About websites being shutdown for theatrical reasons: Your Czarness: Also shut down are the SEC webpage that allows one to file and to track corporate filings and the USGS webpage that allow one to look up seismic data for a … Continue reading →
It has been just a week now that the government somewhat shut down, and at least one poll is trending as we had foreseen. Republicans are seeing their disapproval numbers increase by 7 points since September 29 to 70% disapproval. … Continue reading →
Word got out yesterday that the Obama administration thought it would be funny to endanger the lives of kidnapped children. There simply is no easier way to describe it. So the next time liberals cry that something is For the … Continue reading →
A hot microphone captured Senator Rand Paul expressing with some incredulity that Republicans might actually triumph in this shutdown nonsense. Why not. You have a president begging Americans not to give up on Obamacare, which is a complete reversal of … Continue reading →
JAB write to the shiny metallic one regarding this post: Dear Mr. GorT: Your advice to the GOP strikes me as spot-on, but I fear they are too stupid to follow it. Had they any gumption, they would long … Continue reading →
President Obama claims he is willing to negotiate with Republicans, but “We can’t do it with a gun held to the head of the American people.” The President was criticized for using the expression, but Jay Carney said that the … Continue reading →
Gov. Scott Walker masterfully trolled Wisconsin’s hyper- sensitive Dane County liberal denizens, enraging theseeconomically illiterate “educators,” and benefiting the state’staxpayers simultaneously. Masterfully done, Gov. Walker. To be fair to ‘Puter’s self, he really didn’t set out to troll his liberal … Continue reading →
Sun of Toasts, No. 2 Medium – Cinnamon Toast Crusts, Ceramic and StoneArtist – The Lil Medstudent Dr. J.
Continue reading →The shutdown is proving to be utterly disastrous as far as the Main Stream Media can tell by glancing out their Starbucks windows. A quick roundup of the shutdown in pictures. Wild packs of dogs are roving the Mall, and … Continue reading →
President Obama was just down the road from GorT’s non-castle residence yesterday and his speech included this little excerpt: So are his “handlers” slapping their foreheads? Is the crowd so stupid that they don’t realize what he just said? For … Continue reading →
From the Doublewide, JAB writes in after too long an absence (but do we not always say that about her?): Dear Your Czarness: Yes, indeedy, some jack-wagon “supervisor” in some office in DC decided the putting up barricades and tape … Continue reading →
Island Dweller plops down next to the Czar at the Castle Lobby Bar and lets the Czar have it about the unfair treatment government employees are getting from the private public. The good news is that the Czar remembered it … Continue reading →
Don’ters line up at the front door of America’s very last Doer, looking for all that free crap Uncle Sugar and President Obama promised them. Don’ters are about to be extremely disappointed. Liberal politicians who’ve preyed on Don’ters fantasies for generations … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. saw this meme and had to post it, breaking radio silence 4 hours earlier than planned. It nicely summarizes The Czar’s excellent ~1021 word polemic in one picture and 21 words. Back to your regularly scheduled … Continue reading →
Remember the Leftˆs portrayal of George W. Bush as an intellectual dullard who skated through major schools by the grace of who he was, rather than what he knew? And how he was surrounded by corrupt scoundrels barely smarter than … Continue reading →
Apropos Jonathan Last’s droll and true comparisons of the Redskins’ and Eagles’ respective fan bases, allow your Volgi to summarize. Confucius says:Redskins fans believe in Santa Claus; Eagles fans, seeing Santa in the flesh, throw batteries at him. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
When GorT gets fed up he gets fired up,when he gets fired up the laser he gets fired up GorT is pretty much fed up with the federal government. Ever since “politician” was viewed as an acceptable answer to “What … Continue reading →
Conservatives like you tend to understand little of any substance, and as a result, you may be confused over why this shutdown is such a terrible thing. In your ignorance, you blissfully think that that life goes on without the … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has a million balls in the air, and consequently will be out through Wednesday, so any wit, wisdom and ponyisms will have to wait. Until then remember: Obamacare still sucks A government shutdown is not a bad thing … Continue reading →
Researchers (and you notice how the exact number is never specified?) have concluded that monkeys can teach us a lot; in fact, monkey’s grooming habits—‘Puter take note—are a form of altruism. Here are other things monkeys want to teach us: … Continue reading →
Some snippets from the Daily Mail obtained just this morning discuss the changed psychiatric guidelines regarding the chronological age of adolescence. It would seem our British cousins believe the timeframe for this period should be extended beyond the age of … Continue reading →
GorT has little patience for people complaining about the current fight over the federal debt ceiling, the defunding of the Affordable Care Act, and the impending “shutdown” of the federal government. If the Congress, and specifically the Senate would do … Continue reading →
The Czar found a mysterious photograph slipped under his door; the picture was simply of white clouds against a blue sky. Assuming the worst, we ran the picture through GorT and Mandarin’s stegiographic decompiler, and sure enough—a message was encoded … Continue reading →
Senator Alexander, Lady Gaga wants you to vote NO on cloture on the Reid-addled CR Bill. Our friends on the airwaves, and in the blogosphere are encouraging you to call your Republican and ‘Red-State’ Democrat senators to encourage them not … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been reading Greg Sargent, a confessed liberal, who writes for the Washington Post’s opinion pages. Mr. Sargent is exercised about Republicans holding up a debt limit increase This morning, Mr. Sargent writes: It remains to be seen whether major … Continue reading →
Ted Cruz is a heckuva smart guy. He managed to convince the entire House to push him into the limelight. The House, as you know, did not overwhelmingly want to support his plan. He managed to rally them around it. … Continue reading →
In 10th Grade, Dr. J. was tapped for Team Jack by his peers. We still live in the greatest country on Earth. That being said, the progressive movement has for a century believed that they are smarter than the rest … Continue reading →
Nothing strikes fear into the undead heart of a zombie like the sound of chainsaw revving up. Nothing, that is, except a chainsaw revving up prominently displaying the visage of She Who Has No Mouth, Yet She Must Scream.** If … Continue reading →
If anyone’s got a herpetic monkey wang, it’s the drummer for Lancelot Link and the Evolution Revolution. Good luck with getting your “little problem” treated under ObamaCare, Mr. Drummer! Eugene Robinson, an ever-reliable Obama sycophant, parrots the White House’s ObamaCare talking points in … Continue reading →
By now, our readers should know where GorT stands with regards to Global Climate Change – if not, go do some research. Ok, ready? Over the past few years skeptics of the anthropogenic climate change theories have raised the issue … Continue reading →
Many minions write to the Czar in an overtly supplicating tone, apparently terrified that the Czar will unleash some horrific punishment onto them. Ridiculous! The Czar encourages and welcomes all manners of correspondence with his minions, for he truly respects … Continue reading →
Ms. Goodstein smugly thinksabout how stupid those sillyRoman Catholics are, with theiranti-gay, anti-abortion bias, insteadof considering it is perhaps shewho is the biased one. ‘Puter was shocked to discover that the New York Times is either stunningly biased against or … Continue reading →
From the mailbag: First up, NSW writes: There’s another unintended consequence to raising the minimum wage in California. Minimum wage employees are not those paying to keep California running. Their small business employers probably pay a not insignificant portion of … Continue reading →
GorT’s parish has a new associate pastor, parochial vicar, #2 priest, whatever you want to call him. He’s probably in his late 30s or early 40s. His homilies have been solid and this weekend was no different. However, I will … Continue reading →
California is raising its minimum wage to $10 an hour. Presently, it is $8 an hour. If a store owner has three part-time employees who are paid minimum wage, and let us say each worker shows up 24 hours a … Continue reading →
Well, the gun control arguments have been disarmed, and we can pretty well bet that gun control will never happen at this point. The US Senate won’t even entertain new legislation concerning firearms. Done. Dead. Finished. Also, forget about global … Continue reading →
Four versions, ranked in the order the Czar favors them. Your own order may vary. Note-for-note perfect, a minimalist blend of spooky and sweet, Schuberts Ave Maria is one of those rare pieces that works whether it is played on … Continue reading →
Against quite long odds, the House GOP has decided to stick it to the Obama administration and will fund a continuing resolution minus the required Obamacare portion. This, despite condemnation from the President and Senate, as well as a great … Continue reading →
Republicans are pretty annoyed with each other over the Obamacare funding deadline. Many Republicans want to defund Obamacare by passing a continuing resolution that funds everything budgeted for the government except Obamacare. The problem is that while this will pass … Continue reading →
Borepatch, who watches this sort of thing for us, wants you to know that if you are one of the handful of people who still use Internet Explorer, you may be in trouble. This is a much more serious issue … Continue reading →
“J’accuse, ass-hats!” (‘Puter, using his fancy-dancylawyering skills in a courtroom, of all places). You read the post’s title correctly. Lawyers caused the Navy Yard Massacre, and it’s about time a practicing lawyer stood up and said so.* Yes, the murderer** … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. has woefully neglected his inbox in which a couple of missives have been collecting dust. The first comes as a follow up to a recent letter from newly minted Operative DC. Operative DC, who also likes … Continue reading →
There is unusually good news—seemingly—in the hell of Illinois politics. As you may recall, there were three leading Democrats competing for the 2014 gubernatorial election. Pat Quinn is the current governor of Illinois, and polls seem to indicate that Illinois … Continue reading →
Mailbag, when the Czar can take it a smidge easier and see what others have to say. First up, we have The Big Guy himself, Uncle Jay, who has an interesting observation about why alpacas spit when threatened: O most … Continue reading →
I am not one with this crap, Herbert! I’m not really one to buy into conspiracy theories but I have to admit, I’m starting to really believe that the Big Environment folks have their hooks into the people developing educational … Continue reading →
Mika has a sad because income inequality. Unfortunately,Mika doesn’t understand that despite her willful ignoranceof basic economic truths, pretending economic truths do notexist does not, in fact, cause those truths to cease existing. ‘Puter’s been watching Morning Joe again, which is … Continue reading →
Nothing says class like Hello Kitty Gentle Readers, Dr. J. woke up Sunday Morning to this piece on Fox and Friends. Washington D.C. who has had a fairly unregulated tattoo industry felt the need to catch up with the times … Continue reading →
Mrs. ‘Puter, Big Red and Mrs. TheCzar model the latest in Oktoberfestfashion. Not really, but in ‘Puter’s demented mind, this is how hepictures it. ‘Puter spent Mrs. ‘Puter’s birthday weekend thusly. Friday evening, ‘Puter squired The Missus to dinner at … Continue reading →
Catholics have no shortage of saints in the stable, and not all of them are equal in stature. In fact, many of the saints Catholics take for granted were de-sainted by Pope Paul VI in his famous pronouncement Iocā́tis Quin. … Continue reading →
This post is to be a surprise for @MbernadetteE, so for goodness’ sake, don’t tell her about it. But the Gormogons have elected to each purchase her a present for her and @BrianGriffiths in celebration of their engagement and, one … Continue reading →
A handy dandy flowchart to bashing your least favorite research studies: This sort of thing helps us out with Saturday posts. h/t geeksaresexy.com Dr. J.
Continue reading →Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s seeing a new trend in elementary and intermediate education at independent schools, and it is not what you would expect. It was ‘Meet the Witches Night’ at the New Atlantis Bene Gesserit Chapterhouse last night, and … Continue reading →
You know, it’s difficult to dislike Rand Paul. He’s a charming, well-spoken, thoughtful Senator who has more than a little of the country gentleman about him. He is very strict in his reading of the Constitution, extremely limited in his … Continue reading →
The Castle is looking to hire a new IT guy or gal, given our processing needs and our desire to digitize our archives, now that our archivist is gainfully employed elsewhere and getting married. Dr. J. received this resume in … Continue reading →
Operative Javahead writes: Some supporting evidence for your position – My older daughter is in her final year of pharmacy school (going for her Pharm. D. at Loma Linda). As an undergrad she’d originally planned to apply for medical school, … Continue reading →
There is not much left to say about President Obama on this Syria affair, but it is interesting to see parties on the Left and Right come together at long last and excoriate his inept bungling of what seemed a … Continue reading →
Ah, pediatrics, Dr. J.’s worst grade in medical school… Just as Dr. J. sent off his missive earlier today, his Medical Economics weekly email showed up in his inbox. He, of course, clicked on this lead article. The headline states … Continue reading →
Mrs. Dr. J. and the Lil Resident mind-map operational work flow together… Dr. J. was trolling teh interwebz for something to talk about other than the President’s feckless Syria speech, a speech he couldn’t even tune into because the sound … Continue reading →
On this twelfth anniversary of militant Islam’s attack on the American homeland, let us remember our dead, pray for the living and rededicate ourselves to stamping out evil militant Islam wherever it may be found. ‘Puter’s son Spawn was barely … Continue reading →
‘Puter whipped up this batch of Pad Thailast night, to the acclaim of his family.It’s an easy recipe and takes about 30-45 minutes start to finish. Try it! ‘Puter, like most if not all of your Gormogons, loves to cook. … Continue reading →
It looks like the whole thread of Catholic Mass and singing has struck a chord (Dat Ho is working on the rim shot). I was glad to see some other Gormos join in on it. First up is from ScottO … Continue reading →
The sun sets on the Pax Americana There are a number of opinion pieces referring to the recent Syria as a foreign policy disaster for the Obama Administration and consequently for the US: From the Weekly Standard: This revealed to … Continue reading →
Yeah, We can’t go with anything naughty associated with our Archivist… The lovely, and off the market, Marie Bernadette (@MariebernadetteE), the Castle Archivist writes: Dear Dr. J.: Good insight into the TN school system way of things in today’s post. … Continue reading →
This annoys us. AP has written a gripping, inspiring story of an Uruguayan man who survived four months of brutal winter conditions in the Andes. Remarkable human endurance, the story goes, with quotes about the 58-year-old man being a “good, … Continue reading →
Local control of the school, like at the Jedi Academy, is how it should be.. Dr. J. occasionally gets posts from his Metro School Board Representative, a lawyer mom who sends her kid to a mediocre elementary school we’re both … Continue reading →
Dr. J. can’t comment on liturgical music at mass this week…we bagged mass as we were wiped out from camping on the driving range this weekend. Where the f@¢# is Dr. J. and that Lil Medstudent who can’t sit still? … Continue reading →
Bob Dylan (a/k/a Robert Zimmerman) is one of ‘Puter’s favorite artists. Also, Mr. Dylan, a Minnesotan Jew by birth, would write much better liturgical music than either OCP or the St. Louis Jesuits ‘Puter digs him some music, music of … Continue reading →
The Czar and his family had the rare luck to dine with a bishop Saturday evening, watch some football, and generally chat about anything we wanted. We did not invite him to join our table at a local Church fundraiser; … Continue reading →
GorT almost posted about this topic last weekend after Mass but thought I must just have been in a funk the last two Sundays. Well, this makes it the third. Well, ok, it was Saturday evening Massto mark number three. … Continue reading →
Maybe GorT should have come up with a classier title for this post but with all the directions that I could take this post, I figured I’d keep it simple. GorT has been having a great time with getting his … Continue reading →
World-11’s Finest For those not in the know, DC Comics has a multiverse. Sure it’s changed over the years, but the idea’s stayed the same. Earth One is the main universe, Earth Two is the Golden/Silver Age, Earth 3, the … Continue reading →
The semper paratus Island Dweller puts charcoal to the cave wall to write in: Most August Majesty: There is a phrase being bandied about by both sides on the Syria issue, to wit: “Boots on the ground.” Everyone using this … Continue reading →
How can one begin to count up the number of times someone has said “This has been a bad week for President Obama.” This observation is not there to gloat—it is there to make us realize how bad a job … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin was contacted today by the FBI. No, not this FBI: Your Mandarin wonders where they hide their gun and badge in this type of uniform. This one: You would think that for what we pay in taxes, someone … Continue reading →
Class warfare, Marxist policies and economic slut shaming have their consequences. Hurting the big guy hurts the little guys faster and harder. Gentle Readers, Dr. and Mrs. Dr. J. recently had a budgetary summit as money has grown tight over … Continue reading →
Hey, this anti-war veteran posturing againstbaseless American military interventionsin far-flung lands to shore up a failing president looks kind of familiar, doesn’t he,Secretary Kerry? ‘Puter’s not fond of open-ended American military interventions in foreign countries, unless the interventions result from … Continue reading →
The most intentionally under-reported aspect of the Syrian crisis is the severity with which the Obama administration is now revealed to the world. We have learned that if a President shoots his mouth off an a cutey-pie way of trying … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. falls into the camp of those against President Obama using force in Syria. Dr. J. has an open-mind, and would not mind if the president persuaded him otherwise. The president however has yet to do so, … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been sparse in his posting of late, with good reason. You see, it’s tradition in ‘Puter’s office that when he goes on vacation each and every miserable slob of an employee uses ‘Puter’s absence as an opportunity to dump … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s recent post in which he took the ‘Which D&D Character Are You’ was quite popular with the readers. Indeed, two of our operatives and two of Dr. J.’s old gaming mates took the quiz. As a … Continue reading →
At the Leaping Peacock the other night, BG and the Czar were discussing the political affiliation of a white supremacist when Borepatch walked up and sat down. Borepatch nodded to BG, turned to the Czar, and said, “Nice post the … Continue reading →
Island Dweller writes in, and the Czar will comment along. Dread and Awful Majesty: Your humble subject has mentioned in the past the possible consequences of incompetence in foreign policy. He has also mentioned how the US government at the … Continue reading →
Nothing says good tipper like a monolith dedicated to an ancient evil… Operative RKB wrote again to Dr. J. and Borepatch. It seems someone has claimed part of Oklahoma for the Old Gods: Yes, yes, that was us. You see, … Continue reading →
An asshat up in North Dakota is trying to establish a White Suprmacist “enclave” for any like-minded salamanders who are looking for a blackless and Jewless place to live. Some news reports are saying that he is spectacularly unsuccessful; more … Continue reading →
It wasn’t long before Dr. J. received a missive from none other than Operative RBK who returned from the other side of the mirror where he was on R&R from all things operative. He writes in regarding Dr. J.’s recent anti-Krugman … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. saw ‘Puter slinking away from the Castle hanger this morning with a paint brush and palate. Behold what he wrought while we all slept: If you want to charter a flight, here’s how, but we’ll only … Continue reading →
One of the things the Czar—and probably a few of you—finds quite frustrating about Barack Obama is not his ridiculously inept progressivism, his shoddy work ethic, and his lazy understanding of politics and history. Rather, it is how he has … Continue reading →
President Bush would’ve had a plan, and gone before the American people, congress and our allies before leaking battle plans to the media…go it alone my ass. Dr. J. didn’t always agree with President Bush, Dr. J. felt that he … Continue reading →
Island Dweller has a guest post today: It seems the highlights of the Ft Hood trial are over, with the perp being found so richly guilty of the misery he inflicted. We can now wait for years as this case … Continue reading →
We tried a castle-mother for a few weeks…now it’s all Dat Ho GorT has been up to his eyeballs in a variety of things – mostly work and helping the family get back into the swing of school and fall … Continue reading →
College football players are checking out the talent helping a freshman co-ed move in on move-in day. Gormogon longtime fan, reader and sometime writer, JAB writes from the doublewide: Dear Mr. Dr. J.: I read your “Big Skool” post with … Continue reading →
The pageant of incompetence continues at the Obama White House. Remember when we said this? Let us see if we have this mapped out. The United States backed protesters in Egypt, demanded Ḥusnī Mubārak resign immediately, got chummy with the … Continue reading →
Not all the news out of Detroit is depressing. A man there stole his father’s encoffined corpse from the cemetery, brought it home in the family van, and pulled the body into the basement with the hope of resurrecting it. … Continue reading →
Ah, hippies. They just can’t let it go. When you’re a loser who was never forced to hear anything sensible, and you experience a long period lacking in self-discipline and with zero social consequences—say the years 1966-1977—you tend to pine … Continue reading →
Mrs. Dr. J. if our finances were like DC. Anything that involves dealing with the Federal Government sadly involves deceit on the front end or the back end or somewhere in the middle. Let’s start with science. Back in the … Continue reading →
Well, it turns out that Russia had been in contact with breakaway republic Eddie Snowden all along, and that Snowden’s flight to Russia, hiding out in the airport, threatened deportation, and ultimate asylum may not have been as spontaneous as … Continue reading →
The Czar would never have imagined writing the next sentence. We spent an enjoyable and leisurely evening building furniture yesterday. Indeed, we even left a slam-bang wonderful pool party in a well-appointed house with home-cooked Mexican and Puerto Rican food … Continue reading →
Some thoughts on this Ben Affleck casting of Batman. Rocket Raccoon. Come on, even though the idea is preposterous, you have to admit…this is a badass-looking raccon. And he has a machine gun. Imagine if he had a great voice … Continue reading →
Marrying Jennifer Garner was his best career move… Gentle Readers, Dr. J. was shocked today to learn that Ben Affleck was tapped to play Batman in the upcoming Superman/Batman sequel to Man of Steel. Really? Seriously? No disrespect to Mr. … Continue reading →
