It’s A TRAP! Dr. J. has spoken before about President Obama being emboldened after his narrow election victory. He got his Republican sanctioned tax-hike without spending cuts and he is looking to continue with his Progressive agenda, by hook or … Continue reading →
Dr. J., like GorT loves elegantly visualized information. Indeed, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward Tufte is required reading at New Atlantis Ivory Tower School of Medicine. Dr. J.’s favorite example is this map/graph of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia: … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s classmates still have imprints from days of yore. Dr. J. and the Lil Medstudent were chatting the Friday night about his day in school. He told Dr. J. he played ‘Jedi’ in P.E. class. ‘Jedi? Seriously? What the … Continue reading →
How about The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille! Dr. J., as you know, is a big Star Wars fan. He saw the original Star Wars on opening weekend as a yout’, and … Continue reading →
Nooooooooooo! Annie Hall won? Seriously? Gentle Readers, Dr. J. and Clan J. loves going to the movies. Consequently, Dr. J. loves to make his Oscar predictions. He doesn’t watch the Oscars because he finds celebrity self-congradulatory adulation ponderous. He does … Continue reading →
Operative MS writes: Dear Dr. J., Okay, I’ve given it a moment, and I still don’t get the point of these four masked faces. I don’t recognize any of them, except that the man in the upper left looks a … Continue reading →
Maybe if it was platinum… The next big fight between the House of Representatives and the Senate-White-House-Media-&-Low-Information-Voter-Entitlement-Complex (aka the SWHMLIVEC) will be over the debt ceiling. The tack that the SWHMLIVEC will take is that the debt ceiling and spending … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes regarding Dr. J.’s recent screed: Dr. J – The “payroll tax” cut has been phony baloney from the get-go. For starts, why did everyone persist in calling it the “payroll tax?” Because if you called it a … Continue reading →
…in the crap sandwich. …vote for more of the same, get more of the same. There are a legion of opinions on the right regarding congressional and senatoral Republican handling of the so-called fiscal cliff. Indeed, if you ask your … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s Work Wife II has something to say about your lisinopril. Dr. J.’s Work Wife II forwarded this NYT editorial to him last week and this was the first opportunity he has had to comment on it. When one gets … Continue reading →
You can tell a Prog by the yellow eyes. Filthy creatures! Proglodyte – (prog•luh•DITE) – noun – slang – A derisively accurate pejorative likening a Progressive to a blind, amphibious cave dweller. The term has a delicious irony in that the … Continue reading →
Happy Boxing Day, gentle readers…Your Gormogons took the day off yesterday to spend with our families. Nevertheless we wish you all a Merry Christmas. The Czar was celebrating with his extended family, and by celebrating, Dr. J. means impaling serfs … Continue reading →
Are you ordering take out for me, Master Jedi? Dr. J. who is half-Italian on Mama J.’s side was raised to enjoy the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve. The tradition is that seven dishes made with varying … Continue reading →
Which one of these is not like the others? Dr. J. saw this post on NRO and suffered a case of the #headdesk. Apparently, Stanford University has found the need to appoint an atheist chaplain to the chaplancy at the … Continue reading →
Where do you think he got those tattoos? Your Gormogons are the stuff of legend, and as such run into other legends at the annual convention in Las Vegas. While Dr. J. has assurances from the Tooth Fairy that what … Continue reading →
Hmm…still standing… civilization was Rick-Rolled on a cosmic scale: Well played Mayans, well played! We’ll pay you back with some old blankets we have lying around… Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J. was over at Jonathan Last’s blog the other day. It is totally worth adding to your bookmarks. He discusses politics, science fiction, comics, and the decline in Western civilization that correlates with the decline in fecundity. Dr. J. … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes in: Dr. J., Is it possible I’ve divined the actual location of Castle Gormogon? Dr. J’s prescription shows the castle’s phone number as 888-867-5309, which is apparently located at 2209 Whitten Road, Memphis, TN 38133. I’m thinking … Continue reading →
Puter’s been known from time to time to go to NYC on business. He mentioned to Dr. J. that while he was there he was going to get his tree. NYC being known for all kinds of shopping but Christmas … Continue reading →
Some people put antlers, elf ears or candy canes on their car. Dr. J. went the whole nine yards, pimping his ride for Christmas: Imperial Star Destroyer – Christmas style.Note the Christmas Light undercarriage! But, as you know. Clan J. … Continue reading →
The Volgi has created the first Christmas Golem. He will be the first to tell you that the first golem was not the clay golem of Jewish folklore, but rather the wood golem, constructed of Lebanese Cedar wood by the … Continue reading →
If you HATE Star Trek spoilers…GO AWAY! Read a ‘Puter ‘Polemic against ‘Pee Jay Dionne or such. OK, we cool? After much leaking, Paramount revealed the villain in Star Trek – Out of Darkness as Harrison. Who!?!?!? Some red shirt ensign … Continue reading →
Mandy, has not only one tree, but like Mrs. Dr. J., has two trees! The inscrutable Mandarin, who has been known to experiment with particle rays and magnetic fields brought his work home this year: Mandy was muttering something about … Continue reading →
After getting the Earth around the Sun thing wrong, the Vatican’s science advisors have raised their game and could run LAPS around Obama’s science advisors. Dr. J. got into an email row with one of his childhood chum, Diogenes, who … Continue reading →
Gort is going for simple this year. Simply titanium, that is. What else did you expect, a Christmas Graph? Dr. J.
Continue reading →A voice of one crying out in the desert:“Prepare the way of the Lord,make straight his paths.Every valley shall be filledand every mountain and hill shall be made low.The winding roads shall be made straight,and the rough ways made smooth,and … Continue reading →
Are you testing me Master Jedi? Dr. J. is still playing catch up on topics he’s wanted to talk about. Last Friday, the New Atlantis Jedi Academy had a Dad’s Coffee. The Jedi Academy has a few of these every … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes: Esteemed Dr. J – You might want to consider putting one of these into your car’s first aid kit in lieu of or in addition to the knife for cutting seat belts and breaking windows. The Mythbusters … Continue reading →
Dr. J. isn’t the biggest firearm connoisseur of your Gormogons. Indeed be might be sixth of the six of us in that regard. However, he is rabidly pro-second amendment along with the rest of your Gormogons. That being said, he … Continue reading →
Dr. J. loves the season of Advent with sense of hope brought by the coming celebration of the birth of the Christ child. Historically, he’s made a greater effort to attend the Saturday vigil during Advent. Don’t ask him why, … Continue reading →
For those of you who love cute animal videos (The Czar), or nightmares (The Czar) one of Dr. J.’s chums forwarded this to him: Dr. J.
Continue reading →Dr. J. really needs to get back to work. McDonald’s fries went downhill when they moved to Canola Oil That being said, he loves French Fries. Mrs. Dr. J. prefers he order the fruit kebab poolside at New Atlantis Country … Continue reading →
Our friend Fred Woodbridge (@fwoodbridge) inquired as to if your Gormogons could recommend a first aid kit. Before Dr. J. could get cracking, The Czar penned this interoffice memo: Here is what the Czar does. He goes to Wal-Mart or … Continue reading →
She has Dr. J.’s vote. Apparently our friends at Time Magazine (remember when that was a relevant news organ?) nominated Dr. J.’s favorite Jesuit educated law student, Sandra Fluke. Other nominees include the inaugural participation trophy winner, Vice President Joe Biden, … Continue reading →
Dr. J. would like to follow up on The Czar’s outstanding commentaries about Europe and Syria. Regarding Europe, the ‘One World Government Utopians’ would be the first to tell you that we are destined to be a united world with … Continue reading →
Volgi’s…maybe… Dr. J.
Continue reading →Happy Thanksgiving from your Gormogon Overlords! Rather than gather in the castle feast hall, we travel to points hither and yon to break bread with family. Nevertheless, it is wondered It is often wondered what the Gormogons make for Thanksgiving Dinner: Volgi: … Continue reading →
Dr. J., as you, our gentle readers, know, is an Israel fan-boy, and as such has tremendous sympathy for the citizens of Israel as they are being bombarded by Palestinian terrorists on a daily basis. He stumbled upon this website which … Continue reading →
Lil Resident insisted that Dr. J. post this today: One does not simply convert a neigh-sayer… Dr. J.
Continue reading →The Autumn Fairy turns fallen leaves into Advent Calendars for GoodLil Residents and Medstudents… It’s Christmas time holiday shoppers, and while Mrs. Dr. J., the Lil Resident and Lil Medstudent were at the nearby big box pet-store attending puppy school … Continue reading →
Mandy’s favorite radio host linked to this thought provoking IDF poster on his Facebook page: Question of the day: Why is it that Israel is the only country that is pilloried for defending itself from those who would do her … Continue reading →
Jonathan Haidt, that is… Last year, Dr. J. jetted up to Washington D.C. to drink a pitcher of Guinness with GorT, and while he was there, he decided to attend a meeting of the Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research … Continue reading →
Reader Uriah Heep writes: Dear Dr. J, I seem to remember something about a gambling and boozing ship being moored somewhere off the California coast during prohibition to get around the laws against having a good time. If it comes … Continue reading →
In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society which I assure you will last for ten thousand years… Obamacare rears its ugly head in the headlines this week. Papa John’s, along with … Continue reading →
Our AT&T U-Verse Box, programmed by the Lil Resident to record new episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, delivered the one hour premier to our bin on Saturday. There were squeals of delight as we watched the premiere … Continue reading →
Our beloved Operative B.G. posted this in the personals section of the New Atlantis Lefty Arts Weekly Paper: Esteemed and Exalted Gormogons, Although my wife and I are among the half of Americans who pay taxes so the other half … Continue reading →
The sun still rises in the east… Well, if we’re all going to be hostages of the welfare state, much like in ancient Rome, we can enjoy the bread and circuses. A hot topic that has yet to be posted upon … Continue reading →
I’m pretty sure this isn’t how the Romneys and Ryans were planning on celebrating… h/t National Review Online Dr. J.
Continue reading →Our newest minister of fanmail, the one and only Island Dweller carved the following missive on the Spice-stuffed carcass of a Harkonnen: Sir: I wish I could share your opinions about what happened last night, but I can’t get the … Continue reading →
Four more years…of the same old crap. Fox News just called Ohio for President Obama, and with it, the 2012 campaign. What we saw tonight was an incumbent President re-elected, albeit with less support from the electorate. Furthermore, it appears … Continue reading →
Michelle Robinson Obama tweets: Dr. J. can imagine: $22T in debt 8% Unemployment in perpetuity A Vulnerable Security Posture The People’s Republic of Moon & Mars $4 Gasoline Higher Electric Bills Doctor’s Office Lines Longer Than Gas Lines Religious Charities … Continue reading →
Photo by John Hart – State Journal Mrs. Dr. J. was disturbed by President Obama’s suggestion over the weekend that voting is the best revenge. “Against who? Against what?” she asked. “He’s the President? What kind of revenge is he … Continue reading →
According to Milton:Lucifer was the most beautiful of God’s Angels Dr. J. made it to mass this weekend after an unusually spotty (2 for 4) record in October (Dr. J. isn’t perfect and God is infinite in his forgiveness). His … Continue reading →
Operative JF writes in regarding the lovely Lady J.: Beautiful! At one time had two of them (CKCS’s, that is). Mine were totally elfin’ untrainable – probably because they (2 sisters) were the litter. But you can forget all that … Continue reading →
Growing up, Dr. J. would watch the conventions, debates and advertisements, and while he was raised a conservative, he was taught to learn about the issues, where the parties stand, and who the candidates are before pulling a lever. Papa … Continue reading →
The Czar loves puppies…Dr. J. is sure he’s coveting… Dr. J. has been up to his eyeballs this week. On Sunday, we added a new member to the J. Clan. Namely Lady J. Lady J. is a Cavalier King Charles … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Your Gormogons are gearing up for tonight’s Halloween Party at the Castle. Dr. J. only felt it appropriate to share with you, our readers and fans, how we will be dressing for the festivities. Dr. J. your Royal … Continue reading →
It’s amazing what an increase in oxidation state can do to a liver… No Vinyl Alcohol is served at the Leaping Peacock, only ethyl alcohol, and when Kitty Dukakis is in town, we break out the isopropyl. Dr. J.
Continue reading →…and I’ll show you yourself. So says Mrs. Dr. J.’s mother, anyway. The Washington Times writes today of President Obama’s latest endorsements, from Vladimir Putin, Raul Castro, and the ever so charming Hugo (don’t call me Cesar) Chavez. Let’s review … Continue reading →
The great ScottO who like Dr. J., did his civic duty today writes: Dear Dark Doctor, Granted, I’m not in the medical profession, but that article about inaprovaline contained a couple of facts that caused me concern. In the paragraph … Continue reading →
Dr. JNE writes in: Honorable physician, Read your post re aspergillis meningitis. Good to have a voice of reason. You may be interested in another incident: “A Never Event” documents a hep C outbreak from an oncology clinic in Fremont, … Continue reading →
In the event Obamaphone’s aren’t enough, Obamapuppies are next! Yesterday, our local Gannett owned liberal rag, the Tennessean has endorsed a candidate for President, and it is none other than Mitt Romney. While the editors still manage to get in … Continue reading →
Guns or Butter…which one of these? Dr. J.’s 7th & 10th Grade Marxist American History teacher introduced him to the idea of opportunity costs and Federal budgeting back in 7th grade through an exercise called ‘Guns and Butter.’ The idea … Continue reading →
Baseball Eye by Siccie Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords had this opinion over at The Eye: I will agree with you the debate was more or less a tie, but only because Biden and the moderator barely allowed Ryan to … Continue reading →
See, Biden was such a compelling clown last night that even Dr. J. is leading off with a Biden picture. Unlike The Czar and ‘Puter, Dr. J.’s approach to the debate was more like Joe Sixpack’s. The debate was background … Continue reading →
The Lil Resident is a fan of the 10th doctor and several of the Disney Princesses (particularly Belle, as she’s neither a trustafarian nor an uneducated lout). So this mashup was something that Dr. J. thought his little Sith Princess … Continue reading →
One of Dr. J.’s chums other than Spooky Witchy Facebook Friend™ put this up on their timeline: Apparently the Most Interesting Man in the World was not always that interesting, and just an extra… Dr. J.
Continue reading →From Virtualmedic.files.wordpress.com Dr. J. loved The Czar’s list of #Obamafail excuses regarding the debate. That being said, in theory, AlGore of Manbearpig fame may have been on to something regarding altitude sickness and our first African-American President.* Sickle cell anemia … Continue reading →
This reminds Dr. J. of a boutonniere he wore at his junior prom. Per The Czar’s request, Dr. J. is entering the fray regarding the Aspergillus meningitis outbreak of 2012. The Czar accurately breaks down the numbers regarding the … Continue reading →
Tennessee is a state with early voting, while New Jersey and Pennsylvania, prior Dr. J. haunts, are (or at least were) not early voting states. Indeed, he was grateful that he wasn’t on call on Election Day 2000 and was … Continue reading →
The #ninjamom tweeted this morning: spl @GG84Mom Office mate makes under $50,000/year–doesn’t care about any argument that has $250,000/yr in it. What say you to her? Dear Ninjamom: In other words, if Obamacare isn’t a sufficient train-wreck by lowering the cap … Continue reading →
Are you spending my future away, Master Progressive? Gentle Readers, Please pass this on to your undecided compatriots. About 15% of the electorate is still malleable. Despite a belief to the contrary, the middle-class and lower-upper class aren’t just about … Continue reading →
For those not getting the reference, there was this show called Clarissa Explains It All with Melissa Joan Hart… Mrs. Dr. J. is getting geared up for the November election. She bought signs supporting the GOP state senate candidate, 5th … Continue reading →
Did you get Dragon Magazine™ back in the day? You know you did. And where did you go first? The Dragonmirth section with all the funny cartoons. You know you did. Well, Dork Tower was one of those cartoons, and … Continue reading →
Dr. J just noticed this now. Apparently Katrina Trinko was on the same track earlier today. Check out her spin on where $18,000 can take you… Dr. J.
Continue reading →This is one of the e-cards available on President Obama’s campaign site: This probably includes to cost of a smoke afterwards. $18,000?!?! That’s a whole lot of birth control. So let’s break it down. Let’s assume that the young lady … Continue reading →
孔夫子 a.k.a. Confucius, our Œcumenical Volgi (the Notorious ŒV) has been conspicuously absent of late, especially given that he wrote the first post on our esteemed website. Well, the first in a wibbly, wobbly, timey-wimey sort of way, anyway. Well, Dr. J.’s dark … Continue reading →
Borrowed without permission from Grey Ops. Dr. J. can’t stand lawyers, other than ‘Puter and perhaps one or two others here in New Atlantis. That is probably one of the reasons he doesn’t like President Obama. He sometimes lies when … Continue reading →
The site will be Dr. J. lite in all likelihood for the next week or so as Clan J. moves out of the urban flat which we occupied for the last four months, and into the palatial ‘J. Abbey.’ Dr. … Continue reading →
The Great Merlin writes thusly: Dr. J., Here’s something that confuses me (well, technically, yet another entry on a long list of things, but let’s not go there, shall we?). In all of the discussions about Obamacare/ACA, Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP/SCHIP, … Continue reading →
Are you dancing your way back to me, Master Jedi? Dr. J. would like to wish The Czar and the Цесаревич hearty congratulations for the Цесаревич’s essay contest win. But The Czar isn’t the only Brag Hag amongst the Gormogons. In addition to ‘Puter, … Continue reading →
It is Dr. J.’s understanding that she has ringside seats to watch liberty dietonight. Let’s see if she provides some thunderous applause. Washington Post Columnist George Will writes today: Four years ago, Barack Obama was America’s Rorschach test, upon whom … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s Jersey Homeboy, @JEdmo writes in: Dr. J., What do you know about babesiosis? Friends mom is battling this parasite. She is on antibiotics and has been given several transfusions. Thanks. Minion jedmo JEdmo, Thanks for writing in. Dr. … Continue reading →
Who would you rather have speak at your convention? Seriously! h/t Conservative Facebook Friend Dr. J.
Continue reading →Flame on! The Democrats are not going to be able to run on their record. Many are running away from Obamacare. The economy is not getting any better, and one can make the case that it is probably going to be … Continue reading →
No need to guess who taught him that trick. The Castle is in Wisconsin, after all… Dr. J. was wow’ed by the speech. So much so he posted a link to the transcript on his Facebook page. He figures it … Continue reading →
…or at least while New Orleans sinks. I have the TOZT-7 and I’m coming to get you Mandy! Governor Jindal could not be reached for comment. He’s still on hold with the White House… Dr. J.
Continue reading →Ask and ye shall receive! The Royal Mathematician spake (speaks? spoke? spokes? Spokane?) regarding the Great Square Root of Eleventy Schism of 2012: O Bringer of the Force-Lightning: Here’s the real mathematical scoop on the square root of eleventy: Pretty … Continue reading →
Behold, the square root of eleventy.Look upon it and despair! Today, The Czar, English major and Castle Grammarian, wrote: 5. There is no square root of eleventy. Now correct Dr. J. if he is wrong (specifically Dr. J. is asking … Continue reading →
In all seriousness, the residents of the Gulf Coast are in his prayers and he wishes the storm to be no less than what you see above. He was caught in Hurricane Belle back in 1976 and that was a … Continue reading →
