And the mail comes in: Great and Mighty, etc., Dreadful, etc., цѣсарь, Your humble Burgher of Bong sends greetings from the land of Badgers and Beer-makers and Meat-Packers. Also the land of pointless recall elections, expensive ‘bring out your dead’ … Continue reading →
Well, who doesn’t love someone smart writing in: Dear Czar, As I read your post entitled “Liberal Science“, a light dawned upon me. When you pointed out that reading began to suffer along with math and science, I was struck … Continue reading →
What a welcome surprise always is a vulture sitting on the parapet outside our window, a hand-written note tightly tied around the talon from our Ninjababe Minion Emily G. Also sprach Ninjababe: I was tempted to great your Czarness with … Continue reading →
ME writes in. Your Dreaded Czarness, As a current resident of Germantown (though hopefully a temporary one until I return to badlands of Arizona), I beg your permission to embark on a quest to look for the spot at where … 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 →
The most welcome and very non-riff-raffy Professor Mondo sends us a message inscribed on a reeve: O Terror of the Steppes (and also the Escalatorres): Your post reminded me of a bit of oddness I’ve wondered about for some time. … 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 →
Operative J.S. writes in on a Market Street style Polish from Portillo’s : Dear Mr. Dr. J, Thanks for your great medical commentary! I like that you keep us all up to date on those sorts of things. I had … Continue reading →
Strangest email of the day: Oh great, dreaded and most powerful Czar of all Muscovies, The Japanese did an entire series of battleship vs. aliens. Starblazers as it is known in English chronicles the adventures of the crew of the … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Gormogon Operative BG writes in on a stack of $2 bills regarding the Debt Ceiling: Illustrious Gormogons – There’s something I don’t understand about this “one dollar of spending reductions for one dollar of debt ceiling hike” business. … Continue reading →
CN rather expertly contributes the following: Most honorable Czar of Muscovy, who with a single effort of the pen of writing makes my most eloquent efforts seem but the ramblings of the unschooled child, it was my humble pleasure to … Continue reading →
Wow, we have the smartest readers in the world. Thank goodness you readers wind up writing half the stuff on here. Check this bad boy out from NR: Dread Czar, Nice post on the Higgs – much better than most … Continue reading →
Nightfly (whom you can totally picture, right?) is our project manager in charge of “randomizing” the lotto games in each state. Nightfly writes in to solve a problem quite honestly the Czar was not having…but it illustrates how breath-takingly smart … Continue reading →
‘Puter received the following missive from much-loved operative JAB, from the doublewide. You know the one. It’s on the Mississippi flood plain, on the stupid side of the levees. Anyhoo, JAB writes in to further discuss ‘Puter post on mortality … Continue reading →
BG wrote this in angels on the head of a pin, and then sent us the pin: Regarding your observation that “American liberals attempt to diminish if not redact Ronald Reagan’s responsibility for ending the Cold War peacefully…” Liberals damn … Continue reading →
Regarding ‘Puter’s post on ObamaCare and Eugenics, Operative JAB writes in from the double-wide from an undisclosed location. I would argue that this coercive nature of Obamacare is nothing new at all. It is perfectly consistent with the government’s actions … Continue reading →
‘Puter received some feedback on his intemperate rant of yesterday afternoon. Operative DT writes in: Oh… my…. God. ‘Puter, once again you’ve written a work of art. Damn. New minion NB states his opinion thus: I almost never write to … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J’s moving into the Castle has met with some controversy. JAB writes to ‘Puter from the doublewide: Well, I never! I take a little time off to go to the family reunion (never mind the restraining order—rich, … Continue reading →
A Canadian Reader writes in from the London you would want to visit with one of the strangest emails the Czar has received in a long time. Enjoy. Mighty Czar, Many thanks for the ‘Never attribute to malice what can … Continue reading →
My, but has the Czar been ever so remiss on his email! Apologies, friends, for our lack of attention. First up, we have that other Dr. J., that is, Dr. (KN)J, who writes in: I know that the empty leash … Continue reading →
Your Czarness: JAB: Me and the younguns’ just came back from Northern Alabama, or N.A. to those in the know. Now, maybe it was the heat shimmering up from the highway, but I’m pretty sure I saw the following sign … Continue reading →
Lord Eric trained his nanobots to form this message before the Czar: Being a strong advocate for crowdsourcing, and also being mildly amused at the media’s general seething bloodlust around Sarah Palin (Whom I’m personally ambivalent about, at best), I … Continue reading →
And here come the letters about Sarah Palin! And first up is no less a celebrity than Borepatch hisself (whom you read every day like the Czar does, right?). Anyway, Borepatch says: It looks like she got it [the Paul … Continue reading →
Fake Herzog does what more of you should do, and write in: ‘Puter hit the ball out of the park (was it perhaps a tee ball?) today with his post on E.J. Dionne and the Catholic Church’s position on economics … Continue reading →
First some thoughts on Thor from BG: Great and Terrible Czar – Our neutered female cat likes to hang around my wife while she’s getting dressed. Is Thor an appropriate movie for cats that like to watch naked women? Is … Continue reading →
DT writes in to say: Oh Czar, Destroyer of Worlds: I won’t miss Osama a bit, and am pleased that he’s now fellating Satan on a full-time basis. However, I can’t stop asking myself Why? Why was the order to … Continue reading →
Gotta love a letter that opens like this: Dear Dread and Wonderful Czar, From what you wrote about Pakistan in Bit 3 of your “Four Little Tidbits” post, it sounds like Pakistan could be described as the Yugoslavia of the … Continue reading →
GD writes in: Dread and awesome Czar, I thought “natural selection” and true “evolution” were two different things? Related, but different. Moths adapting their coloring, weeds naturally selecting to resist a herbicide, etc. are all “natural selection”. Isn’t evolution more … Continue reading →
Your Czarness: Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written, but all the preparations for the Royal Wedding here at the Trailer-Park-at-the-Edge-of-Town left me with precious little time. You gentlemen of the Castle have no idea how hard it is … Continue reading →
Nice observations. I entirely agree with you, so that’s boring and as gentlemen we shall not speak of it again. Have you read Stanislaw Lem? In particular I recommend Fiasco and His Master’s Voice on the general topic of bleak, … Continue reading →
Dear The Czar, You are dead on in your analysis. When you couple the release of the birth certificate today with the peculiar reshuffling of the national security leadership (Gates out, Panetta to the Pentagon and Petraeus to the CIA) … Continue reading →
Dr. J is en fuego with his contributions today. It should be noted that this post arrived in my email box at 10am EDT today: Dear GorT, Not long after ObamaCare was signed into law, a cavalcade of corporations including … Continue reading →
Dr. J and I have traded a few emails regarding the outcome from the federal budget “showdown” also known as “Shootout at the Loser Corral”. First, Dr. J’s take: Dread and Awful Czar [and Your Timeliness GorT], As we all … 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 →
Linky-links. More from the Czar’s mailbag. First, the SundryReport discovers a press release buried by the world press, in which missing material from Washington Post’s guest editorial writer Richard Goldstone reveals further proof of his theory that Israel intentionally wages … 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 →
Your Awesomeness, So the alternative remains: have the union members pay their own dues. What will happen is that members will immediately notice their paychecks bump up in pay. They will deposit or cash their paychecks, and turn that into … Continue reading →
Over yonder on the Twitter tree, AgStateSense tweets: CZ: Re Bracket Obama, Eisenhower (I believe) once said that in battle, plans are useless. But planning is essential. For those of who do not do the tweet, allow us to translate … Continue reading →
Dread & Awful Czar, It is clear to Dr. J. that President Obama has not done the best job as President since taking office. Indeed he’s gone left every time Dr. J. would have gone right. Like the Czar, he … Continue reading →
‘Puter has been remiss about sharing his correspondents’ insightful mail. So, here’s an extended dance version of ‘Puter’s Male Bag! Correspondent Bag Man writes in concerning ‘Puter’s brilliant Time Sucks rant: I’m not in the habit of leaving comments (or … Continue reading →
The veritable Burgher of Bong (shut up, it’s a real place) writes us: Great and Mighty, etc., Dreadful, etc., цѣсарь, From the outskirts of the Bong Recreational Area, I shamefully admit to having just worked out the tribute our family … Continue reading →
Every so often, one of us here gets an email or two with a correction or clarification that winds up being an excuse to grind an axe. And, per policy, we either rip him a new one or we expose … Continue reading →
Well, the mailbag was sure full today. It takes a few minutes to decode some of your clever rebuses and steganographs into meaningful words and sentences, but it’s always worth it. First up is JTS, who is training a team … Continue reading →
Operative GD writes in from somewhere that favors a lot of IT service processes regarding this post: Sadly, you have managed to touch on one of the few subjects I actually know a bit about. Root cause analysis. See, to … 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 →
JS enclosed this into a wine bottle UPC bar code using his stegographic skills. Dear the The Czar, Have you seen the news articles about the poor female reporter who was assaulted during the celebrations in Cairo? I was reading … Continue reading →
Brilliant non-boulevardier Borepatch caught up with the Czar at the Castle lounge where he ordered (and apparently enjoyed) a drink called the Bourbon Scorpion. He talked a bit about the new budget, and scribbled some notes down on a cocktail … Continue reading →
DT takes a moment to spike this through our Hollywood-created token ring firewall: Oh Divine Ruler of the Land, the Skies, the Seas, and Some Castle None of Us Have Ever Seen, Except Perhaps Dr. J. in a Drunken Vision, … Continue reading →
BG writes in after a brief absence: Dread and Awful Czar – You write, “The pop star hyper-coloratura version is the worst way to do it. “ I must beg to differ. It is the worst way that it has … Continue reading →
The messages have been piling up around here. If you noticed during the Super Bowl game the weird flashing lights during the Black Eyed Peas show, you probably noticed they tapped out a Morse Code message using the Syriac alphabet. … Continue reading →
Your Czarness: Might I offer a random observation concerning your first points in yesterday’s “News Roundup”? Now you might be sitting in your frozen castle up in Muscovy wondering what in tarnation Sarah Palin and Mohammed El-Baradei could possibly have … Continue reading →
Uncle Jay sends us this, written in charcoal on the back of a corrugated PVC lawn sign: O Cruel and Vicious Czar, By the Grace of God, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, of Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, yadda … Continue reading →
Your Czarness: You are, once again and unsurprisingly, entirely correct. Dosage is everything. Just because we can measure something, does not mean we understand it. (Although it may be a start.) humbly, erc And Czar, An enjoyable read. I thought … Continue reading →
Oh mighty and fearsome Czar, As I listen to all the posturing by politicians in the aftermath of the Tucson tragedy about gun control it brings to mind the old saying “if you’re a carpenter the solution to every problem … Continue reading →
A very nice reader from Massachusetts writes in: This seems like something right up your alley: A poster promoting a Mongolian language class at an Australian university: As is expected from all your subjects, I read the blog daily, and … Continue reading →
Well, can you believe it is almost 2011? The Czar is still writing 1453 on his checks. Anyway, we are getting behind on mail again. First up, Dr. J writes in on what we should be doing with the rise … Continue reading →
Gents (and ‘Puter), I wish you all a warm Merry Christmas* and a happy new year. Thanks for providing me with another year of insightful commentary, witty humor, and assorted buffoonery. XOXO, DT *yes, I realize that the Czar once … Continue reading →
Your Czarness: FHIW: Here’s the current satellite image of Nikumauroro. Long way from anywhere. Fresh water would have been the problem. No solar stills in those days, although the Mandarin probably already had one. / erc No doubt Volgi would … Continue reading →
Hey, the Gormogons are very happy you are here visiting with us today. You all come here literally by the thousands. And many of you probably wonder how real the emails are that we get (see numerous examples below). Actually, … Continue reading →
Examples of how California is royally screwed are many. Look at Victor David Hanson’s survey of the central valley, ponder the idiocy of a state-paid food nazi suing McDonalds for her own poor parenting, or just ponder the unionized financial … Continue reading →
Gormogon Operative MC writes in with the most recent display of Democrats’ brazen thievery. In order to pass 16 separate union contracts, Democrats in the Wisconsin legislature sprung one of their colleagues from the hoosegow so he could vote. Quoth … 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 →
Well, you can always count on EC to read one of our essays, no matter how long or tangental it gets. And he always writes in substantively: Your Czarness: Your thoughts on gays in the military are, naturally, profound and … Continue reading →
First from our Royal Surgeon: “The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers,” Princess Leia. Your GorTness: Great post on how if the ‘rich suffer’ then everyone suffers. The Gormos are well … Continue reading →
The Czar is finally getting around to tackling a backlog of mail. First up, BG writes in: I read this and all I could think was, “Arghhh! The stupid! It burns!!!!!!!!!” E.J. Dionne writes: So on the one hand, we … Continue reading →
And so the responses to the Czar’s airport security proposal keep coming in. EC is first with an appropriate attitude: Your Czarness: Yes! Right on! Moreover: Not that our government much cares, but where in the Constitution does the federal … Continue reading →
FotG Johnathan V. Last (you know him, right?) wants the Czar to know: I am, as always, a committed fan and follower of the Gormogons. Cool, or what? Sorry, girls, he’s taken! Mr. Last will be rewarded with a continent … Continue reading →
From Gormogon reader MS: Today is a special day indeed for those of us who have worn our nation’s uniform and were blessed enough to survive doing so. Many of our compatriots were not so blessed and today we honor … Continue reading →
Right about here, the Czar asked: “So what say you smart folks? Does JS have a solid idea here? Is the Czar wrong in his (ahem) assessment of the situation? Let us know.” And indeed, JTS writes in! Don’t confuse … Continue reading →
Mail, mail, mail. First, JS writes in to ask: I have a question for you—has anyone ever entertained the idea of tax breaks for people with kids in private schools? I know lots of people hate vouchers, but what about … Continue reading →
The ever timely Uncle Jay writes in concerning ‘Puter’s early morning foray into French literature: Most highly regarded ‘Puter-May your core ram cache always stay refreshed!) In regard to the concept of Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer … Continue reading →
Your Czarness, With the change of seasons, I’ve felt the need to spruce up the Doublewide a bit. You know, maybe get a new throw-rug to match the autumn colors? But, being properly eco-conscious, I thought that, rather than engaging … Continue reading →
JAB notes that even meat puppets are getting tired of defending Obama: Your Czarness, I offer an unrelated anecdote to support your observation of the President’s eroding levels of support. We here at The Doublewide are fans of a band … Continue reading →
DT writes in: Bewitching, Bedazzling, and Bewildering Czar, It is obvious to your minions lackeys myrmidons operatives that at some future point you will appoint a leader for our great country (assuming, of course, that you wouldn’t take the pay … Continue reading →
GD writes in regarding the Czar’s piece on Rep. Halvorson: Er… waitaminute. Is that her tax-payer funded office they were organized at? I would think that is a pretty serious violation of something… And the Czar is confident Andrew Breitbart … Continue reading →
JTS writes with some corrections and observations: Czar, I have a few items for you: 1) It’s Eric Cantor, with a “C”: “New, powerful figures will emerge, like Christie and Ryan and Kantor and names we may not know yet.” … Continue reading →
Our sole Canadian reader, MH, write in: Mighty Czar, Given recent confusion amongst the worldwide Western political class over basic economics, human rights, free speech, Constitutions, and so forth, I have been quite busy stockpiling water, weapons and whey protein, … Continue reading →
Ah, dear, the mail has been stacking up. Dr. J. writes in: You call it almost feeling sorry for the President. I call it Schadenfreude. Indeed, fair enough. From the German word Freude, meaning “fear,” and Schaden, meaning “Islamic.” Speaking … Continue reading →
JAB nails this one perfectly. Your Czarness, As you doubtless know, I read the lofty writings emanating from the Castle every single, solitary day. I also read Mr. Puter’s postings. [Ba-dum-bump!—ed] So naturally I read and committed to memory your … Continue reading →
One of the alleged JS operatives writes in: Your top ten list made me think of VDH’s list from a couple of days ago. If your writing reminds me of VDH, who is one of the conservative greats in this … Continue reading →
Operative JS writes in: Will I see you at the Lou Ferrigno booth at this weekend’s Comic Con? I read a story that he comes to every event he can and that just about everyone who wants his autograph at … Continue reading →
Gush! JS writes in to tell us what you already know, but what we can’t get enough of! Keep up the great work. I don’t remember how I found your site (nationalreview.com, perhaps?), but I’ve enjoyed reading it these past … Continue reading →
EC writes in after a long while: Your Czarness: Re your splendid post, You have been mislead [sic] by persons of parties who probably should be brutally suppressed, once you get around to it. You wrote: “Actually, the President is … Continue reading →
GorT received the following from one of the followers (are you one, Herbert?) Oh Gort, the sandals of whose electrons, I am not fit to touch…I humbly suggest that some scurrlious, nay, heretical enemies of the Mechanissiah have crept into … Continue reading →
Loyal reader JS wants you to know his four happy moments in life: 1. Watching SpongeBob SquarePants with his girls, and laughing harder than them 2. Sipping a single malt whiskey on ice (the Czar assumes scotch, because the single … Continue reading →
JS gets right down to it. Between beers, that is (thanks for the offer, JS!). Are you serious about Dr. King? I mean about his adultery? I thought the case was a slam dunk that he was a serious womanizer. … Continue reading →
‘Puter heard from Operative J.Y. concerning this little story in American Thinker. J.Y. sums up ‘Puter’s reaction as well, when he states: Morons in Boston… Teaching kids to be more moronic every year. “Avant-Garde Sustainability Curriculum” my aching dying ass…. … Continue reading →
Dear Czar, I’ve been visiting the castle for about a year now and it has maintained a spot as one of my ever-shifting group of 5W2TAGAED. Now for the obligatory grovelling…I owe each of you a debt of gratitude for … Continue reading →
Gormogon operative FR writes in: I just got a nice little email from Senator Warner letting me know he was looking out for little ole me by supporting the Financial reform bill. I was so comforted to know I had … Continue reading →
Dear Czar, There have been enough mushy middle types, and even center-right types that have said, ”We’d be better off with Hillary.” Even Mrs. Dr. J, who pulls the voting lever with her right pinkie (the right most finger on … Continue reading →
Secret Operative TB writes in on the Czar’s review of a few .40 caliber handguns: Sounds like you are qualified to give us your best-.40-4-teh-$ opinion. That is, if you’re willing to say, ‘cause you seem a bit reticent to … Continue reading →
Oh My Czar, Who makes the birds sing, the rain fall, and the peasants quake, I had a passing thought the other day, and figured you’d be the best to answer it. After all, you’re the undisputed master of control-seizing … Continue reading →
Dr. J, who didn’t spend all those years in basketball school for you to call him mister, writes in: President Obama said today that his administration is not one that will kick the can down the road. So next on … Continue reading →
DT writes in: I thought you were older than 21! I assume this was you, Czar? Cops: Siblings brawl over butter in mac & cheese Associated PressJun. 23, 2010 02:33 PM WATERVILLE, Wash. – An argument over butter in a … Continue reading →
Now with more Gormogon operative G.D.! G.D. was also smitten with ‘Puter’s post of yesterday concerning the New York times and privacy issues. G.D. writes: Except for otherwise privileged communications (e.g.: between lawyer and client), right? Wasn’t there a Supreme … Continue reading →
MC pitches in to the cause by sending us this: Once again, the Czar’s ability to identify putzes at long distances and time scales goes unchallenged. I was all set to cut the dad some slack on this little story, … Continue reading →
Your immenseness, My thanks for being allowed to address your august presence. I have a question (or perhaps a comment) about, not the justness, but the method of execution of the Israeli action against the Gaza blockade runners. Your humble … Continue reading →
Gormogon special agent Graybeard writes in: Your Czar-ship, Czar-ness? Majesty? In your otherwise insightful Korean essay you make an error of fact that I assumed someone else would correct by now. Since there’s no mail listed, allow me. You say … Continue reading →
