The Lord Is Risen, Alleluia! Of course, your Gormogons would strongly recommend using Bing to search the internet. Maybe for a while to show Google what you think of their celebration of Easter. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the … Continue reading →
Pete DuPont, Dr. J.’s favorite 1988 presidential hopeful reflects on President Obama’s conflict between anti-military idealism and reality in yesterday’s column on ‘Peace through Strength.’ Go read it here. Dr. J.
Continue reading →Whenever gun control is brought up in a public venue, someone on either the Left of the Right brings up the need for mental health reform. After all, the Newtown shooter should have been in treatment; instead, he was out … Continue reading →
A chat at the Gormogon lobby bar the other day between Mandarin, Borepatch, and the Czar encouraged the Czar to paint this rather interesting analogy. Indeed, this might be one of the most enduring images of the debate—rather than the … Continue reading →
Puter tweeted (@gormogons, are you following us?) yesterday: GP Congrats to @nygovcuomo, @nycmayorsoffice for driving NY to #1 ranking in least free states! Way to go! #failure freedominthe50states.org— The Gormogons (@Gormogons) March 28, 2013 Mayor Bloomberg replied: Anyone stop to … Continue reading →
Work Wife II says the interns need to sack up. Dr. J. was alerted to this article at USA Today by Work Wife II, with additional analysis by the International Business Times. Feel free to read those articles for background. … Continue reading →
By now, even Tibetans who live in caves and eat rope for a living have heard that Obamacare is an utter disaster. And that isn’t just the folks who can correctly add two numbers together and digest more than website … Continue reading →
‘Puter, Jr. attends our local Jesuit institution of lower learning (higher learning being reserved for colleges and universities), McQuaid Jesuit. ‘Puter and Czar prepare to attend “GayCouples Drink Free at Jesuit High Schools’Prom Night” at the Leaping Peacock. Unbeknownst to … Continue reading →
GorT generally despises “reality TV” – it’s akin to texting in that it is a cheap way for networks to earn money by airing low budget content (and therefore low-value content) and rake in the advertising money (texting for those … Continue reading →
‘Puter and Czar at “Newlywed Gay CouplesDrink Free Night” at the Leaping Peacock.We’re not actually gay, but there’s nothingwe won’t do for free booze. There’s been no end of uninformed opining on the Left’s newly-discovered Constitutional right to gay marriage … Continue reading →
68. When you run for public office in a state you don’t reside in, run as a Democrat. The Daily Caller writes: During a keynote speech at the American Counseling Association’s 2013 conference in Cincinnati on Friday, Judd said that … Continue reading →
Ever get a song stuck in your head, and not be able to get rid of it? Well, Dr. J.’s buddy Jamie Jeffords, at the Eye of Polyphemus, while recovering from his most recent brush with death by colon perforation … Continue reading →
Stanley Kurtz over at the NRO Corner has an interesting thought: is the Left producing its own Tea Party? The ultimatum delivered last week by California billionaire Tom Steyer to Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate, Rep. Steve Lynch–disavow your support for … Continue reading →
From, of course, Dr. Boli. 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 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all … Continue reading →
In another futile attempt to explain modern liberal thought for our more right-wing readers (hey, everybody!), the Czar reminds everyone that while conservatives tend to see things in simplistic, black-and-white terms, the liberal mind tends to picture things in fuzzy … Continue reading →
GorT has had the pleasure today of sitting through an all-day demonstration briefing that is conducted in person as well as over web conferencing and conference call. My specific portion of the demo went very well and has largely been … Continue reading →
Psychologists ought to be studying the strange disconnect between the Right and Left when it comes to perception of media bias. The Right has, for a long time now, been supplying fairly inarguable evidence that the news media is tilted … Continue reading →
A middle school principal in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has elected to cancel the honors students’s induction ceremony because it makes the other kids—who didn’t get good grades—feel bad. No, of course this is real. Instead, they will be honored during an … Continue reading →
The Czar is so bad at responding to mail lately that you’d think he was Mandarin. Anyhow, we have indeed been getting mail and it needs some attention. BG writes in to send us a photograph (right) of an Audi … Continue reading →
Know what has gotten to be so obvious that it has become a cliché? Progressivism. Notice how every state in the union suddenly has a bill on the table about firearms. And notice how oddly similar they all are. Americans … Continue reading →
Let’s not forget: it’s all of us who causedJesus to suffer and die to free us from sin.Not just those crazy Catholic lefties. And ‘Puter’s a self-righteous Pharisee. ‘Puter sat at 7:30 AM Mass Sunday morning, half asleep, quietly thanking … Continue reading →
“The educational paradigm has shifted from guaranteeing universal access to guaranteeing universal performance.” -‘Puter’s Tiny Local School District 2013-14 Budget Presentation PowerPoint** If the old saw is true — that a gaffe is when a government official accidentally speaks an … Continue reading →
GorT Sr sent along a reference to this chart – it’s worth a look given Czar’s post below. More here. GorTGorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and … Continue reading →
Remember about thirty-five years ago, when the Sequester was going to utterly destroy societies, completely annihilate Western thought, and thoroughly split infinitives? And it didn’t happen, and the President plunged in the polls? And then he made a series of … Continue reading →
Yeah, yeah, Dr. J. is on vacation but there is a morning chill in the air, Mrs. Dr. J. is still snoozing and the Lil Resident and Medstudent are watching Wreck-it Ralph on an iPad, so Dr. J. decided to … Continue reading →
Some buzz is going on about this show The Bible. It appears to be based on a book by the same name, but the Czar could not locate the author’s name. Okay, so maybe there will be a second season … Continue reading →
To: The Czar, The Mandarin, Confucius, GorT and Puter From: Dr. J. Re: Spring Break Dear Dread Colleagues: Clan J. is headed to the Eastern Palace for some R&R as New Atlantis is enjoying spring break this week. Czar, please … Continue reading →
The Czar has mixed feelings about CPAC, with the negative running toward whether it has gotten too big for its own organizational abilities, and the positive of course being that it is a major reminder to all people—right, center, libertarian—that … Continue reading →
Sundry thoughts too long for Twitter. So North Korea is accusing the US and South Korea of cyber attacks on their sole Macintosh SE/30. Um, yeah we are. They forgot Japan, by the way. Our Gormocomputer in the basement indicates … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’s office is the arched window on the left… New Atlantis Ivory Tower Medical Center, like many academic medical centers across the nation is tightening its belt and doing everything possible to reduce overhead as it delivers world-class medical … Continue reading →
Very long-time fan (so listen up, yo) ScottO writes in to a couple of us: Dear Dr. J., and with deferent regard to His Awfulness The Czar, You can learn a lot about time and the Earth’s position in space … Continue reading →
The Czar sent a note over to the mighty Borepatch the other day, as this sort of thing is more up his alley. That is, one of Borepatch’s many areas of study is how the two dominant political parties have … Continue reading →
The middle-aged Sith Lord would retort, “I won’t cut the blanket, simply cover my feet when its cold and my head when its bright. .” Dr. J. actually likes Daylight Savings Time. Your Gormogons don’t always agree with each other, … Continue reading →
‘Puter nailed this article to the Czar’s locked bedroom door, in hopes we saw it. We had not, and indeed we are creeped out a little by it…only because it was nailed to the inside of our locked door. Most … Continue reading →
A sign directs summoned reporters to the location of Mayor Bloomberg’s hastilyscheduled press conference. He Who KnowsBetter Than You explained the judicial banof his soda ban was ill-considered becausethe judge is a moron who can’t see that themayor should be able to … Continue reading →
Long-time minion and mastermind Chiefjaybob writes in: Oh Mighty and Dreadful The Czar; Dali wasn’t kidding when he painted this to show what a freaking pain DST is. Read on. I come to you as a most humble minion, and … Continue reading →
This has been making the rounds on Facebook: We cannot vouch for any rogue midichorines, however… Dr. J. has never met, let alone been in the same timezone as Deviant Artist ~Hearte42‘s bride, he swears! Dr. J.
Continue reading →We cover this from time to time, but one of the more frequent questions we get or see others asking relates to liberal Democrat hypocrisy. You already know the formula: “it was horrible when Republicans did X, but okay when … Continue reading →
Operative JB writes regarding the Idaho ban being explored in Congress: Dear Dr. J., Also shaped like various modern and futuristic guns: Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Oklahoma, Massachusetts and Louisiana. Also, West Virginia looks like a praying mantis, which scares … Continue reading →
Subtitle: Papal Elections and Secular Elections Our parochial vicar (read: assistant pastor) gave a homily over the weekend that was largely a repeat of one he gave last week albeit at a different Mass. Apparently, the pastor really liked the … Continue reading →
Looks more like a pop-tart. Senator Mikulski and Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland have submitted legislation to their respective houses of Congress today to have Idaho’s statehood rescinded as its shape is reminiscent of a gun and therefore has no … Continue reading →
By now, you have all seen Confucius’* post about the 265th Gormogon Papal Conclave Lottery. The Czar has participated in almost 70 of these, and certainly it can be hard to choose among them. So the Czar has put together … Continue reading →
Cardinal Stan T. Mannot available for selection Hey, kids, it’s that time again! Time for the 265th Gormogon Papal Conclave Lottery. We may be pulling the strings behind world events, but we let you ignorantly guess as to the outcomes … Continue reading →
Lost in the excitement of Rand Paul’s extremist violent overthrow of the Senate the other day was The Dinner, as it is now known. Okay, okay—the Czar is aware that a lot of Tea Party Twitt’rhetoric is ripping into this … Continue reading →
If you eat your tail, you only shrink. There’s a metaphor in here somewhere. Dr. J. is a big fan of Pete ‘Pencilneck‘ DuPont. Indeed when Dr. J. was a yout’ just shy of voting age, he and Papa J. … Continue reading →
Senator Rand Paul pulled an age-old stunt out of his bag of tricks and executed a genuine filibuster yesterday. Surprise, surprise, that a Senator droning on CSPAN-2 would score millions of viewers more than MSNBC had all day. The Czar … Continue reading →
From time to time, a number of the Gormogons get together for various efforts. Here is what happens when you combine the Volgi’s penchant for yeti, Mandy’s orbiting satellite control systems, and GorT’s robots: I guess we need to find … Continue reading →
JAB, about whom the Mandarin, Dr. J., and ourselves were just speaking, has this carved into some poor slob’s entrails and sent up to the seventh floor: Your Czarness: For ‘Puter’s reference, here is someone else who is decidedly not … Continue reading →
An undercover field report, which the Operative delivered through an ingeniously complicated plan of (a) converting it to base74 notation, (b) engraving the characters on a grain of rice, (c) inserting it into a cotton swab, (d) embedding the swab … Continue reading →
“Hey God, when’s there going to be an American Pope?” “In time, in time, but not while I’m God!” The mainstream media hates the Catholic Church, but they love stories about the Catholic Church because for good or for ill … Continue reading →
I become more and more convinced each day that the Obama Administration is combination of people who are in way over their heads and people who have tremendous disrespect for large segments of the population based on politics, lifestyle, and … Continue reading →
Much ado is being made about an 87-year-old California woman who died in a retirement home because nursing staff were prohibited by employer policy from performing CPR on her. The story is certainly a tragedy because there is every indication … Continue reading →
Quick—name a President who did better in his second term than his first. Right. Now name a President who did at least as well in his second term as his first. Tough, eh? Well, obviously Bush and Clinton were heavily … Continue reading →
Fear not only leads to anger. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration… There were tidings of great joy yesterday in the halls of J. Abbey. March 2nd is independent school D-Day in New Atlantis and the Lil Resident’s … Continue reading →
Minion ScottO writes: Dear Good Lord Doctor, While your screenshot shows Friday’s date on your Sequester Fairy post, my magical iDevice indicates a different phenomenon: As you can see, it appeared on my device on Friday–at the equally magical time … Continue reading →
The Czar was in need of new boots lately, as his previous pair of boots lost their ability to keep out snow and blood. Any excuse to go Bass Pro Shop, really, as they have very nice inexpensive and not … Continue reading →
President Obama is blaming the Republicans for the sequester despite the fact that he’s campaigned while Rome burns, acting like an outsider running against Washington rather than being its chief executive officer when frankly it was all his idea in … Continue reading →
While Dr. J. was applying some Force Lightning™ to a patient in the basement of the Castle he missed this tweet by Friend of the Gormogon Freddoso: Jedi mind-meld?— David Freddoso (@freddoso) March 1, 2013 Followed by: “Jedi Mind Meld.”— … Continue reading →
Even your Gormogon Overlords, the masters of space, time, sorcery and super-science occasionally run into glitches at the Castle. One such glitch occurred yesterday/today. When Dr. J. was checking the website he encountered a post that he had not yet … Continue reading →
The Sequester Fairy brings presents to good little boys and girls, just hope you don’t get a puzzle or model set from her… J. Abbey is host to an infestation of all sorts of faeries, leprechauns, elves and sprites. Neither … Continue reading →
