I hope DUers are watching Rachel right fugging now re McAfee

[malaise]

and ReTHUGs
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101128689
<snip>
The House committee responsible for Obamacare oversight last week asked for expert guidance about the troubled launch of the federal Healthcare.gov site from John McAfee, the tech legend once suspected in the murder of his neighbor in Central America, CNBC has learned.

That Republican-controlled committee wanted the McAfee Associates founder to "guide our oversight and review of" the implementation of the federal marketplace selling Obamacare insurance, according to an email obtained by CNBC.com.

The committee suggested that McAfee might discuss the technologically botched rollout with members of Congress.

[Squinch]

1. I am. Can you believe these morons?

[malaise]

10. Yes

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. After Bush? Sure.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. Stranger than fiction.

[malaise]

11. Isn't he going on trial for murder??

Good 'effin' grief.

[gopiscrap]

51. yup

[gopiscrap]

50. no kidding

[elleng]

3. Was just gonna say that, mal!!!

[malaise]

12. How can this druggist help them?

I am lost here

[elleng]

18. He can't.

Mebbe they think he knows something about software NOW???!!!!

[roguevalley]

35. I use panda for a reason. :D

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. I use Linux for a reason.

[KeepItReal]

4. Because when I think of top-notch software, I think "McAfee Anti-Virus"

(Yeah I know Mr. MacAfee is no longer associated with the software company)

[appleannie1]

5. Birds of a feather and all that

McAfee was on a PC I bought. I got 4 different viruses in less than a month. Besides being a crook he can sure screw up a hard drive.

[Frustratedlady]

55. Amen! I had one problem after another until I kicked McAfee off my

computer. What a piece of junk that was.

[Cleita]

6. Years ago one of my PC guys put his POS

security software on my laptop. It really was awful. Eventually, I got something else. I should probably ask for my money back.

[Berlum]

7. RepubliCriminals of a feather are flocking together

[Uncle Joe]

8. The Republicans didn't have much choice

Charles Manson was indisposed.

Thanks for the thread, malaise.

[malaise]

9. ROFL

[gopiscrap]

52. lol

[Generic Other]

13. Did someone forget to uncheck the install McAfee button?

Next you will tell me they plan to keep all the records in fortran.

[malaise]

59. DUzy

[VanillaRhapsody]

14. They sure have gotten good at barrel scraping haven't they?

Criminals!

[malaise]

15. But but but

McAfee is under the barrel

[VanillaRhapsody]

19. Yes its the only place to hide from the hallucinations he is still having from that one DMT trip!

[Erose999]

34. If you're tripping, the GOP house is the place to be. Complete freakshow. You'd blend right in

[VanillaRhapsody]

36. Excellent point...

and if you need some skanky oily corrupticians.....to bail your ass out of big trouble...

[Manifestor_of_Light]

16. Peter Norton is cool, and his anti-virus software sucks a lot less than McAfee's.

I'm watching Rachel, and I knew the software was horrible, but didn't know that McAfee himself was a 24-karat nutcase.

[malaise]

17. I discovered his madness when the neighbor was killed and he disappeared

Then they found him in Guatemala - I suspect the drugs destroyed him.
Hope someone asks him about his dead neighbor.

[VanillaRhapsody]

20. Supposedly he was accusing the neighbor of killing his dogs..

He sounded completely paranoid like a drug addict to me...

[Nevernose]

27. The Belizean authorities found his meth lab

But he'd cleaned all the meth-ies bits out, so they couldn't press charges. That's not exactly something they're on the lookout for. I suppose he could have been making MDMA, too.

[VanillaRhapsody]

28. didnt know about that!

[flamingdem]

46. He was using bath salts

and figuring out how to cook up something stronger.

whadda guy, he must be a Republican!

[SummerSnow]

21. amazing

[ThoughtCriminal]

22. This guy

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/02/features/dangerous

[Jack Rabbit]

29. I'll bet that young lady will be good looking when she's old enough to touch a man like that

!!

[pacalo]

23. I saw it, malaise! It's incredulous.

[madaboutharry]

24. The Federal government

uses McAfee anti-virus software. Crazy, but true.

[arthritisR_US]

25. The committee is another McCarthyesque witch

hunt so it's no surprise that they will bringing such a sorry joke as him to be their "expert" witness.

[kentuck]

26. A vicarious connection:

A good friend of my Wife and I was his housekeeper when he lived in Woodland Park and in Arizona.

[malaise]

60. Too good

[Historic NY]

30. How to shutdown OBamacare, short circuit its computers systems.

[blue14u]

31. I have thought the

exact same thing... There is more to this than

what meets the eye.


Will we ever really know??

Doubtful!!!

[regnaD kciN]

32. Of course, they picked McAfee…

…since Walter White isn't around anymore.

[Turborama]

39. SPOILER ALERT! Not cool at all. Some of us haven't been able to watch it yet.

I have been looking forward to finding out what happens by following the story and you just ruined it for me.

[jtuck004]

41. You thought 10 million people would keep a secret that they didn't know you weren't aware of? n/t

[Turborama]

47. You are a poster on a discussion board & there are billions of people who don't know what happened

You made a choice to make a lame joke that included a huge spoiler. You do know this website is global, don't you? Only a few countries broadcast it and those who live where it isn't shown on TV have to wait for it to come out on DVD.

All you had to do was apologize and preferably self delete, but instead you want to have an argument about why it's uncool to post spoilers?

[jtuck004]

48. I didn't post the stupid spoiler. I posted the thought that since 10 million people watched it, the

odds of it coming out b4 you wanted it to were probably higher here on planet reality than wherever it is you live.

And there are probably billions of people who really don't care. Now we can make that billions plus 1. So no argument here.

[Turborama]

58. So, you are arguing on behalf of someone who posts a "stupid spoiler?"

Even though you don't actually care.
Well, that's ok, then.

I don't think you get why I mentioned billions of people. It was to make the point that even though 10 million viewers in America saw it, was only broadcast recently and the spoiler will SPOIL it for LOTS of people who read it, as well as me.

[jtuck004]

63. Oh, I get it. But I recognize reality, and I don't even have 46 Internets.

Seems like a lot of trouble people would need to go to just to try to make you happy. The sounds of eggshells crunching all the time would drive me up a wall.

But I'm not arguing. It was a simple statement of fact. And so was this one.

[cui bono]

49. You didn't know the show was canceled?

I wouldn't consider that a spoiler.

[Erose999]

33. I thought he was a fugitive for a murder? Didn't he run away to Israel or Nicaragua or somewhere?

[cantbeserious]

40. He Is Negotiating Immunity In Return For Scuttling The Federal Exchange That Delivers ACA Access

eom

[joshcryer]

44. He's in the US. The US is the best place to go if you don't want extridition.

Funnily enough.

(Only works if you haven't pissed off the US. The US will make it so hard for other countries to get you that you can live out your life in peace if you want.)

[malaise]

64. Guatemala

but he was extradited to the US - don't ask me why when the alleged murder was in Belize

[Greybnk48]

42. The whole sordid McAfee story was don on Dateline

not long ago. It's pretty clear he murdered his neighbor over the dog incident in Belize. The guy's batshit crazy. I'm sure many, many people saw that show. I remembered it instantly when Rachel began talking about it. What a bunch of stooges the Repugs are.

[flamingdem]

45. One of the few Dateline shows really

worth seeing!!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

53. The Rs want to imprison any Dem for the slightest impropriety, yet they are always supporting total

scumbags who are Rs. Remember when Rachel did that piece on the Blackwater dudes partying. Never mind. Disgusting.

[flamingdem]

43. oooo mmmmm ggggggg

Having followed the insane blog of McAfee trying to escape the law I find this utterly INSANE!

[immoderate]

54. Will we get to see him testify?

--imm

[99th_Monkey]

56. I think McAfee is on the lamb from Belize authorities.

regarding the death of his neighbor in Belize, before he fled the country.

[malaise]

61. That's correct

[99th_Monkey]

68. I was following the McAfee stories during that incident in Belize

what a freaking character. According to Wikipedia he's living in Portland OR
too, where I live. Too weird for words.

I hope he sabotages the GOP's stupid "investigation" re: ACA.

[phleshdef]

57. Geez, when is the last time McAfee even wrote a line of code?

Let alone worked on a large scale web application...

[Little Star]

62. omg! I watched that last night. Unbelievable!!!!.....

Here is a link for those that missed it.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

[malaise]

65. Thanks Little Star

Was just going to add the video - watched it again early this morning and was howling with laughter.

[Little Star]

66. I am not very tech savvy so I didn't know anything about....

this asshole (I always learn a lot watching Rachel). But I do have his friggin software on my laptop and it drives me nuts. Thank heavens I'm going to be getting a new Surface 2 very soon and I'll be making sure his crap is not installed.

[malaise]

67. I had it removed from mine the same day we bought it

Got a tech expert to remove it.

[D23MIURG23]

69. McAfee, whose name is on the worst anti-virus ever written.

stay tech-savvy congress.