Old-timers (and “Big Lebowski” fans) will remember “Branded,” the Chuck Connors Western series about a frontier soldier cashiered for cowardice. The opening credits showed his ritual humiliation — stripped of his army insignia, his sabre broken, sent into the barren landscape as the fort’s doors close behind him. I think that’s what New Castle County Council would actually like to do to council president Karen Hartley-Nagle, but since they can’t rip epaulets from her jacket, they only voted to endorse Mike Ramone’s bill to change the county’s rules of succession to County Executive. WDEL reports the bill will be amended to give the governor the choice of an interim executive, with a special election within 55 days to fill the rest of the term.
For a better understanding of how little power our civilian governments have over our police, check out the story of this Wilmington cop who kept his job despite several arrests. And this is the WPD, probably the least powerful of the state’s major police forces.
Republicans aren’t even pretending to care about good government anymore. If they were, Sen. Lamar Alexander wouldn’t even think about tweeting this:
I enjoyed having dinner tonight at the home of Senator John Cornyn and his wife Sandy with our newest Supreme Court Justice, Neil Gorsuch, Transportation Secretary Chao and a few of my other Senate colleagues to talk about important issues facing our country.
Yes, kids, once upon a time a Supreme Court justice would know enough not to discuss “important issues facing our country” with members of Congress, but that was before we redefined “genius” to mean “moron.”
Mueller watchers claim yesterday’s news about who’s been interviewed is a big deal, apparently because it shows that the investigation is taking a wide view of obstruction.
I realize a gun can turn anyone into a mass murderer, so the threat had to be taken seriously, but take a look at 19-year-old Brandon Griesemer of Novi, Mich.,who got hold of his father’s cell phone and called CNN threatening to shoot the place up over its fake news. Classmates said he “identified with Hitler.” As Josh Marshall put it, “Trumpite brown shirts aren’t sending their best.”
Then again, Team Genius isn’t exactly brimming over with brains either. The Trump campaign apparently transferred the exact amount paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to a Trump business just a month after the election.
According to Science, people who swear lie less, have a larger vocabulary and are smarter than those who don’t. So fuckin’ A, Bubba.
