I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention an excellent email from Gormogon follower, Eric. Mr. E. wrote in with regards to this post about the F.U.D. campaign against nuclear power plants. He makes a critical point (my emphasis added): [O]ne … Continue reading →
At first, the Czar thought he missed the sarcastic image of a middle finger or a dead body. But no, the dude is serious. Ranjit Goswami, of the Blogger News Network, writes an editorial titled “Saluting China”. In it, he … Continue reading →
Not all of you, and not literally. Well, maybe some of you, and literally, but you get ‘Puter’s point. Health care workers are screaming that their “rights” are being infringed. Anytime you hear a largely unionized workforce complaining about their … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since I delved into a technical topic (aside from today’s earlier global warming post) and since I pounded on Apple. Let me say that I’m an equal opportunity critic and Microsoft and Google have both been … Continue reading →
Stalwart supporter MC (presently in charge of our top three conspiracies in Andorra) writes in to say: No doubt the mighty Czar of Muscovy has already read this piece by David Pryce-Jones, but I took note that he follows your … Continue reading →
You may remember that your Mandarin commented back on September 10th that “the Chinese flag was going to fly over the Ellipse in D.C.” to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Communist Chinese regime. Now it turns out that according … Continue reading →
A week of surprises from the New York Times. First, there was the confession from the public editor that they screwed up the ACORN coverage because they acted like jackasses. Now, comes word that the New York Times is revealing … Continue reading →
Whatever else you think of him, Mike Huckabee hits one out of the park as far as the Czar is concerned; in a convention speech, he had the common sense to suggest booting the UN out of the country. Actually, … Continue reading →
This amuses me:Maybe we need to unleash a gorilla in the congressional office buildings…. 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 … Continue reading →
FUD is a public debate tactic, if I may stretch a bit, wherein the speaker or organization is facing serious opposition either in popularity, by factual data or by common sense. It is resorted to in order to appeal to … Continue reading →
Maybe it’s the ultra-competitive nature of the society we currently live in or the desire to be the first for personal recognition sake, but it’s a sad day when good scientific processes are abandoned and squelched in favor of political … Continue reading →
After more than a decade of powerful rule, the Labour party looks to have its buttocks smartly thumped by Conservatives in next year’s election. Brits, frustrated with the sagging economy, oppressive unemployment, emptying tax coffers, a series of get-rich-quick scandals … Continue reading →
Oh, those wacky conservatives. You see the kind of crap they believe? Largely trivial actor Kirk Cameron is now actively speaking out against The Theory of Evolution and the devil-book Origin of Species. And in true conservative fashion, he is … Continue reading →
President Bill Clinton seems to think so. He said in an NBC interview that the “virulent” right-wing conspiracists that pursued him are now after President Obama. You can roll your eyes, but sit back a moment and think this through. … Continue reading →
Note to readers: As GorT knows, but didn’t mention, the German political spectrum is much narrower than the American. Even the “conservative” CDU/CSU has historically favored an expansive welfare state of the type embraced mostly by Democrats in the U.S. … Continue reading →
Царь наш, don’t forget that the environmental lobby has a thirty-year history of anti-nuclear activism. A lot of this is irrational Three Mile Island hangover and atomic-bomb craziness, but there’s also an influential minority of environmentalists who don’t want cheap … Continue reading →
As mentioned below, Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, the Free Democratic Party and the Christian Social Union (a Bavarian, conservative sister party to Merkel’s CDU) won the German national vote this past weekend. Of note, is that the CDU and … Continue reading →
Germany is usually touted as among the greenest of the green European countries. Yet, election victor Angela Merkel intends to keep Germany’s nuclear plants operating longer than their required phase-outs. Why? Nuclear plants provide low cost electricity with no environmental … Continue reading →
The Czar received an absolutely awesome email from ER today that is so good, he opted to quote it in its entirety. Some excellent analysis here on what an Israeli strike would mean, and ultimately what it might not achieve. … Continue reading →
To all our Jewish readers. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →…if this kind of stuff hadn’t been created left and right by his fanboys during the campaign, and the president hadn’t been talking himself up as the Redeemer of the Nation, I’d consider it out of bounds. But, since as … Continue reading →
John Miller is right, this is awfully funny. (Weird and creepy images may not be work or child-safe. 0/1d2 SAN loss.) Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Well, it took 31 years. Roman Polanski, wanted on an outstanding 1978 statutory rape charge, has consistently dodged American authorities by limiting his travel to countries that deny extradition to the US. He always insisted he was innocent—the 13 year … Continue reading →
Did not expect this. Clark Hoyt, who claims independence but really seems to be the guy to summarize reader complaints and synthesize them into an op ed article—a pretty clever idea, actually— writes that the New York Times’ failure to … Continue reading →
And right on cue, Israel is ramping up pre-war rhetoric. Interestingly, Israel indicates no plan for any military involvement until after Yom Kippur, due to cabinet holiday schedules. And that delays things until later this week. Oh yeah—right on time … Continue reading →
A New York Times editorial takes the GOP to task for scaring the crap out of senior citizens. Thanks to the darn GOP, only 15% of Americans now think Medicare would be improved under the Obama plan. This is just … Continue reading →
The Czar is prompted to reply to his own post in order to respond to various emails, comments, and so on at once. 1. “Do you really believe war with Iran is inevitable?” By no means. The Czar would not … Continue reading →
What a great week for the President! Just when his popularity numbers cemented him under 50%, the President picked up some key endorsements certainly to win over the hearts of Americans. Thank goodness the American press reports on any praise … Continue reading →
Characteristically ascerbic: Perhaps this would not be so serious a matter if the British economy were not a so-called service economy. It has been such ever since Margaret Thatcher solved our chronic industrial relations problem by the simple expedient of … Continue reading →
Know this, all ye who tremble before the Czar, et cetera. There are no coincidences in foreign policy. Readers here know the Czar has been sharing a little more each day about the chessboard setup that is Iran. Chess was … Continue reading →
There’s an on-going discussion on H.P. Lovecraft at NRO’s Corner which paints a partially correct view of H.P. Lovecraft, but completely misses out on Lovecraft’s dismal and vicious politics. John Derbyshire quotes Sam Francis as calling HPL “one of America’s … Continue reading →
See, Scotland? This is how you treat a convicted mass murder who is diagnosed with terminal cancer while serving his sentence. You let the evil piece of garbage die in prison, despite her pleas for a charitable early release. Not … Continue reading →
Reuters is reporting on the story “of an Illinois man who is being charged in a plot to bomb federal offices.” Kudos to Reuters for not obscuring the fact that the alleged bomber Michael Finton also known as Talib Islam … Continue reading →
The WorldNetDaily web site has posted a summary of the evidence that columnist Jack Cashill has gathered to question the true authorship of Barack Obama’s book, “Dreams From My Father.” The conclusion of his investigation is that Bill Ayers – … Continue reading →
In another example of the democrats unwilling to take responsibility for the results of their actions, the Washington Post front page* has a report on a significant drop in campaign contributions to the dems as we enter the 2010 election … Continue reading →
You were warned that it’s the Year of the Yeti. And we brought you a glimpse into the seamier side of cinéma yéti. Now, we take you uptown to reveal that, as the Hollywood Reporter writes: ’GON FAVE RAIMI TAPPED … Continue reading →
China has made no secret of their desire to knock us out of their rightful sphere of influence. Read this outstanding article by Dan Blumenthal — China’s staggering boost in military hardware and technology isn’t gear that’s limited to a … Continue reading →
We love the Church, but by and large, churchmen don’t understand a lick about economics. This results in foolishness not limited to—and usually much more catastrophic than—the mushy Christian-Democratic statist gunk the Czar was recently surprised to find in the … Continue reading →
The typical reader here knows all about the ACORN scandal; indeed, consider yourself more familiar with it than any MSM newsreader. We know all about the corruption and scandals on video, why O’Keefe did it, why Breitbart picked up on … Continue reading →
President Obama has got to hate YouTube by now. For now we have video from last June (rapidly being pulled off YouTube, so the following link may be dead by the time you read this) featuring about 18 multiracial school … Continue reading →
There is so much fail in this story as reported by The Times of London that ‘Puter doesn’t even know where to start. Two aging female news presenters felt pressured to quit before they were fired. Apparently, it shocks the … Continue reading →
Here is what the media is reporting: 51-year-old Bill Sparkman, a census worker, was found lynched from a tree near a Clay County, Kentucky, cemetary. The word FED was “scrawled on his chest.” Most stories are either suggesting or completely … Continue reading →
There is no progress with Burma. Despite news reports extolling the greatness of Our Leader Lord Obama, and how He is doing everything different in foreign policy…there is no progress with Burma. And even though the stories relate how SecState … Continue reading →
Water on the Moon! Water on the Moon! Scientists found water on the Moon! In case you have not heard yet, scientists found water on the Moon! Except, and once again you have to find this out from the Gormogons, … Continue reading →
What a rare treat New York has enjoyed today. In addition to having Ahmadî-Nezhâd smearing his own feces on every clean surface he can find, Manhattan was happy to treat Mu‘ammar al-Qaḏāfī, who now now appears rather much like Carlos … Continue reading →
‘Puter needs to confirm CNN’s amazing scientific climatological analysis with GorT and Czar, for the depth and breadth of CNN’s breakthrough is astonishing! CNN has discovered that when it rains a lot over a long period of time, it floods. … Continue reading →
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the D.C. Public School system, has had to deal with a significant ($666 million) budget shortfall. Chancellor Rhee is addressing this crisis by laying off underperforming teachers. The D.C. teachers’ union is predictably calling the layoffs … Continue reading →
‘Puter could’ve happily gone to his grave without hearing about this. What kind of sick &%$@ does something like this to his child? And what kind of sick &%$@ child then goes on to write about it for profit? And … Continue reading →
He begins: During last year’s campaign, Sen. Joe Biden famously remarked that, if his ticket won, it wouldn’t be long before “the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy” on foreign affairs. Last week, President Obama, brilliantly wielding … Continue reading →
Despite the impressive but oddly emphatic promise to increase military presence in Afghanistan, CinC Obama is now holding off on sending additional troops at what Gen. Stanley McChrystal considers a critical moment. No doubt the President is going to base … Continue reading →
GorT: Irony! If Ms. King wants to restore a ton of land to its natural state, she can start with her own home. If our math is correct here, she’s right: only 3% of her goddamned driveway is undeveloped. The … Continue reading →
Carole King, songwriter (“Up On the Roof”, ‘Puters’ favorite – “The Loco-Motion”, “Don’t Bring Me Down”, “Some Kind of Wonderful”, etc.) was on Morning Joe and said the following: I want them to learn that they’re there, and that they … Continue reading →
Hey GorT: Biden is still very much around, as he spells out in detail what the GOP needs to do to destroy the Presidency of Barack Obama. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, … Continue reading →
A high-school sophomore from West Virginia has discovered a new astronomical object—a rotating radio transient. Predicted theoretically, this is indeed the first ever confirmed hit, although some candidates had been identified. A rotating radio transient is like stuttering, slow pulsar: … Continue reading →
I’d like to tie together two possibly distinct stories from the past few days. The first from President Obama’s appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos (transcript of the pertinent section here) in which the President denied that the health … Continue reading →
Rich Lowry reads the tea leaves. *For which see here. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Tom Jocelyn at the Standard writes a good post today on the fact that “Obama’s Popularity Abroad Does Not Equal Gains for America.” In short: his personal popularity has not changed any of the complexes of problems with which President … Continue reading →
‘Puter went and got his seasonal flu vaccination today, free of charge (not really; insurance paid) at a local clinic. Oddly, the doctor required ‘Puter to remove all his clothes. ‘Puter also wonders why this clinic was held in a … Continue reading →
Readers may recall the Czar has a love-hate relationship with theater. He mostly hates it, and avoids it completely. Why? Check this out. Contact, the Musical. Yeah, the Carl Sagan book/Jodie Foster movie. How timely, too, since the book is … Continue reading →
FoxNews is reporting on a CNN interview—if you need to take a moment to follow that—with Russian President Dmitri “Side Dish” Medvedev,* in which Medvedev downplays the risk of an Israeli strike on Iran. In a carefully worded response, Medvedev … Continue reading →
How badly can the current administration screw things up? Only 10 months after becoming the radically pro-environmental green-the-world carbon crediting, cap’n’trade president, Barack Obama has reduced the United States to environmental moron status, and China is the country we all … Continue reading →
‘Puter, tell the Bills’ players not to worry. People are much more polite in Toronto. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Especially on game day. First, a chucklehead defaces Leodis McKelvin’s lawn for fumbling away a sure win over New England last week. An excellent example of an “adult” reaction to a game. But with Buffalo (the city, not the team … Continue reading →
If this quote in the Guardian is right, then either someone flunked junior-high Civics, or the Administration’s opinion of itself is, uh, expansive? Obama has rejected the Pentagon’s first draft of the “nuclear posture review” as being too timid, and … Continue reading →
Did anyone else here see Wall*E, the movie? I went along with the kids and aside from some nice animation was rather unenthralled by it. However, one of the main themes in the movie is how humans become reliant upon … Continue reading →
Confucius* has not seen this movie, but it comes recommended by someone whose opinion he respects greatly. If anyone checks it out, let us know, and perhaps we’ll have a screening at Castle Gormogon. *For those who came in late: … Continue reading →
Homeland haters can bite us. Rasmussen poll reveals that 57% of Americans still think the rest of the world should be more like America. That constitutes a majority. Once the Progressives are bounced out of office starting next year, those … Continue reading →
Two stories today on the Church, God save her from her churchmen. Stupid: CCHD has funnelled $7.3M to ACORN over the years. Apparently ended last year. Evil: Fêted Fairfield Prep grad sets up children’s charity in Haiti in order to … Continue reading →
The Associated Press, in its ongoing attempts to break news stories well over a week old, has basically concluded that ACORN is dying, if not already dead. Let us certainly hope so. We all love to see a blood-sucking parasite … Continue reading →
Lots of commentators are pointing out seemingly scary similarities between Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama. Heck, they just say that because both are Progressives. In fact, there are lots of differences between Wilson and Obama. For example: Wilson lived most … Continue reading →
Suddenly, Russia has an opinion? Fresh on the heels of the Czar’s revelation that there may be some ménage à trois between Russia, Israel, and America leading to an Israeli attack on Iran comes four more interesting events. First, Russia … Continue reading →
GorT is correct in his summation that, “The power, control, praise and blame for this action while directly attributable to Eric Holder, stop and lie on the desk of President Obama,” but the President and the administration really don’t care. … Continue reading →
To jump on the Czar’s excellent post let me say that two more CIA directors are alive and would have likely signed it but Stansfield Turner is 86 years old (which would add another 4 years of service to the … Continue reading →
Because it’s super-late on Friday night, when the news media releases any information that looks bad for the Obama administration in hopes you miss it in your libertine haze. But not to the Gormogon’s all-seeing eye. Yeah, you read that … Continue reading →
Check out this story from West Virginia. I wonder if he updated his status to read, “Jonathan Parker is so robbing this house right now!” I doubt he got any points for his MobWars character for actually committing a felony. … Continue reading →
As loyal Gormogon readers surely know, Democrats are planning on unprecedented government intervention in Wall Street’s business. Bureaucrats will determine everything from proper salaries, to what constitutes a fair profit, to acceptable urinal spacing. ‘Puter made that last one up, … Continue reading →
Well at least we can say that President Obama didn’t lie to the American people. According to this article from today’s Washington Times web site President Obama is pushing for “comprehensive” immigration reform. Funny how we can’t afford to cover … Continue reading →
A Washington State mental hospital took some of its residents to the Spokane County Interstate Fair yesterday. Unfortunately, one of the mentally ill patients, one Phillip Arnold Paul*, walked away. The problem? Mr. Paul is a murderer, acquitted by reason … 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 →
Your Mandarin has discovered an article by Aaron Klein on the WorldNetDaily web site that outlines regulatory Czar Cass Sunstein’s belief that President Obama, not the courts, should interpret the law. This would probably work if Obama were a dictator … Continue reading →
There’s nothing better than someone tying a note to a brick and hurling it through the front window of the Castle Gormogon. Unless of course it goes through an open bedroom window and wallops ‘Puter smack in the head. God, … Continue reading →
Rumors keep crossing the Czar’s butcher block desk that there is more to President Obama’s concession to Russia on the missile defense shield. Vastly more. The rumors, now buzzing on conservative radio, Israeli chat forums, and whispered discussions, suggest that … Continue reading →
So the Czar just got a letter from the Superintendent of the Muscovy School Board, SD 474F5254, that said: “By the Grace of God, et cetera [lots of nice things omitted], we respectfully wish to inform your Czarness that henceforth, … Continue reading →
The Czar has just realized that there hasn’t been a post today. We apologize. Not sure where everyone is… there’s lots of activity in and around the Castle, so I supposed it slipped everyone’s mind. Any way, plenty of conspiracies … Continue reading →
Honestly, your Czaritude, I was just as happy to pass on Etruscan for Business Travellers. I always felt it was a little sleazy. Chapter 14 was “Tarxna After Dark.” Ein thuta lautnitha, fase ti turo.Not-chaste freedwoman, I give you a … Continue reading →
Know who else was over at the Castle Gormogon today? Patrick from Popehat! He came by to borrow the Volgi’s Etruscan For Business Travelers and mentioned to us that your Czar is the best candidate for Czar: What Democratic and … Continue reading →
Love it. Update. Backstory courtesy of the Czar & Czesarevich. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →AP is freaking out. The world’s oceans are the hottest they have ever been, ever, since 1880! And they state, as a matter of fact and record, that climate change has been raising the planet’s temperature steadily since 1997. The … Continue reading →
We’re selling out the Poles and Czechs to suck up to Bad Vlad. We are now on the clock for the next contemptuous gesture by Russia. And a Georgetown professor talks down to Burmese democrats. Thanks to Mike Goldfarb for … Continue reading →
And it’s the democrats? Yep. Go read this story. So the White House has a private contractor crawling the web and social networking sites, collecting data (likely data that would fall into the PII (that’s Personally Identifiable Information) category and … Continue reading →
Quick: name a utopia that worked. By that, the Czar wants you to name a society that mapped out its infrastructure in advance, performed extensive individual economic planning, established a volunteer military, eliminated financial concerns, and provided for the continuously … Continue reading →
Russia and China are both developing “fifth generation” fighters that will be widely exported at prices that will undercut the F-35 price tag. Both nations will thus acquire “near F-22 performance… while attempting to proliferate the [aircraft] to perhaps near … Continue reading →
These two items are doubtless coincidental. Rathke, a pioneer of the so-called welfare rights movement that aims to get Americans on welfare, devotes an entire chapter of his book to what he calls “The ‘Maximum Eligible Participation’ Solution.” It is … Continue reading →
Updated: Guess who agrees with us? President Jimmy Carter declared Rep. Joe Wilson a racist on Tuesday, for calling President Obama a liar during the latter’s health care sales pitch last week. The White House, in a little recognized story, … Continue reading →
By Robb Allen @ Sharp As A Marble. Be sure to check the cute baby picture on his About page and read his proposal story. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Over in the Corner, Jonah Goldberg got flamed by some guy who seems to want to exculpate Rousseau, “smart people,” and “intellectuals” from murderous frenzy of the French Revolution. The historical nuts and bolts come later. Feel free to skip … Continue reading →
It seems like one of those science fiction clichés, where a news story from the future drops some weird headline that seems very implausible by today’s standards. And yet, here it is. The country of Lesotho is officially open to … Continue reading →
Confucius* sagely wrote: Alas, Lane failed to ask the Mandarin if he could borrow his helicopter to shoot the crowd from above… Lane should know the Mandarin would not only loan him the helicopter, but several BMG .50s to shoot … Continue reading →
Now with more Manson Family members! That horrible crunching sound you’re hearing is the skulls of all the local Chambers of Commerce presidents smacking against their office walls. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims … Continue reading →
