Greetings, mere mortals. Today, the Czar was nice enough to take the Царица to claim her Christmas present—or at least, part of it. When asked what she might want for Christmas, she did not hesitate to suggest a trip to the … Continue reading →
A couple of letters have crossed the Czar’s desk recently. The first one is from the Retired Spook, who used to haunt our Castle more than he has been. Anyway, for those of you with last-minute gift-giving needs and—we should … Continue reading →
GorT read (and re-read) Czar’s post from earlier today. It hit home. It rang true. GorT knows the same types on both sides of the aisle. GorT is frequently one of those bemoaning what passes for political leadership in today’s … Continue reading →
The Czar has noticed, of late, that whenever Republicans gather around him, the tone seems to be one of intense irritation. “They’re no different than the Democrats,” is perhaps the simplest summation of the complaints. Republicans could have ended Obamacare … Continue reading →
A few days ago, amidst the revelation that Mario Batali was one of the latest in a long and growing list of public figures embroiled in sexual misconduct and abuse issues, I posited the following on Twitter regarding the revelation: … Continue reading →
Long-time readers have two attributes relevant to today’s topic: first, they know the Czar is actually a big fan of the metric system, and second, there is something certainly wrong with them. Who the hell reads this site for as … Continue reading →
The House today passed a bill to allow interstate reciprocity of concealed carry. As you expect, social media is having a freak out over this, since of course a peaceful gun owner carrying his legal weapon into another peaceful state … Continue reading →
Today, or more specifically this morning, a crate arrived in our name at the Castle. Always fearing outlandish and ridiculous assassination attempts, the Czar had Dat Ho open it, just in case it exploded and killed someone. It neither exploded … Continue reading →
Every day, every doofus you hate in politics, media, and entertainment seems to be lining up for the fire exits. In fact, we’re seeing anywhere from three-to-five sex creeps being shown the door. At this rate, there will be no … Continue reading →
And good riddance. His ongoing popularity was almost exactly what he wanted, and he had a fawning media to keep us updated on all aspects of his long and up-until-recently healthy life. Had justice been served, he would have rotted … Continue reading →
If you’ve been anywhere near Pinterest for the last 50 years, you know that Disney characters are even more interesting than smoking meats, building your own water filtration system, or ripping down Confederate statues. And the ability to draw a … Continue reading →
The Gormogons answer all your pressing questions…well, at least the ones you asked…well, at least….nevermind. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past … Continue reading →
A few of us discuss eating out, restaurant experiences, and other food topics GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. … Continue reading →
The Gormos spook-out and talk Halloween traditions and experiences GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this … Continue reading →
Esteemed Eminence; Just to give you a worm’s-eye perspective, when The Darlin’ Daughter was of that age, she bailed on Girl Scouts because they were “boring.” She was much more interested in what her brother, two years her junior, was … Continue reading →
The Czar, Gilgamesh, what more could you want? GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay … Continue reading →
The Czar received a fair amount of email and social media comments about the recent decision about the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow in girls, most of it negative. The Czar’s own opinions are available on this site, … Continue reading →
GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. … Continue reading →
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Call me Ishmael. Hop on Pop. Dear Penthouse Forum. All great stories start with a memorable opening line. Not this one. ‘Puter really should start with some backstory. … Continue reading →
GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. … Continue reading →
The Inscrutable Mandarin and the Czar of Muscovy have very different watchdog natures: the former tends to monitor Facebook, and the latter is more a creature of Twitter. To be more accurate, the Mandarin’s Facebook-to-Twitter ratio is about 80/20, and … Continue reading →
What a difference a day makes. The Czar commented only just yesterday about the mystery surrounding the Boy Scouts of America’s consideration of allowing girls to join, and here we are with a full decision to do so. The Czar … Continue reading →
GorT stopped and just stared at the news report on TV last night as they were announcing that the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) are rolling out a plan to include girls in the program. I’m not sure exactly where … Continue reading →
Your Gormogons are wrapping up “Season 1” of Radio Gormogon with one more episode to air (hopefully) sometime before Halloween. While we have a number of topics floating around the Rumpus Room….literally (how you ask? The Mandarin has some sort … Continue reading →
Of all places, Slate.com has a strange piece about the Boy Scouts of America considering accepting girls into their ranks, and the Girl Scouts of America being, well, kinda pissed about it. The Czar serves as a “committee member at … Continue reading →
The Daily Show went from a wise-cracking news parody show to a full-fledged wing of the Democrat party’s PR department. Ratings fell. Stephen Colbert dropped his goofy persona to join the chorus of voices attacking Republicans. His ratings, never good, … Continue reading →
The Czar discusses Korea GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, … Continue reading →
In 2012 the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow kneeling for each game to pray, they also had an issue with Tebow wearing John 3:16 as part of his blackout to avoid glare and made him take it off. … Continue reading →
Chances are good you haven’t heard much about the Kurdish independence vote in Iraq, which is a shame because it’s way more important than the Catalonian vote that sometimes pops up on world-news-only broadcasts. And if you’re like most Americans, … Continue reading →
Finishing off our talk about movies GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the … Continue reading →
Rule 1: Americans don’t like being lectured. Rule 1 is the only hard and fast rule applicable to all Americans. Think about it. What other generalization can you make that covers the trailer park junkie in rural West Virginia, the … Continue reading →
If you want to make a social statement by kneeling (or sitting) during the presentation of the colors* and the National Anthem, fine. I’d argue that it’s your right under the Constitution to do so. If you want to get … Continue reading →
The Gormos gather in the rumpus room and talk about movies GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits … Continue reading →
We’ve been so busy here at the Castle, we haven’t updated in a while. The Czar has a 4,000-word jeremiad from Operative B about how dumb we are for the last post we did, and there’s just no getting to … Continue reading →
Gormos discuss elites and their affects GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the … Continue reading →
Finishing off the discussion on the political climate and our future GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits … Continue reading →
Operative B doesn’t have too many bad ideas, but this is a doozy. Don’t get Ghettoputer started on freedom of speech, and don’t get GorT going on the technical aspects of this. Actually, that’s probably why B wrote to the … Continue reading →
The Czar is correct in his previous post in this series, that the skills learned in scouting stick with you. Yes, I can fold my laundry with the best and I know how to iron*. Some merit badges have more … Continue reading →
GorT sent us a memo last week stipulating that he was going to do a series on scouting, particularly on merit badges. The Czar serves officially as a “committee member at large” for his boys’ scout troop, although everyone refers … Continue reading →
Part 1 of a discussion around the political climate in the country and where we’re heading GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the … Continue reading →
A week or so ago, GorT came across his old merit badge sash from when he was a boy scout*. Since then I have been mulling over doing a series of posts on Scouting in general and some of the … Continue reading →
What’s interesting to the Czar is not that Iceland is dumb enough to think it has medically reduced the occurrence of Down Syndrome, but that the rest of the world didn’t lose its collective mind over that ghastly admission. Iceland’s … Continue reading →
The following essay is a guest post from JAB, of the Double-Wide. We remind our readers that you are welcome to submit your thoughts either as an email or as a complete essay. Since the Trailer-Park-at-the-Edge-of-Town is a bit southwest … Continue reading →
Join Doc and some other Gormos as we discuss healthcare in the United States GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for … Continue reading →
Professor Mondo has a very nice write up about the solar eclipse, and of course the Czar had prepared you for it a long time ago. The Czar took the family out to unscenic Rockwood, Illinois, under the pretense that … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since GorT has dived into the mailbag and this time, I drew two out of the bag. The first one comes from Dr. (KN)J: O most exalted robotitude: first of all, my apologies for my silence … Continue reading →
The Gormogons finish off our episode on grilling and smoking food. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits … Continue reading →
The Mandarin, ‘Puter, and GorT spent some time last night sitting along the Castle moat talking about the current events with regards to the events in Charlottesville, Nazis, White Supremacists, AntiFA, and that whole mess. A passing mention was made … Continue reading →
Dear America, ‘Puter’s been doing some thinking and far too much drinking. ‘Puter was on vacation last week. Don’t judge him. Of course, ‘Puter’s doctor’s probably not going to be too pleased when ‘Puter goes to see her next week, … Continue reading →
Join a few of the Gormogons as we discuss grilling and smoking food and techniques GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past … Continue reading →
GorT is back from vacation and ready to take on a few things that took place while he was tanning his 8-foot titanium robot casing. Given that it is a topic I have discussed before and that it is near … Continue reading →
Are you fatigued? Really, are you just exhausted with the news? The Czar is, and he realized some time ago that you could take two weeks off, with no contact with the outside world, come back, and find that none … Continue reading →
While taping one of our episodes, ‘Puter decided to go off on a rant…about pandas. Seriously. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the … Continue reading →
Quick teaser for episode 2 GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ … Continue reading →
Well, like the Czar, you probably call them “generations,” whereas the trendy thing to call them these days is “cohorts.” Although sociologists mock at the idea that people born within certain time-frames share similar, almost predictable values, it’s important to … Continue reading →
GorT carefully peeked into his Facebook and Twitter this morning to get a lay of the land. My takeaway: democrats/liberals/those on the left (choose your terminology) have a lot of free time. I honestly don’t know what they’re doing. I … Continue reading →
‘Puter dutifully logged onto Twitter yesterday morning to see about what outrage of the moment had America’s Most Dysfunctional Social Media Site’s attention. ‘Puter soon found and read this CNN article concerning Attorney General Sessions filing an amicus brief in … Continue reading →
The Czar’s post on displaying flags on vehicles encouraged a few of you to respond. While these were uniformly positive, two of them had either questions or an additional thought. From devoted Operative R, the following observations arrived: Your recent … Continue reading →
Some days ago, the Czar was in his Trailhawk headed east-bound on a thoroughfare through Muscovy, when he saw in the west-bound lanes a fellow Jeep driver—this one in a stupidly “tacticalized” Jeep Wrangler, with blackened windows, snorkel, black tow … Continue reading →
As the Czar provides some great instruction on smoking poultry here and we discussed this a bit on our two-parter podcast (see link on the left side of the main site) on smoking and grilling, GorT thought he’d take a … Continue reading →
Listeners of our podcasts got quite the lecture from GorT on the importance of brining, to which Ghettoputer and the Czar immediately agreed. Brining meats before cooking them is often helpful, sometimes essential. The Czar likes to brine poultry…although arguments … Continue reading →
The Czar has spent roughly $473,843 over the last 20 years taking his foursome to see Marvel movies at the theater. The Czar realized Saturday that Spider-Man: Homecoming appeared in theaters this weekend, and took the family to see it … Continue reading →
Based on the recent discussions in the Castle (listen here to our most recent podcast for a taste) and a recent Twitter post by ‘Puter who pointed out the problems with this NY Times article. Keep in mind this article … Continue reading →
Saturday was perfect weather in Muscovy, and the Czar relaxed at his dacha. Making the day even more joyous was the arrival of Ghettoputer and the Inscrutable Mandarin, who arrived in the afternoon to tell stories, eat food, and drink … Continue reading →
There’s a momentum-gathering notion in Congress to repeal Obamacare, then replace it… as opposed to a repeal-and-replace two-for-one. Repealing Obamacare first is smarter politics, because the attitude about Repeal-and-Replace is this: Conservative GOP: This bill doesn’t cut enough. Moderate GOP: … Continue reading →
GorT is flat out amazed at the amount of time some people put into posting, reposting, and kvetching about politics on social media when they do little else about it. Sure, they might have voted, but given the passion behind … Continue reading →
The Gormogons gather in the Castle and do introductions on this podcast and discuss the media GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the … Continue reading →
Teaser for the forthcoming inaugural season of Radio Gormogons GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this … Continue reading →
August 21st, the United States enjoys a total solar eclipse, in which the moon slams into the Earth, blocking out sunlight for years. Actually, this will be the closest the moon will be to the earth (periodontology) until 2988, so … Continue reading →
At The Federalist, David Harsanyi reflects on the Georgia special election and teases the question: What if Republican voters who don’t particularly like Donald Trump are also able to compartmentalize their votes? What if they dislike Democrats more than they … Continue reading →
GorT knew yesterday’s commute home was going to be a trainwreck. I was leaving the Chantilly, VA area around 3:30pm heading to the Bethesda, MD area right at the tail end of a sizable summer thunderstorm – guaranteed the Beltway … Continue reading →
News comes out of the Supreme Court that they will take up a case that could—indirectly or directly—address gerrymandering of districts. Democrats are celebrating because a recent study showed that a computer-simulated redistricting—without partisan bias—showed that Democrats could have won … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since GorT provided an update on entertainment options that he’s enjoyed recently. First, let’s be honest: the Netflix, Amazon, and non-traditional media players are really coming forward with some great stuff. GorT’s been enjoying a number … Continue reading →
The Left’s rage about President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord should surprise no one. Lefties are gonna Lefty, which usually entails whining like the tiny bitches they are, having a march that accomplishes nothing, capped off by forgetting the whole … Continue reading →
It has been a while since the Czar has taken you on a whirlwind tour of a place he’s never been and, frankly, has zero intention of ever visiting. Today’s stop is Benin, featured because the Czar has never taken … Continue reading →
Islam is an ideology. Classical liberalism is an ideology. In the ongoing clash of these ideologies, which will win? Looking at our progressive Left and its motley crew of pink-armpit-haired lesbian feminists, armchair socialists, obese antifa weenies, and emasculated, … Continue reading →
Monday’s terrorist attack in Manchester got ‘Puter thinking. No one defends mass murderers. People (mainly progressives) defend terrorists. Why? What’s the difference? Ideology. Terrorists are out-of-power mass murderers with an ideology. Ordinary mass murderers kill without ideology. Castro, Lenin, Hitler, … Continue reading →
Over the weekend, over 3,100 students graduated from Notre Dame University. You know this, because news reports are hammering how students stormed out in protest over the presence of commencement speaker Mike Pence (who coincidentally is Vice-President of the United … Continue reading →
Mainstream Media looks in the mirror and brushes her hair furiously. How dare that dorky Donny Trump take Emily to the Delight Under the Stars dance next week? What do they see in each other? She’s so weird, with her … Continue reading →
Trump’s presidency has induced full-tilt, bat-sh*t crazy madness in once sane people. The shock of Donald Trump chucking Hillary “The Sure Thing” Clinton aside like a no-longer-hot-soon-to-be-ex-wife is partly to blame, sure. But ‘Puter’s got a niggling feeling there’s more … Continue reading →
The Czar’s boys are full-fledged Boy Scouts, replete with the traditional skills of fire building, survival shelters, rifle shooting, camping, eating weird foods, and volunteering all over the place, in uniform, to help out all sorts of seemingly lost causes … Continue reading →
GorT can’t believe that the following premise hasn’t been more prominent in the ongoing debate about Russian influence in the 2016 Presidential election: The contents of the emails have not been denied or asserted as being false or manufactured. Consider the … Continue reading →
The Czar, as usual, went opening weekend to check out Marvel Studios’ latest 200-minute picture Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume Two, which—as you know—features Julia Robert coming to grips with her impending death from a rare Hollywood writer’s disease. No, … Continue reading →
Did you know that President Trump’s* first 100 days are nearly up? You must know that his 100 days are almost up. Everybody’s talking about his first 100 days, and surely by now you know that they’re almost over. Trump’s … Continue reading →
On the eve of the “March for Science” (I had to look that up as I’m lost my quick reference guide to the various marches), Neil deGrasse Tyson posted a piece titled, “Science in America.” You can read it here, … Continue reading →
The Czar has noticed that whenever he writes about North Korea, he tends to get thoughtful mail. Ваше Императорское Величество, Your post today brought something to my memory from when I was a lowly Lance Corporal back in the early … Continue reading →
Earlier this week, the United States Navy sped the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group toward North Korea. Yesterday, the United States Air Force demonstrated pinpoint accuracy with the GBU-43/B Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) on an ISIS cave system … Continue reading →
Derek the Last grabs a bottle of something—we aren’t certain what; the label was obscured in a century of cobwebby dust—pours himself a carefully measured shot into a small glass, and proceeded to drink directly from the bottle until it … Continue reading →
‘Puter read Nicholas Kristof’s column in yesterday’s New York Times. The column concerned Trump voters remaining loyal despite Trump’s acts which Mr. Kristof asserts harm his voters. The column is unobjectionable using ‘Puter’s standards for judging NYT columns.* ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Democracy dies in darkness, it is said; journalism dies at The Washington Post. The Czar of course exaggerates; he merely means to say that WaPo is among the worst newspapers on Earth. It’s like the New York Times, but without … Continue reading →
Nicholas Kristof penned this opinion piece in today’s New York Times. ‘Puter agrees with every single item Mr. Kristof espouses with the exception of the underlying point of the entire piece. Yes, humanities and arts are vitally important to a … Continue reading →
Over at The Federalist, Dominic Lynch has an excellent piece detailing the seriousness of the Democratic Party’s collapse, and shares the Czar’s view that the Democrats are poised to fold as a party, even though they might not actually do … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate and distinguished New York Times columnist, informs America today that everyone on the right is a bigoted, hateful predator. Krugman is long-known for ignoring reality in order to push Democrats’ currently favored narratives, even when doing … Continue reading →
GorT, Sr. passed along a summary presentation on generational cycles that stems from The Fourth Turning, a book by William Strauss and Neil Howe, in regards to Czar’s opening in this post. The basic premise is that there are … Continue reading →
Dear Tsar, I had a confusing experience on Women’s Day. I was on Facebook (a mistake, I know) and made a comment about the Wage Gap on a friend’s status. A crapstorm of decent proportions followed. What ended up happening … Continue reading →
Our good friend Mo (@molratty on Twitter) commented on a thread with the following: These people just say anything. Seriously. Whatever they can get their hands on without regard to consistency GorT has been kicking around the idea behind this post … Continue reading →
Well, it’s time for another rant about the generation gap. The Czar tends to be more accepting of the Millennials than his Castlemates, because by and large, the kids born between 1983 – 2001 are finally getting their feet on … Continue reading →
Derek the Last writes in about a good prediction that he made: Ваше Императорское Величество, Recently, in the state that I hail from, the voters passed a measure to allow medical marijuana to be legal and joined the ranks of … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin is not used to posting so much, but our Retired Spook has written in to discuss scout rifles. Esteemed Mandarin; Was pleasantly surprised to see your brief discourse on scout rifles, and would like to add my $0.02 … Continue reading →
