Who knew one missing preposition by the News Urinal staff could make me laugh so hard (link):
N.J. man assaulted bottle at party following christening
This happens way more than you think. I’ve assaulted a bottle too at a christening party.
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Dum Leddar To Dah Editer
Sep 3rd, 10
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I’m posting this one before I even send it to the G.I.N. The fellas are going to love this. I think anyone on the left has lost the right to call anything that conservatives do “cultish” after the 2008 election. The iconography, the chants, the tears, fainting at rallies, and the “O”. But as usual, you can tell what the left is doing by what they accuse the right of doing, as Linda Haring of Newark, Delaware illustrates (link):
Last Saturday’s letter comparing the tea party movement to a cult is on the mark. But, I also wish to add Fox News, with Glenn Beck, as leaders of this cult movement.
The people who buy into these ideas are nothing more than brainwashed sheep, following mindlessly, to the preachings of these cult leaders. They preach doom, gloom and hate. Above all, they are against anything President Obama says or does.
That’s anti-American, if you ask me. But, alas, the sad part is how many seemingly smart people become cult followers!
Thank God that some free-thinking people still exist. I would not like to see the outcome of these hateful cults, if not for the free thinkers.
Linda Haring, Newark
Let’s review a few things. First, this is “against anything” a President does… well, retroactive 20 months (link):
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Why I’m Not A Republican: Delaware GOP Ruling Class
Aug 30th, 10
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In response to Michelle Malkin’s piece encouraging insurgent Delaware GOP Senate primary candidate Christine O’Donnell (link), I agree with the sentiment but O’Donnell’s got a pretty big hill to climb. Remember the (un-PC) joke “what do fat girls and mopeds have in common? They’re fun to ride till your friends see you on them”?
In general, the GOP treats conservatives like we’re figurative “mopeds”. Fun to ride (in elections) until your progressive Democrat friends find out you were hanging out with neanderthal pro-lifers or NRA members.
I can’t stand Delaware Rep Mike Castle (Rino)’s views on a lot of things: gun control, stem cell funding, cap-and-trade, not to mention the joy he seems to get from bucking the party. His letters back on issues quote the Brady Campaign (to ban handguns), the Center for American Progress, and left-leaning environmental groups. He’s running for US Senate to replace Biden seat-warmer Ted Kaufman.
I predict that if elected, he can’t wait to out-Brown Scott Brown, and to out-Snowe Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. He’s not even being tested. I expect he’ll ride the anti-progressive wave this Fall and then go give progressive representation. Generally, I like his opponent Christine O’Donnell, but it looks like there’s no point holding a primary as far as the party’s concerned. This is why so many like me have left the GOP- they decide the candidate, we’re just supposed to hold our noses and vote:
Also: Covered in the News Urinal’s poli-blog DE GOP lashes out at O’Donnell (link).
Groundbreaking News Reporting
Aug 23rd, 10
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When we make fun of (some of) the GIN’s local newspaper, calling it the News Urinal, it’s human interest articles like this that really crystallize it for us. Truly groundbreaking stuff here (link):
In the water, racial disparity ripples through generations
Drownings underscore concern in black community
BY SEAN O’SULLIVAN • THE NEWS JOURNAL • AUGUST 21, 2010
WILMINGTON — The drowning of a Delaware boy in the Mispillion River this week that was preceded earlier this month by the drowning of six teens in Shreveport, La., highlights an issue that activists have decried for years: Blacks are far more likely to drown than whites.
Black children between 5 and 14 are more than three times as likely to die from unintentional drowning than white children of the same ages, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Studies also have shown that about 60 percent of black children can’t swim or have sub-standard swimming skills. Only about half as many white children, of the same socioeconomic background, reported no or low swimming ability.
Natasha Cooper of the Clarence Fraim Boys & Girls Clubs on South Union Street in Wilmington said that’s because some city parents don’t see swimming lessons as a necessity. They never learned to swim and did just fine “so they don’t think it is a big deal,” she said.
Dr. Cecil Gordon, whose son is one of the few black swimmers on the Delaware Swim Team and has helped organize free swim classes through the club, said many black children don’t get a chance to learn.
“I think one of the issues is we don’t have enough organizations providing the opportunity for children to learn to swim,” he said.
Too many people realize too late that swimming is not just another sport but something your life could depend on, he said.
And while economics play a role, experts say the main roadblock appears to be cultural. Assistant Professor Jodi Jenson, head of aquatics at Hampton University in Hampton, Va., said many of her students at the traditionally black university who are just learning to swim talk about how their parents feared the water, and that distrust was likely passed on to them.
Assistant Professor Carol Irwin at the University of Memphis called it a social “legacy of fear.”
In case you’re interested, this article is part of a series called “questions ‘White People’ have about ‘Black People’ explained”. Follow-up articles will discuss “Why malt liquor over beer,” “why fried food and heart disease are so prevalent in urban areas,” “how the election wasn’t about race but 99% voted ‘Black’”, and “why the grave fear of dogs”.
While the drownings are truly tragic, it’s so tough to take anything in the article seriously. Sean O’Sullivan at least seems to review his work for grammar/spelling, and has some good quotes and information, which is better than most News Journal articles, but it’s hard to imagine it was written with a straight face…
We’re just so beaten down by PC World, if this article was in a conservative publication, the NAACP would set the world on fire over it.
Bad Idea Of The Day: Trying to Outrun Police Horses
Aug 23rd, 10
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I second the GIN President and CEO’s “Bad Idea of the Day” nomination. A human (max known speed: Usain Bolt, roughly 27 mph) trying to outrun police horses (American Quarter Horses: approx 50mph) is pretty dumb. When you ask me “who would be dumb enough to think they could outrun a horse, I’ll tell you this. Smart money’s on the guy who participates in criminal activities and gets a tat on his face. That would even defeat the News Urinal’s politically correct reporting system (“male with jeans, white tshirt, and dumbass tat on his cheek”) (link):
A 22-year-old Wilmington man learned it’s not wise to try to outrun a horse — especially when there are three of them chasing you with police officers on their backs.
Darry Williams, of the 1000 block of S. Rodney St., was arrested Thursday night on drug charges after he tried to get away from three New Castle County mounted officers who were patrolling near the Rosehill parkland in New Castle.
Williams was involved in a drug deal in the outfield of the baseball field when the officers spotted him, said New Castle County Police Officer John Weglarz Sr.
He was charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine, distributing cocaine in a parkland zone and resisting arrest, he said.
The incident occurred about 6:40 p.m., when three men were spotted engaging in what appeared to be a drug deal, Weglarz said.
Williams was seen reaching into his pocket and passing something to one of the others.
The three horses started to canter toward the trio, prompting Williams to bolt, Weglarz said.
I’m sure he’s learned his lesson and won’t do it again.
SHTF Boat
Jun 18th, 10
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Obviously, the price tag is going to be really steep, but this is a cool concept for a boat if it performs up to the claims. It should make a nice Homeland Security money boondoggle for a lot of jurisdictions (link):
BISHOPVILLE, Md. — The man who gave Ocean City its most famous nightclub has traded his bayside-bar lifestyle for a riverfront boathouse, working to build a vessel for firefighters and law enforcement that he says is unlike anything on the water — except, of course, for the one he already owns.
“Nobody built boats that I wanted to buy, so I built it,” said Leighton Moore, who founded the resort bar and nightclub Seacrets. “And I like a challenge.”
On a site along the St. Martin River that once housed the former Hudson boatyard, a two-story metal barn screams with the echoes of metalworking devices. The floor is littered with aluminum shavings like sawdust at a butcher shop. At the heart of it, a 28-foot-long prototype made from marine-grade aluminum and stainless steel glimmers in the morning sunshine.
“She’s spectacular,” Moore said, beaming proudly at his labor of love.
Moore said he’s been working six days a week, 11 hours a day on the project since he walked away from the day-to-day operation of Seacrets in late 2009.
He enlisted the help of his son-in-law, Mike Early, who took a leap of faith and left a career in medical sales to form Moore Boat LLC.
“Leighton said, ‘I think there’s a market there for this,’ ” he said, “and we looked at each other, and I said, ‘I think there is.’ This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something fun and unique. I believed in the concept enough for us to make a run at this thing.”
They first built a wooden scale model before starting construction on the prototype in December 2009. They hope to get it in the water by August, and let potential buyers take it for a test run. They also hope to take it around the country to trade shows.
Loaded with features
Moore gladly showed off a few of the prototype’s features including a backboard stowed away above the cabin, a 550-pound capacity winch and two 300-horsepower engines.
Available options include a fire pump, GPS, a video camera, an overhead light bar and an infrared camera that picks up thermal imaging.
Bulletproof Plexiglas embraces the enclosed cabin, giving the operator an unobstructed, 180-degree view. Its bulbous bow is meant for displacement. It can go from full throttle in a crash stop in less than 30 feet.
Most importantly, the boat works like a giant rocket-powered ski, and with its powerful engines can travel up to 50 mph in ankle-deep water. It moves better in shallow depths because, as Moore put it, there’s literally less boat in the water.
“This boat will do more than any other boat,” he said. “You get 600 horsepower in a 28-foot boat. That’s a lot. You’re off the water before the water can get underneath of you. It’s a big skimboard but it’s maneuverable. It’ll be the best thing I ever designed, that’s for certain.”
Moore said boat building is in his blood, although he didn’t always know it. His grandfather was a shipwright in Bethel, and research done by family members shows that he had also built very similar shallow-draft, short-handed boats. Both Moore and Early say they’ve been around boats all their lives.
“I’m a perfectionist”
It’s at least Moore’s third attempt to create such a vessel. He has already built two similar boats in the last 15 years — one that he essentially uses as a commuter vehicle between his waterfront West Ocean City home and the boat yard — but, he said, this one will top them all.
“Mine’s good, but I want great. I’m a perfectionist,” he said.
Moore said the boat would serve firefighters well, especially for waterfront Ocean City homes that are difficult to reach with fire apparatus.
“It’s nice to be able to go up to something that’s on fire and not worry about your own boat bursting into flames,” he said.
Early said the heavy-duty boats are built to order and would sell in the $300,000-$400,000 range.
“Our attitude is, we think we’ve got a really great concept, based on historical performance,” he said. “Hopefully, it’ll be received the way we believe it will. Time will tell. It’s definitely the mantra, ‘build it and they will come,’ we hope.”
I want one- just in case…
Remarkable- News Urinal Posts Neutral Gun Article
May 23rd, 10
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Try it, you might like it (link):
Anything Once: You had me at boom! How I was seduced by a .357 Magnum
ANYTHING ONCE • BY JUSTIN WILLIAMS • MAY 23, 2010
When I woke up last Wednesday, I was your stereotypical liberal lightweight.
Foreign car parked out front, no television inside, and an instinctive fear of guns. If someone invited me to a tea party, I’d probably show up with fresh-baked scones and wonder why the heck everyone else was carrying megaphones.
But by the time I went to bed that night, I had visions of .357 Magnums dancing in my head and a frayed target proudly stuck to the fridge.
What the heck happened to this card-carrying member of the liberal media? I got a taste of the power of a pistol, and “power,” as English historian John Dalberg-Acton said, “tends to corrupt.”
It started with my grandfather’s baby Browning, a .25-caliber semiautomatic that wouldn’t look out of place in a garter belt. Even this little pea-shooting family heirloom, one out of an estimated 230 million firearms in the United States, made me uneasy.
Liberal media acknowledgement noted.
Buckstopper: The Fall Of Beau Biden
May 12th, 10
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Previously I noted that Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of VP Joe “Oh No, Joe” Biden was not running for the US Senate Seat that Joe Biden-rubber-stamper Ted Kaufman’s been keeping warm, thinking it was because of the anti-incumbent sentiment (link). I think I may stand corrected.
Attorney General Biden, age 41, had a minor stroke in the early hours of yesterday morning (and we at TRE wish him a full and speedy recovery), coinciding with the release yesterday of an independent report on failures related to a child rapist’s case and what appears to be the probable end of Beau Biden’s elected-office career. From the Biden Journal News Journal, here’s where the buck stops (link):
The judge told a trooper that police could arrest Bradley because the judge “would sign a criminal arrest warrant,” according to an independent report released Tuesday.
But prosecutors decided not to charge Bradley because they didn’t believe they had enough evidence to prove sexual abuse.
The failure by Attorney General Beau Biden’s office to act on the judge’s recommendation started the clock on a yearlong period that saw Bradley allegedly rape or sexually abuse nearly 50 young girls he treated until his Dec. 16, 2009, arrest.
Like I said, on the matter of the stroke, we hope that Mr. Biden recovers fully and quickly, the GIN are not people who harbor ill-will.
But as taxpayers in Delaware, I think I speak for the GIN when I say that I believe these words should rightfully end Mr. Biden’s political career. When you run for AG, you need to be able to fulfill your duties. I think Beau Biden’s election was political opportunism on display.
Biden’s only notable accomplishment in his capacity as Attorney General to-date was to file dubious charges against Larry Sinclair, the man who claimed to have smoked cocaine and had sexual relations with Barack Obama. (Remember, Sinclair was led away in handcuffs from the national press club) Not long after that (Chicago “Boodle”?), Joe “Joey from Scranton” Biden was offered the VP slot on the Obama ’08 ticket. Once the Democratic nomination and ticket was secured, Mr. Sinclair’s charges were dismissed.
Beau Biden ran in 2006 against a dedicated prosecutor in Ferris Wharton, and by all appearances just ran as a stepping stone toward higher office. I suspect that the bold paragraph above is enough to end any higher political aspirations.
Virtually No Suspect Description!
Apr 16th, 10
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I’ve said it repeatedly, but the 800,000 or so people of Delaware have one “mainstream” news source that’s not part of the Philly or Baltimore market, and that’s the News Journal newspaper and it’s online affiliate Delawareonline.com. In a PC move, a few years ago they opted as policy not to include race in suspect descriptions. The way they report it here is mildly infuriating (link):
A 21-year-old woman was forced into a car from the parking lot of a Wilmington restaurant late Tuesday by two men who repeatedly raped her before dumping her two hours later on a dark Glasgow road, police said.
It began about 11:15 p.m. when the victim went to use her cell phone in the parking lot of the Sante Fe Restaurant in the 2000 block of Pennsylvania Ave., said Wilmington Police Master Sgt. Steven Barnes.
As she was looking down at the phone, the woman told police, she was grabbed by the arms and pushed into the back of a silver or gray two-door car, Barnes said.
“There are windows in the restaurant that face a small parking lot, but the railroad tracks may have obscured the view of witnesses,” he said of a train trellis that crosses Pennsylvania Avenue.
The woman later told police she believed there were three to five men in the car, two of whom raped her. She did not know them, Barnes said.
Police released virtually no descriptions of the men.
It’s as if to say “don’t worry, the racial element of the suspect description we’re withholding from the public isn’t all that detailed anyway”. But here at Target Rich Environment, we like to share ALL the known facts- here’s WILM news radio’s description:
Police continue their search for three-to-five men, believed to be Hispanic, who were in a silver-or-gray two-door vehicle.
It’s hard to believe that, if the story did occur as stated, that even a detail like race would be withheld. Even if it’s painful for some to hear the presumed race of the suspects.
PC News or No News?
Mar 19th, 10
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Last Summer a girl named Julie Gricol was murdered in cold blood in the Triangle Neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware, (allegedly) by a guy named Pernell Stroman who was tied to the scene of the crime because he was pulled over driving her car in Pennsylvania (he was actually ticketed for aggressive driving and set loose because the car had not been reported missing yet).I was going through some past notes/drafts and found part of a post that reminded me of it, because something seemed to be missing from the reporting. When I went back and looked, there was an article in December that was difficult to find, it popped up on the News Journal’s mobile site.As you know, I’m very critical of the News Journal’s PC reporting and not including race of suspects in descriptions (always followed by “if you have information contact crimestoppers”). There was a lot of information lacking in the first reporting back in June, and the obscure December article gave enough detail to make you ask more questions whether it’s the News Journal pulling a PC whopper or something upstream of them.See if anything pops out at you (link):
Details emerge in June slayingBy SEAN O’SULLIVANThe News JournalDecember 05, 2009 17:50 PMView Full StoryWILMINGTON — At a Friday hearing, police and prosecutors unveiled new details about evidence that strongly ties Pernell Stroman to the June 11 slaying of 23-year-old Julie Gricol in her Triangle neighborhood apartment, including a written and verbal confession and DNA tests tying him to the crime scene.The hearing before Superior Court Judge John Parkins was to establish “proof positive” that the state’s evidence against Stroman was strong enough to continue holding him without bail before a scheduled September 2010 trial.At the conclusion of the hour-long hearing, Parkins ruled the state had met its burden.Gricol’s body was found by friends just before noon on June 11, lying in the bed of her West 22nd Street apartment with her throat slit, after she failed to report to work. A bloody knife was found on the floor next to the bed.Gricol’s car and cell phone were missing. Hours before Gricol’s body was found, Stroman, 23, of Wilmington, was picked up by Pennsylvania police, behind the wheel of Gricol’s car, for aggressive driving.At the time of the traffic stop in Pennsylvania, Stroman told police the car belonged to a “family friend.”In court Friday, Wilmington Police Detective Martin Lenhardt said under questioning from Deputy Attorney General Josette Manning that after police located and arrested Stroman, he initially denied any involvement with Gricol. Stroman claimed he was driving Gricol’s stolen car because he “found it” parked on in the 500 block of W. Seventh St. in Wilmington with the keys dangling from the door lock, according to testimony.But several hours after that interview with police was completed, Lenhardt said Stroman asked for a pen and paper and wanted to speak to investigators again.Lenhardt said Stroman had written a letter to Gricol’s family admitting “to taking her life” and changed his story to police, admitting he killed her.The letter was not admitted into evidence or described beyond Stroman’s apparent admission.Lenhardt said in this second interview with police that Stroman said he had issues with “blackouts” and was angry with his mother that night following a phone conversation.Stroman then told police he entered Gricol’s apartment, saw her sleeping, and went down to the basement where he found a knife and “was thinking about killing himself,” according to Lenhardt. Then for reasons Lenhardt did not know or Stroman did not explain, Stroman told police he instead went upstairs and slit Gricol’s throat.Defense attorney Edmund Hillis asked no questions and made no comments during the hearing.Afterward Hillis said this case is still in the very early stages, that all the evidence has yet to be produced and Stroman’s plea remains “not guilty.”Prosecutors Manning and James Kriner declined comment.Other new evidence that came out at the hearing:* Gricol’s boyfriend was the last person known to have spoken to her before she was killed. Lenhardt said he talked with Gricol at 11:35 p.m. on June 10, and during the conversation, Gricol told him she was in bed watching television about to go to sleep.* Police have a surveillance tape showing what appears to be Gricol”s car pulling up and parking in the 300 block of W. Eighth St. on June 12 around 6 a.m. and it departs about 40 minutes later. Lenhardt, however, said it is impossible to identify the driver of the car in the tape.* Phone records indicate Gricol’s cell phone was in the same area as Stroman when Stroman was pulled over in Gricol’s car for aggressive driving.The detective also said that when police arrived at the scene, investigators found Gricol’s shirt had been pushed up exposing her chest and her shorts and underwear had been removed and were in a ball next to the bloody bed.He said officers found a flashlight on a couch in Gricol’s apartment that later tested positive for Stroman’s DNA and during a subsequent search of Stroman’s apartment, in the 300 block of W. Eighth St., police found a pair of shorts that DNA testing indicated were stained with Gricol’s blood.Lenhardt said a surveillance tape of Stroman, from when he was arrested with Gricol’s car, shows the defendant wearing the same pair of shorts with the blood stain.The search of Stroman’s apartment also turned up a Motorola cell phone with the “sim card” from Gricol’s missing Blackberry cell phone.Lenhardt said they knew it was the card from Gricol’s phone because when they dialed Gricol’s number, the Motorola phone found on the floor of Stroman’s apartment rang.While prosecutors would not comment Friday, Kriner previously described it as a “capital murder case.”
If you recall, when Pernell Stroman was originally arrested, the story looked like this (link):
Jun 24, 2009 10:12 am US/EasternDelaware Murder Suspect Held Without BailWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) ―The man charged with killing a 23-year-old woman in her Wilmington apartment earlier this month has been ordered held without bail.Pernell Stroman, who is charged with first-degree murder, burglary and other offenses in the death of Julie Gricol was denied bail Tuesday and his case was sent to Superior Court for trial.Deputy Attorney General James Kriner told the judge that 32-year-old Stroman may be eligible for the death penalty because the murder apparently was committed in conjunction with a burglary.Police and prosecutors say blood evidence appears to link Stroman to the crime. Stroman was out on parole from attempted robbery, grand larceny and possession of stolen property convictions in New York.
I’m no expert on crime or anything like that, but from extensive crime tv show watching I gather that to stab someone or slit their throat is very personal and would take more than just breaking in or robbery to do so. Then you add the part about her shorts and panties being removed, and you have to ask, did he kill her to cover up a rape/sexual assault? Then you add the fact that no mention is made of such things, and that brings up further questions.Was there no evidence or insufficient evidence of a sexual assault? (The rumor from a second-hand source locally says there was) Has he been charged with sexual assault but it wasn’t reported by our PC local paper? If not, why not? Is it possible there was marginal evidence but the capital murder is a slam dunk and the prosecuting attorney (AG Biden?) decided to pass? That would seem like the most logical case if our source was correct.It becomes a potential PC-world case because the alleged perpetrator is “black” and the victim “white”. The follow-up question that arises is whether someone in the media or government is seeking to protect a perpetrator from being stereotyped b
ased on their own stereotypes of the general public? Is it too sensitive of an issue?The News Urinal has not been bashful about publishing (and apparently the AG’s office also is not holding much back on) the sickening-nightmarish details of the Dr. Earl Bradley child rapes down-state (link):
Five girls who “appeared to lose consciousness” during sex assaults are shown in video recordings seized from Earl B. Bradley’s home and pediatrics office in Lewes, according to a 471-count indictment handed down Monday by a Sussex County grand jury.”Our worst fears have been realized,” said one stunned woman, whose two girls were Bradley’s patients several years ago. The new details emerged in the indictment, which accused Bradley of raping or sexually abusing 103 children.Told that the indictment said some victims appeared to become unconscious or stop breathing during the attacks, the woman was at first speechless.
I assume we will find out when his trial begins.