The Brady Exoneration
Here's the report of the House Ethics Committee on the complaint against Rep. Gerald Brady: Committee Vote: Complaint fails to allege facts which constitute a violation of the Rules of…
Psst–House Ethics Committee To Consider Gerald Brady’s Fate On Friday–DON’T TELL ANYBODY
Pete 'n Val's utter disdain for the public is on full display this week. They've crafted rules that prohibit any discussion by House members of anything that comes before the…
In Praise Of State Rep. David Bentz
You may have missed it, but in typical low-key fashion, Rep. Bentz announced he would not seek reelection in 2022. During his relatively short legislative career, Bentz has passed a…
National AFL-CIO To Gerald Brady: “Resign”.
No, not from the General Assembly. From his position as the Executive Director of the Delaware AFL-CIO: Liz Shuler, national president of the AFL-CIO, said in a statement on Friday…
Song of the Day 8/22: Crabmeat Thompson, “Small Wonder”
Readers of the News Journal might not know this, but Delaware folksinger and raconteur Jerry "Crabmeat" Thompson died in June. I first heard this from friends who saw it on…
DL Open Thread Sunday, August 22, 2021
The hypocrisy of the media's war cheerleading sure is coming a-cropper, with every pom-pom-waving "military analyst" shitting on Biden as their always-questionable usefulness comes to an end. No, you're not…
DL Open Thread Thursday, August 19, 2021
Why would a guy, a Florida governor let's say, dissuade people from getting vaccines or wearing masks, but go all-out on a treatment for people once they come down with…
(At Least) Twelve Years Of Wilful Idiocy…
And Racism. Don't forget racism. Especially racism. Scarlet Woman (Personal to SW: There's a spot on our writing team if you're interested) exhumed perhaps the precise moment where the Delaware…
Unmasked Idiots Cause Cancellation Of Brandywine School District Meeting
Here's the point: They showed up at this meeting for the expressed purpose of causing the meeting to be postponed. A meeting that was scheduled to provide parents and students…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, August 11, 2021
One certainty about the Trump coup is that this lumbering mound of seething resentment and ignorance -- Trump, that is -- isn't smart enough to have done all this himself.…
DL Open Thread Sunday, August 8, 2021
Alexander Pope was right: A little learning is a dangerous thing. He put it more poetically, but his observation was spot on. People who know a lot usually know how…
Gerald Brady…Pete ‘N Val’s Useful Idiot…
...but not for long. Wasn't gonna write this until Monday (our readership is down on the weekends), but the REV's right-on-time podcast (listen to it) changed my mind. Consider a…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021
I wonder if the media aren't creating a false picture of who the anti-vax maskholes are, because apparently it's not all the right-wingers: 90% of U.S. seniors are now vaccinated.…