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Delaware Is A Police State. Will Anybody Do Anything?
I hope you have all read this article in Sunday’s News Journal. If not, read it and then head back here. I’ll wait.
I didn’t know, betcha that you didn’t either, that police can seize property, money and valuables when they suspect that the owners of said property, money and valuables are involved in drug-related crime. Betcha didn’t know that neither (a) the filing of charges and/or (b) convictions for said offenses were a prerequisite for police just taking stuff. Betcha didn’t know that it’s exceedingly difficult, if not down-right impossible, for innocent victims of said seizures to get their money, property and valuables back. Betcha didn’t know that the ‘proceeds’ go directly to a law enforcement slush fund called SLEAF. Betcha didn’t know that Delaware is the only state in the union that refuses to release the amount of money seized and how the money is spent….
State Police Now Posing As Foreign Policy Experts
Taking their cue from Craven Carney, the Delaware State Police are calling for a ‘pause’ in allowing Syrian refugees into the country.
Unlike Jack Markell, the cops unsurprisingly have demonstrated no knowledge of the already rigorous 18-24 months screening process that precedes the admission of any Syrian refugee into the country. The words in the statement are boilerplate from the pants-wetters, including Craven Carney. Poor wittle police critters are scared of widows and orphans from Syria.
Desperately Seeking MVP Candidates!
It’s that time of year again! Time to nominate those who were Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause in Delaware in 2015. Here is the main rule: You must submit your rationale along with your nomination. The nominee doesn’t even have to be a progressive, Christine O’Donnell won one year for the sh*tstorm she unleashed on the Rethuglican Party.
In the last two years, the winners ended up coming from your nominations. While I have a few names, including a tentative #1, your suggestions will, to a large extent, determine the names on the list.
Nominations close on Friday, December 11, with the list being published sometime around Christmas.
Have at it!
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: October, 2015
Not since Jason Isbell’s ‘Southeastern’ has an album featured as many good literate tunes as the new Josh Ritter album, ‘Sermon on the Rocks’. We’ll bookend this set with two of those great songs….
R. I. P. Allen Toussaint
He was touring in Madrid, still performing at the age of 77, when he passed away yesterday. His sound was largely the sound of N’awlins R & B. In fact, I can’t imagine N’awlins music without Allen Toussaint. He often wrote, produced and played piano on some of the best songs to emerge from the […]
Breaking News: Holy Bleep! Gordon Fires Grimaldi, Grimaldi to Primary Gordon?
Look what the News-Journal just published:
“It was in the spur of the moment because I questioned him about his risk manager, who I think is his girlfriend,” Grimaldi said. “It was just (expletive) you, David. You are fired.”
But here’s the money quote:
“I put lipstick on that pig for three years, but it is a … pig,” Grimaldi said.
I’m not a religious man but…“Thank you, Jesus.”
Civil Liberties: Coons Hero, Carper Villain. At Least For One Day.
They really are different, after all. At least when it comes to protecting your right to privacy.
‘Bulo Brings the Blues…
to the Arden Gild Hall on Saturday, November 7th at 8 p.m. I’ve got two great headliners for this show: Alvin Youngblood Hart with his killer band Muscle Theory, and the Damon Fowler Band. First, here’s a taste of the multiple award-winning Alvin Youngblood Hart, who is described as ‘ the cosmic American love child […]
Lie of the Year. Perhaps of the Decade.
In a dog-bites-man story, the despicable House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst, aka ‘Pete’s Enforcer’, sought to essentially narc out someone who had the temerity to question the raises that D House leadership bestowed upon its staff. Longhurst did it by leaking an e-mail exchange and issuing a veiled threat to the constituent’s employer. This News-Journal story captures the essence of Longhurst as well as anything I’ve read.
Please read the story. You’ll see that Longhurst is first utterly disingenuous in somehow claiming that she HAD NO IDEA whether the e-mail in question reflected the official position of the University of Delaware. Her intent was clear: To get the employee in trouble, and to underline that the General Assembly, due to its infinite charity, provides funds to the University of Delaware and, gee, wouldn’t it be a shame if that relationship was threatened by this e-mail?
And, now, to the Lie of the Year. In Delaware, this is almost certainly the Lie of the Decade:
“I was just asking a question,” Longhurst said. “I’ve never bullied anybody. If that’s the perception, that’s the perception.”
“How is it intimidating?” she told The News Journal. “I just raised a question.”
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: September, 2015
Quality and quantity this month. Some new (to me) artists and some faves who have stepped up big time. Let’s start with some truly joyful noise…
Markell, Chamber & Rethugs Rigging the Game for 2016. D ( )eadership AWO(L).
Anybody paying attention can see what’s going on. The alleged D leaders in the General Assembly either aren’t paying attention, or they’re in the bag as well.
Stated simply: Gov. Markell, aided and abetted by his pro-business propagandists, is pursuing a strategy of forcing cuts on the most vulnerable with NO consideration being given to increasing revenues as a means of closing the budget gap.
You’re already familiar with the choreographed calls for cuts to health care, public education, and state employees emanating from the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable.
DL Faves Among Bryan Townsend’s Advisory Committee…
…including our very own Cassandra Marshall and (might as well be our very own) Mike Matthews. What I love about this list of leaders who will be part of Bryan Townsend’s campaign is that many, if not most, are people who are vital to our state, yet have generally not been among the party insiders […]
Townsend Is In!
Received this just awhile ago:
Dear Friends,
Today, I ask for your support as I announce my campaign to represent Delaware in Congress.
Delaware faces a significant challenge: rebuilding an economy that works for all Delawareans and that reverses the inequality spreading across America. That’s why our campaign will champion policies that grow and strengthen the middle class, provide every child with an opportunity to succeed, promote equal justice in the criminal justice system, and ensure retirement security for our seniors.
Four years ago, I was joined by students, community leaders, and neighbors in a grassroots campaign for the Delaware State Senate. Although some doubted our prospects, Delawareans like you showed they’d back a candidate who reaches out, listens, and will always do the right thing for Delaware, even when it’s the hard thing.
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