Hope we give these guys a couple of good fly-bys over international waters. This is, of course, part a pattern. Chávez gets to flip us off, and Putin is testing our reactions. Of course, were we a traditional power, we’d … 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 →
What am I, made of stone? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →…look increasingly formidable. But, not to worry, we’ve been spending healthily to keep the U.S. Navy’s surface fleet combat ready, right? Oh, never mind. (We’re down to, what, a 281-ship fleet from 587?) Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like … Continue reading →
…not going our way? Maybe when the Russians are in Sevastopol, Odessa, Poti, Batumi, and Sukhumi… Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →As the Atlantis shuttle rolls towards the launchpad for the STS-125 mission, NASA is dealing with a growing concern about space debris. Over the years, discarded boosters, satellites, etc. have accumulated in various orbits around the earth. Generally, the shuttle … Continue reading →
Sen. Obama just can’t help pouring gasoline on the fire. As noted before, ‘Puter’s no fan of Sen. Obama, but this is just getting painful to watch. Here’s some free advice for Sen. Obama. When you’re in a hole, stop … Continue reading →
Politics am stupid. And, for a change, much of the stupidity is coming from the Democrats. In a gaffe that a fourth grader running for class president would’ve seen coming, the Obamessiah is quoted as saying “you can put lipstick … Continue reading →
Says the BBC, echoing the Volgi who will beg your pardon as he quotes himself: Last, from the perspective of Americans, do note the hole in the middle of the SCO in that logo: Mongolia, perhaps the most pro-American country … Continue reading →
Libya hasn’t changed. Qaddafi gave up his WMDs because he was scared and figured he was weak and next on our s*** list. And yet, we view their coming to the table as some sort of triumph of diplomacy. Wishful … Continue reading →
Leon Aron, who has forgotten more about Russia than the faculties of many universities know, predicts that Russia might skip the Moldovan preliminaries the Volgi has predicted and been monitoring (here, here, here, here) and go straight to the main … Continue reading →
So goes the apothegm of Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevski, the nineteenth-century intelligent who, among other things, wrote a novel whose title—Что делать? What Is to Be Done?—Lenin re-used (and which the Volgi uses as a trope hereabouts). Kolya Ch. meant that … Continue reading →
The Volgi, who once spent a day moving stuff around in Fannie Mae’s office-supply room, is waiting for the baying of the congressional hounds for Franklin Raines and Jaime Gorelick to go to jail, like Ken Lay and the Enron … Continue reading →
A low card. But since the Volgi’s been complaining, he notes this with an iota of approval. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →How in the tank for public sector unions are New York’s legislators, both Democrat and Republican? How arrogant and smarmy can those legislators be? Meet Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), the majority leader of the New York State Assembly. Silver invited his … Continue reading →
Sure, we can make the jokes about burning rivers, etc. but now there’s this story: Adam “Pacman” Jones said the Browns did a lot of cheap stuff in Sunday’s game. DB Nick Sorenson (5th year out of Virginia Tech) grabbing … Continue reading →
Which isn’t a nice phrase. Google at your own risk. More seriously, this incident, in which Russian forces seem to have ripped off more U.S. military equipment than the previously-reported Humvees. For all the idiotic commentary following the Russian characterization … Continue reading →
As my mother used to say. U.S. passivity continues to embolden Russia. (And Iran, and maybe China.) Good post by Abe Greenwald: A strange and counterproductive psychology continues to prevent the U.S. from taking bold action against Russia’s move to … Continue reading →
Ukraine seriously considering rebuilding a nuclear arsenal? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →We all know that. But here’s exhibit #57,431. As they’re making all sorts of handwringing, weepy, soldiers-are-victims, the-U.S.-government-is-evil, war-is-always-wrong paens to their own superiority, and flushing millions of dollars down the toilet in the process, there are stories like this … Continue reading →
So your Œcumenical Volgi is comfortably ensconced on his couch watching football—an unaccustomed luxury lo these last few years. So then comes on an NFL commercial (odd, I know, one is already watching their product), and the tag-line is a … Continue reading →
‘Puter hates hisself pension funds and gubbamint trying to manage money, even taken one at a time. Putting them together in one place is like pouring gasoline on a fire: it looks cool from a distance, but you don’t want … Continue reading →
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the gubbamint is preparing to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Hold on to your wallets. Years of mismanagement and borderline fraudulent accounting practices, coupled with an implicit federal guarantee of Fannie … Continue reading →
Maybe, according to this rumor. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →As a follow up to my earlier post about this, it seems that democrats will go pretty far to advance their agenda. We have the Code Pink (or Pinkos) demonstrators at the RNC who appear to have gained entry either … Continue reading →
…the movie! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →A friend of the Volgi makes a fair bid to become the Official Commenter of gormogons.com. Noting the absence of the comment feature, he offers the following for those who miss comments. >>you alwyas like the repugnicans but lets face … Continue reading →
Here. As I think I’ve argued somewhere (oh yeah, here, though sketchily), the West has a fair number of cards to play against a revanchist, expansion-minded Russia. NATO membership is one. If it’s as transparently a bluff as Fukuyama says, … Continue reading →
South Park. Handicapped folks with a sense of humor. What’s not to love? Courtesy Jalopnik here and The Corner here. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the Volgi, although … Continue reading →
Stefan Kanfer has a lovely tribute to classical American cinema. He dwells on black-and-white photography, but doesn’t mention the tone palette, one of the principal problems with colorization and one of the principal glories of the technique. People tend to … Continue reading →
…descended from Romans, don’t go greek? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Tick tick tick. Michael Radu (and apparently the Moldovans and Romanians) share the Volgi’s foreboding on Moldova as Russia’s next target. (Cf. here and here.) Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →These… are for you! Though briefly returned from his quietus to a persistent vegetative state, Mulder is dead to the Volgi again with the Daily Mail/National Enquirer report (via two-fisted, rock-jawed man of action Brendon Donnelly) that the rumors of … Continue reading →
Sounds like the British government is getting its head around Putin’s revanchism. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Or are you just happy to see me? If ‘Puter had known that duck hunting could be so, well, stimulating, he’d have taken it up years ago. Yet another reason to follow Gov. Palin’s example and get out in the … Continue reading →
With comments like the following (h/t to Politico.com), how in the world do the democrat supporters not appear hypocritical: Liberal radio host Ed Schultz used the words “bimbo alert” to refer to Palin – where’s the denouncements? “Her first priority … Continue reading →
Ah, skanky teacher love. Older female teachers molesting their adolescent charges. The stuff of which dreams are made. Erin McLean ‘n’ Sean Powell 4-EVAH! Unfortunately, Ms. McLean had two problems: (1) she was married with kids; and (2) her lover … Continue reading →
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Follow-up for Ghettoputer: The American bishops have corporately come out with this statement on the history of Christian opposition to abortion. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The American Church’s leading intellectual (not public intellectual, like Chaput, but intellectual full stop), is ailing. May the Lord grant his faithful servant mercy the rest of his days and a peaceful death when they are done. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t … Continue reading →
…that the Clintons’ are on record saying the most fair treatment they received was by Fox News. You got crap like the moron pictured (the one in the dress if you need help) spouting off on other news channels. I … Continue reading →
Why aren’t they denouncing these sexist attacks on Gov. Palin? ‘Puter assumes they must be out of the States, vacationing in exotic locales, as is their wont. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to … Continue reading →
The Democrats have now adopted noted political philosophers The Rolling Stones’ unassailable logic recorded for posterity in Satisfaction. Mr. Richards and his cohort deftly observed that “he can’t be a man ’cause he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as me.” … Continue reading →
In a world…without Don LaFontaine (1940–2008), the multiplex will be a less entertaining place. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Ok, the Volgi semi-retracts his anti-Duchovny screed. If this story is true, he didn’t commit adultery but merely lusted in his heart (and, uh, elsewhere). After streaming video of underage Latvian clown porn, for all know. Dude. Look on the … Continue reading →
Much like Eric Cartman, ‘Puter hates cats. Cats are not cute, they are not funny and they are certainly not friendly. And cats most assuredly are not welcome to my pot pie, either. But even ‘Puter’s hatred of felines has … Continue reading →
When queried about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy, Sen. Obama replied essentially that it was a Palin family matter, and the media should mind its own business. Sen. Obama further stated that he would fire anyone on his campaign who participated in … Continue reading →
Eugene Robinson in today’s WaPo parrots the Obama Campaign talking points on Gov. Palin. When you have the script in front of you, the column practically writes itself. With the media so far in the tank for Sen. Obama and … Continue reading →
The Post gets it. And Russia taunts NATO. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Ordinarily, the Volgi can go on for days about Japan’s insufficient historical reckoning with its crimes during World War Two. (Austria, please pick up the white courtesy phone.) Consequently, he generally enjoys when the Chinese shame the Japanese into some … Continue reading →
Is the West prone or supine before Russian aggression? Discuss among yourselves. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →While I share GorT’s incandescent rage (rim shot), over the federal government’s unilateral imposition of mercury-vapor lighting and ardently hope it’ll be reversed, it’s not like this is new. We’re still using lame low-flow toilets and shower heads because we, … Continue reading →
Ok, with that weak reference to Luke Perry’s fine acting skills in The Fifth Element, I wanted to rant about CFLs. That is Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs. Did you know that 400 senators and representatives voted last December to ban incandescent … Continue reading →
