The project manager in charge of launching the Obamacare website, Henry Chao, was blindsided to find out his boss, Tony Trenkle – CIO (Chief Information Officer for Healthcare.gov)  had written a memo to top officials saying the site could not be secured until mid-2014 or 2015.   Henry Chao was the launch approval project manager and shared to congressional committee he would not have approved if he knew.

The CMS Information Officer, Tony Trenkle, quit last week after his warning memo to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was revealed.  The Trenkle memo revealed the details of the site security risk, and Mr. Trenkle warned not to launch site.   His warnings were overridden by Ms. Tavenner.

SUMMARY:  So it appears that Marilyn Tavenner and Kathleen Sebelius knew the site was not secure.  Then, because of political fear, they kept Project Manager Chao in the dark, and told him to launch it regardless.  He launched it thinking the site was secure.

(CBS News) WASHINGTON — CBS News has learned that the project manager in charge of building the federal health care website was apparently kept in the dark about serious failures in the website’s security.   Those failures could lead to identity theft among buying insurance. The project manager testified to congressional investigators behind closed doors, but CBS News has obtained the first look at a partial transcript of his testimony.

Henry Chao, HealthCare.gov’s chief project manager at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), gave nine hours of closed-door testimony to the House Oversight Committee in advance of this week’s hearing. In excerpts CBS News has obtained, Chao was asked about a memo that outlined important security risks discovered in the insurance system. (more…)

Coast to coast car salesmen are rejoicing, their paychecks are about to get massive increases as their sales commissions are about to skyrocket.  According to new definitions stemming from the White House, and new regulatory definitions from President Obama and his regulatory team, a customer “test drive” will now qualify as a sale. 

Yesssssir !!   Lucky Day, Lucky Day.

It has yet to be determined what impact this might have to the share value for auto-industry stockholders, or quite frankly the financial divisions who actually make up the bulk of the profits, but that’s just a pesky detail to be worked out.    
Here are the semi-full details so far: (more…)

An Op-Ed in the New York Times shows what happens when a Liberal speaks about a personal truth with fellow liberals.   They go bat-sh!t crazy at her audacity to speak the truth.  

The Emporer has a beautiful (invisible) cloak, and to say it’s a ruse (he’s naked) is just too much of an admission to bear….   Groupthink.must.be.maintained.

(Via New York Times Op-Ed)  THE Anthem Blue Cross representative who answered my call told me that there was a silver lining in the cancellation of my individual P.P.O. policy and the $5,400 annual increase that I would have to pay for the Affordable Care Act-compliant option: now if I have Stage 4 cancer or need a sex-change operation, I’d be covered regardless of pre-existing conditions. Never mind that the new provider network would eliminate coverage for my and my son’s long-term doctors and hospitals.

The Anthem rep cheerily explained that despite the company’s — I paraphrase — draconian rates and limited network, my benefits, which also include maternity coverage (handy for a 46-year-old), would “be actually much richer.” (more…)

Back in August the New York Times reported a national energy “Grid Test” was scheduled for November called “Grid Ex II”.      The pdf outlining the test has been removed/disabled (?).   Can anyone confirm this is going to happen Wednesday the 13th?   The Day after tomorrow.
WASHINGTON — [August 16] The electric grid, as government and private experts describe it, is the glass jaw of American industry. If an adversary lands a knockout blow, they fear, it could black out vast areas of the continent for weeks; interrupt supplies of water, gasoline, diesel fuel and fresh food; shut down communications; and create disruptions of a scale that was only hinted at by Hurricane Sandy and the attacks of Sept. 11.
This is why thousands of utility workers, business executives, National Guard officers, F.B.I. antiterrorism experts and officials from government agencies in the United States, Canada and Mexico are preparing for an emergency drill in November that will simulate physical attacks and cyber attacks that could take down large sections of the power grid. (more…)

The White House and HHS have promised to release the *official* Obamacare enrollment numbers by November 15th, that’s Friday.    However, according to The Wall Street Journal it appears there are a few advanced leaks. 
Perhaps the leaks are established to diminish expectations, but we are talking about Denis McDonough and ValJar here.   Just as likely a scenario, is a psy-ops seed planted early in the week to start the anti-Obamacare frenzy….. then on Friday the actual release is better than expected and arms the proponents for the weekend talks.
Regardless, what people are missing, as they focus on the feeder pellets, and fall for the typical basement message from the White House, is the distinct principle that:

…..more people have LOST health insurance in month one than have gained it….

THAT is the nuance within the message which must be directly highlighted.
(Wall Street Journal) Initial reports suggest that fewer than 50,000 people successfully navigated the troubled federal health-care website to enroll in private health insurance plans as of last week, two people familiar with the matter said Monday.
The early tally falls far short of internal goals set by President Barack Obama’s administration in the months leading up to the opening of the HealthCare.gov site Oct. 1, and the low number has worried health insurers that are counting on higher turnout. (more…)

There is quite a bit going on in this video clip from MSNBC this morning.   The new polling numbers show widespread disapproval of President Obama.
However, quite frankly, Bam Bam doesn’t care.    The entire 2nd Term Tour is sold out, the tickets non-refundable, and the only prediction an intellectually honest person would reconcile is the expectation that “something big” will be formulated to distract everyone.

With that simple understanding in mind, and referring to Toronto, Dem Operative James Carville says Dear Leader should just toke on the crack pipe.

Once you get on the bus, you can’t get off til the ride’s over

3 more years.
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It’s interesting to see how really smart people define the persona of President Obama.   Many psychological descriptives are generally discussed, assigned and presented for consideration by some insightful people.   All of whom are far, far smarter than I.
But, after watching Dear Leader in action for 5+ years, most of the presented descriptions just don’t fully reconcile for me personally.
I just don’t see him as that smart.
Nor do I think he’s cognitively pathological, emotionally narcissistic, or other various types of [ insert your favorite behavioral science aspect here].   I just don’t see it.
President Obama is a front-man, a dupe, a ruse or a puppet.   He just seems more Milli Vanilli than all of that traditional stuff which would put him as the coordinator, or even as an active participant.
Now, don’t get me wrong – the previous definitions would apply to his band; and I could rightly agree if his band was called the “Malignant Narcissists“.  Yes, that I could agree with. (more…)

(Via Matt Walsh Blog)

Free yourselves.
Obama cultists: free yourselves.
Shed those chains of compliance and apathy. Walk free.
I’m not here to attack you. I’m here to reach out with a joyful message of hope. I’m also not here to tell you to become a Republican. I’m not a Republican; I’m proudly and aggressively unaffiliated with any political party. And I know your immediate, visceral, instinctual reaction, when someone challenges you or your Leader, is to shout, “BUT YOU DIDN’T SAY THIS WHEN BUSH DID [xyz]!” Well, I was a kid when Bush came into office, but for what it’s worth, I did criticize many of his actions and policies. When he signed the No Child Left Behind Act, for instance, I was vociferously opposed. And I let everyone at the lunch table know about it.
So, I’ve disarmed your only defense mechanisms. You can’t bring Republicans into this one, because I’m not a Republican. You can’t hit me with the “you didn’t say this when Bush did…” routine, because I did say it. I’ve taken your only shield, and now you stand before me; naked, exposed. (more…)

With the “single issue” in this example being “what’s your skin color“?    Who’s Racist?   D’oh, they voted for him because they thought he was black?   Oh my….. the headlines just write themselves.

HOUSTON — Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign.
“I’d always said it was a long shot,” Wilson says. “No, I didn’t expect to win.”
Still, he figured he’d have fun running, because he was fed up with what he called “all the shenanigans” at the Houston Community College System. As a conservative white Republican running in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly black Democrats, the odds seemed overwhelmingly against him.

Then he came up with an idea, an advertising strategy that his opponent found “disgusting.” If a white guy didn’t have a chance in a mostly African-American district, Wilson would lead voters to think he’s black. (more…)

(Via Gateway Pundit)  A Democratic operative in Fairfax, Virginia was caught on tape this week tossing chairs and tables. When the cameras came out, the agitation went up. The Democrat is caught on tape at the 1:00 mark smiling as he smacks an Obenshain observer.
The Virginia GOP posted the video this week.