The LuLac Edition #3712, February 18th, 2018
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THE WALL IN THE DIKE WIDENS-
THE WALL IN THE DIKE WIDENS-
RUSSIA NO LONGER "A HOAX"
Robert Mueller and Donald Trump (Photos: Time Magazine)
This news came from nowhere on Friday. Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russians and three companies with interfering in our democracy. The indictment unveiled a sophisticated network designed to subvert the 2016 election and to support the Trump campaign. It spanned from St. Petersburg, Russia, into the social feeds of Americans and ultimately reached the streets of election battleground states.The White House tried to spin it saying there was no collusion because the interference started in 2014. They also laughingly stated that the partisan divide needed to end and Americans needed to unite. This from the most mean spirited, divisive lying bunch that was ever put in office by citizens, 26,000 of them here in Luzerne County, who got played.
Anyway, here’s the indictment in all it’s entirety.
The entire document should finally put Trump’s statements about “a Russian Hoax” to the merciful death it truly deserves.
https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download
OLD FART MORONS AND GUNS IN WEGMANS
I’m in Wegman’s on Saturday and hear two “experts” yapping their dentures on the recent tragedy in Florida. One guy said “If one of the teachers had a gun in their desk, this thing would’ve have been ended right away!” Then one of Wyoming Valley’s finest grandmas started saying that “I’ll start shooting and then start asking questions later”.
Hey, here’s a thought. Did this jerk really think one gun would stop an Assault Rifle? Did grandma really think she had the agility to take on a gang invading her house?
There is a reason why industry has never, ever come here because we have dumb ass seniors as well as others who spout off ignorant opinions with no basis of fact. That’s why they voted for a 71 year old racist, no nothing because they thought, “He’s like me!”
These two would piss their Depends if anyone came near them on their little “safe” streets protected by the only people who know how to use them in terms of attack: the police.
PUNY PAT ON THE FLORIDA GUN VIOLENCE
Senator Pat Toomey (Philly.com)
Puny Pat Toomey send me an e mail newsletter about what he does or doesn't do in Washington. This week's edition was a dilly. Florida
My heart breaks for the students and loved ones of those affected by the terrible school shooting in Florida. I thank the first responders for their swift response and I ask that you all join me in praying for the victims and their families.
I am committed to improving our federal background check system, which is why my staff and I will continue to reach out to Senators on both sides of the aisle to see where progress can be made.
What crap! Most people are tired of the Republican line of "hearts and prayers going out to the families!" Toomey has never walked outside of the lines earmarked for him by Senate leadership and The NRA. A few years back, Toomey voted with his party when he voted against Senator Feinstein’s more inclusive and wide ranging bill and in favor of John Cornyn’s.
Cornyn’s bill poked some holes in the current national background checks system by encouraging states, through the promise of federal funding, to send more information on mental-health records to the national database.
The Republican NRA backed bill called for people who may be mentally ill to be ordered into treatment by a judge without being involuntarily committed.
Under Cornyn’s legislation, the person getting treatment wouldn’t be officially determined to be mentally ill and could, in theory, still purchase firearms. Under current law, a person would have to be adjudicated as mentally ill in order to be barred from purchasing a gun.
PUNY Pat supported this version firmly returning to his Legislative default position, the back pocket of the NRA.
I believe gun safety legislation should focus on keeping guns away from those who shouldn't have them--criminals, the dangerously mentally ill, and terrorists.
Bullshit Pat. You backed away when the NRA and your boss McConnell scared you away last time. nBut keep your silly newsletters coming and I'll keep poking holes in your lies.
posted by David Yonki @ 8:56 AM
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6 Comments:
As information continues to come to light, it is apparent that the shooting murders in Parkland were not the failure of legislation, but of law enforcement and mental health professionals.
Day by day, the "need to do something," creates louder and louder calls for more and stricter gun regulation. These calls continue even in the face of the reality that if there were stricter gun laws, without appropriate enforcement, the outcome would have remained unchanged.
The mass shootings in Orlando, San Bernadino, Sutherland Springs and now Parkland happened because of the failure of law enforcement. Our federal police force was aware of the perpetrators, yet did absolutely nothing. Mr. Yonki seeks to blame republicans for failure to act, however, lack of action by federal law enforcement, which in the last decade and a half has been granted broad and sweeping powers, is what has failed.
Parkland now joins the mass shootings at Colmbine, Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech, where additional failure and blame falls upon the mental health community. All of the murderers were, at some point, under care, and each was, at some point, on powerful, psychotropic drugs. However, even if the medications were clinically indicated and appropriate, which if one understands anything about neurophysiology is aware - these drugs should never be used on an incompletely developed nervous system, the follow-up of the practitioners was lacking. That lack of follow-up led to non-compliance, which in turn led to the murders.
It appears that every time there is a mass shooting, there are those who simultaneously mourn and cheer. Before the last heart stops beating and the loved ones fully process the horror, the tragedy becomes a perverse need to promote a particular agenda. Worse yet, still in shock, the aggrieved are again victimized, exploited and trotted out as some type of experts in a shameless attempt to use the deaths to authenticate some sense of religious-like righteousness.
While many are clamoring for more restrictive gun control (which should be PART of the conversation) or as Mr. Yonki has irresponsibly done, lay blame at the feet of legislators, the truth is, what is more accurate is, that those with direct contact with these murderers and those entrusted with protecting the public safety, those whose responsibility it is to either treat or protect - they are the ones who failed, and they are the ones who share responsibility. Their failure, no matter how restrictive the gun laws may become, is the contributing factor, more than any legislation, which must be addressed.
We've just gone from "it's a hoax" to "it happened, but there was no collusion except by the Democrats." Eventually, it'll move to "there was collusion by the Trump campaign, but not from Trump himself." Stage 3 will be "Trump himself colluded, but let's keep it in perspective."
This is why we have elections.
There is an inherent issue with using "mental illness" to remove a person's rights, any of their rights, and that is because mental illness is almost always a subjective diagnosis. There are few, if any, objective measures to determine a mental illness.
Although diagnostic criteria does exist, the interpretation is done subjectively by the psychiatrist. However, unfortunately, many times, the diagnosis is done by a social worker, school guidance counselor and/or a primary care doctor without psychiatric consultation or intervention - or even worse, a court appointed “expert” with a financial interest in diagnosing one way or the other.
Take away financial interest, specialization or even competence, we still must understand that what one doctor deems to say something like borderline bi-polar disorder to another may simply be deemed as moody. Where a person may be viewed as having narcissistic traits to one, another may view it as narcissistic personality disorder. Where one may be viewed to be a shy loner, another may view it as antisocial personality disorder. The demarcation between personality traits and disorders is often not as clear cut as uninformed individuals believe. As you have written derogatory paragraphs concerning older people at Wegman's, who like you are simply searching an answer to what is often unanswerable, many of your comments, to those who have knowledge of neurophysiology, neuropathophysiology, pathopsychology and diagnosis of disease, have a similar tone to those you have belittled, for they too are just as uneducated and uninformed.
The reason we are drugging kids today with Ritalin and/or Adderall is often done less because of a genuine diagnosis and more because a teacher, administrator or parent lacks the ability to relate to or teach a child. Is that the criteria we want to use to involuntarily commit people and take away their rights?
People like yourself, who has been given a certain amount of credence simply because you publish a blog, talk show hosts in which their degree qualifies them to be DJ’s, and lawmakers who won a popularity contest, all possess limited knowledge, but you all opine with psuedoexpert aplomb and unearned arrogance. Even worse, the elected officials possess the power to use their inadequate knowledge to enact misguided legislation. For example, the current opioid crisis: To prevent what is statistically a minority of people from becoming addicted, a majority of people who suffer from chronic pain, who more than likely will not become addicted, are no longer receiving appropriate care. Their quality of life is further diminished, and according to some studies in progress, they are being forced to abandon employment and seek SSI disability. Lawmakers get some feel good press, the public is convinced that "something” is being done, bloggers and talk show host get to pat themselves on the back for their influence, and hard-working pain patients lose their ability to manage their pain, function in society and earn a living.
Opinions are fine, but more and more frequently facts are skewed to support a point of view. When that point of view is used as justification to take away rights, harm those who are not at risk of doing harm or causes some to be harmed, then the proposed solution is at best ineffectual and at worst creates a new, more profound problem.
So I now take it that the recently-made admission of the Deplorable in Chief that the Russians tried to influence the 2016 elections to include that they are making fun of us. If he really believes that, then it's all the worse, isn't it, that he shows no interest in doing anything about the problem?
I'm honestly struggling lately with why I shouldn't just conclude that he's a traitor who the Russians somehow have by the short hairs.
Reading these comments on the murders in Fla, they appear to be the same person. Now that is insight and nuance, not knee jerk drive by commentary.
Good stuff.
Reading these comments on the murders in Fla, they appear to be the same person. Now that is insight and nuance, not knee jerk drive by commentary.
Good stuff.
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