AFL-CIO President Trumka spoke as part of a panel entitled, “Which Way for the Working Class? Elections 2010 and Beyond” (h/t Jim Hoft over at Big Government) and had some jaw-dropping comments. First, though, notice how these folks link a … Continue reading →
Cass Sunstein: Some conservative legal thinkers like Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas think that the Constitution means what it originally meant. That means we should understand the document by going into a kind of time machine and capturing the public … Continue reading →
All goes well. He has finally been convinced that the hospital staff are not evil sorcerers trying to steal his mojo. He’s even let them puncture his flesh, a privilege he normally reserves for Dat Ho on boil-lancing night. See? … Continue reading →
Okay, so you’ve been following Pigford v. Vilsack, right? Us neither. Basically, this is a class-action suit filed against the Secretary of Agriculture by African-American farmers for past discrimination by USDA loan programs. Back in February, the two parties settled … Continue reading →
As regular readers know, our own dear Ghettoputer is getting a spinal implant today. With these new bionic parts, he will be able to stand up to union thugs, out-of-control local politicians, liberal Catholics, and sex-obsessed school teachers with even … Continue reading →
Volgi, Your post on China’s naval buildup merely confirms what you predicted back in April. Once again, you were right. What bothers the Czar about this story is the comment that a Chinese fishing vessel somehow collided with not one … Continue reading →
Well, it’s no surprise to you Gormogons operatives. Maybe others are starting to pay attention. The greatest geopolitical development that has occurred largely beneath the radar of our Middle East-focused media over the past decade has been the rise of … Continue reading →
“…Our Army and Marine Corps are significantly undersized; and military modernization remains a neglected requirement that has very few champions in Washington.” Hell and yes. Read on. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Heather Higgins writes: Hey, what’s the problem with real world consequences to your bad ideas when you’re a smug, snarky, sanctimonious ideologue? Nothing! If you’ve just killed the kids-only insurance market, that must be the insurance companies’ fault – because … Continue reading →
President Obama says NO to the Pledge. He also says NO to lower taxes across the board. The President says NO to the return to conservatism. Boy, he really became the one-man Party of No, didn’t he? And is anyone, … Continue reading →
The typically modern mind is 1) skeptical of absolute, unchanging standards and 2) in love with the idea of progress. But this is a logical impossibility, a self-contradiction. Without an unchanging standard, there can be no progress, only change. To … 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 →
The Czar has begun to make the point that the Right has begun to master modern media. And the horrors they find are arriving almost daily. You might think there was an epidemic of violence breaking out among the Left: … Continue reading →
Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Introduction The Czar is impressed with the Volgi’s story regarding the StuxNet virus, although it sounds like StuxNet is more of a trojan horse. (If readers want the best dope on high-end information security, as always your man is Borepatch … Continue reading →
The GOP is tracking where the stupid Stimulus Signs are being posted. They’ve estimated that $192 Million has been spent on these signs to date. Check out the site – if you see one that isn’t listed, send it in. … Continue reading →
If this is true, this is an amazing, ninja move. The implications are fairly terrifying, especially if someone develops a less discriminating version. Cyber security experts say they have identified the world’s first known cyber super weapon designed specifically to … Continue reading →
Speaker Pelosi announced the Congressional Democrat’s Pledge, but you’ll have to re-elect them to see what’s in it. Best, Dr. JRoyal Surgeon to the Gormogons Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →From Dr. J: Dear Gort,I completely echo your sentiments regarding President Obama’s alleged poor choice of words. There is a more insidious and ominous aspect to this statement. The use of the word absorb, regarding a terrorist attack, reveals the … Continue reading →
One hesitates to enter ’Puter’s bailiwick of edumocation, but this takedown by Friend of the Gormogons Flava Last prompts the following thoughts off the top of one’s head, and what are blogs for if not making unconsidered comments publicly? One … Continue reading →
Well, now and again, the Czar gets surprised. But he did not see this one coming: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has dipped below 50% in the polls. The Czar cannot imagine a more “safe” Democratic seat, but a recent poll … Continue reading →
..some of ‘Puter’s Brawny paper towels. According to Greg Gutfield, in Bob Woodward’s new book, “Obama’s Wars” our President upon being warned of possible future terrorist attacks on U.S. soil said that the country can “absorb” it. Right. Ok. Absorb … Continue reading →
Congressional GOP’s “Pledge to America.” Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →From the upcoming Gormogon Book of Riddles, in which we each try to compile our favorite riddles and share them with the readers. Yes, you know you will be telling these to your co-minions at the water cooler tomorrow, even … Continue reading →
Here’s the thing about this—we used to be able to build some impressive stuff quickly as well. Empire State Building: 410 days. Rockefeller Center (14 buildings): nine years—of which Radio City Music Hall was done in the first two years … Continue reading →
Pictured: Inside Mandy’s Dreams Hey, Dr. J., you’d better cease and desist on that orbital ultrasonic death ray post-haste. I don’t give a crap what the hell Mandy tells you about hunting Yeti, but the entire species of homo vertex … Continue reading →
‘Puter was confronted with three stark examples of how liberal Democrats are unable to even contemplate that their legislation may have unexpected deleterious consequences. Exhibit 1, Dodd-Frank Financial Reform. A Democrat controlled Congress unites to pass sweeping financial services regulation. … Continue reading →
‘Puter just sent Sleestak over to the Czar’s library to tell him that preparations for his upcoming back surgery are taking up too much of his drinking time, and would the Czar be able to write up an official Gormogon … Continue reading →
The Czar was dining on chipotle chicken sandwiches yesterday back at the Castle, and the Mandarin, dining on what we charitably call the biggest pork tenderloin sandwich we have ever seen, joined him at the table. The Czar mentioned he … Continue reading →
Many have commented on this previously, yet it bears repeating. The Obama Administration is chock-full of left wing ideologues, bent on cramming their unpalatable agenda down America’s craw. Kevin Jennings, Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar” is one such nut job. ‘Puter … Continue reading →
Maybe you voted for Obama enticed by his campaign message of “Hope and Change”. Well, how about this hope and change moment: his Department of Justice under Eric Holder has failed again. First we had the case of voter intimidation … Continue reading →
‘Puter will have more on this later. However, this post from Fred Lapides at GoodShit* may be the last word on the topic. You must read it. Now. ‘Puter bows before the master. *This link is SFW. The rest of … 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 →
The Car, the Ditch & the Slurpee. Yeah, you probably better get over there and read that now. Just empty your bladder first. Better safe than sorry. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →The Czar has been spending time at his home in Muscovy, away from the Castle. Yesterday, he spent the evening with Царевич, the 5-year-old Grand Duke of Muscovy. We went for a nice walk after sunset, watching the moths come … 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 →
The Mandarin sees all. Like when the Volgi tied ‘Puter’s neck collar to a rope around the tree, and we all watched ‘Puter repeatedly run in circles around the tree until he fell asleep with exhaustion—and then the Czar tightened … Continue reading →
Because this retiring Air Force general’s presentation to the Air Force Association makes it clear that our this-generation aircraft are increasingly vulnerable to both Russian and Chinese SAMs and fighters, and our heretofore unchallengeable air superiority is becoming, well, challengeable, … 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 →
And do they ever. Well, some of them anyway. Here is a pull quote from Telegraph.co.uk, which has a stunningly insightful article on why the Tea Party is getting things done, all denials by the Democrats and old guard Republicans … 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 →
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 →
Doesn’t 2007 seem like it was a decade ago, politically? A Republican president was being trashed by a cabal of Democrats, leftist journalists and Hollywood and university professors. A Democratic Congress was spending money stupidly, and the GOP was simply … Continue reading →
Here’s ‘Puter’s welfare proposal. Take the sum total of all money spent on federal welfare programs: TANF, food stamps, Medicaid, etc. Divide that sum by the number of recipients. Send each recipient a check for their share of the government … Continue reading →
Five reportedly Muslim men were arrested in London today in an anti-terror crackdown. They were allegedly plotting to kill Pope Benedict. Let’s see how the media spin this one. ‘Puter’s betting on the “lone gunmen, outsider crazies, not representative of … Continue reading →
Let’s frame this correctly – President Obama, VP Biden and the Democrats in Congress have continued to tout the successes of the Stimulus Bill. Yesterday we get the following: The Los Angeles City Controller said on Thursday the city’s use … Continue reading →
Operative BG writes in tonight with the following referring to this post: Talk about getting it everything wrong. Look at the top center of that Time cover. The center story says, “Beyond Detente: Why We Can’t Beat The Soviets.” If … Continue reading →
Someone at the White House must be reading us – now that the science is pointing at a possible future cooling in the next decade, they (yes, the infamous “they”) are renaming “Global Warming” to “Global Climate Disruption”. Yawn. This … Continue reading →
Some too-smart-by-half, jackass, gooey-liberal editor at ABC News just posted this great headline, running in the video section at the top of the ABC News website: WATCH: Christine O’Donnell’s Masturbation Stance Get it? That stoopid Tea Partier Christianist lady stands … Continue reading →
FrOG* Borepatch is a blogger you should read. Every day. Your Gormogons have even linked him in their blog roll for ease of access. He’s brilliant on global warming pseudo-science, his bete noir, and extremely knowledgeable on matters firearm related. … Continue reading →
Today’s guest poster is none other than Dr. J. He can be reached for comments and questions through us here at the Big G. Rank and file Democrats in the House (and perhaps the Senate) are getting nervous about the … Continue reading →
Solar scientists that montior the Sun’s activity levels are predicting that by 2016, there may be no sunspots and it may remaint hat way for a few decades. Ok, so what, you ask? The last time this happened was in … Continue reading →
You probably get seven or eight of those coupon packets in your mailbox every other day, like the Czar does. The Czar recently returned to his Muscovy home, having been living out of the Castle for the last several weeks, … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s got some thoughts on the Republican primary results from yesterday, including DNC Chairman Tim Kaine’s glee, ably noted by GorT below. The DNC has added to its November general election strategy. The plan now has two (and only two) … Continue reading →
On the heels of O’Donnell’s primary win in Delaware, DNC Chairman Tim Kaine said, “Today the Republican Party has shown just how far right it has moved. While Americans in Delaware and across the country are eager for both parties … Continue reading →
It’s lovely to be able to start a post with the immortal words of world renowned goober and “artist” formerly known as Diddy. Or Puffy. Or Sean John Combs. Or some such made up crap. ‘Puter just returned from voting. … Continue reading →
Here’s a well thought out exegesis of liberal academia, its causes and its effects. ‘Puter can’t improve on it at all, so read it. Read it now! Brought to you by the letter “F” and the number “6.” Also courtesy … Continue reading →
Maybe you heard. The Republicans could potentially win the Senate. In fact, the Czar thinks the odds of this are much better than the media is reporting. No, it’s no done deal, but it’s moved past “theoretically plausible” into “strong … Continue reading →
Chicago police superintendent Jody Weis may be the worst Chicago ever had. Unbelievable. Mayor Daley, fed up with corruption, scandals, and missteps in the Chicago Police Department over the years did what a lot of liberals do: they work off … Continue reading →
By now you have heard that Jeffrey Goldberg interviewed Fidel Castro for The Atlantic, an article in which Castro said that socialism does not work, and Iran’s Ahmadî-Nezhâd was a major threat to the security of the world. So in … 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 →
Wow. You almost feel bad for the guy. Almost, we said. The Wall Street Journal has a slightly disturbing but ultimately fascinating piece on how Democratic Party candidates are trashing President Obama in their ads, emphasizing how they stood up … Continue reading →
CNN found five video games a little too weird for their taste. Well, then, fools, click here. The Czar of MuscovyБожію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of … Continue reading →
Our President, Commander in Chief and Supreme Exalted Master of the Obvious had his first press conference since May today. Ever-reliable Obama apologist Reuters headlines its puff piece on the presser thus: “Obama Says Koran Burning Can Badly Damage U.S. … Continue reading →
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) is ‘Puter’s schoolgirl crush, in a societally acceptable, non-homoerotic way. Check out Gov. Christie’s verbal beatdown of a teachers’ union hack planted in the audience. It makes ‘Puter’s pants all tingly. Your Gormogons will soon be … Continue reading →
You know, Mandarin lives outside Chicago, too. But keep writing your Czar with your ideas about Chicago’s mayoral situation. Okay, you want the Czar’s thoughts on Mayor Richard M. Daley’s lame-duckacy, eh? Here it is: Chicago, for all its faults … Continue reading →
…anti-colonialism, argues Dinesh D’Souza: But instead of readying us for the challenge, our President is trapped in his father’s time machine. Incredibly, the U.S. is being ruled according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s. This philandering, … 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 →
High, high above the law. At least that’s what staffers for embattled Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) think of themselves. One of Sen. Boxer’s senior staffers, Marcus Stanley, was busted bringing pot through a security checkpoint at the Hart Office Building … Continue reading →
Senator Lisa Murkowski, having lost the primary to challenger Joe Miller, is strongly considering a write-in campaign. She also, as you know, flirted with the idea of running as a Libertarian candidate, although there is some risk here because she … Continue reading →
Long Island man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47 reads the headline. Although the picture shows AKM rifles, not ’47s. And the video clip shows a shotgun. With no photo or video of the actual weapon, who knows what the … Continue reading →
Sentimentality allows us to congratulate ourselves on our own warmth and generosity of heart. Oscar Wilde said that sentimentality is the desire to have the luxury of emotion without paying for it. It turns the people on whom it is … Continue reading →
The Pentagon today is increasing planning for smaller-scale conflicts in which the need for global, conventional warhead launchers will be particularly acute. But New Start, with its myopic focus on Russian arms levels, will severely limit our small-war capabilities. Since … Continue reading →
The energetic push-back of recent months finds me partially elated: Those who reject Islamism and all its works now constitute a majority and are on the march. For the first time in fifteen years, I feel I may be on … Continue reading →
Tim Slagle writes a nice, quick read on why Las Vegas is more like Washington, DC than people realize. A lot of good pull-quote candidates, but the Czar went with this one: All the marble waterfalls, the replicas of other … Continue reading →
Psychics make a lot of predictions, but if a person were to go back and honestly compare how often they were right versus how often they were wrong, psychics would pretty much be universally dismissed as morons. However, a lot … Continue reading →
Wonder why, that is, that on this Labor Day, the Czar has linked to an episode of Phineas and Ferb entirely in Romanian. Suffice it to say, his reasons are his own. But the message was delivered. The Czar of … Continue reading →
Now Frank Dikötter, a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and at Hong Kong University, has laid out the vast horror in detail, drawing on local and provincial archives that have only recently become available … Continue reading →
Let’s review a few key quotes here first: “Some time in the next couple of months we’re going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month,” Biden said, April 23, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA Vice President … Continue reading →
What happens when a Catholic priest reaches out to the Gormogons and offers to do an interview? Well, frankly, this. What follows is a question from each of us, in the order they were asked, and following each is the … Continue reading →
Traveling down a highway today, the Czar spotted a billboard of this hot-looking lady blowing a kiss at the traffic below. In flowery lettering, she said, “Come visit me at Club 360.” Yeah. Or rather, a slightly mustachioed, muffin-topped, mildly … Continue reading →
This weekend we celebrate Labor Day in a country divided between two kinds of workers. The first is the private-sector worker, the vulnerable one who rides the business cycle without shock absorbers. The second worker, who works for the government, … Continue reading →
In 2007, 239 patients died of malnutrition in British hospitals, the latest year for which figures are available. A wag might say it must be the English cuisine. But the real roots of this tragedy lie in Britain’s government-run medical … Continue reading →
Borepatch has a couple of posts worth reading. Therein, he reviews basic Marxist doctrine and compares it today. If you remember All Things Capital, the much shorter movie version of the book, you will recall Marx’s prediction that when all … Continue reading →
…reports Rich “Rico Suave“ Lowry. No, not in that way. Very much worth reading. In extremis, Democrats and liberal commentators have dragged the debate over the tea party into the well-worn rut of elite condescension to the bourgeois, a term … Continue reading →
That’s the sound as we march towards one of the biggest tax hikes in history under a President who said: “I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses that create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow. I will … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been notably absent from these parts of late, and there’s a good explanation for that. ‘Puter blew his back out again, and on Sunday was unable to get out of bed even to make the short trip to the … Continue reading →
I think one could say that one group is a do-what-I-say-not-what-I-do…but we’ve heard that here before. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the … Continue reading →
Why are we disappointed? Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →In an effort to curb the rampant gang violence that has escalated recently, Chicago Police Superintendent Jodi Weis met with the leaders of various gangs over the weekend. At this meeting, Superintendent Weis warned the gang leaders that unless the … Continue reading →
Turns out, not everyone has heard about Obama economic advisor Christina Romer’s more-or-less farewell speech at the National Press Club. Basically, she said she has no freaking clue how things work. That, of course, is our take away. She put … Continue reading →
GorTechie has a stunningly well-argued thought piece on globalization of the economy. The Czar chooses not to argue any of it—GorT is, of course, freaking right. Indeed, the Czar was so reluctant to appear contentious that he decided against naming … Continue reading →
In Dr. J’s excellent letter, I saw the following fragment, “The creeping doom began with wage controls during WWII…” and it got me thinking with regards to ongoing debates about immigration, unions and the global economy. First, let’s dispell any … Continue reading →
Since the Czar has displayed some current Gormogon currency (the reserve currency of occult conspiracies—we know our damn monetary policy), we dug into the archive and found some old units of currency issued under our dread authority. For a while, … Continue reading →
Dr. J provides a long opinion on healthcare that’s well worth your time. Hence, we’re declassifying it: Your Notoriousness, I have read Dr. Scherz’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal and the patient letter on his PAC website Docs4patientcare.org. I … Continue reading →
And so Murkowski conceded the election yesterday, as she really should have done. Miller will be the candidate going forward. Does it seem to you that the conservative media is making too much of this, when the liberal media isn’t … 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 →
Uncharitably speaking, this is what might be called the Paula Abdul theory of foreign policy, after the famously forgiving former judge on American Idol. Never mind that you can’t sing, or that you’re letting yourself be played for a sucker: … Continue reading →
