The State Department gets a lot of flak, much deserved, but much undeserved, as its job is often to play the good cop or be the make-nice agency of the government. What it rarely does is load both rhetorical barrels … Continue reading →
And it wouldn’t be Thursday without Island Dweller spotting something to tick us off. He brings up the subject of former Defense Secretary Gates: Most illustrious, dread, awful, and so on – Your slightly chilled minion here in the hinterlands … Continue reading →
While the President is furiously trying to figure out what cookies are and why his new website needs to have them deleted, our Secretary of State is ruining the entire planet. You might have missed this story even though its … Continue reading →
Cole Porter, who understoodwitch hunts, would not be amusedby our president’s disregard of Americans’ right to be secure fromunwarranted government invasionof our personal lives. ‘Puter loves him some American standards, like Night and Day, sung by Ella Fitzgerald, which … Continue reading →
Only Trebek knows the secrets ‘Puterholds deep within his, tiny, shriveled,black heart. And within ‘Puter’sno-no hole, but that’s another story. Wow. ‘Puter gets buried under an avalanche of work for a few days and comes back to find some truly … Continue reading →
The Democrats have been lauded as being on top of their social media usage when compared to the Republicans. However, I will say that they generally have ended up opening doors for online mocking (one of our specialties) by poor … Continue reading →
Tough as nails, smart as a whipand beautiful, to boot. Thanks,President Obama, for reminding uswhat competent government officialslook like! In President Obama’s oddly angry and confrontational Inaugural Address yesterday, he spoke the following lines: We are true to our creed … Continue reading →
So it seems that Carter’s National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski thinks that Senator John Kerry as Secretary of State and former Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense would be a heckuva powerful and effective team. The Senate should consider … Continue reading →
Although the MSM has been covering it, and making it an upper-importance story, you still might have missed that yesterday Secretary of State Clinton took full responsibility for the failure of security at the Benghazi safe house. Not Egypt or … Continue reading →
A lot of weird stuff is coming to light about the Benghazi attacks. By now, we have already established what happened, down to which room the Ambassador was hiding in, and how he was forced out with fire. This is … Continue reading →
Mr. Philippe Reines, who evidently has no idea how to manage himself, let alone the media. No, you didn’t elect him. The news about the Libyan attack keeps getting worse. The Czar was particularly troubled at an emerging story that … Continue reading →
The latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine had a lengthy piece by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the United States’s shift in attention from the Middle East to the Pacific Rim: that China, and not only China but a … Continue reading →
There has been a little bit of consideration on both sides of the aisle that maybe Congressman Weiner deserves a pass on this incident. After all, this is a private matter between Congressman Weiner and his wife; it doesn’t affect … Continue reading →
Back in the old days when a Secretary of State worked with the President, Warren Christopher had the job. He has passed away at 85. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. … Continue reading →
Your Czarness: While your good buddy Hosni enjoys a little rest and recuperation in Sharm el-Shaik, I thought it might be a good time for Those-Who- Dwell- in-Castle -Gormogon to use their manifest powers to tidy up a few loose … Continue reading →
Hey, rah-rah, women at the State Department, but does anybody worry about the image this might present to profoundly sexist cultures? Or calculate which negotiations a sex imbalance is likely to hinder or hurt? One would think sending an all-woman … Continue reading →
The State Department caved today, allowing United States citizens living on Iroquois reservations to travel under Iroquois passports rather than under United States passports, as all other United States citizens must. Well, holy crap. Thanks, Secretary Clinton and your brain-damaged … Continue reading →
Such are promises. All lies and jest. That pretty much sums up the Obama Administration’s “win” in getting the United Nations Security Council members to agree in theory to meaningless watered-down sanctions. See specifically the chart at the end of … 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 →
…that they used to have. (They were ridiculously antiquated even then.) From a “town hall” at the State Department: MS. GREENBERG: Okay. Our next question comes from Jim Finkle:Can you please let the staff use an alternative web browser called … Continue reading →
It’s what they do. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. www.gormogons.com
Continue reading →In another stunning show of amateurism, the White House is no longer offering invitations for Iranians to visit any July 4th celebrations around the world (see your Volgi, below, for a similar degree of shock). This is in response to … Continue reading →
Ladies & Gentlemen, your Department of State: WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States said Monday its invitations were still standing for Iranian diplomats to attend July 4 celebrations at US embassies despite the crackdown on opposition supporters.President Barack Obama’s administration … Continue reading →
They asked Twitter to postpone maintenance to keep the Iranians in touch. Beautiful. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. www.gormogons.com
Continue reading →And I know what a contingency is. And certainly, “operation” is easy enough to understand. But the lamely-labelled “Global War on Terror” is now the “Overseas Contingency Operation.” And that’s close to meaningless. “That thing we do abroad if or … Continue reading →
The government of Kyrgyzstan is waffling on kicking us out of Manas AFB. I suspect means we’re doing a good job at saying, “Hey, look, you remember, oh, say, 1862–1991 when the Russians ran things around here? You sure you … Continue reading →
Abashed, your Volgi withdraws “Red” Ron, as ‘Puter had already covered the DOD. Instead, I’ll take as Secretary of State, that world-travelling leader who’s met with many heads of state, “Minister” Louie Farrakhan. He’s in Obama’s Rolodex, and by virtue … Continue reading →
