Gormogon Stats
GorT loves him some math and statistics. So I felt it was time to run the numbers on our corner of the internet here. The numbers are based on a snapshot of the blog from a few days ago. I … Continue reading →
GorT
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.
Scrambling
About the only thing worse for the democrats than Paul Ryan being chosen as the VP pick would have been if he were chosen as the Presidential nominee. They are running around trying desperately to make this “scary Paul Ryan … Continue reading →
Panic
Living in Maryland, many assume that you’re a democrat first. We’re outnumbered at least 2 to 1 in the state and it’s reflected in the legislative bodies and the executive branch pretty clearly here. So, the democrat party machine is … Continue reading →
There’s No Crying in Football (a/k/a Soccer)
GorT and family are big fans of soccer (sorry, we’re Americans, so it’s soccer – or fútbol, but not football) and we watched the highly contentious US Women versus Canadian soccer semi-final game earlier this week. I then re-watched portions of … Continue reading →
Bad, Bad, Ben Bernake
I’ve grown sick of the recent Obama ads airing here in Maryland where the President tells the viewer that we have two choices to make – Gov. Romney’s is the one lowering taxes on the rich, cutting benefits, blah, blah, … Continue reading →
Caution: Work Area Ahead
We all have heard the jokes – you know the ones, they go something like, “how many construction workers does it take to dig a hole? Five. One to dig and the other four to sit around and do nothing”. … Continue reading →
Stranger in a Strange Land
Last night, the Mars Surface Laboratory successfully completed the “seven minutes of terror” – the computer controlled descent from hurtling through space to placing a 1-ton mobile laboratory on the surface of Mars. Given the distance, all the folks at … Continue reading →
Chick-fil-a Thought
GorT and family (plus a few) have been on vacation in the Palmetto State – watching the Olympics, going to the beach, etc. All in all a good time. We were out and about and I overheard a conversation at … Continue reading →
Smoots and Truths
GorT is taking a break from the six 11 to 15 year olds in the house and retreated to the palacial master bedroom suite (which GorT replicant #3 tried to lay claim to upon arrival) to check up on teh … Continue reading →
GorT On Vacation
GorT and family are on vacation this week visiting the lovely Palmetto State. It’s been a frequent destination for the family and we enjoy it tremendously. We’ve had a spat of thunderstorms but all-in-all the kids are having fun, we’ve … Continue reading →
Krugman Is Nuts
Paul Krugman uses his Op-Ed column in today’s New York Times to try to deflect the cause of the slow recovery from the Obama Administration. He writes: New GDP report out today; slightly stronger than expected, but still very weak. … Continue reading →
Our Position Hasn’t Changed
And that’s a position of mocking the idiots of this world. And it’s been far too long since our lat mockery of White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney. Jeez, it’s must have been a week or so. Get a load … Continue reading →
Mars Landing
On August 6th, the Mars Science Laboratory will attempt a landing on Mars. While we’ve landed spacecraft on the surface of Mars before, this landing is a bit different. The spacecraft team has crafted a great video explaining the whole … Continue reading →
It’s All In The Presentation
NASA created a stir among the AGW crowd this week and a number of my AGW friends posted it all over Facebook. I assume you’ve seen it (see, it’s even made it into the techie sites) – the satellite images … Continue reading →
Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome
Apologies to the Marines to whom I have great respect*, I’m borrowing their unofficial mantra for this post. Why? Well, I’m more of a science/math nerd than an English major but I thought I’d take a stab at writing a … Continue reading →
Democrat (In)consistency
Hopefully, we’ll jump out of the car before it goes over the cliff. Of course, by now, you are aware of the “fiscal cliff” that we’re approaching at the end of this year. For those living under a rock with … Continue reading →
Thunderstruck!
This cracked me up. At least some hacker out there has a sense of humor. Of course, ‘Puter wouldn’t be phased as he has no speakers on his computer and he ripped the internal one out after hearing the Brady … Continue reading →
Obama Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks*
The Obama campaign is regrouping after the bungled speech by Obama last week where he belittled business owners and entrepreneurs and is attacking the Romney campaign for twisting the President’s words and omitting key sentences. Let’s revisit the entire quote … Continue reading →
Da Email!
GorT is clearing out a few emails that he’s received as of late. First off, Operative BG writes in regarding “the Obama Quote“: Yeah, I’m seeing lots of Obama’s defenders claiming the quote was taken out of context, that he … Continue reading →
Musings
It’s hard to shut down the positronic brain at times and so I had a few musings that struck me last night as I drifted off to the Matrix to shoot at some recognizers. Mmmm, tasty. It’s menu item #34 … Continue reading →
Desperate and/or Tacky
The New York Post has a piece today describing the total flop that is the Obama campaign’s wedding registry fund-raising idea. Seriously, I think Wile E. Coyote had better ideas. Briefly put, the Obama campaign launched “The Event Registry” in … Continue reading →
Purposeful Misinterpretation
Liberals and democrats like to paint republicans with a broad brush that the GOP is bigoted and they attach a variety of biases which, in my experience, don’t hold water. For example, Minister Leslie Watson Malachi penned a blog post … Continue reading →
Mail bag
GorT received an update from MC 900 Ft. Meteorologist regarding a wrinkle that local DC customers of Pepco and BGE will experience in their next bill: Bill Stabilization Adjustment. Gort, More Maryland craziness: http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/212306/189/Pepco–BGE-Allowed-To-Bill-Customers-For-Lost-Outage-Revenue- WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) Some of you … Continue reading →
GorT Time Travels
The Gormogon influences are felt wide and far. We’ve demonstrated such in various ages and cultures. For those disbelievers, witness two pieces of evidence: First, coming out of the second Tron movie, Disney has created a Tron cartoon. I have … Continue reading →
Democrats’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Summer?
It hasn’t been a very good late-Spring, early-Summer for the democrats. While they might claim victory for the Affordable Care Act ruling by the Supreme Court, that itself raises the penalty-or-tax issue and, to some degree, uncovers the means by … Continue reading →
More Numbers
President Obama seems intent on refocusing the debate away from the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) and away from Fast & Furious (that’s still kicking around, right?) and away from job numbers that aren’t even keeping pace with population growth and … Continue reading →
Money Talks? (updated)
The democrats have tried to spin the Scott Walker recall election in a number of different ways. Many of GorT’s liberal friends on Facebook like to point out that the Republicans outspent the Democrats in some skewed proportion – some … Continue reading →
Mail Bag
Oh, Dat Ho, it’s a twister!You call him derecho, lady. First of all, a big shout out to the service folks who, by trade, are required to work in this summer heat – the police, firemen, EMS, water, gas and … Continue reading →
El derecho, La izquierda
To pull a thread from ‘Puter’s latest post, the spin about the “derecho” storm that hit parts of the east coast of the United States this past Friday night has spiraled and inflamed the climate change debate. The usual spin … Continue reading →
Power
Many of us here in the DC area are dealing with frustrating power outages. GorT lost power when the “derecho” storm hit late Friday night, regained power late the next evening only to lose it again Sunday afternoon (after partially … Continue reading →
Sorkgasm, Sarkgasm, Sarcasm
I really wasn’t planning on writing about Aaron Sorkin or “Newsroom” and all the hoopla that is surrounding it. I could really care less – I don’t watch it and actually don’t subscribe to HBO. It didn’t pass the cost-benefit … Continue reading →
GreatRealistic Expectations
I want everything….now! And for free! To piggyback off ‘Puter’s earlier post today, it seems like people in this country have a number of unrealistic expectations. First, for our children. Yes, we all want the best for them. They should … Continue reading →
Always Good To See A Little Crazy
It is troubling when you see and hear an elected senator completely and blatantly misrepresent either intentionally or not the facts. Case in point (h/t to the folks over at Above Top Secret) – Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO). Watch the … Continue reading →
Fast And Furious Spin
As reported today via multiple news outlets: Democrats went on the offensive Thursday over the contempt proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder, with the White House calling the campaign a “fishing expedition” and Nancy Pelosi accusing Republicans of targeting Holder … Continue reading →
Who Are These Clowns? (UPDATED)
GorT has used one of his 14 OLED displays to stream the CSPAN coverage of the House Oversight Committee’s proceedings this morning into this afternoon. Yes, there is plenty of partisan rhetoric being spewed by members of both sides but … Continue reading →
Nerdfest
Hats off to FotG Jonathan Last for picking up on this post. GorT had an Atari 800 growing up and M.U.L.E. was one of his favorites. I’ve since loaded it via Atari emulators onto my Windows machines. It was a … Continue reading →
Who Supports Minority, Underpriviledged Education Programs?
The GOP. Really, you ask? You thought they were all about hate and decimating education and they couldn’t care two winks about minorities. Think again. In 2009, the Senate democrats voted to close the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program to new … Continue reading →
Slippery Slope
Maybe President Obama is channeling Wilford Brimley with regards to his ignorance of the enforcement of the immigration laws. Of course, one should recognize that this is a slippery slope. What happens years from now when a republican president decides … Continue reading →
Trust Us…No Really
A common occurrence in a typical liberal versus conservative debate is one where the liberal bemoans that the conservative didn’t lambast a republican (and therefore assumed to be conservative – although that’s not always true) official over an issue over … Continue reading →
So How Is This Supposed To Work?
So the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a ObamaCare) was intended to lower insurance premiums while increasing the number of people insured. The magic buried in the thousands of pages of legalese (once we read it to know what’s in it) was … Continue reading →
Do You Have A Green Job?
You might be surprised to find out, you do. Something to keep in mind when the Obama Administration touts all the “green jobs” that it has “created or saved” is how the Obama Administration is defining “green jobs”. For example, … Continue reading →
Why The Result In Wisconsin Matters
There has been lots of analysis and discussion about the recall election of Gov. Walker in Wisconsin and the meaning of the outcome. We’ve done a fair amount here and it’s all worthy reading. However, regardless of how the left … Continue reading →
Optimism and Innovation
GorT has long advocated for an increase in innovation in this country. It’s something that will develop sustained job growth and improve the nation as a whole. GorT, Sr. passed along this great TED Talk which is worth the 16 … Continue reading →
Missing The Boat
At GorT’s parish this weekend, the following editorial from the Catholic Standard is reprinted as a bulletin insert. I think it’s worth reading and pondering: Last weekend during an interview with Cardinal Wuerl on “Fox News Sunday,” the host, Chris … Continue reading →
Did They Just Score Low on Their Verbal SATs
Since it appears that the Obama Administration doesn’t understand the word “recovery” and now doesn’t appear to understand the word, “secret”, we may need to look at their vocabulary skills. When you have a classified program that is working against … Continue reading →
Revised Down
More bad news for the democrats today – GorT has to revise down his post from yesterday on employment figures. Turns out, using the government’s numbers the situation looks worse: Unemployment ticked up to 8.2% The U.S. economy add a … Continue reading →
I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
The Obama Administration is out touting all the great jobs they’ve “created or saved”. Except that the jobs reports haven’t been that great. I’m sure someone had to tackle and duct tape Joe Biden’s mouth before he declared “Summer of … Continue reading →
Unintended Consequences
One of GorT’s beliefs is that liberals are generally short-sighted in their attempts to remedy perceived problems. In other words, they look for immediate fixes without considering what the longer term consequences are…or what the unintended consequences could be. The … Continue reading →
Venus!
There is an astronomical event next week that you should really try to see. It happens in 8-year offset pairs and then a gap of over a century – it’s the transit of Venus. A transit of a planet is … Continue reading →
Transparent as a Brick Wall
Do you remember President Obama’s pledge for having a transparent government? Maybe not. Let me refresh your memory: [The Obama] Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public … Continue reading →
That Is A Tough One
This about sums it up – remember all the liberals are touting all the wonderful policies and programs that Obama led that saved the economy: GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive … Continue reading →
Mine, Mine, Mine, All Mine.
Having attended Saturday evening Mass this past weekend, GorT and Mrs. GorT were enjoying a leisurely Sunday morning by watching some Sunday morning news shows over breakfast. One show had Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) on to discuss his sponsorship of … Continue reading →
They Really Stepped In It
If it isn’t plainly clear, the lawsuits filed today by over 40 Catholic institutions against the U.S. Federal Government challenging the constitutionality of the HHS Mandate likely puts it in pretty stark terms. The Obama Administration seriously stepped in it … Continue reading →
It’s The Jobs, Stupid
Let me start by presenting two facts: 1. President Obama showcased one of the federally funded job training programs that he supports. The federal government funds these programs with $18B per year. At Lorain County Community College in Ohio, the … Continue reading →
Just Saying….
…someone gets it. Signed, GorT, your time-traveling robot. 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 →
R.I.P. Chuck Brown
Some, maybe many, of our readers may not know the name Chuck Brown. He was a music icon in Washington, D.C. He is often described as the “godfather of Go-Go”. Growing out of the funk music in the late 1960s … Continue reading →
NIMBY Democrats
Following up from this post, the Maryland budget has cleared the state senate and advanced in the House set for a final vote today, we have some choice reactions from some of the state’s democrats: First up is Delegate Benjamin … Continue reading →
Instant Karma’s Going to Get Him
…if I don’t get him first. Maybe an apt lyric from U2’s God, Part II when you think of Chris Matthews. Mr. Matthews was on a Jeopardy’s “Power Players 2012” episode that aired last night along with CNN’s Lizzie O’Leary … Continue reading →
Some Never Learn
Governor Martin O’Malley (D-MD) and the democrat controlled Maryland legislature passed a budget package last night in a special session. It will raise state taxes on residents earning more than $100,000. Forty percent of the increase would be carried by … Continue reading →
Leadership
I was in a discussion today with a friend who describes themselves as an independent. Whether or not this is true, I can’t be certain nor does it matter much to this discussion. This friend clearly is to the left … Continue reading →
A House of Cards
I came across this OpEd in the NYT this morning by David Brooks and it illustrates the current economic problems we’re facing pretty well. Brooks allocates two sides to the economic debate. The first he refers to as the cyclicalists … Continue reading →
#NerdProm
Having lived around Washington, D.C. for four decades, minus a stint in a southern state for college, GorT is familiar with the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. It’s had quite a history – good and bad. Overall, I think it’s largely … Continue reading →
There’s No Free Lunch
As I started writing this I noticed that the Czar just penned a post on climate change so this one is timely and the two together are strong points to consider. As my middle school and early high school children … Continue reading →
Ignore The Democrat Behind The Curtain
We have another example of the democrats spinning what the republicans propose to do as evil while having done themselves exactly what they are against. Courtesy of Katrina Trinko over at The Corner. I’m sure we’ve all heard that the … Continue reading →
Blame Game, again
One of the popular themes you’ll hear from liberals these days is how the “Bush tax cuts” and the spending on the war in Iraq/Afghanistan have driven us into this recession. Aside from the fact that this is clearly wrong … Continue reading →
Location, Location, Location
Location is everything. At least that is what many companies are banking on – from various IT companies providing location-based services (LBS) to retailers hoping to woo customers through location aware advertisements to social networking platforms (Twitter, Facebook, etc.). Location … Continue reading →
Ice, Ice, Baby
NOAA put out its “state of the climate” report. It is interesting to note a few of the points that are buried in the report: The average Arctic sea ice extent during March 2012 was 3.4 percent below average, ranking … Continue reading →
Morning Reading Assignment
Thomas Sowell is always a great read – enlightening, intelligent and savvy. Here is a quick excerpt. Go read the rest over at the National Review: [President Obama said,] “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would … Continue reading →
Not Because They Are Easy But Because They Are Hard
Yesterday was another historic day in the demise of the American space program. The space shuttle Discovery was transported atop a modified 747 and flown from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the Washington, D.C. airspace finally landing at … Continue reading →
It Always Sounds Good
The wonderful thing about democrat proposals is that they always sound good. Affordable health care for all. Erasing the national debt. World peace through conversations. Yea! However, the devil is in the details and maybe like Joe Boyd from Damn … Continue reading →
And you wonder…
…why we tag these things with the tag: Obama Amateur Hour. On Fox News Sunday, Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod said, “The choice in this election is between an economy that produces a growing middle class, that gives people a … Continue reading →
A Matter of Degrees
We’ve debated various aspects of Anthropogenic Global Warming here for years. Largely the AGW models identify the increase CO2 contribution to the environment by industrialization and fossil fuels by humans as the primary factor in the change to global climate. … Continue reading →
Recent Trip
GorT and family took a trip to the UK recently – it was a great time and we all enjoyed the various (and typical) touristy sites in and around London. We saw various castles and palaces (Kensington, Buckingham, Tower of … Continue reading →
Just How Bad?
We’ve talked about the federal budget process before – it starts with the president sending a proposed budget to Congress for consideration. The president was late submitting it this year and Congress voted on it yesterday. It went down in … Continue reading →
A Man For Others
Maryland, home to GorT and the adolescent home for two other Gormogons, is a very blue state. Since the inception of a governorship of the state in 1777 with Thomas Johnson, the state has had 29 democrat governors and only … Continue reading →
Read Along At Home
For those interested, you can read the testimony presented today here. Some choice excerpts: JUSTICE KENNEDY: Can you create commerce in order to regulate it? JUSTICE SCALIA: Any self purchasing? Anything I — you know if I’m in any market … Continue reading →
Hunger Games
GorT and family saw Hunger Games last night. Simply put, it was a very good movie – very well done and worth seeing. I’d highly recommend a decent theater with a large screen (possibly an IMAX) and definitely one with … Continue reading →
The Blame Game
Obama! Obama, Obama bo Bama Bonana fanna fo F’bama Fee fy mo M’bama, Obama! So things aren’t going so well for the current administration: the Fast and Furious mess, gas prices climbing, etc. etc. So what does a top-notch leader … Continue reading →
Arrogantly and Narcissicly Humorous
FotG Jonathan Last posts an interesting tidbit and notes here that the comment wasn’t made off the cuff but rather was part of a prepared speech. Big JL raises a key point: how arrogant is Obama that he would denigrate … Continue reading →
Nifty View of Time
As a time-traveling robot, this demonstration of what one can do with HTML5 is very impressive. Give it a whirl. There are some really, really tiny things on the timeline that you won’t know they are there until it zooms … Continue reading →
Dems Don’t Do Their Job
When GorT doesn’t do his job – ok, wait, that doesn’t happen – but if I didn’t, I’d get fired. When the Senate Democrats fail to do their job for over 1,000 days – closing in one THREE YEARS – … Continue reading →
It’s Dangerous…
…to jump in on inter-Gormogon activities. However, Reader SO decided to test the waters so to speak regarding this post with the following: Dear GorTechie, I noticed that the attachment on the latest Interoffice Memo was in the Excel 97-2003 … Continue reading →
Interoffice Memo
To: ‘PuterFrom: GorTCc: MandyRe: Grenade Fishing and Solar Activity Dear ‘Puter: You’ll be glad to know that the Mandarin and I have been able to heat up the moat so you can begin your grenade fishing activities. The moat seems … Continue reading →
Mind The Gap
The United States currently faces a gap of 11 million person-jobs to recover to an employment level that existed before this recession. That isn’t simply the number of jobs lost. This number represents the number of jobs lost as well … Continue reading →
Maybe They’re Using a Different Lexicon
In 2011, the government launched a $10M award termed the “L Prize” to be awarded to any manufacturer that could create a “green” and affordable light bulb. Affordable was defined as costing $22 or less the first year, $15 the … Continue reading →
Mailbag
GorT, Sr writes in with the following as the primary in our state is just under a month away: First of all, I am a fiscal, paternal, and social conservative. I am principled in my beliefs, but am pragmatic and … Continue reading →
Flukey Story
GorT has been hesitant to post about the whole Limbaugh-Fluke tempest. There are many layers to this onion. I’m not a fan of name-calling and ad hominem attacks when it comes to political debates it doesn’t advance the discussion or … Continue reading →
Too Cool
This video is making the rounds on the hi-tech forums and sites. You’ve possibly seen it already. If not, the work these guys did is outstanding and amazing. GorT did a sciene fair project involving robotics (in essence) back in … Continue reading →
More Mailbag
GorT had a flurry of emails and is slowly working through them… First up is from IT Operative B: Thanks for the recent Liberal Conundrums posts. My personal favorite conundrum is the tension between zero-population-growth and the cradle-to-grave social welfare … Continue reading →
Mailbag – Green Energy
Operative BG writes in after jotting a bunch of notes on a chalkboard, brushing off the dust and scratching his head: None of the stories of my tax dollars being wasted on bad green investments surprises me. But when you … Continue reading →
Liberal Conudrums, Part Deux
In this installment, GorT looks a bit more broadly than his local democrat-run county and state. This time, we’ll turn and look at the conundrum facing liberals with regards to “green” energy, jobs and (insert trumpet fare here), the environment. … Continue reading →
Is It Getting Better….
…or do you feel the same? Who knew that the Rev. Bono of U2 was so prescient when he wrote the song, “One“. Many liberal friends are pointing at the Dow as a sign of an economic recovery. It’s usually … Continue reading →
A Liberal Conundrum
Maybe I should have titled this post, “Liberal Hypocrisy” or “More of the Liberal Do What We Say, Not What We Do”. GorT lives in the very blue Montgomery County, Maryland (a/k/a MoCo). Also the residence of two other primary … Continue reading →
Raising Millennials
Times change and parenting adapts, maybe somewhat like the law with technology, slowly to the shifting landscape in which we raise our children. Borrowing a theme from a recent speaker on internet and child safety and aligning it with some … Continue reading →
It Ain’t Working There, Why Would It Work Here?
The U.K. instituted a type of “Buffett rule” last year: The new rate will affect the 300,000 highest earners in the UK, out of the 29 million people who pay income tax. It will be levied on taxable incomes greater … Continue reading →
Abundance
Those that follow us know that I’m a big fan of technology. Not technology for technology-sake nor for the lay-about’s benefit, but rather technology to improve and address problems we face. Furthermore, those that know me, know that I’m an … Continue reading →
Remember, man.
Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris Remember, man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return. Welcome to the 2012 Lenten season! A season that starts today, Ash Wednesday. For you non-Papists out there, that’s … Continue reading →
High Spin Cycle
The liberals are out in force trying to deflect the furor over the HHS mandate. One would expect no less now that the Catholic Church is openly discussing it from the pulpit and in the media and other religious groups … Continue reading →
Thought for Today
“We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our selection between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat in … Continue reading →