Island Dweller must be bored in the desert…or really likes our site, writes into GorT with the following: Dear brushed-stainless steel repository of technical sophistication: As a recently-retired Federal law enforcement professional who worked GWOT issues during my tenure I … Continue reading →
Island Dweller, a loyal minion who inexplicably was assigned to live in a desert, writes in: Your Immenseness:I have come away from the second debate largely with the same take you got on it. It was patently obvious Mr. Romney … Continue reading →
GorT was only able to watch a bit of the debate last night – soccer practices and homework help dominated the evening. However, I did see the portion of the debate when Kerry Ladka asked the question about who in … Continue reading →
Yikes, what a mess. Some of you already know the Czar is less than pleased with the nonsense of the town hall-style debate. Many Twitter twerps were irate at how pro-Obama the questions were (immigration, Bush, outsourcing); in fact, a … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin was fortunate enough to receive this message from the owner of a business that details the impact Obamacare will have on his employees: Rarely if ever have I expressed my political views to Company X Employees, but I … Continue reading →
GorT read the Czar’s post below and almost immediately disagreed with it. After re-reading it and then reading Ace of Spades’ thoughts on it (with which GorT agrees strongly), I’m not sure I 100% disagree but I do believe the … Continue reading →
Although the MSM has been covering it, and making it an upper-importance story, you still might have missed that yesterday Secretary of State Clinton took full responsibility for the failure of security at the Benghazi safe house. Not Egypt or … Continue reading →
Sometimes things almost take care of themselves. You might remember the Czar complaining yesterday about one of his 46 college roommates showing up for the first time since 1922, trashing the inside and outside of the Castle, demanding to see … Continue reading →
‘Puter harped plenty about colleges’ use of affirmative action in admissions last week in the context of the Supreme Court’s review of the issue. Imagine ‘Puter’s surprise when he came upon this nugget of information. Florida’s Department of Education is … Continue reading →
Guns or Butter…which one of these? Dr. J.’s 7th & 10th Grade Marxist American History teacher introduced him to the idea of opportunity costs and Federal budgeting back in 7th grade through an exercise called ‘Guns and Butter.’ The idea … Continue reading →
Ever have that one guy you just cannot stand pop back into your life? The Czar has his, all right. Guess who showed up? Our old college roommate, back when we attended the Marine Academy of St. Petersburg together. Figures … Continue reading →
We’re all familiar with how the Obama Administration blames everyone else and hasn’t really stepped up and taken responsibility. This is the differentiation that should be made and it’s a hard one in the political realm to do because it … Continue reading →
Good Lord, why did the Czar enjoy this so much? Maybe because SNL is starting to pay attention? Also, it looks like Romney/Ryan picks up critical and surprising live endorsement at the end. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, … Continue reading →
It has been a while since the Czar got a compliment. Not that we are fishing, but just setting your expectations at how welcome this email from Operative JS is: Dear his august majesty el czar, Thank you (and the … Continue reading →
Baseball Eye by Siccie Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords had this opinion over at The Eye: I will agree with you the debate was more or less a tie, but only because Biden and the moderator barely allowed Ryan to … Continue reading →
Let us see how good you are at playing this game. A single bullet was fired into the Denver headquarters of Barack Obama’s campaign; thankfully, no one was hurt, but a window was shattered. You already know how the press … Continue reading →
“After tonight’s debate, I’ll be at 1 win, and you’ll be at 0 wins. See? I even provided youvisual aids. But I see your clearly superiorintellect is engrossed in deep thought,so I’ll wait for you to look up.” After Mitt … Continue reading →
GorT figures that he’ll round out the Gormogon take on the VP debate last night. We watched the debate largely as a family until Replicant #3 hit his bedtime and Replicant #2 gave up by saying, “Biden is creepy and … Continue reading →
See, Biden was such a compelling clown last night that even Dr. J. is leading off with a Biden picture. Unlike The Czar and ‘Puter, Dr. J.’s approach to the debate was more like Joe Sixpack’s. The debate was background … Continue reading →
Vice President Joe Biden addresses themedia after his stunning debate performance,blames the intelligence community for notmaking certain he took his meds today. ‘Puter watched the vice presidential debate last evening with his entire family, at least until ‘Puter shooed Spawn … Continue reading →
This is all that needs to be said: The MandarinThe Mandarin, whose real name is 吏恆, joined the order in 1309, and introduced the Gormogons into England during the 18th Century. The Mandarin enjoys spending time with his pet manticore, … Continue reading →
Now that the dust has settled around the debate, let us see what is worth seeing. Biden responding to the death of Ambassador Stevens, the third straight month of economic slowdown, high unemployment numbers, Iran destroying Israel with a nuclear … Continue reading →
The Czar has not even read the news yet to see what immediate reactions were from a broad range of observers. Paul Ryan performed as expected: he was relaxed, cool—for the most part, although his Irish dander got up twice—and … Continue reading →
A nice Polish lady got to conversing with us the other day, and asked if we had heard anything about Obamacare taxing people selling their homes, starting in 2013. Would this not, she suspected, severely damage home sales just when … Continue reading →
The Lil Resident is a fan of the 10th doctor and several of the Disney Princesses (particularly Belle, as she’s neither a trustafarian nor an uneducated lout). So this mashup was something that Dr. J. thought his little Sith Princess … Continue reading →
Unfortunately, your Mandarin has not been able to contribute to the Gormogons’ site for some time. Your Mandarin would just like to say that sometimes experiments don’t exactly go the way your Mandarin would have expected them to go. But … Continue reading →
How bad is it? So bad that people are spending their own money to take down Obama. His statements echo a recent European immigrant who spoke with us: she came from a socialist country, and she was there long enough … Continue reading →
A lot of weird stuff is coming to light about the Benghazi attacks. By now, we have already established what happened, down to which room the Ambassador was hiding in, and how he was forced out with fire. This is … Continue reading →
Today the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) heard oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas, Docket No. 11-345. Petitioner Abigail Fisher sued respondent University of Texas claiming Respondent’s race-based admissions policy* violated her Constitutional guarantee of equal protection, … Continue reading →
One of Dr. J.’s chums other than Spooky Witchy Facebook Friend™ put this up on their timeline: Apparently the Most Interesting Man in the World was not always that interesting, and just an extra… Dr. J.
Continue reading →Well, curiosities abound. The Obama campaign seems to have an internal bit of chaos going on. Inside reports (which may have been deliberately leaked to the press) indicate that the President was a tad…oblivious, perhaps?…to the debate fallout. Basically, the … Continue reading →
From Virtualmedic.files.wordpress.com Dr. J. loved The Czar’s list of #Obamafail excuses regarding the debate. That being said, in theory, AlGore of Manbearpig fame may have been on to something regarding altitude sickness and our first African-American President.* Sickle cell anemia … Continue reading →
Well, even the far-left Pew Research has concluded that Mitt Romney won the debate with change to spare. Did we read correctly that undecided voters are leaning toward Romney 72-16 based on the debate? Worse news for the Obama campaign: … Continue reading →
This reminds Dr. J. of a boutonniere he wore at his junior prom. Per The Czar’s request, Dr. J. is entering the fray regarding the Aspergillus meningitis outbreak of 2012. The Czar accurately breaks down the numbers regarding the … Continue reading →
E.J. Dionne prepares to let loose anotherunction implosion all over the WashingtonPost’s newsroom. Better get the Brawny out. Before we begin and apropos of nothing, did you know that “opinion columnist” is an anagram of “unction implosion?” Not that this … Continue reading →
Sometimes it is not good to be the Czar. For example, he is helping his sainted mother translate some paperwork from her father, and needless to say, penmanship was pretty bad in that century. One can hardly tell a ѣ … Continue reading →
GorT is a big fan of soccer and one of the issues with the sport is “flopping”. That is, to intentionally fake an injury in order to attempt to draw a card or penalty against the other team. When you … Continue reading →
Perhaps the Doc would like to comment, but when seven people die from a form of meningitis allegedly linked to contaminated steroids, you really cannot promote that as an outbreak. Yet the Media is all excited, and wants you to … Continue reading →
During the debate, President Obama crowed that he did not raise taxes on 97% of small business owners. Mitt Romney explained to him, to the Presidents obvious discomfort, that the 3% who suffered the tax hike actually are responsible for … Continue reading →
Operative DT writes in: Oh Hirsute One, I apologize for my infrequent updates. The myrmidons are coming along well, though your suggested airborn/air assault/ballet cross-training has them a bit perplexed. Thankfully they’re only allowed to think on Tuesdays between 21:00 … Continue reading →
Your non-‘Puter Gormogons have done a marvelous job of providing instant feedback and analysis of this week’s presidential debate, brought to you by the letter “F” and the number “4.” If you have not done so already, you really ought … Continue reading →
I was thinking about including this point in my earlier post regarding the debate but hesitated…now that the Czar made a reference to it and given that I’ve heard more than one democrat-supporter use it on TV today, I figure … Continue reading →
Now that the shock has worn off for many Americans that Mitt Romney is indeed a competent, commanding fellow, the Czar thought he would step back and look at the reaction to the debate. One reviewer felt that Mitt Romney … Continue reading →
The Czar summarized the debate in a most excellent fashion so I’ll leave that for you to read. However, I wanted to comment on watching the debate. GorT was finishing soccer practice, so he walked in 5 minutes into the … Continue reading →
The Czar won’t waste your time recapping the debate point by point; neither Obama nor Romney said anything new or startling. The questions were allegedly all about domestic policy, unemployment, taxes, healthcare, and the role of government in a citizen’s … Continue reading →
Operative DM points out that tornadoes can do weird things, like put straw through trees and stuff. What are the weirdest things we’ve seen tornadoes do? Well, in no particular order, here are some of the incredible things a tornado … Continue reading →
The Czar had an interesting exchange yesterday afternoon. A self-described Democrat was complaining to us about Obamacare, and how four of her friends were let go from a hospital because of new changes in the law. The Czar was not … Continue reading →
GorT has a number of favorite genres for fiction which include mysteries (particularly British characters such as P.D. James’ Adam Dalgliesh series, Sarah Caudwell’s Hilary Tamar series and Deborah Crombie’s Kincaid/James series, but also some other sub-genres), British naval historical … Continue reading →
Our readers are smart and probably don’t need the following lesson in connecting the dots but for those stumbling upon our site or just curious as to what is really happening out there versus what the media is spoon feeding … Continue reading →
Oh yeah, they have a solution for you, all right. Here’s a new meme. Or rather, a really old meme being given a new application. As you may have heard, there is a neo-Nazi-like political party in Greece ascending in … Continue reading →
‘Puter lifted this police file photo of Czarsleeping off last year’s Christmas Partymystery punch. Moral of the story: Never let Sleestak bartend. He has a heavy pour. No, ‘Puter didn’t just regain consciousness after 2011’s yeti-themed New Year’s Eve Gala … Continue reading →
Sure, we hear all the polling numbers that Obama’s got this election in the bag – particularly in the swing states. And we can point at the various debunking of those polls – whether it be biased, inaccurate political affiliation … Continue reading →
Tennessee is a state with early voting, while New Jersey and Pennsylvania, prior Dr. J. haunts, are (or at least were) not early voting states. Indeed, he was grateful that he wasn’t on call on Election Day 2000 and was … Continue reading →
The #ninjamom tweeted this morning: spl @GG84Mom Office mate makes under $50,000/year–doesn’t care about any argument that has $250,000/yr in it. What say you to her? Dear Ninjamom: In other words, if Obamacare isn’t a sufficient train-wreck by lowering the cap … Continue reading →
Are you spending my future away, Master Progressive? Gentle Readers, Please pass this on to your undecided compatriots. About 15% of the electorate is still malleable. Despite a belief to the contrary, the middle-class and lower-upper class aren’t just about … Continue reading →
For those not getting the reference, there was this show called Clarissa Explains It All with Melissa Joan Hart… Mrs. Dr. J. is getting geared up for the November election. She bought signs supporting the GOP state senate candidate, 5th … Continue reading →
Our royal archivist, MBernadetteE, came up from the Castle basement the Friday morning, which was a source of great relief because nobody has seen her for three weeks. If you didn’t know, she has been diligently archiving, indexing, and filing … Continue reading →
Did you get Dragon Magazine™ back in the day? You know you did. And where did you go first? The Dragonmirth section with all the funny cartoons. You know you did. Well, Dork Tower was one of those cartoons, and … Continue reading →
Dr. J just noticed this now. Apparently Katrina Trinko was on the same track earlier today. Check out her spin on where $18,000 can take you… Dr. J.
Continue reading →GorT is miffed. Peeved. Ticked off. GorT and family live in a great community that is centered around our Catholic parish. Over 70% of the kids in our parochial school walk to school each day. Sure, there are the enabling … Continue reading →
This is one of the e-cards available on President Obama’s campaign site: This probably includes to cost of a smoke afterwards. $18,000?!?! That’s a whole lot of birth control. So let’s break it down. Let’s assume that the young lady … Continue reading →
People want to know how we’re going to vote…run! Mitch H., proud owner and operator of Blogfonte, sung by the Castle and had a barside chat with us on the Czar’s wonderful piece on the weirdness of recent polls. The … Continue reading →
孔夫子 a.k.a. Confucius, our Œcumenical Volgi (the Notorious ŒV) has been conspicuously absent of late, especially given that he wrote the first post on our esteemed website. Well, the first in a wibbly, wobbly, timey-wimey sort of way, anyway. Well, Dr. J.’s dark … Continue reading →
Shut up and eat your food. Or no more SmartBoards. In 1946, the Truman administration—as part of the Progressive Health, Education, and Welfare trifecta— began the national school lunch program (NSLP). In 1966, LBJ extended that to include breakfasts as … Continue reading →
The Czar must say he is quite confused by the media on this election. Okay, there are so many stories “correcting” the polls that there is no point in providing a link to one of them. By and large, you … Continue reading →
‘Puter perused the Wall Street Journal this morning, as he whipped up a batch of lard-boiled narwhal pancreas for breakfast, as is his wont. Somewhere in the middle of the A Section, ‘Puter stumbled upon the photo, above, illustrating an … Continue reading →
GorT, Sr. enjoyed this earlier post and GorT has been busy so I’ve been lax in posting these. First, let’s show how 2 equals 3: and now, -1 equals 1: Witness the mighty power of the Gormogons!!! GorTGorT is an … Continue reading →
Mr. Philippe Reines, who evidently has no idea how to manage himself, let alone the media. No, you didn’t elect him. The news about the Libyan attack keeps getting worse. The Czar was particularly troubled at an emerging story that … Continue reading →
Could Romney be planning a major policy dump during the debates? Wow, that might be a great idea, if he is conniving enough. Just a thought. Democrats and an increasing number of Republicans have been pressing Mitt Romney to release … Continue reading →
Hast thou heard of this yet? At a petting zoo, a baby goat falls into a pond. It panics, and begins to drown. Before the people can react, the goat is saved—by a most unlikely assistant. Watch and be amazed. … Continue reading →
Hey GorT, Remember when you let those whackjobs from 2113 borrow your time machine, because they wanted to go back to a simpler time and live out a nice pastoral utopia? Guess who just turned up? Explains why they never … Continue reading →
The other day, the Czar opined a bit on the poll numbers seem stagnant. Other media outlets are similarly realizing that the poll numbers might not have much to do with what either Obama or Romney are saying. Other outlets … Continue reading →
Borrowed without permission from Grey Ops. Dr. J. can’t stand lawyers, other than ‘Puter and perhaps one or two others here in New Atlantis. That is probably one of the reasons he doesn’t like President Obama. He sometimes lies when … Continue reading →
That headline seems so strange, but put Mitt Romney’s name in there, and everyone agrees with it. Yet, for months now, the President and Mitt Romney have been in a statistical tie for the most part. We keep hearing that … Continue reading →
When ‘Puter writes his musical version ofthe 2012 election, Bye Bye Barry, he’ssigning the young, hot Ann Margaret to star as him. Dang, what a fine looking woman. “What’s the story, Morning Glory? What’s the word, Humming Bird? Have you … Continue reading →
Thomas Sowell is a favorite of a number of the Gormogons and GorT came across this online interview with the columnist and author. He discusses his essay, “‘Trickle Down Theory’ and ‘Tax Cuts for the Rich’”. While I’d love to … Continue reading →
Remember a couple of days ago when the Czar was really annoyed with the Main Stream Media, and how this was the beginning of the end? One of us, probably Volgi (because he often forgets to sign his tweets), tweeted … Continue reading →
The site will be Dr. J. lite in all likelihood for the next week or so as Clan J. moves out of the urban flat which we occupied for the last four months, and into the palatial ‘J. Abbey.’ Dr. … Continue reading →
I thought I’d spend a few minutes today on a total side-topic from our regular federal budget woes, Obama’s complete amateurism in foreign policy* (and claiming that Romney & Ryan have less experience), sequestration, and all that other nonsense to … Continue reading →
The Mandarin is releasing some more of his weird experiments on animals. Note for the squeamish: this is almost two minutes long, but the minute oughta give you a sense of the whole thing. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію … Continue reading →
Know who really had a bad week? “Today, Mitt Romney admitted to ThoughtCrime against our great and glorious supreme leader, who forgave Romney in all his benevolence. Also, we’re getting the poop sued out of us.” Not Barack Obama, who … Continue reading →
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and wise people will listen and consider other opinions before making decisions (at least within reason). GorT has been super-busy at work recently leading up to our company’s annual offsite (nothing big, just a … Continue reading →
The great and powerful Eric Reasons send us a fantastic link by tying it to a dead ptarmigan and tossing it our way through the Castle window (which was closed): Thought I’d toss this your way after your excellent rant … Continue reading →
The Great Merlin writes thusly: Dr. J., Here’s something that confuses me (well, technically, yet another entry on a long list of things, but let’s not go there, shall we?). In all of the discussions about Obamacare/ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP/SCHIP, … Continue reading →
Amidst the continuing fallout from the natural consequences of President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton’s feckless, apologetic Middle East policy, we would do well to consider war. No, ‘Puter’s not calling on anyone to start yet another war. Rather, … Continue reading →
Both liberals and conservatives need to get over themselves with the events of September 11, 2012, and focus on what actually happened. Not surprisingly, each needs to get over something different; even less surprisingly, the Czar has plenty of advice … Continue reading →
‘Puter prepares to “ride Czar’s float” at the Gormogons’ 1,092ndAnnual Gay Pride Parade ‘Puter is not surprised that he received feedback on yesterday’s most excellent “pretend you’re Romney’s speech writer” post. ‘Puter has a way of getting under folks’ skin, … Continue reading →
The President cannot claim any real superiority in foreign policy; as recent events show, foreign crises are irritating things that seem to serve no other purpose than to interrupt his fund raising. What the heck are Libya and Egypt thinking? … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been thinking about Mitt Romney, and not in the “I wonder if he’s wearing that funky Mormon underwear” way. ‘Puter’s been thinking Mitt Romney needs to be true to who he is. Mitt Romney is the son of an … Continue reading →
And so Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is living large, now that he has bested the Chicago Teachers’ Union. Right? Well, not quite. Although the backlash against the teachers has been intense, the first major test of his ability to restore … Continue reading →
The Czar finds it meaningful, at least in a self-indulgent way, that he never tires of hearing “where were you” stories about September 11, 2001. Unlike the Kennedy assassination for the Baby Boomers, who managed to turn that all about … Continue reading →
The Czar cannot promise that all aspects of Chicago Public School (CPS) politics will be very interesting, but today’s CPS strike is intensely fascinating if largely inside baseball. Here is our assessment. Never let a crisis go to waste, even … Continue reading →
GorT had the opportunity to go to the Rush concert* last night just outside Washington, DC (formerly Nissan Pavilion now Jiffy Lube Live – the venue itself is great but the parking is a nightmare). It was a great show … Continue reading →
Just as not all liberals are unwashed Occupy protesters (in fact, based on their turnouts, almost no one is an Occupy protester at all), nor do all liberals hate the troops, nor are all liberals against financial reform…well, frankly, these … Continue reading →
Uh-oh! The Los Angeles Times has a science article written by Louis Sahagun, who appears to be in junior high school. Success! You found liquid water in the steam of your laser! Now shut down, before you uncontrollably use your … Continue reading →
Didja know that President Obama and Mitt Romney already had their first debate? Yes, it was a science debate, which candidates responded to in writing. The Czar heard the Mitt Romney thumped the President pretty hard, so he went to … Continue reading →
Just some administrivia. We get lots of letters, and we try to respond to all of them. Because we do not have a Ron Paul 2012 comments section, an email is the best way to get hold of us. We … Continue reading →
