Kate Winslet…
… keepin’ it real, yo. Excuse to post this picture? Hellz yeah. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Monthly Archives: April 2009
Would You Buy A Used Car Industry from This Man?
Asks Douglas Holtz-Eakin. Let’s turn the clock back to the 2008 campaign and ask the question: If Barack Obama had run for office promising to deliver one-third of the Big Three automakers to the unions and drop another one-third on … Continue reading →
Rule of Law Rules!
The United States Senate, of all august legislative bodies, recognized the importance of the rule of law to the business community. Today, in a shocking display of level-headedness, the Senate voted down President Obama’s pet project to permit bankruptcy courts … Continue reading →
Planes, Trains, Automobiles…and Now Schools?
At least Dick Cheney knew to keep quiet. When asked about the growing Everything Shall Die terror of the Swine Flu, POTUS Obama wants everyone to stay calm. “Everyone should rest assured that this government is prepared to do whatever … Continue reading →
God Bless the Hedge Funds, Part III
In which the “Committee of Chrysler Non TARP Lenders” channels ‘Puter. It’s this pesky little “rule of law” thing that keeps coming up. At the risk of being trite, if Americans continue to stand idly by as the Obama Administration … Continue reading →
God Bless the Hedge Funds, Part II
In ‘Puter’s post below, he posits that the hedge funds struck a blow for capitalism and rule of law in America. ‘Puter tacitly claims that the Obama Administration is concerned primarily with nationalizing our economy. But if you don’t believe … Continue reading →
But, wait, I’m self-employed, so that makes…
…ME the villain! Just remember, it’s always the highest-ranking white guy in a suit. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →God Bless the Hedge Funds
Chrysler is filing for bankruptcy, despite the best efforts of the federal government to bully creditors into submission to the Obama Administration’s thinly-veiled statism. Treasury’s boy wonder, Secretary Geithner managed to whip creditor banks that received TARP funds into submission, … Continue reading →
Re: Tervetuola, Paavo!
Paavo, the Czar bids you welcome, and wishes to assure you and remind the Volgi that some other Czar was responsible for the vile horrors unleashed upon your fine land by the Russians. As the Czar of Muscovy’s title states, … Continue reading →
Welcome, too…
…to Mike DeSisto, about whom we know little. If Google can be trusted—and it can’t—he could be a square-dance caller, a bathroom renovator, or a deceased Gestalt-based-education guru. The Gormogons admire mysteriousness. Whoever you are, Mike, thanks for your interest … Continue reading →
Tervetuola, Paavo!
The Gormogons, Finnophiles all, extend a welcome to (we think) our first official non-American “follower,” Paavo from Oulu. Terve terve, ystävä! Hope you visit often, and bring some of your beautiful countrywomen with you. The Czar has a thing for … Continue reading →
Slamming the Door on Anti-Vaxxers
The Czar knows you are aware of his and GorT’s strong stance against the anti-vaccination movement. Click on the tags below to see how much so. And with good reason: this movement is responsible for killing children. Numerous web pages … Continue reading →
Days of Swine and Roses
Your Volgi received mail regarding the Czar’s recent post against the media’s pathetic Swine Flu exploitation. He was kind enough to send it on to us, and here it is: My Dad actually got West Nile virus—and DIDN’T die….It knocked … Continue reading →
He shoots…
Photo credit: Pete Silver, Off Wing Photo. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Shoulda Seen It Coming
As readers here know, the Great Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009 is a media invention. Again, to put this in perspective, 65 Americans have been hospitalized since Friday last, and none have died. Read this and think: since Friday last, … Continue reading →
Mr. Justice de Vere, Lord Oxford
Ha! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Calling Agent Mulder
I’m generally not one for conspiracy theories. I overheard a good one while the family was visiting the Grand Canyon earlier this month (supposedly the Greeks and Romans used to be here in America and there was buried Egyptian gold … Continue reading →
@#&% the FCC!
The SCOTUS has upheld the FCC’s sometimes erratic pursuit of profanity on network television. Fox (the network) has claimed that the FCC’s prohibition of profanities is a violation of free speech. The Czar is not certain where to stand on … Continue reading →
Horatio Comments on the News
Via here. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Turncoats
Not that it’s a big surprise, but Arlen Specter (RD-PA) has switched parties to the democrats. We’ll see if he adheres to his message that he votes on his principles and beliefs vs. party lines (i.e. Card Check). Honestly, I’d … Continue reading →
Geniuses
So, we’ll release classified material about our interrogation techniques and photos that allege abuse of prisoners but we won’t release classified material about why we’re flying a 747 and F-16 over downtown New York clearly below regular flight levels and … Continue reading →
Over-educated, dissatisfied…
…and lots of ’em: China Faces a Grad Glut After Boom at Colleges. This can’t end badly. I mean, disaffected intelligentsi have been an unalloyed blessing to, e.g., Russia, Italy, Germany, and the Arab world. Remember, there’s a reason that … Continue reading →
The Press: Scourge of the Powerful!
[White House Press Secretary] Robert Gibbs gave White House reporters a “strong A” Friday for their work over the first 100 days of the new administration. And why wouldn’t he? Evening Newscasts Have Covered Obama More Than Bush & Clinton … Continue reading →
Theodore Dalrymple on Paul Hollander…
…two of my favorite writers. With their memories of the sixties, when to be young was very heaven, they still believe that an oppositional stance in pursuit of perfection is virtuous in itself—indeed, is the prime or sole content of … Continue reading →
But remember children, if you don’t recycle that…
…juicebox, the WORLD WILL END. And your pre-1985 children’s books will KILL YOU! Just ignore this. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Sick of the News Yet?
Watching television, listening to radio, or monitoring the internet, you would think that by now, billions of people have swine flu, and you are next. No question. Pack it in. Your Czar, like nearly all the experts being worn out … Continue reading →
Dumbass College Kids
Cops had to use force to break up Kent State University students rioting over the weekend in Columbus, arresting 64 and injuring cops and kids alike. It’s not like the dumb-assed college kids could have known that anything bad would … Continue reading →
The end justifies the means
The end: socialized medicine The means: simply imposing it, without having campaigned on it or letting it be debated, much less voted on. That’s the proctalgia you feel. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Mark Steyn on TEOTWAWKI
Hey, what’s the big deal? Britain and France have been on the geopolitical downward slope for most of the last century and life still seems pretty agreeable. Well, yes. But that’s in part because, when a fading Britannia handed the … Continue reading →
P.J. doing some quality shtick…
… in Australia. When charming leftists stick their nose into things they don’t understand they become ratchet-jawed purveyors of monkey-doodle and baked wind. They are piddlers upon merit, beggars at the door of accomplishment, thieves of livelihood, envy coddling tax … Continue reading →
Wherein the Czar Enjoys the Theater
The Czar, his Царица, the Цесаревич, and the Царевич, as well as the boys’ grandmas, took in the theater this evening. No, he will not name the play in question, but will add that it was an annual school production … Continue reading →
Happy ANZAC day to our Antipodean readers
Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives… you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets where they lie side by … Continue reading →
Bzzzz..Bzzzz…Bzzzzz
No, that’s not the sound of a buzzer, nor is it the sound of all the news outlets reversing the reports naming the faux global warming as the culprit – it’s the sound of the honeybees celebrating freedom from the … Continue reading →
KGB up, GRU down
In another manifestation of the KGB ascendancy under Vlad the Bad, the Chekists’ traditional rival in the intelligence community, the GRU [Главвное разведительное управление, “Chief Intelligence Directorate [of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”] has … Continue reading →
Starry Starry Night
Well, by now, most astronomy enthusiasts have heard that we’re on our way to repair the Hubble Space Telescope one more time. The Czar thinks there is plenty of life left in the old bird, and for what we paid … Continue reading →
Stop the Presses!
Stop reading about Obama being snake bit by Fidel Castro, or increased Russification of free European countries, or impending strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. In fact, stop thinking about anything. Stop it. The media has decided you need to know … Continue reading →
Tags…You’re It!
The Czar is out getting his hair cut, so this post will have to do until he returns in a couple hours. The Czar likes old-fashioned barbers, by the way, with razors and hot-lather and all that. Further, your Czar … Continue reading →
Official Seal
This cute, otter-like guy to the right is name puijila darwini, but you can call him Phil. Or whatever. Indeed, it matters not because he has been extinct for millions of yeas. FoxNews.com calls him a missing link, even though … Continue reading →
Political Entertainment
Get ready to see some good ‘ol political entertainment. The democrats, led by Pelosi, Reid and POTUS Obama have been crowing about transparency in their administration and government. We’ve discussed some of it here before. I’ll call to the forefront … Continue reading →
Upstate Imitates Pennsyltucky
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all, but these Upstate antics take the cake. It’s got all the elements of a tragi-comedy. Drunkeness, jaw-dropping stupidity, unintended humor, dramatic irony. Now we know the answer to the age-old riddle … Continue reading →
Fannie II: Electric Boogaloo
President Obama and his fellow Democrat travelers are applying the malpractice that led to the housing bubble in the mortgage industry to a new industry: credit cards. Credit card companies are in the midst of a significant upsurge in default … Continue reading →
Re: Science Fairs
I was deliquent in linking to the source of the image I used in my post below. This site has a number of hilarious pics from science fairs (mostly real). Check it out. I don’t know if I could pick … Continue reading →
Sign of the Apocalypse
In the greater Upstate mecca of Rochester yesterday, a certain sign of the apocalypse occurred. Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, a fried chicken and biscuits emporium, ran out of chicken. Popeye’s is a long-time Gormogon favorite purveyor of everything that is right … Continue reading →
Told You So
This lends additional support to the “‘Puter is always right” meme. Crazy conspiracy theorists peddling conjecture and speculation as fact is as easy to predict as night following day. Of course, the ease of the prediction should cast no doubt … Continue reading →
Science Fair
Last night was the “science fair” at my kids’ school. It was revived by the middle school (6-8th grade) science teacher after years of no major projects being done. I have two main points to write about here – first, … Continue reading →
And I.F. Stone worked for the KGB
Once again, the fevered lies of denial are swept away. Hiss, guilty. The Rosenbergs, guilty. Stone, guilty. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →What Color Suit?
Well, this is exactly what affirmative action gets you. Sued. By either party, or maybe both. Can we admit it was a bad idea from the start? Maybe we could do things based on merit, not racism? The Czar of … Continue reading →
At Last We Know For Sure…
The Czar has long predicted that SoS Hillary Clinton reads this website. Her recent warnings to Pakistan are a pretty good synopsis of the Czar’s own concerns. If she would be kind enough to give us a two-word pull quote … Continue reading →
Happy Earth Day!
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →How Connected We Are
I came across this nifty analysis from the New Scientist (not an endorsement as they’re Global Warming coverage seems a bit biased). Click on the graphic for a larger view – the darker the color of the land, the more … Continue reading →
Summarization
Just to catch up on a few of the recent posts: 1. The Czar is correct in his discourse on the landlocked ice. This is an opportune time for me to expose something that bothers me in the modern day … Continue reading →
For GorTechie
The folks at Universe Today are asking, “Do we need a new theory of gravitation?” Evidently so, the Czar has learned. He is still using the old gravitational theory, and it turns out—not compatible with Microsoft Vista. The Czar of … Continue reading →
Another Meltdown Casualty
Freddie Mac’s acting CFO David Kellerman apparently killed himself last night. May God have mercy on his soul, and comfort his family. Mr. Kellerman’s suicide likely resulted from his direct involvement over 16 years in assembling the mortgage portfolio that … Continue reading →
Confucius says: You don’t run down your country in front of foreigners.
Is your Œcumenical Volgi’s prècis of Dorothy Rabinowitz’s WSJ article today. Indeed. One of the first moments when your Volgi recalls having to defend an unpopular political position was in Germany in the 1980s when, in a high school, he … Continue reading →
It’s a “Your mother sews socks that smell” for the 21st century!
Via Warming Glow. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Yet ANOTHER reason not to stop the F-22 program
Bill Sweetman writes, under the great headline: F35 H4X0R3D ZOMG! The Wall Street Journal reports today that part of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program’s computer network has been penetrated and compromised, most likely by China-based intelligence operatives. Key points … Continue reading →
Professional Catholics®
Kathy Shaidle on Maggie Gallagher‘s demolishing of the incompetents who staff most Catholic political groups: Exactly. Professional Catholics(tm) tend to be simpleminded, two-faced, passive aggressive, incompetent boobs. They do more harm than good and would really help their causes by … Continue reading →
Re: Archimedes
Readers can discover what perennial Iron Man contest winner GorTechie thinks about Steven Chu’s fear of a worldwide melting of ice in a global warming scenario. Therein, GorT references the Archimedes principle to question whether melting ice would raise the … Continue reading →
Anyone heard of Archimedes?
Steven Chu, Obama’s Energy Secretary made a dire forecast at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago: human contributed greenhouse gases will induce climate changes causing global warming and the Arctic Ocean ice will melt causing sea levels … Continue reading →
Enjoy Your Last Few Days of Email
Is ‘Puter ever wrong? Back on October 30th, he called this one. The government is looking at increased control over that Wild West Frontier Drinkin’ Town known as the Internet. Read some of the details here. Apparently, it is a … Continue reading →
The N stands for Knowledge
So given that the appointment process in the Obama Administration is so grueling that few make it through, one might suppose that those who do are a cut above the rest. They must pay their taxes…well, ok, most of them. … Continue reading →
What He Means Is…
USA Today reports that POTUS Obama gave a somewhat rambling answer to the question of what to do about CIA interrogators and their intermittent use of techniques determined to be a bit…tortuous. The President said, “As a general view, I … Continue reading →
Liberal Hypocrisy’s Latest Victim
Which Ms. Prejean is the Miss USA runner-up? The Czar couldn’t figure it out. The Czar genuinely detests beauty pagents for all the usual reasons. Unlike most folks, though, he actually knows a former Miss Muscovy who was an in-law … Continue reading →
The Unfortunate Consequences of Aging Boomers
‘Puter loves him some stripper catfights, particularly where it reads like something out of a “women behind bars” movie, with an attempted stiletto heel stabbing and everything. But, c’mon people. What kind of strip club are you running where the … Continue reading →
The Amazing Catholic Bullshit Generator
By John Zmirak. Here’s how The Generator works: Presented with a complicated problem that requires balancing the interests of groups with competing claims, it will draw selectively on Biblical references and Church documents to churn out rhetoric that simultaneously:1) Clouds … Continue reading →
Cyberwarfare
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably read or heard about the various “cyber attacks” or intrusions in the news lately. The latest being the front page of the WSJ today. As referenced in the article, the … Continue reading →
Moldova’s Potëmkin riots
From Anne Applebaum. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Bear Watching: Moldova again.
Stephen Schwartz also sees it as a bellwether. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Coming to a hospital near you?
Families described some neglected patients at the hospital drinking water from flower vases because they were so thirsty — it was apparently beyond the interest or the competence of the nursing staff or any supervisors to get them a glass … Continue reading →
Is The Czar Surprised?
Is he surprised that the UN made complete asses of themselves by letting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad address a conference on racism? No, he is not, for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did his whole embarrassing denial of the Holocaust routine again exactly as the … Continue reading →
Re: Life Imitates Art
To follow up on Muppet-head ‘Puter’s post, please note that Obama is pitching to cut $100,000,000 from HIS proposed $4,000,000,000,000 budget. Yes, that’s $100 Million out of $4 Trillion. That’s 0.0025 percent of the budget. Maybe they should start with … Continue reading →
Life Imitates Art
It seems now that President Obama has found his model of governance. That’s right, folks. That Kevin Kline/Sigourney Weaver powerhouse movie Dave. How else to explain getting the entire Cabinet in one room to cut $100,000,000 out of the budget … Continue reading →
Second Amendment Blogstravaganza
‘Puter applied for his New York concealed carry permit on Friday. ‘Puter attempted to upload the wonderful form for all to see, but was stymied, partially due to the Blogger software, and partially due to his ineptitude with things electronic. … Continue reading →
Second Amendment for the Terminally Slow
‘Puter’s favorite willfully ignorant WaPo columnist E.J. Dionne is at it again. In his column today, Mr. Dionne bemoans the fact that President Obama hasn’t pressed for passage of unnamed restrictive, and perhaps confiscatory, gun laws. Assuming for the moment … Continue reading →
Wait! Is This the Invention of the Year?
This darn well could be. The Czar would have said there is no such thing of superstool. Want! Want! This could revolutionize everything from getting a good spot at the bar to those pesky (and increasingly frequent) men’s room breaks. … Continue reading →
Perception Is A Great Reality
At first, it looked as if CNN was going to report negatively on POTUS Obama, which would be astonishing. But no, the headline was misleading: although ex-CIA Director Michael Hayden did say that Obama harmed national security by leaking out … Continue reading →
DNA and U
TJIC writes of his concern over expanding DNA collection of arrested folks, a proposal for which includes gathering DNA from people arrested, not merely convicted. The Czar has often wondered why this has not been done sooner. Anyone who has … Continue reading →
Over the Fold
A nice description of the blur between reporting news and just baking in celebrity worship as legitimate journalism. CNN, how the mighty hath fallen. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The … Continue reading →
Ever Closer It Comes
Kilmer: Off the Ranch? Is Val Kilmer looking to fill his campaign coffers? The actor, a potential candidate for New Mexico’s governorship, has put his Santa Fe ranch on the market for $33 million. The 6,000-acre ranch, a fishery and … Continue reading →
Uncommon Sense (updated)
Keep sticking it to the UN! The State Department has correctly elected to boycott a UN conference on racism, basically because the UN has no clue what racism is. The Czar says right on! About time they got something right. … Continue reading →
Iran, So Far Away
The Times of London is reporting that Israel is readying itself for a fairly large assault of Iranian nuclear sites. Whether this is merely contingency planning or a basically-any-hour-now ramp up is not easy to say, however the situation looks … Continue reading →
Forget Britain. We have a new special relationship.
Crap, I won’t even buy gas from Citgo and my president is yukking it up with the hemisphere’s leading anti-American dictator, now that Fidel is ailing. My only hope for a backstory in this picture: …is that Chávez tried to … Continue reading →
Just One More Thing…
And so Aviation Week has some information on the new Predator Avenger unmanned drone aircraft. Based on the write up there, very cool hardware indeed. One thing though, from AW: “The UAV’s undeniably stealthed-up exterior offers several clues about how … Continue reading →
Are We At 100 Days Yet?
And now, another Obama apointee has some brutal questions to answer about his past. In between the tax scandals, the foreign policy gaffes, the market-dropping-every-time-he-talks horror, the bailout fiasco, the banking industry preferring to risk failure rather than do business … Continue reading →
Obama’s sermon on the mount…
…or his Recitation? Ghettoputer sent me Powerline’s astringent “Is Obama the Way?” (with the funny pregnant implication that “the Truth, and the Life,” are tacitly understood. What Sayyid Ghiṭṭaww al-Pyûtar pointed out was that Obama’s plan is “built upon five … Continue reading →
Someone got into Sid & Marty Krofft’s stash
A friend of a friend who worked for the Kroffts in the ’70s opined that half the coke in L.A. went through their office. Perhaps these folks were next door. It’s The New Zoo Revue, comin’ right at you… Hmm. … Continue reading →
Re: Are you serious
The madness continues – Obama’s EPA chief is ruling today that CO2 and several other gases are being deemed as harmful and need to be controlled. Remind me to see how my plants and trees are doing with those harmful … Continue reading →
Are you serious?
Building off of the Czar’s recent post on Global Warming, it seems that POTUS Obama’s science advisor thinks we should entertain the notion of geoengineering to help the “runaway global warming” problem. John Holdren told The Associated Press in his … Continue reading →
China building up its navy
Couldn’t be any more upfront. We’ve told you so. And the U.S. Navy continues to shrink. Anchors away? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →St. Joseph, pray for…that guy.
One of the little neighbor girls was over here the other day and we were talking about selling houses. She told me that she has an uncle who really needed a house to sell one time, and he’d heard something … Continue reading →
GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!
Man, the headline here buries the lead on this one. In the forthcoming bombshell of a book by John Earl Haynes, Harvey Klehr and Alexander Vasseliev, Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB In America (Yale Univ. Press, 2009), … Continue reading →
Promising News
The Czar knows he has been especially tough with POTUS Obama, particularly since 2008, but is open and honest enough to point out when the President makes the smart move. And he may have done so. The President has agreed … Continue reading →
Re: Where’s the Union?
The Czar lauds Ghettoputer’s eye for news, in particular his outrage over Ms. Carlie Christine and her firing. The Czar also considers himself a bit of an expert on cheerleaders. Particularly non-pro-sports ones, and knows that when they wave to … Continue reading →
Where’s The Union?
This is an outrage! This school employee was obviously unjustly fired based on lookism and gender bias! ‘Puter’s calling for a grievance procedure and demands that she be reinstated immediately! Based on ‘Puter’s knowledge of cheerleaders, isn’t Ms. Carlie Christine … Continue reading →
“Right-wing extremists” and Protests
For those who haven’t read DHS Chief Janet Napolitano’s briefing (I have in full) that has been making all the ruckus, it’s worth a read. I might argue that it is either mis-classified or is being mishandled by some but … Continue reading →
Line of the day
James Lileks. Ghettoputer will be cross-stitching this into a sampler and throw pillow, soon to be available in the official Gormogons shop. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Czar’s new hooptie
Described by the inimitable Reuben Johnson. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Weather? Or Not?
In the May/June 2009 issue of Skeptical Inquirer, your Czar found an article titled “The Great Global Cooling Myth and the Politics of Science” by John Fleck. SI has, true to its nature, retained a fairly conservative and skeptical opinion … Continue reading →
Why Universities Are Messed Up
‘Puter received an email from the chancellor one of his alma maters today. In the missive, the chancellor who shall remain unnamed stated that the university that shall remain unnamed must take measures to cut back monetarily in order to … Continue reading →