Esteemed Eminence; Just to give you a worm’s-eye perspective, when The Darlin’ Daughter was of that age, she bailed on Girl Scouts because they were “boring.” She was much more interested in what her brother, two years her junior, was … Continue reading →
The Czar received a fair amount of email and social media comments about the recent decision about the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow in girls, most of it negative. The Czar’s own opinions are available on this site, … Continue reading →
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Call me Ishmael. Hop on Pop. Dear Penthouse Forum. All great stories start with a memorable opening line. Not this one. ‘Puter really should start with some backstory. … Continue reading →
The Inscrutable Mandarin and the Czar of Muscovy have very different watchdog natures: the former tends to monitor Facebook, and the latter is more a creature of Twitter. To be more accurate, the Mandarin’s Facebook-to-Twitter ratio is about 80/20, and … Continue reading →
What a difference a day makes. The Czar commented only just yesterday about the mystery surrounding the Boy Scouts of America’s consideration of allowing girls to join, and here we are with a full decision to do so. The Czar … Continue reading →
GorT stopped and just stared at the news report on TV last night as they were announcing that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are rolling out a plan to include girls in the program. I’m not sure exactly where … Continue reading →
Your Gormogons are wrapping up “Season 1” of Radio Gormogon with one more episode to air (hopefully) sometime before Halloween. While we have a number of topics floating around the Rumpus Room….literally (how you ask? The Mandarin has some sort … Continue reading →
Of all places, Slate.com has a strange piece about the Boy Scouts of America considering accepting girls into their ranks, and the Girl Scouts of America being, well, kinda pissed about it. The Czar serves as a “committee member at … Continue reading →
The Daily Show went from a wise-cracking news parody show to a full-fledged wing of the Democrat party’s PR department. Ratings fell. Stephen Colbert dropped his goofy persona to join the chorus of voices attacking Republicans. His ratings, never good, … Continue reading →
In 2012 the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow kneeling for each game to pray, they also had an issue with Tebow wearing John 3:16 as part of his blackout to avoid glare and made him take it off. … Continue reading →
