Today, the Czar took both boys to the cinema house to see Godzilla: King of the Monsters. True fact: we just had to look that up because the Czar totally forgot the formal name of the movie. This is a weird … Continue reading →

The stock market closed around 26,500 last Friday afternoon, although at 9:30 that morning, it was at 26,160. That’s a 1% difference. Interestingly, it was at 26,500 on Thursday afternoon, so even if you were one of the very few … Continue reading →

Anyway, forget about all that: Avengers: Endgame is out in theaters, and the Czar took up nearly his entire weekend watching it once. No doubt, you’ve got questions, so here’s our spoiler-free take on the movie. Is it as long as … Continue reading →

Illinois introduced the Firearm Owners Identification Card in 1968. The FOID card is easily obtained—today, you pay a $10 fee (to cover the cost of a background check and the materials) and it’s good for ten years—and is necessary to … Continue reading →

The world is ending once again, in case you’re missing it. Today’s skyfall is the failure of the Green New Deal in the Senate. Except, of course, it wasn’t really the Green New Deal; the vote was only for a … Continue reading →

Another Marvel movie opening weekend, and another tsunami of movie critics complaining that audiences continue to suffer from superhero movie fatigue, while of course Captain Marvel is set to hit about a half-billion dollars in less than 72 hours. The … Continue reading →

Tearing open the mail bag, we find: Dread Sovereigns, et cetera: Query from the local field office: Do the two Nigerian guys get counted as “violence by immigrants”, or “doing jobs Americans won’t do”, or both…? Yours with dread terror, … Continue reading →

Few things amuse ‘Puter more than a star in the liberal super-smart punditsphere exploding in a supernova of stupidity and self-owning. Few liberal super-smart pundits do so more regularly* than the NYT’s own Paul Krugman.** Krugman opines in today’s NYT … Continue reading →

Much is being made of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) statements that the United States should implement a 70% upper tax bracket for “the rich” across the media and the intranet. Paul Krugman, resident bad opinion writer for the NYT, jumped into … Continue reading →

The Czar was able to take the boys to today’s showing of the new Peter Jackson movie They Shall Not Grow Old, which is a remarkable new documentary utterly devoid of giant gorillas, orcs, and aliens, and turn his superbly … Continue reading →

This tweet caught the Czar’s tired, crusty eye (the other eye’s fine, though): Sorry guys, you don’t get to shit yourselves every time a white person voices an ethnic Disney character and then say Warren’s lie is no big deal. … Continue reading →

It’s past time for liberals to admit they never believed their bullshit about border security. In the last few years, liberals have finally come clean about God (no place for Him in their platform), abortion (killing babies isn’t just allowable, … Continue reading →

As you know, your hometown lost the benefits of having Amazon open its second headquarters there. This is also true even if you live in Crystal City, Virginia, or the New York City area where they elected to land. As … Continue reading →

If you were elected to national office yesterday, please skip down to your specific section. Thanks. Republicans Congratulations on your win in the Senate and, to a lesser extent, your wins in the House. As you try to figure out … Continue reading →

‘Puter posted the following on Facebook this morning. ‘Puter fully expects his extremely liberal college friends’ heads to explode. ‘Puter is honestly surprised his friends haven’t disenfriendchised* him yet. Oh, well. ‘Puter hasn’t seen or spoken with most of these … Continue reading →

This is the sort of stuff that drives the Czar flipping crazy. So if you see serfs being flipped all over the dacha, today, you’ll understand the Czar is crazy. Today is probably a good day to steer clear of … Continue reading →

‘Puter went on Facebook yesterday. After perusing his algorithmically driven timeline for about 20 seconds, he discerned a trend among many if not all of his liberal college friends. ‘Puter learned that Trump is guilty of colluding with Russia, Brett … Continue reading →

Today the Czar celebrates on of the best things to wolf down while drinking an ice-cold cola and watching a mid-1980s action film: the gyros. The Czar suspects many Americans still don’t know what this is. Basically, it’s shaved lamb … Continue reading →

Shall we? Because here it is. Democrats have no interest in any FBI investigation or justice for Dr. Ford. They simply want Brett Kavanaugh to go away. Frankly, they will not accept any further Trump nomination, either, so don’t even … Continue reading →

‘Puter listened to and watched the Senate Judiciary hearings on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination yesterday. ‘Puter has many thoughts regarding the hearings, so naturally, instead of writing a coherent essay on them, ‘Puter disjointedly set them to music. Enjoy! And if … Continue reading →

With the type of absolutist thinking that crashes arguments made by high school freshmen, the need to reduce the Brett Kavanaugh accusations into a binary argument have completely missed the reality of how both sides could be right in this … Continue reading →

A follower on Twitter asked for this recipe – it’s really tasty. We’ve made it a few times, once for Thanksgiving and it was a big hit. Ingredients 3 tbl unsalted butter 2 large yellow onions, thinly sliced 2 large … Continue reading →

When it’s provable. ‘Puter is not a conspiracy theorist. ‘Puter observes events, weighs them, and comes to a logical conclusion. ‘Puter’s like Sherlock Holmes, but dumber. And not as attractive. And doesn’t have a thinly-veiled homosexual relationship with his male … Continue reading →

Domine, exaudi vocem meam. ‘Puter attended Mass this weekend, 07:30 as usual. This Sunday’s readings outright damned the hierarchy’s response to the latest round of child raping, butt covering allegations. Here’s the Gospel reading for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary … Continue reading →

You know what’s even better than not researching anything about a topic? Having someone else do all that research for you. The Czar won the lottery (figuratively) twice this month when receiving two emails (literally) about his recent Spotlight on … Continue reading →

Roman Catholics and non-Catholics alike reeled from the news that the Pennsylvania attorney general has released a grand jury report detailing—and the Czar means detailing—hundreds of reports of child abuse by Pennsylvania priests between the 1940s and 2000s. In most … Continue reading →

Our castle has a big, silver (and frequently lethal) robot dwelling within, and his piece on Federalism yesterday got the Czar thinking about something he read on Twitter. The ever-brilliant (and darned nice about it, too) @Molratty had a short … Continue reading →

Luckily, the Czar is on his game and noticed that we just passed our 10 year anniversary*. GorT has been busy with a new work assignment, Volgi is off translating some hockey playbooks into 14 languages, and ‘Puter….well, he’s so … Continue reading →

Almost a year ago, media conglomerate Tronc purchased the New York Daily News. Tronc is a fairly lean animal, with a penchant for nice things nevertheless, and knows a bit about turning newspapers around. They pulled the Chicago Tribune up out … Continue reading →

Dr. J is banging on my door trying to get me to update the scoring. Who knew he was so into soccer? Oh, wait, he told me to call it football. In the final rounds, teams advancing get 4, 8 … Continue reading →

The FIFA World Cup 2018 Quarterfinals are set with the first round of bracket games having been played with a couple exciting games. Three games came down to penalty kicks – Croatia vs Denmark, England vs. Columbia, and Spain vs. … Continue reading →

#1 Dr. J 22 pts Phillies are 2.5 games back and playing almost as good as Croatia and Uruguay are for Dr. J’s picks. With 4 of his 5 countries moving onto the bracket rounds, Dr. J is sitting pretty … Continue reading →

Good morning, World Cupheads! The Czar and Ghettoputer are arguing by email whether the Czar’s beloved baseball is the worst sport ever, or if ‘Puter is wrong and soccer is the worstest. We both agree that hockey is about the … Continue reading →

Badger Trowelsworthy writes in to pose an ethical question. Your Immensity: All who grovel before The Throne of Skulls are quick to voice agreement with Your Inscrutable Self but in the matter of chimney starters for charcoal my affirmation is … Continue reading →

Hi, everybody! As you know, we Gormogons love to grill, smoke, and cook outdoors, and we’re definitely well into that season, again. The Czar has already completed his self-appointed projects for the year (smoked pork chops, pizzas, flat breads, and … Continue reading →

Some thoughts on the North Korean meeting in Singapore. Obviously, Americans of both political stripes have every reason to be suspicious of this event. North Korea, personified, is a pathological liar. Like a substance abuser, North Korea will twist and … Continue reading →

‘Puter is currently driving, otherwise, I’m sure he’d take a shot at responding to his not-so-favorite NY Times columnist, Paul Krugman’s latest opinion piece. First, kudos to the NY Times for recognizing this as an opinion piece and not placing … Continue reading →

The fact it appeared on World News Daily should have been a hint, as was its coverage on UK-based websites. But when the Mandarin reported to the Czar that Fox News was covering the story incorrectly, well, the Czar needed … Continue reading →

The Czar, against his better judgment because now our free time is wasted, has started to explore Netflix. One reason why is his love for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And you probably know, if you’ve even read this far, that … Continue reading →

‘Puter attended his court-ordered* appointment with his psycho the rapist Nurse Dr. Ratched yesterday. ‘Puter hates seeing his psycho the rapist, but it keeps him out of jail. Nurse Dr. Ratched informed ‘Puter the ordinary treatment of powerful sedatives and … Continue reading →

Here’s the Czar’s spoiler-free review of Infinity War: It has a lot of very expensive actors in it. There are special effects. Lots of stuff gets resolved from earlier movies. Other stuff not as much. There are plenty of familiar … Continue reading →

Read this story from NPR on the recent IRS computer crash. ‘Puter will wait right here while you do. Done? Good. ‘Puter heard the story driving home from work yesterday on All Liberals Embittered or whatever NPR calls its taxpayer-funded afternoon … Continue reading →

One of our minions, Fr. Josh, joins us to talk Catholicism GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits … Continue reading →

GorT has been remiss in following up his earlier posts about Boy Scouts and merit badges in particular. Today, I am sharing thoughts on a three merit badges: Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, and Citizenship in the … Continue reading →

‘Puter recently traveled to Scotland. It is truly a beautiful country, full of history, and brimming with decent beer. As a public service to our readers, ‘Puter’s put together this handy list of things everyone who visits Scotland should know … Continue reading →

Several of the Gormos discuss the Olympics GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all … Continue reading →

The Volgi and a favorite minion, Neva, chat it up a bit. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The … Continue reading →

“Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying.” – Aldous Huxley “And so it goes,” ‘Puter thought, as he watched the Parkland Kids host a rock concert masquerading as a gun control rally … Continue reading →

In an effort to make this site vaguely useful for some of you, the Czar is offering some reviews of 2018 cars. The Czar knows lots about cars, but not a lot about the new models, but don’t let that … Continue reading →

The Czar was shocked to discover that our antient, mortal enemies the Freemasons apparently have employed dogs to do their mysterious work. Specifically, the Masonic Association of Service and Therapy Dogs (MAST), which looks exactly like the kind of worthwhile … Continue reading →