Anytime a news-worthy shooting event occurs, the anti-gun crowd is positively orgasmic over the chance to have yet another national conversation nobody wants to have with them. Tragically, as you have heard by now, a 9-year-old girl in Arizona shot … Continue reading →
In contemplating the Ferguson disaster over the past two weeks, ‘Puter’s wondered if anything good will come from it. Pundits predictably called for yet another national conversation on race before Michael Brown’s body assumed room temperature. Media kept up its … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Before one of you gets all #waronwimmen on Dr. J. let him state, for the sake of full disclosure that his great-grandmother and grandmother died of breast cancer. His aunt ultimately died of complications from treatment for breast … Continue reading →
The utterly stupid and horrifying execution of journalist James Foley is, with due respect for his family and friends, only another example of how terrible the Islamic State is. But the Czar noticed that every news agency was talking about … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s waited until now to weigh in on the mess in Ferguson, Missouri. ‘Puter had hoped that a bit of distance between a white police officer’s shooting of an unarmed young black man would enable cooler heads to prevail. However, … Continue reading →
GorT received the following interoffice memo from Dr. J regarding the Science Fiction TV show countdown: GorT,I’ve enjoyed your commentary on the top 50 Sci-Fi shows as ranked by people other than us.I’d like to share a few of my … Continue reading →
The untold story of the Ferguson tragedy is that it makes libertarians look not crazy. Really, one of the structural problems with the tragedy is that two worlds of fanatical leftism have collided, and neither side is right because both … Continue reading →
So, I’ve received some feedback from other Castle dwellers as well as some operatives and minions. Always great to hear the opinions. I’ll present the top 5 here and let folks digest. Over the next few days, I’ll post up … Continue reading →
Getting closer…I appreciate the mail and will be posting feedback and mail after the full list is up. Number 10: The Outer Limits I never really went back and watched The Outer Limits or its inspiration, The Twilight Zone, save … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes in after a too-long absence, and saves the Czar from having to think an original thought: I read Robert Caro’s Master of the Senate, about Lyndon’ Johnson’s years as Senate Majority Leader, a few months ago. Say … Continue reading →
Tick, tick, tick – we’re getting closer to number 1…do you know what it is? Did you cheat? Number 15: Blake’s 7 GorT has no pattern recognition here – never heard of it or saw it. Blake’s 7 featuresRoj Blake, … Continue reading →
The esteemed Borepatch writes in regarding Torchwood on the list: Two Borepatch household thumbs up on Torchwood. It’s interesting that this is a Dr. Who spin off with frequent gunfire, and also interesting that Captain Jack is American. Even in … Continue reading →
As we close in on number 1, you’ll start seeing some consistently strong contenders. However, still a few anomalies remain. Number 20: Starblazers / Space Battleship Yamato GorT watched this on Saturday mornings regularly. The article references both Speed Racer and … Continue reading →
Long-time reader and Thinker of Deeper Thoughts Mitch, who might be a full-time operative of ours in some department to which the Czar doesn’t pay much attention, wrote in on the recent discussions of Israeli demographics. Mitch is a bit … Continue reading →
Marching down the list, we get a few good ones here… Number 25: Max Headroom GorT watched this whole series and enjoyed it as a young lad – geeky science fiction, quirky humor (I was a young lad) and Amanda … Continue reading →
Ever Faithful Operative SMR writes in about the background of modern Israelis, and asks a good question. Dear Your Greatness, Operative BJ wrote in recently explaining the racial component of the Progressive view of Middle East relations, stating that, “Israelis … Continue reading →
“Any one may so arrange his affairs that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which will best pay the Treasury; there is not even a patriotic duty to increase one’s … Continue reading →
Here’s the next installment of the countdown. Number 30: Battlestar Galactica (1978-79) A science fiction mish-mash of Mormonism (courtesy of creator Glen A Larson) and some mythology and we get the original BSG. As cheesy as it was, it … Continue reading →
Greetings, oh shiny one. I am minion #462.5, and I normally report to the Czar (may his shoes remained tied, and verily, not unto each other). I have been perusing the list of sci-fi shows, and it saddened me that … Continue reading →
Operative BJ offers an explanation as to why the American Left hates Israel: Your Majesty, Israelis are, for the most part, descendants of Europeans. White Europeans. Palestinians are, for the most part, Arabic, indigenous to the area, and are not … Continue reading →
Poor JAB—you know, the one from the Double-wide—has had this note sitting in the Czar’s mailbox for over a week. Dear Your Czarness: So I saw that our Pres. Obama had a meeting with the leaders of Honduras, Guatemala and … Continue reading →
The Czar does not have much more to add to Dr. J’s stammering but otherwise well-done review of Guardians of the Galaxy. Like his clan, the Czar war platoon loved this movie. Even the Царица, who did not initially want … Continue reading →
Number 35: Cowboy Bepop You think that Guardians of the Galaxy is the only mixed team that includes an odd cast of characters? Cowboy Bebop ran for 20+ episodes in the late 1990s and remains a fav in the … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Like Clan Czar, Clan J. took in the Guardians of the Galaxy this weekend. The four of us, Dr. J., Mrs. Dr. J., the Lil Resident and Lil Medstudent all loved it, This was no easy feat as … Continue reading →
Number 40: Life on Mars This was a short-lived BBC show where a detective was hit by a car and wakes up in the 1970s. Ok, maybe “science fiction”….or maybe just an interesting premise as the series focused more on being … Continue reading →
The next installment: Number 45: Knight Rider Blech. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. Ok, maybe a lot. GorT was never a fan of this show. Way too campy. Hasselhoff was over the top. Ugh. … Continue reading →
