Sen. Warren topless for this iconic corporate image. Marketers hid her exposed breasts behind a butter carton after more than 10,000 Americans suffered hysterical blindness in the initial rollout. So-called “income inequality” has had the Left’s collective panties in a wad … Continue reading →
Czar takes a break from his taxing hike during the Plateau of Leng’s first and only Pride Parade. The parade was discontinued after a freak rainbow focused the light from our quasar sun, instantly vaporizing all organic material, leaving behind … Continue reading →
Sorry, folks. It’s long past time you started paying your own bills for your risky, beachfront properties instead of sticking Kansans with the bill. Actions have consequences. Unless, of course, Washington politicians insulate you from your action’s consequences with a … Continue reading →
These are sugar beets. A pile of sugar beets looks almostlike a hot, steaming load of fresh horse manure. Similarly,USDA’s price support loan program for sugar beetfarmers is the indubitable equivalent of the aforementionedequine excrement. The Wall Street Journal ran … Continue reading →
Mr. West is Obama’s secretmortgage reform brain trust, originator of such great ideasas “Imma let you finish, butwhere’s my Hennessey at?” ‘Puter happened to be wandering aimlessly around the New York Times website when this article on President Obama’s forthcoming … Continue reading →
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)learned all she needed to know abouteconomic theory selling tax-free boozeand cigarettes on The Rez.Sen. Warren also claims to have watchedaghast as Gen. Whitside slaughtered herpeople at Wounded Knee Creek in 1890. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It’s your … Continue reading →
‘Puter read with jaw fully dropped this account at The Fiscal Times of yesterday’s Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on government’s security clearance process. Succinctly, the government has no standard process for granting security clearances, leaving it to the arbitrary … 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 →
The proper response to Democrats’ profligate spending is to callthem out, make them pay for their beloved programs withoutborrowing. Pictured, House Republicans after passing a balancedbudget bill, taunting the Democrat led Senate as “cabrons.” ‘Puter is sick and gosh-darned tired … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Warren was originally slatedto head the CFPB. This is the best picture‘Puter could find of her. It’s stunning how closely Sen. Warren resembles her ancestorChief Wahoo, noble mascot of MLB’s totallynot racist Cleveland Indians. Unless you’re in the financial … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s more liberal friends, which is to say every friend except his fellow Gormogons, cannot fathom why ‘Puter would be suspicious of the latest push to restrict legal gun ownership in the United States. After all, all good and right-thinking … Continue reading →
In America’s real life version of the Roadrunner cartoons, we’re all Wile E. Coyote. But Congress is thesuper-genius that devises solutions basedsolely on the Acme line of products despiteits certain knowledge it’ll doom us all. Puter’s back after a well-deserved Christmas … Continue reading →
Let’s review a bit of history. Does anyone in the media recall what gave rise to the fiscal cliff? Anyone? Anyone at all? Apparently not. To be fair, ‘Puter shouldn’t judge the Washington press corps for its faulty recollection of … Continue reading →
‘Puter, like GorT and your Volgi, is a native Washingtonian. In fact, ‘Puter’s family has lived in that area since before Washington, D.C. even existed. As such, ‘Puter claims special insight into Washingtonians’ abject terror at any and all weather … Continue reading →
Mind you, ‘Puter’s impression of U.S. Attorney Preet S. Bharara’s action against Bank of America is based entirely on Mr. Bharara’s press release, which you may review here. Here’s a very brief synopsis of the government’s claims. For a more … Continue reading →
A thousand monkeys labor at a thousandtypewriters in a dank, dimly lit basementat the Washington Post, churning out editorials,subsisting on a meager diet of E.J. Dionne’s cast off half-empty Courvoisier bottles andRichard Cohen’s beard trimmings. Today’s Washington Post editorial takes … Continue reading →
‘Puter stole this picture from Czar’swedding album. Just out of the frameis GorT sporting the newest in plasmapowered portable rail guns. Liberal coastal elites’ willful and inexplicable ignorance on all things bang-stick-y is showing again. Democrats in the House and the … Continue reading →
Pictured: Czar pulling his sword outof a recently gutted left wing pundit. ‘Puter finally realized what’s really been bugging him, aside from the passel of yellow jackets nesting in his unitard. More specifically, ‘Puter’s been annoyed by President Obama’s “you … Continue reading →
This is Czar’s idea of making peace. Deadmen don’t cause trouble. “Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.” Jeremiah 5:21. ‘Puter’s been on a bit of … 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 →
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 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 →
‘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 →
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 →
‘Puter’s been reading much about the debt ceiling debate over the past weeks. ‘Puter has come to the following conclusions. 1. The debt ceiling will be increased. It will be increased because it must be increased. And it must be … Continue reading →
The New York Times today published a house editorial praising the Environmental Protection Agency for crippling American competitiveness. That’s not actually what the writers said, but the effect of their words are indistinguishable. The EPA issued a regulation requiring power … 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 →
The New York Times editorial board strikes another blow for market ignorance today in this editorial. Its premise is that in order to save the housing market, we have to destroy it. Sadly, this is an all too common attitude … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been watching with some interest the flooding in the Midwest. You see, ‘Puter lived in Missouri during the Great Flood of 1993. Leaving aside for the moment the flooding’s likely impact on grain prices, and therefore ultimately on retail … Continue reading →
The Washington Post breathlessly reports this morning that a government shutdown may require non-essential federal employees to surrender their Blackberries on Monday. Federal employees may go throught withdrawal! OH NOES! All of this raises the following question in ‘Puter’s feeble … Continue reading →
As Barbie once said, “Math is hard!” (Actually, Barbie said “Math class is tough!”, but ‘Puter likes the urban legend version better, so cope). Democrats are the Party of Barbie. Math may be beyond their collective grasp, but spending other … Continue reading →
With apologies to President Lincoln, ‘Puter thinks his Gettysburg Address could use a bit of updating: … that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom— and that government of the children, by the children, for the … Continue reading →
Kevin D. Williamson at National Review’s blog The Exchequer has a post that ‘Puter really cannot improve upon. Mr. Williamson writes concerning the Republicans’ nascent plans to address looming state insolvencies: And I see one big opportunity: This is the … Continue reading →
By Oleg Volk. Via Boing Boing. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Brought to you by your government, highlighted by Royal Physician Dr. J.: Dear Puter, Dr. J would like to wish our nation’s veterans a happy Veteran’s Day. Ironically, our nation’s VA hospitals are running on a weekend schedule today in … Continue reading →
Businesses aren’t hiring. Unemployment is stuck at nearly ten percent. Americans believe the recession is still in full swing, regardless of what the pointy heads at NBER say. The Obama Administration is talking about raising taxes. Unintended, though eminnently foreseeable, … 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 →
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 →
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 →
Or simply a collection of the most willfully ignorant people on Earth? This is the question ‘Puter asks himself almost every time he reads a New York Times editorial. Here’s today’s whopper, pre-spinning Republican concerns over our bankrupt government entitlement … Continue reading →
According to President Obama’s Father’s Day proclamation, the insipid, politically correct text of which may be found at the link. Royal Physician Dr. J. writes in asking the following salient questions: Between the severe back pain and opium haze, were … Continue reading →
Bankruptcy! ‘Puter has several brief thoughts. 1. The bill always comes due. 2. It’s easy to spend other people’s money. 3. Municipalities spend money on really stupid things. 4. Expect to see a whole lot more bankrupt municipalities, particularly in … Continue reading →
New York is still operating without a budget nearly two and one-half months after the April 1 start of its fiscal year. The Legislature is in no hurry to pass a budget as they are facing a “damned if we … Continue reading →
From the Baltimore Sun: Here is the latest statistical data from the Labor Department on average compensation paid to private-sector workers and state- and local-government workers. Note that the figure includes cash wages AND the value of benefits, including deferred … Continue reading →
Randi Weingarten, head of the deceptively benign sounding United Federation of Teachers*, argues in today’s Wall Street Journal that public education is every bit as deserving of a bailout as Wall Street is/was. After all, it’s for the children. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →
Via John Derbyshire on the Corner. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →We are all children now! Your benevolent governmental paternal unit has determined that Americans are too stupid to determine what they can shove in their pie holes, so they’ve made our food choices easier by eliminating all the “bad” or … Continue reading →
Gormogon Operative D.T. writes in, tangentially on ‘Puter’s hot man-on-man love for Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ). D.T. asks: In reading about your beloved Governor Christie (pbuh) and the effupedness of the NJ budget, I’ve been meditating about the overwhelming burden … Continue reading →
Gormogon operative G.D. writes in concerning ‘Puter’s post on foreclosures from his undercover posting as an usher at the Globe Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Thus spake G.D.: Oh, wisest of all ‘puters, I couldn’t agree more. Ultimately, people need to understand … Continue reading →
Or several thousand laws. At least that’s what the New York Times seems to think. The New York Times editorial writers’ Sign of the Apocalypse of the Day is foreclosures, and the inability of current government programs to effectively combat … Continue reading →
Democrats and Republicans both seem to be misreading public resistance to ObamaCare. From ‘Puter’s perspective from the geothermally heated hot tub at Castle Gormogon, the core of America’s discontent is easy to divine. It’s not the primarily the taxes, or … Continue reading →
Everyone loves free stuff. Who wouldn’t? After all, it’s free! At least that’s the belief of ‘Puter’s eleven year old whelp ‘Puter, Jr. This belief also seems to be prevalent among Democrats and others with an eleven year old’s world … Continue reading →
So the Obama Administration has targeted a number of groups, largely behind outcries from the left that these organizations “make too much profit” – oil/gas companies, banks, federal IT contractors, insurance companies, etc. I’m waiting for the next shoe to drop. It … Continue reading →
GorT is in possession of the 2010 Census form and I have a few thoughts on the materials provided: 1. Ok, I get it. The answers are confidential and the form is easy to complete. If nothing else the government … Continue reading →
Can Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) be the governor of New York as well? If he can make the New York Times squawk like this, he’s doing something right. Gov. Christie’s budget proposes to eliminate New Jersey’s deficit by slashing spending … Continue reading →
But only to the extent Janus is the two-faced god. What’s got ‘Puter fired up now? Well, ‘Puter was watching the talking heads on MSNBC (we watch so you don’t have to) bash the insurance companies while lauding the coming … Continue reading →
Ah, the rallying call of the teachers’ unions everywhere. ‘Puter’s recently had a bunch of thoughts he’s meant to post on, but none seemed big enough for a post of its own. So, ‘Puter offers up some of his random … Continue reading →
It’s amazing how different perception and reality can be. Many of us (and maybe not enough) are aware of the recent reports coming out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Let’s start with the basic numbers. There are roughly 284,000 … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s got a few thoughts on the Festivus-esque “airing of the grievances” that occurred yesterday in Washington. First, ‘Puter thought, and still thinks, that the party that spoke least was going to “win” the summit. Republicans spoke significantly less than … Continue reading →
We all know that teachers’ unions function mainly as sources of reelection funds for lefty candidates. The lefty candidates, once elected, then use the unions as a passthrough mechanism for transferring taxpayer dollars to unpopular leftist causes. Don’t believe ‘Puter? … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s governor, David Paterson (D-NY), snuck a little noticed provision into his budget proposal for next fiscal year. Fortunately, the New York Post decided to actually read the budget before legislators vote on it. The provision requires state social service … Continue reading →
In today’s New York Post, we learn a public sector union leader, one Chris Mesley of the Albany (NY) police officers’ union, committed a major gaffe. That is, Mr. Mesley told the truth. He said, referring to the union’s contract: … Continue reading →
Ah, Moe Lane. Is there anyone who puts it better? Today, Mr. Lane notes New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s (R) recent excoriation of the Garden State’s bloated budget. Check out his post, here. You’ve got to read the entire thing; … Continue reading →
Building on today’s (apparent) theme of government profligacy, here’s another article from National Review detailing the disconnect between government pay and the overall economy. In his article Kent Osband lays out a statistical case against government employee pay and benefits. … Continue reading →
Actually, that’s not entirely true. Dems just love unions more. They’d happily run a school bus over a highway paved with kids to keep their union masters satisfied. And, most of all, Dems love creating a permanently dependent, infantilized, Democrat-voting … Continue reading →
Illinois pension funds are broke, and its pension obligation notes (used to finance current pension obligations) are rated junk. As John Derbyshire notes in ‘Puter’s post immediately below, many pension obligations are guaranteed by law or constitution. Here’s ‘Puter’s serious … Continue reading →
If Bloomberg News is to be believed, President Obama’s new economic plan is to freeze (not cut) discretionary spending. Leaving aside for the moment the soon-to-come anguished cries from public sector unions that a spending freeze (not cut) will kill … Continue reading →
Today, in the course of his gainful employ, ‘Puter was tasked with gathering certain information regarding deed stamps (property transfer tax) forms in New York. ‘Puter called the custodian of these records and politely asked whether, in fact, the forms … Continue reading →
In 2000, the average Federal civilian wage was 33 percent more than the average private industry wage. By 2008, that gap was 59 percent. Reports John Lott. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →Don’t believe your Gormogons that government health care will be a colossal fustercluck? Behold, ‘Puter gives you the following example! The Veterans’ Administration sent out letter to at least 1,200 Gulf War veterans informing them that they have Lou Gehrig’s … Continue reading →
…do this? Say, here’s a thought. Someone keeps saying there are 47 million Americans without healthcare coverage. How about this: find out who they are. The census folks should be getting this data in another few months anyway when they … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s been doing a little thinking about health care. It’s all anyone can talk about in the sauna at Castle Gormogon. Even Dat Ho, the Czar’s Vietnamese houseboy is up in arms. Anyhoo, we’ve all seen myriad seasoned citizens get … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s favorite protest sign to date from the fustercluck known as health care reform. It was only a matter of time before the Obama Administration attempted to nationalize the deviant sexual practices industry, which, according to ‘Puter’s review of teh … Continue reading →
I am not shocked or surprised by the recent events surrounding the F-22 program and the subsequent news about the status of the F-35 program. I’ve written about the problems in federal contracting before, others have echoed the sentiments and … Continue reading →
‘Puter’s work background is, very broadly defined, in financial services. In ‘Puter’s job, he has the misfortune of dealing daily with people involved in the real estate industry. Top to bottom, the real estate industry has nothing to do with … Continue reading →
Good point: In fact, the Pro-Universal Crowd has done a brilliant job of framing a false argument: “Do we stick with a Free-Market Healthcare system which is not working?” or… “Do we at least do something to try and help; … Continue reading →
Why is it so expensive for the Pentagon to buy stuff? I can’t even summarize. Notice the similarities to GorT talking about his Wang. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →By a quasi-expert, even! Jerry Bowyer, here, states that regulatory uncertainty is preventing economic recovery. In his article, government action is stalling job growth. Where have we heard this before? Why, right here, where ‘Puter correctly states that regulatory uncertainty … Continue reading →
Right now, the Obama Administration is Hell-bent on advantaging the already advantaged unions by, among other acts, bailing out the UAW and pressing the EFCA. “Why is helping unions a bad thing? Unions help the little guy, ‘Puter.”, you query. … Continue reading →
Q. What do the following events have in common: (1) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac meltdowns; (2) banking crisis; (3) TARP and TALF; (4) Chrysler fiasco; (5) GM fiasco; (6) housing bubble’s bust; and (7) the soon to occur FHA … Continue reading →
Apparently, it snows in jolly old England. Who knew? During one such snow storm on 2 February 2009, only 30% of the public employees of the Crown Prosecution Service managed to make it in to work. For bravely battling the … Continue reading →
Here’s a little story in today’s Washington Post about foreseeable consequences. With the collapse of the subprime market, displaced borrowers are flocking to FHA mortgages. The FHA is in essence the government arm charged with subprime lending, and is currently the only … Continue reading →
It has always struck ‘Puter that government is singularly bad at effectively distributing needed aid to the poor. To be certain, government does a great job at spending taxpayer money on programs, but does a lousy job at achieving meaningful … Continue reading →
But the military’s getting screwed. Thanks, Congress. Thanks, banks. Thanks, Fannie & Freddie. Thanks, real-estate speculators. You’ve made us all less safe. Thanks. Thanks so much. UPDATE: On the other hand, at least the same thing is happening in Russia. … Continue reading →
‘Puter hates hisself pension funds and gubbamint trying to manage money, even taken one at a time. Putting them together in one place is like pouring gasoline on a fire: it looks cool from a distance, but you don’t want … Continue reading →
While I share GorT’s incandescent rage (rim shot), over the federal government’s unilateral imposition of mercury-vapor lighting and ardently hope it’ll be reversed, it’s not like this is new. We’re still using lame low-flow toilets and shower heads because we, … Continue reading →
COPS…in Wisconsin! Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →…to find this way, way out of line. The Volgi isn’t an end-the-drug-war guy, but he does think the increasing militarization of police tactics (cf. Waco, Ruby Ridge) is very worrisome. I recognize that these incidents have come about because … Continue reading →
Funny! Not funny at all. Both via PrestoPundit. Confucius, Œc. Vol.Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu. 3.14.242.153
Continue reading →We promised Bill of Rights, so Bill of Rights it shall be. First, the Second Amendment and our Nation’s Capital. Our ever-amusing and multi-talented civil rights abuser, the D.C. City Government has determined that no matter what the U.S. Supreme … Continue reading →
