Continuing with the Democrats as redistributionist Marxists meme…Dr. J. is disappointed that the general public, unlike our friend and reader FJR, is not viscerally appalled by the degree to which our friends in power on the left have been musing … Continue reading →
In a recent survey of iOS game developers, the top 20 percent of iOS game developers in terms of lifetime revenue are earning approximately 97 percent of all the game revenue made on the Apple App Store. The top 1 … Continue reading →
We are each familiar with Martin Niemoller’s famous quote (even though he likely never said those actual words), so there’s no need to reprint it here. Niemoller’s quote came to ‘Puter’s feeble mind as he mulled over the Democrats’ latest … Continue reading →
Hey, in case your local paper failed to carry this item, the Цесаревич joined Cub Scouts. The Czar is most pleased with this. Even though Cub Scouting is a different activity than when the Czar was involved (Axemanship is not … Continue reading →
FJR is the author of this guest post. I’m disheartened that several of my friends have posted the quote from Elizabeth Warren and commented with “my hero” and “best quote ever”. I’m stunned at the way “wealthy” people have been … Continue reading →
E.J. Dionne’s column in today’s Washington Post complains that the Right unfairly harangues Warren Buffet for his advocacy of higher tax rates on the rich. Mr. Dionne’s descent into Leftie, partisan nonsense is distilled into these few, precious lines: Wealthy … Continue reading →
‘Puter was very pleased to receive several thoughtful missives regarding his posting on special ed’s negative impact on general ed. Both correspondents herein are, as you will see, parents of special ed students. ‘Puter was happy to discover much common … Continue reading →
Dr. J. and the Gormogons would like to wish our Jewish readers and friends a happy Rosh Hashanah! It is 5772 by Jewish reckoning for those who keep track of these things… May you be written and sealed for a … Continue reading →
More mail on taxes. Merlin carefully engraved this on a single grain of rice (which was easily the second biggest grain of rice the Czar has seen, as it weighed in around twelve pounds): Oh Great And Mighty Czar, I … Continue reading →
Ken, who insists on the ridiculous pseudonym of “Ken,” is kind enough to add to our recent thoughts on taxation. Ken, unedited and without further ado: Good morning, Dread Czar, I suppose we’ll have to agree to disagree on what … Continue reading →
A president’s foreign policy is typically referred to as their doctrine, especially if it redefines national priorities in foreign policy. The Monroe Doctrine, for example, basically European powers were not to interfere or further colonize the Americas, and America will … Continue reading →
By law, every ten years, everyone in the United States gets counted and congressional districts can be adjusted so the population in each district is roughly equal to preserve an equal representation in Congress by the 435 elected representatives. The … Continue reading →
Here’s an anecdote in support of ‘Puter’s confrontational statement. ‘Puter knows that the plural of anecdote is not data, but it seems that for some reason, the education establishment doesn’t want to collect data on the phenomenon described below. ‘Puter, … Continue reading →
Been thinking about this; just have no idea to whom we should send it. Dear Mainstream Media, For some time you have been touting the Tea Party as racist. Please—remembering how libel laws work—provide the name of a racist in … Continue reading →
Ken, who asked to go by the code name of “Ken,” writes in: Good afternoon, Your Czarship, Actually, I agree that a janitor and a billionaire should pay the same tax rate. Income tax, at any rate. Both should pay … Continue reading →
Happy Birthday to ‘Puter’s bionic back. You are more machine than man, now, ‘Puter, twisted, and evil… You asked about Manhattans being your most effective analgesic in your post this morning. Dr. J. thought he would share a little insight. … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is scratching his head. Before the seas were lowered, the skies cleared, and the heavenly hosts sang out, “Mmmm mmmm mmm, Barack Hussein Obama…” in celebration of The One’s jamming of Obamacare down our throats like an otorhinolaryngologist’s … Continue reading →
Today marks the first anniversary of ‘Puter’s L4-L5 microdiscetomy. ‘Puter would like to take a moment from his usual ranty snark to give sincere thanks for the skill of his surgeon and his entire medical team. ‘Puter would also like … Continue reading →
And thus was hay made this weekend, when the President said to the CBC “If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew—uh…as a janitor makes me a warrior for the working class, I wear that … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s company is located in a suburban office park, comprised of around 10 separate office buildings. In many ways, ‘Puter’s office complex is unremarkable, similar to those found anywhere in America’s sprawling suburbs. There is one important difference, however. There … Continue reading →
And then the editors go and muck up a decent argument with a fundamental misunderstanding of separation of powers, fueled by a mistaken and discredited liberal world view. The New York Times’ editors make a perfectly valid argument that application … Continue reading →
There is an article in the New Atlantis Times that Matt Drudge linked to the other day. Dr. J. didn’t pick this up before Matt because he doesn’t get the daily New Atlantis Times, and because he was winging his … Continue reading →
Minion #462.5 writes in with something that almost succeeds, except it fails, and fails quite badly. Oh most dread and awful Czar (may thine enemies low-crawl naked across a mile of broken glass to pay homage to your shadow), Fearing … Continue reading →
FJR brings up a great observation: we have not had a firearm-related post up for a while. Dread and awful Czar, Followed a youtube link from Borepatch and stumbled on to this cool video showing dragon’s breath shotgun ammo. Thought … Continue reading →
Mail mail mail mail. First, we understand that some Firefox users are seeing white patches on the sides of the site. Guess what? It is your fault, Firefox users. We recommend you upgrade to Thrace 13.2, which not only fixes … Continue reading →
The Czar has perhaps mentioned that he detests Hollywood celebrities. Yes? Okay, so courtesy Brendan at Tyler Durden, who heaps out plenty of celebrity justice so the Czar doesn’t have to, comes a perfectly pathetic story. Just hate-filled. Actress Kim … Continue reading →
Well, we each received a typewritten manifesto in our inboxes, smelling of pine and mountain cabin. The others kind of looked at it, we all looked at each other, and then looked back at the document. And the Mandarin said, … Continue reading →
Dr. Charles Krauthammer is one of Dr. J.’s favorite pundits. He is brilliant, a skilled writer and has a medical degree, to boot. He is wheelchair bound, due to a diving accident back in medical school, but you would never … Continue reading →
In the course of his daily reading, ‘Puter came across the following article noting Europe’s economy (and if there is a just God, the EU as well) is circling the bowl. More apt, Europe’s economy is halfway down the u-bend. … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is a bit of a cartoon aficionado. You may recall him giving a shout out to Young Justice a several month’s back. So when there are new episodes of the Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated, Star Wars: The Clone … Continue reading →
The Царица insists on having the television on in the morning, which the Czar finds as enjoyable as waking up to find the loud, nosy neighbor sitting in your kitchen the first thing telling you you’re out of coffee. But … Continue reading →
So the (mild) panic is setting in with the UARS uncontrolled re-entry approaching. Current estimates put the re-entry time sometime this (September 23rd) afternoon or early evening. Websites with various tracking applications are being overloaded and, apparently, NASA is so … Continue reading →
In case you did not realize it, the Republicans held their 85th debate tonight since the start of the year. Fox went for schtick with Google/YouTube supplying the questions; that got tiring, but when you think about it, the candidates … Continue reading →
Boy, the press drives one mad. Bonkers, even. Especially the complete fantastic extrapolations when it comes to science. They have happened here too many times to list, even, but there is yet another new one today. Scientists at CERN have … Continue reading →
Focus on E.J. Dionne’s column today. Mr. Dionne writes concerning Obama’s Magic Technicolor Domestic Automaker Bailout and Secured Bondholder Screw-a-thon. There’s just so very many things wrong with this column, ‘Puter’s having a hard time picking a place to start. … Continue reading →
Over at Big Government, Stacy Swimp argues that the Tea Party is the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement. This is a bit of a stretch. The Civil Rights Movement has a long, unbroken history of abolitionist traditions, and risked literal … Continue reading →
GorT’s liberal friends and family members are likewise propagating the tripe that Dr. Warren spewed and that my esteemed collegue, ‘Puter, so eloquently dissected here yesterday. And it is complete garbage. At face value it is, at best, a call … Continue reading →
The Czar believes there are no less than three (3) very serious scandals going on in the Obama administration. At no point do we wish to say the President is involved in any of them—really, the evidence isn’t there—but the … Continue reading →
Yikes. Let us hope this is the start of a trend, with other GOP candidates coming up with pieces as stunning as this. The Czar half-expected to see the Marvel flipping comic marquee at the start of it. The Czar … Continue reading →
At the Eye of Polyphemus today, Jamie Jeffords, not Scott Summers, turns his eye towards the Greta VanSustren, Tucker Carlson, Mike Tyson kerfuffle so that, thankfully, we don’t have to. Dr. J.
Continue reading →This steaming pile of horseshit quote from Elizabeth Warren has been making the rounds among ‘Puter’s liberal friends. The crappy link to MoveOn won’t allow a cut and paste, so ‘Puter will type it for you here: There is nobody … Continue reading →
Dr. J. reads to the lil med student every night before going to bed. For whatever reason, (well, his dad is an overeducated Sith Lord, so what do you expect?) he has a taste for the dark and the exotic. … Continue reading →
The NYSTRS is the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System. A strong claim, ‘Puter knows. But here’s the facts, based on one Upstate school district. New York’s Education Law §501(19) defines “service” as “actual teaching or supervision by the teacher … Continue reading →
The President says we have to raise taxes on the smart and successful because, he says, it’s all there in the math. Since you brought it up, Mr. President, we would very much like to see your math. Ours says … Continue reading →
Harold Meyerson, an avowed socialist, writes an opinion piece in today’s Washington Post that is, well, so obviously erroneous it never should have gotten past the editors. Mr. Meyerson claims that Republicans are engaged in underhanded shenanigans to steal the … Continue reading →
Many of you are likely Netflix subscribers and, as such, received the mea culpa letter from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. If not, let me orient you first. Netflix started with a DVD-by-mail business model with a distributed set of fulfillment … Continue reading →
The New York Times‘ editorial board predicitably calls for “fairness” in application of the tax code. To the NYT’s editors, this means that “the rich,” (i.e., everyone making over some undisclosed income threshold) must pay more in federal taxes. ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Obama’s stimulusjobs act and deficit control plan is going over like a lead balloon and has more holes in it than ‘Puter’s poster of EJ Dionne mounted on the back of his man-cave’s door. The president’s plan tries to account … Continue reading →
Hey Furry-faced Czar-dude*: You’ve been around for every election in US history. Has there ever been a president who didn’t run for re-election? Would it be a huge scandal if BHO dropped out, or what? As always, yours, etc. etc.D.T.*I … Continue reading →
Special Operative Extraordinary (sorry, that should read extra-ordinary) MC has been stationed up on the Mandarin’s orbiting mind control satellite changing the oil, and notified us that the webcam we put on there has been compromised. Suppose ‘Puter let Dat … Continue reading →
Dr. J. saw this and thought of ‘Puter’s Gay Marriage Debate here and on twitter. BTW, if you aren’t following us on twitter, you should be. Doctor’s orders! h/t Geeksaresexy.com Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J.’s vaccine post struck a nerve or two (Nerve, Artery, Vein, NOT Vein, Artery, Nerve, got it). Our Myrmidon Wrangler DT writes in: Hey Doc, Great post, and it inspired me to post a big “Eff Jenny McCarthy” post … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has finally gotten around to this news item that is near and hear to his heart (no pun intended), an item which just goes to show, you can’t predict the logic (or lack thereof) of the FDA. You … Continue reading →
Man, our readers/operatives/minions are a sharp bunch. ‘Puter posts one missive on gay marriage and gets: (1) a twitter argument on the appropriateness of using two ostensibly gay gentlemen clad in matching tux g-strings as a visual; and (2) an … Continue reading →
‘Puter notes that the Gormogons have recently picked up numerous gay followers (as disclosed in their Twitter handles) over to the Twitter thingy Czar signed us up for. ‘Puter chalks this surge in the Gormogons’ popularity in the gay community … Continue reading →
President Obama is releasing his plan to reduce the deficit and pay for his “pass this bill now” stimulusjobs act. His target is $3 trillion in deficit reduction that comes in the following forms: It cuts $250 billion from Medicare … Continue reading →
Steve Chapman of The Chicago Tribune provides some rationale as to “Why the President Should Withdraw.” There is now a growing chorus, fueled by a gathering realizaton, that (a) the President cannot hope to defeat the Republicans and (b) he … Continue reading →
Yesterday, David Axelrod stopped working on his résumé long enough to state that the President is in great shape for 2012. Members of the media have focused on the President’s approval ratings as if they existed in a black box…Following … Continue reading →
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York predicts riots in the streets if the economy doesn’t create more jobs. Oh nos 111!!!!!!eleventy!!!!!11@!!!! Mayor Bloomberg is warning all who will listen that these riots are in our future unless Washington gets serious … Continue reading →
As you know the Gormogons are Catholic. The original five have spent some time under the tutelage of the Jesuits (God bless their souls), while Dr. J. was raised by a Christian Brother educated father and grew up in a … Continue reading →
Being a Washington Post opinion columnist must be a dream job if you’re a liberal. Simply wait by your email inbox until the White House sends out the day’s approved talking points, then simply move them around a bit, and … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s just about had it with so-called educators. ‘Puter has watched as nearly everything that worked in public education has been jettisoned for fads. No fad, in ‘Puter’s humble opinion, has had a larger negative impact on public education than … Continue reading →
The door to exam room 1 opened, and Doctor Gillis breezed in, Gary’s chart in hand. “Morning, Gary,” he said cheerfully. “How are you?” Gary waved back and said “Great, just a checkup today. The factory’s making me get a … Continue reading →
The title is a shout out to my northeastern pals from the 1980’s where everything was wicked bad, wicked awesome, or wicked cold. Previously, we’ve asked how bad is it for President Obama? Well, Stephen Moore in the WSJ opinion … Continue reading →
“Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican,” Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1966. The Gardasil Non-troversy has been rearing its ugly head in the Republican debates, and it is not helping the Republicans to have this discussion. As the Czar, … Continue reading →
Hello underlings. Know what could potentially help your career in a big way? (1) Work for us at the Castle as a minion, in which case you will survive (probably) our eventual world takeover and (possibly) be rewarded with a … Continue reading →
The Czar wonders why he sometimes gets ‘Puter’s mail. Batter up. Mighty Czar, I can’t think of an adequate way to introduce to this link. It quite simply just needs to be read. Glorious. A few thoughts spring to mind: … Continue reading →
Thanks to the magic that is Twitter, we have seen some retweeting of our post on Dr. Oz’s inability to understand science, despite the fact he somehow functions as a freaking heart surgeon or something. Evidently, lots of you have … Continue reading →
Uh-huh. So Dr. Oz warns that certain brands of apple juice contain dangerously high levels of arsenic. FDA sends him a nasty note back that his researchers evidently do not know that organic arsenic is safe, and that no apple … Continue reading →
One way of telling how bad it is? When a Democratic campaign-strategist-for-hire begins telling his clients not to run in 2012 because any apparent affiliation with Barack Obama is going to kill your campaign. Ouch. If the GOP takes a … Continue reading →
Today, the New Atlantis Jedi Academy, where the lil med student and lil resident are learning the ways of the Dark Side of the Force, had their annual Father’s breakfast. Dr. J. and the kids had a blast, and much … Continue reading →
It gets worse…when parts of your base start questioning whether an incumbent president could be removed from the top of the ticket for their 2nd term election…it’s not good: Mat Stoller is Fellow of the non-profit Roosevelt Institute and writes … Continue reading →
Well, Obama is running around campaigning (see Carney’s presser below…it’s at least good for a laugh) for his jobs bill and the democrats aren’t even totally on board (from Politico): Jim Webb (D-VA) – “Terrible,” he told Politico when asked … Continue reading →
Wow. Not only do they openly laugh at Jay Carney (0:56), but look at the pained look on his face as he tries to explain his boss…something like a sneer of contempt and anguish knowing that something painful is about … Continue reading →
Uncle Jay shares this thought: When I get emails from my Left Coast “friends” (and I use that term very loosely) I have to wonder what they are smoking, and what idiots like Andrew Sullivan are imbibing. If you ask … Continue reading →
Chicago Sun-Times “columnist” (that’s how he’s billed, although this is a major stretch) Jesse Jackson…or more realistically, whoever is ghost-writing his crap…today accuses the Republicans of intent to commit voter fraud. Really. As the campaigns for the 2012 presidential election … Continue reading →
You, our gentle readers, pay us to have the trained eye to catch things like the following….oh, wait, we don’t get paid? Hey, Czar – what’s up with this, you told me…sorry. Back to the point: One should be very … Continue reading →
“Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge. “Plenty of prisons,” said the gentleman, laying down the pen again. “And the Union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?” “They are. Still,” returned the gentleman, “I wish I could say they were not.” “The Treadmill … Continue reading →
Much like a huge swath of America, the Gormogons huddled up last week to conduct our fantasy football draft. GorT tried to maintain order and put out a schedule where the first round would start at 1700 on Wednesday evening. … Continue reading →
So let us see if we understand this correctly. Michele Bachmann is against vaccinations, maybe, because some random stranger went up to her and claimed one caused mental retardation. The Czar is pained to say it, but this is not … Continue reading →
‘Puter knows he’s going to get pilloried, but he’s going to say it again. Ron Paul is bat-shit crazy. One cannot hold the positions Ron Paul does and be seriously considered to lead our country. ‘Puter freely admits that he … Continue reading →
The Czar watched the debate this evening with millions of other Americans (at least until Top Gear came on, which to be frank, was one of the funniest episodes they have ever done). Overall, there was not much more on … Continue reading →
As you all know, Dr. J. likes to read the Comics section of the newspaper first, followed by the editorial section for additional laughs, and then ultimately the rest of the newspaper. Indeed, Dr. J. doesn’t have the time to … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin would like to announce the latest recipient of the coveted “Bootie” award. And the winner is New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for his latest opinionpiece regarding 9/11: Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly … Continue reading →
Our suburban Rochester parish lost a great man last week, so ‘Puter thought he’d say a few words in this space about the loss of a man whose impact on our world will never be fully measured or understood. If … Continue reading →
Here are some interesting statistics looking at the change from September 11, 2001 and September 11, 2011: Afghanistan’s GDP has risen by 645% from $2.46B to $18.33B Iraq’s GDP has risen by 473% from $18.94B to $108.42B Gold has gone … Continue reading →
If you drove by Castle Gormogon today, you didn’t see a Stars & Stripes flag hanging from the Volgi’s balcony. You saw a Gadsden flag (at right). In case you did (though the Volgi realizes it may have been difficult … Continue reading →
David Brandhorst would be about thirteen years old today. He would be back in school, catching up with friends by text message, and scrambling to finish his homework. He probably would spend a little time on Xbox Live, worry about … Continue reading →
Passing through several small communities today, we saw many homes displaying American flags. Some were large, some were very small. Some hung from poles, while some were on tiny wood dowels and stuck in flower plots on front porches. Some … Continue reading →
Requiescant in pace. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →If you have the time, FotG Jonathan Viceroy Last has a superb analysis of President Obama’s narcissism that begs for broader promotion. And since our site averages 62 billion readers a day, this would be a great place to promote … Continue reading →
Sometime late this month or early next month, a 6.5 ton satellite (the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite or UARS) will experience an uncontrolled deorbit. That’s a fancy term for: it’s failing to maintain orbit and it’s going to come spiraling … Continue reading →
As you know, one of the big economic fears is inflation. When public debt goes very high, inflation is very popular trick Democrats use to get Republicans elected President. Basically, you print up a whole bunch of dollar bills and … Continue reading →
GorT Replicant #1 had an assignment from school to watch the President’s speech last night and describe what his plan was. After GorT stopped laughing, I dutifully sat down and watched the speech with her and Mrs. GorT. If you … Continue reading →
Several thousand years ago, the Czar predicted what Obama would resort to in his speech tonight. How did the Czar do? An assurance that he feels the pain, and he knows Americans are hurting. Obama: “But the millions of Americans … Continue reading →
“My fellow Americans, esteemed members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Justices of the Supreme Court, and members of the Cabinet.” “How’s everything going? Looks like you’re doing pretty well. And I really hope things are going well … Continue reading →
The New York Times editorial board remains steadfastly determined to bar reality from ruining its thoroughly discredited world view. In this editorial, the NYT’s editors blame racism for favored minorities defaulting on their home mortgages. The editors allege that minorities … Continue reading →
The Czar wants you to know there was a debate this evening. Interestingly, this was the longest amount of time he has spent watching MSNBC. Evidently, they lean forward all over themselves. The questions were terrible, and to the candidates’ … Continue reading →
Ted Cruz nails it in NRO. Required reading for all minions…(this means you Ninja Babe!) Dr. J.
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