Gentle Readers, Dr. J. has never been thrilled with the president’s foreign policy. Bowing to foreign leaders, alienating friends, acting overly friendly to rivals and enemies, unilaterally disarming, making red lines and letting them be crossed, droning enemies, hiring the … Continue reading →
If Koch is the devil, then here’s one of Hell’s Bells! Gentle Readers, The editorial is two days old, but Dr. J.’s been recredentialing, and saving lives, in that order. Charles Koch, who the Progressives have portrayed as the devil … Continue reading →
Long-time readers of the Gormogons’ will be familiar with the Volgi’s Fallacy of Foreign-Policy Egocentrism. This states, more or less, “it’s not all about us.” Which is a short way of saying that, because states determine their own interests and … Continue reading →
The East Europeans know they inhabit the battleground between the West and a Russia that wants to return them to its sphere of influence. Ukrainians see tens of thousands of Russian troops across their border and know they are looking … Continue reading →
President Barack Obama is seeking to abolish two highly successful missile programs that experts say have helped the U.S. Navy maintain military superiority for the past several decades. The Tomahawk missile program—known as “the world’s most advanced cruise missile”—is set to be cut by $128 … Continue reading →
Over at National Review Online, also known as the other, albeit Flash and pop-up ad laden, intersection of Popery and Conservatism on the internet is a forum on two very important cases being argued before the Supreme Court today. Specifically, Sebelius, Sec. … Continue reading →
This is about how qualified I am for the job. Dr. J.’s lefty Facebook friends have been going apoplectic regarding the fact that anyone would have objections to President Obama’s moderate, even-tempered and exceptionally qualified, albeit young Surgeon General nominee, … Continue reading →
Operative SMC writes: Dr. J, The following comes from my favorite local bank. The CEO sends a weekly email to customers from the economist Robert Genetski. The following article by Genetski is illuminating on the 2008-present recession/depression. Here’s a link … Continue reading →
We don’t need no welfare state…everybody pulled their weight… Gentle Readers, If you pay attention to the debate on food stamps, earned income tax credits, section 8 housing, extending unemployment, etc…conservatives argue that it creates a disincentive to work and … Continue reading →
The Czar, like his dimensionally manipulative brethren GorT and Dr. J., has watched the first installment of Cosmos with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson as host. The Czar was not as enthusiastic as many reviewers. The effects are cooler, but like … Continue reading →
Hypercubes are cool. Dr. J., like GorT, checked out Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos deux. He will re-watch the episode as he didn’t quite finish it out because he had a case of the sleepies. While he found the pacing a little … Continue reading →
Apparently the Russian Army is storming a Ukranian air force base in Crimea, despite calls for a diplomatic solution during their phone call yesterday. I will make it legal… Remember President Obama’s words to former President Medvedev? “After my election … Continue reading →
Let the kids play, and call the games straight Gentle Readers, Dr. J. always believed that referees are best not noticed. Invisibility correlates with quality officiating, especially in high stakes settings. There are two example that he would like to … Continue reading →
Dr. J., as you know, is not a fan of the Obama administration, but in addition to good willed disagreements with the President on policy, his perception of the President and the First Lady, is that they do not strike … Continue reading →
“The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.” … Continue reading →
Did you catch the State of the Union last night? We didn’t! The truth is that your Gormogons found far better things to do with our Tuesday evening. The Volgi: I watched the Caps-Sabres game. ’Puter considers nothing sweeter than … Continue reading →
And it wouldn’t be Thursday without Island Dweller spotting something to tick us off. He brings up the subject of former Defense Secretary Gates: Most illustrious, dread, awful, and so on – Your slightly chilled minion here in the hinterlands … Continue reading →
CBS News took a look at their polling numbers for President Obama over the last 12 months and concluded things aren’t going well for him. It could be worse than even this. Of interest is their conclusion that three things … Continue reading →
Click to make bigger. 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 Russia … Continue reading →
Click to make larger. 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 Russia … Continue reading →
Click to make bigger, or perish. 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 … Continue reading →
Big-time ad exec (and Obama supporter, evidently) Jeff Goodby—whose work you know well—is not a fan of the Pajama Boy ad campaign which you see being spoofed here as well as everywhere else. No, it isn’t because the ad parodies … Continue reading →
Click to make bigger. As if you need to make an eight-foot-tall robot bigger. 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, … Continue reading →
Sexy Actuary is going to be the hot Halloween Costume in 2014. Girls with glasses, meow! Well, Ed Henry, F. Chuck Todd, Major Lt. Col. Garrett and the rest of the White House press corps (not corpses) can stop asking … Continue reading →
Click to enlarge, of course. 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 →
Quit doodling in the margins and get the translation right! Gentle Readers, Dr. J. got a bunch of mail in the last couple of days. The first was from our friend Mark Spahn. It wasn’t directly to Dr. J. but … Continue reading →
A certain retired Master Sergeant wants us to consider how bad things might be. Your Immenseness; At the risk of wearing out my welcome here, I’d like to point out something that my grandfather frequently reminded me to consider; A. … Continue reading →
Meet Billy.* Billy is the poster boy for Organizing for Action latest fuck-up-the-holidays-with-political-conversation-that-is-not-welcome-at-the-dinner-table. This risible ad campaign is encouraging its email list to talk up the great success that is Obamacare and the Healthcare.gov website. Has the president signed up, … Continue reading →
President Obama, if there is any doubt even among his most ardent supporters, is a classic narcissist. So much so, an introductory college textbook could use him as its example. The extreme neuroses, the need for constant reassurance, the ability … Continue reading →
The bad news is that Obamacare negatively affects you, our gentle reader. The good news is that Julia is equally bad off. Remember Julia? We lampooned her here a while back. Someone from the Independent Women’s Voice organization came up … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s been horrifically busy of late, so he hasn’t been able to write much of substance and you’ve had to suffer the slings and arrows of My Little Pony jokes and puppy pictures, and not much Gormotastic … Continue reading →
Our guest writer today is no less a celebrity than JAB, who writes to you from the Doublewide. “’The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and … Continue reading →
Man, it’s been a sucky year or two, Charlie Brown. The retail sector has no shame. They have been pushing their Christmas decorating earlier and earlier every year. Indeed, the Charlie Brown Easter special back in 1974 was hip to the … Continue reading →
Inevitably, future historians will write detailed biographies of President Barack Obama as they have done for all the presidents. God willing, President Obama will enjoy a long, happy retirement with his family and take the time to read some of … Continue reading →
Island Dweller starts our work week off with thoughts on the Obama administration. Yesterday the tin can and string telephone down here at Shangri-La connecting me to Esteemed Associate began tapping. After picking up that soup can and pulling the … Continue reading →
While the President is furiously trying to figure out what cookies are and why his new website needs to have them deleted, our Secretary of State is ruining the entire planet. You might have missed this story even though its … Continue reading →
* Gentle Readers, Dr. J.’s been hideously busy at work lately, so your daily dose of pop-culture whimsy, biomedical news, educational theory, economic policy, tales of the Lil Resident and Lil Medstudent, and pictures of Lady J. have been sporadic, … Continue reading →
The Czar knows how smart you readers are, and will not hesitate to get you talking smart stuff with one another. For example, the Czar got a great letter from Island Dweller (and who doesn’t?) as follows: Oh Sultan of … Continue reading →
(A missive from Island Dweller; not much the Czar can say to top this, so here it is.) Most exalted one, The enclosed article says it all. In a way, this isn’t really news, because as everyone knows, Dear Leader … Continue reading →
The President sure doesnt know about a lot of things. Seems like every day, he learns about something his closest advisers did while he was on the golf course. What a terrible burden to be President, if nobody tells you … Continue reading →
‘Free’ is more expensive than out of pocket. Dr. J. apologizes for using the same trope in back to back posts, but it really fits today’s post. Kirsten Powers, the pro-life Democrat political commentator was on Megan Kelly’s show this last … Continue reading →
Operative BG, a.k.a. The Official Copy Editor of the Gormogons™ writes in response to today’s post by Dr. J.: Dear Dr. J. Never ascribe to malice that which can be easily explained by stupidity. Attempting to take over the nation’s … Continue reading →
Meesa hand ovah the keys to the Republic for free healthcare for Gungans, okieday? Gentle Readers, In all of the headlines about the miserable failure that is the Healthcare.gov website, no one is asking this simple question:Why do people have … Continue reading →
So far, the good news about Obamacare is that very few people can actually get it. Yesterday, millions of people watched (or re-watched) The Daily Show’s brutal attack on both Obamacare and to a lesser extent the President himself. Indeed, … Continue reading →
AFGE Local 90210’s Finest… Operative RKB writes: Dear Dr. J., I did not realize you acted so openly… Either that or Puter’s been sleep walking again. Best, Operative RKB Dear RKB, That one wasn’t ours…the same folk who put together … Continue reading →
Happy Columbus Day, boys and girls! One would think it was Hitler’s birthday or something, the way that Dr. J.’s Facebook feed was filled with venom for the first Dead White Guy™to be found in our history books. Two minutes … Continue reading →
Word got out yesterday that the Obama administration thought it would be funny to endanger the lives of kidnapped children. There simply is no easier way to describe it. So the next time liberals cry that something is For the … Continue reading →
A hot microphone captured Senator Rand Paul expressing with some incredulity that Republicans might actually triumph in this shutdown nonsense. Why not. You have a president begging Americans not to give up on Obamacare, which is a complete reversal of … Continue reading →
JAB write to the shiny metallic one regarding this post: Dear Mr. GorT: Your advice to the GOP strikes me as spot-on, but I fear they are too stupid to follow it. Had they any gumption, they would long … Continue reading →
President Obama was just down the road from GorT’s non-castle residence yesterday and his speech included this little excerpt: So are his “handlers” slapping their foreheads? Is the crowd so stupid that they don’t realize what he just said? For … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. saw this meme and had to post it, breaking radio silence 4 hours earlier than planned. It nicely summarizes The Czar’s excellent ~1021 word polemic in one picture and 21 words. Back to your regularly scheduled … Continue reading →
When GorT gets fed up he gets fired up,when he gets fired up the laser he gets fired up GorT is pretty much fed up with the federal government. Ever since “politician” was viewed as an acceptable answer to “What … Continue reading →
Dr. J. has a million balls in the air, and consequently will be out through Wednesday, so any wit, wisdom and ponyisms will have to wait. Until then remember: Obamacare still sucks A government shutdown is not a bad thing … Continue reading →
GorT has little patience for people complaining about the current fight over the federal debt ceiling, the defunding of the Affordable Care Act, and the impending “shutdown” of the federal government. If the Congress, and specifically the Senate would do … Continue reading →
There is not much left to say about President Obama on this Syria affair, but it is interesting to see parties on the Left and Right come together at long last and excoriate his inept bungling of what seemed a … Continue reading →
The sun sets on the Pax Americana There are a number of opinion pieces referring to the recent Syria as a foreign policy disaster for the Obama Administration and consequently for the US: From the Weekly Standard: This revealed to … Continue reading →
Maybe GorT should have come up with a classier title for this post but with all the directions that I could take this post, I figured I’d keep it simple. GorT has been having a great time with getting his … Continue reading →
The semper paratus Island Dweller puts charcoal to the cave wall to write in: Most August Majesty: There is a phrase being bandied about by both sides on the Syria issue, to wit: “Boots on the ground.” Everyone using this … Continue reading →
How can one begin to count up the number of times someone has said “This has been a bad week for President Obama.” This observation is not there to gloat—it is there to make us realize how bad a job … Continue reading →
Class warfare, Marxist policies and economic slut shaming have their consequences. Hurting the big guy hurts the little guys faster and harder. Gentle Readers, Dr. and Mrs. Dr. J. recently had a budgetary summit as money has grown tight over … Continue reading →
The most intentionally under-reported aspect of the Syrian crisis is the severity with which the Obama administration is now revealed to the world. We have learned that if a President shoots his mouth off an a cutey-pie way of trying … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Dr. J. falls into the camp of those against President Obama using force in Syria. Dr. J. has an open-mind, and would not mind if the president persuaded him otherwise. The president however has yet to do so, … Continue reading →
Island Dweller writes in, and the Czar will comment along. Dread and Awful Majesty: Your humble subject has mentioned in the past the possible consequences of incompetence in foreign policy. He has also mentioned how the US government at the … Continue reading →
It wasn’t long before Dr. J. received a missive from none other than Operative RBK who returned from the other side of the mirror where he was on R&R from all things operative. He writes in regarding Dr. J.’s recent anti-Krugman … Continue reading →
President Bush would’ve had a plan, and gone before the American people, congress and our allies before leaking battle plans to the media…go it alone my ass. Dr. J. didn’t always agree with President Bush, Dr. J. felt that he … Continue reading →
The pageant of incompetence continues at the Obama White House. Remember when we said this? Let us see if we have this mapped out. The United States backed protesters in Egypt, demanded Ḥusnī Mubārak resign immediately, got chummy with the … Continue reading →
Well, it turns out that Russia had been in contact with breakaway republic Eddie Snowden all along, and that Snowden’s flight to Russia, hiding out in the airport, threatened deportation, and ultimate asylum may not have been as spontaneous as … Continue reading →
Dr. J. was astounded with the President’s speech, the timing of which dovetailed nicely with his most recent faculty meeting on Wednesday. Let’s go to the funny pages for the President’s speech: Our first priority is aimed at providing better … Continue reading →
The Czar ponders what might be done with Egypt. In passing, he describes the Volgi as a foreign-policy cynic. One thinks of oneself as an empiricist more than a cynic, but perhaps the eye of the beholder governs. The short … Continue reading →
The Czar tends to be the optimist; he leaves cynicism for 孔夫子, the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV) as the latter is far more experienced in matters of Что делать. But what is to be done seems to be the … Continue reading →
Get thee to Vermont! …but your wife or domestic life partner can’t. In two separate news articles, employees of the University of Virginia and the United Parcel Service hear the ‘other shoe dropping’ as their 2014 benefits have been announced. … Continue reading →
Forever Uninsured… Even more Obamacare chickens came home to roost today! Forever 21, a young women’s clothing store dear to the hearts of legions of millennials and Gen-Xers-in-denial is moving non-management workers to 29.5 hours/week. Why is this? Probably because … Continue reading →
Once we repair the hyperdrive, we’re SO there! The Czar is the one who typically provides commentary on scientific journalism, however this article caught Dr. J.’s eye. The long and short of it is that yet another exoplanet (planet outside … Continue reading →
Some marriages are more equal than others… A number of workplaces across the nation including many ivory towers of enlightened thinking have, in the last several years, extended employee benefits to same sex partners. It was surmised that it since … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Our friends from the Washington Times added this bon mot… Since January 2009 the country has added a net total of 270,000 full-time jobs, but it has added 1.9 million part-time jobs, according to the House Ways and … Continue reading →
Dr. J.’d rather see Obamacare upside-down than the economy upside-down… Gentle Readers, If you needed more proof that Obamacare is the Albatross™ brand millstone around the neck of the US economy, one needs only look to the most recent jobs … Continue reading →
A Progressive’s Rendition of a Republican You know how you hear that the Democrats are the ‘Party of the Little Guy’? Republicans are ‘John Q. Monocle’ sporting a top hat and a pipe as they pay sub-minimum wage to children … Continue reading →
Shoot, if Dr. J. were single, he’ consider working up there! The great Emily Grace (@greatgrace84), our resident #ninjababe, brought this article to Dr. J.’s attention in which Saudi Arabia is concerned that oil exports are down due to decreased … Continue reading →
You’ve got to accentuate the positiveeliminate the negativeLatch on to the affirmativeBut don’t mess with mister inbetween Apologies to Sam Cooke but I think our dear readers will agree that it is an appropriate title once you get to the … Continue reading →
Gentle Readers, Your Gormogons have, since its inception, pilloried against the healthcare timebomb affectionately known as Obamacare. Dr. J. refuses to call it by its Orwellian title, the Affordable Care Act because it is neither affordable, nor caring for the … Continue reading →
Your Mandarin was watching one of the finest shows on television Monday night. That’s right your Mandarin was watching Top Gear on BBC America. While your Mandarin always enjoys the show, this week’s episode was really prescient given the Detroit … Continue reading →
Hold on to the handrails, folks, GorT is fired up. It’s been one of those weeks. You know the ones – craptastic service from Comcast at GorT’s place of business causing us to be without internet access for almost 2 … Continue reading →
Conservative twitter great, future senator from the great state of South Carolina, and Friend of the Gormogons Bruce Carroll, aka @GayPatriot posted this on his twitter feed: Just when you thought it was safe to go the doctor… #ObamaCareNado: http://t.co/uxEY5HIdYQ— … Continue reading →
Hard to believe it finally happened, but the Czar is elated that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano is resigning to go into academia. Ironically, she should have been there the entire time, if for no other reason than her threat assessment … Continue reading →
Island Dweller writes in to clarify an earlier point he made: I was referring to the great Detroit riot of 1967, in which 43 people were shot dead, a few by the DPD; the rest of the shooters were fellow … Continue reading →
Think you have a bad day from time to time? Imagine the morons at KTVU Channel 2 in San Francisco/Oakland, who read on the air the names of the Asiana airline pilots: allow the Czar to quote, “Sum Ting Wong,” … Continue reading →
Anytime Rep. Roskam (R-IL) wants to send in a guest post, GorT will be happy to share it. Consider this clip from the representative (courtesy of NRO’s Corner) and one could think of it as a brilliant audition tape: mocking, … Continue reading →
Insert images of sad puppies in the sweltering heat of teh globul warmyngzes! The Czar and GorT have called a spade a spade with regard to the willful ignorance of liberals when it comes to science. Dr. J. had to … Continue reading →
Nitwittery comes in pints? As you know, when our leaders are trying to show their solidarity with Joe Sixpack, they’re photographed with a beer in their hand. Hillary’s done it. Bill Clinton’s certainly done it (but Dr. J. posits that … Continue reading →
The average temperature on Earth may be changing up or down. We honestly don’t know. Some folks say it is going up a degree, and therefore floods and famine may occur. That’s actually possible. Other folks say it is going … Continue reading →
Uh,huh. So this White House Down movie is not doing very well. It opened in fourth place behind two repeat films (it brought in only half as much as Monsters University, now in its second week) and well behind a … Continue reading →
‘Your love is better than ice cream…’ Sarah McLachlan President Obama spake* today regarding the SCOTUS with the MOSTUS: On an issue as sensitive as this, knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply held beliefs, … Continue reading →
By spice, Dr. J. means energy. Dr. J. has said in the past that cheap and plentiful energy is the heart of a robust economy. It is the engine that drives everything else. Similarly, the economy struggles when energy becomes … Continue reading →
For a while there, maybe as long as three weeks ago, some people were compiling lists of Obama-era scandals just to keep track of them. Indeed, it seemed every week another insulting or embarrassing leak was happening that showed what … Continue reading →
When We Saw the Dude Nailed to the Plus Sign on the Wall in Math Class…We Knew The Teacher Meant Business! GorT beat Dr. J. to the punch regarding President Obama’s poor choice of words in Northern Ireland, but Dr. … Continue reading →
Obama is in Northern Ireland for the G8 Summit and in front of over 2,000 young people many of whom are Catholic, he made the following statement: If towns remain divided—if Catholics have their schools and buildings and Protestants have … Continue reading →
All right, it has come down to this so the Czar pretty much is going to come out and say it: Barack Obama is not fooling anyone anymore. Set aside the polls showing his support collapsing (except in the African-hyphen-American … Continue reading →
GorT figured that with all the swirl regarding PRISM, Mr. Snowden, and the other recent leaks about various aspects of the country’s intelligence collection programs, that I’d weigh in on a few things: 1. The initial reports of Snowden being … Continue reading →
Socialized medicine? The Doctor says, “RUN!” Today, Dr. J. is copying in whole-cloth a post from the now defunct Ideal Medical Practices blog. Written by Megan Lewis, M.D., in February of 2009, this piece flew onto Dr. J.’s radar this week. … Continue reading →
