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 →
Czar – Ah, but congress now owns General Motors and a stake in some banks and therefore I’m considering it a solicitation from either the banking industry (clearly covered by the Do Not Call list) or the automotive industry (ditto). … Continue reading →
GorT, Calls from political organizations, which includes a Congressional office, are exempt from the Do Not Call registry. The Czar is surprised you only received one call. The Czar household receives about one call per month from the local Congressperson. … Continue reading →
I arrived home from work today and checked the home voicemail. The first message was from my congressman, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). His recorded message informed me that there will be a telephone townhall meeting tomorrow night. Around 7:40pm tomorrow … Continue reading →
Great Britain and the United States have long cherished their speical relationship. Over the last century, the U.S. and U.K. together have rescued the world’s democracies at least twice. It would be criminally stupid for either government to knowingly damage … Continue reading →
What’s a high school biology teacher to do when she gets fired for having a side job on a topless fishing charter crew? Why, start starring in pornos, of course. Ms. Shepherd states she’s “not particularly proud” of her porn … Continue reading →
Download: Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sent a letter to all school principals that POTUS Obama will speak to school children on September 8 on an unprecedented internet feed. Millons of school children will stop their day, gather in classrooms … Continue reading →
Plug the Democrats’ description of health care reform as a “moral duty” or “moral imperative” into the universal translator and out pops “health care opponents are ignorant racists who want you to die poor and in pain.” Thank goodness for … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer from Friday’s Fox News All-Stars (via The Corner): Even if [Panetta] is nominally in power he is completely marginalized. Juan says it [the infighting within the administration between CIA and Justice] is a civil war. If it’s a … Continue reading →
In today’s WSJ, Bobby White reports on Auburn, California’s recent conundrum. The inventor of the transistor and Nobel laureate William B. Shockley’s widow recently died, leaving Auburn 28 acres to be used as a park with the only requirement being … Continue reading →
….. That might be the sound of your favorite website at some point in the future. It appears that the democrats are enjoying this business of having the government control everything. CNET News obtained a draft copy of a bill … Continue reading →
Those who inflict it are thieves, and they turn everyone else into paranoid victims. Glad Dr. D. mentioned this: It is no coincidence that the Western leader most worried about a new bout of inflation is German chancellor Angela Merkel. … Continue reading →
Neocon warmongering nonsense! Right? Right? And to echo the Czar, shukrân yâ Imârât! (شكران يا إمارات) Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →…you’re better off shivving someone than going to the hospital?! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →GorT and family bought a new car this weekend. We looked to cash in on some of everyone else’s hard earned money by trading in a 2000 model year minivan. Unfortunately, it did not qualify by a 1 MPG efficiency … Continue reading →
Little Sally is on the mend. She has accepted the fact that this weird place is her home now, and has figured out where in each room her favorite napping places are. Sally sleeps a lot, more than any dog … Continue reading →
Can someone explain to the Czar who the foxtrot puts a charlie foxtrot like Barney Frank in charge of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee? Is it the deep commercial banking experience he lacks? Or the investment management … Continue reading →
While driving into work this week I was listening to the Quinn and Rose show on XM radio. A caller to the show made the point that one of the main motivators for the American Revolution was that we were … Continue reading →
From the 8/28/2009 NRA-ILA Grassroots Alert: The 2009 “Firearms Law & The Second Amendment Symposium” will be held on Saturday, September 12, at Northwestern University Law School, in Chicago, Illinois. This event will be sponsored by The NRA Foundation and … Continue reading →
Kennedy proved eager to deal with Andropov–the leader of the Soviet Union, a former director of the KGB and a principal mover in both the crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and the suppression of the 1968 Prague Spring–at least … Continue reading →
The Gormogons have contacts far and wide. We stay in touch with some of the folks who built the Castle Gormogon, like Freda, who helped (a) build the Mandarin’s magno-weapon that rises up from the roof, (b) put in the … Continue reading →
The UAE is not generally hostile to the United States, and while most people do not always recognize who or what the UAE are, they all seem to know about the manic, over-the-top construction efforts that range from man-made islands … Continue reading →
News in Japan is not promising. Lower House elections are taking place tomorrow (or today, by the time you read this), and the polls seem to indicate that the long-serving Liberal Democratic Party is about to be thrown out of … Continue reading →
Regular Gormogons readers know that we tend to keep global warming and global cooling discussions at arm’s length, because most of the proponents of anthropogenic climate change (which covers warming or cooling) are shout-down liberals who call everyone else a … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been doing some thinking here, which is always dangerous. ‘Puter’s noted a disturbing connection between the Department of Justice’s witch hunt at the CIA and ObamaCare’s failure to address tort reform. Bear with ‘Puter for a minute. Attorney General … Continue reading →
In the Guardian (shock), Michael Tomasky approvingly quotes Andrew Sullivan’s analogizing CIA interrogators to the Gestapo. He writes; This reminds me of my larger theory, which I may get around to presenting to you sometime, that I believe that Nazi … Continue reading →
After reading this story, I thought maybe we need to advertise rooms at the castle. So I drew up the following: $9300 Room in dark, foreboding group castle (whereabouts undisclosed) … THE ATMOSPHEREThe house is active, with Gormogons coming and … Continue reading →
Evidently, a Texas-sized piece of trash is floating loose in the ocean, and it seems to be a bad thing. Associated Press has this photograph of it (<—click the link). Or of something that isn’t it. The Czar remembers Texas … Continue reading →
By Rahm Emanuel’s brother, Obama’s health-care advisor. Get ready to suffer and die. It’s your duty. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Czar really hates the United Nations. You all know this. Muscovy, for example, is not a member of the UN and never will be. Neither is the nation of TJICistan. The UN, if you don’t realize this, is an … Continue reading →
We’ll never tell. For more: go to Styles by Stiles. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →So there’s this “gentleman’s club” in Florida—of course it’s in Florida—which has taken into its employment two girls who are 15 and 17. Fifteen-year-old’s Mom calls 911, the cops go get the girls. Then Your NewsTeamChannel On Your Side local … Continue reading →
’Puter, I’d instead ask for God’s mercy upon his soul, for if we ask only for justice, we may receive only justice, and even a saint would flinch at that. You might add a prayer for the repose of the … Continue reading →
‘Puter awoke this morning to this editorial in the Boston Globe. Read it. Now. The Boston Globe’s editorial board, no bastion of conservative thought, calls out the Massachusetts Teachers Association (read, union) for standing in the way of education reforms … Continue reading →
Sen. Edward Kennedy died last night after losing his battle against brain cancer. May God be just to Sen. Kennedy’s soul. 'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the Volgi, … Continue reading →
Boris Nemtsov, who is of course an opponent of V.V. Putin, claims: One of the biggest myths perpetrated by Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine is that during his 10-year rule over Russia, the former president and current prime minister succeeded in … Continue reading →
This is a fascinating and deeply troubling graphic, if true: (Source with extensive discussion. Via Jonah on the Corner.) The Œc. Vol. has frequently thought—anecdotally—that something like this is the case. A whole range of explanations suggest themselves, but Confucius* … Continue reading →
Back in the late 70’s and early 80’s there were a series of commercials that looked to promote the idea of purchasing union made products. They even had a little jingle “Look for the Union Label” that all of the … Continue reading →
You’d think this is a hoax, but only if you were sane. Congress has decided it has had enough of Cash for Clunkers. After all, the program proved to be unmanageable, has completely run out of funding, and still has … Continue reading →
Quick clarification to GorT’s followup regarding AT&T and Apple agreeing to block the iPhone’s integration of VoIP technology. VoIP does not make calls over the internet; it merely uses a switched, digitized, and packetized transmission using the internet protocol (IP), … Continue reading →
New York, New YorkIt’s a unionized town!Teacher pay’s up,And kids’ test scores are down.The whole state’s run byA gov who’s a clown.New York, New York!It’s a helluva town! ‘Puter would like to thank Gormogon operative Noah, who may or may … Continue reading →
As a follow up, AT&T has admitted that it struck a deal with Apple to prevent VoIP (Voice over IP – basically sending phone calls over the internet) applications to be deployed to the iPhone in an attempt to protect … Continue reading →
Extremely ineffectively. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Don’t believe your Gormogons that government health care will be a colossal fustercluck? Behold, ‘Puter gives you the following example! The Veterans’ Administration sent out letter to at least 1,200 Gulf War veterans informing them that they have Lou Gehrig’s … Continue reading →
Scotland tends to think of itself as a near-independent country. It has its own government, flag, and bristles at the notion that it’s a hunk of land firmly incorporated into Great Britain, like Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Scotland is getting a … Continue reading →
A portion of a family vacationing in Acadia National Park in Maine, along with a swimming Floridian, were deservedly removed from the gene pool over the weekend. A little harsh, you say? Not really. It is irresponsible to go wave … Continue reading →
Isn’t it sad when a “news” channel has to fabricate video to support a certain story? Why people watch MSNBC for news is beyond me. To wit: watch the video below and then look at the image that follows. It’s … Continue reading →
Folks, thanks to all of you who added us to your blogrolls recently. The problem is…we don’t know who you are! Please drop any one of us a line—our email addresses are at left—and let us know if you have … Continue reading →
The Czar had an awkward moment this weekend. Gathering with friends in Indiana, the discussion at dinner turned to politics. This was unintentional: it started when our friends’s thirteen-year-old daughter shocked the table by stating—against the grain of 13-year-olds everywhere—that … Continue reading →
Thank you for all your support and encouragement. Yes, the Czar has read all 1,017 pages of the HR 3200 bill, and you can read his assessment of it. As far as the Czar knows, everyone who has read the … Continue reading →
Tea Party organizers are planning anti-ObamaCare rallies all across the country, evidently one in every congressional district this Saturday. Rats, and the Czar will be convalescing in a heated pool on Saturday. But liberals should know this, because they won’t … Continue reading →
The Volgi wondered openly to the Czar whether Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is a sociopath or an intellectual feathweight, given how he seems able to reiterate the President as completely correct even when all the evidence produced in a question … Continue reading →
The Czar announces a secret plan to increase Gormogon readership around the world by putting out international news stories with appropriate content. See, we know people from all over the world read The Big G, and we know that international … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 801-900, please click here. One of the sticking points the Democrats have had is the undeniable question: who the hell would want to be a doctor anymore? The solution is quite … Continue reading →
You remember a while back when Confucius* said that the concept of health-insurance co-ops is not inherently problematic, but could easily be made so. “The devil,” quoth the Volgi, “is in the details.” And so he is. The devil, d/b/a … Continue reading →
To read the Czar’s review of HR 3200, pages 701-800, please click here. §1781(d) contains a statment that CHIP be amended by striking the phrase “legal residents” and replacing it with “lawfully residing in the United States.” That certainly expands … Continue reading →
Somewhat disappointing news, really, from former SecDHS Tom Ridge. In a forthcoming tell-all book, Ridge exposes that Rumsfeld and Ashcroft asked him to raise the terror threat level before the 2004 election, in hopes that a nervous America would be … Continue reading →
