delawareliberal--2020-07-11--Donviti is dead, long live Donviti

Donviti is dead, long live Donviti

Donviti , as you know him is dead .
Well , I ’ m dying .
I ’ m killing him at the conclusion of this totally incoherent post .
I ’ m killing him like Republicans are killing our democracy and our citizens with their ignorant , racist , antiscience , antichristian worldview .
I created this character nearly 13 years ago .
Jason somehow came across content of mine .
He asked me to write for DL .
Until he didn ’ t .
God did I have fun .
Writing posts about an idiot meatball eyetalian lawmaker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failed up in Rhode Island .
Man did I love the back and forth with another idiot that beat his wife , got drunk and used his get out of jail free card , then got in more trouble , switched parties , and then got in more trouble .
That ’ s who Republican ’ s in Delaware are and always will be .
I relished criticizing them .
I relished assaulting their sensitive egos with words .
But , It all started with my rants during the Bush years .
Bush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their holes .
He stood atop a pile of rubble and rallied us all to believe salvation for us as a nation was to murder and torture those that dared to attack us .
I wrote little diddies , I cursed a lot .
I posted on top of my fellow bloggers , and eventually pissed off enough people to be asked to leave DL .
Back to Bush .
I hated him .
I loathed him .
The Bush Doctrine ?
What a load of bullshit .
Kill them , before they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Causus .
Or some shit Latin phrase that was perverted and twisted into a way for America to start murdering innocent people that looked at us funny .
The other Bush , still a big fan .
I can ’ t get enough actually .
Actually , I can ’ t get any these days .
Balding , approaching 50 , and stuck in a basement ( literally ) have taken its toll on me , my marriage , and my concubine .
I created Donviti b/c I worked at a bank .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ my tenure .
Wells Fargo , WSFS , Chase , and before my time at DL I was at MBNA .
But there is no way in hell I was going to reveal myself b/c the way it goes now people do search you on Facebook , twitter , and other places to make sure you ’ re not some crazed nutbag spewing radical ideas .
Radical ideas like being against torture , illegal wars , corrupt systems that allow companies to create shell companies and avoid taxes .
Those things don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shell companies to help people avoid taxes .
Side note , I literally sat on the floor where WSFS had a desk , in a closet , with a phone .
That no one was in .
It was an office .
For some very big corporation .
Congrats !
You ’ re incorporated in Delaware !
Look at the jobs it creates !
Also side note , this is where I think of Rob Vanella .
I admire his choice to not use an alias .
I know Rob .
He ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s also the first person I ’ d pick to have in my corner when I am about to get into a fight .
He ’ s the real deal .
I envy his podcast .
I don ’ t listen to it though .
It hurts my ego that he ’ s successful and Jason and I couldn ’ t get one going .
Back to the golden days of Donviti… .
Biden was senator then or maybe the VP .
It all bleeds together the past decade and a half .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ democrat from Delaware that could care less about the blue-collar guy .
Biden ’ s philosophy then and I ’ m sure now is the same ; make the rich richer and everyone else will get theirs too .
MBNA was one of the first , if not the first to basically make usury rates legal .
Hooray Delaware !
Thanks Biden !
Lucky for us we don ’ t only have APR ’ s on Credit Cards that are 25 % but , payday lenders are a thing now !
What a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president one day….we need more creative financial instruments that can legally rape poor people of their money .
Side note .
Do you know who funds the money that keeps payday lenders afloat ?
Billionaires and mega millionaires .
Do you know how they do it ?
They have people in NY , or Ct that bundle their money to be disbursed to a lender .
They get paid a return of 12 to 20 % on their investment depending on if you are a Junior or Senior in the bucket .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have at least $ 5m or so in assets .
Cool huh ?
Guess what…companies in Delaware help those people get paid so they can fund the payday lenders .
Great huh !
Can you imagine a rate of return , guaranteed at 24 % on 250k ?
Sweet huh .
Delaware , what a state .
So yeah , Donviti was born .
I like paying my bills .
I hated being in banks .
But now I can finally say I ’ m out .
Man , if you people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LOL .
Seriously , I ’ m a fraud and a half at this point .
I admit it .
It is what it is .
So I ’ m rambling .
Gee , another post where Dv rambles .
I remember proudly at one point I was outed , by who I don ’ t know , and no longer care .
If anyone still wants to try they could probably connect the dots easily .
I tried to keep my alter ego and work life separate .
There ’ s just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take the career path I have and call people like Dave Burris fat daddy ’ s boy fucks that wouldn ’ t know jesus if he ran over him with one his daddy ’ s semi ’ s .
You just can ’ t do that .
Not that I ’ m anyone that is someone .
I ’ m a regular joe that is already a pain in the ass in the office , one less thing to know about me , is one less reason to fire me .
You can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out for not knowing what it means to be an American and rub elbows with SVP ’ s .
It ’ s not how it works .
No matter how disgusting a person running for senate is .
You can ’ t say she ’ s a total shithead that has at best a worldview that mirrors the worst ideals of white supremacy .
Eventually someone at a bank will find out about it and eventually lay you off .
You don ’ t get invited to be an Honorary Commander at Dover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ babies like Charlie Copeland for being wankers .
Can you imagine being an heir to a mega billion corporation that hid secrets about their products that caused cancer and murdered hundreds if not thousands of people ?
Can you imagine constantly harping on that person ?
I can ’ t imagine seeing a monthly 5- or 6-digit check dropping in my account and having to know that the money I ’ m using to buy a black 3 digit license plate for my new Range Rover comes from a company my grandparents built @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war because profits .
Can you imagine , being a republican shitbag that starts up some crappy think tank using daddy ’ s and grand daddy ’ s blood money ?
But sure Chuck , tell me and the rest of us Neanderthals how we should go about growing our economy and making a living for ourselves .
Yammering on about how free markets rule .
How regulations need to be eliminated .
Why don ’ t you narrate the movie Dark Waters for me or how about Foxchaser .
Sell your bullshit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you think taking shots at politicians in Dover means you can easily find employment in this state , think again .
By the way , how are Dave Lawson and Colon Bonini still alive ?
How do I have covid and not these terrible human beings that control what happens to the citizens of Delaware ?
How in the world do racist fucks like that hold office in Delaware ?
What kind of asshole gets up and leaves during a prayer ?
Whaaaaa it ’ s a Muslim prayer being said on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christian grounds .
Ohnoes our world is being taken over by brown people .
FUCK YOU dickhead .
Do you have children ?
Grandchildren ?
I mean , for the rest of your lives that will stay with you .
God how satisfying it will be to have grandchildren shake their head in disgust that Poppop was a racist , intolerant , ignorant , backwoods shit head .
Open a god damn textbook and take a minute to read history .
Read up on religion you piece of shit .
Do you know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Do you know where Persia is on a map ?
What do you know about any religion besides the one you allegedly practice ?
There ’ s no way if I wasn ’ t a coward hiding behind an alias that I could make fun of little Tony Delcollo .
You think I could get away with telling him he looks like a guy that auditioned for the kid ’ s role in stranger things and didn ’ t get the part ?
How do you tell a guy that wearing a stupid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stupid shirt , with the head the size of a watermelon and a bad haircut sans rayban px glasses do not mean you are hipster cool ?
How do you say to him that the look you are going for actually says , is you are a douchebag , out of touch republican that has no chance of winning a higher office in Delaware .
Bro , paisan to paisan , stop it .
You ’ re a disgrace .
The kids aren ’ t going to look at you and think , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I want to be a republican b/c of him ” .
They are going to think , “ god what a creepy republican with abnormally fuzzy eyebrows .
He ’ s definitely a pedo ” I look back at what Donviti was able to do and quite honestly it didn ’ t amount to jack shit .
Hopefully people laughed .
But , I wanted to change the way people think .
I wanted to make a difference .
I wanted to put together a book of all my best short stories @ @ @ @ @ @ @ irritate people with opinions so confounding that ultimately my aspirations of being the next Howard Stern slash Cobert crashed and burned so catastrophically that really I lost more friends on the left than I made .
The one thing I had going for me besides my looks is that I am also a veteran .
I liberal veteran .
I think I can count on one hand the republicans in this state that served .
God knows Copeland and Burris didn ’ t .
Can you imagine either one of those guys suiting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tie fundraiser at Ducks Unlimited ?
I ’ m not sure how many of the crusty fucks in Dover suited up .
I imagine a few did .
But fuck you too .
I won ’ t thank you for your service .
Because clearly what honor you had while serving is lost now and you serve for yourself and no one else .
For a brief minute I even drove down to Milton , Delaware and did an online radio type show .
I remember cracking open some beers with Maria Evans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show if I wanted to do a show of my own .
Too bad Milton was 2 hours away from my bubble in North Wilmington .
Man , I would have given anything to do a radio show , or a podcast , or some sort of thing like that .
But I was dumb , young , naïve , immature , you name it , I was “ it ” .
For the most part I still am .
So who wants to work with someone that doesn ’ t listen .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Fame ?
It just never happened .
I used to think it didn ’ t happen despite all my best efforts .
Looking back , I know why it didn ’ t happen .
I didn ’ t know how to listen as I just said .
I didn ’ t know how to tap the breaks .
I didn ’ t know when to pull back and not insult people .
I didn ’ t know when not to say things like doesn ’ t BHL look like fucking Kelly Anne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people to bleach their hair to the point it looks like straw attached to your head ?
How do you make fun of people like that and not at some point get told to calm down ?
Those kinds of personal attacks can be hurtful .
I imagine the bleach in your eyes is too though .
I mean does anyone even talk about how her husband was stealing signs a few years ago ?
Can anyone stop and imagine how that went down ?
Can you imagine that turd dressed up in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ running his chubby little legs from sign to sign .
Plucking them up with his little sausage fingered hands .
Was someone else driving the getaway vehicle ?
God that ’ d be a sight .
“ get the car !
Get the car !
I got one !
” I picture Chris Farley and David Spade in Tommy Boy .
Or Thelma and Louise .
I ’ m good at it though .
Jesus the political ads I could make if I had a budget and team to work with .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how to insult .
I can go for the jugular .
That ’ s where I ’ ll give Republicans credit .
They will tell you they are Christians but then not give two shits if Guadalupe and her 5-month-old son are running from their country to avoid being raped and murdered .
Fuck em !
Split them up !
The taste of blood is no longer intoxicating though .
I ’ m coughing it up by the minute .
Now , when I stymie a cough , I shit myself .
My @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me .
Which is fine b/c in my head that ’ s the reason no one is coming to see me off .
So , yes , Donviti has covid19 .
He contracted recently at a rally .
No not a BLM rally .
But how then , you ask ?
We all know you sit in your mom ’ s basement you fucking loser .
Fair , b/c these days I am in my basement .
I have been for about 5 months now .
Actually , I think I got it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open back up .
You can ’ t go this long without a lap dance from a chick named Dakota that escaped her captors in Romania .
It ’ s not natural .
So , I did what any person with a conscience would do .
I searched and searched and searched online for her .
I hunted her down .
I found out where she lives and stood outside her home with a sign that said , “ MY LAP MATTERS ” .
I marched and marched and marched until she would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was dying for .
She was touched .
Truly .
I know she was moved by my dedication to her cause because she constantly was peeking out her window at me .
I showered her driveway with dollars .
Not too many though , I didn ’ t want to look desperate .
I know the game .
You don ’ t get a dollar if I don ’ t see some skin babe .
So , I ’ d wave and flash the cash , and b/c she was so embarrassed she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her boyfriend even came out of the house to tell me my display of affection was beginning to concern her .
A weeks ’ worth of marching and he had enough I guess .
Clearly , he isn ’ t good enough for her .
He didn ’ t have a mask on when he came out to communicate his and her appreciation for what I was trying to do .
I ’ m pretty sure that was when it transmitted to me .
It was hard to make out everything he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yelling actually .
His face was quite red , and he had a deeply disturbing vein thing going on around his temples when he shouted .
God , the spittle in my eyes and in my ears is probably what did the trick now that I recall the conversation we had .
Your gf is a stripper bro .
This shit is bound to happen .
Please , call me Dakota .
I miss you .
I ’ m now closing my eyes and imagining giving her a dollar and the customary congratulatory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I got the rona when I was being restrained by Wilmington ’ s finest .
Is it ok to talk about shitbag pigs on this website ?
Is anyone going to highlight the fact that the home state of Joe Biden has a pig problem in Wilmington ?
The future POTUS ?
Are we going to talk about how destitute the city of Wilmington is and the mayor that is clearly in the pocket of real estate developers ?
No ?
why bother , it ’ s too late now anyway .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say .
I don ’ t have the energy to talk about cops .
Maybe , though I could have gotten covid when I was in Gander Hill .
The “ how ” I got in there isn ’ t really that important .
What matters is I was doing something .
Right Casandra ?
Hey sweetie , I was actually marching .
I was actually protesting this time .
Man , I ’ ll never forget Casandra telling me one time that voting wasn ’ t enough .
Bitching in a post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do I do she asked ?
Well , damnint !
I finally did something .
And I got arrested for it .
So what if it was for breaking into Al ’ s Sporting Goods .
Looters gon na loot and fuck if I ’ m gon na actually pay for Kobe ’ s .
So maybe it wasn ’ t really marching , and I just saw an opportunity to stick it to the man .
So what if it was a man that was established in the city for decades and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him and his LeBron ’ s wrapped in Ziploc bags so my smudgy fingers don ’ t ruin his display .
Much like a stripper , if I can ’ t touch the real thing , then fuck it , I ’ m not paying .
Oh and did you know she ’ s a descendant of George Thorogood .
Not the stripper .
Cass .
She hasn ’ t told you yet ?
Give it time .
She ’ ll spring it on you .
Smooches gf .
I love you .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m dying .
And I ’ m taking Donviti with me .
It ’ s time for him to go .
My Q list career is being cut short by Covid .
I was this close to making it big when I was crowned Delaware ’ s Hottest Blogger in 2011 .
I was a writer on one of the most read websites in Delaware .
I had always wanted to be a writer .
Acerbic was just my style .
And it still is .
It ’ s real this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different .
I ’ m going away .
The world has changed .
Death panels are real .
Republicans are anti-science .
They are right here in Delaware too .
Fucking Drug Mules for Mexican Drug Cartels are running for Senate !
Can we stop and let that settle in ?
a DRUG MULE FOR THE MEXICAN CARTEL IS RUNNING FOR SENATE .
THAT ’ S GOT TA BEAT A WITCH RIGHT ?
My god Republicans in Delaware are a fucking joke .
From stupid italian tucker Carlson wannabees , to racist , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Everyfuckingsingle one of you .
There ’ s nothing to joke about anymore .
It ’ s real .
Our nation is in trouble .
Truly .
There ’ s no solace in ranting about this current administration and the sycophants it ’ s birthed .
It ’ s time for me to let go and move on .
I ’ m too weak from the hydroxychloroquine and disinfectant .
Can you fucking imagine ?
!
The president of the United States , stood at a podium on national television and suggested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Colombia , Peru , or some thug from the Balkans .
THE POTUS .
And Republicans tried to parse and dissemble his words as if it ’ s not what he said .
He ’ s literally pushing the country to open back up even though it kills hundreds of thousands .
And Republicans , evangelicals , are all like , “ Hell yeah ” .
If this doesn ’ t really scare you to your core , I have no more words for you .
Republicans are frauds .
They are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They need to be eliminated from public office .
From the president on down to the school board .
Gone .
Bye .
Purged .
You are not fit to serve me , or my country .
Or Dakota .
She ’ s too good for you .
God that ass… So again , I say It ’ s very real what is going on in the USA and Delaware .
What ’ s going on with her ass , and the country .
Very , very real .
Our nation is in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are justified .
We have to do what it takes , or things will be worse .
I hope people realize how dire the situation is .
Because it is dire .
Thank you everyone for entertaining me .
I ’ m truly grateful for your allowing me to pollute your minds with nonsense for over a dozen years .
I will not rest in peace .

Donviti, as you know him is dead. Well, I’m dying. I’m killing him at the conclusion of this totally incoherent post. I’m killing him like Republicans are killing our democracy and our citizens with their ignorant, racist, antiscience, antichristian worldview.
I created this character nearly 13 years ago. Jason somehow came across content of mine. He asked me to write for DL. Until he didn’t. God did I have fun. Writing posts about an idiot meatball eyetalian lawmaker that is no more and I think failed up in Rhode Island. Man did I love the back and forth with another idiot that beat his wife, got drunk and used his get out of jail free card, then got in more trouble, switched parties, and then got in more trouble. That’s who Republican’s in Delaware are and always will be. I relished criticizing them. I relished assaulting their sensitive egos with words.
But, It all started with my rants during the Bush years. Bush was going to smoke terrorists out of their holes. He stood atop a pile of rubble and rallied us all to believe salvation for us as a nation was to murder and torture those that dared to attack us. I wrote little diddies, I cursed a lot. I posted on top of my fellow bloggers, and eventually pissed off enough people to be asked to leave DL.
Back to Bush. I hated him. I loathed him. The Bush Doctrine? What a load of bullshit. Kill them, before they kill us. Just war. Bellus Causus. Or some shit Latin phrase that was perverted and twisted into a way for America to start murdering innocent people that looked at us funny. The other Bush, still a big fan. I can’t get enough actually. Actually, I can’t get any these days. Balding, approaching 50, and stuck in a basement (literally) have taken its toll on me, my marriage, and my concubine.
I created Donviti b/c I worked at a bank. Several of them over the course of my tenure. Wells Fargo, WSFS, Chase, and before my time at DL I was at MBNA. But there is no way in hell I was going to reveal myself b/c the way it goes now people do search you on Facebook, twitter, and other places to make sure you’re not some crazed nutbag spewing radical ideas. Radical ideas like being against torture, illegal wars, corrupt systems that allow companies to create shell companies and avoid taxes. Those things don’t go well in companies that create shell companies to help people avoid taxes.
Side note, I literally sat on the floor where WSFS had a desk, in a closet, with a phone. That no one was in. It was an office. For some very big corporation. Congrats! You’re incorporated in Delaware! Look at the jobs it creates!
Also side note, this is where I think of Rob Vanella. I admire his choice to not use an alias. I know Rob. He’s a fucking nut. He’s also the first person I’d pick to have in my corner when I am about to get into a fight. He’s the real deal. I envy his podcast. I don’t listen to it though. It hurts my ego that he’s successful and Jason and I couldn’t get one going.
Back to the golden days of Donviti….
Biden was senator then or maybe the VP. It all bleeds together the past decade and a half. I loathed him too. Another shitbag democrat from Delaware that could care less about the blue-collar guy. Biden’s philosophy then and I’m sure now is the same; make the rich richer and everyone else will get theirs too. MBNA was one of the first, if not the first to basically make usury rates legal. Hooray Delaware! Thanks Biden! Lucky for us we don’t only have APR’s on Credit Cards that are 25% but, payday lenders are a thing now! What a guy. I hope he runs for president one day….we need more creative financial instruments that can legally rape poor people of their money.
Side note. Do you know who funds the money that keeps payday lenders afloat? Billionaires and mega millionaires. Do you know how they do it? They have people in NY, or Ct that bundle their money to be disbursed to a lender. They get paid a return of 12 to 20% on their investment depending on if you are a Junior or Senior in the bucket. But to get into the scheme you have to have at least $5m or so in assets. Cool huh? Guess what…companies in Delaware help those people get paid so they can fund the payday lenders. Great huh! Can you imagine a rate of return, guaranteed at 24% on 250k? Sweet huh. Delaware, what a state.
So yeah, Donviti was born. I like paying my bills. I hated being in banks. But now I can finally say I’m out. Man, if you people only knew where I work now. LOL. Seriously, I’m a fraud and a half at this point. I admit it. It is what it is.
So I’m rambling. Gee, another post where Dv rambles. I remember proudly at one point I was outed, by who I don’t know, and no longer care. If anyone still wants to try they could probably connect the dots easily. I tried to keep my alter ego and work life separate. There’s just no way a person like me could take the career path I have and call people like Dave Burris fat daddy’s boy fucks that wouldn’t know jesus if he ran over him with one his daddy’s semi’s. You just can’t do that. Not that I’m anyone that is someone. I’m a regular joe that is already a pain in the ass in the office, one less thing to know about me, is one less reason to fire me.
You can’t call drug mule racist whores out for not knowing what it means to be an American and rub elbows with SVP’s. It’s not how it works. No matter how disgusting a person running for senate is. You can’t say she’s a total shithead that has at best a worldview that mirrors the worst ideals of white supremacy. Eventually someone at a bank will find out about it and eventually lay you off.
You don’t get invited to be an Honorary Commander at Dover AFB when you constantly assault trust fund babies like Charlie Copeland for being wankers. Can you imagine being an heir to a mega billion corporation that hid secrets about their products that caused cancer and murdered hundreds if not thousands of people? Can you imagine constantly harping on that person? I can’t imagine seeing a monthly 5- or 6-digit check dropping in my account and having to know that the money I’m using to buy a black 3 digit license plate for my new Range Rover comes from a company my grandparents built that helped both sides of the civil war because profits.
Can you imagine, being a republican shitbag that starts up some crappy think tank using daddy’s and grand daddy’s blood money? But sure Chuck, tell me and the rest of us Neanderthals how we should go about growing our economy and making a living for ourselves. Yammering on about how free markets rule. How regulations need to be eliminated. Why don’t you narrate the movie Dark Waters for me or how about Foxchaser. Sell your bullshit somewhere else. Trust fund baby.
If you think taking shots at politicians in Dover means you can easily find employment in this state, think again.
By the way, how are Dave Lawson and Colon Bonini still alive? How do I have covid and not these terrible human beings that control what happens to the citizens of Delaware? How in the world do racist fucks like that hold office in Delaware? What kind of asshole gets up and leaves during a prayer? Whaaaaa it’s a Muslim prayer being said on the floor of our precious, hallowed Christian grounds. Ohnoes our world is being taken over by brown people. FUCK YOU dickhead. Do you have children? Grandchildren? I mean, for the rest of your lives that will stay with you. God how satisfying it will be to have grandchildren shake their head in disgust that Poppop was a racist, intolerant, ignorant, backwoods shit head. Open a god damn textbook and take a minute to read history. Read up on religion you piece of shit. Do you know the difference between Sunni and Shia? Do you know where Persia is on a map? What do you know about any religion besides the one you allegedly practice?
There’s no way if I wasn’t a coward hiding behind an alias that I could make fun of little Tony Delcollo. You think I could get away with telling him he looks like a guy that auditioned for the kid’s role in stranger things and didn’t get the part? How do you tell a guy that wearing a stupid fucking bow tie with a not matching stupid shirt, with the head the size of a watermelon and a bad haircut sans rayban px glasses do not mean you are hipster cool?
How do you say to him that the look you are going for actually says, is you are a douchebag, out of touch republican that has no chance of winning a higher office in Delaware. Bro, paisan to paisan, stop it. You’re a disgrace. The kids aren’t going to look at you and think, “wow he’s sooooo cool. I want to be a republican b/c of him”. They are going to think, “god what a creepy republican with abnormally fuzzy eyebrows. He’s definitely a pedo”
I look back at what Donviti was able to do and quite honestly it didn’t amount to jack shit. Hopefully people laughed. But, I wanted to change the way people think. I wanted to make a difference. I wanted to put together a book of all my best short stories. But, all I did was irritate people with opinions so confounding that ultimately my aspirations of being the next Howard Stern slash Cobert crashed and burned so catastrophically that really I lost more friends on the left than I made.
The one thing I had going for me besides my looks is that I am also a veteran. I liberal veteran. I think I can count on one hand the republicans in this state that served. God knows Copeland and Burris didn’t. Can you imagine either one of those guys suiting up for anything other than a black tie fundraiser at Ducks Unlimited? I’m not sure how many of the crusty fucks in Dover suited up. I imagine a few did. But fuck you too. I won’t thank you for your service. Because clearly what honor you had while serving is lost now and you serve for yourself and no one else.
For a brief minute I even drove down to Milton, Delaware and did an online radio type show. I remember cracking open some beers with Maria Evans and being asked by someone after her show if I wanted to do a show of my own. Too bad Milton was 2 hours away from my bubble in North Wilmington. Man, I would have given anything to do a radio show, or a podcast, or some sort of thing like that. But I was dumb, young, naïve, immature, you name it, I was “it”. For the most part I still am. So who wants to work with someone that doesn’t listen. I get that now. No one.
Fame? It just never happened. I used to think it didn’t happen despite all my best efforts. Looking back, I know why it didn’t happen. I didn’t know how to listen as I just said. I didn’t know how to tap the breaks. I didn’t know when to pull back and not insult people.
I didn’t know when not to say things like doesn’t BHL look like fucking Kelly Anne Conway? I mean christ who tells people to bleach their hair to the point it looks like straw attached to your head? How do you make fun of people like that and not at some point get told to calm down? Those kinds of personal attacks can be hurtful. I imagine the bleach in your eyes is too though.
I mean does anyone even talk about how her husband was stealing signs a few years ago? Can anyone stop and imagine how that went down? Can you imagine that turd dressed up in camo clothing that no longer fits, running his chubby little legs from sign to sign. Plucking them up with his little sausage fingered hands. Was someone else driving the getaway vehicle? God that’d be a sight. “get the car! Get the car! I got one!” I picture Chris Farley and David Spade in Tommy Boy. Or Thelma and Louise.
I’m good at it though. Jesus the political ads I could make if I had a budget and team to work with. I could ravage an opponent. I know how to insult. I can go for the jugular. That’s where I’ll give Republicans credit. They will tell you they are Christians but then not give two shits if Guadalupe and her 5-month-old son are running from their country to avoid being raped and murdered. Fuck em! Split them up!
The taste of blood is no longer intoxicating though. I’m coughing it up by the minute. Now, when I stymie a cough, I shit myself. My family can’t come to visit me. Which is fine b/c in my head that’s the reason no one is coming to see me off.
So, yes, Donviti has covid19. He contracted recently at a rally. No not a BLM rally. But how then, you ask? We all know you sit in your mom’s basement you fucking loser. Fair, b/c these days I am in my basement. I have been for about 5 months now.
Actually, I think I got it trying to get a strip club to open back up. You can’t go this long without a lap dance from a chick named Dakota that escaped her captors in Romania. It’s not natural. So, I did what any person with a conscience would do. I searched and searched and searched online for her. I hunted her down. I found out where she lives and stood outside her home with a sign that said, “MY LAP MATTERS”. I marched and marched and marched until she would come out and give me what I was dying for.
She was touched. Truly. I know she was moved by my dedication to her cause because she constantly was peeking out her window at me. I showered her driveway with dollars. Not too many though, I didn’t want to look desperate. I know the game. You don’t get a dollar if I don’t see some skin babe. So, I’d wave and flash the cash, and b/c she was so embarrassed she rarely made eye contact. Eventually, her boyfriend even came out of the house to tell me my display of affection was beginning to concern her. A weeks’ worth of marching and he had enough I guess. Clearly, he isn’t good enough for her.
He didn’t have a mask on when he came out to communicate his and her appreciation for what I was trying to do. I’m pretty sure that was when it transmitted to me. It was hard to make out everything he was saying. Well, what he was yelling actually. His face was quite red, and he had a deeply disturbing vein thing going on around his temples when he shouted. God, the spittle in my eyes and in my ears is probably what did the trick now that I recall the conversation we had.
Your gf is a stripper bro. This shit is bound to happen. Please, call me Dakota. I miss you. I’m now closing my eyes and imagining giving her a dollar and the customary congratulatory ass slap. Sigh.
Or maybe I got the rona when I was being restrained by Wilmington’s finest. Is it ok to talk about shitbag pigs on this website? Is anyone going to highlight the fact that the home state of Joe Biden has a pig problem in Wilmington? The future POTUS? Are we going to talk about how destitute the city of Wilmington is and the mayor that is clearly in the pocket of real estate developers? No? why bother, it’s too late now anyway. It’s a fetacomplee. As they say. I don’t have the energy to talk about cops.
Maybe, though I could have gotten covid when I was in Gander Hill. The “how” I got in there isn’t really that important. What matters is I was doing something. Right Casandra? Hey sweetie, I was actually marching. I was actually protesting this time. Man, I’ll never forget Casandra telling me one time that voting wasn’t enough. Bitching in a post wasn’t enough. What else do I do she asked?
Well, damnint! I finally did something. And I got arrested for it. So what if it was for breaking into Al’s Sporting Goods. Looters gonna loot and fuck if I’m gonna actually pay for Kobe’s. So maybe it wasn’t really marching, and I just saw an opportunity to stick it to the man. So what if it was a man that was established in the city for decades and did nothing to no one. Fuck him and his LeBron’s wrapped in Ziploc bags so my smudgy fingers don’t ruin his display. Much like a stripper, if I can’t touch the real thing, then fuck it, I’m not paying.
Oh and did you know she’s a descendant of George Thorogood. Not the stripper. Cass. She hasn’t told you yet? Give it time. She’ll spring it on you. Smooches gf. I love you.
What’s important though is that I’m dying. And I’m taking Donviti with me. It’s time for him to go. My Q list career is being cut short by Covid. I was this close to making it big when I was crowned Delaware’s Hottest Blogger in 2011. I was a writer on one of the most read websites in Delaware. I had always wanted to be a writer. Acerbic was just my style. And it still is.
It’s real this time people. It’s really different. I’m going away. The world has changed. Death panels are real. Republicans are anti-science. They are right here in Delaware too. Fucking Drug Mules for Mexican Drug Cartels are running for Senate! Can we stop and let that settle in?
a DRUG MULE FOR THE MEXICAN CARTEL IS RUNNING FOR SENATE. THAT’S GOTTA BEAT A WITCH RIGHT? My god Republicans in Delaware are a fucking joke. From stupid italian tucker Carlson wannabees, to racist, corporate welfare enablers. All of you. Everyfuckingsingle one of you.
There’s nothing to joke about anymore. It’s real. Our nation is in trouble. Truly. There’s no solace in ranting about this current administration and the sycophants it’s birthed. It’s time for me to let go and move on. I’m too weak from the hydroxychloroquine and disinfectant.
Can you fucking imagine?! The president of the United States, stood at a podium on national television and suggested people inject fucking disinfectant. Not Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, or some thug from the Balkans. THE POTUS. And Republicans tried to parse and dissemble his words as if it’s not what he said. He’s literally pushing the country to open back up even though it kills hundreds of thousands. And Republicans, evangelicals, are all like, “Hell yeah”. If this doesn’t really scare you to your core, I have no more words for you. Republicans are frauds. They are Christian frauds. They are scumbags. They need to be eliminated from public office. From the president on down to the school board. Gone. Bye. Purged. You are not fit to serve me, or my country. Or Dakota. She’s too good for you. God that ass…
So again, I say It’s very real what is going on in the USA and Delaware. What’s going on with her ass, and the country. Very, very real. Our nation is in trouble. Action is necessary. Riots are justified. We have to do what it takes, or things will be worse. I hope people realize how dire the situation is. Because it is dire.
Thank you everyone for entertaining me. I’m truly grateful for your allowing me to pollute your minds with nonsense for over a dozen years.
I will not rest in peace.
Later bitches.


delawareliberal--2020-07-12--DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 12, 2020

DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 12, 2020

Dems To Biden : GO BIG !
Let ’ s be honest .
Joe Biden has been extremely fortunate .
He was almost dead in the water until Rep. Clyburn strapped him to his back and helped him win South Carolina .
Joe Biden has had to do very little while Trump has historically melted down .
I know , I know , can ’ t get overconfident b/c 2016 .
However , this is not about getting overconfident .
This is about blowing up the entire Rethuglican Party .
They ’ ve done it to themselves .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your lead by concentrating on Michigan , Wisconsin , and Pa. Trump is close to being universally despised , and he has abdicated presidential responsibility on every single issue .
He ’ s not coming back from the dead this time , not with 200,000 deaths on his hands .
So , yes , build out your campaign ( as usual , Biden is moving painfully slowly ) , go everywhere where there ’ s a competitive Senate seat , and push for an overwhelming rejection of the Rethuglican Party .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a realigning election , if only Biden will campaign for it .
Welcome To The ‘ Self-Perpetuating ’ Recession .
Sorry , Jared .
The economy will not be ‘ rocking ’ by July .
‘ Roger Stone Is A Convicted Felon .
And Rightly So ’ .
Nice of Robert Mueller to express a strong opinion on something .
Wisconsin Rethug Coughs On Convention Delegates .
Oh , and tours a farmers ’ market and a police station .
Without a mask .
College Football And Covid : Imperfect Together .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ EC-type coaches and , of course , governors , that make the season even possible , although I think the fall season will ultimately be cancelled .
I can ’ t let this go , though , w/o quoting one of college football ’ s longest-standing idiots : In an interview on Fox News , former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz—an early and vocal Trump supporter—compared playing sports in the pandemic to the storming of Normandy : “ [ The soldiers ] knew there was going to be casualties , they knew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but it was a way of life , ” he said .
As the article points out , it ’ s not just college sports , it ’ s the reopening of colleges altogether .
Hey , at least Disney World is reopening .
What do you want to talk about ?

Dems To Biden: GO BIG! Let’s be honest. Joe Biden has been extremely fortunate. He was almost dead in the water until Rep. Clyburn strapped him to his back and helped him win South Carolina. Joe Biden has had to do very little while Trump has historically melted down. I know, I know, can’t get overconfident b/c 2016. However, this is not about getting overconfident. This is about blowing up the entire Rethuglican Party. They’ve done it to themselves. This is no time to be cautious by protecting your lead by concentrating on Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pa. Trump is close to being universally despised, and he has abdicated presidential responsibility on every single issue. He’s not coming back from the dead this time, not with 200,000 deaths on his hands. So, yes, build out your campaign (as usual, Biden is moving painfully slowly), go everywhere where there’s a competitive Senate seat, and push for an overwhelming rejection of the Rethuglican Party. It’s right there. This can be a realigning election, if only Biden will campaign for it.
Welcome To The ‘Self-Perpetuating’ Recession. Sorry, Jared. The economy will not be ‘rocking’ by July.
‘Roger Stone Is A Convicted Felon. And Rightly So’. Nice of Robert Mueller to express a strong opinion on something.
Wisconsin Rethug Coughs On Convention Delegates. Oh, and tours a farmers’ market and a police station. Without a mask.
College Football And Covid: Imperfect Together. It’s only the mentality of the $EC-type coaches and, of course, governors, that make the season even possible, although I think the fall season will ultimately be cancelled. I can’t let this go, though, w/o quoting one of college football’s longest-standing idiots:
In an interview on Fox News, former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz—an early and vocal Trump supporter—compared playing sports in the pandemic to the storming of Normandy: “[The soldiers] knew there was going to be casualties, they knew there was going to be risk, but it was a way of life,” he said.
As the article points out, it’s not just college sports, it’s the reopening of colleges altogether. Hey, at least Disney World is reopening.
Carney, McBride And Poore Kill Delaware Renewable Energy Standards Bill. Deplorable inaction from Delaware’s ‘leaders’.
What do you want to talk about?


delawareliberal--2020-07-12--Friedman Agrees w/ Me: Biden shouldn’t “debate” Trump unless two conditions are met

( Biden should debate Trump ) only under two conditions .
Otherwise , he ’ s giving Trump unfair advantages @ @ @ @ @ declare that he will take part in a debate only if Trump releases his tax @ @ @ @ @ .
Biden has already done so , and they are on his website .
Trump @ @ @ @ @ more gifting Trump something he can attack while hiding his own questionable finances .
And @ @ @ @ @ that a real-time fact-checking team approved by both candidates be hired by the nonpartisan Commission @ @ @ @ @ that 10 minutes before the scheduled conclusion of the debate this team report on any @ @ @ @ @ or outright lies either candidate had uttered .
That way no one in that massive @ @ @ @ @ easily misled .

(Biden should debate Trump) only under two conditions. Otherwise, he’s giving Trump unfair advantages.
First, Biden should declare that he will take part in a debate only if Trump releases his tax returns for 2016 through 2018. Biden has already done so, and they are on his website. Trump must, too. No more gifting Trump something he can attack while hiding his own questionable finances.
And second, Biden should insist that a real-time fact-checking team approved by both candidates be hired by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates — and that 10 minutes before the scheduled conclusion of the debate this team report on any misleading statements, phony numbers or outright lies either candidate had uttered. That way no one in that massive television audience can go away easily misled.


delawareliberal--2020-07-13--80 years overdue, Washington DC area NFL team to announce name change today

The “ thorough review ” into Washington ’ s team nickname that began on July 3 has concluded , and @ @ @ @ @ Monday that it will retire the “ Redskins ” name , according to SportsBusiness Journal @ @ @ @ @ The franchise has been called the “ Redskins ” since 1933 , before it moved @ @ @ @ @ 1937 .
It is not known at this time what Washington will choose as its @ @ @ @ @ Jones of USA Today reports that the franchise will also reveal a new team name @ @ @ @

The “thorough review” into Washington’s team nickname that began on July 3 has concluded, and the franchise intends to announce Monday that it will retire the “Redskins” name, according to SportsBusiness Journal’s Ben Fischer. The franchise has been called the “Redskins” since 1933, before it moved from Boston to Washington in 1937.
It is not known at this time what Washington will choose as its new nickname, but Mike Jones of USA Today reports that the franchise will also reveal a new team name on Monday morning.


Poof!

I had been working last night on a lengthy post , covering a range of topics , but with emphasis @ @ @ @ @ may be going back to a second shutdown because of how catastrophically we bungled the @ @ @ @ @ If this happens it will mean all the struggle and sacrifice of the Spring , @ @ @ @ @ trillion dollars of crisis spending , will have been wasted .

I had been working last night on a lengthy post, covering a range of topics, but with emphasis on the fact that we may be going back to a second shutdown because of how catastrophically we bungled the epidemic in this country. If this happens it will mean all the struggle and sacrifice of the Spring, along with at least a trillion dollars of crisis spending, will have been wasted.


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delawareliberal--2020-07-13--Song of the Day 7/13: Willie Watson, “Dancing on My Own”

Song of the Day 7/13 : Willie Watson , “ Dancing on My Own ” Willie Watson , a founding @ @ @ @ @ Show who went solo in 2011 , has always concentrated on old-time music , so @ @ @ @ @ surprising that his new-ish single , released three months ago , is a cover .
@ @ @ @ @ who he covered : Swedish disco chanteuse Robyn .
“ Dancing on My Own ” @ @ @ @ @ back in 2010 .
It ’ s not the kind of song that makes someone @ @ @ @ @ make a heartbreaking acoustic number.
” Luckily for us , Watson did .

Willie Watson, a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show who went solo in 2011, has always concentrated on old-time music, so it’s not so surprising that his new-ish single, released three months ago, is a cover. What’s surprising is who he covered: Swedish disco chanteuse Robyn. “Dancing on My Own” was a top 10 hit back in 2010. It’s not the kind of song that makes someone think, “That would make a heartbreaking acoustic number.” Luckily for us, Watson did.
Here’s the original.


delawareliberal--2020-07-13--Delaware Nursing Homes Did Not Protect Their Residents.  This Is John Carney’s Fault.

Delaware Nursing Homes Did Not Protect Their Residents .
This Is John Carney ’ s Fault .
Carney ’ s fault because he put the most voracious fox in charge of the hen house .
An appointment that could only be read as giving nursing homes carte blanche to ignore regulations , to ignore best practices , to ignore making residents ’ well-being a priority .
But , I ’ m getting ahead of myself .
Let me tell you the story .
Back in the late 1990 ’ s Sen. Robert Marshall created a task force to address longstanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Largely powered by grassroots tales of abuse and neglect in Delaware ’ s long-term care facilities , and informed by Sen. Marshall ’ s viewing the problem through the lens of his father ’ s own experiences , Marshall convened a series of public hearings up and down the state , provided phone access ( I was on the other end of the phone ) for people to tell their stories , and ultimately brought all the players together at Buena Vista to develop a legislative strategy to address the multiple issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we read every single nursing home inspection report that had been filed during the previous five years .
It was clear that a few facilities caused the majority of the problems .
The results of the process were perhaps the most progressive set of nursing home reforms in the country , including the creation of the Division of Long-Term Care Residents Protection , the mandating of staffing minimums and staffing minimums by shift , stronger sanctions for nursing homes that chronically fail to meet requirements , and much more .
Those reforms were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who had been an administrator at one of Delaware ’ s worst for-profit nursing homes , and who became , of course , the chief lobbyist for the nursing homes as Director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association .
Which reminds me , when I mentioned that there were a few facilities causing the majority of problems , one of those problem facilities had been run by Yrene Waldron , and most of the problems took place when she was the facility ’ s director .
She pissed in the ear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became a one-man rain delay against the reform efforts .
To their credit , the Carper Administration , specifically Jeff Bullock , sidelined Sylvester , and made staff attorney Tom McGonigle their point person on the reforms .
Tom ultimately wrote much of the legislation that enabled the reforms .
He was a hero , IMO .
The Carper Administration then appointed the perfect person to run the new division , Mary McDonough .
McDonough , along with Barb Webb and a small but mighty staff , prioritized the safety and well-being of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the for-profit corporations .
They were great .
The industry was not happy .
Everything was fine until Mary deservedly was nominated and confirmed to be a Family Court Commissioner .
By this time , Ruth Ann Minner had become governor , and Vince Meconi , of all people , had been appointed as DHSS Secretary .
Vince named a profoundly-undistinguished aparatchik he had met back when he worked on one of Carper ’ s campaigns to be the new director .
Her name was Carol Ellis .
Yrene Waldron then moved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facilities Association into the same building that housed the Division ( it ’ s along the Brandywine River ) .
She and Carol Ellis formed a common bond over the abominable premise that the nursing homes were the true victims , not the residents receiving sub-standard care .
I can not overstate the degree to which Waldron played the victim when it came to the ‘ mistreatment ’ of nursing homes .
It got so bad that Carol Ellis publicly stated during a review of her agency that she would not enforce the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t believe in them , even though those standards were the law and not subject to her discretion .
The staffing-by-shift requirements of course did not mandate the same number of workers overnight as during the day .
But they are essential .
In addition to dementia patients , who do not have the same body clocks as those w/o dementia , you need nurses and orderlies to answer call bells and address patient needs .
Under Carol Ellis , that did not happen .
You could have a patient in distress pounding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Carol and Yrene , nobody would come .
You may be saying to yourself , some 600 words in , “ This is all well and good , Steve , but how is the pandemic afflicting our nursing facilities John Carney ’ s fault ?
” Fair question .
Here ’ s the answer .
Upon last year ’ s retirement of Mary Peterson , who had been the most recent Division Director , John Carney and DHSS Secretary Kara Walker appointed the single person in the State of Delaware least willing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nursing home residents .
Read for yourself : NEW CASTLE ( Sept. 3 , 2019 ) – Department of Health and Social Services ( DHSS ) Secretary Dr. Kara Walker announced the appointment of Yrene Waldron , former Executive Director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association , to lead the Division of Health Care Quality .
She will begin her duties Sept. 16 .
“ I am thrilled that Yrene is joining our Department as director of the Division of Health Care Quality ( the new name of the Division ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the former director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association , she brings extensive experience working with health care system and their staffs to her new role .
She understands how the health care system works , the important role it plays in caring for and keeping Delawareans safe , and the role our Division of Health Care Quality which promotes quality care and the enforcement of state and federal laws and regulations.
” This appointment is unfathomable unless the Carney Administration has no regard for nursing home residents , which is quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disastrous and predictable : It is no surprise that , with Waldron in charge , Delaware nursing homes have dragged their feet on testing : Where there is testing , the results are totally screwed up : You see ?
Even in her alleged role as the Division Director , Waldron still runs interference for the nursing homes , as if they , and they alone , are blameless .
And , of course , this most secretive of states was hiding the results from the public : Of course , the nursing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fashion : They ’ re asking John Carney to grant them immunity from their negligence : Cheryl , the willful negligence of your clients caused numerous deaths that were avoidable .
Your roster of miscreants deserves no forgiveness or immunity for their actions and omissions .
The nursing homes are a major part of this problem , and having this voracious fox in charge of the hen house has led only to a huge pile of feathers and bones in the wake of the pandemic .
The Carney Administration made the nursing home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charge who was expressly committed to protecting the business of nursing facilities over the safety of the residents the nursing homes allegedly serve .
Governor Carney , while you can ’ t make this right , you can install someone , anyone , as Division Director who is capable and who cares about the residents .
Getting rid of Yrene Waldron is the first step in restoring public confidence in Delaware ’ s nursing homes .
Can you please , at least , do that ?

Carney’s fault because he put the most voracious fox in charge of the hen house. An appointment that could only be read as giving nursing homes carte blanche to ignore regulations, to ignore best practices, to ignore making residents’ well-being a priority.
But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me tell you the story. Back in the late 1990’s Sen. Robert Marshall created a task force to address longstanding problems in Delaware’s nursing homes. Largely powered by grassroots tales of abuse and neglect in Delaware’s long-term care facilities, and informed by Sen. Marshall’s viewing the problem through the lens of his father’s own experiences, Marshall convened a series of public hearings up and down the state, provided phone access (I was on the other end of the phone) for people to tell their stories, and ultimately brought all the players together at Buena Vista to develop a legislative strategy to address the multiple issues.
As part of the review, we read every single nursing home inspection report that had been filed during the previous five years. It was clear that a few facilities caused the majority of the problems.
The results of the process were perhaps the most progressive set of nursing home reforms in the country, including the creation of the Division of Long-Term Care Residents Protection, the mandating of staffing minimums and staffing minimums by shift, stronger sanctions for nursing homes that chronically fail to meet requirements, and much more. Those reforms were opposed vociferously and continuously by Yrene Waldron, who had been an administrator at one of Delaware’s worst for-profit nursing homes, and who became, of course, the chief lobbyist for the nursing homes as Director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association. Which reminds me, when I mentioned that there were a few facilities causing the majority of problems, one of those problem facilities had been run by Yrene Waldron, and most of the problems took place when she was the facility’s director.
She pissed in the ear of then-DHSS Secretary Gregg Sylvester, who became a one-man rain delay against the reform efforts. To their credit, the Carper Administration, specifically Jeff Bullock, sidelined Sylvester, and made staff attorney Tom McGonigle their point person on the reforms. Tom ultimately wrote much of the legislation that enabled the reforms. He was a hero, IMO. The Carper Administration then appointed the perfect person to run the new division, Mary McDonough. McDonough, along with Barb Webb and a small but mighty staff, prioritized the safety and well-being of nursing home residents over the profit motive of the for-profit corporations. They were great. The industry was not happy.
Everything was fine until Mary deservedly was nominated and confirmed to be a Family Court Commissioner. By this time, Ruth Ann Minner had become governor, and Vince Meconi, of all people, had been appointed as DHSS Secretary. Vince named a profoundly-undistinguished aparatchik he had met back when he worked on one of Carper’s campaigns to be the new director. Her name was Carol Ellis. Yrene Waldron then moved the headquarters of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association into the same building that housed the Division (it’s along the Brandywine River). She and Carol Ellis formed a common bond over the abominable premise that the nursing homes were the true victims, not the residents receiving sub-standard care. I cannot overstate the degree to which Waldron played the victim when it came to the ‘mistreatment’ of nursing homes. It got so bad that Carol Ellis publicly stated during a review of her agency that she would not enforce the minimum staffing-by-shift standards because she didn’t believe in them, even though those standards were the law and not subject to her discretion. The staffing-by-shift requirements of course did not mandate the same number of workers overnight as during the day. But they are essential. In addition to dementia patients, who do not have the same body clocks as those w/o dementia, you need nurses and orderlies to answer call bells and address patient needs. Under Carol Ellis, that did not happen. You could have a patient in distress pounding on a call bell and, thanks to Carol and Yrene, nobody would come.
You may be saying to yourself, some 600 words in, “This is all well and good, Steve, but how is the pandemic afflicting our nursing facilities John Carney’s fault?”
Fair question. Here’s the answer. Upon last year’s retirement of Mary Peterson, who had been the most recent Division Director, John Carney and DHSS Secretary Kara Walker appointed the single person in the State of Delaware least willing or interested in protecting the welfare of nursing home residents. Read for yourself:
NEW CASTLE (Sept. 3, 2019) – Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Walker announced the appointment of Yrene Waldron, former Executive Director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association, to lead the Division of Health Care Quality. She will begin her duties Sept. 16. “I am thrilled that Yrene is joining our Department as director of the Division of Health Care Quality (the new name of the Division),” Secretary Walker said. “As the former director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association, she brings extensive experience working with health care system and their staffs to her new role. She understands how the health care system works, the important role it plays in caring for and keeping Delawareans safe, and the role our Division of Health Care Quality which promotes quality care and the enforcement of state and federal laws and regulations.”
This appointment is unfathomable unless the Carney Administration has no regard for nursing home residents, which is quite possible. The results have been both disastrous and predictable:
The Division of Public Health said 247 of the 388 coronavirus-related deaths in the state have involved nursing home residents, equivalent to about 64 percent. That’s despite the fact just 990 of the 9,773 positive cases, or 10 percent, have involved residents. Preliminary data from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services indicates only four states (New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island) have a higher rate of COVID-19 in nursing homes than Delaware. About 19.2 percent of residents in the First State have contracted the virus, per the data.
It is no surprise that, with Waldron in charge, Delaware nursing homes have dragged their feet on testing:
Many long-term care facilities in Delaware have not begun conducting universal testing for COVID-19 under a plan outlined by the governor earlier this month, according to state officials.
Where there is testing, the results are totally screwed up:
“It’s just human error,” said Yrene Waldron, director of the state’s Division of Health Care Quality. “Human error because these facilities are 24/7 facilities, they are working extremely hard — they always have — but now even more so.”
You see? Even in her alleged role as the Division Director, Waldron still runs interference for the nursing homes, as if they, and they alone, are blameless. And, of course, this most secretive of states was hiding the results from the public:
Until recently, the state was not releasing data about the number of long-term care workers who have been infected with or died from the virus, despite multiple requests for this information by Delaware Online/The News Journal.
Of course, the nursing homes respond to the crisis in typical fashion: They’re asking John Carney to grant them immunity from their negligence:
Cheryl Heiks, executive director of the Delaware Health Care Facilities Association, said in a statement that long-term care providers are asking the state for immunity “in light of the unprecedented events these last few months.” “Many of our seniors and their families rely on long-term care facilities in Delaware and the fear is lawsuits may cripple this industry, resulting in dire consequences for those that need this care,” she said.
Cheryl, the willful negligence of your clients caused numerous deaths that were avoidable. Your roster of miscreants deserves no forgiveness or immunity for their actions and omissions.
The nursing homes are a major part of this problem, and having this voracious fox in charge of the hen house has led only to a huge pile of feathers and bones in the wake of the pandemic. The Carney Administration made the nursing home issues far worse by placing someone in charge who was expressly committed to protecting the business of nursing facilities over the safety of the residents the nursing homes allegedly serve.
Governor Carney, while you can’t make this right, you can install someone, anyone, as Division Director who is capable and who cares about the residents. Getting rid of Yrene Waldron is the first step in restoring public confidence in Delaware’s nursing homes. Can you please, at least, do that?


delawareliberal--2020-07-13--Live Q&A with Jessica Scarane and Marie Pinkney


delawareliberal--2020-07-13--DL Open Thread: Monday, July 13, 2020

DL Open Thread: Monday, July 13, 2020

How Trump Enables Delaware ’ s Montaire And Its Tycoon Owner To Exploit Workers .
An absolute must-read .
For every single Delaware legislator and , of course , for Delaware ’ s semi-comatose governor .
This .
Is .
Unconscionable .
Including , of course , how Montaire went after the union .
BTW , this is something that never makes it into the Delaware media .
Well , we ’ re part of the Delaware media , and you must read this piece .
Florida Tallies Over 15,000 New Covid Cases On The Same Day That Disney World @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state during the pandemic .
DeSantis is toxic to all of Florida .
Trump Vs. Fauci .
Trump needs to find someone else to blame .
People aren ’ t gon na buy him throwing Fauci under the bus .
Fauci is now unencumbered of any responsibility to cover Trump ’ s ‘ yu-u-u-ge ’ butt .
Trump Claims Private Border Wall ‘ Was Only Done To Make Me Look Bad ’ .
Which , presumably , is why his Administration rewarded the builder ( and Trump supporter ) with a $ 1.7 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wall .
Supporters Claim Trump Wearing A Mask Clinches Election For Him .
I prefer this analysis : The Mask Makers Are Getting Sick .
Another story you didn ’ t expect to read .
Federal Executions Are Back !
Because getting Covid while in prison isn ’ t enough .
What do you want to talk about ?

How Trump Enables Delaware’s Montaire And Its Tycoon Owner To Exploit Workers. An absolute must-read. For every single Delaware legislator and, of course, for Delaware’s semi-comatose governor. This. Is. Unconscionable. Including, of course, how Montaire went after the union. BTW, this is something that never makes it into the Delaware media. Well, we’re part of the Delaware media, and you must read this piece.
Florida Tallies Over 15,000 New Covid Cases On The Same Day That Disney World Reopens. A one-day record for any state during the pandemic. DeSantis is toxic to all of Florida.
Trump Vs. Fauci. Trump needs to find someone else to blame. People aren’t gonna buy him throwing Fauci under the bus. Fauci is now unencumbered of any responsibility to cover Trump’s ‘yu-u-u-ge’ butt.
Trump Claims Private Border Wall ‘Was Only Done To Make Me Look Bad’. Which, presumably, is why his Administration rewarded the builder (and Trump supporter) with a $1.7 billion contract to build even more bad wall.
Supporters Claim Trump Wearing A Mask Clinches Election For Him. I prefer this analysis:
This is like putting up a huge sign on the White House lawn that says “Days Without an Accident: 1.”
The Mask Makers Are Getting Sick. Another story you didn’t expect to read.
Federal Executions Are Back! Because getting Covid while in prison isn’t enough.
What do you want to talk about?


delawareliberal--2020-07-14--U.S. passports are worthless – Americans will not be allowed to travel for five years

“ Americans have gone from having access to most of the world to being banned from most of it , ” writes Indi Samarajiva for Medium Politics .
“ An American passport is now worthless.
” The world now looks at Americans as unhygienic , arrogant , willfully ignorant , science hating , magical thinking , untrustworthy , selfish rule-breakers .
The most reliable projections are saying 200,000 dead and 50 million infected by election day in November .
Even these projections struggle to account for completely irrational federal actions like denigrating masks , pushing to reopen early , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not the absence of public health , this is its opposite .
It is , in effect , governance by COVID-19 .
Not a failed state .
A plague state .
Even after election day , Donald Trump will still be in power for nearly 3 months , until January 20th .
Besides impeaching a dead-duck President , there ’ s nothing America can do but wait , while COVID-19 grows ever stronger .
Grows completely out of control .
In a pandemic , days matter , hours matter .
A year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be lucky to exit this pandemic with less than a million dead and 100 million infected .
The living will be lucky to exit their country within the next five years .

“Americans have gone from having access to most of the world to being banned from most of it,” writes Indi Samarajiva for Medium Politics. “An American passport is now worthless.”
The world now looks at Americans as unhygienic, arrogant, willfully ignorant, science hating, magical thinking, untrustworthy, selfish rule-breakers.


delawareliberal--2020-07-15--This is what I dislike the most about Coons

When your entire political philosophy is wrapped up on making friends with thieves and sociopaths .
You don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ .
They change you .
I think you can , on balance , blame ONE @ @ @ @ @ kill hundreds of thousands of people and destroy the country every few years , but @ @ @ @ @ SIDE for letting bygones be bygones and helping to make people forget so they get @ @ @ @ @ by Atrios

When your entire political philosophy is wrapped up on making friends with thieves and sociopaths. You don’t change the thieves and sociopaths. They change you.
I think you can, on balance, blame ONE SIDE for their tendency to kill hundreds of thousands of people and destroy the country every few years, but you can blame THE OTHER SIDE for letting bygones be bygones and helping to make people forget so they get to do it again.
by Atrios


delawareliberal--2020-07-14--Song of the Day 7/14: Paul Henreid and the cast of “Casablanca,” “La Marseillaise”

Song of the Day 7/14 : Paul Henreid and the cast of “ Casablanca , ” “ La Marseillaise ” It ’ s not just a great national anthem , it ’ s a great Nazi-fighting anthem .
And Paul Henreid , forever to be known as “ Casablanca ” Nazi-fighter Victor Laszlo , was the right man to sing it — the Austrian was so ardently anti-Nazi he was declared an official enemy of the Third Reich .
Born in Trieste and trained in Vienna , he was discovered by Otto Preminger and acted in films in Germany before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where he ended up playing Nazis on-screen .
He reached America in 1940 and again played mostly ethnic roles before his breakthrough in “ Casablanca.
” He became a U.S. citizen in 1941 and was among a group of Hollywood actors who went to Washington in 1947 to speak against the House Committee on Un-American Activities ( Henreid is the tall one in back ) .
He made a second career as a television director after Alfred Hitchcock hired him in 1955 to direct his “ Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
” He went on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along with episodes of early-TV classics such as “ Maverick ” and “ Bonanza.
” He died , age 84 , in 1992 .

It’s not just a great national anthem, it’s a great Nazi-fighting anthem. And Paul Henreid, forever to be known as “Casablanca” Nazi-fighter Victor Laszlo, was the right man to sing it — the Austrian was so ardently anti-Nazi he was declared an official enemy of the Third Reich.
Born in Trieste and trained in Vienna, he was discovered by Otto Preminger and acted in films in Germany before he left for England in 1937, where he ended up playing Nazis on-screen. He reached America in 1940 and again played mostly ethnic roles before his breakthrough in “Casablanca.”
He became a U.S. citizen in 1941 and was among a group of Hollywood actors who went to Washington in 1947 to speak against the House Committee on Un-American Activities (Henreid is the tall one in back). He made a second career as a television director after Alfred Hitchcock hired him in 1955 to direct his “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” He went on to direct more than 80 episodes, along with episodes of early-TV classics such as “Maverick” and “Bonanza.” He died, age 84, in 1992.
Happy Bastille Day! Viva la France!


delawareliberal--2020-07-14--Delaware Political Weekly: Filing Deadline Edition

Stay tuned for any and all last-minute filings .
The deadline is 12 noon today .
Here ’ s what has already happened since our last post : 1 .
David Lamar Williams Jr. To Primary Gov .
Carney .
A self-described community activist from Kent County .
A welcome alternative to the bloodless drone currently holding the position .
His website is pretty generic , but I ’ m glad we ’ ll at least have a choice , if only to register a protest vote against the Delaware Way .
2 .
Three-Way D Primary In RD 8 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rae Moore in the race to succeed retiring State Rep. Quinton Johnson .
Powell is an attorney with Drinker Biddle & Reath in Wilmington .
Or , at least , was .
Didn ’ t find him in the firm ’ s directory .
3 .
A Bleepload Of New Candidates For Wilmington City Council .
All D ’ s .
This happens every time at the deadline .
Here are the names : Ernest ‘ Trippi ’ Congo , At-Large ; Robert Oliver , At-Large ; John Johnson , Jr. , CD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; Devon Hynson , CD 7 ; and Brenda Good , CD 8 .
4 .
Three-Way R Primary In Sussex County District 2 .
Robert Wilson joins Lisa Hudson Briggs and Cynthia Green .
Hmmm , Robert Wilson , eh ?
The ( apparently ) retiring incumbent is Sam Wilson .
You don ’ t suppose… ?
We ’ ll know soon enough , but I ’ m betting that the Wilson family is seeking to continue its longstanding legacy of mediocre representation .
5 .
Jeff Cragg To Challenge Krista Griffith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the filing date is incorrect .
I don ’ t think I missed it .
Cragg got , wait for it , 28.6 % , in his challenge to incumbent governor Jack Markell in 2012 .
He edged anti-gay warrior George Parish in a 2016 primary for insurance commissioner , and got 40 % of the vote against Trinidad Navarro .
This could be a close race , but I think that the trend is Krista Griffith ’ s friend here .
6 .
D Rachael King To Challenge Incumbent Charles Postles In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the office manager for Kent Landscaping .
While this district has skewed R in recent years , Postles is no juggernaut .
She might have a shot in a blue wave year .
That ’ s it for now .
Stay tuned for updates up to and through the filing deadline .

Stay tuned for any and all last-minute filings. The deadline is 12 noon today. Here’s what has already happened since our last post:
1. David Lamar Williams Jr. To Primary Gov. Carney. A self-described community activist from Kent County. A welcome alternative to the bloodless drone currently holding the position. His website is pretty generic, but I’m glad we’ll at least have a choice, if only to register a protest vote against the Delaware Way.
2. Three-Way D Primary In RD 8. Matthew Powell joins Yvette Santiago and Rae Moore in the race to succeed retiring State Rep. Quinton Johnson. Powell is an attorney with Drinker Biddle & Reath in Wilmington. Or, at least, was. Didn’t find him in the firm’s directory.
3. A Bleepload Of New Candidates For Wilmington City Council. All D’s. This happens every time at the deadline. Here are the names: Ernest ‘Trippi’ Congo, At-Large; Robert Oliver, At-Large ; John Johnson, Jr., CD 2; Dorothy King, CD 2; Devon Hynson, CD 7; and Brenda Good, CD 8.
4. Three-Way R Primary In Sussex County District 2. Robert Wilson joins Lisa Hudson Briggs and Cynthia Green. Hmmm, Robert Wilson, eh? The (apparently) retiring incumbent is Sam Wilson. You don’t suppose…? We’ll know soon enough, but I’m betting that the Wilson family is seeking to continue its longstanding legacy of mediocre representation.
5. Jeff Cragg To Challenge Krista Griffith. Either I missed this, or the filing date is incorrect. I don’t think I missed it. Cragg got, wait for it, 28.6%, in his challenge to incumbent governor Jack Markell in 2012. He edged anti-gay warrior George Parish in a 2016 primary for insurance commissioner, and got 40% of the vote against Trinidad Navarro. This could be a close race, but I think that the trend is Krista Griffith’s friend here.
6. D Rachael King To Challenge Incumbent Charles Postles In RD 33. I believe that she is the office manager for Kent Landscaping. While this district has skewed R in recent years, Postles is no juggernaut. She might have a shot in a blue wave year.
That’s it for now. Stay tuned for updates up to and through the filing deadline.


delawareliberal--2020-07-14--DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 14, 2020

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, July 14, 2020

5 Million Americans Have Lost Health Insurance During Pandemic .
Government programs are helping only some of them .
White House Shoots The Messenger ( Fauci ) .
Of course , they distort his words to try to make their case .
And then deny that they ’ re doing what they ’ re doing .
This quote from former Pa. R congressman Charlie Dent pretty much sums it up : TX Rethugs Can ’ t Hold Their State Convention .
The TX Supreme Court basically ruled that , while R ’ s have Constitutional rights , they don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arena and subject workers to infection .
The judges saved them from themselves .
Miss .
( ! )
Governor Blisters Anti-Mask Conspiracy Theorists .
‘ Herd immunity ’ ain ’ t coming through that door any time soon .
NJ Puts $ 578 Mill In Corporate Tax Giveaways On Hold .
We need a governor who will do something just like this in Delaware .
Our current governor created the secret bank that provides corporate giveaways to undeserving recipients here .
Who ’ s that guy primarying Carney ?
One-Third Of Sussex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Delaware Corrections Commissioner Claire DeMatteis have in common : Embarrassingly premature victory laps .
What do you want to talk about ?

5 Million Americans Have Lost Health Insurance During Pandemic. Government programs are helping only some of them.
White House Shoots The Messenger (Fauci). Of course, they distort his words to try to make their case. And then deny that they’re doing what they’re doing. This quote from former Pa. R congressman Charlie Dent pretty much sums it up:
Charlie Dent, a former GOP congressman from Pennsylvania, was an exception. Fauci, he tweeted, “has not been well-schooled in bootlicking and sycophancy.”
TX Rethugs Can’t Hold Their State Convention. The TX Supreme Court basically ruled that, while R’s have Constitutional rights, they don’t have the right to pollute an arena and subject workers to infection. The judges saved them from themselves.
Miss. (!) Governor Blisters Anti-Mask Conspiracy Theorists. ‘Herd immunity’ ain’t coming through that door any time soon.
NJ Puts $578 Mill In Corporate Tax Giveaways On Hold. We need a governor who will do something just like this in Delaware. Our current governor created the secret bank that provides corporate giveaways to undeserving recipients here. Who’s that guy primarying Carney?
One-Third Of Sussex Correctional Inmates Have Coronavirus. One thing that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Delaware Corrections Commissioner Claire DeMatteis have in common: Embarrassingly premature victory laps.
What do you want to talk about?


delawareliberal--2020-07-16--Song of the Day 7/16: Hüsker Dü, “Makes No Sense At All”

Song of the Day 7/16 : Hüsker Dü , “ Makes No Sense At All ” Our man-baby president punked @ @ @ @ @ a news conference and instead vomiting forth a rally speech that was incomprehensible even for @ @ @ @ @ Mould song , the first and only single from “ Flip Your Wig , ” @ @ @ @ @ the band ’ s best .
He still sings this one today .
The B-side @ @ @ @ @ Love Is All Around , ” the theme to Mary Tyler Moore ’ s TV @ @ @ @ @ in the band ’ s hometown of Minneapolis .

Our man-baby president punked the media yesterday by calling a news conference and instead vomiting forth a rally speech that was incomprehensible even for him. Hence this Bob Mould song, the first and only single from “Flip Your Wig,” the 1985 LP Mould considers the band’s best. He still sings this one today.
The B-side for the single was “Love Is All Around,” the theme to Mary Tyler Moore’s TV show, which was set in the band’s hometown of Minneapolis.


delawareliberal--2020-07-16--DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 16, 2020

DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 16, 2020

Georgia Governor Sentences Residents To Death .
Bans municipalities and counties from enforcing mask requirements .
Are we back in @ @ @ @ @ Rethug governors engaged in a contest to see who can kill the most of their @ @ @ @ @ If Trump Loses Ohio By One Vote , Here ’ s Why .
He listened @ @ @ @ @ scientists .
Trump WH Conducting Massive Loyalty Interviews .
Did Putin give Trump the questions @ @ @ @ @ , a pandemic raging , and this is what the White House focuses on .
@ @ @ @ @ Protest Confrontations .
An absolute must-read and must-see .
An analysis of police tactics in @ @ @ @ @ Handle A Pandemic .
I like this idea .
With a new President , maybe @ @ @ @ @ The Washington Code Talkers ?
Yes .
Absolutely yes .
What do you want to @ @ @

Georgia Governor Sentences Residents To Death. Bans municipalities and counties from enforcing mask requirements. Are we back in April? Are all these Rethug governors engaged in a contest to see who can kill the most of their residents? Unconscionable behavior.
If Trump Loses Ohio By One Vote, Here’s Why. He listened to Trump, not the scientists.
Trump WH Conducting Massive Loyalty Interviews. Did Putin give Trump the questions? 3 1/2 years in, a pandemic raging, and this is what the White House focuses on.
Police Tactics Escalated Tensions In Protest Confrontations. An absolute must-read and must-see. An analysis of police tactics in several instances.
How To Handle A Pandemic. I like this idea. With a new President, maybe it can be done.
The Washington Code Talkers? Yes. Absolutely yes.
What do you want to talk about?


delawareliberal--2020-07-16--BREAKING:Five State Legislators & One Sussex County Council Member Using Their Government E-Mail As

BREAKING:Five State Legislators & One Sussex County Council Member Using Their Government E-Mail As Campaign Contacts

BREAKING : Five State Legislators & One Sussex County Council Member Using Their Government E-Mail As Campaign Contacts That ’ @ @ @ @ @ .
A major tip o ’ the El Somnambulo sombrero to our tipster in this @ @ @ @ @ see for yourself .
Just do as I did : Go to the Department of @ @ @ @ @ the list .
You might find someone I missed .
The miscreants ?
: Sen. @ @ @ @ @ Smyk ( two ex-cops right there ) , Rep. Ronald Gray , Rep. Daniel Short @ @ @ @ @ he only follows God ’ s law ? )
; and Sussex County Councilman Michael @ @ @ @ @ legal authority will do anything ?
0.000000 percent .
The Delaware Way triumphs over the @ @ @ @

That’s, um, illegal. A major tip o’ the El Somnambulo sombrero to our tipster in this case. But you can see for yourself. Just do as I did: Go to the Department of Elections website and scroll through the list. You might find someone I missed.
The miscreants?: Sen. Bruce Ennis, Rep. Steve Smyk (two ex-cops right there), Rep. Ronald Gray, Rep. Daniel Short, Rep. Timothy Dukes (he only follows God’s law?); and Sussex County Councilman Michael Vincent.
Likelihood that any legal authority will do anything? 0.000000 percent. The Delaware Way triumphs over the rule of law.


delawareliberal--2020-07-16--Trump to Parscale – You’re fired.

Trump to Parscale – You’re fired.

Brad Parscale , Trump ’ s campaign manager for his 2020 re-election campaign , is out .
Trump announced Parscale @ @ @ @ @ series of sparsely-attended rallies and a dire national poll that puts him 15 points behind @ @ @ @ @ Parscale , Trump ’ s longtime “ website guy ” , will be replaced by @ @ @ @ @ Chris Christie ’ s gubernatorial campaigns and was his chief of staff before being fired @ @ @ @ @ – via boing boing

Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager for his 2020 re-election campaign, is out. Trump announced Parscale’s firing after a series of sparsely-attended rallies and a dire national poll that puts him 15 points behind Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Parscale, Trump’s longtime “website guy”, will be replaced by Bill Stepien. Stepien managed Chris Christie’s gubernatorial campaigns and was his chief of staff before being fired for poor “judgement.” – via boing boing


delawareliberal--2020-07-16--Every Republican in America is some version of this pitiful piece of shit


delawareliberal--2020-07-15--Song of the Day 7/15:  Sheila E. and Ringo Starr, “Come Together/Revolution”

Song of the Day 7/15 : Sheila E. and Ringo Starr , “ Come Together/Revolution ” I just caught up @ @ @ @ @ online concert to celebrate Ringo Starr ’ s 80th birthday .
Not only does the @ @ @ @ @ on YouTube , contain lots of great tunes , it ’ s a testament to @ @ @ @ @ production values for this new Covid Concert format .
The entire show is worth the @ @ @ @ @ but I especially enjoyed the energy Shiela E. — “ Shieler E. ” as it @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Scouse accent — brought to this medley of late-era Beatles classics , which @ @ @ @ @ Shiela on percussion and vocals .

I just caught up with last week’s online concert to celebrate Ringo Starr’s 80th birthday. Not only does the show, viewable in full on YouTube, contain lots of great tunes, it’s a testament to the progress being made in production values for this new Covid Concert format. The entire show is worth the hour of your time, but I especially enjoyed the energy Shiela E. — “Shieler E.” as it’s rendered in Starr’s Scouse accent — brought to this medley of late-era Beatles classics, which features Starr on drums and Shiela on percussion and vocals.


delawareliberal--2020-07-15--Ken Boulden And Lisa Darrah Pull Political Dirty Trick At Filing Deadline

OK , kids , follow along with me here .
On January 7 , 2020 , NCC Clerk Of The Peace Ken Boulden files for reelection to the office he has held since 1997 .
‘ The best job in Delaware ’ , he calls it .
On Monday , June 28 , 2020 , state representative Quinton Johnson announces he will not seek reelection to his 8th RD post .
That gives prospective candidates more than two weeks to file for the seat , which provides reasonable notice .
Following his announcement , three D ’ s and one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Yvette Santiago , Matthew Powell , and Daniel Zitofsky .
At , or more likely , after , yesterday ’ s 12 noon filing deadline for candidates , Ken Boulden switches his candidacy from Clerk of the Peace to the 8th Rep. District race and , wait for it , his ‘ Chief Deputy Clerk Of The Peace ’ Lisa Darrah files for NCC Clerk Of the Peace .
Meaning , while providing no notice of his intent to switch races , Ken Boulden has effectively installed his chosen successor as Clerk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidates were shut out of the process , and primary voters were shut out of having a say .
The posting wasn ’ t made public until close to 3 pm , likely due to a last-minute surge of candidates .
I know , I know , it ’ s only New Castle County Clerk Of The Peace and , in the cosmic universe , it means less than nothing .
But Boulden and Darrah conspired together unethically to shut the public out of the decision-making process .
Voters in the 8th RD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they support in that primary and , if they want someone with ethics , they should dismiss Ken Boulden as a consideration .
And , should the R ’ s nominate someone sane to run for Clerk Of The Peace , I ’ d encourage you to vote for that candidate .
You know who ’ d be perfect for that job ?
Lee Murphy .
He ’ s an actor and he can feign sincerity .
That ’ s all you need for the job .
Ken Boulden proved that .

OK, kids, follow along with me here.
On January 7, 2020, NCC Clerk Of The Peace Ken Boulden files for reelection to the office he has held since 1997. ‘The best job in Delaware’, he calls it.
On Monday, June 28, 2020, state representative Quinton Johnson announces he will not seek reelection to his 8th RD post. That gives prospective candidates more than two weeks to file for the seat, which provides reasonable notice.
Following his announcement, three D’s and one R indeed file for that seat–Rae Moore, Yvette Santiago, Matthew Powell, and Daniel Zitofsky.
At, or more likely, after, yesterday’s 12 noon filing deadline for candidates, Ken Boulden switches his candidacy from Clerk of the Peace to the 8th Rep. District race and, wait for it, his ‘Chief Deputy Clerk Of The Peace’ Lisa Darrah files for NCC Clerk Of the Peace. Meaning, while providing no notice of his intent to switch races, Ken Boulden has effectively installed his chosen successor as Clerk Of The Peace. Meaning, prospective candidates were shut out of the process, and primary voters were shut out of having a say. The posting wasn’t made public until close to 3 pm, likely due to a last-minute surge of candidates.
I know, I know, it’s only New Castle County Clerk Of The Peace and, in the cosmic universe, it means less than nothing.
But Boulden and Darrah conspired together unethically to shut the public out of the decision-making process. Voters in the 8th RD should consider that when choosing which candidate they support in that primary and, if they want someone with ethics, they should dismiss Ken Boulden as a consideration.
And, should the R’s nominate someone sane to run for Clerk Of The Peace, I’d encourage you to vote for that candidate. You know who’d be perfect for that job? Lee Murphy. He’s an actor and he can feign sincerity. That’s all you need for the job. Ken Boulden proved that.


delawareliberal--2020-07-15--DL Open Thread: Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Trump , HHS , To Cut CDC Out Of Gathering Virus Data .
There is only one reason to do this : to keep the worst hidden from the American people for as long as possible : HHS .
Isn ’ t that the agency headed by Chris Coons ’ buddy Alex Azar ?
Why , yes , yes it is .
Chris , can ’ t you reach across the aisle and talk some sense to your buddy ?
Still proud of that vote ?
64 Videos .
Of NYPD Cops Attacking Protesters .
64 .
Not a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the entire police force .
Trump Backs Down On Student Visas .
All he succeeded in doing was to piss off even more people .
Now he ’ s pissed off the troglodytes who wanted them furriners out of the country .
I call it a win-win .
Chamber Of Commerce Largely AWOL This Cycle .
While this may benefit D ’ s this cycle , I ’ m not thrilled with this development .
I don ’ t want to see a repeat of Clintonian ties to big business .
Hey , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McKinsey & Company Makes Over $ 100 Mill ‘ Advising ’ Governments On Covid Response .
Has this company ever done anything , you know , worthwhile ?
Donald Trump ’ s ‘ Meandering Monologue ’ .
So low energy that he makes Biden seem positively peripatetic .
He is ill .
He weighed in on China and the coronavirus and the Paris climate change accord and crumbling highways .
And then China again and military spending and then China again and then the coronavirus again .
And the economy and energy taxes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his friendship with Mexico ’ s president .
And the coronavirus again and then immigration again and crime in Chicago and the death penalty and back to climate change and education and historical statues .
And more .
“ We could go on for days , ” he said at one point , and it sounded plausible .
More Rethuglican Criminal Trix .
US Rep from Kansas registered his home address as a UPS store in Topeka in order to vote in a municipal election .
His daddy is also under investigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign .
What do you want to talk about ?

Trump, HHS, To Cut CDC Out Of Gathering Virus Data. There is only one reason to do this: to keep the worst hidden from the American people for as long as possible:
Tuesday evening, Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.), chairwoman of the House Budget Committee’s subcommittee that funds HHS, issued a statement accusing the department of acting “in direct violation with the law” by ordering hospitals to bypass the CDC in reporting coronavirus data. “HHS has been operating as a dangerous, political apparatus and cannot be trusted to share accurate hospital information with Congress and the American public,” DeLauro said.
HHS. Isn’t that the agency headed by Chris Coons’ buddy Alex Azar? Why, yes, yes it is. Chris, can’t you reach across the aisle and talk some sense to your buddy? Still proud of that vote?
64 Videos. Of NYPD Cops Attacking Protesters. 64. Not a few bad apples. It is ingrained in the entire police force.
Trump Backs Down On Student Visas. All he succeeded in doing was to piss off even more people. Now he’s pissed off the troglodytes who wanted them furriners out of the country. I call it a win-win.
Three Senate Races Set For Fall. Maine. Texas. Alabama.
Chamber Of Commerce Largely AWOL This Cycle. While this may benefit D’s this cycle, I’m not thrilled with this development. I don’t want to see a repeat of Clintonian ties to big business. Hey, Chris Coons embodies and embraces this.
McKinsey & Company Makes Over $100 Mill ‘Advising’ Governments On Covid Response. Has this company ever done anything, you know, worthwhile?
Donald Trump’s ‘Meandering Monologue’. So low energy that he makes Biden seem positively peripatetic. He is ill.
He weighed in on China and the coronavirus and the Paris climate change accord and crumbling highways. And then China again and military spending and then China again and then the coronavirus again. And the economy and energy taxes and trade with Europe and illegal immigration and his friendship with Mexico’s president. And the coronavirus again and then immigration again and crime in Chicago and the death penalty and back to climate change and education and historical statues. And more. “We could go on for days,” he said at one point, and it sounded plausible.
More Rethuglican Criminal Trix. US Rep from Kansas registered his home address as a UPS store in Topeka in order to vote in a municipal election. His daddy is also under investigation for fraudulently underwriting his son’s campaign.
What do you want to talk about?


delawareliberal--2020-07-17--Coons Says the Senate Isn’t Working Because… well, I’ll let Coons say it

Coons Says the Senate Isn ’ t Working Because… well , I ’ ll let Coons say it COONS : So top causes ( of Senate polarization ) .
We don ’ t live together .
So we travel back and forth to our home states every week .
For Delaware , I ’ ve traveled back and forth to my home state almost every day , so I ’ m an exception .
But for most of the Senate , listening to Joe Biden , my predecessor , and asking him how he and John McCain , for example @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , everyone would come in on Monday and stay until Friday , and often move their families here and often live here for long periods of time .
Senators need to live , love and pray together so Democrats can learn how to compromise better .
Coons is very committed to this idea .
Get a load of this… …And when I got back , I made a point of going up to several , relatively , new senators who I overlap with on a committee , an area of interest , an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t really know each other that well .
And I said , bluntly , I want to come get to know you .
I want to come to your state .
I want to come to your home .
I welcome you to mine .
I ’ d like to go to worship together .
I ’ d like to give a speech together .
I ’ d like to find a way to legislate together .
Because if there aren ’ t people I can work with , there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , first .
They need to eat their Republican Sandwiches and pray together .
That ’ s the ticket !
That was from September 2018 .
Coons ’ heroic GOP ass-kissing campaign has yet to bear any fruit .

COONS: So top causes (of Senate polarization). We don’t live together. So we travel back and forth to our home states every week. For Delaware, I’ve traveled back and forth to my home state almost every day, so I’m an exception. But for most of the Senate, listening to Joe Biden, my predecessor, and asking him how he and John McCain, for example, built a working friendship over decades, everyone would come in on Monday and stay until Friday, and often move their families here and often live here for long periods of time.
Senators need to live, love and pray together so Democrats can learn how to compromise better. Coons is very committed to this idea. Get a load of this…
…And when I got back, I made a point of going up to several, relatively, new senators who I overlap with on a committee, an area of interest, an area of background, but where we don’t really know each other that well. And I said, bluntly, I want to come get to know you. I want to come to your state. I want to come to your home. I welcome you to mine. I’d like to go to worship together. I’d like to give a speech together. I’d like to find a way to legislate together. Because if there aren’t people I can work with, there is really no point in my being here, first.
They need to eat their Republican Sandwiches and pray together. That’s the ticket!
That was from September 2018. Coons’ heroic GOP ass-kissing campaign has yet to bear any fruit.


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