‘Puter wrote about Ms. Gunn Barrett’s dipstickery on the topic of New York’s unconstitutional SAFE Act yesterday. ‘Puter would like to revisit Ms. Gunn Barrett’s logic-challenged and fallacious letter to make a larger point about the quality of liberal thought … Continue reading →
Turn-of-the-century New York’s transformation. When Le Corbusier visited New York in 1935, he was already known as a fervent advocate of high-rise construction, so the New York Herald Tribune found his disdain for the city’s recent crop of tall buildings … Continue reading →
The Retired Spook writes: Dear Dr. J; I don’t suppose I could prevail upon your inherent good nature to have Mandy target the Anti-Snow Ray about 100 miles further south, could I? It’s nothing personal, but growing up in Alabama, … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. saw this article in the Washington Times, in which a movement is described proposing to have upstate New York* secede from greater NYC. This would be a partial secession as partitioned upstate and NYC would be … Continue reading →
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for New Yorkers under the reign of former Sandinista fundraiser, Mayor deBlasio. Horse drawn carriages are on their way out, unless city council continues to stall the issue. The first big blizzard of … Continue reading →
Day 3: New York GorT didn’t take a lot of notes in the travelog for New York. Largely because we were having fun during Day 3 in ‘Puter’s backyard touring around upstate NY. So see here and here for details … Continue reading →
Shamelessly stolen from Buzzfeed, here is all you need to know about New York State. Please memorize these two simple lessons before coming to New York. Better, please memorize these two lessons before saying anything remotely related to New York … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. was made hip to this a few weeks ago by one of his hip single urban dwelling (HSUD) classmates from Ivy U. Apparently Yelp*, a website and app used to find stores, restaurants, bars, and to … Continue reading →
“Boy, as a really, really observant RomanCatholic, am I looking forward to meetingJesus. He’ll be so proud of me, increasingthe rights of His womyn creatures to indiscriminately slaughter their young.” ‘Puter’s governor, the ever-delightful Andrew Cuomo, has come up with … Continue reading →
As many readers know, several of your Gormogons grew up in Maryland and GorT continues to maintain a residence there. A pointer to this topic came across the Pedabit network pipe into the castle from GorT, Sr.: Three separate, independent … Continue reading →
Gov. Cuomo demonstrates the danger offinger guns before Mayor Bloomberg joinshim on stage to introduce their jointlegislative proposal “Fingerguns UnderControl of Kids Kill Us Act,” or as it iswidely known, Cuomo’s FUCKKU Act. ‘Puter’s a casual hunter, and an even … Continue reading →
Puter tweeted (@gormogons, are you following us?) yesterday: GP Congrats to @nygovcuomo, @nycmayorsoffice for driving NY to #1 ranking in least free states! Way to go! #failure freedominthe50states.org— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) March 28, 2013 Mayor Bloomberg replied: Anyone stop to … Continue reading →
A sign directs summoned reporters to the location of Mayor Bloomberg’s hastilyscheduled press conference. He Who KnowsBetter Than You explained the judicial banof his soda ban was ill-considered becausethe judge is a moron who can’t see that themayor should be able to … Continue reading →
Were there five or six houses on this street not listed as having guns? It looks like you miscounted. Do you feel lucky, punk? Dr. J. took a drive through the News Journal gun registration database the other day, looking … Continue reading →
To most liberals, gun control means confiscation and destruction. Nothingwill satisfy liebrals except completeand total citizen disarmament. ‘Puter’s governor Andrew Cuomo is at this moment preparing to deliver his annual State of the State Address in Albany, New York. According to … Continue reading →
Long time reader here know the Czar’s continual disgust and frustration with the news media; imagine if your doctor made as many screw ups in the course of a day. Although, with your upcoming, new, government-issued doctor, you may not … Continue reading →
Mandy’s favorite radio host linked to this thought provoking IDF poster on his Facebook page: Question of the day: Why is it that Israel is the only country that is pilloried for defending itself from those who would do her … Continue reading →
Much ado about chicken…what’s next, air conditioners? Oh, wait… The Chick-Fil-A non-troversy is a frustrating one for religious conservatives. The Catholic Church’s stance on homosexuality, as well described here by ‘Puter, describes a calling and a challenge for gay Catholics … Continue reading →
…there is a hole in your lawsuit… Mrs. Dr. J. brought this headline to Dr. J.’s attention as an aside during our morning cup of coffee as we were discussing the potential problems Catholic hospitals are facing due to the … Continue reading →
You can’t vote yourself rich, despite what the public sector unions tell you. Nor is any government provided benefit “free,” despite taxpayer funded ads such as these, intended to drum up demand for “free health care” for your kids. New … Continue reading →
Man, what a hangover. Czar and ‘Puter were up for two days straight, celebrating Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s historic beat-down of labor unions with the fine serving wenches at the Leaping Peacock. Before you get all “‘Puter’s a sexist pig,” … Continue reading →
As all 4.3 billion readers of this site and all two of ‘Puter’s fans have surely noticed, ‘Puter’s been absent of late, except for the odd Twitter posting. ‘Puter’s been working on negotiating, papering and closing the sale of a … Continue reading →
Resident Ninjababe Emily Grace at Kick-Boxing Rhinos (@greatgrace84) sent Dr. J. the link to project.wnyc.org. This is a map of NYC showing the city with superimposed median household income. Dr. J. looked at a job in Manhattan a few years … Continue reading →
No better place to see the shackles of regulation and the failures of Keynesian stimulus than the great state of New York. The Tappan Zee bridge spans the Hudson river connecting Rockland and Westchester counties. Indeed, Dr. J. was married … Continue reading →
The NYSTRS is the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System. A strong claim, ‘Puter knows. But here’s the facts, based on one Upstate school district. New York’s Education Law §501(19) defines “service” as “actual teaching or supervision by the teacher … Continue reading →
‘Puter lives in Upstate New York. His school district is maybe 40 or so square miles in size. It follows, essentially, the borders of a medium sized suburban township. The school district has one high school, one ninth grade building … Continue reading →
It’s a dreary, drizzly, 45 degree Monday. His back hurts, and his dreams were haunted all night by the image of Mrs. ‘Puter stepping out on him. Needless to say, ‘Puter’s in a foul mood, with a full-blown case of … Continue reading →
Two New York State Assemblymen have decided that rather than address the crushing state debt and inequitable state employee benefits situation, their time is better spent making “homeless dogs” the official state canine. ‘Puter thinks all of New York’s elected … Continue reading →
The New York Legislature passed an on time budget for the first time in 28 years. That’s right. For longer than some of you have been alive, through Republican and Democrat administrations, New York’s elected representatives have ignored their constitutional … Continue reading →
‘Puter is a genius. Then again, you already knew this. ‘Puter has determined how to restore Governor Cuomo’s proposed $1.5 billion in cuts to education funding in New York. All the state legislature has to do is agree to repeal … Continue reading →
New York is taking a beating. Business is fleeing the state. We have the highest or second highest overall tax burden depending on how you assess it. Our infrastructure is crumbling. Our youth get educated, then leave for greener pastures. … Continue reading →
Those of you who follow our occasional excurses into the farther reams of Catholic inside baseball probably enjoyed ’Puter’s cri de coeur against canon lawyer Ed Peters’ complaint that New York governor Andrew Cuomo is admitted to Communion by his … Continue reading →
Today’s New York Times breathlessly reports that: Edward N. Peters, a professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, who last year was named by Pope Benedict XVI as a consultant to the Vatican court, the Apostolic Signatura, called the … Continue reading →
New York’s public sector unions are in danger of becoming lost in space. [ed. — ‘Puter acknowledges the lameness of this references, he’s just too lazy to come up with something creative.] This morning’s New York Times puts forth the … Continue reading →
Well, the Gormogons decided to take a quick day trip (and thanks to GorT, that covers a couple weeks) and visit the Big Apple. Manhattan had quite a lot of snow, but nothing we are not very used to. In … Continue reading →
If by Empire State one means “state dedicated to bankrupting productive citizens to benefit an increasingly greedy sector of public employees and welfare recipients.” ‘Puter caught this item today: New York’s budget is in a $315 million hole that must … Continue reading →
Or, alternatively, the Great State of New York has a gubenatorial candidates’ debate. Watch, and marvel as a plastic-faced prostitute (actually, a madam) extols the virtues of legalized prostitution! Laugh, as a crazily bearded man wearing gloves constantly laments that … Continue reading →
‘Puter is a denizen of Upstate New York, and this year, upstart Tea Party/Republican candidate Carl Paladino is on the ballot. Mr. Paladino rose to stardom based primarily on his sharp invective and anger directed at New York’s entrenched political … Continue reading →
‘Puter really can’t improve much on Czar’s rant on the drunk-liberal-New-York-film-student-stabs-anti-mosque-Muslim-cabbie-and-the-liberal-media-reflexively-blames-conservatives story. Instead, ‘Puter wanted to focus on a legal aspect of the story. New York has charged Michael Enright, the aforementioned liberal idiot, with “attempted [second degree] murder as … Continue reading →
New York and London have long competed to be the global capital of global capital. With plenty of business to go around, the competition has usually been friendly; now, as the West’s financial industry shrinks, it could become fierce. London … Continue reading →
New York is still operating without a budget nearly two and one-half months after the April 1 start of its fiscal year. The Legislature is in no hurry to pass a budget as they are facing a “damned if we … Continue reading →
New York’s budget is almost a month late. This despite (or perhaps because of) a $9 billion budget deficit. And what are ‘Puter’s elected betters doing? Passing a budget? Nope. They’re stealing our organs. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, a Westchester County … Continue reading →
Democrats and Republicans both seem to be misreading public resistance to ObamaCare. From ‘Puter’s perspective from the geothermally heated hot tub at Castle Gormogon, the core of America’s discontent is easy to divine. It’s not the primarily the taxes, or … Continue reading →
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo (son of past New York governor Mario Cuomo) should be investigated for possible ethical violations, including criminal abuse of his office. If Mr. Cuomo is found to have breached his ethical obligations, he … Continue reading →
Anybody see The Untouchables, a fictionalized account of Eliot Ness’ takedown of Al Capone? It’s one of ‘Puter’s favorite films. In the opening sequence, two mob goons go into a neighborhood establishment offering mob-supplied beer during Prohibition. The proprietor protests … Continue reading →
If Gov. David Paterson (D-NY) keeps this up, ‘Puter might just have to start believing the governor could win election to a full governor’s term in his own right. His state of the state speech yesterday may be the first … Continue reading →
Today, in the course of his gainful employ, ‘Puter was tasked with gathering certain information regarding deed stamps (property transfer tax) forms in New York. ‘Puter called the custodian of these records and politely asked whether, in fact, the forms … Continue reading →
An attention-seeking New York trial court judge decided this week that the rule of law is for suckers. You know, like creditors seeking to recover obligations voluntarily entered into by borrowers. It seems OneWest, a privately held bank, acquired a … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s second to no man in his schadenfreude at the New York Times’ self-destruction the Czar aptly cites below. However, the NYT actually hits one out of the park today, calling the state legislature dysfunctional, and blaming New York’s financial … Continue reading →
It’s official. New York is the modern-day equivalent of 1930s Oklahoma, with its residents fleeing intolerable conditions for a better future in more hospitable climes. The crime of it all is that unlike Oklahoma in the 1930s, New York’s downfall … Continue reading →
As those that will not see. Yeah, it’s a cheap shot. New York’s accidental governor, David Paterson, hired a campaign manager yesterday for his planned reelection campaign. Unfortunately for ‘Puter’s governor, the electorate doesn’t seem to like him. At all. … Continue reading →
Probably even more after this: The hosts asked him at some point what he thought of New York.“Well, it’s not bad,” Ovechkin said. “It’s not best place in the world, but it’s ok.”And a thousand Washingtonians breathed sweet sighs of … Continue reading →
New York state is being strangled by current and out year pension obligations. In just about any other state, assuming the requisite political will, the state could alter the pension obligations. Not in New York. Article V, Section 7 of … Continue reading →
Some news that Google has been forced to reveal the actual name of a blogger who got too snarky with an uppity New York fashion model. The model did not appreciate the critic’s comments (which were Hilton-esque but not more … Continue reading →
It’s not a really big number, but this $30,000 issue is emblematic of New York’s fiscal woes. The New York Department of Labor paid 11 inmates $30,000 in unemployment benefits. Then again, maybe it’s not a mistake, but just another … Continue reading →
Here in beautiful Upstate New York, we have local school districts. And by local, I mean that there are 21 separate school districts in ‘Puter’s county alone. Each one of these school districts is funded primarily by property taxes and … Continue reading →
Here’s a quick roundup of stories detailing the death spiral of once-mighty New York. New York’s top marginal income tax rate (state and federal combined) will be 56.92 percent, assuming ObamaCare passes, and further assuming no increase in New York’s … Continue reading →
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. New York, once a top job producer and wage leader, now has all of its major cities in a Forbes nationwide top ten list of cities with the largest wage cuts. NYC, Albany, Syracuse, … Continue reading →
How pathetic has New York’s legislature become? So pathetic that the New York Times editorial board has raised the idea of term limits, independent redistricting panels and a state constitutional convention, among other things. When New York’s famously liberal legislature … Continue reading →
Two gentlemen duped the New York City Clerk’s Office into marrying them. One of the pair posed as a woman, and the pair was then “married.” Gay marriage. Guaranteed to start a fight. Let’s assume for argument’s sake that marriage … Continue reading →
At a rest stop along the world renowned Tour de ‘Puter which traverses Upstate and portions of Pennsyltucky, a Lance Armstrong wannabe takes a water break at the border. All proceeds of the Tour de ‘Puter go to a good … Continue reading →
First comes the moral bankruptcy, then the actual bankruptcy. ‘Puter’s adopted home state has officially jumped the shark. To call New York a banana republic would be an insult to smarmy, self-important petty dictators everywhere. New York has been spending … Continue reading →
New York is leading the pack again! Unfortunately for ‘Puter and all other New Yorkers, not in a good way. The New York Times in a story on states’ budget shortfalls notes “[h]ardest hit on the income tax collection front … Continue reading →
First Maryland, now Nueva Jork. As noted in today’s Wall Street Journal, states are lining up to increase revenue by sticking it to the rich. However, the states ignore ample evidence that capital (and the owners thereof) is mobile, and … Continue reading →
Welcome to ‘Puter’s world. Two top New York Democrat machine operatives were just indicited for taking $30 million (that’s MM for million, the rest of you) in a pay to play scam. They required financial providers to ante up to … Continue reading →
¿California o Nueva York? Just like contestants in the old SNL skit unable to determine which Latino star was more manly, ‘Puter’s got no earthly idea as to which state is more massively screwed up. As John Lott notes over … Continue reading →
What’s one of the main contributors to New York City’s impending collapse? Constitutionally protected state worker (union) pensions. In this column in today’s New York Post, Mayor Michael Bloomberg offers his worthless solution: create a new pension tier. Currently, there … Continue reading →
If this doesn’t cause the peasantry in New York to rise up and burn down the manor, nothing will. You can have my porn when you pry it from my cold, dead hands! OK, mixing “porn” and “‘Puter” and “hand” … Continue reading →
Here’s another good example of why New York is so monstrously messed up. The Bar Association has a racial spoils system, dedicated to promoting diversity in the Bar’s governing House of Delegates. That’s right, no need to run for election … Continue reading →
As a taxpayer of the wonderful Empire State, articles like this make ‘Puter’s blood boil. Of course, ‘Puter has a sneaking suspicion that more state workers are turning in this sort of job performance, regardless of job requirements, than he … Continue reading →
Imagine ‘Puter’s horror when he awoke this morning in frost-bitten Upstate, only to discover that during the night Kennedy had withdrawn her name from consideration for Secretary of State Clinton’s vacant Senate seat! ‘Puter knows the press has been hard … Continue reading →
My rear end. Check this out. So many people in New York are desperate to get their unemployment claims in before the deadline, they’ve crashed the state’s servers and phone lines. A special thanks to Gov. Paterson (D), Assembly Majority … Continue reading →
New York is in an awful hole. Years of overspending coupled with a shortsighted reliance on Wall Street revenues has led to New York’s penury. ‘Puter’s no liberal Democrat, but he must respectfully concede that Gov. Paterson has successfully identified … Continue reading →
For those of you who have been reading along, you know that ‘Puter lives in the socialist paradise of Upstate New York. ‘Puter’s been complaining about the unions, taxes and anti-business policies of New York for years, and more publicly … Continue reading →
You guys all thought ‘Puter was crazy or whining or both, complaining about New York and its confiscatory taxes. Check this out. Actual facts and data that back up ‘Puter’s foaming-at-the-mouth rants! It’s a ranking titled “Property Taxes on Owner-Occupied … Continue reading →
Glenn Reynolds, blogger extraordinaire, gave Jammie Wearing Fool a link and a shout out for the same analysis ‘Puter’s made previously on New York and its relevance as a harbinger of the likely outcome of the forthcoming Democrat economic plan … Continue reading →
E. J. McMahon is the Manhattan Institute’s senior fellow for tax and budgetary studies and director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy. In this article in The City Journal, Mr. McMahon lays out the case against New … Continue reading →
Hey, inside the Beltway Republican gurus! Wanna know why rank and file conservatives are starting to run screaming from you and your brand? Try this one on for size. The (for the time being) Republican controlled New York Senate made … Continue reading →
Our liberal betters at the New York Times editorial board have spoken! So let it be written, so let it be done! The NYT now says that Upstate should not use any of its newly accessible (because of better technology) … Continue reading →
With some help from the politicians. At least that’s what an op-ed piece in today’s San Francisco Chronicle (of all places) says. But who believes economists from Pepperdine University anyway? Our elected superiors certainly know what they’re doing. ‘Puter welcomes … Continue reading →
With apologies to Leonard Bernstein: New York, New YorkA dysfunctional town!Taxes are up, and the revenue’s down.The government’s run by fools and by clowns.New York, New YorkA dysfunctional town! ‘Puter’s already commented on the sorry state of New York’s affairs … Continue reading →
