‘Puter’s not particularly smart. Or handsome, either, for that matter. But it seems to ‘Puter, sitting smack in the middle of this financial crisis, that America hasn’t given capitalism a chance to work yet. Capitalism assumes that there will be … Continue reading →
Seriously, Mr. Matthews needs help. Take a read through this online article and then let’s revisit the facts. One, an estimated 78% of people in this country identify themselves as Christian. One would think that being Christian includes the belief … Continue reading →
Hah! Destiny draws ever near. Need bigger? You have two choices: click on it, or face the wrath of the Cossacks. Your Czar recommends the clicking. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь … Continue reading →
Breaking with their sister state of Massachusetts, North Dakota has taken to arresting lesbians for consummating their relationships. Heck, even a CNN reporter, apparently lesbian, was caught up in the sting. Peace Garden State, ‘Puter’s foot. Either that, or ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Evidently, Earth Hour is widely endorsed by the United Nations…so much so, they will turn off the lights at the United Nations building for one hour this weekend. The UN claims this will save them $24,300 in operating costs. The … Continue reading →
There is no such thing as the United States economy, if by that one means (as the Obama Administration apparently does) an economy that belongs to the United States. The United States economy is a collection of single companies, investment … Continue reading →
I suppose you should buy the book under review here. On the other hand, you’ve already heard this argument made chez Gormogon recently. In a brilliant chapter on the history of science, Hart paints a very different picture, one that … Continue reading →
Are these guys are 180° apart? Or 360° apart? Sometimes two men can be so similar that their similarities can be unfathomable. The opposite, of course, is also true. The Czar is surprised, recently, by the odd similarities and contrasts … Continue reading →
Unfortunately, I’ve missed the opportunity to try to catch the ISS & Shuttle as they fly overhead since the deployment of the new trusses. The ISS will be the brightest object in the night sky (apart from the Moon) once … Continue reading →
In continuation of the post below with regards to Obama’s failed foreign policies, here is a link to a great article summarizing them to date from the New York Post (h/t GorT, Sr.) Mr. Peters is really channeling the threads … Continue reading →
Instead of the heartless faces of despots, the marble statue of a young girl playing knucklebones. The always-compelling Roger Sandall via Arts & Letters Daily. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The President of the E.U., Mirek Topolanek (currently the PM of the Czech Republic – the E.U. presidency rotates among member nations), called the direction that the Obama Administration is taking with the economy the “road to hell.” This is … Continue reading →
HOLY FRICKIN’ CRAP. This is completely insane. Also, it may be leading off the Gormogon Film Festival. Who knows. This is either completely appalling or the most incredible thing ever. Alas, it’s Japanese, so we’ll never be able to decide … Continue reading →
A-yup. Whoever drafted President Obama’s public appeal to Iran has little or no idea about the way minds work out there. This gust of hot air spouting from the president of the United States was disconnected from reality, and so … Continue reading →
First, President Obama’s budget plan to deficit spend our way to prosperity ran into a bit of a problem today. The Brits couldn’t find buyers for its entire bond offering this morning. Then this afternoon, a Fed bond auction attracted … Continue reading →
Your Czar normally detests the Chicago Tribue as a dessicated synopsis rag masquerading as a once great paper, but a front page article caught his eye on Sunday about Chicago. Specifically, it was a discussion of whether the City of … Continue reading →
And I know what a contingency is. And certainly, “operation” is easy enough to understand. But the lamely-labelled “Global War on Terror” is now the “Overseas Contingency Operation.” And that’s close to meaningless. “That thing we do abroad if or … Continue reading →
Tomorrow, my tortilla shell! Via Buttle. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Thanks very much to the Gormogonical readership which, as of yesterday or so, numbers upwards of 54,000 over the life of the site. We know most of you are just here for the pictures of Hello Kitty & Rachel Weisz, … Continue reading →
The Czar strongly recommends that a network pick up this new idea for a show. You know you’d watch it. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in … Continue reading →
…and a movie under our belts starring our very own Val Kilmer and we might have cold fusion. Again, remember: innovation is key. Read more here. I’m sure the folks in San Diego don’t use cool pseudonyms like our Huckleberry … Continue reading →
Fact No. 1: Americans have better survival rates than Europeans for common cancers. Fact No. 2: Americans have lower cancer mortality rates than Canadians. Fact No. 3: Americans have better access to treatment for chronic diseases than patients in other … Continue reading →
Hell, yes. If you’ve ever known or lived around someone with serious, psychotic mental illness, it’s awfully hard to argue with this. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Looks like they want to expand out into the Pacific. I wonder what Minister Hamada and the rest of the Japanese government thought of that… Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The University of Notre Dame, an ostensibly Roman Catholic institution of higher learning, extended an invitation to President Obama to speak at its commencement ceremony in May. The problem? The Roman Catholic Church is uncompromisingly protective of innocent human life … Continue reading →
Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Further circumstantial evidence, as if we needed it, that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) is on the take. But to be fair, ‘Puter supposes, just because Sen. Dodd’s wife was a director of an … Continue reading →
Overall, I have to admit that I really enjoyed the finale of Battlestar Galactica. It was a show that took risks and provided a unique diversion on TV at a time when I think TV was doling out rather mediocre … Continue reading →
Since Secretary Geithner’s doing such a bang-up job bringing us out of our current crisis, this seems like a good idea. That’s right, folks. The White House and Secretary Geithner want Congress to give them even more power to distort … Continue reading →
Read the whole thing. Money quote: Sooner or later, however, Barack Obama will also have to make hard decisions about regimes that oppose U.S. policy for reasons deeper than dislike of George W. Bush. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions … Continue reading →
Let’s see what’s going on in the world here. Here’s one: the people of Ghana, a country not often in the news, have some reason to celebrate. The Dutch are finally going to return the head of Badu Bonsu II … Continue reading →
This is a truly sad story, but not a good reason to create new, unnecessary law. The Logan family’s only child — an 18 year old daughter Jessica — sent a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend’s cell phone. … Continue reading →
Treasury Secretary Geithner finally released his plan to deal with bad bank assets. You can (and should) read Secretary Geither’s executive summary of his plan in the Wall Street Journal here. After going on at length about what a bang-up … Continue reading →
It seems like the popular talk these days is about the AIG bonuses. In my opinion, had the market been allowed to work without government intervention, this wouldn’t be a topic at all as the contracts stipulating the bonuses would … Continue reading →
Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan front lump (there’s that word again!), today called POTUS Obama a “poor ignoramus.” That’s a word often used by Stooges, particularly the Moe kind. Why oh why don’t they like him? Mr. Obama’s been nothing but nice, … Continue reading →
The Gormogons extend a welcome to their newest follower, Felicia Herman, librarian for hire with terrific taste in movies, music, and books. Welcome aboard, Ms. H. You’ll likely hear from the Czar regarding his proposal to shift the Internet from … Continue reading →
Had to read this one twice. The headline says “Egypt Wants 3,000-Year-Old Wooden Coffin Illegally Smuggled Into U.S.”. And so the Czar blinks and says, “Why not just send it to us normally?” “Oh, they want it returned.” Nice editing, … Continue reading →
So for whatever reason, the government bailed out a number of financial companies including AIG. Presumably because without the bailout, the economic peril that we would have faced would be greater with a Chapter 11 filing than what we’re facing … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →So, President Obama went on YouTube and delivered a message to the leadership of Iran of how he wanted to get together and rap about all the false consciousness that’s harshing our bilateral mellow. Which, of course, led to Iran’s … Continue reading →
Confucius* says, click to enlarge: *For those who came in late, Confucius (孔夫子) is the given name of the Gormogons’ Œcumenical Volgi. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →POTUS Obama took time off from his busy schedule of appearing on television to appear on television. This Sunday, on 60 Minutes (the Lawrence Welk Show of mainstream news), the President refutes Dick Cheney’s assertation that the current administration has … Continue reading →
Just in case you didn’t see this on the Jimmy Kimmel show – here is Sesame Street’s explanation of the Bernie Madoff scandal. Mrs. GorT thought this would be appropriate for this site and I agree – I hope that … Continue reading →
Click for more pixelsThe annoying popup MS Office assistant was no match for the elements of Technology Saving Us All and Hating Microsoft was defeated easily. The Pope issued a number of edicts dismantling the 70’s folks tune attack launched … Continue reading →
Poor Abby West, who (as we have foreseen and according to our plans) writes this shocking sentence: “Gormogons did exist but they don’t appear to have been all that menacing.” Not menacing? Take a look at this picture, Ms. West, … Continue reading →
'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the Volgi, although no one really believes this. ’Puter carefully follows economic and financial trends, legal affairs, and serves as the Gormogons’ financial … Continue reading →
An update on the Czar’ picks. Nearly all the pieces are in place. Click to enlarge. Do it. Do it! The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in … Continue reading →
This photograph astonishes the Czar, and likely GorTechie, to a deep degree. Know what this is, that foggy shape in the haze? Millions of miles away, there is a planet you have heard of named Mars. On the planet Mars … Continue reading →
That the Pyongyang-Damascus-Tehran nuclear axis went undetected and unacknowledged for so long is an intelligence failure of the highest magnitude. It represents a plain unwillingness to allow hard truths to overcome well-entrenched policy views disguised as intelligence findings. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
Here’s the Gormogons’ bracket in toto going into the second round. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →…this is post number thirteen. Oh wait, damn it, that’s binary. Sorry, this is post #1,101 and I’ve been shamed into putting graphics to my bracket. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal … Continue reading →
'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the Volgi, although no one really believes this. ’Puter carefully follows economic and financial trends, legal affairs, and serves as the Gormogons’ financial … Continue reading →
Ginormica on the top, Gormogonica below. Let’s keep that straight, now. 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 1267, and was cheated … Continue reading →
The following search terms, apparently. We hope everyone finds what he’s looking for, but we worry about many, many of you. how to make a muumuufat muumuupoland hates obama”round heels””rubbing together””steaming mug”airline whoresb vitamins what is a healthy dosebaby don’t … Continue reading →
And he throws high, nasty heat at the President for…stem cells? Boy, I wouldn’t have predicted either of those. Now let’s look at the things morality has known. The Ten Commandments are holding up pretty well. I suppose the “graven … Continue reading →
Welcome to ‘Puter’s world. Two top New York Democrat machine operatives were just indicited for taking $30 million (that’s MM for million, the rest of you) in a pay to play scam. They required financial providers to ante up to … Continue reading →
President Obama, speaking to Jay Leno on The Tonight Show last night, likened his bowling prowess to that of a Special Olympian. What a boneheaded comment. The POTUS, thinking he can get away with putting down special needs folks? That’s … Continue reading →
GSN, March 20th – In the 1st round of the Gormogon Playoffs, GorT region, a number of clearly favored entries advanced with ease. “Technology will save us all” squashed Frank Gorshin with an outstanding performance by subterranean nuclear power, mosquito-killing … Continue reading →
We deserve what we’re getting now, and we deserve what’s coming down the pike. First now, next later, then an unsatisfactory conclusion. Now. We’ve reaped the whirlwind of our past acts in the current financial collapse. People who had no … Continue reading →
Years ago, a telecommunications worker told your Czar something interesting. “Didja ever go to Amish country, and see them little houses they build out back, like outhouses? Well, some o’ them ain’t outhouses. They’re switch rooms. We ran fiber optics … Continue reading →
It’s just about that painful to watch. No, not our Celebrity-in-Chief’s talk-show yukfest on Leno, but this dreadful piece of PR/public diplomacy performed by the president. Friend of the Gormogons Steve Hayes has the story here. Among other things, Obama … Continue reading →
Two serious upsets in the first round. Check it out, sports fans. Click to embiggen. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →And so the Czar reviews his progress, which progresses as the antients hath foreseen.You should click to enlarge. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes … Continue reading →
The Czar’s use of the spurious (though super-witty) Galilean epigram eppur si muove (which actually dates from the 1750s) reminds me to quote Friend of the Gormogons Jonah Goldberg on the Galileo Myth. Robert Nisbet in (probably my favorite book) … Continue reading →
John “Don” McLeroy is chairman of the Texas State Board of Education. Why is Texas usually center ring in the Creationist Science circus? It doesn’t help that the chairman is a Level 5 FrontLump. This is a term the Czar … Continue reading →
It pays to read all of the posts here. Why, you may ask? Because we’re right. Case in point: The Obama Administration with help from their friends in Hollywood, decided that a gift appropriate for his first meeting with the … Continue reading →
Welcome aboard the S.S. Gormogon, Eric Reasons. He’s a subject, he’s a predicate, he’s a sentence! And an IT guy. So GorT has at least one reader who can get all his propeller-head network-centric nerdery. Woo! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask … Continue reading →
President Obama floated, then quickly withdrew, a plan to require injured veterans to use their private insurance to cover combat injuries, despite the public care provided by the Veterans Administration. Meanwhile, President Obama’s administration continues full bore on a plan … Continue reading →
But Happy St. Joseph’s Day to everyone. To a certain extent, I think the Catholic Church has relegated Joseph to a lesser role than he deserves but it has maintained March 19th as a solemnity. It always falls in … Continue reading →
Hey, you got your Jesus in my science! No, you got your science in my Jesus! Two great things that don’t go great together. Necessarily. Texas is the current battleground for the bogus “creationism is science” debate. Texas is refusing … Continue reading →
The New York Times in an editorial today states President Obama must not permit trade protectionism to become part of his program. The editorial cites the spending bill’s abrogation of the United States’ duty under NAFTA to permit Mexican truckers … Continue reading →
Welcome, David Ferguson! Thanks for signing up, and we hope you enjoy the ride! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Lest we think that Hollywood is completely overrun with moonbats, a delightful reminder that there still is some respect for conservative values in the Land of the Yahoos. A nice, touching piece that lists more celebrities with backbones than the … Continue reading →
Well, here’s a major screw up. POTUS Obama, under whose advisement the Czar cannot begin to imagine, thought the following would be a great idea: announce that you are, in effect, pulling federal funding of injured veterans (yes, veterans) who … Continue reading →
The Gormogons would like to thank our esteemed colleague Ennuipundit for passing along this amazing story, in which President Obama, amidst a potentially once-a-century economic crisis, with Russia rearming, China staging provocations in the South China Sea, Iran reading nuclear-tipped … Continue reading →
On my way home, I was flipping the dial around and, for a few minutes, was listening to Monica Crowley detail a number of the gaffes that the Obama Administration has achieved in the first 50-60 days in office. I … Continue reading →
Who knew? Confucius* says: Thanks, guys, for naming that Tianyulongosaurus after me. Conspiracy update: Note that Gormogons have successfully infiltrated Chinese palæontology. Watch what happens next with Russian geologists… *For those who came in late: Confucius (孔夫子) is the given … Continue reading →
I know he and all the other late-night comics have been having the darnedest time finding good material on President Obama, because President Obama is so perfect. He never commits gaffes, and even if he did, he’d never suppress the … Continue reading →
Perhaps that’s an infelicitous metaphor given the ersatz currency of severed human hands that developed in the “Congo Free State” under the nightmarish, dystopian rule of its owner, the Belgian king, Leopold II, but it’s what these scholars seem to … Continue reading →
So says an apparently sane scholar. It’s possible—history is a very tricky enterprise, and the further you go back, the less you have to go on. Of course, I guess it shouldn’t surprise me ever since Ghettoputer proved that the … Continue reading →
Terrafugia, a company in Massachusetts, has demonstrated what, for all intents and purposes, could be the first viable flying car on March 5th. The first “flight” covered 3,000 feet in about 37 seconds, with several subsequent and longer duration flights. … Continue reading →
This explains everything. The failing economy, the bend-over foreign policy. Everything. Former President Jimmy Carter was spotted leaving the West Wing of the White House today. Because Carter worked out so well for America last time. 'PuterAlways right, unless he … Continue reading →
‘Puter smiles. Why, you ask? Because a federal bankruptcy court has held that Vallejo, California, in the context of a Chapter 9 filing (municipal bankruptcy), can void union contracts. Not renegotiate. Void. The Court’s reasoning is a matter of statuory … Continue reading →
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2, lines 1-2 News has been leaking out over the last few days about the upcoming name … Continue reading →
So South Park kicked off its new season with a (middling) episode whose point was very well taken: the inappropriate sexualization of young girls. This isn’t the first time that they’ve made the point. But the poison is spreading, as … Continue reading →
Well, maybe this explains the whole “stimulus package.” Ye gods and little fishes. Watch the whole thing. Ok, actually, this is a lot more germane. And almost as head-batteringly stupid. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept … Continue reading →
Subtext: Wisconsin, Home of Acrobatic Lame Typographers. N.B.: Cartwheeling figure is 57 lbs. less than average inhabitant of the Dairyland. The inimitable Louise Brooks Via Warming Glow Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Curious, these items, then: After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them … Continue reading →
So tonight, ABC World News’ Charlie Gibson tells the Czar to watch how Iraq is a totally different country. Museums are open, women are wearing the latest fashions, and something like 84% of Iraqis now feel safe to walk their … Continue reading →
A recent study shows that the number of Computer Science majors are up for the first time in 6 years. This bodes well for the future of America as the IT sector will continue to be a major force in … Continue reading →
President Obama has criticized Republicans in Congress for their “just say no” approach to Obama’s budget. President Obama has chided the Republicans for not putting forth alternative ideas. OK, President Obama, here’s a freebie. For your FY 2009-10 budget, spend … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s having flashbacks, and not the good kind. Unbeknownst to ‘Puter, PCP has been making a comeback in DC, leading to exactly the kinds of horrific incidents you’d expect. Although it does make ‘Puter wax nostalgic for the halcyon days … Continue reading →
‘Puter was going to title this post “Dykes on Spikes,” but that would have been politically incorrect and insensitive to the feelings of our switch-hitting sisters from the Bay Area. Three — yes three — female physical education teachers from … Continue reading →
So suggests Reuben Johnson, a very knowledgeable observer. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Hooking up words, and phrases, and propaganda about global warming. It is likely that anyone in our generation who watched any amount of Saturday morning cartoons is familiar with Schoolhouse Rock. For those who aren’t or maybe for the education … Continue reading →
Subscribers to the print version (formerly termed “a newspaper”) of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer learned on Monday that they now need to go online to get their news: the P-I is gone. Belly up. Folded (no pun intended, although the Czar … Continue reading →
¿California o Nueva York? Just like contestants in the old SNL skit unable to determine which Latino star was more manly, ‘Puter’s got no earthly idea as to which state is more massively screwed up. As John Lott notes over … Continue reading →
I’m madder than a leprechaun with a crooked shillelagh about St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day is the stupidest holiday of the year, because the Irish are the craziest people on earth, next to the Paleostynians and those nutcase A-rabs. … Continue reading →
Amusing and interesting article from the WSJ – I’m waiting for Disney/Pixar to make the animated version. A mosquito hovers into view. Suddenly, it bursts into flame. A thin plume of smoke rises as the mosquito falls. At the bottom … Continue reading →
To add to GorT’s point, it should be remembered that Iran has long considered Afghanistan within its sphere of influence and continues to make trouble there. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
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