Or, “what’s the point?” The Czar wonders this each time he sees a news story promoting a poll that obviously doesn’t add up. Do most Americans favor abortion? It doesn’t seem so, yet there’s another poll that suggests maybe they … Continue reading →
The Left’s rage about President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord should surprise no one. Lefties are gonna Lefty, which usually entails whining like the tiny bitches they are, having a march that accomplishes nothing, capped off by forgetting the whole … Continue reading →
While this is nothing new to the current political maneuverings of left side of the political spectrum in the United States, we do have another pretty clear example of the double-edged sword they’re wielding. The liberal, progressive, democrat support organization, Campaign … Continue reading →
America negotiated with terrorists to secure the release of a soldier* who, based on the facts available as of this posting, is likely a deserter. Not only did America break one of its most rigid rules to secure this soldier’s … Continue reading →
‘Puter wrote about Ms. Gunn Barrett’s dipstickery on the topic of New York’s unconstitutional SAFE Act yesterday. ‘Puter would like to revisit Ms. Gunn Barrett’s logic-challenged and fallacious letter to make a larger point about the quality of liberal thought … Continue reading →
A curious piece at The Atlantic reflects exactly how strange the liberal mindset is, even when it is trying to be honest with itself. The Czar does not normally read The Atlantic, and assumes you do not either. No need … Continue reading →
One of the Czars favorite themes upon which he pounds his calloused fist is how the mass mediathere is no point calling it the liberal mass media anymore, is there? Really? Anyone with a three-digit IQ knows this by nowfails … Continue reading →
…the revolting, revolting masses. The Revolt Against the Masses is the latest book from Fred Siegel, former editor of City Journal and an estimable figure in contemporary conservative thought. It is a quick read (225 pages, Encounter Books), and well worth your … Continue reading →
Sometimes seismic shifts are so subtle they cannot be felt, and those often presage major earthquakes. Don’t get too excited here—but something intensely interesting happened yesterday in the world of media bias, and the Czar hopes you did not miss … Continue reading →
Is there anything liberals care about more than “women’s health,” meaning “not having babies, by any means necessary?” If there is, ‘Puter hasn’t found it yet. This singular focus on abortion and birth control can be seen in this nonsensical … Continue reading →
The Czar believes one of the reasons the Left seems to be in total lunatic mode in the last couple years is a growing sense that they’re beaten. You know how, in the last days of any big war, the … Continue reading →
Well as much as President Obama and #PajamaBoy wanted us to talk about Health Care over the holidays, GorT and his friends and family didn’t touch the subject (aside from the brief jokes about how bad the rollout is going … Continue reading →
The Czar thinks Scott Walker, among others, would in particular make a fine president. Too bad, really, because reality doesnt give a hoot about what the Czar thinks, nor what ought to be even were we incorrect. Indeed, realty kind … Continue reading →
All right, the Czar will explain the liberal mindset yet again, but this time we will explain what the deal is with Obamacare. Even though polls are showing liberals are dumping on Obamacare (a recent poll showed only 12% of … Continue reading →
Island Dweller copies the Czar on some of his mail, which we in turn by our massive grace extend unto thee, dear reader: Your majesty: Esteemed Associate, still firmly ensconced like a tenacious polyp in the bowels of the government … Continue reading →
Island Dweller has some observations: Losing Our Cool, are we? Your immenseness: I had cause to laugh yesterday while watching an out-take from Megan Kelly’s show on FoxNews that featured an interview she attempted with Ezekiel Emanuel, brother of Rahm … Continue reading →
If Ambrose Bierce were to write a 2013 edition of his Devil’s Dictionary, he might include the entry Unintended Consequences, (pl. n.) — an unfortunate event easily predicted by conservatives but legislated through liberal fantasies. Liberals are usually stymied by … Continue reading →
Q. What do you call a liberal who can do math? A. An ex-liberal. This old saw is still true for some very basic reasons: if the country pulls in x revenue, and spends 2x on programs, pretty soon you … Continue reading →
Well, are you? With all the bias in today’s media, you could be a liberal and not even consciously realize it. Heck, you could be marching naked in an amnesty rally right now. This simple news-related test—surprisingly unerring, by the … Continue reading →
Borepatch—yes him—sent us a motorcycle with a letter rolled into a tube and hidden inside the tail pipe: I’d add in the collapse of the public education establishment to your excellent list. At the local level you see push back … 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 →
A short piece to cheer you up today, when nothing seems to look positive. Here are four reasons liberalism is destined to collapse. The money isn’t there. No matter how much its members continue to insist there’s plenty of money … Continue reading →
Word got out yesterday that the Obama administration thought it would be funny to endanger the lives of kidnapped children. There simply is no easier way to describe it. So the next time liberals cry that something is For the … Continue reading →
President Obama claims he is willing to negotiate with Republicans, but “We can’t do it with a gun held to the head of the American people.” The President was criticized for using the expression, but Jay Carney said that the … Continue reading →
Gov. Scott Walker masterfully trolled Wisconsin’s hyper- sensitive Dane County liberal denizens, enraging theseeconomically illiterate “educators,” and benefiting the state’staxpayers simultaneously. Masterfully done, Gov. Walker. To be fair to ‘Puter’s self, he really didn’t set out to troll his liberal … Continue reading →
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 →
It takes a few to make a patten. By our reckoning, Barack Obama is the fifth liberal progressive president, and like the other four, he has no coherent foreign policy outside of brute force. Here is our thinking: Woodrow Wilson … Continue reading →
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell—probably the last of Obama’s secretaries not involved in something mind-bogglingly stupid—just got herself involved in something mind-bogglingly stupid. In a Department-wide address to Interior employees, she warned them that loyalty tests shall be given … Continue reading →
As you know by now, Obamacare is not just failing, it is basically collapsing in on itselfand most of the law has not even been implemented yet. The Czar used to hold town hall meetings in his day. Guess how we … Continue reading →
“When you call Jhoon Rhee self-defense,then you too can say … Nobody bothers me!NOBODY BOTHERS ME! Call USA-1000! Jhoon Rhee means might for right!”Our DC readers of a certain age will understand this reference. ‘Puter’s had about enough of liberal … Continue reading →
At least Blacks, Whites, liberals and conservatives can agree that Narragansett Lager is crap. ‘Puter was in scenic Worcester, Massachusetts this weekend attending a reunion for alumni of the college student-run theater and the college choir. As one might imagine, … Continue reading →
These are either the ugliest lesbians ‘Puter’sever seen or Czar and Dat Ho are trollingfor sailors during Fleet Week again. Bettermake sure Czar hasn’t drunk his bail fund. ‘Puter received this missive from Island Dweller (by way of Czar who … Continue reading →
Contemplative Dog sadly contemplatesthe state of modern debate and rhetoric,particularly on gay marriage. Shortly aftersitting for this photo, Contemplative Dogassuaged her melancholy, returning to licking herself, Bill the Cat style. To say ‘Puter’s conflicted on gay rights generally and gay … Continue reading →
Gov. Cuomo demonstrates the danger offinger guns before Mayor Bloomberg joinshim on stage to introduce their jointlegislative proposal “Fingerguns UnderControl of Kids Kill Us Act,” or as it iswidely known, Cuomo’s FUCKKU Act. ‘Puter’s a casual hunter, and an even … Continue reading →
Liberals believe as an article of faith that liberals – and only liberals – support and defend the Bill of Rights. It’s those racist white male conservatives in horrid red flyover states that want keep women in the kitchen and … Continue reading →
What do the IRS scandal and the Senate’s hearing on Apple’s tax avoidance have in common? Both events lay bare modern American liberalism’s Achilles’ heel. Just like Prohibition, Liberalism dependson Americans’ willingness to voluntarilycomply with laws requiring Americansto do something … Continue reading →
The Island Dweller—who cunningly adopts that name because he dwells on an island—writes the Czar to object: O most magnificent Satrap of the Steppes: Fish don’t realize they swim; they think they can fly. I have retired fairly recently after … Continue reading →
Be thankful the right-wing media is pushing this story out, because God know the rest of the media are hiding this story. An interesting analysis by Pew Research correlated two critical pieces of data: gun homicide rates are down by … Continue reading →
Maybe if the NYT made up a fake hate crimeto smear Republicans, they’d finally fall intoline. After all, it worked out so well for liberalfeminist blogger Meg Lanker-Simmons. Pityher poor husband, pictured, whose eyes seemto beg for death’s sweet release. … Continue reading →
The Czar has always had a less-than-scientific interest in the Chicago Cubs, and has watched their ups and downs over the decades. You know, there was a time when the Cubs were basically the Yankees—you just knew they would make … Continue reading →
‘Puter, like the rest of America, watched the Left and its media comfort women reduced to incoherent sputtering over the last week. Confronted with the Gun Control Failure story, the Boston (Marathon) Massacre story, the Elvis Impersonator Mails Ricin to Obama story and the … Continue reading →
Lots of folks have compiled examples of the media blaming initial acts of terror, crime, outrage, or basic incivility on “right wing extremists,” a term itself ginned up by the Department of Homeland Security on the persistently underwhelming Secretary Napolitano. … Continue reading →
And lo, verily does Island Dweller throw down a little jotting: Most illustrious Sultan of the Steppes: Your faithful minion, though he be surrounded by water on all sides, still manages to maintain periodic contact with a former co-laborer for … 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 →
By now, you already know way too much about the Kermit Gosnell horror story—and you heard about it from conservative blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. You certainly have seen or heard little coverage from the MSM. Let us be certain—they are … 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 →
Whenever gun control is brought up in a public venue, someone on either the Left of the Right brings up the need for mental health reform. After all, the Newtown shooter should have been in treatment; instead, he was out … Continue reading →
‘Puter and Czar at “Newlywed Gay CouplesDrink Free Night” at the Leaping Peacock.We’re not actually gay, but there’s nothingwe won’t do for free booze. There’s been no end of uninformed opining on the Left’s newly-discovered Constitutional right to gay marriage … Continue reading →
Stanley Kurtz over at the NRO Corner has an interesting thought: is the Left producing its own Tea Party? The ultimatum delivered last week by California billionaire Tom Steyer to Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate, Rep. Steve Lynch–disavow your support for … Continue reading →
We cover this from time to time, but one of the more frequent questions we get or see others asking relates to liberal Democrat hypocrisy. You already know the formula: “it was horrible when Republicans did X, but okay when … Continue reading →
JAB, about whom the Mandarin, Dr. J., and ourselves were just speaking, has this carved into some poor slob’s entrails and sent up to the seventh floor: Your Czarness: For ‘Puter’s reference, here is someone else who is decidedly not … Continue reading →
An undercover field report, which the Operative delivered through an ingeniously complicated plan of (a) converting it to base74 notation, (b) engraving the characters on a grain of rice, (c) inserting it into a cotton swab, (d) embedding the swab … Continue reading →
The mighty Borepatch pulled a chair up by the lobby bar, took a sip of his freshly made Yoo Hoo mojito, and told the Czar: About your latest missive, I couldn’t help but think that while large parts of the … Continue reading →
Your ‘Puter has the power! To reason away!Dang, the Doobie Brothers were awesome.Mostly because of their anti-bootleggingappearance on What’s Happening. Classic. Liberals and the media (but then ‘Puter repeats himself) have been spectacularly successful in portraying conservatives’ guiding principle as irrational, … Continue reading →
Even a liberal-friendly polling organization like Pew is announcing that 53% of Americans think the federal government is threatening our freedom. And yet 51% of us voted for the guy taking them away. Anywhere from two-thirds to three-quarters of Americans … Continue reading →
Ah, well, it looks like the liberal whackjobs are after the Boy Scouts again, and are fostering the idea that Scouts might consider allowing gays to lead scouting programs. True? False? Actually, these things do not matter to the liberals; … Continue reading →
The world-famous Nightfly transmitted the following to the Czar via Dream-o-Scope. Due to the length and content, the Czar elected not to use blockquotes, but instead is altering the font. Behold our power to change the very appearances of letters … Continue reading →
To hear Progressives tell it, unions today are still the same stand-up-for-the-little-guy voluntary association of pure-minded do-gooders from the halcyon days of the Great Depression. You know. Like the beneficent United Auto Workers union responsible in 1937 for illegally occupying a privately owned business, … Continue reading →
Republican candidates evidently cannot save the GOP. But the voters sure can. And in some respects, the Republican salvation may be underway already. Too bad the candidates will never figure it out. The Republican Party does not know how to … Continue reading →
I was watching The Five on Fox News last night and one of the segments was a discussion about the “fiscal cliff” and the latest GOP plan that the White House and democrats have shot down as being not balanced. … Continue reading →
Hold me closer, Tiny Dancer!Also, speaking of crises, why theheck are you hung like a Ken doll? Since Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) does not understand the concept of “negotiating against yourself,” ‘Puter finds it necessary to step … Continue reading →
Part Seven of Seven Click here for Part Six: Media Matters, Indeed The Obama re-election is not the catastrophe; it’s only the symptom. Conservatives are losing the cultural war, and there is no reason this can’t be reversed. And quickly, … Continue reading →
Part Six of Seven Click here for Part Five: Are Demographics Destiny? The media is out to destroy Republicans. And the time for peaceful negotiation is over.Long-time readers know of the Czar’s obsessive hatred with news media. Whether it’s the … Continue reading →
Part Five of Seven Click here for Part Four: Get Some Class Do Republicans need to court Latinos? Or is this yet another liberal set up? Maybe it isn’t Hispanic votes we need; maybe it’s everyone’s.Did you hear that America … Continue reading →
Part Four of Seven Click here for Part Three: Focus, Please It’s time Republicans exposed the Democrats as the fattest cats, the richest SOBs, and the jerk aristocrats they are.If you had a nickel for every time President Obama or … Continue reading →
Part Two of Seven Click here for Part Two: Reagan Isn’t Coming Back Republicans fail to realize how much they step into liberal traps. You wat to win? Start paying attention to the voters, not the liberals.Let us pretend you … Continue reading →
Part Two of Seven Click here for Part One: Introduction It is time Republicans started to realize Reagan was a rare event, and that we need to stop listening to the guys trying to bring him back.Ronald Reagan isn’t coming … Continue reading →
Part One of Seven Forget about who is to blame for the 2012 disaster. Before Republicans regroup to save the country, its time to get over ourselves and admit we got beat. Heres how we keep getting beat. Hint: yeah, … Continue reading →
While mucking out his gutters and hanging Christmas lights this weekend, ‘Puter spent some time thinking about conservatism. To hear the liberal media tell it, conservatism has been entirely discredited, and unconditional surrender to the liberal agenda is the only … Continue reading →
Both liberals and conservatives need to get over themselves with the events of September 11, 2012, and focus on what actually happened. Not surprisingly, each needs to get over something different; even less surprisingly, the Czar has plenty of advice … Continue reading →
Just as not all liberals are unwashed Occupy protesters (in fact, based on their turnouts, almost no one is an Occupy protester at all), nor do all liberals hate the troops, nor are all liberals against financial reform…well, frankly, these … 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 →
First, let us review the topic: Thou most Dread and Awful – Fellow Operative BG’s list of successful, tax-cutting, budget-balancing governors reminds me of an old saw that seems to have gone dull from misuse: “You have never read a … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
As you heard, Joltin’ Joe Biden announced that he’s now totally in favor of same sex marriage, and cited a fifteen-year-old television show he evidently never watched as the reason why. The President, though, is still evolving on the subject. … Continue reading →
The Czar would like to build a little bit on the Mandarin’s superb post on the so-called War on Women. Mandarin definitely captured the psychology of the Progressives; what has not been making news—and is just as essential—is what happened … Continue reading →
You may have heard about Lenny B. Robinson. His black Lambo was pulled over in Maryland last week for not having license plates; he was also dressed in a perfect Batman costume. Turns out Mr. Robinson is a well-to-do businessman … Continue reading →
When this is racist and that is racist appears more than once a month in a new story or interview, eventually the word loses its effectiveness. For example, television viewers are no longer shocked to see interracial kissing. The insistence … Continue reading →
Liberals will have their work cut out for them over the next couple of months. With all this bad-for-the-Left news going on, you can bet that distractions and personal attacks will be the usual bill of fare. Things couldn’t be … Continue reading →
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 →
For many years, the Czar didn’t think much about abortion; pregnancy was not a position he was likely to be in, after all. We certainly knew that a male could have any opinion on it he wanted, but ultimately only … Continue reading →
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 →
This appears in the February 6, 2012, National Review, in the little box inset in “This Week.” Thought it would be worth your while. Conservatism is a distant cousin of cynicism. The traditional conservative believes that man is fallen, sinful, … Continue reading →
When you have readers such as the ones we have, it does make our work a bit easier. Operative BG writes in with the following after toweling off having been slimed by the slippery lies: Last year, President Obama spoke … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin watched a portion of President Obama’s State of the Union address. One portion of the address that struck your Mandarin as disturbing was when the President, after stating that he wanted Congress to put a bill on his … Continue reading →
The Czar is not one of those high-school-spent-in-the-locker types like Dr. J, and generally loathes science fiction—but he owns up that he has seen a pretty good portion of Star Trek from 1966-1995 or whatever. The Czar avoided the later … Continue reading →
Guard, protect, and cherish your land, for there is no afterlife for a place that started out as heaven. —Charlie Russel, artist Let us imagine that everything goes swimmingly well this November, and that we receive a GOP Senate, the … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin can’t even make it two days into the new year without having to dispense a Boot in the Gut award to some well deserving progressive. The lucky recipient of 2012’s first Boot in the Gut is Dr. Hannah … Continue reading →
‘Puter was thinking this morning, as he walked in the pre-dawn darkness, lukewarm rain pelting his rain jacket. ‘Puter realized that less than 100 years ago, he’d likely be dead or permanently disabled. You see, back injuries were, and still … Continue reading →
If the Occupy crowd and the Demo-Libs who deny the disaster of their government model have taught us anything, it’s that schools need to start returning back to teaching economics. If they ever did—home economics always seemed more about cooking … Continue reading →
With Halloween just seventeen days away, what could me more frightening than the images of ghosts, ghouls, and goblins? Well your Mandarin suspects that the latest winner of the “Bootie” award is scarier than any imaginary monster. And the Boot … Continue reading →
The Czar has no objection to right-wing journalists, bloggers, pundits, and editorial writers pointing out examples of the Left’s hypocrisy. But how constructive is any of the subsequent outrage? Are you really shocked by any example of a Democrat calling … Continue reading →
Over the past week, GorT has had a number of conversations with some friends of liberal persuasion regarding a number of topics but largely around the economic situation of the country and the so-called “Occupy Wall Street” protests. First, the … Continue reading →
In a recent survey of iOS game developers, the top 20 percent of iOS game developers in terms of lifetime revenue are earning approximately 97 percent of all the game revenue made on the Apple App Store. The top 1 … Continue reading →
