Category: Delco

Guns Gays And June

Guns Gays And June — Delaware County Vice Chairwoman Elaine Schaefer during her short speech at Monday’s Media Memorial Day event alluded to the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uldave.

She said we should embrace our common values and consider curtailing our freedoms.

OK, we can work with her. Can she work with us?

The intransigency by gun right defenders comes from the reasonable assumption that for those like Ms. Schaefer it is about banning guns and not about stopping mass shootings, or even mundane weekly shootings in places like Chicago and Philadelphia.

We challenge Ms. Schaefer to make the first step of faith. Simply say, “I support the right of a sane, law-abiding adult to have an AR-15 with a 30-round magazine.”

“Law-abiding” should be self-evident but we can start considering the definitions of “sane” and “adult”.

We can then start discussing whether ending cash bail is wise and do the same for not just defunding but demoralizing the police.

We can ask how we can create a culture where life is revered. When prominent politicians express support for the literal killing of babies it’s easy to see how certain ungrounded young can acquire a nihilistic philosophy.

How about instead of our schools teaching that we exist by chance and nothing matters once we die, we start teaching that we are here for a purpose and that we face a judgement after death at which we must account for what we have done?

No sane, law-abiding adult supports mass shootings or mundane weekly ones. That’s the common value we share.

Gay Be Not Proud

June is being pushed by the establishment bullies as “Gay Pride Month”. We should love everyone and we can think of a couple of gay journalists who have become heroes of ours, but it’s beyond stupidity to encourage pride in participating in objectively destructive sex acts or rejecting half of humanity and not creating children of your own.

What one should be proud of is standing up to establishment bullies.

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Guns Gays And June

Tufts Study Recommends Williamson As National Model

Tufts Study Recommends Williamson As National Model — Williamson College of the Trades, which could be considered Delaware County’s secret jewel, is becoming a little less secret.

Researchers from Tufts University compared students at the school in Middletown Township to those at Delaware County Community College, Pennsylvania State University at Brandywine, and Johnson College of Technology in an assessment of character from August 2012 to May 2015.

The conclusion can bed summed up as if you want your roof fixed, look for a Williamson guy.

The study — Act: Assessment of Character in The Trades — was designed to test the Williamson College “theory of change,” which posits that if healthy, able-bodied young men, who are intellectually and emotionally prepared, honest, frugal, entrepreneurial, temperate, and industrious, are given a curriculum that educates them with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a good mechanical trade in the context of a school setting that provides Judeo-Christian ethics and values, then they will succeed in life.

Tufts Study Recommends Williamson As National Model

The study found that students at all schools started with the same average score on the Five Cs Model of Positive Development: Competence, Confidence, Connection, Caring, and Character but the Williamson students had not dropped by studies end while the other student scores did.

Especially noteworthy was that in the “Faith” score — which includes hopeful future expectations and purpose — was higher for Williamson students at the end of the study and lower for those at the other schools.

The report concludes with a recommendation for the Williamson model to go national.

“(The study is a) story of obvious success in imbuing in them the skills necessary for a successful career in the trades but, more than that, it is a story about how character develops through the model of education provided by Williamson and how these young men are becoming pillars of contribution and caring to their communities and to their families. It is a story about providing a model of how, through trade education and character development, seamlessly integrated, we can transform the lives of millions of American young people.”

Note the part about transforming the lives of millions of American young people.

The study was funded in part by the John Templeton Foundation of West Conshohocken.

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Tufts Study Recommends Williamson As National Model

Not Missing Swarthmore’s Michael’s

Not Missing Swarthmore’s Michael’s

By Bob Small

We’ve been discussing the proposed 5-floor condo in Swarthmore for quite a while, but a recent letter in The Swarthmorean adds a new perspective.

In the May 27 issue of The Swarthmorean, John Brodsky made reference to a former pharmacy in Swarthmore. 

“When Michael’s — with its soda fountains, news stand, phone booths, etc. — was replaced by doughnuts (Dunkin Donuts), Swarthmore was pretty much sunk!” he wrote.

Not Missing Swarthmore's Michael's

My experience at Michael’s in the early 1990’s was not a happy one.  The main cashier I always ran into there was our Swarthmorean version of “The Soup Nazi”, a man who always had a nasty word to share with customers.  Upon discovering The Medicine Shoppe about a mile away in Morton, which did not have a “Soup Nazi”, many of us Swarthmoreans transferred our business there.

Now there’s another store down the block from Dunkin Donuts for all us “urban apartment transplants”. Any time I’ve gone into Swarthmore True Value Hardware and asked for “something that you use to fix a?!” and name the item, or try to, or ask for a “whatchamacallit” or maybe even a “veeblefetzer”, Charlie and all his employees are unfailingly pleasant and helpful. What they can’t locate, they will try to order.  

Because of their attitude, I generally avoid going to Office Despot or some such big-box store unless absolutely necessary. This is one way a small business can continue to thrive, but it requires some effort.

On another topic, I’ve finished my Ivermectin regimen prior to the latest recount. I’m waiting to get back to a stronger version of myself, when I’ll have some more thoughts on lesser-known Pennsylvania politicians and politics.

Not Missing Swarthmore’s Michael’s

Media Memorial Day 2022

Media Memorial Day 2022 just ended and featured a parade of antique cars, fire trucks, military vehicles, the Penncrest Marching Band and the Media Little League. It was followed by a moving ceremony which remembered those who died to keep America free, along with tributes to Ukrainians fighting to keep their nation free.

The ceremony was emceed by Media Mayor Bob McMahon, a Vietnam veteran.

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Major Patrick Creed

Retired Army Major Patrick Creed, who had returned the day before from the Ukraine where he spent 70 days assisting that nation’s military, spoke of the heroism of the Ukrainian soldiers.

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Father Daniel Troyan

Father Daniel Troyan of Holy Myrrh-Bearers Ukrainian Catholic Church described the overwhelming response by Delaware County residents when it became known that his parish was collecting relief for the embattled nation. He also noted human traffickers are targeting Ukrainian refugees, notably if they are women and children traveling without a husband and father.

Alexandra Kurlowicz, a member of Holy Myrrh-Bears and the daughter of Soviet-era refugees from the Ukraine, spoke of the nation’s long history of suffering.

Bill Lovejoy, commander of Clayton T. Smith-John M. Howard American Legion Post 93, paid tribute to Gladys Mae Martin, long-time post member who was active in the Pennsylvania Veterans Museum, 2 E. State St., Media. Mrs. Martin died, May 26. She was 99.

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Alexandra Kurlowicz

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa5) told how she was the daughter, sister and granddaughter of veterans, and showed the Gold Star medal her great-grandmother was presented when she went to France after World War I to visit her son’s grave.

State Rep. Jennifer O’Mara (D-165) paid tribute to her husband who served two combat tours.

Also speaking were Delaware County Vice Chairwoman Elaine Schaefer and State Sen. Timothy Kearney (D-26).

Ashli Rice performed beautiful renditions of patriotic hymns.

Father Dan sang the Ukrainian national anthem, also beautifully.

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Delco Voting On CrowdStrike Pact

Delco Voting On CrowdStrike Pact — Delaware County Council (Pa.) is scheduled to vote tonight, May 18, on a three-year professional services agreement with CrowdStrike for Falcon Complete End Point Protection Software.

Cost will be $33,830 per year.

CrowdStrike is the scandal-plagued cyber security firm that “investigated” the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computers in 2016; claimed it was the Russians and then kept the FBI from seeing the machines for itself.

You would think the Delco Republicans would express a tad bit of concern.

The meeting is 6 p.m. in the Council Public Meeting Room on the 1st Floor of the Government Center Building, 201 W. Front St., Media, PA. 

Delco Voting On CrowdStrike Pact
Delco Voting On CrowdStrike Pact

Seth Keshel Damning Delco Reveal

Seth Keshel Damning Delco Reveal — Seth Keshel is a former Army intelligence captain who became a civilian statistical analyst and made waves with claims that election fraud was massive in 2020.

He has now finished his study of Delaware County, Pa. and it shows that high and likely fraud occurred in almost every municipality excepting for Democrat strongholds. (see image).

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The conclusion is based on the degree of divergence from trends in voter registration as established by publicly available county and state data.

Of course one can always respond with “lies, damn lies and statistics” but one would then have to ignore the videos of Delaware County officials describing rigging and voting violations: the undeniable breaks in chain of custody; claims of massive fraud contemporaneous with Election Night; overturning of duly passed election laws by executive fiat backed by judicial fiat; unprecedented delays in vote counting; Delco voting judges not being giving Voter Books prior to election; etcetera.

But hey, there is probably some other explanation, right? LOLOL

What bothers us most is the silence of the local Republican leaders. If they make a movie about it they can call it Silence of the Sheep as Silence of the Lambs has been taken.

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Hospitals Endangered In Delco, Chesco

Hospitals Endangered In Delco, Chesco

By Bob Small

West Grove’s Jennersville Hospital closed on Dec. 31 and Caln’s Brandywine Hospital closed on Jan. 31.  These institutions in Chester County are owned by Tower Health and lost $42 million in the last fiscal year. 

In my Delaware County, Crozer Health Systems which operates Crozer- Chester, Delaware County Memorial, Springfield, and Taylor hospitals, along with outpatient centers and physician practices is being sold to ChristianaCare Health System. 

While Delaware County Memorial has closed its maternity ward, and Taylor has ended its hospice program, the hospitals are remaining open for the time being, according to Kevin M. Spiegel, chief executive officer of Crozer Health.

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We should note that Crozer Chester is the hospital for Chester, Pa., one of the poorest cities in the nation.  All four of these hospitals serve, or served, a population with limited medical coverage mobility, who were unable to use their coverage in other hospitals.

In the mean times, and these will be mean times, some of us have coverage that let us use hospitals in say, Delaware or Philadelphia.  Most in Chesco and Delco do not. Many of these residents will be scrambling to find a hospital to use.  Some may fail. For some, these are just regular routine tests, but for others…..

Since we started this article, Chester County Common Pleas Court Judge Edward Griffith has given hope to saving Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals by ordering Tower Health to resume negotiatons with Canyon Atlantic Partners. A sale fell through in December.

At a Feb. 15 town hall, State Senator Tim Kearney (D-26) responded, D-26, responded to my query about asset striping, citing the Hahnemann Hospital case, by saying that the State Legislature had various pending bills to address this.  He favored hospitals being run by non-profits such as ChristianaCare rather than for-profit entities like Crozer Health.

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Anschluss Of Hedgerow Theatre; Sanctuary For Arts Goes Full Austrian With Vax Policy

Anschluss Of Hedgerow Theatre; Sanctuary For Arts Goes Full Austrian With Vax Policy

By Bob Small

The Austrian Bundesrat, Feb. 3, voted 47-12 for Europe’s first vaccine mandate and President President Alexander Van der Bellen signed it into law.

Sad to say, one of the parties backing it is the Greens.

This type of frightening authoritarianism was discussed  in one of my previous posts.

Police in Austria will begin monitoring the unvaxed starting March 15 after which fine of up to the equivalent of $4,109 will begin, possibly followed by prison.  Weekly Saturday protests in Vienna have attracted tens of thousands of people yet have been remarkably, or not, underreported.

Anschluss Of Hedgerow Theatre; Fabled Sanctuary For Arts Goes Full Austrian With Vax Policy

Reaction has come from all Austrian opposition Parties, from the Liberal NEOS Party to the far right Freedom Party (FP). 

“The law is unconstitutional and not proportionate,” said Herbert Kickl, leader of the FP, said

“What we are dealing with here is a vaccine mandate that comes into effect just as the government is making it possible for those who aren’t vaccinated to enter a bar with a subsidised free test result and raise a glass to their resistance,”   Gerard Loacker, Health spokesman for NEOS.

Previously there were obligatory vaccine checks at all retail shops. 

Other European Countries are watching this carefully.

And in Delaware County, Pa., the fabled Hedgerow Theatre is now requiring patrons to provide proof of vaccination.

With her kindly permission, I’m quoting  fellow Swarthmorean Carol Kennedy’s response to Hedgerow:

Both the WHO and the CDC have acknowledged that a person can both catch and transmit Covid-19 even if he/she has been fully vaccinated. There is no advantage to a vaccination in terms of transmission. So requiring proof of vaccination is not scientifically based and even provides a false sense of security in terms of likelihood of catching or transmitting the disease. In fact, both my husband and myself caught Covid even though we were fully vaxxed.

We do not believe in any kind of medical apartheid that places the privileges and rights of one segment of the population above another based on personal medical choice.”

The very last thing this, or any country needs, is further division between  people.

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Delco Election Fraud Case Number

Delco Election Fraud Case Number — The lawsuit by Ruth Moton, Gregory Stenstrom and Leah Hoopes alleging substantial and significant election law violations in Delaware County, Pa. during the 2020 election now has a case number, CV-2022-000032 and title, Moton et al v. Boockvar, Kathy et al.

The filing date was Jan. 6.

The defendants include former Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, Delaware County, the Delaware County Board Elections, the Delaware County Bureau of Elections and numerous officials, including Chief Custodian and Voting Machine Warehouse Supervisor James Savage.

The suit claims that:

Defendants intentionally and fraudulently conspired to destroy, delete, secrete, and hide November 3, 2020, election data, materials, and equipment to prevent discovery of election fraud and election law violations in Delaware County, which the Defendants also conspired to commit and did commit while carrying out the November 3, 2020, election. In furtherance of this conspiracy, Defendants intentionally created chaos surrounding the November 3, 2020, election so that they would be able to then carry out the acts of election fraud and the election law violations described herein undetected.

Defendants did this, in part, by placing incompetent or underqualified individuals with no training in positions of responsibility so that they would be able to hide their fraud under the pretense of the incompetence of election day workers/volunteers in the event the election fraud and election law violations were discovered.

Moreover, when a May 21, 2021 Right to Know (RTK) request for election information and data was made with respect to information that is by federal and state law to be kept and preserved, the Defendants fraudulently and intentionally deleted, changed, adulterated, manipulated and/or obscured the information, data, and materials produced in response to the RTK request in order to hide their fraud and election code violations because they knew that they could not reconcile the previously fraudulently reported November 3, 2020 election results with the actual responsive information that they had in their possession and which they were required to preserve and produce in response to the Right to Know request.

Plaintiffs know this to be the case and can document this and demonstrate this by showing, among other things, that November 3, 2020 election, data materials, and equipment was destroyed including but not limited to V-Drives, Return Sheets, machine tapes/proof sheets/result tapes, Mail-In Ballots, Ballots Destroyed, voting machines, hard drives, paper documentation, Blue Crest data, correspondence concerning the November 3, 2020 election.

Further the suit notes that Delaware County was the last count to submit its presidential vote total in Pennsylvania “potentially changing November 3, 2020 election results in numerous races”.

The suit says that before Delco’s submission, Donald Trump was leading Joseph Biden by 7,515 votes, and that Delco’s tally showed a difference of 88,070 votes between the candidates favoring Biden.

Remember, this suit does not address the apparent vote fraud in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and even Montgomery County.

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Delco Election Fraud Case Number

Delco Republicans Silent On Election Lawsuit

Delco Republicans Silent On Election Lawsuit — It’s Nov. 23, five days after numerous Delaware County agencies and individuals were sued over election misconduct relating to the 2020 General Election.

Nary a peep has been heard from the traditional media, which we expected as the traditional media has long since stopped being the means of informing the public, and is now merely a puppet for protecting the powerful.

What we did hope, granted a scant hope, was that the Republican leadership would start making some noise.

So much for that. Their silence is loud.

You would think they could find it in themselves to bring this up:

123. On and after November 3, 2020, the Delaware County Return Board was missing necessary November 3, 2020, election data, materials, results, and equipment which was needed to reconcile all Delaware County precincts and certify the November 3, 2020, election. [Exhibit J].

Or this:

124. On or about November 3, 2020, the Delaware County Return Board (and individual members including various Defendants) discovered numerous election law violations, and/or incidents of election fraud, and referred numerous precincts to the District Attorney for investigation. [Exhibit K].

Or this:

162. Specifically, James Allen conspired with James Savage to “get rid” of the “pads and second scanners” from the November 3, 2020, election. [Exhibit GG].
163. James Savage encouraged a private conversation to continue the conversation of the removal of the pads and scanners due to other Delaware County employees and Regina Miller who were present and witnessed James Savage state that he was aware that the plan of destruction of November 3, 2020, election “was a felony.” [Exhibit GG].

Or especially this:

177. The Delaware County Right to Know Response Revealed that there were 125 out of 428 missing tally tapes scanner 1; 138 out of 428 precincts had 2 scanners and out of 138, 42 were missing tally tapes; out of the 428 precincts, 137 are missing ballot count tapes for scanner 1; out of 138 precincts with two scanners, 49 are missing ballot count tapes for scanner 2; 108 out of 428 precincts are missing write-in report tapes for scanner 1; 44 out of 138 that had two scanners are missing write-in reports for scanner 2; 255 out of 428 are missing open poll tapes for scanner 1; there are 92 out of 138 precincts missing open poll tapes for scanner 2; there are 233 out of 138 precincts missing open poll tapes for scanner 2; there are 233 out of 428 precincts missing zero report tapes for scanner 1; there are 89 out of 138 missing “zero” report tapes, which means that the machines may not have been zeroed out from a previous election; there are 41 out of 428 precincts that are not reconciled; 82 out of 428 precincts that submitted return sheets with no provisional ballot numbers; there are 73 out of 428 precincts that submitted return sheets with no spoiled ballot count; there are 53 out of 428 precincts that submitted return sheets with no spoiled ballot count; there are 53 precincts out of 428 that had unused ballot return counts and had a discrepancy of plus or minus 20. [Exhibit N].

Do the Republicans ever want to win in this county again? Do the citizens want to allow San Francisco-style looting to come here?

Here is a link to the lawsuit.

Here it is below.

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Delco Republicans Silent On Election Lawsuit
Delco Republicans Silent On Election Lawsuit