The first Gormogon collaborator to point out that the Freemasons had slipped the Czar a ringer of a picture was noted hippiephobe Gullyborg over at Resistance Is Futile!. Visit his blog and drop him a note of thanks. Also, Lane … Continue reading →
We, as a country and a people, are treading into some dangerous waters. For those unaware there are relatively new terms surfacing in the American political scene. Most notably is the term “libertarian paternalism” and along with it “choice architect”. … Continue reading →
…by amica Gormogonorum Claire Berlinski is up at City Journal’s site. It’s a great read. I walk alone through almost every neighborhood of Istanbul, often at night. This is a megacity of at least 12 million people, many of whom … Continue reading →
Unfortunately on us. Prince Mikey G writes: Every time we try and capitulate, they slap us around some more. What fresh hell is this? Oh, well, Ahmadî-Nezhâd’s press advisor is claiming that we were offering to sell them some Boeing … Continue reading →
Your Volgi will merely reproduce Vince the Film Drunk’s headline: BRUCE CAMPBELL PLAYS ‘BIG PART’ IN SPIDEY 4 Oh hell to the yeah. Wait, what are you still doing here? That was the end of the post. Oh, you thought … Continue reading →
So Confucius’s brother Li Bai, after a few bottles of rice wine, noted that Van Jones left the stage too early, with significant amounts of comedy left unmined. Not least the fact that no one in the blogosphere seems to … Continue reading →
Patrick Swayze is dead. The Czar is of three minds on this man. On the one hand, he will be forever tormented by the day Swayze walked into his roadhouse. He called himself Dalton, then, and was nice. Until it … Continue reading →
According to Politico, our President referred to Kanye West as a “jackass.” In keeping with Gormogon policy, ‘Puter can indeed confirm that Kanye West is, in fact, a jackass. Listen, getting lit up on Hennessey and picking on women is … Continue reading →
Sorry, Volgi. The Czar just loves being embarrassed like this, although he believes the computational method quite sound. Except that photograph submitted to him indeed was incorrect. The Czar asked the okhrana bunch to go pay the dude a visit … Continue reading →
Turns out we screwed up. The picture the Czar found turns out to be of a Promise Keepers’ rally a decade ago. Click here for a version with the site of the missing National Museum of the American Indian circled. … Continue reading →
According to Breitbart.com, Obama, Clinton eat Italian after Obama’s NY speech. What did the poor bastard do to deserve that fate? I would think you would have to cook him over a medium heat as not to dry him out. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →In two words or less: loser pays. If that won’t wring the litigation-based waste out of the health care system, nothing will. But again, ‘Puter expects President Obama to put the interests of reliable, big-dollar Democrat campaign donors like the … Continue reading →
Especially when one must advertise one’s name on yard signs. Behold! ‘Puter wonders if the undercover “pimp” busting ACORN used this guy’s name as his pseudonym. It would have been most appropriate. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer … Continue reading →
The big 9/12 protest certainly attracted a ton of people. How many seems to be an open question. The Washington Post reported “tens of thousands,” so a conservative might reasonably expect there to have been at least a hundred thousand. … Continue reading →
And so the plot thickens. According to the latest news from the Chicago Sun-Times web site, Kelly’s girlfriend has “lawyered up” and is no longer talking to the police. In addition to the silent girlfriend, the police are trying to … Continue reading →
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting on the death of Christopher Kelly who was an adviser to former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. According to initial reports the cause of Mr. Kelly’s demise is an apparent aspirin overdose. OK, let me tighten … Continue reading →
Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times really wants President Obama to make him czar of something. Anything. He is well qualified. For one thing, he likes “pragmatism,” and he thinks national socialism is a good idea. In an … Continue reading →
Wow, we’ve seen some bad press on ACORN lately, haven’t we, boys and girls? ACORN, which stands for Acronyms Created Outta Radical Nonsense, is a taxpayer-funded effort to mobilize the under-served voters and work for social justice. As you know, … Continue reading →
Imagine. The Japanese elect a blatantly liberal government, and the next thing you know they are shocked, shocked, to learn that the new government is already cranking up anti-business regulations under the guise of environmental protection to where manufacturers have … Continue reading →
His new name is Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov. (Yes, and at least two of his nerdonyms appear to be misspelled.) Now you know. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →No need to apologize to Baltimore. Regardless of the Nation’s Capital’s problems, the Charm City is still like school on Saturday. No class. Your Volgi is partially correct. ACORN’s tutorials on how to run a stable of prostitutes financed by … Continue reading →
Looks like D.C. ACORN is just as guilty. Confucius* says: it seemed curious that the woman who played the prostitute told Glenn Beck that she’d emptied her savings to finance the exposé. To walk into one office with a hidden … Continue reading →
Fortunately, ACORN is here to help! Good God, ’Puter’s sitting at home playing “count the felonies.” Congrats to Andrew Breitbart for rolling out biggovernment.com with an incredibly splash story. (That the media will do their level best to ignore.) Would … Continue reading →
Is the Pope Bavarian? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone magazine takes on the state of America’ healthcare system and manages to get everything pretty much dead wrong. Obviously, he is a sucker for a single payer—that is, Federally run—system. He couldn’t be printed in … Continue reading →
Like almost anyone reading this, the Czar remembers exactly where he was eight years ago. The weirdly blue and open skies. The strangely hushed start to the morning. The people gathering by anything like a television. The Czar only glances … Continue reading →
…made them feel secure enough to crack heads after the election fraud was revealed, says David Ignatius. One Iranian political figure has told a Western intermediary that the Obama administration may have unwittingly encouraged the regime’s power grab by sending … Continue reading →
What is most interesting about the [Ted Kennedy’s letter to the Pope], however, is its concise expression of the view that personal salvation can be achieved through liberal politics. —James Bowman. Read on. Illustration: Antipope, Max Ernst, 1941. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
America and capitalism has done more to advance a citizens’ standard of living than any other “-ism” or means fo government. How much so? The poor in this country (roughly about 30 Million by the Census Bureau’s annual poverty report) … Continue reading →
A Boeing plant in South Carolina voted to oust its union, by a vote of 199-68. This means that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is done, gone, out. It of course means that a new or different … 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 →
‘Puter’s been reading a lot of the commentary on President Obama’s address to the joint session of Congress last night. Here’s one item that ‘Puter thinks has gotten short shrift. President Obama declared that in his preferred health care reform … Continue reading →
‘Puter penned this post Tuesday, regarding Mr. Kevin Chavous’ protest of the Democrats killing D.C.’s school voucher program. Today, the Wall Street Journal drops an unsigned editorial eerily similar to ‘Puter’s post. There is nothing beyond your Gormogons’ reach. 'PuterAlways … Continue reading →
The web site WorldNetDaily (www.wnd.com) has this headline on their web site today – Chinese flag to flutter over Ellipse in D.C. The flag will be flown on September 20th to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Communist Chinese regime. … Continue reading →
If you enjoy theatrically baroque and erudite prose, hie thee to Fr. Geo. Rutler’s “Speaking Well of the Dead.” Terrific read. No such favor was granted on July 29 [1997] in St. Matthew’s Cathedral [at the funeral of Justice Wm. … Continue reading →
Not to pick on fair Baltimore, but… The Orioles, in a aesthetically-challenged, if apparently sincere (with the Devil owning the team, one never knows), tribute to their greats, erected four-foot aluminum numerals corresponding to the team’s retired numbers at Camden … Continue reading →
Oprah celebrated her 24th season premiere on Michigan Avenue in Chicago today, along with the Black Eyed Peas. The Gormogons were there. Test for faithful readers with sharp eyes: Can you spot the hidden Gormogon? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent … Continue reading →
You’d think someone would write a book. Not that there’s a word of truth in Jonah Goldberg’s tragically best-selling compendium of scurrilous rumors and accounts of idiosyncratic, marginal cranks like Woodrow Wilson, George Creel, Mitchell Palmer, Herbert Croly, Fr. Coughlin, … Continue reading →
Beck took the time to decipher the clues of the Hollywood conspiracy to turn America into a socialist regime. Glenn analyzed photos of Oliver Stone with Chavez on his arm. The two arrived in an armored gondola that Beck noticed … Continue reading →
If you’ve ever wondered why America has taken a serious dislike to politicians of all stripes, meet California Assemblyman Mike Duvall (R). Politicians seem to be uncouth, tacky, liars and all-around nogoodniks these days, regardless of political persuasion (cf., Rangel, … Continue reading →
And in this video, Moffit points to an amendment offered by Rep. Dean Heller, R-NV, during a House Ways and Means Committee meeting just before the recess began that would have required Members to be covered by the Public Option … Continue reading →
According to this report from Foxnews.com, the actor Charlie Sheen is demanding a meeting with President Obama to discuss the “truth” behind the September 11th terrorist attack. Looks like Mr. Sheen holds the same belief of former Green Jobs Czar … Continue reading →
But affluent middle-class Democrats now seem to be complacently servile toward authority and automatically believe everything party leaders tell them. Why? Is it because the new professional class is a glossy product of generically institutionalized learning? Independent thought and logical … Continue reading →
One plain fact should outweigh all the words of Barack Obama and all the impressive trappings of the setting in which he says them: He tried to rush Congress into passing a massive government takeover of the nation’s health care … Continue reading →
Man, she shows up everywhere. Photoshopping by Brendon Donnelly at What Would Tyler Durden Do? Safe(ish) for work at WWTDD, not so safe for the work, if you click down a further level. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like … Continue reading →
Imagine your Mandarin’s shock and dismay over this headline – Immigration Activists Urge Census Boycott – from The Boston Globe. So let me try to wrap my mind around this: • Illegal immigrants want to boycott the 2010 census to … Continue reading →
Rich, Might we suggest: ro·ta·sub·ter·i·a·tion ˌrō-tə-səb-tēr-ē-ˈā-ʃən, n., oft. fig., 1. to throw someone under a bus; to discard an individual once they no longer serve one’s purposes. 2. The state or result of being thrown under a bus or discarded … Continue reading →
Ah sō des’ ne, as those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders say. Silly me, I was still calling it “September Eleventh.” I had no idea it had been Day-ified. Update: Ok, so I’ve been thinking about this for way too long. Shouldn’t … Continue reading →
On the steps of the U.S. Department of Education building this morning former D.C. City Councilman Kevin P. Chavous, and others, protested the Obama Adminstration’s refusal to continue funding of a successful school voucher program. Via The Corner, ‘Puter notes … Continue reading →
Patriot Day is in remembrance of the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. I am looking at my Veterans of Foreign Wars calendar sitting over my desk that not only recognizes the day, but also reminds us that the flag is … Continue reading →
What the heck is Patriot Day? Is this some Hallmark holiday to supplement July 4th? Or have I just missed this for the past several decades? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →While reviewing the political cartoons at Townhall.com today, this one really caught my attention. I think the cartoon’s artist is illustrating what for me is the inability to distinguish between indoctrination to a distinct set of political views and the … Continue reading →
Many of us Gormogons hail from Washington, D.C., which maintains a healthy and reciprocal hatred with Baltimore, Sinkhole of the Universe. So we are happy to reprint the following: 4. CRIMINALS! Everyone knows Baltimore is the shit-stained asshole of the … Continue reading →
I do like the ability to travel through time – it provides the chance to reflect on the changing times. For example, I recently went back to October 1991. President George H. W. Bush (Bush, Sr., if you will) had … Continue reading →
Today is the birthday of the B.V.M. (Blessed Virigin Mary, for those non-Catholics among us), as it is nine months after the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is also the birthday of ‘Puter’s nephew Jack. So to Jack, get … Continue reading →
In this post, ‘Puter commented on New Hampshire’s efforts to prevent a woman from homeschooling. despite New Hampshire’s admission that the daughter had progressed adequately in academics, the state faulted the woman’s extensively on Christian beliefs to the exclusion of … Continue reading →
Or, “‘Puter Is Always Right: Unions Overplay Their Hand Again.” Here’s a little roundup of union news from around teh intarwebs that you may have missed if you were out having a life this weekend. Support for labor unions falls … Continue reading →
Well it appears that one of Hollywood’s leading apologist and supporter of progressive dictatorial rule – Oliver Stone – has produced a new documentary staring everyones favorite South American potentate Hugo Chavez. The documentary is titled “South of the Border” … Continue reading →
Looks like a new must-read site. From a couple of their inaugural articles: …The old joke that GM was a health-insurance company that made cars on the side increasingly became the company’s grim reality. As its commitments grew while its … Continue reading →
The Czar has read the President’s speech, which of course was posted far too late for schools to do anything about it. The Mandarin is aware of some school districts—and the Czar has similary heard—that school principals are saying “Screw … Continue reading →
GorT and family attended the local Labor Day parade. Intermixed with the dozens of fire fighting vehicles (literally, if there were a major fire in the neighboring municipalities, the parade would have lost 50% of the vehicles in it), was … Continue reading →
In his Labor Day speech, President Obama said that paid leave, minimum wage, and Social Security “all bear the union label.” Indeed they do: 1. Paid leave was intended to prevent minorities from grabbing white jobs when the jobholders went … Continue reading →
Today, when I was finished eating at McDonalds, I went to Shoppers to pick up a new toothbrush. I got back to my car only to find the windows smashed in. The only thing that was missing from my car … Continue reading →
With faltering support for President Obama’s government healthcare takeover, a crisis may just be what the doctor ordered. With the administration’s propaganda department (ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, and CBS) already running story after story of the upcoming H1N1 – otherwise … Continue reading →
Ha‘aretz is reporting some encouraging news, in that a senior US official believes an unspecified number of Arab states have agreed to make overtures to Israel, perhaps as a prelude to normalizing relations with Israel. Presently, only two Arab countries … Continue reading →
Gormogons friendly D.F. (who previously was bright enough to discern our occult rôle in the overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos) writes in: O Great and Notorious Volgi, [not an official title, but the ŒV approves] Hello Kitty has found a way … Continue reading →
The Pew Foundation’s Project for Excellence in Journalism conducted a recent research effort looking at about a month’s worth of front pages of The Washington Post and found that 72 percent of the stories related to health-care were about politics, … Continue reading →
The Czar, and it is safe to say the rest of the Gormogons, are hardly fans of the current Presidential administration and Congress. Yes, we would gleefully enjoy a 2010 Congressional enema, and would prefer to see a Republican president … Continue reading →
And the answer to the Volgi’s question…apparently yes! Photo: Yakov Mikhaylovich is pleased at the downfall of a czar, yet saddened by the defeat of a fellow Bolshevik. That’s one conflicted death squadder. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like … Continue reading →
Boy, the whole Obama Czars thing is getting a bit nuts…on the conservative side! We are hearing all sorts of strange claims. Fox Military Analyst Ralph Peters says that President Obama “needs to knock it off with the czars and … Continue reading →
FoxNews is reporting that we live in a conservative writing boom. Three of the New York Times top ten list are staunchly conservative, and none is remotely liberal. Conservative blogs appear to outnumber (drastically) liberal blogs, and book publishers say … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →The Czar is not a fan of the President’s czars. And why should he be? They are but pretenders. But who are all these czars that the President continues to appoint? Are they advisors? No—because advisors have no authority. On … Continue reading →
You know, the Internet is chockablock with fuckwittery, but sometimes you read something that takes the cake. Now unlike the Mandarin, who when too close to a large magnet is overcome by the smell of burnt pork and a compulsion … Continue reading →
Today, I tasted the rainbow. By that, I mean a homeless man hit me in the face with a bag of Skittles for not giving him money. FML If you’re not familiar with fmylife.com, spend some time there this weekend. … Continue reading →
For those who trust the government to benevolently watch over you, protecting your privacy and self-determination in health care and other matters, ‘Puter offers the following in rebuttal. A New Hampshire court ordered a girl to attend public school despite … Continue reading →
See what’s happening across the pond (read the article AND the comments below). Is this the future we want – especially with the large boomer population entering retirement age about to serious tax the system? GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot … Continue reading →
The Gormogons miss nothing, and today we send our thoughts to the people of Ouagadougou, who are enduring catastrophic floods with desperate—and largely unanswered—pleas for help from the world community. Severe flooding has killed several and left hundreds of thousands … Continue reading →
The EU’s ban on the sale of incandescent light bulbs went into effect this week. Retailers are allowed to sell off the remaining stock and then it’s the end. This isn’t the first ban (Australia already has one in place). … Continue reading →
Unemployment hits 9.7%, indicating that the recession—which the news media has declared over or, as of yesterday, showing signs of sure growth—is still very much with us. Stimulus spending has failed to produce tangible results. Cash for Clunkers proved to … 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 →
We love the words of our Presidents, especially the ones deemed so eloquent. [W]ere it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to … Continue reading →
Well, as you have likely heard by now, the Secretary of Education is pulling back on the Obama-related activities students are to partake in before, during, and after his address to the youth of America. Oh, and as ‘Puter reminded … Continue reading →
And now a word from the guys at Auto-Tune the News. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Another wrinkle has arisen in the Apple and AT&T iPhone realm. It turns out that neither Apple nor AT&T have seemed to forecast the success of the iPhone that well. There are approximately 9 Million iPhone users on the AT&T … Continue reading →
The New York Post carries an opinion piece in today’s edition tangentially supporting the Mandarin’s excellent post below. In the piece, the Hoover Institution’s Paul E. Peterson posits the following: public option = public schools = FAIL. Read and enjoy! … Continue reading →
The Czar is getting good mail lately and thanks you all for it. Jennifer (you know her!) often visits the Castle, and generally leaves a fresh-baked pie in a neat cardboard box at our door, and rings the doorbell and … Continue reading →
Professor Steve Sheppard of the University of Arkansas School of Law is wrong. Not just a little wrong. A lot wrong. And a semi-skilled first year moot court participant could clean the courtroom floor with his flawed arguments. In this … Continue reading →
Eulls and his three younger sisters were among 22 passengers on a school bus bound for Yazoo County High School in western Mississippi until a 14-year old female student boarded the bus armed with a .380 semi-automatic handgun threatening to … Continue reading →
As if the thought of having to deal with a socialized single payer government run healthcare system wasn’t enough to keep you up at night, now you can stare up at the ceiling contemplating having to see a unionized doctor. … Continue reading →
…well, not sleep… Hey, folks, I get the intention here—all activities in life can be holy—but, c’mon. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. In the early morning hours of September 1, 1939 Nazi Germany (shortly followed by the treacherous Soviets) commenced its blitzkrieg on Poland, which fell within the month. Poland, … Continue reading →
You’ve doubtless read that the AP reported that New Mexico governor, noted baseball fabulist, and failed Commerce Secretary nominee Bill Richardson’s pending indictment on corruption charges was was “killed in Washington” by the DOJ. And that that’s, uh, unusual. Now … Continue reading →
Well it looks like the Unions and the Democrats are out to do what they do best, that is destroy wealth. The AFL-CIO along with some Democrats want to impose a tenth of a percent tax on every stock transaction. … Continue reading →
Obama is now at 46% popularity. After 30 weeks. “Yeah, but that’s still higher than Bush.” True enough. But Bush took 159 weeks to get there. And Carter? Took him about 53 weeks to drop down to this point. Seems … Continue reading →
I decided to go to the source (annotated by me): The National Do Not Call Registry applies to any plan, program, or campaign to sell goods (i.e. GM cars) or services (i.e. Healthcare) through interstate phone calls (the call was … Continue reading →
The great and illustrious Carbon Fibber writes in to ask what the Czar thinks about Atlanta’s mayoral situation. Quickly, Atlanta has had a black mayor since 1974, with a little over 57% of the population being African-American. There are five … Continue reading →
GorT – Remember that financial institutions are also exempt from the Do Not Call registry. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in … Continue reading →
