‘Puter’s reminded constantly of this old saw when he reads just about anything written by a liberal columnist in any major publication. On just about any topic, Democrats make up “facts” to fit their preferred world view. How come when … Continue reading →
This is ‘Puter’s dog, Sadie. She has nothingto do with this post, but dang, what a finelooking dog. Admit it. Admit it! Yesterday, ‘Puter pilloried the liberal media generally, and John Heilemann specifically, for their complete ignorance of guns, gun … Continue reading →
A pregnant Mrs. The Czar, The Czar andSanta Claus (the alleged father), discussabortion rights, gun rights and the importanceof overwhelming firepower in their 2003 Christmas Card. You should read the accompanying letter. ‘Puter apologizes in advance to his liberal readers for using … Continue reading →
‘Puter said this every day for fouryears of Jesuit high school to GorT and OEV. That is, when ‘Puter wasn’tfighting off giant purple spiders, whichis another story entirely. In the immortal words of Eric Cartman, “I. Am. So. Pissed. Off. … Continue reading →
‘Puter keeps a mental list of things that piss him off, and periodically shares them with his close friends. By close friends, ‘Puter means “anyone standing within earshot when he encounters something that pisses him off.” Here are a few … Continue reading →
This guy and his coworkers, standing inneverending underground rivers of your shit,have saved more lives than Dr. Jonas Salk. ‘Puter’s been observing others’ behavior recently. Generally, ‘Puter concluded that many people are jerks. More specifically, ‘Puter concluded that … Continue reading →
When you stop by the Castle, askto see Mandy’s extensive collectionof things that are simultaneously liveand dead. Just don’t get too close. By now, much ink has been spilled by people far more intelligent than ‘Puter weighing in on Chief … Continue reading →
If everybody’s super, no one is. ‘Puter frequently rails against the American education system, for what it has done and what it has failed to do. ‘Puter frequently blames teachers’ unions, teachers and administrators for the system’s problems. Certainly, each … Continue reading →
This scary clown picture has nothingto do with ‘Puter’s post. Clowns justfreak ‘Puter right the heck out, so‘Puter thought he’d share. ‘Puter’s had a medical personnel filled day today as he transported ‘Puter, Jr. hither and yon to get his face … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman is widely revered by the Left as an economic genius without rival. If Dr. Krugman utters the word, it is treated as gospel truth. In his New York Times column today, Dr. Krugman is plainly testing his believers’ … Continue reading →
SC: “I’ll take ‘The Rapists’ for $400, ‘Puter.” GP: “Uh, Mr. Connery? That’s ‘Public Sector Unions,’ but I can see how you’dmake that mistake.” “I’ll take Obamanomics for $200, ‘Puter.” This is how the nightmare always starts, seemingly innocent enough. … Continue reading →
Cardinal Dolan of the Archdioceseof New York prepares to hostilely subjugate a Latina (!) to the Church’soppressive patriarchy, as told by MoDo. For those of you unschooled in Latin, this post’s title roughly translates to “Hey, shoemaker! Just worry about … Continue reading →
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. What’s changed is that you aren’t as nice. The Volgi and the Czar both found that we are all supposed to get ready for Occupy 2.0, a re-launched, re-branded, new logoed, … Continue reading →
This is how Ms. Brzezinski shouldhave looked, had she a grip on reality. ‘Puter watches Morning Joe on MSNBC each morning. ‘Puter already knows what he thinks and why. ‘Puter wants to see what liberalism’s best and brightest think on … Continue reading →
Not actually Ms. Dowd. Just a sexy librarian with which to start your day. If President Obama’s lost America’s Sweetheart and conscience of a generation (the perpetually upbeat and never cynical Maureen Dowd), he’s lost America. Well, he’s lost those … Continue reading →
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. — Sir Winston “Bud” Churchill. America is creating a generation of eternal children. Children who are unable to deal with the real world. Children who at 35 are … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s had enough with this pseudonymous blogging. After all, how much money can one man possibly need? Blogging’s made ‘Puter fabulously wealthy and an even bigger egomaniac than he used to be. With all his leisure time, ‘Puter figured he’d … Continue reading →
For the record, and right up front, the Czar is a significant proponent of evolutionary theory. For him, the evidence is overwhelming and consistent. But when Richard Leakey says that the debate will soon be over, the Czar rolls his … Continue reading →
Charles Worley is a tremendous jackass. Worse, he thinks he’s funny. Worley is some schmuck who wants to imprison gay people behind an electric fence in anticipation that they die out. He is an evil, hateful person and he knows … Continue reading →
Good evening; I’m Cobb Webb, and this is April Schauers, with your local Chicago 9:00 news. Our lead story tonight is the NATO protests which brought terror to the streets of Chicago, as throngs of protestors battled Chicago police for … Continue reading →
Look, Axelrod, no matter how much you plant headlines like The GOP’s sad infatuation with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, you’re never going to pin this racist lunatic on Republicans. Fact is, it wasn’t the Republicans who attended his church for 20 … Continue reading →
…if I don’t get him first. Maybe an apt lyric from U2’s God, Part II when you think of Chris Matthews. Mr. Matthews was on a Jeopardy’s “Power Players 2012” episode that aired last night along with CNN’s Lizzie O’Leary … Continue reading →
CNN asks a question that quite frankly a lot of people around the world are asking: who gives a crap about Greece? Other than the Greeks, naturally. Seriously, though, why not let it collapse and let it rebuild? Author Tim … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been working 70-80 hour weeks of late, living the glamorous life of Obama-proclaimed rich, drafting and reviewing contracts concerning asset acquisition, corporate entity creation, ownership structures and cost sharing/recovery schemes. ‘Puter’s sexy and he knows it. And you’re envious … Continue reading →
Paul Krugman deigns to share his Nobel laureate economic wisdom with us intellectual peons in today’s New York Times. And thank goodness Mr. Krugman shared his truthiness with ‘Puter, because ‘Puter never would’ve been able to figure out the correct answer on … Continue reading →
Maybe that’s a bit harsh. But then again, maybe not. After all, what else could explain the Washington Post’s editorial staff green-lighting this intemperate, false, poorly reasoned dreck from one Melinda Henneberger? Maybe it’s not anti-Catholic hatred, per se. Maybe … Continue reading →
In today’s Washington Post, we learn that the Vatican has openly reprimanded the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, a group that claims as members approximately 80% of Roman Catholic sisters and nuns. The Vatican bluntly stated its investigation “found serious … Continue reading →
Nothing brings out the best in New Yorkers like school district budget season, and this year’s no exception. Just to keep the bare-knuckled brawls from becoming mundane, this year many Upstate districts are structurally bankrupt as a result of the … Continue reading →
Nothing like a Monday-morning-working-on-a-federal-holiday-E.J. Dionne-written-in-feces-on-the-loony-bin-wall submission to set ‘Puter’s blood to boiling. In today’s voyage (courtesy of the Washington Post) into the strange mind of Mr. Dionne, we learn that conservatives are hypocrites because they cannot cut government or rein … Continue reading →
Sure, the ever-enchanting Ms. Dowd was born and raised in Washington, D.C., like three of your six Gormogons. But she’s able to blast out incredibly racist sentiments in a completely unaware fashion like a native Bostonian, so ‘Puter’s crediting her … Continue reading →
Everyone loves free stuff. Everyone except ‘Puter, that is. Each time ‘Puter is offered something “for free,” ‘Puter’s skeptical mind immediately starts looking for the person’s angle. ‘Puter’s had some interesting conversations with car dealers, appliance salesmen, Jehovah’s Witnesses and … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s still fired up about the Obama Administration’s ill-considered decision to cram down its version of morality on the Catholic Church, 2,000 years of carefully considered theological consistency and 224 of American Constitutional law be damned. If anything, ‘Puter’s more … Continue reading →
‘Puter spends a fair amount of his time frequenting Wegmans, as it is truly the happiest place on earth. If not the happiest place on earth, then certainly the happiest place in godforsaken Upstate. So ‘Puter’s standing in the checkout … Continue reading →
The First Law of Thermodynamics states roughly that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed in form. This is, as proponents of Anthropogenic Global Warming are wont to say, settled science. And, as these self-same acolytes … Continue reading →
As all 4.3 billion readers of this site and all two of ‘Puter’s fans have surely noticed, ‘Puter’s been absent of late, except for the odd Twitter posting. ‘Puter’s been working on negotiating, papering and closing the sale of a … Continue reading →
DT writes us: Hoopy Frood and Generally Towel-Bearing Fuzzy Czar, As you know, some of our “representatives” are passing around a bill that would do some pretty bad things to the Internet and freedom of expression as a whole. It’s … Continue reading →
Guy lets his underage daughter start a blog and email account on Google. Under terms of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Google immediately whacked her blog and email account until further notice. Like, say, when she turns 13 and … 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 →
Not content to damning generations of poor to endless poverty through America’s welfare programs, Progressives are now Hell-bent on freezing the poor out of their taxpayer subsidized hovels. Sure, this article is nominally about electricity rates skyrocketing, but read it … Continue reading →
Dear Occupy perverts and toolbags, The Czar understands you want stuff, and suspects that deep down, perhaps, you might actually be willing to work to deserve your gotten gains. In that spirit, and to help the handful of you still … Continue reading →
Well, then how come we manage to reproduce so effectively? Seriously, though, ‘Puter was turned onto this article in the Washington Post, regarding a Northern Virginia parish’s retreat on the question of female altar servers. The friend who pointed out … Continue reading →
Here’s our politicians’ dirty little secret. Washington knows what’s wrong with the economy, and they know how to fix it. “Great! Then why won’t Washington fix it, ‘Puter?,” you reply. It’s a good question, with a simply answer: the fix … Continue reading →
‘Puter, in perusal of his usual virtual haunts, came across this wonderful Washington Post blog entry, as penned by James Downie. Mr. Downie, it seems, has a fundamental misunderstanding of our First Amendment, a misunderstanding that ‘Puter has seen repeated … Continue reading →
‘Puter read with interest this Eugene Robinson opinion piece in this morning’s Washington Post. Mr. Robinson identifies what he perceives to be the Republicans’ failing: they don’t have a convincing narrative about the economy. Mr. Robinson then spends the remainder … Continue reading →
Basically, the plot of V for Vendetta involves a horribly disfigured guy who conceives of a master plan to topple a cruelly and liberally fascist British government. Almost: something is never quite right about the plan until he meets Evey, … Continue reading →
SMack writes in: Sir Czar, Don’t you understand that if cardinals coached national championships we’d have forgiven them all too and gone on to praise them for all their years of wonderful coaching and saying a couple of years of … Continue reading →
Well, you could hardly have missed our jeremiad earlier today, in which we attacked the do-nothing immorality of Penn State officials over the Jerry Sandusky obscenity. The Czar thinks as many people should go to prison over this as can … Continue reading →
The scandal happening at Penn State is beyond description. For years, it appears, university and university athletics officials were aware—not dimly, but positively aware—that defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was raping children, but opted to do nothing about it. Sandusky has … Continue reading →
This is not really about liberals or conservatives, but about immaturity and living in a fantasy world. A handful of OWS protestors has established a rape free zone in Zuccotti Park, including a tent safe house that can provide shelter … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been having a difficult time hearing himself think, what with all the Left’s whining about income inequality. This morning, on his pre-dawn walk, ‘Puter had some time to think about why income inequality exists, and what, if anything, can … Continue reading →
Holy cow, Eugene Robinson’s uninformed, ignorant screed in today’s Washington Post has got ‘Puter hotter than a fat guy in a sauna. Mr. Robinson is so gravely wrong on so many items, but ‘Puter’s going to limit himself to a … Continue reading →
Welcome to another Gormogon-a-riffic installment of You Make The Call. According to Wikipedia, which, when dealing with know-nothing OWS chuckle-heads is an acceptable reference source, the filthy hippies illegally encamped in Zuccotti Park in Middle Ages squalor seem to hold … Continue reading →
'PuterAlways right, unless he isn’t, the infallible Ghettoputer F. X. Gormogons claims to be an in-law of the Volgi, although no one really believes this. ’Puter carefully follows economic and financial trends, legal affairs, and serves as the Gormogons’ financial … Continue reading →
Via the awesome Borepatch. Mr. Abbott, you may possibly receive a visit from the Mandarin. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in … Continue reading →
Oh, E.J. Dionne! Your columns are a balm for ‘Puter’s weary soul. Whenever ‘Puter needs a break from dissecting a thoughtful liberal position, along you come with a poorly reasoned and inaccurate howler, enabling ‘Puter to sit back and let … Continue reading →
Imagine something this dumb. Imagine you get a guy who’s seriously in the red—he has about $50 in his pocket, but he owes thousands. He knows he never will pay off what he owes. And he finds another guy pretty … Continue reading →
Occupy Detroit? Are they nuts? Isn’t Detroit exactly what the protestors fail to realize they are asking for? Charles C. W. Cooke offers a great overhand right punch to the lunacy that now represents modern Liberalism. The Czar of MuscovyБожію … Continue reading →
Oh good. Obama is now backing the Occupy protestors. And the liberals all said George Bush was a clueless idiot. This move could not be more wrong, based on the fact that the core protestors can’t stand Obama: he is … Continue reading →
Your Czarness: Judging by the recent posts, it seems as though you residents of the Castle have been much irritated by the Occupy Wall St. crowd and their kinfolk The 99 Percenters. Well, I think I may have hit upon … Continue reading →
Even saints have limits to their patience. The Царица, whom by now all of you know is a public school teacher in a very dicey suburb outside Chicago, has quietly and with much dignity absorbed the slings and arrows of … Continue reading →
Shane Ruiz, 7, of Bernalilo, New Mexico, has announced he is one of the 99% of the family kids who will occupy the backyard pool all weekend. “I’m not comin’ out,” he stated emphatically, reiterating “I’m stayin in!” An only … Continue reading →
Day 22,453 of Occupy the Westmoreland Avenue DMV continues. A spokesperson said “We are the 99% of people who wait here, hour after hour, hoping either our name or number will be called.” Asked about their demands, they said: A … Continue reading →
The ants came marching in to the kitchen, and bee-lined straight for the kitchen tile, third from the wall, seventh row down, in order to mop up some spilled soda. When asked, the ants reported they were part of the … Continue reading →
… Of The People In Your Graduating Class You Were Reasonably Certain Were Not Going To Amount To Much Because Of Our Delusional Beliefs. ‘Puter moseyed on over to the Occupy Wall Street “We Are the 99 Percent” website today, … Continue reading →
Professor Mondo is seeing it everywhere, too. But is ridiculing the unfocused, college socialist pablum really hypocritical after complaining about the Tea Party, as one of his commentators suggests? No. Where is Samuel Jackson to dismiss the entire OWS crowd … Continue reading →
Ben McWhirter, 73, who usually hangs out by the hundred combo flavor Pepsi machine, is in his fourth hour of Occupy Stall 3 of the Men’s Room Inside the Lansing, Michigan, Culvers on Saginaw Highway. Asked what his demands are, … Continue reading →
Madison Connelly is well past 9PM as part of her Occupy the Stairs Up. She is demanding the dismantling of capitalism, although she indicated she would easily settle for that cute unicorn Happy Napper. Good luck, 99 percenter! The Czar … Continue reading →
Manny Deavers of Wellman, Wyoming, is now into his first evening of Occupy State Road 259N. He wants us to know that he is one of the 99%. Mom brought him a blanket about 90 minutes later. Right now, his … Continue reading →
Grady Przybylo, of Mumpfersboro, Kentucky, wants you to know that his Occupy Leewald Street is now in its second day. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in … Continue reading →
In the first part of our serial drama, we learned that Ms. Dowd can’t complete a thought. Let’s see where the second part of our analysis of this column leads, shall we? Now we get to the meat of Ms. … Continue reading →
Or Ms. Dowd fails to understand basic tenets of the Roman Catholic faith she claims to follow. Most likely, Ms. Dowd is both ignorant and malicious. Ms. Dowd’s columns are always a target-rich environment. However, this one is exceptional for … Continue reading →
We are each familiar with Martin Niemoller’s famous quote (even though he likely never said those actual words), so there’s no need to reprint it here. Niemoller’s quote came to ‘Puter’s feeble mind as he mulled over the Democrats’ latest … Continue reading →
E.J. Dionne’s column in today’s Washington Post complains that the Right unfairly harangues Warren Buffet for his advocacy of higher tax rates on the rich. Mr. Dionne’s descent into Leftie, partisan nonsense is distilled into these few, precious lines: Wealthy … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s company is located in a suburban office park, comprised of around 10 separate office buildings. In many ways, ‘Puter’s office complex is unremarkable, similar to those found anywhere in America’s sprawling suburbs. There is one important difference, however. There … Continue reading →
And then the editors go and muck up a decent argument with a fundamental misunderstanding of separation of powers, fueled by a mistaken and discredited liberal world view. The New York Times’ editors make a perfectly valid argument that application … Continue reading →
The Czar has perhaps mentioned that he detests Hollywood celebrities. Yes? Okay, so courtesy Brendan at Tyler Durden, who heaps out plenty of celebrity justice so the Czar doesn’t have to, comes a perfectly pathetic story. Just hate-filled. Actress Kim … Continue reading →
The New York Times‘ editorial board predicitably calls for “fairness” in application of the tax code. To the NYT’s editors, this means that “the rich,” (i.e., everyone making over some undisclosed income threshold) must pay more in federal taxes. ‘Puter … Continue reading →
The New York Times editorial board remains steadfastly determined to bar reality from ruining its thoroughly discredited world view. In this editorial, the NYT’s editors blame racism for favored minorities defaulting on their home mortgages. The editors allege that minorities … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s just synopsizing Katrina vanden Heuvel’s ridiculously awful diatribe in this morning’s Washington Post. Feel free to peruse the hard left’s 2012 game plan here. ‘Puter doesn’t know how many times he’s going to have to deconstruct the left’s preferred … Continue reading →
Specifically, the intellectually impoverished, such as the elites holding forth from their perch on the New York Times’ editorial staff. Our noble and wise betters today put forth this nugget of wisdom, in the form of an editorial. You see, … Continue reading →
And by “it,” ‘Puter means he left two letters off the front of the word he wanted to type. Mr. Milbank in this posting criticizing the Tea Party engages in the White House’s two favorite argument styles: straw men and … Continue reading →
It appears increasingly likely that ‘Puter and Volgi’s homeland (and GorT’s current residence) is going to be taking a whuppin’ from Hurricane Irene this weekend. Based on DC’s performance during Earthquake-A-Palooza 2011, ‘Puter figured his peeps in the Greater DC … Continue reading →
‘Puter has been up to his elbows in alligators at work of late, so posting has been light from him. What? Of course your Gormogons have side jobs. How else are we supposed to pay our bar tabs and keep … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been up to his ears in work, which, in this economy, is a wonderful fix in which to find one’s self. Today, amidst the current office insanity, ‘Puter received from outside counsel a pro se defendant’s pleadings. Pro se … Continue reading →
In today’s gripping installment of “How Do These Guys Even Have Jobs Anymore?”, the New York Times editorial board appeals to its readers’ faith. To be certain, not faith in God, because that’s for uneducated, gun-owning hicks. Rather, the NYT … Continue reading →
Somewhere in the UK, a short-haired, tee-shirt wearing prat with store-bought 5.11 pants fires up Halo: Reach on his Xbox and logs into Xbox Live. His call sign is UniformKiloActual, and he returns the salute to his game avatar. He … Continue reading →
‘Puter works for a small company that trades in sub and nonperforming middle market commercial debt. As part of the workout process for these loans, ‘Puter’s employer may initiate foreclosure actions on collateral real property. ‘Puter recently received an invoice … Continue reading →
Richard Stengel has authored a piece in Time recently (“One Document, Under Siege”, June 23, 2011) that, at its core, asks whether the Constitution of the United States still matters. This is shocking to me as the Constitution is the … Continue reading →
GorT has a pet peeve…well, a number of them, but I’ll pick on one today. GorT has been running to the store a bunch recently to get supplies for the fireworks celebration tonight at the castle. Don’t ask me where … Continue reading →
‘Puter has a tough time figuring out whether the New York Times editorial board is comprised of fools or liars. Today’s editorial on the debt ceiling impasse does nothing to help ‘Puter come to an answer. 1. ” … Republican … Continue reading →
The New York Times poison penned an editorial blasting Republicans for failure to compromise (read: cave) on the debt ceiling. Now ‘Puter’s a simple man-child, and he understands that editorials are by their nature opinion. But that’s no excuse to … Continue reading →
In today’s New York Times, Maureen Dowd criticizes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for not pressing Saudi Arabia harder on women’s rights. As in most of her recent work, Ms. Dowd ignores or brushes aside inconvenient facts. Let’s take it … Continue reading →
And so during the opening of the US Open coverage, NBC showed a quick segment of some children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Curiously absent from the pledge were the words “under God.” And boy, did the fireworks come out. … Continue reading →
Apologies to those who don’t get the Dinsey Channel movie reference… Admittedly, I am on the fence with this issue that ‘Puter raises below – I’m all for enforcing the rule of law – even as ridiculous as some are. … Continue reading →
‘Puter rarely defends government officials, particularly when they are bent on defending ill-conceived and burdensome regulations that ensnare kids and charities. So ‘Puter was a bit surprised to find himself on Montgomery County’s (MD) side in its decision to fine … Continue reading →
Borepatch, whom you read every day, right?, found and posted this. Not safe for work, although you will probably share it with your co-workers anyway, due to the graphic language from a cute widdle princess who got bum-rushed from the … Continue reading →
What migth get lost in ‘Puter’s excellent post here is the following: The elephant in the room that liberals steadfastly ignore is that the housing market under the best of conditions is destined to deflate or at best hold level … Continue reading →
Continuing in a curmudgeonly vein, ‘Puter offers the following example of elitist disconnect. The politics of this individual don’t matter, but his status as an Ivy League professor does. ‘Puter offers the following comments captured in today’s Washington Post concerning … Continue reading →
While conversing with a co-worker, ‘Puter lamented the low quality of education these days. ‘Puter’s co-worker agreed, saying she had a great example of current academic shortcomings. Below is an essay submitted by an Arizona State University senior journalism major. … Continue reading →
