The LuLac Edition #3544, July 1st, 2017

TRUMP'S TWEETS INDICATE HOW UNHINGED HE IS

(Photo: AP)

The other day this country as well as the Presidency sunk to a new low when Donald Trump called out on Twitter MSNBC's Morning Joe's Mika Brzezinski. The outburst came in response to the Thursday show where the co hosts Mika and Joe Scarborough called him out for the fake Time Magazine covers he put out in full view at his golf courses. Resorting to calling names, Trump once more enraged even some of his Republican Senators on The Hill. Unfortunately this is the new normal that hi behavior has engendered.
MSNBC contributor Donnie Deutsch essentially called Trump what he is, a thug and a pig.
Think about it, the CEO of Uber gets fired by his own board for creating a hostile work culture. Trump though goes on. Here's what Deutsch said the other day.

THEN THERE ARE HIS DEFENDERS

The third biggest liar in America, Sarah Huckabee Sanders tried to defend Trump. It was comical in the sense that I expected her head to explode from lying. She claimed she was attacked by the show. That's not true, never was there a reference to her appearance. She was attacked for the way she did her job. Sanders said that people should know that when the President gets attacked, he fights back 10 fold. If Trump gets annoyed by a cable show host and uses this big a hammer, how will he react with a foreign power? 
This is a woman who stood by Trump's constant attacks on women. Sanders is no Press Secretary, she is a lackey who is normalizes her boss's behavior as the Pig in Chief. She should be ashamed as a woman and as an American.

HEALTH CARE STALLED 

Mitch McConnell on Tuesday when he realized he didn't have the votes. (Photo: CNN)

This week the REPUBLICAN Senate could not get together on a Health Care Bill. There were moderates like Susan Collins of Maine and Dean Heller of Nevada who want to keep expanded Medicaid. Then there are others like Rand Paul and Ted Cruz who feel it doesn’t go far enough. Mitch McConnell pulled the bill because he just didn’t have enough votes.
The President incoherently said the other day that it was okay if they didn’t pass but used one of his favorite words “disaster”. In the meantime, only one third of the country thinks this is a good bill.
Trump instead of working with them has petulantly ran attack ads against the Nevada Senator who, a REPUBLICAN who has opposed them.
The campaign chant of “get rid of Obama care” is getting harder and harder to become a political reality.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA
CANADA @ 150

COXTON BRIDGE IS COMING DOWN

(Photo: Times Leader)

The Coxton bridge is coming down courtesy of funds from the state Department of Community and Economic Development, officials announced Wednesday.
State Sen. John Yudichak, D-Plymouth Township, announced the DCED has awarded $1 million to the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority to finance demolition of the dilapidated span.
The state agency decided earlier this month there were no alternatives other than demolishing the former railroad bridge.
It has been a danger since 2014 and has been a safety and environmental hazard. This Bridge connected the Coxton Rail Yards which my dad worked in to Harding section of Exeter Township.

HUCKABEE DENIED!!!!

Trump spokesperson Sarah Huckebee got her head handed to her the other day when she brought up fake news. This was the regular line that the White House Press Office has been feeding since the President took office. But one reporter took her on. This time she went too far and called the Russian issue a”a hoax”. Here’s what happened:

The irony here is this Press Office is calling the Media liars and fakers when their leader is the biggest liar that was ever elected President. To be sure, Americans trust the news media (except for the Trumpsters) more than the President. This was shortsighted and a disgrace.

CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES OVER $3.4 MILLION IN HHS FUNDS FOR GEISINGER COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Marian Munley Cartwright, Congressman Matt Cartwright and your blog editor. (Photo: LuLac archives)

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award over $3.4 million in federal grants to Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM), formerly known as The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC), through the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Center of Excellence award program. In FY 2017, $684,768 will be distributed to the school with similar amounts to follow each year for the next four years.
The ultimate goal of the Centers of Excellence (COE) award program is to strengthen the national capacity to produce a quality health care workforce who’s racial and ethnic diversity is representative of the U.S. population. COE award recipients serve as innovative resource and education centers to recruit, train, and retain underrepresented minority students and faculty.
“This funding will help the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine continue to address the region’s workforce needs, increase the number of underrepresented minority medical students, and improve health care delivery for underserved populations,” said Rep. Cartwright. “I applaud Geisinger Medical School for receiving this competitive award, and, as a member of the Appropriations Committee, I will continue to advocate for federal grants that improve our health system’s capacity to meet community needs and deliver the care needed for everyone to live a healthy life.”
“We are grateful to Congressman Cartwright and the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration,” said Ida Castro, JD, vice president for community engagement and chief diversity officer at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. “As a Center of Excellence, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine will use this grant to improve the health and wellbeing of all citizens of Northeastern Pennsylvania. We will continue our important work of building a pipeline to address regional physician workforce needs. Through successful existing initiatives, like our Regional Education Academy for Careers in Health – Higher Education Initiative (REACH-HEI) for middle school, high school, and college students, we will target underrepresented minority students to increase the competitive applicant pool for health professions. We also anticipate new programs that focus on faculty, such as a Health Equity Group, which will be charged with identifying the needs of underrepresented minority faculty and to offer support for faculty development. Finally, the grant will aid the school of medicine with its efforts to improve the health system’s capacity to meet the needs of people of all races and ethnicities by promoting research into genomics and precision medicine, health disparities and minority health issues.”
The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is an independent medical college dedicated to the community needs of Northeast and North Central Pennsylvania. The Medical School collaborates with a number of regional colleges, school districts, hospitals, health care providers, and organizations and provides students training in the region’s health systems and hospitals. Its goal is to provide more physicians and improved health care resources for the people of Northeast and North Central Pennsylvania by establishing a unique medical education experience that focuses on caring for people in their lives and community.

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

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This week's guest is Tom Pitz, discussing the life of Thomas Jefferson.
Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.

SUNDAY MAGAZINE

This Week on Sunday Magazine.
Brian Hughes speaks with James, Michael & Sylvia from PENNDOT District 4.0 about safety for the Fourth of July weekend.
Magic 93's Frankie in the Morning speaks with attorney Michelle Quinn from HKQ Kids about theirannual Fourth of July bike helmet giveaway for kids at Kirby Park. And Brian speaks with Melanie Fish from Home Away about the greater role children are playing in planning the family vacation.
Sunday Magazine, Sunday morning at 5am on NASH-FM, 93.7, 5:30am on 97BHT, 6am on 97.9X and Sports Radio 590, WARM and 6:25am on Magic 93.

ECTV

ECTV Live host David DeCosmo has produced a special segment for the week of July 3rd faturing area historian Bill Lewis and recorded at the Wyoming Monument. site of a major Revolutionary War battle.

ECTV Live can be seen on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and is aired during the Noon, 6pm and Midnight hours each day of the week. Following Monday's Live program the show will become available on Electric City Television's YouTube channel which can be viewed on your computer.

SUE HENRY’S SPECIAL EDITION

Tune in to Sue Henry's "Special Edition" this week as Sue recaps the week's news. The show will run Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. on WILK, and on KRZ, Froggy and Max 102 early Sunday morning.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:40 and 8:40 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

KAREL ON THE STREET

Tune in Wednesdays on WILK Radio for Karel on the Street. Hear some of the funniest and he heartwarming comments on the issues of the day on Webster and Nancy with Karel Zubris.

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP!!!!!

Bobby's show is back again live this Sunday @6PM on The River. 104.9 FM and 100,7FM in Wilkes Barre! Plus Bobby V has a brand new website, check it out at www.doowopsockhop.net.

1977

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The Supremos perform their final concert together at Drury Lane in London, England and then disband permanently……the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the states are not required to spend Medicaid funds on elective abortions…Elvis Presley holds his last concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis…..

Some 200,000 protesters march through the streets of San Francisco, protesting Anita Bryant's anti-gay remarks and the murder of Robert Hillsborough……..in Pennsylvania Governor Shapp tries to bring in international business from Germany….in Wilkes Barre preparations underway for the Martz Trailways Fireworks Display and forty years ago this week the number one song in LuLac land and America was "Undercover Angel" by Alan O'Day.