More mail on taxes. Merlin carefully engraved this on a single grain of rice (which was easily the second biggest grain of rice the Czar has seen, as it weighed in around twelve pounds): Oh Great And Mighty Czar, I … 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 →
GorT’s liberal friends and family members are likewise propagating the tripe that Dr. Warren spewed and that my esteemed collegue, ‘Puter, so eloquently dissected here yesterday. And it is complete garbage. At face value it is, at best, a call … Continue reading →
The President says we have to raise taxes on the smart and successful because, he says, it’s all there in the math. Since you brought it up, Mr. President, we would very much like to see your math. Ours says … Continue reading →
Uncle Jay shares this thought: When I get emails from my Left Coast “friends” (and I use that term very loosely) I have to wonder what they are smoking, and what idiots like Andrew Sullivan are imbibing. If you ask … Continue reading →
Once in a while, the Czar says something he believes will generate a lot of grief, and is surprised to find people agree with him. The Czar made such a comment the other day, and has received a couple of … 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 →
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 →
Readers here know the Czar has some pet peeves. One is the notion that Republicans hate science, and Democrats/Liberals are its most ardent supporters. And these same readers know that the Czar likes to list every example of Liberals or … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting little column from The Washington Post’s Michael Gerson. Mr. Gerson writes to show how willing liberal elites, particularly those in media, are to paint anyone religious as a crackpot bent on imposing Christian theocracy on America. What … Continue reading →
The Chicago Tribune has an article about the daring rescue by 17-year-old Benjamin Groeper of a man who had fallen off the subway platform as a train was coming into the station. According to the article as other people just … Continue reading →
Not too far off from an essay in which is Czar showed how liberals continually move the goalposts out of a mistaken belief in their own popularity, Walter Russell Mead at The American Interest recounts the same history of the … Continue reading →
For the record, the Czar is not at all interested in Governor Rick Perry’s tough talk on Ben Bernanke. Not given the years of worse crap we have heard from liberal politicians. We know liberal amnesia is bad, but you … Continue reading →
These guys are about as good as Wile E. Coyote catching the Road Runner: utter failure while believing the whole time that they are super-geniuses. The early word from the People’s Republic of California is that the so-called “Amazon tax” … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman is off his rocker…or meds…or smoking something. He was on a Sunday talk show where he actually said essentially that we need space aliens threatening to attack in order to save our economy. First, the conversation began with the … Continue reading →
Well, now, what do we make of the Wisconsin recall elections? We could mention that the GOP’s success wasn’t overwhelming. We could mention that the two predictable wins gained by the Democrats may very well be offset by next week’s … Continue reading →
Your Czarness, As much as I fear incurring wrath from the Castle, I must confess that I describe myself, politically speaking, as, ahem, an ….independent. I do vote and so contradict your first point, and as you’ve now had the … Continue reading →
Our essay entitled “Bad Numbers for Progressives” generated two email responses. First, GD writes in with an embarrassing confession (for him, of course): Dread, awesome, etc. etc., I would propose that at least 10% in the “independent or moderate” category … Continue reading →
So Gallup concludes, correctly, that America leans conservative. Indeed, their recent poll (which confirms what we have known since the 1980s) holds about the same: 41 percent of Americans openly consider themselves conservative, and 21 percent consider themselves liberal. The … Continue reading →
There is a graph making its way around the intrawebs from a NY Times article penned by a Ms. Teresa Tritch on July 23, 2011 entitled, “How the Deficit Got This Big” (go Google it yourself, I’m not citing it … Continue reading →
The Czar hates to play the blame game, and he would love to pin that reluctance on someone or something. But once again, we have to argue that the term “Right Wing” is not defined as “Anything the Left Wing … Continue reading →
GorT, Sr: Liberals believe that taxing carbon will cause less carbon to be generated, but fail to believe that taxing income, capital gains, and corporate profits will not cause less. Genius. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century … Continue reading →
Media spin and bias, and Hollywood reaffirmations of the same, can only go so far. We live in interesting times—when conservatives have found a way to overpower the monopoly on information, and when the liberals have pretty much blown their … Continue reading →
Is it not a strange irony that so many American liberals (a) want to follow Europe’s examples across the board, and (b) attempt to diminish if not redact Ronald Reagan’s responsibility for ending the Cold War peacefully? The irony being … 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 →
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 →
Many American conservatives (Jewish and not) are puzzled by the large scale support American Jews continually offer the Democrats, when the average Democrat does his darndest to smear Israel, support groups who openly want Israel eliminated, and seek to discredit … Continue reading →
GorT’s been involved in a number of “discussions” lately with those more supportive of Obama and liberal policies and while this probably isn’t shocking to many of our readers, I thought I’d codify the liberal’s reaction game plan: 1. Conservative … Continue reading →
Цесаревич and the Czar have returned from the Sunday morning showing of X-Men: First Class. The movie has been getting some odd reviews: most of the mainstream critics seem to dislike this movie, although the reasons why are inarticulate. Roger … Continue reading →
It’s seriously bad when your blinders are on this long. The Chicago Sun-Times tends to skew slightly right-of-center in its editorial reporting (though it is getting lefty), but its featured columnists are way off the left end. Competing for most … Continue reading →
All part of life’s rich pageant. NOAA: We have data that corresponds to evidence of climate change. Lib Media Machine: Ah! You should listen to NOAA. They are scientists! They know this stuff. Now fund our green jobs. Global warming … Continue reading →
DT responds to BG and Dr. J: For some* reason, reading this epistle of yours brought to mind the Billy Joel (pbuh) song “Angry Young Man” to mind: There’s a place in the world for the angry young man With … Continue reading →
BG writes in to ask Dr. J: Your Czariness – You write, “The Czar is curious that members of San Francisco lefty lefts think that surgical and safe removal of the foreskin is detrimental to the child, but that cutting … Continue reading →
President Obama’s exact words about Usâma bin-Lâdin on 60 Minutes: “And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn’t deserve what he got needs to have their head examined.” So the … Continue reading →
Dr. J wrote in with the following and part of it struck a chord with me that I’ll expand on below: Your Timelessness: Dr. J. woke up this morning to the news that Usama bin Laden was killed in a … Continue reading →
Frank over at IMAO has a superb essay on why (a) the Left thought it was okay to make fun of Trig Palin in such a grotesque and repugnant fasion, but why (b) Trig Palin scares the hell out of … 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 →
This is post is dedicated strictly to the handful of liberal readers that we have; more conservative, bitter, unhappy, and nasty readers who want the Czar to produce good quality essays can simply read this 2009 post for now. Hello, … Continue reading →
So it seems Sarah Palin had another moment of refudiation, when she used the malapropism squirmish to describe our actions in Libya. Or rather, Obama’s reluctance to call it a war. Some accounts have it sounding like a deliberate play … Continue reading →
Yawn. Well, that’s better than a sigh, right? Anyway, apparently, there will be massive liberal protests across the entire nation on April 4th, to teach the bastards in Wisconsin a lesson not to mess with them! Or so say a … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin happened across this story and nearly beat Dat Ho to unconsciousness. It appears that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has determined what NASA has been unable to do so far and prove that there was once life on … Continue reading →
The always impressive Professor Mondo (whom the Czar reads every day) points us to this absolutely brillian juxtaposition by Sonic Charmer. Holy crap, is there a single thing there you can disagree with? Brilliant. Excerpt: This small, Oil-rich nation, which … Continue reading →
An alleged liberal turns on the President. Colorful to read, and his points are pretty good from a conservative view, as well. So much so, the Czar doubts the author is really a liberal. And if he was liberal, he … Continue reading →
Over at Big Journalism, Kurt Schlichter has a spot-on essay that nailed something the Czar has had trouble describing. He writes that liberal media, whenever they feel the need to include a conservative viewpoint, have a gaggle of people he … 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 →
GD, master of all he surveys (which includes a good portion of the front yard) sends this via Aldis lamp: Oh wise and ever-merciful Czar, please do not visit a plague upon my house for writing. Your liberal video game … Continue reading →
Volgi, The Czar is not terribly surprised by your mentioning that most popular video games have a conservative theme underlying it. The Czar would indeed nominate the entire Halo franchise under this aegis. (The Czar knows that some liberal goofs … Continue reading →
…show how reality works. You make the call. In fact, all of the video games I play tend to have a decidedly anti-liberal tilt. From the seemingly innocuous Sims to more obviously hawkish games like Call of Duty, many video … Continue reading →
MH, one of our growing entourage of Canadian readers, uses his maple powers to analyze the American liberal scene. In particular, he takes a good look at their hatred of Sarah Palin, and by God, the Czar thinks he is … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin is a devout believer in fair-play and sportsmanship. Your Mandarin also is a firm believer that when you compete, whether that is on the field of play or in the workplace, you need to give the maximum effort … Continue reading →
Airhead editorialist Dana Milbank wants to take a pledge: that as much as he cannot stand Sarah Palin, and is obsessed with talking about her, and thinking about her, and wondering what she is doing, or saying, or thinking at … Continue reading →
Jeez, really? The Czar feels like ‘Puter here: he has developed astigmatism from rolling his eyes at an E.J. Dionne, Jr. essay. Is it tragically under-researched? Is it intended to be a visceral reaction rather than a logical construct? Is … Continue reading →
Absolutely brilliant. Read Jennifer Rubin’s essay on What We Learned from the Tucson incident. It’s short, and every word scores. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in … Continue reading →
Good times with ‘Puter’s liberal friend from college will soon come to an end. ‘Puter has unilaterally surrendered to the hard-headed know-nothingness evidenced by his erstwhile comrade. ‘Puter’s friend continues to be on a tear about Sarah Palin, crosshairs and … Continue reading →
Not wanting to be left behind in the mad rush to blame everyone and everything for the Tuscon massacre, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) is preparing to submit legislation to ban high capacity magazines. Now, one can forgive Rep. McCarthy for … Continue reading →
‘Puter promised his additional thoughts on his Liberal Genius post below. In the interim, however, ‘Puter received this thoughtful response from Professor Mondo: Sorry you had another disagreement with your buddy — I have those with the Major all the … Continue reading →
So there you have it. The foundational assumptions of American intellectuals as a group are firmly based on the assumptions of the progressive state and the Blue Social Model. Those who run our government agencies, our universities, our foundations, our … 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 →
You know, for a guy who eats Jell-O with his bare hands and wanders naked a little too often around the public areas of the Castle for it to be an accident, ‘Puter is an impressively smart guy. His smackdown … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin is a strong opponent of censorship and has always been of the opinion that if you don’t like what is on television you should either change the channel or turn it off. Apparently, Mr. Steven Cowan decided that … Continue reading →
Dr. J posits thus: The more time goes on, the more San Francisco distinguishes itself as the last place on Earth that I would wish to live. The individuals they’ve elected to run the place are not fit to tie … Continue reading →
And why some people don’t get it. Liberalism in its present degenerate form is reactionary—a gesture of irritation at the backward quality of ordinary American life, at its culture, its food and dress and amusements and politics, and especially at … Continue reading →
Among today’s liberal elite, bad faith in America is a sophistication, a kind of hipness. More importantly, it is the perfect formula for political and governmental power. It rationalizes power in the name of intervening against evil—I will use the … Continue reading →
I saw on the interwebs a blog posting entitled “Eight False Things the Public ‘Knows’ Before Election Day”. It is hosted on a liberal leaning site and the bent can clearly be seen. I thought, for fun, I’d do a … Continue reading →
Source and interview link here. Ah, the America of your dreams…the only one you actually like… Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi explain the math behind Progressive economics to a skeptical Republican senator. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia … Continue reading →
You know, with the torrent of missteps and bad PR moves and general dumbassity from the Left, you really do not need to manufacture too much more. In fact, doing so is probably a bad move. Two examples. First, you … Continue reading →
Wow. This is another landmine for the Left. Read this whole bit. All right, so readers outside of Chicago know that Glenn Beck and friends did a private show in the Chicago area as a fundraiser for local GOP candidates. … Continue reading →
And so the Czar was perusing The Chicago Sun-Times this morning over his traditional 13th-Century breakfast of моглашкы with a side of пошмацки, and was entertained to see two of the Times’ six remaining openly bleeding-heart liberal columnists each having … Continue reading →
The Czar thought of something this morning, but did not spend enough time on this. In fact, just the amount of time necessary to brush one’s teeth by astonishing coincidence. But here we go. Desire for the legalization of drugs … Continue reading →
Liberals sure have a funny way with words. Perhaps it is because of the odd way their brains are wired—that things going in one way and come out another. Take islamophobe. Even if you have never heard the word before—the … Continue reading →
The Czar has received a fair amount of mail supporting his supposition that liberals need to identify with a group or follow someone who is in charge of a group. It is, of course, basic identity politics. And it bears … Continue reading →
As you probably know (or ought to), TV/radio showman Glenn Beck is sponsoring an event on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this weekend, in which he purports to feature speakers covering topics such as faith, the military, and respect … Continue reading →
Seriously, if someone asks you how bad it is out there, show them this. Guy gets into NY cab, asks cab driver if he is a muslim. When cabbie says he is, passenger slashes and stabs him nearly to death. … Continue reading →
A few recent posts have touched on Keynesian economics here and here – well, for those who haven’t heard of the “broken window fallacy”, watch the following video.Maybe a few points from Wikipedia would help: Arguments for public works projects … Continue reading →
Willi Münzenberg, who was in charge of Soviet operations to influence Western intellectuals, did a nice job. The payload was a simple formulation. Stephen Koch, for his book on Munzenberg, “Double Lives,” interviewed Willi’s wife, Babette Gross, who survived the … Continue reading →
So the Doc sends in this story, beautifully illustrating the degree to which liberal governance is parting ways with the rule of law, with the question What would happen if the Republicans just decided not to show up for the … Continue reading →
Yep, hopefully at some point growing up you heard your mother or father say just that. Life isn’t fair. Maybe even followed by, “so deal with it”. Many readers will remember that GorT is a soccer coach so this story … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s run into an object lesson on liberal arrogance and bigotry. One of his friends was bemoaning this story, in which a Roman Catholic parish school in Colorado expelled two children of lesbian parents. Predictably, the thread degenerated quickly. The … Continue reading →
Of course, the Volgi’s favorite part is at 03:30. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →While I agree with the points made by my esteemed collegue from the west-north-west wing of the Castle, I do have a clarifying point to make to his conclusion. Specifically: conservatives should take the Brown win cautiously. First, there was … Continue reading →
After school (or schooling those readers who just don’t get it), the Gormogons like to play. We play hard and we play to win. None of this political correctness where everyone gets a ribbon and there’s no losers. Get real. … Continue reading →
Public transportation is taking a hit as part of the economic downturn. Ridership is down, funding from state and local municipalities has been reduced. The Stimulus money a/k/a the Federal bailout of failed state budgets isn’t sufficient to help keep … Continue reading →
So on one hand, liberals enjoying touting this “scientific consensus” (which means nothing if the data is lost or protected and not subject to a quality, unbiased peer review process) of 2,000 scientists (by the way, that number has been … Continue reading →
Hang on, because the Czar is going to let both sides have it today. Do you like to comment on people’s blogs with your own opinions? You do? Well, at least you understand why we have that turned off here. … Continue reading →
The Bad Astronomer gets a taste of liberalism and doesn’t like it. Regular readers of the BA know that he tends to ridicule conservatives, Republicans, and libertarians—yeah, sometimes with more than a bit of snootiness—but like many folks, when exposed … Continue reading →
Quick: name a utopia that worked. By that, the Czar wants you to name a society that mapped out its infrastructure in advance, performed extensive individual economic planning, established a volunteer military, eliminated financial concerns, and provided for the continuously … Continue reading →
It seems like one of those science fiction clichés, where a news story from the future drops some weird headline that seems very implausible by today’s standards. And yet, here it is. The country of Lesotho is officially open to … Continue reading →
Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times really wants President Obama to make him czar of something. Anything. He is well qualified. For one thing, he likes “pragmatism,” and he thinks national socialism is a good idea. In an … Continue reading →
Imagine. The Japanese elect a blatantly liberal government, and the next thing you know they are shocked, shocked, to learn that the new government is already cranking up anti-business regulations under the guise of environmental protection to where manufacturers have … Continue reading →
What is most interesting about the [Ted Kennedy’s letter to the Pope], however, is its concise expression of the view that personal salvation can be achieved through liberal politics. —James Bowman. Read on. Illustration: Antipope, Max Ernst, 1941. Confucius, Œc. … Continue reading →
America and capitalism has done more to advance a citizens’ standard of living than any other “-ism” or means fo government. How much so? The poor in this country (roughly about 30 Million by the Census Bureau’s annual poverty report) … Continue reading →
FoxNews is reporting that we live in a conservative writing boom. Three of the New York Times top ten list are staunchly conservative, and none is remotely liberal. Conservative blogs appear to outnumber (drastically) liberal blogs, and book publishers say … Continue reading →
You know, the Internet is chockablock with fuckwittery, but sometimes you read something that takes the cake. Now unlike the Mandarin, who when too close to a large magnet is overcome by the smell of burnt pork and a compulsion … Continue reading →
The Czar really hates the United Nations. You all know this. Muscovy, for example, is not a member of the UN and never will be. Neither is the nation of TJICistan. The UN, if you don’t realize this, is an … Continue reading →
This is a fascinating and deeply troubling graphic, if true: (Source with extensive discussion. Via Jonah on the Corner.) The Œc. Vol. has frequently thought—anecdotally—that something like this is the case. A whole range of explanations suggest themselves, but Confucius* … Continue reading →
Tea Party organizers are planning anti-ObamaCare rallies all across the country, evidently one in every congressional district this Saturday. Rats, and the Czar will be convalescing in a heated pool on Saturday. But liberals should know this, because they won’t … Continue reading →
The Czar generally does not vacation to happy places. He did once, and was so delighted by what he found that he had the entire housekeeping staff gunned down. The Czar is not sure why he thought to say this, … Continue reading →
If you want to see more Democratic hypocrisy, you are in luck. You never need to wait long. Because remember: Obama is the science and technology president! Scientists celebrated that the Bush days of public lynchings of physicists, and underground … Continue reading →
