“Dr. J. would return that $400M to the taxpayers. ‘Puter would be a better government steward of it than the Democrats.” – Confucius (The Notorious OEV) Gentle Readers, Dr. J. has been hideously busy of late, and as a consequence, … Continue reading →
Island Dweller has our guest post of the day. Enjoy! You know, you can write guest posts here, too. Just send ‘em in to any one of us and let us know you want it as a standalone piece or … Continue reading →
Who are you going to believe, Obamaor ‘Puter Gormog — ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!** Welcome back, Friends of the Gormogons, loyal operatives and various and sundry minions! ‘Puter’s truly glad you’re enjoying his series on the most fascinating topic … Continue reading →
Anyone who believes that the PP-ACA will save us money or drive down healthcare costs is a raving lunatic. Period. In this, there can be no debate. Besides the fact – THE FACT* – that the math just simply does … Continue reading →
Michelle Obama, in her ongoing quest to eradicate unpopular children, suggested that Post Office produce a series of stamps intended to frighten children. So horrifying were the images that the USPS elected to destroy them immediately upon seeing them. The … Continue reading →
President Obama assumes his standardnegotiation posture with Congress. “I’dlove to negotiate with you, but first, youguys abandon your Constitutional dutiesto me.” Welcome back to ‘Puter Does the Debt Limit! All your Gormogons hope you’re enjoying ‘Puter providing some right smart learning … Continue reading →
Conservatives like you tend to understand little of any substance, and as a result, you may be confused over why this shutdown is such a terrible thing. In your ignorance, you blissfully think that that life goes on without the … Continue reading →
Against quite long odds, the House GOP has decided to stick it to the Obama administration and will fund a continuing resolution minus the required Obamacare portion. This, despite condemnation from the President and Senate, as well as a great … Continue reading →
Republicans are pretty annoyed with each other over the Obamacare funding deadline. Many Republicans want to defund Obamacare by passing a continuing resolution that funds everything budgeted for the government except Obamacare. The problem is that while this will pass … Continue reading →
President Bush would’ve had a plan, and gone before the American people, congress and our allies before leaking battle plans to the media…go it alone my ass. Dr. J. didn’t always agree with President Bush, Dr. J. felt that he … Continue reading →
Island Dweller carefully wrote this onto a stick of gum, chewed it to get it past security, and placed this on a Castle window for us to find and reconstruct. Unless we are wrong in how we deciphered the squiggles … Continue reading →
Guess what else you are paying for? The feds have decided that despite raging unemployment, a collapsing foreign policy that has weakened America around the world, a new healthcare law about to tank the economy, and a failure of its … Continue reading →
The average temperature on Earth may be changing up or down. We honestly don’t know. Some folks say it is going up a degree, and therefore floods and famine may occur. That’s actually possible. Other folks say it is going … Continue reading →
Many of you will remember back in 1999 when the Y2K bug was all the rage. Suddenly, all these retired COBOL programmers were brought back as high-paid consultants to turn -00 into 1900. Reportedly, some programmers made more in 1999 … Continue reading →
If it walks like a tyrant, and talks like atyrant, it’s probably a tyrant. ‘Puter woke up this morning in the Castle’s archives, located several planes of existence below the Castle’s library. Or before the Castle’s library. Or among the … Continue reading →
This is a particularly embarrassing Tweet: On Gosnell “blackout,” where were conservatives before this week? salon.com/2013/04/12/con… via @salon — Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) April 12, 2013 It is difficult to determine whether CNN’s shockingly clueless Donna Brazile really believes this herself, … Continue reading →
Conservatives, by and large, seem to be having all sorts of moments of clarity lately. You know—maybe we need to be a little more honest about things. Likewise, it is probably time for liberals to do the same thing. Here … Continue reading →
The proper response to Democrats’ profligate spending is to callthem out, make them pay for their beloved programs withoutborrowing. Pictured, House Republicans after passing a balancedbudget bill, taunting the Democrat led Senate as “cabrons.” ‘Puter is sick and gosh-darned tired … Continue reading →
President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. No President – not me or any of my predecessors could have repaired all the damage in just four years. Also sprach Bill Clinton to the nation at the … Continue reading →
The Czar has good news for Republicans. Unfortunately, the Republican Party has no clue what to do about this and is almost certain to miss the opportunity as well as fail to understand why this was good news. And so … 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 →
In this earlier post, I raised some of the issues regarding this “fiscal cliff” that the country is facing and that leads most major new outlet’s coverage these days. In this post, let me outline a few answers and issues … Continue reading →
Thanks to our good graces here at Castle Gormogon, two winners of the almost $600 million dollar Powerball game are out there somewhere. And already this morning, the Czar’s jaws dropped to see not one but two (possibly three) media … Continue reading →
A friend on Facebook posted a link and comment on how people shouldn’t forget that Obama is the “smallest government spender” when it comes to the federal government. After debunking it with a few facts, the post was removed. Interesting. … Continue reading →
Our royal archivist, MBernadetteE, came up from the Castle basement the Friday morning, which was a source of great relief because nobody has seen her for three weeks. If you didn’t know, she has been diligently archiving, indexing, and filing … Continue reading →
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 →
Property tax hikes make puppies cry…and when puppies cry, The Czar gets angry(er than usual). Gentle Readers, Thanks to 32 of 40 city councilmen, the citizens of New Atlantis are the proud recipients of a brand new 13% property tax … Continue reading →
There is some good news out there. This is a really bad couple of weeks coming up for Obamacare. As you know by now, the SCOTUS is expected to deliver a series of death-blows to it (although the voting will … Continue reading →
MC has recently returned from the Antarctic, where he tells weird tales of finding a ruined city of giants, with enormous penguins, strange carvings on the wall hinting at terrible events in our ancient past, as well as a Caribou … Continue reading →
A quick followup to the brilliant essay by Dr. J on how well a person can eat for $22 per week. This is the first case the Czar knows of where someone documented these findings; however, the Czar has reason … Continue reading →
Courtesy of an excellent post over at The PJ Tatler by Bryan Preston who teased out the following from a Washington Times article. Click over to read the whole thing, but here are some of the highlights: Hollywood director Robert … Continue reading →
Several thousand years ago, the Czar predicted what Obama would resort to in his speech tonight. How did the Czar do? An assurance that he feels the pain, and he knows Americans are hurting. Obama: “But the millions of Americans … Continue reading →
“My fellow Americans, esteemed members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Justices of the Supreme Court, and members of the Cabinet.” “How’s everything going? Looks like you’re doing pretty well. And I really hope things are going well … Continue reading →
One of the themes that you’ll hear in the news over the next few weeks is how the Tea Party, the GOP and conservatives are mean and don’t want the government to help with assistance in the recovery from the … Continue reading →
In case you get tired of the Czar taking credit for everything and would rather just count the number of times he winds up being right for yourself, here is another. Back in August of 2009, the Czar predicted that … Continue reading →
Dr. J. is back from his biennial hajj-al-inlaaws in New England and New York. Dr. J., Mrs. Dr. J., the lil resident and lil med student took in some of the sights in NYC, but Dr. J. mostly relaxed poolside … Continue reading →
Big Hollywood has a piece up by John Nolte in which he provides examples of federal dollars being spent to support starving artists whose works, basically, suck. Of course. This should be no surprise, and this premise explains two recurring … Continue reading →
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →This article gave Dr. J. a chuckle, especially the ending. Apparently, the U.S. Treasury as of two days ago had a cash balance of $73.8 billion. By comparison, Apple Computer has a reserve of $76.2 billion. The author, Matt Rosoff … Continue reading →
If you read only one piece on the hand-in-glove relationship between the debt ceiling crisis and out of control social program spending, let it be this editorial in today’s Wall Street Journal. Quoth the sages of Wall Street: According to … Continue reading →
You know, the Czar was around for the French Revolution. And when he reads Arthur Herman draw some eerie parallels like this: Some people compare our current political turn, including the growth of the Tea Party, to the American Revolution. … Continue reading →
So people are starting to look at the economy and wonder if the Stimulus (American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) actually helped. Keep in mind that President Obama and VP Biden and others still, to varying degrees, champion the successes of … Continue reading →
The Czar was caught off guard by a commercial last night, in which a group of people begin to decry government waste such as funding dog poetry, treadmills for shrimp, and so on. Seems a bit early for a GOP … 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 →
The Associated Press is reporting that the State of Illinois may have a plan that will alleviate the states crushing debt burden. And you are asking, “Oh menacing and maniacal Mandarin, what is this brilliant plan that will throw of … Continue reading →
Dear The Czar, There is much talk today about the debt limit. At the National Tea Party Convention, the Republican leadership were given a warning that raising the debt ceiling without real changes in spending will result in primary challenges … 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 →
Yesterday was a bad day for America. Not just Wall Street, but the whole country. It was mega-bad. It could be a second recession all over again kind of bad. All you know is that the stock prices fell, and … Continue reading →
If you are like the Czar, you have already used The White House’s online tax receipt calculator to see where your money allegedly goes. Actually, if you’re like the Czar, you already suspect the IRS is gleefully monitoring every number … Continue reading →
Ay-yi-yi, on the one hand. But on the other hand, the Czar is delighted so many of you are grouping your emails together by subject. DT wants to add a little to Dr. (KN) J’s explication of the buget resolution: … Continue reading →
O Most Dread and Awful Czar, As is the unfortunate custom with all things numerate, the media discussions concerning the most recent round of budget nonsense from our elite overlords have never provided any useful context for consideration. As they … Continue reading →
Sorry, GorT, old buddy. Back to work forcing “upgrades” into human brains on Monday. Shame, too, because your plans for a Death Moat were just damn cool. This has worked out very well for the GOP, incidentally, if they elect … Continue reading →
The Czar has been engulfed with mail lately. Here is a sampling of the best, starting with JS, writing in about his favorite episode of The Six Million Dollar Man: Dear Czesar, You said “even the Czar is at a … Continue reading →
This classic piece is well-illustrated here: Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The worst part of this account is that nothing in it really surprises the Czar. Basically, this report confirms your suspicion that the protestors in Madison are hired thugs intent on causing real problems. The tea party plans to rally … 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 →
There is an article in the Tech section of the WaPo yesterday that points out that only 4-11% of the federal government allocated R&D funds are being applied towards individual agencies’ R&D efforts. This is yet another prime example of … Continue reading →
DT of the 1st (of Many) Myrmidion Brigade: Czaro di tutti Czari, In your latest missive you write that now we have to make drastic cuts or we’ll collapse waiting for results. You write as if a responsible government could … Continue reading →
Janet Daley at The Telegraph has an outstanding essay on the Western world’s acknowledgment that socialist government programs and democracy do not mix: [T]here is now a broad understanding that the social democratic project itself is unsustainable: that it has … Continue reading →
On this election day we stand at the voting booth faced two choices – a huge federal government that spends money it does not have and tells us how to live while its leaders do the opposite, or a smaller … Continue reading →
The Czar wonders if he is seeing a third phase in the Tea Party movement. The first phase, of course, was to be recognized. And that they were. From a loose collection of small protests called the TEA Party to … Continue reading →
Phil Klein got a chance to talk to Rep. Paul Ryan about ObamaCare. Ryan, who is a very smart cookie, wants us to take a step back and be patient with this ObamaCare thing. No, not to embrace it. We … Continue reading →
Look for the union label on your state and local tax increase, writes Stephen Malanga: The sight of rich people pleading to be taxed more has attracted attention to the November ballot initiative. But otherwise, support for the ballot measure, … Continue reading →
State and local borrowing, once thought of as a way to finance essential infrastructure, has mutated into a source of constant abuse. Like homeowners before the housing bubble burst, states and cities have gorged on debt, extended repayment times, and … Continue reading →
But we aren’t dogmatists: Americans are debating whether to substantially expand the size of their government. As Swedish economists who live in the developed world’s largest welfare state, we urge our friends in the New World to look carefully before … Continue reading →
California spends about $60 million annually tracking 7,000 convicted sex offenders with GPS technology. However, even with $60 million, they are running a backlog of approximately 31,000 alerts. These alerts include severed straps (i.e. the device was removed), exclusion zones … Continue reading →
The national foreclosure rate was 3.3 percent in February – this is a 51% year-over-year increase and the number of new mortgage problem loans remains at a five-year high. The total number of failing first-lien mortgages and REOs exceed 7.9 … Continue reading →
Don’t believe the CBO ten-year number. It’s a fraud, because the Democrats have gamed the system to collect four years of taxes to credit against the number before they start spending. Here’s a graph with a realistic estimate of the … Continue reading →
In 2000, the average Federal civilian wage was 33 percent more than the average private industry wage. By 2008, that gap was 59 percent. Reports John Lott. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Democrats in the House order eight G5 Gulfstream jets for $550 million that will be used by the Pentagon to ferry around VIPs in Congress — even though the Pentagon says it does not need or want the planes. The … Continue reading →
On Tuesday, the Czar said that Cash for Clunkers would prove too successful, and prove to be a major screwing of the taxpayers. By now you have heard the program is out of money already. Keep in mind this was … Continue reading →
Just to keep you all guessing… Q: Maybe you could draw on your student council experience to help sort out the enormous budget crisis in California. Any remedy for it?A: I don’t think we want a remedy for it. The … 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 →
Europe in the ’70s, here we come? Congressional leaders and President Obama are ignoring the perils of overspending to which European countries succumbed in the 1970s. The recent actions and proposals of President Obama and Congressional leaders violate both fiscal … Continue reading →
Why is it so expensive for the Pentagon to buy stuff? I can’t even summarize. Notice the similarities to GorT talking about his Wang. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Huzzah. The Czar took some vacation with his lovely Царица, and took the Цесаревич (who has been learning a lot about Lincoln) and the younger Царевич (who likes trains, a lot) to Springfield, Illinois. Among our many stops, about some … Continue reading →
The Obama Administration touted the $787 billion “stimulus” plan claiming it would “create or save” 600,000 jobs by the end of summer, and up to 4,000,000 jobs overall. Leaving aside for the moment that the economy is already turning around … Continue reading →
If increased government spending with borrowed or newly created money is a “stimulus,” then the Weimar Republic should have been stimulated to unprecedented prosperity… —GorT’s imaginary grandfather, Thos. Sowell Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. … Continue reading →
Know what the single biggest problem with arguing by analogy? Someone can easily use your analogy right back against you. Another lesser problem is when the analogy is just too good. Take this little snippet from a FoxNews.com article about … Continue reading →
Sure, we all want to cut wasteful, government spending (I’d look at the current Congress right now for a lot of that). We’re going to be in big trouble if he tries to pull all this off: If it gets … Continue reading →
