…from John Noonan at the Standard. He quotes Politico: The Air Force will hang on to its F-22 tooling at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Ga., production plant even after it stops making the fifth generation fighter jet in 2012, according to … Continue reading →
Herewith the latest dispatch from Dr. J. from the depths of New Atlantis, also bringing some love for Art Laffer. After the standard groveling, trembling prolegomena, which we omit as all of you should have the standard Gormogons stylebook at … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s grandmother died this past weekend, 15 days shy of her 101st birthday. As such, ‘Puter will be heading home to attend the funeral. Don’t expect a lot of blogging out of him for the next few days. In the … Continue reading →
Great blog post by Roger Simon. Read the whole thing, but here’s the payoff: But these days, it seems, even the “mini-me” is being abandoned. The pretenses are gone. No more Mr. Good Guy, phony as he was. No more … Continue reading →
Turns out Howard Zinn was a card-carrying Communist and covered it up. Shocker. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Willi Münzenberg, who was in charge of Soviet operations to influence Western intellectuals, did a nice job. The payload was a simple formulation. Stephen Koch, for his book on Munzenberg, “Double Lives,” interviewed Willi’s wife, Babette Gross, who survived the … Continue reading →
From the WSJ. The Obama Stimulus efforts aren’t working and spending (in government efforts) isn’t leading us out of this. We’re likely heading for a double-dip recession. So much for VP “Say it ain’t so” Joe Biden‘s Summer of Recovery. … Continue reading →
Fret not, Geep. Although your attendence will be missed, we fully understand your absence. If it is any consolation, we shall also pour a series of 40 ouncers on the curb in your memory. Except, we’re going to drink ours, … Continue reading →
‘Puter heard from Operative J.Y. concerning this little story in American Thinker. J.Y. sums up ‘Puter’s reaction as well, when he states: Morons in Boston… Teaching kids to be more moronic every year. “Avant-Garde Sustainability Curriculum” my aching dying ass…. … Continue reading →
And abjectly apologizes to his fellow Gormogons. Gormogonicon 2010 kicks off today, and ‘Puter will not be in attendance. ‘Puter fully intended to be present, along with Mrs. ‘Puter, ‘Puter Jr. and Emergency Backup ‘Puter. ‘Puter went so far as … Continue reading →
So it looks like the Horizon rig oil spill in the Gulf may not be quite the environmental disaster that environmentalists and even President Obama indicate. To set the stage, President Obama stated, “the worst environmental disaster America has ever … Continue reading →
Hmm. That doesn’t scan as well as it should. Still, hey, what’s keeping the Œcumenical Volgi up at night, playing insomnia chess with དགའ་པོ his Yeti assistant? War with China. You’ve heard this song before, but these days, it’s the … Continue reading →
You could just about spend the better part of a day here at Rep. Paul Ryan’s website. And you should. Rather than read the same gripes about the current administration, how refreshing it is to read Mr. Ryan’s proposals to … Continue reading →
Confucius* would be a little more fired up if this project hadn’t been pretty much the ne plus ultra of unfulfilled rumors, but, one has to say, this would rock pretty hard: EXCLUSIVE: Since he left The Hobbit, Guillermo del … Continue reading →
Nor will the facts about 1948 impress the European and American leftists who are part of the international Nakba coalition. The Nakba narrative of Zionism as a movement of white colonial oppressors victimizing innocent Palestinians is strengthened by radical modes … Continue reading →
Dearest readers: The Gormogons are pleased to announce that we are mere days away from GCon MMX. As you ticket holders know, we will be meeting at the Plateau of Leng this year. Festivities begin today (Thursday) at 0900 and … Continue reading →
Dear Czar, I’ve been visiting the castle for about a year now and it has maintained a spot as one of my ever-shifting group of 5W2TAGAED. Now for the obligatory grovelling…I owe each of you a debt of gratitude for … Continue reading →
Dearest Czar, Since you so recently debunked all I knew regarding West Virginia and her educational system, I thought you might have knowledge of another dearly-held area: the ocean. Many people state that we have only explored “5% of the … Continue reading →
John Podesta, head of the hard-left Center for American Progress which has been an important source of policy staffers for the Obama Administration, and Bill Clinton’s former “Secretary of S—” troubleshooter, is apparently a UFO conspiracy theorist, or at least … Continue reading →
You cannot make a person a leader by merely insisting he or she is special. You need to challenge the person on a physical, mental, and spiritual level; only then will the leader emerge. Of course, you might be hard-pressed … Continue reading →
Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering (“CASPIN”), a group probably numering in the tens of tens, has its collective undies in a bunch over WalMart’s plan to track its inventory using RFID technology. Forgive ‘Puter’s skepticism, but he doubts … Continue reading →
If you could take everything that is wrong with “journalism” today, the vindictive liberal bias, the vapidity, the lock-step narrative, the in-the-tank-for-Obama-ness, roll it up into a sticky tar ball and form it into a single person, you’d have E.J. … Continue reading →
State and local borrowing, once thought of as a way to finance essential infrastructure, has mutated into a source of constant abuse. Like homeowners before the housing bubble burst, states and cities have gorged on debt, extended repayment times, and … Continue reading →
You’ve made it clear that, deep down, you really don’t like the United States. In that, you are like many of your Ivy confrères, all those Harvard-Yale-Princeton types who find the spectacle of individual freedom playing itself out irredeemably vulgar. … Continue reading →
…Panic on the streets of BirminghamI wonder to myselfCould life ever be sane again? ♫ So, yeah, remember the guy Obama knew he couldn’t get through Congress, so gave him a recess appointment as head of Medicaid & Medicare? Right, … Continue reading →
…are we going to have to have this fight over every goddamned decision these evil bastards make?! Yes, evil. They’re going to let people die because they don’t believe it’s in “society’s” interest that they live. Evil. In September, the … Continue reading →
Let us go over some comments flying over the intersphere. Andrew Breitbart owes Shirley Sherrod an apology. Shirley Sherrod owes Andrew Breitbart an apology. The NAACP owes Shirley Sherrod an apology. Andrew Breitbart owes the NAACP an apology. FoxNews owes … Continue reading →
♪ Entire towns with only one last name! ♪ ♪ Cross-eyed, slack-jawed, we all look the same! ♪ Apologies to all our Mountaineer readers. The Gormogons actually adore the state, and have at least one secret base in the mountains … Continue reading →
Operative JS has not checked in for some time, having been on special assignment deep in the Sudan. JS was told not to return unless there was proof of a deep underground spacecraft made of a living metal capable of … Continue reading →
Color us not at all surprised. Finally, the Czar is not the only voice out there condemning the Obama administration as unfriendly toward science. Remember all the real and imagined missteps the Bush administration took with science? And how President … Continue reading →
Turns out teens are not the only ones “sexting”—sending naughty images and pornie-talk back and forth via mobile devices. It seems that adults and senior citizens are just as busy (or perhaps, bizzay) sexting as the kids are. By the … Continue reading →
Gormogon operative FR writes in: I just got a nice little email from Senator Warner letting me know he was looking out for little ole me by supporting the Financial reform bill. I was so comforted to know I had … Continue reading →
Check out this story. It’s got everything. White trash, firearms, toilet paper. One Mr. Pinnix shot his wife with a pistol loaded with toilet paper. As it was loaded with toilet paper, Ms. Pinnix was not seriously injured, sustaining only … Continue reading →
Much has been written over the past few days about Ms. Sherrod’s speech before the NAACP. With the benefit of some distance and reflection, ‘Puter’s got the following additional thoughts. 1. Ms. Sherrod did not deserve the treatment she received … Continue reading →
Unless you live in the area, you may not have heard that Chicago’s Union of Operating Engineers (150) and the Laborers’s District Council have been on strike for almost three weeks. If you live in Chicago, you know all about … Continue reading →
By David Malki @ Wondermark, to whom all thanks and praise. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Go read this whole piece by R.R. Reno on the Vatican and her ham-fisted responses over the last few years to the various abuse scandals. Don’t worry. It’s not another who-struck-John (or who-fondled-John) roundelay of blame apportionment. It’s a shrewd … Continue reading →
‘Puter works in a nondescript suburban corporate office park. His office building has two tenants: ‘Puter’s Employer, Inc. and Heartless Student Loan Debt Collection Corp. Today was HSLDCC’s corporate picnic. It was held in the parking lot. They had a … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been checking out teh intarwebs lately, and can’t help but note the overweening focus on race. First, a few goofy items, then ‘Puter’s take generally. According to ABC News, if you are anti-illegal immigration, you’re a racist. Seriously, ABC … Continue reading →
The WaPo continues the lame expose series on the Intelligence Community and its workforce today. There is little to add (as it’s another 16 slides of the same stuff ‘Puter covered below) but I will dispute the following: The idea … Continue reading →
That’s short for “masters of the obvious,” which is an apt description for the authors of the giant bag of nothing the Washington Post features on page one today. The giant bag of nothing is an investigation by Dana Priest … Continue reading →
Regular readers know the Czar tends to roll his eyes everytime a person on the Left calls a person on the Right a racist. Every so often, though, there really is one. Take, for example, Mark Williams who claims there … Continue reading →
I receive a monthly industry journal from a particular vendor in the geospatial software line of business. The most recent one had an article detailing the use of their product with regards to mapping out population and economic growth and … Continue reading →
President Obama to the Republican Party’s opposition increasing spending on unemployment benefits: Think about what these stalling tactics mean for the millions of Americans who’ve lost their jobs since the recession began. Over the past several weeks, more than two … Continue reading →
Gormogon follower Ted writes in with the following (in response to this one): I loved your post on proposals to balance the budget. My own humble offering to increase the speed at which this is done is to cap Congressional … Continue reading →
Seems to start off good. First The Christian Science Monitor picks up the story questioning whether racial epithets were hurled at Congressional Black Caucus members on March 20. This might be the largest big-name news outfit to highlight this painfully … Continue reading →
So when the majority party (Democrats) in Congress fail to execute one of their core duties through their cowardly non-vote approval of a budget what do you do? Well, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) decided to work up one of … Continue reading →
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The Czar is not suggesting anything here. But the Mandarin was making strawberry shortbread for everyone at the Castle tonight. GorT cancelled at the last minute, and went to his real home for a Charles in Charge marathon on television; … Continue reading →
Angelo Codevilla in the American Spectator (Thanks, Jonah.): Today’s ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and … Continue reading →
Pictures of the devastation are coming in. Heartbreaking. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Royal Surgeon, Dr. J., writes in to Castle G to present his report on the former Vice President’s condition. Unclassified excerpts follow. Dread and powerful Volgi, [Finally, someone consults the stylebook! —ŒV] Your Royal Surgeon wishes Vice President Cheney … Continue reading →
Time’s Joe Klein writes a little ditty called “Sky Still Not Falling,” which explains how President Obama should not be concerned with his lowest ever approval ratings. Klein makes many valid points: too-frequent polls result in a short-term understanding of … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s favorite columnist E.J. Dionne takes on the brewing Tea Party/NAACP dustup in his WaPo column today. Let’s discuss the vertigo inducing mental gymnastics present in this particular E.J. Dionne column, shall we? 1. Mr. Dionne claims a need to … Continue reading →
But Vespucci, it turns out, had no direct role in the naming of America. He probably died without ever having seen or heard the name. A closer look at how the name was coined and first put on a map, … Continue reading →
New York and London have long competed to be the global capital of global capital. With plenty of business to go around, the competition has usually been friendly; now, as the West’s financial industry shrinks, it could become fierce. London … Continue reading →
A colleague recently pointed to a WSJ (subscription needed) interview with Liberty Media’s John Malone. Mr. Malone is normally a reluctant interviewee, but he came out of his shell with some choice nuggets. To summarize, Mr. Malone thinks this country … Continue reading →
The State Department caved today, allowing United States citizens living on Iroquois reservations to travel under Iroquois passports rather than under United States passports, as all other United States citizens must. Well, holy crap. Thanks, Secretary Clinton and your brain-damaged … Continue reading →
Keeping up a poisonous tradition, no good Protestant Northern Irishmen marched through predominantly Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast. As night follows day, the no good Prods were promptly set up by no good Papists hurling bricks, rocks and empty bottles. ‘Puter’s … Continue reading →
Actually, not really. ‘Puter does not think there was any racial animus whatsoever behind Dylan Ratigan’s comments on today’s Morning Joe. However, if any conservative pundit had said what Mr. Ratigan said, you can be certain the long knives would … Continue reading →
And no, he does not live in the Castle. But he can visit any time he wants. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of … Continue reading →
It is enjoyable when one liberal insults another. And so liberal jackass Joel Stein of Time attempts to write a piece discussing how immigration has transformed his home town, hoping it would make people “better equipped to debate people on … Continue reading →
Oh, no, I see. Yeah, that’s not so good. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Dear Czar, There have been enough mushy middle types, and even center-right types that have said, ”We’d be better off with Hillary.” Even Mrs. Dr. J, who pulls the voting lever with her right pinkie (the right most finger on … Continue reading →
According to this article over at WorldNetDaily, Afghanistan’s Taliban terrorists are training monkeys to shoot at American soldiers. Apparently, the information regarding these simian soldiers comes from British and Chinese media agencies. The Chinese report states that the Taliban forces … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s back from his well-deserved vacation on the torrid Delmarva Peninsula. While on vacation, ‘Puter caught most of the World Cup matches. ‘Puter sent congratulations to The Mandarin via carrier wombat for surreptitiously displaying The Gormogons’ influence for all to … Continue reading →
Very interesting thought piece by Bernard Goldberg that addresses some buzz we ourselves have heard others whispering about: what are the odds that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could run against Barack Obama for the 2012 Democratic nomination? And, he … Continue reading →
Secret Operative TB writes in on the Czar’s review of a few .40 caliber handguns: Sounds like you are qualified to give us your best-.40-4-teh-$ opinion. That is, if you’re willing to say, ‘cause you seem a bit reticent to … Continue reading →
KAMPALA, Uganda — Simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant, killing at least 64 people including one American, officials said. Police feared an Al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group was … Continue reading →
Andrei Sakharov, Nelson Mandela, Václav Havel, Lech Walesa: in the 1980s, these men were household names, winners of extraordinary victories against bestial tyrannies. Western politicians and intellectuals supported and encouraged them, and our solidarity contributed to the liberation of hundreds … Continue reading →
But we aren’t dogmatists: Americans are debating whether to substantially expand the size of their government. As Swedish economists who live in the developed world’s largest welfare state, we urge our friends in the New World to look carefully before … Continue reading →
We haven’t had a good gun post here in a while. So the Czar, like a few of the G-boys around here, is a fan of .40 caliber weapons. Here is a round up of things we like or do … Continue reading →
Thank Goodness the LeBron James ordeal is over, so we can go back to thinking about healthcare reform. The President cannot seem to get anything right. He seems to have, once again, bet on the losing side on immigration. And … Continue reading →
Oh My Czar, Who makes the birds sing, the rain fall, and the peasants quake, I had a passing thought the other day, and figured you’d be the best to answer it. After all, you’re the undisputed master of control-seizing … Continue reading →
Sorry, KM, the pre-Islamic Allāh (either a proper name, perhaps from Aramaic alāhā, or a contraction of al-ilāh, “the god, deity, the one worshipped”) was a supreme—though not sole—god in the Arabian or perhaps Meccan pantheon. He was more of … Continue reading →
Gormogon operative KM writes in with this observation regarding the new NASA outreach program to the Muslim world… I think we’re missing the real purpose our space program could have for the Muslims. This may be what President Obama (a … Continue reading →
Don’t forget that the Castle can be used for wedding receptions. We had a whole ceremony here on Saturday, actually. Not sure, but that might be Sean Connery as the bride. So you see, we have all types of people … Continue reading →
As regular readers know, ‘Puter’s on his annual pilgrimage to the Gormogon Summer Palace located somewhere on the Delmarva Peninsula. ‘Puter timed his vacation spectacularly, for God has decided to contemporaneously plague all living things in the easter United States … Continue reading →
Thank goodness the big effing deal of Healthcare reform is over, so we can finally get the President back to work dealing with an out-of-control foreign policy, a disastrous oil spill, and an economy that continues to worsen. And so? … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin discovered this story over at FoxNews.com about NASA’s new mission. You may be asking yourself, is it the continuation of the Constellation program, a manned mission to Mars, or maybe the launching of a new deep space probe … Continue reading →
Human Events reported on July 2nd the following: Last night, as part of a procedural vote on the emergency war supplemental bill, House Democrats attached a document that “deemed as passed” a non-existent $1.12 trillion budget. The execution of the … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin was fortunate enough to be awarded a gift certificate to Amazon.com and decided to purchase the following books: – The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents – The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek) by F.A. … Continue reading →
Hot dog-eating phenom Takeru Kobayashi managed to get arrested yesterday for apparently going berserk at a hot dog eating contest he was contractually prohibited from attempting. This should divert attention away from Al Gore for a while. The Czar of … Continue reading →
The arrogance of the Obama administration is unparalleled. It isn’t so much that they don’t get it. It’s that they think you don’t get it. But Americans are way smarter than Gibbs assumes. Poll numbers show that the President is … Continue reading →
Happy Birthday, America. Without question, the United States of America remains the greatest country in the world. Even if you compile all the neat places you might otherwise consider visiting or inhabiting, the top of that list is a distant … Continue reading →
Dear Czar, Happy Independence Day! Dr. J, Mrs. Dr. J (who if you recall is even to the right of Dr. J), and the little interns went to Whole Foods today to stock up on grillables for the rest of … Continue reading →
Evidently, ‘Puter gave Operative MC the weekend off for the holiday, because MC has whacked the Czar with not one but two unrelated questions. I didn’t know this until yesterday, not having bought a ceiling fan in the last year … Continue reading →
…over at WSJ.com. Great piece on the history, nature, and appeal of wargaming, tabletop and computerized. Go read. Go. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →So the Doc sends in this story, beautifully illustrating the degree to which liberal governance is parting ways with the rule of law, with the question What would happen if the Republicans just decided not to show up for the … Continue reading →
…but I’m not NOT saying it’s one of his lovely female cousins—Miss West Virginia in the heezy.* (NSFW language.) *Heezy here denoting a doublewide with tarpaper patching and a satellite dish slightly smaller than the Arecibo radio telescope. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
Dr. J, who didn’t spend all those years in basketball school for you to call him mister, writes in: President Obama said today that his administration is not one that will kick the can down the road. So next on … Continue reading →
The first clip is a bit long at 9 minutes and if you can’t stomach the whole thing, I’d recommend watching the first 2-3 minutes and then the last minute. What a clown. The second clip is from the POTUS … Continue reading →
Hmmm, maybe in some ways – we’re able to see right through them. Can you imagine if this were a different president from a different party? GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal … Continue reading →
From ‘Puter’s ex, Megan McArdle, comes the following on l’affaire Gore from commenter winki. I wonder if Al bought rape credits from NOW to offset current and future sexual assaults. Win. In one simple sentence, winki slammed Gore for being … Continue reading →
And the livin’ is easy. ‘Puter embarks this afternoon on his annual pilgrimage to the Gormogons’ palatial summer palace, located at an undisclosed location somewhere on the Delmarva. Expect posting from ‘Puter to be light for the next week, unless … Continue reading →
…made the statement against us becoming “a nation of bloggers.” Steve Jobs and Apple are now facing a number of lawsuits based on violations of the Federal Communications Act, defect in design, product liability related to negligence and breach of … Continue reading →
Two overarching reasons explain the failure of Obamanomics. First, administration economists and their outside supporters neglected the longer-term costs and consequences of their actions. Second, the administration and Congress have through their deeds and words heightened uncertainty about the economic … Continue reading →
Well, well, 1,812 veterans may have been exposed to AIDS, hep B or C, after dental work at a St. Louis V.A. hospital. And note the allusion to this story as well. As we’ve asked before—shouldn’t the government be required … Continue reading →
Secret Gormogon operative, who is code named REM SLEEP is working on a secret project for us that involves…guess what? That’s right—a streak-free window cleaner. Come to think of it, we should probably re-assign him to that Dream Control project … Continue reading →
