Some snippets from the Daily Mail obtained just this morning discuss the changed psychiatric guidelines regarding the chronological age of adolescence. It would seem our British cousins believe the timeframe for this period should be extended beyond the age of … Continue reading →
’Puter, You’re attributing too much foresight to Mr. D.P.A. McManus. The “Arabs” in “Oliver’s Army” are not the lumpen Muslims you talk about. The vast majority of that group have always been Subcontinental, the “blacks” or “Pakis” of the unlovely … Continue reading →
This is almost exactly ‘Puter’s beloved2001 Nissan Pathfinder, which really hasvery little to do with the point of this post. ‘Puter’s not a car guy. It’s not that ‘Puter doesn’t like cars, it’s just that he’s not the type that … Continue reading →
With Iran directly challenging the United Kingdom by seizing its embassy in Tehran and multiple hostages, you might be interested in some 13-year-old relationship Herman Cain may have had with the former drummer of Cream. No, wrong Ginger. Anyway, Iran … Continue reading →
Bad as the riots in Britain are, what’s most worrisome is the apparent lack of any ideas in the British establishment that could actually make such riots less likely in the future. The Tories seem vacuous, and Labour says, as … Continue reading →
GorT has this great idea to go back in time and attend the Royal Wedding, which you read all about, below. While there, Mandarin says there is something weird about Princess Kate. “When did she become a blonde?” So we … Continue reading →
Congratulations to the happy couple. Naturally, the Gormogons were invited to the wedding, and we were delighted to oblige when Princess Kate or whatever her name is asked us to take a group shot with the wedding party. You will … 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 →
In 2007, 239 patients died of malnutrition in British hospitals, the latest year for which figures are available. A wag might say it must be the English cuisine. But the real roots of this tragedy lie in Britain’s government-run medical … Continue reading →
…Panic on the streets of BirminghamI wonder to myselfCould life ever be sane again? ♫ So, yeah, remember the guy Obama knew he couldn’t get through Congress, so gave him a recess appointment as head of Medicaid & Medicare? Right, … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s never been a fan of the British Labour party, or New Labour, or whatever the heck they’re calling it these days. To him, it’s always carried the faint reek of Clintonian triangulation. Today, Gordon Brown, Labour’s current leader and … Continue reading →
Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN. Despite Britain’s close alliance with the US, … Continue reading →
(Britain is a bit like Greece except with the Elgin Marbles) quoth Stuttaford. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. www.gormogons.com
Continue reading →Friend of the Gormogons Claire Berlinski writes: After the Second World War, the United Kingdom’s newly elected Labour government resolved to build of Britain a New Jerusalem. It nationalized the commanding heights of the economy and inaugurated the cradle-to-grave welfare … Continue reading →
Characteristically ascerbic: Perhaps this would not be so serious a matter if the British economy were not a so-called service economy. It has been such ever since Margaret Thatcher solved our chronic industrial relations problem by the simple expedient of … Continue reading →
Great Britain and the United States have long cherished their speical relationship. Over the last century, the U.S. and U.K. together have rescued the world’s democracies at least twice. It would be criminally stupid for either government to knowingly damage … Continue reading →
Scotland tends to think of itself as a near-independent country. It has its own government, flag, and bristles at the notion that it’s a hunk of land firmly incorporated into Great Britain, like Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Scotland is getting a … Continue reading →
Great piece by the often-deranged Christopher Hitchens. He’s dead right, incidentally. Britain was the grand villain in Middle Eastern conspiracy theory until the ’70s, when the U.S. largely took over. But that doesn’t mean the Queen and the rest of … Continue reading →
Families described some neglected patients at the hospital drinking water from flower vases because they were so thirsty — it was apparently beyond the interest or the competence of the nursing staff or any supervisors to get them a glass … Continue reading →
But at least we’re not Great Britain. Maybe a dental care stimulus plan would help the country feel better. * Bad British teeth allusions are low hanging fruit, but the old jokes are like comfort food in these trying times. … Continue reading →
Well, arguably because we tell them we’re hateful. Hollywood’s basic trope since c. 1970 is that any American authority figure is likely a villain—or as the Volgi likes to put it, It’s Always the Highest-Ranking White Guy in A Suit … Continue reading →
Although Ghettoputer stalks the union beat with barely concealed fury, spitting nails and coughing up blood, your Volgi must trespass and post a link to this terrific article by Claire Berlinski, brilliant Friend of the Gormogons, in which she shows … Continue reading →
No, not the half-Luo Hawaiian who spent a bunch of his childhood in Indonesia. That’s old hat for the heirs of Empire. No, it’s the candidate who’s so compellingly, entrancingly American. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass … Continue reading →
I have no words for the sheer mindlessness of this. Well, maybe “dumb*ssery” fits. Again, and ‘Puter will leave a more detailed smackdown to GorT, THERE IS NO IRREFUTABLE PROOF OF ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING! Even assuming there were, vandalism is … Continue reading →
Sounds like the British government is getting its head around Putin’s revanchism. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. www.gormogons.com
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