe)

166 ion

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 02:10 PM (nqBYe)

167 Surely the Empress hasn't been that busy with Teh Ravage to notice how these folks have conducted themselves for the past 5 years. Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 06:09 PM (GEICT)


Just because I noticed doesn't make it any less shocking.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 22, 2013 02:10 PM (Gk3SS)

168 At this point, I think LiB really doesn't have the correct context. The statement implies some ability to intervene. It's Gonna' Burn (IGB) seems more appropriate.

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 22, 2013 02:10 PM (6/+vz)

169
I made everybody a drink to start the weekend.  Uploading to drink ports now.

http://www.diettaste.com/drinks/spiked-apple-cider-recipe.html

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 22, 2013 02:10 PM (iGPSR)

170 alex, well They are going after whistleblowers right and left.

of course media rarely mentions it.

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 02:11 PM (nqBYe)

171 The arrogance of thinking this wouldn't come out is breathtaking.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 22, 2013 06:08 PM (Gk3SS)

 

 

---------------------------------------------

 

 

They've got all the power now, AtC.  I don't think they really care whether we know or not.  Just like I don't think they care about the polls either.

Posted by: Soona at November 22, 2013 02:11 PM (66ULQ)

172 And irony of ironies ... looks like my TeenEtte checked out a copy of 1984 from the public library. How appropriate.

Posted by: ScoggDog at November 22, 2013 02:12 PM (6/+vz)

173 Sharyll, you magnificent racist!

Posted by: PJ at November 22, 2013 02:12 PM (ZWaLo)

174 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 06:06 PM (GEICT)

Dude....is she legal?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 22, 2013 02:13 PM (oJ5Fd)

175 165 administratin email , "I betcha 20 bucks Attkisson is a Tea Partier, in fact i bet she and koch are the bosses"Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 06:10 PM (nqBYe)
Her real name is Cherry Koch.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 22, 2013 02:13 PM (mVyen)

176 http://www.diettaste.com/drinks/spiked-apple-cider-recipe.html

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 22, 2013 06:10 PM (iGPSR)

--

That looks really good!

Posted by: Mayday at November 22, 2013 02:13 PM (eHc+1)

177 Certainly,  there have been some 'Unknown Shopper' jokes whilst I was away?

Posted by: garrett at November 22, 2013 02:13 PM (B/qhv)

178 Just because I noticed doesn't make it any less shocking. Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD, you taunty bitch. at November 22, 2013 06:10 PM (Gk3SS) Honestly, I'm not shocked anymore. I just assume that they're behaving in the most arrogant, condescending, juvenile and incompetent manner, which is an AWESOME combination btw, at any given time. I've yet to be wrong. No, I'm not shocked. I'm either pissed or apoplectic depending on that days Fresh Hell.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 02:13 PM (GEICT)

179 My enemy is the neo- USA but Sharyl is my comrade. I hope she wears some high boots.

Posted by: redenzo at November 22, 2013 02:14 PM (bMeMt)

180 Things will never change until they cut the 52%'ers gin and chocolate ration, Winston.

Posted by: tubal at November 22, 2013 02:15 PM (YEQ2h)

181 Soona, yeah if they do care , they just send out a note to mfm stating look the Republicans are just getting Het up Today they said erroneously that 100k people tried to sign on to read the 'law' and couldn't , They are plainly fibbing for political goals,
the number was  99 .8 thousand that Tried to read the law!

See it's all political!

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 02:15 PM (nqBYe)

182 Atkisson will be fired and wind up on Fox News where she can safely be ignored.

Posted by: steevy at November 22, 2013 02:16 PM (zqvg6)

183 noodle up

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 22, 2013 02:17 PM (iGPSR)

184 steevy,  i hope not. because she certainly will be.

Posted by: willow at November 22, 2013 02:17 PM (nqBYe)

185 Dude....is she legal? Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 22, 2013 06:13 PM (oJ5Fd) http://tinyurl.com/mjksfm6 Couple months short of 18 here. So I'm gonna assume she had the red hair post 18th bday. That's what I'm going with.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 22, 2013 02:18 PM (GEICT)

186 Well, the state govmint doesn't think that the charge for 'distribution charges' is something I should know anything about or compare from vendor to vendor? Texas seems to be doing electricity choice fairly well. I see lots of choices on prices; and the distribution charge is usually not hidden (though it may not be added into the electricity charge).

Posted by: Paid for by Citizens for Clyde the Orangutan at November 22, 2013 02:18 PM (QF8uk)

187 36 This thing, this whole thing is being propped up because 40% of this country simply cannot come to grips with the fact that Barack Obama is a complete failure by every measure. Posted by: AmishDude at November 22, 2013 05:30 PM (T0NGe) That's the essential math, so........ racist.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 22, 2013 02:22 PM (2rsFT)

188 nuu uup

Posted by: DAve at November 22, 2013 02:27 PM (b7yum)

189 I guess you cannot put Chao in Jail for being a blissfully oblivious village idiot.
They should withdraw all funding from his organization, and use some of the money to build a small "Chao rubber room"

Posted by: Steven Tyler at November 22, 2013 02:48 PM (yXxXd)

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