A photo of ‘Puter’s Mom, circa 1967. Notreally. ‘Puter’s Mom was too busy workingto hang out with the rich kid, self absorbedhippies smoking weed and dodging the draft. ‘Puter’s going to let slip some ‘Puter family secrets. Both Mrs. ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Let us see how good you are at playing this game. A single bullet was fired into the Denver headquarters of Barack Obama’s campaign; thankfully, no one was hurt, but a window was shattered. You already know how the press … Continue reading →
E.J. Dionne prepares to let loose anotherunction implosion all over the WashingtonPost’s newsroom. Better get the Brawny out. Before we begin and apropos of nothing, did you know that “opinion columnist” is an anagram of “unction implosion?” Not that this … Continue reading →
‘Puter lifted this police file photo of Czarsleeping off last year’s Christmas Partymystery punch. Moral of the story: Never let Sleestak bartend. He has a heavy pour. No, ‘Puter didn’t just regain consciousness after 2011’s yeti-themed New Year’s Eve Gala … Continue reading →
Amidst the continuing fallout from the natural consequences of President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton’s feckless, apologetic Middle East policy, we would do well to consider war. No, ‘Puter’s not calling on anyone to start yet another war. Rather, … Continue reading →
President Clinton’s speech was very odd. On paper, it served to accomplish two goals—to say that Barack Obama is a really nice guy, and that Republican criticisms of his presidency have been a little extreme compared to the GOP Bill … Continue reading →
Bongburgher, the veritable Burgher of Bong, writes in: Your Awfulness, For the record, I do not belong to the government. My wife and children do not belong to the government. Neither do my friends, neighbors, acquaintances, nor my worst enemies…. … Continue reading →
GorT and Mrs. GorT watched a bit of the DNC coverage. We tuned into Fox News who carried the three speeches (O’Malley, Julian Castro, and Michelle Obama) and movie in totality. Clearly O’Malley and Castro are trying to punch their … Continue reading →
The Czar caught a fair bit of the Democratic National Convention last evening, and has some comments. First, fire the director. While the GOP director had a weird obsession with zooming in tight on other people with weird obsessions (“Hey, … 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 →
Democrats begin their convention, and it might be worth watching just to see what Bill Clinton does during his speech. He has already threatened to wreck the convention if he didn’t get his way—and on his list of demands is … Continue reading →
GorT took a look at some of the speakers set for the DNC: Sandra Fluke – so a 30-something law student who believes that free birth control for all should be a major platform issue for the Presidency is speaking. … Continue reading →
Who would you rather have speak at your convention? Seriously! h/t Conservative Facebook Friend Dr. J.
Continue reading →The Czar does not watch a lot of network television. So it was with some curiosity when the Царица called his attention to the Sunday morning network political interview shows. You know, it really doesn’t matter which one, because the … Continue reading →
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 →
The Czar will admit when he is wrong, and he was sure wrong to have predicted Rob Portman as Romney’s eventual running mate. But the Czar had that tip on good authority, and now knows that his authorities are not … Continue reading →
Seriously, how hard do you think her password was? Hint: easy as DWS123… UPDATE – 2-1B Reconstructed the DNC Opposition Research Database and linked it to the previously posted email. To: MSMList@DNC.org From: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair, DNC Re: Vice … Continue reading →
Dr. Krauthammer writes at NRO today: There are two ways to run against Barack Obama: stewardship or ideology. You can run against his record, or you can run against his ideas. Liberals castigate their opponents using the term ideologue. Basically, an … Continue reading →
2-1B hacked into DNC headquarters and found this missive in Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Drafts Box: To: MSMList@DNC.org From: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair, DNC Re: Vice Presidential Candidate <VP Candidate Firstname> <VP Candidate Secondname> We are shocked and appalled at Governor … Continue reading →
The Czar has deep seated rage, no sense of conscience, and a vast array of weaponry at his disposal, and yet even he dare not cross Ghettoputer. But. While ‘Puter is always right, the Czar would like to suggest that … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
‘Puter said this every day for fouryears of Jesuit high school to GorT and OEV. That is, when ‘Puter wasn’tfighting off giant purple spiders, whichis another story entirely. In the immortal words of Eric Cartman, “I. Am. So. Pissed. Off. … Continue reading →
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 →
Interestingly, political junkies on both the Left and the Right each seem to have a major misconception about the Hispanic voters in the country. Fair is fair, and let us explain them both. Owners of these small businesses want lower … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Warren’s people believed that the coyote represented the Trickster spirit in legend. Turns out, the real thing works pretty much the same way. One of the ways President Obama won his 2008 election—and all his previous ones—was by his … Continue reading →
Conservatives and Republicans alike had an amazing week. The Czar has been saying over and over that the Right is dominating the social media scene: Twitter, Blogger, Thiser, Thatter, and (increasingly) Facebook is now becoming a vast, right-wing playground from … Continue reading →
Man, what a hangover. Czar and ‘Puter were up for two days straight, celebrating Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s historic beat-down of labor unions with the fine serving wenches at the Leaping Peacock. Before you get all “‘Puter’s a sexist pig,” … Continue reading →
No less a personage than Dick Morris—whom liberals will remember helped Bill Clinton get re-elected—said that he has done the math on November’s election. Polls can be fairly accurate predictors of election results provided they are analyzed based on historical … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman clearly appears over the deep end. What should be done about the economy? Republicans claim to have the answer: slash spending and cut taxes. What they hope voters won’t notice is that that’s precisely the policy we’ve been … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Mayor Karl Dean is trying to push a budget that includes a 13% property tax hike through Metro Council, here in New Atlantis. Dr. J. suspects he has the votes in spades, but New Atlantian politics are volatile … Continue reading →
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 →
Sonny Bunch has a superb summary of recent political shifts on the Left, as told by Liberal sources complaining about the Right. Not only is it ingenious, but it is smack on the money. Basically, the Left has been complaining … Continue reading →
The New York Times Sunday Review has a strange editorial that seems completely diconnected from reality. Are you shocked? Entitled “Bring Back the Real Maverick,” the piece covers how Senator John McCain (R-2008) is interested in a law that requires … Continue reading →
Cubs fans are a weirdly persistent lot; they would follow their team to the ends of the Earth. So much so that many teams like to play the Cubs at home because their usually empty stadiums are filled with concessions-buying … Continue reading →
No, not that great Hooters song, the other kind of zombies, retired senators. As Ben Nelson is retiring in order to save face as his senate seat will likely be filled by a Nebraska Republican named Deb Fischer next fall, … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
You know what’s incredibly dangerous to Democrats’ identity politics? Gay Americans who think for themselves. Long-time Gormogons Twitter collaborator Gay Patriot has a home run post that reveals what a total crock the President’s suddenly evolved position on Same Sex … Continue reading →
Of course, the Buffett Rule has nothing to do with increasing revenues. It is all, as GorT says, about what sounds good. No, no one expects that the Buffett Rule will produce more than a few thousand dollars in increased … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin was not surprised to hear Hillary Rosen’s comments about Ann Romney never working a day in her life since she was a stay at home mom. Hillary Rosen’s criticism of Ann Romney highlights two themes of the Progressive … Continue reading →
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 →
So how is the Democratic Party’s class warfare strategy going? Rasmussen knows: A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 58% of American Adults now support an across-the-board income tax percentage. Support for a simplified system like this has … Continue reading →
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 →
Borepatch finally reveals why he has been optimistic lately. Mind you, that is as rare as either Confucius* being upbeat about something or rain on the moon. Take your pick. But BP seems a bit upbeat because he is sensing … Continue reading →
The Czar, as loyal readers know, detests journalists and the media. To be fair, he detests them when they won’t do their job, which for many decades has been pretty much all the time. Local Chicago news has been fulsomely … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin was mortified when he discovered this story about a flag flying above the Lake County Florida Democratic Party headquarters. The flag has a picture of President Obama emblazoned on it where the 50 stars should be – or … Continue reading →
To put it another way. Picture a ramshackle house full of donkeys, with a weedy yard festooned with rusted cars and old appliances. Undiapered little donkeys run amok on the tilted front porch, scribbling obscenities with something suspiciously fecal directly … Continue reading →
Operative MC etches this secret message into a single oatmeal flake and slipped it into the Czar’s breakfast. It turned up the following morning. A STFU gun!Yeah, the “Japanese” invented it, wink wink nudge nudge, say no more. I love … Continue reading →
Some interesting ideas come out of the Michigan primary because the Czar believes Michigan is a pretty good miniature model of the United States: diffuse red with pockets of dense blue. And with an open primary, Michiganders of both parties … Continue reading →
The Czar took the Цесаревич for a damn nice flat top haircut today. While the Czar thundered in a rage whilst sitting in the chair, his barber asked him if he heard about HR 4646, presently in committee. Though quite … Continue reading →
So President Obama released his budget for FY2013 – possibly his last budget year. First, let’s walk through some simple civics relating to the budget. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 sets forth the process (before which, scarily, there was … Continue reading →
Dr. J. lives in a rather blue neighborhood near New Atlantis Ivory Tower University and Medical Center. This is not a big deal to Dr. J. because folks tend to be pretty respectful, with the exception of one or two … Continue reading →
Obama’s campaign manager says that the President’s billion-dollar war chest isn’t the result of big business bribes, but ordinary Democrats kicking in $3 or $5 donations. There are 72 million registered Democrats in the United States. A billion dollars divided … Continue reading →
As Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul turn the heat up on each other, it has become clear that neither man is destined nor desirable to become President. A cakewalk for Mitt Romney? Not so fast—a quick scan of some recent … Continue reading →
Ah, the payroll tax cut debate. A lot of mud is slinging on both sides, so the Czar thought he would clear things up for you, dear readers, on what is really going on. Warning: sausage making is featured. Presently, … Continue reading →
Crank up the old Leftist media machines! The Los Angeles Times has a story that for all intents and purposes is a smear-piece on Christine O’Donnell’s endorsement of Mitt Romney. First sentence? “She’s not a witch.” Then why mention it? … Continue reading →
A ‘Yellow Dog’ Democrat is someone who will even vote for a yellow dog if they’re the Democratic nominee for an office. Dr. J. has an esteemed surgical colleague who has a bumper sticker on his 65′ Mustang (which he’s … Continue reading →
‘Puter read with interest this Eugene Robinson opinion piece in this morning’s Washington Post. Mr. Robinson identifies what he perceives to be the Republicans’ failing: they don’t have a convincing narrative about the economy. Mr. Robinson then spends the remainder … Continue reading →
Don’t get the Czar wrong, here—he thinks America can do lots more for our veterans, especially our wounded veterans. The Senate, 95-0, passed the Hire Heroes Act, which provides incentives for businesses to hire veterans. Unemployment is high for veterans, … Continue reading →
We are each familiar with Martin Niemoller’s famous quote (even though he likely never said those actual words), so there’s no need to reprint it here. Niemoller’s quote came to ‘Puter’s feeble mind as he mulled over the Democrats’ latest … Continue reading →
The Царица insists on having the television on in the morning, which the Czar finds as enjoyable as waking up to find the loud, nosy neighbor sitting in your kitchen the first thing telling you you’re out of coffee. But … Continue reading →
Over at Big Government, Stacy Swimp argues that the Tea Party is the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement. This is a bit of a stretch. The Civil Rights Movement has a long, unbroken history of abolitionist traditions, and risked literal … Continue reading →
One way of telling how bad it is? When a Democratic campaign-strategist-for-hire begins telling his clients not to run in 2012 because any apparent affiliation with Barack Obama is going to kill your campaign. Ouch. If the GOP takes a … Continue reading →
It gets worse…when parts of your base start questioning whether an incumbent president could be removed from the top of the ticket for their 2nd term election…it’s not good: Mat Stoller is Fellow of the non-profit Roosevelt Institute and writes … Continue reading →
Well, Obama is running around campaigning (see Carney’s presser below…it’s at least good for a laugh) for his jobs bill and the democrats aren’t even totally on board (from Politico): Jim Webb (D-VA) – “Terrible,” he told Politico when asked … Continue reading →
Chicago Sun-Times “columnist” (that’s how he’s billed, although this is a major stretch) Jesse Jackson…or more realistically, whoever is ghost-writing his crap…today accuses the Republicans of intent to commit voter fraud. Really. As the campaigns for the 2012 presidential election … Continue reading →
Jonathan S. Tobin over at Commentary posts a brief essay that dismisses any notion of a Rick Perry/Mitt Romney “feud.” Did you know about a feud? Tobin didn’t. Neither did we. So why are we not surprised? In obedience to … Continue reading →
The Czar took the family out to a really outstanding but noisy Mexican restaurant the other night. In the booth behind us, the Czar’s finely tuned ears picked out a woman saying “…the Democrats. They want to ‘tax the rich, … Continue reading →
Well, now, this is just really great prose: My subject, however, is the recurring Democratic complaint—or, more properly, talking point—that the Republican Party has now ‘strayed’ so far to the right that its onetime standard bearers, from Abraham Lincoln to … Continue reading →
As the Czar points out infra, Professor W.R. Mead makes a very good point about how the media’s uncritical adulation of whatever their heroes on the left side of the aisle do keeps those pols from actually encountering the facts … Continue reading →
‘Puter doesn’t know what debt ceiling debate Eugene Robinson is writing about in today’s Washington Post, but it’s sure as heck not the one going on in Washington. Mr. Robinson’s premise is that Republicans are solely to blame for the … Continue reading →
Democrats are the drunks of the debt ceiling debate. Republicans are the friends trying to take away the keys to their car. Democrats: “C’mon, man!! You used to be so cool, like in college when we’d play beer pong then … Continue reading →
Not content to share his obviously superior analytical skills with us a mere twice each week, E.J. Dionne has resorted to blogging within the Washington Post’s website. Mr. Dionne, concerning today’s presidential press conference, opines thus: At his news conference … Continue reading →
President Obama at his press conference today on taxes and the debt ceiling again has called for an increase in taxes for the “wealthy”. The example that he used to justify why those evil rich people need to pay more … Continue reading →
If there’s one good thing about ‘Puter, it’s that he’s fair enough to call out shenanigans on the Right. If there’s two good things about ‘Puter, it would be news to us. More to the first point, we want our … Continue reading →
The Czar notices we have not touched Weiner’s wiener. Let us suppose the Congressman is innocent of sending an obscene photograph to a college girl. What we have is a member of Congress who has somehow been hacked. If someone … Continue reading →
And not just the bad, Nazi Germans. But regular old, nuke-hating, Birkenstock wearing, razor-abhorring Germans! Oh, the humanity! But how? How can we be sure it’s Ms. Palin who is killing Germans? The logic, my friends, is simple. There is … Continue reading →
No less a celebrity than one Emily Grace has “graced” us with an email. You all know her: she is one of our biggest promoters, particularly on Twitter, where she has personally linked us to several thousand followers (until ‘Puter … Continue reading →
By now you have heard that Americans are resoundingly rejecting Paul Ryan’s budget plan, and that protests are dogging him and other Republicans wherever they go. Except, you might not have heard, it does not appear to be true. A … Continue reading →
The Czar, like 99% of Americans, does not care about the Great Birth Certificate Issue. All right, let us be honest about this. Suppose the Birthers are right. Here is the bottom line: Birthers: President Obama was born in Kenya, … Continue reading →
Let us put some pieces together. 1. Donald Trump, suddenly advocating a lot of Tea Party things, jumps up in GOP polling to where he is right with Mitt Romney. 2. He then begins putting out a lot of stereotypical … Continue reading →
Just a word of caution when you listen to poll results. As I stated earlier, I am somehow on the email list for a democrat lobbying group. I got another email tonight asking me to fill out their survey so … Continue reading →
Liberals have recently taken to calling for nebulously defined “shared sacrifice.” Shared sacrifice has been trotted out by President Obama in support of his budget. Newly anointed DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) calls for shared sacrifice to reduce the … Continue reading →
Dr. J and I have traded a few emails regarding the outcome from the federal budget “showdown” also known as “Shootout at the Loser Corral”. First, Dr. J’s take: Dread and Awful Czar [and Your Timeliness GorT], As we all … Continue reading →
Is it the Czar’s imagination, or have the mainstream media largely ignored the Paul Ryan budget proposal? You know all about it of course, because you tend to use multiple news sources…but only scant mention in the local papers and … Continue reading →
I’m cleaning out teh Intrawebs and lo’ and behold I got a piece o’ mail from operative junior-grade crash test scientist, BG: Dear GorTechie: Regarding Rep. Edward Markey’s claim that we’re in Libya for the oil, perhaps he should follow … Continue reading →
BG writes in with a curious observation on scrapbooking: O Noble Czar— Apropos of the Царица’s observation that anyone who wants to dump on a teacher for being an over-compensated, lazy-ass greedy bastard only has to point to Madison, Wisconsin, … Continue reading →
While we spin a good tale of the idiocy going on in Wisconsin, keep in mind that we still have the looming Federal Budget battle going on here in DC. Let’s hit a few high points: 1. The GOP charges … Continue reading →
The veritable Burgher of Bong (shut up, it’s a real place) writes us: Great and Mighty, etc., Dreadful, etc., цѣсарь, From the outskirts of the Bong Recreational Area, I shamefully admit to having just worked out the tribute our family … Continue reading →
Man, the Czar wishes he wrote this. He could have, at least stylistically. But indeed, this is an actual letter from Wisconsin’s Senate Majority Leader, Scott Fitzgerald, to absentee democratic Senator Mark Miller. Enjoy every word: March 7, 2011 Sen. … Continue reading →
Wisconsin State Assemblyman Peter Barca, Democrat, is quoted by CBS News (without any sense of irony or correction) as saying that state Republicans “trampled on democracy though throughout the day and really throughout this past week.” What happened was the … Continue reading →
Two seemingly unrelated events reveal much about the state of the union. The real state of the union, that is, and not the light rail and unicorn fart speech President Obama gave exactly one hundred years ago, back before Egypt. … Continue reading →
And now the root cause leader speaks. Failed to do her job. Period. 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 →
Your Czarness: Might I humbly suggest that your lute-fish-eating neighbors-to-the-north-of-Muscovy, well, they might be in need of a word of encouragement, seein` as how the duly elected Democratic members of their State Senate done up and run. And they run…south…oddly … Continue reading →
So here’s the new meme in the news that you’ll start seeing in a few hours at the 10 or 11 o’clock news and going forward for a few days at a minimum: the Evil Republicans are going to shut … Continue reading →
In today’s Washington Post, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD8) lays out the Democrats’ best argument for reinstatement of the estate tax. As near as ‘Puter’s tiny brain can figure, the argument is this: 1. Rich people have money.2. Congress needs … Continue reading →
Dear Czarina of Eastern Ukraine, I really liked your post about ‘Why Liberals Fight.’ I think you’re spot on in your analysis of the liberal base- divided. I think this was most evident at the last Democratic National Convention, and … Continue reading →
So liberals out in the Intranets are getting are riled up over the announcement by the GOP leadership that they plan on blocking all new legislation until two things are accomplished: (1) resolve the continuing resolution and (2) the tax … Continue reading →
