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November 04, 2013

You Know What's Not Looking Too Good Right Now?
— JohnE.

That "end of November" deadline on an operational healthcare.gov site the Administration is so confident in.

Wow. At 1:44pm, CMS bails on its scheduled 1:30pmET http://t.co/ndLYsadxyB conference call.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) November 4, 2013

HHS has canceled today's daily press call
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) November 4, 2013

Maybe they're all too busy enrolling people with all this massive demand or something. Or they're so far ahead of schedule, they don't need to update anyone.

Posted by: JohnE. at 10:02 AM | Comments (63)
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1 Report? That involves writing, or speaking, and I'm not entirely sure most of these government operatives even learned their alphabet, let alone entire words.

Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 10:04 AM (fwcEs)

2 fail

Posted by: EC at November 04, 2013 10:04 AM (GQ8sn)

3 stomp

Posted by: StPatrick_TN at November 04, 2013 10:04 AM (ND9u8)

4 The technocracy of super-geniuses at work, ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 04, 2013 10:04 AM (T0NGe)

5 Awww.. c'mon! Say it ain't so!

They've got Top Men working on this!! Top. Men.

And I saw for myself that Sebelius got a copy of "Web Sites for Dummies"!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 04, 2013 10:05 AM (f9c2L)

6 St. Louis Cardinals you can keep your World Series Trophy. Unless you lost to the Boston Red Sox.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2013 10:05 AM (g1DWB)

7 Amishdude: The triumph of the humanities, I'm thinking. Probably gender and racial studies. Possibly a few drama majors and one or two beauty school dropouts.

Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 10:06 AM (fwcEs)

8 They are too busy smearing cancer patients on Twitter to hold their press briefing.

Posted by: mama winger at November 04, 2013 10:06 AM (P6QsQ)

9 Obamacare: This time, it's a black man who is delivering people into slavery - by promising them the 21st-Century equivalent of "40 Acres and a Mule"....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at November 04, 2013 10:06 AM (PZ6/M)

10 Next on Drive Ins, Dives and Diners we'll go to sixteen hundred Pennsylvania Avenue, where Kathleen Sebelius will rustle up the largest sh^t sandwich you've ever seen

Posted by: Guy Fieri at November 04, 2013 10:07 AM (Pr6hk)

11 The funny thing is, by delaying this for two months, it will increase demand on day 1 (supposedly December 1st) tremendously. How the hell will they be able to handle a million account signups on day 1? Answer: They won't.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 04, 2013 10:07 AM (f9c2L)

12 Maybe they're all too busy enrolling people with all this massive demand or something. Or they're so far ahead of schedule, they don't need to update anyone. --- Much like Penn State during the Sandusky controversy, I think they're trying to go into a bunker mentality and pretend that none of this is a legitimate story.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 04, 2013 10:08 AM (/Crba)

13 Don't worry. They'll just reschedule the date for the site to be up and running to mid-December. And if you have a problem with that, you hate Christmas!

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 04, 2013 10:08 AM (4df7R)

They knew years out that there were going to be serious problems and they just sat their and hoped for the best. I wouldn't have believed for a moment that an administration would let it's singular achievement go off this way, but here I am, watching the entire charlie foxtrot unfold and wondering what new incompetency is going to be revealed tomorrow. Or even later today.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet - Your Stop for ThanksMas Squabbles and Festivus Grievances at November 04, 2013 10:08 AM (hLRSq)

15 OT

@breakingstorm

USGS confirms 3.7-magnitude earthquake in Indian Head Park, Illinois, west of Chicago - @NBCChicago http://bit.ly/1cI3E6E

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at November 04, 2013 10:08 AM (xz0nG)

16 7 Amishdude: The triumph of the humanities, I'm thinking. Probably gender and racial studies. Possibly a few drama majors and one or two beauty school dropouts. "We're the party of science" except that we can't be bothered with basic math course.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 04, 2013 10:08 AM (T0NGe)

17 How can we be debating Obamacare now when that crazy right-winger in Virginia wants to make menstruation illegal!! Back-alley tampons here we come!

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 04, 2013 10:08 AM (ZPrif)

18 Gosh, we're shocked.
Guess we'll just have to find some controversy, or maybe some blond teen will get kidnapped, so we can just skip over that whole missed milestone.

Posted by: CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS/PBS at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (JRmiD)

19 They heard that thing about a million monkeys in front of typewriters eventually pounding out the Gettysburg Address.

So, anybody have some spare monkeys?

Posted by: RoyalOil at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (VjL9S)

20 They cancelled it after they missed the deadline for the call? Sounds like a pattern may be developing...

Posted by: LASue at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (gjIQF)

21 This insurance fuckup is a perfect example of this administration finding themselves in a deep, dark hole and determining to dig their way out.

Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (fwcEs)

22 Obamacare: This time, it's a black man who is delivering people into slavery - by promising them the 21st-Century equivalent of "40 Acres and a Mule"

Did anyone catch the SNL skit about how black voters unconditionally love Obama? It was kind of brutal - not really funny, just "yup, I've overheard this conversation before".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (B/VB5)

23 15 OT @breakingstorm USGS confirms 3.7-magnitude earthquake in Indian Head Park, Illinois, west of Chicago - @NBCChicago http://bit.ly/1cI3E6E --- I guess the moron in the previous thread is right. Did Moochelle or one of her relatives fall down out Illinois way?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (/Crba)

I can dream my way outta this one.

Posted by: George Orr at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (cxVzi)

25 Don't worry. They'll just reschedule the date for the site to be up and running to mid-December. And if you have a problem with that, you hate Christmas! Posted by: MWR
............
Unfortunately, that will be too late for those 5-10 million who got their plans cancelled as of Jan 1.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (f9c2L)

26 OT, not a sign of the apocalypse or anything, but about 15 minutes ago there was a 3.5 magnitude quake in Indian Head Park, Illinois (about three miles from me). This is not exactly expected just outside Chicago.

Posted by: Methos at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (hO9ad)

27 I'd hate to be the poor SOB that that ValJar is going to offer up as the fall guy when torches and pitchforks finally come a callin...

Posted by: H Badger at November 04, 2013 10:09 AM (n/0Nw)

28 Portnoy:

"Latest guidance from CMS on healthcare.gov conference call: "RESCHEDULED TBD"

Posted by: mrp at November 04, 2013 10:10 AM (HjPtV)

29 Probably been pointed out by a quicker moron than me, but it's a bad time for SCOAMF to be outed for his professed proficientcy in killing people.

Posted by: Ktgreat: at November 04, 2013 10:10 AM (Bl4dy)

30 It was kind of brutal - not really funny, just "yup, I've overheard this conversation before". --- So, it's a lot like most other "funny" skits on SNL in the past decade that weren't Digital Shorts like "Dick In A Box".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 04, 2013 10:10 AM (/Crba)

31 7 Amishdude: The triumph of the humanities, I'm thinking. Probably gender and racial studies. Possibly a few drama majors and one or two beauty school dropouts. Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 02:06 PM (fwcEs) ------------------------------ Not the triumph of the humanities. The collapse and abandonment of the humanities.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 04, 2013 10:10 AM (dfYL9)

32 Breaking: Latest guidance from CMS on healthcare.gov conference call: "GO FUCK YOURSELF"

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 04, 2013 10:11 AM (ZPrif)

Are we sure they're even TRYING to fix the backend issues? Or are they just trying to tweak the cosmetic, functionality "glitches" of the website? Because you can make it look as pretty and run as smoothly as you like on the face of it, but it doesn't mean shit if the data that gets input through the site ends up tossed around like the dice in a game of Yahtzee once it reaches the backend, where all the "magic" is supposed to happen.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 04, 2013 10:11 AM (4df7R)

34 15 OT

@breakingstorm

USGS confirms 3.7-magnitude earthquake in Indian Head Park, Illinois, west of Chicago - @NBCChicago http://bit.ly/1cI3E6E
..........
We felt that here a bit further west.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 04, 2013 10:11 AM (f9c2L)

35 Did anyone catch the SNL skit about how black voters unconditionally love Obama? It was kind of brutal - not really funny, just "yup, I've overheard this conversation before". Posted by: Ian S. at November 04, 2013 02:09 PM (B/VB5) The Democrat Lt. Gov. candidate in Virginia (white) refused to shake the hand of the Republican Lt. Gov. candidate (black). Guess who blacks will vote for. No. Just guess.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 04, 2013 10:11 AM (T0NGe)

36 This is all Philip Klein's fault, you realize.

Posted by: Jeff B. at November 04, 2013 10:12 AM (n/+FT)

37 26 OT, not a sign of the apocalypse or anything, but about 15 minutes ago there was a 3.5 magnitude quake in Indian Head Park, Illinois (about three miles from me). This is not exactly expected just outside Chicago.

Posted by: Methos at November 04, 2013 02:09 PM (hO9ad)

Looks like the whole Chicago experiment is falling apart.

Quick, check the level of the oceans. Do you suppose he lied about that, too?

Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 10:12 AM (fwcEs)

38 Just outside Chicago, eh?

We're going to need a bigger earthquake.

Posted by: mama winger at November 04, 2013 10:12 AM (P6QsQ)

39 If there is a personnel shakeup within DHHS soon, then my bet is that somebody has pushed back on passing the White House's talking points to the press.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at November 04, 2013 10:12 AM (V3kRK)

40 Unfortunately, that will be too late for those 5-10 million who got their plans cancelled as of Jan 1.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at November 04, 2013 02:09 PM (f9c2L)

GUBMINT: "That's okay! They have until March to enroll in a new plan without a penalty!"

THE HQ: "But that doesn't help them in the interim, when they have no coverage."

GUBMINT: "They can just call the hotline or send in a paper application!"

THE HQ: "That doesn't help either, since those take a long time and still have to go through the website."

GUBMINT: "That's okay, because users have until March to enroll in a new plan!"

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO: "Third base."

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 04, 2013 10:13 AM (4df7R)

41 They can't fix it. How could they? There's no way. They just can't.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 04, 2013 10:14 AM (T0NGe)

42 Not the triumph of the humanities.
The collapse and abandonment of the humanities.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 04, 2013 02:10 PM (dfYL9)

My point exactly. The humanities have been absent since the early 1960's, and have been replaced by the crap these fuckwits have "studied," or more like made up out of whole cloth.

Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 10:14 AM (fwcEs)

43 Breaking News: Racist white southern politician in former slave state refuses to shake a black politician's hand. Refuses to even offer the basic respect and acknowledgement that the black politician is a man and his equal. Disgusting! Breaking News: Turns out the black politician was a Republican and therefore not really black. So ... never mind.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 04, 2013 10:15 AM (ZPrif)

44 They just can't.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 04, 2013 02:14 PM (T0NGe)

"I won."

Posted by: Obamalamadingdong at November 04, 2013 10:15 AM (fwcEs)

45 I wonder what President Pivot will try to distract us with next. It won't be good thats the only given.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 04, 2013 10:17 AM (g1DWB)

46 That reminds me of a conversation I had with an acquaintance who was black. "Clarence Thomas? The Republican?"

Posted by: mrp at November 04, 2013 10:17 AM (HjPtV)

47 New thread already, dealing with the ObamaCare site sending individuals' information to the wrong user.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at November 04, 2013 10:18 AM (/Crba)

48 Looks like the whole Chicago experiment is falling apart. Quick, check the level of the oceans. I *think* I'm higher than lake Michigan, but it is awsully flat all the way to the shore.

Posted by: Methos at November 04, 2013 10:18 AM (hO9ad)

49 39 If there is a personnel shakeup within DHHS soon, then my bet is that somebody has pushed back on passing the White House's talking points to the press. Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at November 04, 2013 02:12 PM (V3kRK) ---------------------- They need a Susan Rice. Someone who can get out there and repeat the same unmitigated bull over and over and look serious. Someone who doesn't sweat and seems cool. Preferably someone of color. I'm not saying that Sebelius isn't an experienced and accomplished liar. She is. But this is a BIG job and they need someone with a better look, a smoother style.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 04, 2013 10:19 AM (dfYL9)

50 This insurance fuckup is a perfect example of this administration finding themselves in a deep, dark hole and determining to dig their way out.

Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 02:09 PM (fwcEs)

(a) We have found something that is shovel ready, and (b) unfortunately no one in the Administration knows how to operate a shovel.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet - Your Stop for ThanksMas Squabbles and Festivus Grievances at November 04, 2013 10:20 AM (hLRSq)

51 The line between being a child and being an adult used to mean something. It meant that you learned, as a child, to become responsible, self-directing, self-reliant--in short, a stand-up sort of person.

Now it is just a matter of aging, so that the inner toddler is never vanquished in favor of the things that make one a respectable citizen. This is the direct result of the lack of adult behavior and achievement.

Who has taken responsibility to make sure this program works? Nobody. It will never be anybody's fault, so why bother doing the hard work to make it happen? Sure, there are consequences, but so long as they happen to "other people," who cares?

This is how civilization ends--not with a bomb, but with a whimper from a bunch of childish "adults" who can't find their way out of a wet paper bag. And not one of them has the sense to realize they should be ashamed.

Posted by: tcn at November 04, 2013 10:20 AM (fwcEs)

52 Posted by: Margarita DeVille at November 04, 2013 02:19 PM (dfYL9) I have no doubt that Sebelius would proudly spout the line even if the content would embarrass Baghdad Bob. I was thinking about lifers from CMS.

Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at November 04, 2013 10:24 AM (V3kRK)

53 Sometimes the best fix is just to scrap it and walk away.

I would endorse almost any plan that made this the solution.

Posted by: Joethefatman™ (@joethefatman1) at November 04, 2013 10:27 AM (MnSla)

54 Cartoon bubble: Carl sneaking away from Caddyshack golf course after blowing it up.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at November 04, 2013 10:35 AM (EGPJQ)

55 ♫ Let's forget you better still ♫

Posted by: Tommy at November 04, 2013 10:44 AM (Pr6hk)

I do process automation, and it's not uncommon for some of our larger applications to reach 100,000 rungs (think "lines") of code. When we come into a situation where something that large is fucked up, it might take 3-4 months to unravel it and fix what's wrong.

Healthcare-dot-gov has 450 **million** lines of code.

Posted by: Jeffersonian at November 04, 2013 10:46 AM (+ttLq)

57 Links down......

Posted by: user at November 04, 2013 10:47 AM (WOc+b)

58 Healthcare-dot-gov has 450 **million** lines of code.

Posted by: Jeffersonian at November 04, 2013 02:46 PM (+ttLq)

Shhhh, the LIVs might hear you!

Not that it'd matter, since 75% of them don't know which is more: 100,000 or 450 million.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/u][/b] at November 04, 2013 10:49 AM (4df7R)

59 For this magnificent plan to work, what is the number? 35-45K PER DAY to register for Obamacare? Good luck with that goal...

Posted by: ChristyBlinky, Redneck Queen of Tea Party, Eleventy District at November 04, 2013 10:53 AM (baL2B)

60 It's kinda cool that our Great Leftist Paradise is proving to be a cruel hoax, all in the first month. The poor Russians had to suffer 70 years with it.

Posted by: PJ at November 04, 2013 10:53 AM (ZWaLo)

61 Seems to me Portnoy's got a valid complaint.

Posted by: Colonel Haiku at November 04, 2013 10:56 AM (pSNHb)

62 I do process automation, and it's not uncommon for some of our larger applications to reach 100,000 rungs (think "lines") of code. When we come into a situation where something that large is fucked up, it might take 3-4 months to unravel it and fix what's wrong. Ugh, ladder logic. Tell you what. At the end of the day I'll kick you in the balls. It'll make you feel better after having dealt with ladder logic all day.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b] at November 04, 2013 11:11 AM (sByIH)

63 This daily conference call was a stupid idea, but what can you expect from this gang. Even a weekly call would not work, just too many things to fix...if at all possible.
Obama admin just keeps making the hole deeper,.

Posted by: standfast24 at November 04, 2013 11:54 AM (wx/BY)

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