The Czar thinks this says it all: THIS. “This week is so bad that an Elvis-impersonating conspiracy theorist sent poison letter to Obama and THAT’S LIKE THE TENTH BIGGEST STORY.” — Laura Mitchell (@ljmabouttown) April 19, 2013 Now, for you … Continue reading →
An interesting quote from millimeter-deep thinker Ezra Klein: The gun vote failed because of the way the Senate is designed. It failed because the Senate wildly overrepresents [sic] small, rural states and, on top of that, requires a 60-vote supermajority … Continue reading →
Seventy-five years ago today, Kal-El, the Man of Steel, the Last Son of Krypton was born. Dr. J. being the comic book geek of old wanted to salute the diamond anniversary of Action Comics #1. While the issue date is … Continue reading →
The US Senate treated foolish, ill-consideredgun control legislation much as Eliot Ness treated Frank Nitti: both are currently waitingin the car. And good riddance. To hear those on the Left tell it, the Senate’s failure to pass gun control legislation yesterday … Continue reading →
Maybe you missed all of this. No one would be surprised. Evidently, a bunch of folks on Reddit got to discussing some of the various photographs of the Boston Marathon crowd, and began to see some suspicious similarities and odd … Continue reading →
So Hillary Clinton is being suggested to run for President right over the cooling embers of the Greatest President Evah, Barack Obama. The latter is evidently happy serving as a doormat to the former, as the only re-elected one-term president … Continue reading →
Several of the Gormogons are Maryland natives (technically GorT was a transplant after a year…at least in this time reality) and GorT maintains his primary residence in the People’s Republic of Maryland. However, the recent course of events in Maryland … Continue reading →
Did you know Hillary Clinton is going to be President in 2016? And did you know that she is such a shoe-in that there is no point even considering a primary? Yes, it is only 2013 but the facts are … Continue reading →
Operative SR Writes: Doc, This was an excellent illustration, except… reading the last panel, I thought, “Wait, Linus is a guy. HE DOESN’T EVEN GET *THAT* CHOICE.” Sigh. And yet, people still vote for this garbage. Teh stupid, it burns! … Continue reading →
Grey and Wrinkly Rights Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant: To hold him who … Continue reading →
Sure, these firemen are South BostonMasshole hockey players, but on mostdays, they are the face of good and salvation to people in grave danger. As most other folks must be doing, ‘Puter’s spent some time thinking about the Boston Marathon … Continue reading →
By the time you read this, you already will have heard 180° changes in the reporting, as to whether things happened or did not, whether certain parties were responsible or not. Predictably, the event was politicized by both sides in … Continue reading →
If it walks like a tyrant, and talks like atyrant, it’s probably a tyrant. ‘Puter woke up this morning in the Castle’s archives, located several planes of existence below the Castle’s library. Or before the Castle’s library. Or among the … Continue reading →
They didn’t call him LearnedHand for nothing. He was oneof America’s greatest jurists, bar none. After ‘Puter, of course. Here’s several things to keep in mind today as we Fifty Three Percenters suck it up and support the freeloading loafers … Continue reading →
And lo, verily does Island Dweller throw down a little jotting: Most illustrious Sultan of the Steppes: Your faithful minion, though he be surrounded by water on all sides, still manages to maintain periodic contact with a former co-laborer for … Continue reading →
Think you know what it takes to put together a Ten Things You Didn’t Know list? After a short, challenging introduction that says really nothing, you decide to see if indeed the author has some arcane bit of trivia you … Continue reading →
This is a particularly embarrassing Tweet: On Gosnell “blackout,” where were conservatives before this week? salon.com/2013/04/12/con… via @salon — Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) April 12, 2013 It is difficult to determine whether CNN’s shockingly clueless Donna Brazile really believes this herself, … Continue reading →
GorT got thinking about the beginning of the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell (see The Czar’s post below) after seeing a segment on Fox News’ The Five. We’ve been through a number of social media trending posts/images with various colored … Continue reading →
Would you like a side of deductions with that? Gentle Readers, President Obama filed his tax returns. When you calculate his rate ‘Dr. J.’ style, that is Total Tax/Total Income, it comes to 16.2% compared against Dr. J.’s 22.3%. Now … Continue reading →
By now, you already know way too much about the Kermit Gosnell horror story—and you heard about it from conservative blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. You certainly have seen or heard little coverage from the MSM. Let us be certain—they are … Continue reading →
Well, you fish for compliments and you get some. Although it is possible there is a large degree of sarcasm in the following: O Dread and Awfully-Humble Awfulness: We the Minions are indeed impressed by your marksmanship. We also hope … Continue reading →
Lucy VanBloomberg Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords linked to this American Perspective post in his weekly Blogroll Spotlight. Nothing we haven’t heard before, but just a reminder of the progressive mindset. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Well, you put the Царица in charge of date night, and you gotta expect something like this. After a superb dinner at a nearby Szechuan place, the Czar was asked to drive to our favorite shooting range for an evening … Continue reading →
From, of course, Dr. Boli. 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 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all … Continue reading →
…literally, as Joe Biden would say. Dr. J. suspects that his progressive drone classmates and colleagues on Facebook are getting marching orders from somewhere. Old and Busted Folks are knocking their pink and red equals signs on their sides, in … Continue reading →
The only thing common to Common Core education standards is that there seems to be something in it to annoy everyone. Forward! Go all loyal student with Common Core teachings to make smart America for all envy of world! Unless … Continue reading →
The President is of course entitled to say any dumb thing he wants. But he lowers himself into idiocy with his speech about gun control. Most damning is his throwaway, cutesy-pie comment that if there was one thing we could … Continue reading →
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 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of … Continue reading →
Stick with the Caribbean vacations, stay away from the politics, girlfriend… Dr. J. has a former colleague who despite her critical care bona fides always struck him as a dim bulb. It might be that she dressed like she was … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was reflecting on the approach that President Obama’s been taking with the public in his second term rather than his first term. During the first term, and on some issues in the second term, he reminds Dr. J. … Continue reading →
The Emergency Room, we’re not just for emergencies anymore… Dr. J. got sleepy when he was typing his last post, so he forgot about getting to his point which was that medicine evolved to the point where the regulations and … Continue reading →
Liberals should ask themselves whether they’d prefer to live next door to low skill,welfare seeking illegal immigrants or degreed, bilingual, taxpaying high skillimmigrants like the ones ‘Puter works with. Imagine ‘Puter’s surprise when he found himself nodding in agreement with … Continue reading →
Excellent views from the upper levels. And they finally got rid of that crane at the top. By the way, for some good laughs, read the reviews. A modest proposal arrives via carrier pterosaur outside yon Castle window: Dear Czar … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Mrs. Dr. J. was battling a GI bug for the better part of last week. By Thursday she was so rundown, and felt sufficiently weak that after discussing her symptoms with her PCP by phone, it was decided … Continue reading →
Long-time brainpowerfulness BG writes in: Your Czariness – Jonah Goldberg initially pointed me in the direction of Castle Gormogon. So it’s immensely satisfying to me when someone responds to a post of mine as below. rulierose @bg • 20 hours … Continue reading →
Conservatives, by and large, seem to be having all sorts of moments of clarity lately. You know—maybe we need to be a little more honest about things. Likewise, it is probably time for liberals to do the same thing. Here … Continue reading →
…well maybe not Puter as he’s a tad ribald. This young lady from the People’s Republic of Maryland area testifies at a hearing of Maryland legislators and decimates the arguments for stricter gunlaws in 3 minutes flat. If you’re not … Continue reading →
Let them eat ice cream! The President’s intransigence with regard to making the sequester budget cuts* as painful as possible for John Q. Publick when he has existing latitude to target so called cuts, and a House that wishes to … Continue reading →
Some people have been kvetching about the Associated Press’ decision to change their descriptions of individuals present in our country illegally. Sure, a lot of the initial criticism ran, use some euphemism that sanitizes what they’re doing! Nice job, AP. … Continue reading →
These came up while the Czar was washing blood off his hands in the men’s room. First up is JAB, who pops up from the Doublewide to tell an awesome story: Dear Mr. Mandarin and Your Czarness: Reading your “Literal … Continue reading →
Remember all the blame that was placed on Wall Street and the nefarious banks who preyed on people with low credit scores for the economic collapse that we have been struggling to overcome? Maybe some of you even remember the … Continue reading →
In other good news, China is massing troops and having air and naval craft patrol their border with North Korea. One Chinese restaurant owner (one wonders what’s on the menu there) in a nearby border town expressed amazement over the … Continue reading →
You weren’t the only one playing brackets this weekend. Take a look at the Mainstream Media’s bracket picks. How many did you call correctly? The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The … Continue reading →
And people wonder why the right really question what Planned Parenthood does, does with federal funds, and what they support. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and … Continue reading →
There has been some fair criticism recently that Americans are not taking the North Korean situation seriously. Understandably, Americans kind of tune out the raving idiocy that pops out of that country on borrowed Japanese social media. Additionally, many South … Continue reading →
At least he thinks he’s funny. Apparently President Obama declared April “National Financial Capability Month.” Dr. J. is not amused. With manageable deficits, this sort of thing is funny. As we are approaching a tipping point, this shows that he … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, here are some headlines from around teh interwebz: The British government has appointed a ‘Lights Czar’ to police excessive electricity use in private businesses and homes British Scientists have found the genetic markers that predispose an individual to … Continue reading →
The Lord Is Risen, Alleluia! Of course, your Gormogons would strongly recommend using Bing to search the internet. Maybe for a while to show Google what you think of their celebration of Easter. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the … Continue reading →
Pete DuPont, Dr. J.’s favorite 1988 presidential hopeful reflects on President Obama’s conflict between anti-military idealism and reality in yesterday’s column on ‘Peace through Strength.’ Go read it here. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Whenever gun control is brought up in a public venue, someone on either the Left of the Right brings up the need for mental health reform. After all, the Newtown shooter should have been in treatment; instead, he was out … Continue reading →
A chat at the Gormogon lobby bar the other day between Mandarin, Borepatch, and the Czar encouraged the Czar to paint this rather interesting analogy. Indeed, this might be one of the most enduring images of the debate—rather than the … Continue reading →
Puter tweeted (@gormogons, are you following us?) yesterday: GP Congrats to @nygovcuomo, @nycmayorsoffice for driving NY to #1 ranking in least free states! Way to go! #failure freedominthe50states.org— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) March 28, 2013 Mayor Bloomberg replied: Anyone stop to … Continue reading →
Work Wife II says the interns need to sack up. Dr. J. was alerted to this article at USA Today by Work Wife II, with additional analysis by the International Business Times. Feel free to read those articles for background. … Continue reading →
By now, even Tibetans who live in caves and eat rope for a living have heard that Obamacare is an utter disaster. And that isn’t just the folks who can correctly add two numbers together and digest more than website … Continue reading →
‘Puter, Jr. attends our local Jesuit institution of lower learning (higher learning being reserved for colleges and universities), McQuaid Jesuit. ‘Puter and Czar prepare to attend “GayCouples Drink Free at Jesuit High Schools’Prom Night” at the Leaping Peacock. Unbeknownst to … Continue reading →
GorT generally despises “reality TV” – it’s akin to texting in that it is a cheap way for networks to earn money by airing low budget content (and therefore low-value content) and rake in the advertising money (texting for those … Continue reading →
‘Puter and Czar at “Newlywed Gay CouplesDrink Free Night” at the Leaping Peacock.We’re not actually gay, but there’s nothingwe won’t do for free booze. There’s been no end of uninformed opining on the Left’s newly-discovered Constitutional right to gay marriage … Continue reading →
68. When you run for public office in a state you don’t reside in, run as a Democrat. The Daily Caller writes: During a keynote speech at the American Counseling Association’s 2013 conference in Cincinnati on Friday, Judd said that … Continue reading →
Ever get a song stuck in your head, and not be able to get rid of it? Well, Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords, at the Eye of Polyphemus, while recovering from his most recent brush with death by colon perforation … Continue reading →
Stanley Kurtz over at the NRO Corner has an interesting thought: is the Left producing its own Tea Party? The ultimatum delivered last week by California billionaire Tom Steyer to Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate, Rep. Steve Lynch–disavow your support for … Continue reading →
From, of course, Dr. Boli. 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 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all … Continue reading →
In another futile attempt to explain modern liberal thought for our more right-wing readers (hey, everybody!), the Czar reminds everyone that while conservatives tend to see things in simplistic, black-and-white terms, the liberal mind tends to picture things in fuzzy … Continue reading →
GorT has had the pleasure today of sitting through an all-day demonstration briefing that is conducted in person as well as over web conferencing and conference call. My specific portion of the demo went very well and has largely been … Continue reading →
Psychologists ought to be studying the strange disconnect between the Right and Left when it comes to perception of media bias. The Right has, for a long time now, been supplying fairly inarguable evidence that the news media is tilted … Continue reading →
A middle school principal in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has elected to cancel the honors students’s induction ceremony because it makes the other kids—who didn’t get good grades—feel bad. No, of course this is real. Instead, they will be honored during an … Continue reading →
The Czar is so bad at responding to mail lately that you’d think he was Mandarin. Anyhow, we have indeed been getting mail and it needs some attention. BG writes in to send us a photograph (right) of an Audi … Continue reading →
Know what has gotten to be so obvious that it has become a cliché? Progressivism. Notice how every state in the union suddenly has a bill on the table about firearms. And notice how oddly similar they all are. Americans … Continue reading →
Let’s not forget: it’s all of us who causedJesus to suffer and die to free us from sin.Not just those crazy Catholic lefties. And ‘Puter’s a self-righteous Pharisee. ‘Puter sat at 7:30 AM Mass Sunday morning, half asleep, quietly thanking … Continue reading →
“The educational paradigm has shifted from guaranteeing universal access to guaranteeing universal performance.” -‘Puter’s Tiny Local School District 2013-14 Budget Presentation PowerPoint** If the old saw is true — that a gaffe is when a government official accidentally speaks an … Continue reading →
GorT Sr sent along a reference to this chart – it’s worth a look given Czar’s post below. More here. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and … Continue reading →
Remember about thirty-five years ago, when the Sequester was going to utterly destroy societies, completely annihilate Western thought, and thoroughly split infinitives? And it didn’t happen, and the President plunged in the polls? And then he made a series of … Continue reading →
Yeah, yeah, Dr. J. is on vacation but there is a morning chill in the air, Mrs. Dr. J. is still snoozing and the Lil Resident and Medstudent are watching Wreck-it Ralph on an iPad, so Dr. J. decided to … Continue reading →
Some buzz is going on about this show The Bible. It appears to be based on a book by the same name, but the Czar could not locate the author’s name. Okay, so maybe there will be a second season … Continue reading →
To: The Czar, The Mandarin, Confucius, GorT and Puter From: Dr. J. Re: Spring Break Dear Dread Colleagues: Clan J. is headed to the Eastern Palace for some R&R as New Atlantis is enjoying spring break this week. Czar, please … Continue reading →
The Czar has mixed feelings about CPAC, with the negative running toward whether it has gotten too big for its own organizational abilities, and the positive of course being that it is a major reminder to all people—right, center, libertarian—that … Continue reading →
Sundry thoughts too long for Twitter. So North Korea is accusing the US and South Korea of cyber attacks on their sole Macintosh SE/30. Um, yeah we are. They forgot Japan, by the way. Our Gormocomputer in the basement indicates … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s office is the arched window on the left… New Atlantis Ivory Tower Medical Center, like many academic medical centers across the nation is tightening its belt and doing everything possible to reduce overhead as it delivers world-class medical … Continue reading →
Very long-time fan (so listen up, yo) ScottO writes in to a couple of us: Dear Dr. J., and with deferent regard to His Awfulness The Czar, You can learn a lot about time and the Earth’s position in space … Continue reading →
The Czar sent a note over to the mighty Borepatch the other day, as this sort of thing is more up his alley. That is, one of Borepatch’s many areas of study is how the two dominant political parties have … Continue reading →
The middle-aged Sith Lord would retort, “I won’t cut the blanket, simply cover my feet when its cold and my head when its bright. .” Dr. J. actually likes Daylight Savings Time. Your Gormogons don’t always agree with each other, … Continue reading →
‘Puter nailed this article to the Czar’s locked bedroom door, in hopes we saw it. We had not, and indeed we are creeped out a little by it…only because it was nailed to the inside of our locked door. Most … Continue reading →
A sign directs summoned reporters to the location of Mayor Bloomberg’s hastilyscheduled press conference. He Who KnowsBetter Than You explained the judicial banof his soda ban was ill-considered becausethe judge is a moron who can’t see that themayor should be able to … Continue reading →
Long-time minion and mastermind Chiefjaybob writes in: Oh Mighty and Dreadful The Czar; Dali wasn’t kidding when he painted this to show what a freaking pain DST is. Read on. I come to you as a most humble minion, and … Continue reading →
This has been making the rounds on Facebook: We cannot vouch for any rogue midichorines, however… Dr. J. has never met, let alone been in the same timezone as Deviant Artist ~Hearte42‘s bride, he swears! Dr. J.
Continue reading →We cover this from time to time, but one of the more frequent questions we get or see others asking relates to liberal Democrat hypocrisy. You already know the formula: “it was horrible when Republicans did X, but okay when … Continue reading →
Operative JB writes regarding the Idaho ban being explored in Congress: Dear Dr. J., Also shaped like various modern and futuristic guns: Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Oklahoma, Massachusetts and Louisiana. Also, West Virginia looks like a praying mantis, which scares … Continue reading →
Subtitle: Papal Elections and Secular Elections Our parochial vicar (read: assistant pastor) gave a homily over the weekend that was largely a repeat of one he gave last week albeit at a different Mass. Apparently, the pastor really liked the … Continue reading →
Looks more like a pop-tart. Senator Mikulski and Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland have submitted legislation to their respective houses of Congress today to have Idaho’s statehood rescinded as its shape is reminiscent of a gun and therefore has no … Continue reading →
By now, you have all seen Confucius’* post about the 265th Gormogon Papal Conclave Lottery. The Czar has participated in almost 70 of these, and certainly it can be hard to choose among them. So the Czar has put together … Continue reading →
Cardinal Stan T. Mannot available for selection Hey, kids, it’s that time again! Time for the 265th Gormogon Papal Conclave Lottery. We may be pulling the strings behind world events, but we let you ignorantly guess as to the outcomes … Continue reading →
Lost in the excitement of Rand Paul’s extremist violent overthrow of the Senate the other day was The Dinner, as it is now known. Okay, okay—the Czar is aware that a lot of Tea Party Twitt’rhetoric is ripping into this … Continue reading →
If you eat your tail, you only shrink. There’s a metaphor in here somewhere. Dr. J. is a big fan of Pete ‘Pencilneck‘ DuPont. Indeed when Dr. J. was a yout’ just shy of voting age, he and Papa J. … Continue reading →
Senator Rand Paul pulled an age-old stunt out of his bag of tricks and executed a genuine filibuster yesterday. Surprise, surprise, that a Senator droning on CSPAN-2 would score millions of viewers more than MSNBC had all day. The Czar … Continue reading →
From time to time, a number of the Gormogons get together for various efforts. Here is what happens when you combine the Volgi’s penchant for yeti, Mandy’s orbiting satellite control systems, and GorT’s robots: I guess we need to find … Continue reading →
JAB, about whom the Mandarin, Dr. J., and ourselves were just speaking, has this carved into some poor slob’s entrails and sent up to the seventh floor: Your Czarness: For ‘Puter’s reference, here is someone else who is decidedly not … Continue reading →
An undercover field report, which the Operative delivered through an ingeniously complicated plan of (a) converting it to base74 notation, (b) engraving the characters on a grain of rice, (c) inserting it into a cotton swab, (d) embedding the swab … Continue reading →
“Hey God, when’s there going to be an American Pope?” “In time, in time, but not while I’m God!” The mainstream media hates the Catholic Church, but they love stories about the Catholic Church because for good or for ill … Continue reading →
I become more and more convinced each day that the Obama Administration is combination of people who are in way over their heads and people who have tremendous disrespect for large segments of the population based on politics, lifestyle, and … Continue reading →
