Last night, in Iowa, she did it again. Congresswoman Bachmann, in her wrap-up speech after the caucuses were over, said the most important thing is (shouting suddenly) defeating Barack Obama. Wrong, and this is the one-note song that ultimately sank … Continue reading →
Dear Messrs. Ryan, Rubio, Jindal, Christie and Generic & Mmes. Haley, Martinez and Brewer, It is only 1461 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses! It is never too early to get your grassroots on and glad-hand the Iawonian masses. As … Continue reading →
Congratulations to Senator Rick Santorum, who effectively won the Iowa caucuses despite an effective tie with Governor Mitt Romney, simply by pulling from almost last place to pretty much first place. The Czar is too cynical and too much a … Continue reading →
The Czar may be an iconoclast and rainer of parades, but a jerk he is often not. The Czar is not at all opposed to Kwanzaa, which ended a day or two ago, but would suggest that its year is … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s back at the keyboard after a well-deserved hiatus with friends and family. In his Christmastide meanderings south of the Mason-Dixon Line, ‘Puter managed to link up with GorT and OEV, as well as with their assembled multitude of spouses … Continue reading →
While everyone else is calling them the Hawkeye Cauci, Dr. J. would rather give a shout out to Iowa State and call them the Cyclone sessions. Nevertheless with ~40% claiming undecided status and with eligibility rules such that individuals may … Continue reading →
Here is a quick prediction. The Los Angeles arsonist turns out to be a white, German-national who claims to hate America. You will hear lots about his arrest, his trial, and his conviction…because this fits Secretary Napolitano’s template for a … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin can’t even make it two days into the new year without having to dispense a Boot in the Gut award to some well deserving progressive. The lucky recipient of 2012’s first Boot in the Gut is Dr. Hannah … Continue reading →
Various media sites, blogs and news programs like to wrap up the year with some sort of top whatever lists of 2011. Usually it is a retrospective on the year and sometimes it is combined with a look forward into … Continue reading →
With everybody back at the Castle, the Czar thought he would stroll around and see what everyone was doing. And then, just like that, the Czar thought he would poll around about New Year’s resolutions. We wandered down to the … Continue reading →
Borepatch found this for the Czar, and GorT was nice enough to arrange a live performance by the composer. As Borepatch explains in his own post, this is perhaps the oldest song for which we have extremely high confidence that … Continue reading →
Welcome 2012! The Gormogons are looking forward to an exciting and brand new year. While I remain generally unimpressed by any of our leaders or potential leaders – something, as I’ve stated in the past, that I believe to be … Continue reading →
The Czar will not laud 2011. For many personal reasons too dark and dank to list on this happy site, it really was a lousy year for him and his family, and nearly all of his friends and relations. Too … Continue reading →
