GorT 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. Some of the products he has introduced from the future include oven mitts, the Guinness widget, Oxy-Clean, and Dr. Pepper. Due to his immense cybernetic brain, GorT is able to produce a post in 0.023 seconds and research it in even less time. Only ’Puter spends less time on research. GorT speaks entirely in zeros and ones, but occasionally throws in a ڭ to annoy the Volgi. He is a massive proponent of science, technology, and energy development, and enjoys nothing more than taking the Czar’s more interesting scientific theories, going into the past, publishing them as his own, and then returning to take credit for them. He is the only Gormogon who is capable of doing math. Possessed of incredible strength, he understands the awesome responsibility that follows and only uses it to hurt people.
GorT has been suffering through nightmare commutes the last two days. My 20-25 mile commute generally takes about an hour in the evenings. It took two and a half hours tonight. For those not in the Metro DC area, you … Continue reading →
Don’t be fooled, we told you that this was coming. The Obama administration has bungled the jobs “saved or created” figure that they released last Friday. The report had stated that 640,000 jobs were “created or saved” through the use … Continue reading →
The White House and democrats are poised to start crowing about the success of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 with data showing 650,000 jobs “created or saved”. This number represents about $150 billion of the $339 billion … Continue reading →
The federal government is huge and inefficient so why would anyone believe that a government-run health care option would do better than private industry? Maybe I’m jumping the gun with the first part of that statement, so let me give … Continue reading →
Microsoft, rightly so, has been much maligned for it’s overly chatty “security” features in Vista where almost any action (in the default setting) prompts the user to allow or deny the action. Yes, you gearheads, I know this is somewhat … Continue reading →
No, I’m not talking about the Billy Crystal / Gregory Hines movie from the 80s. I’m describing what the current administration and congressional democrats are doing with the healthcare reform effort. They are attempting to ramrod through the bill before … Continue reading →
Mrs. GorT is familiar with the videotaping rights as she has done similar services (not of amateur presidential worship songs) for our kids’ school. When she started a number of years ago, she knew that parents had to sign waivers … Continue reading →
Since the world is ending before the 2016 Olympics, everyone is in a big rush to avoid fossil fuel energy sources and working towards these “renewable” energy sources. We’ve discussed this before – the real bottom line in energy production … Continue reading →
GorT was pleased to see this news story from researchers at University of Missouri. The promise that this kind of technological research is impressive. I’m waiting for the fearmongering to begin. You know, the fear of planes crashing into flashlights … Continue reading →
Have you heard about the recent Gallup poll that made a mistake? Probably not. I put little weight in these national polls especially when it’s a poll teamed up with some sort of media outlet (a newspaper, a television outlet, … Continue reading →
This might be pulling back the curtain when our regular readers don’t really care, but apparently we’ve hit a limit on the number of unique tags (see the bottom of the posts) for our site. The Czar dismissively waved his … Continue reading →
Otherwise subtitled: “Dammit, that hurts” Read here for details. Of course, I’m sure it’s anthropogenic. 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 →
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention an excellent email from Gormogon follower, Eric. Mr. E. wrote in with regards to this post about the F.U.D. campaign against nuclear power plants. He makes a critical point (my emphasis added): [O]ne … Continue reading →
It’s been a while since I delved into a technical topic (aside from today’s earlier global warming post) and since I pounded on Apple. Let me say that I’m an equal opportunity critic and Microsoft and Google have both been … Continue reading →
This amuses me:Maybe we need to unleash a gorilla in the congressional office buildings…. 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 →
FUD is a public debate tactic, if I may stretch a bit, wherein the speaker or organization is facing serious opposition either in popularity, by factual data or by common sense. It is resorted to in order to appeal to … Continue reading →
Maybe it’s the ultra-competitive nature of the society we currently live in or the desire to be the first for personal recognition sake, but it’s a sad day when good scientific processes are abandoned and squelched in favor of political … Continue reading →
As mentioned below, Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, the Free Democratic Party and the Christian Social Union (a Bavarian, conservative sister party to Merkel’s CDU) won the German national vote this past weekend. Of note, is that the CDU and … Continue reading →
In another example of the democrats unwilling to take responsibility for the results of their actions, the Washington Post front page* has a report on a significant drop in campaign contributions to the dems as we enter the 2010 election … Continue reading →
Carole King, songwriter (“Up On the Roof”, ‘Puters’ favorite – “The Loco-Motion”, “Don’t Bring Me Down”, “Some Kind of Wonderful”, etc.) was on Morning Joe and said the following: I want them to learn that they’re there, and that they … Continue reading →
I’d like to tie together two possibly distinct stories from the past few days. The first from President Obama’s appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos (transcript of the pertinent section here) in which the President denied that the health … Continue reading →
Did anyone else here see Wall*E, the movie? I went along with the kids and aside from some nice animation was rather unenthralled by it. However, one of the main themes in the movie is how humans become reliant upon … Continue reading →
To jump on the Czar’s excellent post let me say that two more CIA directors are alive and would have likely signed it but Stansfield Turner is 86 years old (which would add another 4 years of service to the … Continue reading →
Check out this story from West Virginia. I wonder if he updated his status to read, “Jonathan Parker is so robbing this house right now!” I doubt he got any points for his MobWars character for actually committing a felony. … Continue reading →
And it’s the democrats? Yep. Go read this story. So the White House has a private contractor crawling the web and social networking sites, collecting data (likely data that would fall into the PII (that’s Personally Identifiable Information) category and … Continue reading →
We, as a country and a people, are treading into some dangerous waters. For those unaware there are relatively new terms surfacing in the American political scene. Most notably is the term “libertarian paternalism” and along with it “choice architect”. … Continue reading →
America and capitalism has done more to advance a citizens’ standard of living than any other “-ism” or means fo government. How much so? The poor in this country (roughly about 30 Million by the Census Bureau’s annual poverty report) … Continue reading →
I do like the ability to travel through time – it provides the chance to reflect on the changing times. For example, I recently went back to October 1991. President George H. W. Bush (Bush, Sr., if you will) had … Continue reading →
GorT and family attended the local Labor Day parade. Intermixed with the dozens of fire fighting vehicles (literally, if there were a major fire in the neighboring municipalities, the parade would have lost 50% of the vehicles in it), was … Continue reading →
The Pew Foundation’s Project for Excellence in Journalism conducted a recent research effort looking at about a month’s worth of front pages of The Washington Post and found that 72 percent of the stories related to health-care were about politics, … Continue reading →
See what’s happening across the pond (read the article AND the comments below). Is this the future we want – especially with the large boomer population entering retirement age about to serious tax the system? GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot … Continue reading →
The EU’s ban on the sale of incandescent light bulbs went into effect this week. Retailers are allowed to sell off the remaining stock and then it’s the end. This isn’t the first ban (Australia already has one in place). … Continue reading →
Another wrinkle has arisen in the Apple and AT&T iPhone realm. It turns out that neither Apple nor AT&T have seemed to forecast the success of the iPhone that well. There are approximately 9 Million iPhone users on the AT&T … Continue reading →
I decided to go to the source (annotated by me): The National Do Not Call Registry applies to any plan, program, or campaign to sell goods (i.e. GM cars) or services (i.e. Healthcare) through interstate phone calls (the call was … Continue reading →
Czar – Ah, but congress now owns General Motors and a stake in some banks and therefore I’m considering it a solicitation from either the banking industry (clearly covered by the Do Not Call list) or the automotive industry (ditto). … Continue reading →
I arrived home from work today and checked the home voicemail. The first message was from my congressman, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). His recorded message informed me that there will be a telephone townhall meeting tomorrow night. Around 7:40pm tomorrow … Continue reading →
Charles Krauthammer from Friday’s Fox News All-Stars (via The Corner): Even if [Panetta] is nominally in power he is completely marginalized. Juan says it [the infighting within the administration between CIA and Justice] is a civil war. If it’s a … Continue reading →
….. That might be the sound of your favorite website at some point in the future. It appears that the democrats are enjoying this business of having the government control everything. CNET News obtained a draft copy of a bill … Continue reading →
GorT and family bought a new car this weekend. We looked to cash in on some of everyone else’s hard earned money by trading in a 2000 model year minivan. Unfortunately, it did not qualify by a 1 MPG efficiency … Continue reading →
After reading this story, I thought maybe we need to advertise rooms at the castle. So I drew up the following: $9300 Room in dark, foreboding group castle (whereabouts undisclosed) … THE ATMOSPHEREThe house is active, with Gormogons coming and … Continue reading →
As a follow up, AT&T has admitted that it struck a deal with Apple to prevent VoIP (Voice over IP – basically sending phone calls over the internet) applications to be deployed to the iPhone in an attempt to protect … Continue reading →
Isn’t it sad when a “news” channel has to fabricate video to support a certain story? Why people watch MSNBC for news is beyond me. To wit: watch the video below and then look at the image that follows. It’s … Continue reading →
Eric Reasons of The Tinker’s Mind writes in pointing us at his blog entry here. The conclusion sentence is what we need to be mindful of as the government tinkers (no offense, Eric) with innovation: “The market has room for … Continue reading →
I enjoyed reading a decent opinion piece in the WSJ today at the beach. I don’t quite agree with all of the recommendations of the author, but would wholly embrace the statement: “Technology doesn’t wait around, so it’s all going … Continue reading →
Rep. Massa has been really good about holding town hall meetings and listening to his constituents. So when he comes out and says that he’ll vote against those he represents if he thinks he’s doing the right thing, is that … Continue reading →
Sorry, the ‘Puter is still wrong – much like when he argues that the sky is green just to throw the opposition off with his stubborn adherence to his argument. As the Czar points out alcohol and tobacco are not … Continue reading →
Well, the ‘Puter ain’t right here. There are staunch supports of either side of this argument. While the officers and my fellow Gormogon offer some compelling arguments for legalizing it, I think the downsides outweigh the positives. Updating the public … Continue reading →
GorT is on vacation with the family. On the way to the undisclosed location (orders have been issued to Biden’s handlers to keep his mouth shut) we were able to stop and see some good friends. A good point was … Continue reading →
Can any of us remember a time when a president of the United States had his own logo? While I only really remember Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr. and Obama, I don’t recall seeing a logo for any of … Continue reading →
Maybe we should make this a series as well. At a Town Hall meeting to discuss the ObamaCare / Healthcare issue in St. Louis, MO, an organized group of people beat a black man who was peacefully passing out flags. … Continue reading →
We have successfully infiltrated mainstream media outlets such as CNN as evidenced here (note that the final push was the post here – please note the title, our mind controlling satellites are really working well) and the Washington Post as … Continue reading →
Sometimes I read an article or editorial and I almost find myself saying out loud, “see, this guy gets it, why can’t the rest of them?” Bret Stephens has a great opinion piece in today’s WSJ about Global Warming and … Continue reading →
In a new series here at the Gormogons (albeit one we’ve addressed before), we will point out where the current administration’s spin doctors are out and about back pedaling correcting clarifying administration official’s statements. I’m sure VP Biden will be … Continue reading →
Presidential candidates have historically been lambasted for breaking major campaign promises, even if nuances are present. President Obama, as part of his campaign platform ruled out raising taxes on “the middle class”. His definition was that no new taxes would … Continue reading →
I know that Rep. Conyers (D-MI) and others complain that they don’t have time to read the bills presented for a vote nor do they fully understand them before they do vote (which one might question then why are they … Continue reading →
Well, I count myself fortunate enough to have been able to be exposed to a lot of chances to “tinker” and learn but this experience would have been right up my alley, I think, as a child. I did have … Continue reading →
From the Washington Times today, the Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli (number 3 official in the DoJ) approved a decision to drop a civil compliant against three members of the New Black Panther Party that accused them of intimidating voters … Continue reading →
We were doing some cleaning and organizing around the house this past weekend and one of my kids helped me move a stack of record albums off a shelf. We got into a discussion about vinyl records and how, in … Continue reading →
As part of a retrospective look back on the past year, I took a quick glance at the top tags used in our posts (pictured – click for larger view). I clipped it tothe 14 as there was a natural … Continue reading →
Looks like the much touted 3G iPhone encryption isn’t “all that.” Wired magazine is carrying an article where the passcode and the backup encryption system can be bypassed in about two minutes. From there, the internal hard drive is fully … Continue reading →
Welcome to the one year anniversary of the Gormogons. Was it really only a year ago that the brilliant and insightful posts from the characters you’ve learned (maybe painfully) to love started? As part of the one-year celebration, we’ve compiled … Continue reading →
I am not shocked or surprised by the recent events surrounding the F-22 program and the subsequent news about the status of the F-35 program. I’ve written about the problems in federal contracting before, others have echoed the sentiments and … Continue reading →
Some might recognize the title of this post from a late 1960s British television show titled, “The Prisoner“. The short-lived (17-episode) series starred the late Patrick McGoohan as a spy tired of the “game” and trying to retire. He is … Continue reading →
Last night on my way home I heard a “top of the hour” news piece in which the station played a clip of Obama being interviewed where he made the statement that the deadline for passing Obamacare before the August … Continue reading →
4:17 pm Eastern Daylight Time marks the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (Neil Armstrong didn’t step out onto the lunar surface for another several hours). It was the first human landing on the lunar surface. It concluded … Continue reading →
Guilty confession: I’m a fan of the Harry Potter series. I’m an avid reader and Rowling’s Potter series was no different. They aren’t earthshaking in either literary quality or character development but they have proven to be very enjoyable to … Continue reading →
In these days of instant gratification, the general public is led about by the nose by a twisted pairing of professions. On one side we have the media, starved for ratings and competing for attention in the 24-hour news cycles … Continue reading →
That Obamacare is estimated to hit the taxpayer for over $1 Trillion over the next 10 years according to the CBO and some estimates peg it as high as $4 Trillion. Many of you probably don’t have time to read … Continue reading →
A few weeks back, several Gormogons picked on the Obama administration’s claims that the Stimulus package had “created or saved 150,000 jobs” (for those doubters out there, POTUS Obama said it on May 27th, Gaffe-master Biden said it on June … Continue reading →
With regards to the humorous post about running Firefox, it is amazing to see that certain parts of the government are savvy enough to run it while others aren’t. However, I can’t really disagree with the point that installing / … Continue reading →
President Obama had a meeting earlier this week with 14 Jewish leaders at the White House. At this meeting Obama acknowledged that peace between Israel and her neighbors would be easier with “no daylight” (a very close-knit relationship) but caveated … Continue reading →
Building on the mention by the Mandarin about the D.C. School voucher program – The D.C. Council has recently sent a letter asking Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, to stand with them in reversing the congressional democrats decision to terminate … Continue reading →
ABC News, the official press agency of the White House, has a story that the government is spending $18 Million of the “stimulus” money towards revamping the White House’s stimulus money tracking website. The very same one that Joe Biden … Continue reading →
The Volgi pointed me at a recent post by one of my favorite authors, Orson Scott Card, over at the National Review Online in which he highlights a number of books in the Science Fiction / Fantasy genre that may … Continue reading →
Deep breaths…has anyone read the “cap and trade” bill a/k/a the Waxman-Markley bill? Maybe it was a little hard given that the democrats dropped a 300-page amendment on the floor at 3 a.m. Want some nice reading material – go … Continue reading →
Maybe the GOP is reading us here.h/t Michael Goldfarb at The Weekly Standard 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 →
Remember that whole “I wasn’t briefed, I forget, they lied” tiff between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the CIA? It shouldn’t be fading away and with recent events, they likely will resurface. The 2010 Intelligence Bill was recently being marked … Continue reading →
Who knew that July 6th was the birthday for such illustrious people as: Sebastian Cabot in 1918 Nancy Reagan in 1921Merv Griffin in 1925Janet Leigh and Bill Haley in 1927Ned Beatty in 1937 and check out 1946: Burt Ward, Fred … Continue reading →
For those with a little spare time today, take a minute and surf over here to the WSJ’s excellent and interesting article on a cipher and message sent between Thomas Jefferson and one of his peers, Robert Patterson. It is … Continue reading →
Anyone who has read historical books about the early American “politicians” (i.e. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, et al – and quotes on purpose as you’ll understand shortly) will clearly know that none of these people viewed the role of state representative, … Continue reading →
Pictured is a rebuilt version of what was to be the Nazi German’s Horten 229 fighter-bomber. Look familiar? Northrop Grumman used plans and prototypes found in Germany and recreated it. It was tested against the equivalent radar systems of the … Continue reading →
I read a recent study in the Economist that broke down politicians’ professions. In the U.S. by and far the largest profession that enters politics is lawyers. Of course, I could take a diversion here and make a crack that … Continue reading →
Congratulations to the team at Yale that made a breakthrough recently in creating the first electronic quantum processor. While it’s rather basic, it represents a huge step forward in computing. Quantum computing is the next major leap in computer processing … Continue reading →
The situation in Honduras is starting to get some attention. Unfortunately, I’m not convinced it’s the right kind of attention. Simply put, the Honduran military unseated the current president, Mel Zelaya, for his abuses of their national constitution. Apparently, some … Continue reading →
Apparently Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 is having some issues with the Blogger sites, particularly those that use the “Followers” section. I’ve temporarily taken down that section in an attempt to allow those with IE8 to continue enjoying the site. From … Continue reading →
In this WSJ article, Ms. Gorman discusses the plan by the current administration to kill an initiative started by President Bush to make use of government “spy” satellite data for domestic use. Let me first get my gripe out: the … Continue reading →
UPDATE: Fixed missing link The Volgi pointed me at this column (opinion piece? article? Sometimes it’s hard to tell in the WaPo). I began to reply via the covert Gormogon network but I figured why not enlighten our readers as … Continue reading →
In some of my readings this week, I came across this paper (click for PDF). It’s 25 pages long, but thouroughly enjoyable – at least to me. I think many of his points ring true. Having been through the progression … Continue reading →
I almost overlooked this hallmark moment today as efforts are afoot behind the scenes here at the Gormorgons. This is exactly the point I was debating (with myself, maybe) in previous posts concerning NASA’s future: maybe it’s a better idea … Continue reading →
This time in understanding the size and scope of the federal budget and POTUS Obama’s claim that in 90 days his team will find $100 Million to cut. Kudos to the creator of this clip – very well done. GorTGorT … Continue reading →
It looks like people do read our posts or maybe we just screamed loud enough about the embarrassing side of Dr. Chu’s policies. The Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have selected four companies to assist in … Continue reading →
Looks like this Judge Walpin issue won’t be going away anytime soon. So much for “Hope & Change”, right? This has the stink of dirty politics all over it. There will be a misstep coming soon…mind where you heard it. … Continue reading →
As the pinch gets put on the federal budget (hopefully) and maybe in part to help fund the soon-to-be-broadcasted ABC State Run News coverage infomercial of the Obama healthcare plan, various other agency budgets are getting trimmed or frozen at … Continue reading →
…or maybe just cronyism and Chicago-land politics – decide for yourself. Of course, there was the general outrage at Bush firing the US Attorneys, but this will likely get swept under the rug. These are not the details behind Obama … Continue reading →
Remember that Stimulus Bill that POTUS Obama promised the American people would go towards shovel-ready jobs? Jumpstarting the economy? $787 BILLION. Well, here in Maryland we were tagged with about $4 Billion and according to a March 2009 report by … Continue reading →
Maybe this group really likes Tom Cruise movies or Phillip K. Dick short stories, because when I read the following it sounded a lot like “Minority Report”. The “World Future Council” has recently issued a press release stating “Crimes against … Continue reading →
I was in Mass last night for the Feast of Corpus Christi and we had a sequence before the Gospel. For those not familiar, this is a verse read by the congregation before the Alleluia prior to the Gospel reading. … Continue reading →
To wrap up this series, let’s look at what’s really happening out there in the world. To echo one of ‘Puter’s points, I’m not arguing to do nothing – yes, we should be good stewards of the environment, but with … Continue reading →
Do you remember learning about the Scientific Process back in grade school? Maybe between the teachers highlighted in our “Great Moments in Teaching” series, the failures to pass simple board exams and the union masters they serve, your teachers didn’t … Continue reading →
