The LuLac Edition #3744, March 29th, 2018

LAURA INGRAHAM BOOTED

BY SOME ADVERTISERS AFTER DAVID HOGG, PARKLAND COMMENTS

Laura Ingraham and David Hogg (Photo: ABC Eyewitness News)

Some big name advertisers began dropping Fox News personality Laura Ingraham after she criticized one of the Florida school shooting victims on social media.
Ingraham, a huge Trump defender, wrote on Twitter "David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it."
Hey Twitter dee and Twitter dumb, heyna.
Ingraham, a right wing host apparently met her match in Hogg who on Twitter listed many of her sponsors. Apparently Laura should have known that you don’t mess with teens and social media.
Pick a number at random, Hogg suggested, and contact the company next to it.
Pick a number 1-12 contact the company next to that #
Top Laura Ingraham Advertisers
1. @sleepnumber
2. @ATT
3. Nutrish
4. @Allstate & @esurance
5. @Bayer
6. @RocketMortgage Mortgage
7. @LibertyMutual
8. @Arbys
9. @TripAdvisor
10. @Nestle
11. @hulu
12. @Wayfair
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 29, 2018
At first right wingers came after Hogg for stifling free speech. But then when the advertisers bolted, they said that it was not good business to have a political opinion and THEY, the right wing would not support said advertisers. As usual, trying to play both sides.
In the meantime, Ingaham used Holy Week as a way to get out of this fix. “On reflection, in the spirit of Holy Week, I apologize for any upset or hurt my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of Parkland,” Ingraham tweeted. LMAO@ at the Fox Trump network!

STORMY REDUX

The President and Stormy Daniels (Photo: CNN)

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ripped reporters on Tuesday for their focus on Stormy Daniels as she fielded multiple questions about why President Trump has not addressed allegations that he had an affair with the adult-film actress.
Reporters peppered Sanders with questions about whether Trump knew about a $130,000 payment from his attorney, Michael Cohen, to Daniels to not talk about the alleged affair and why the president has remained silent on the matter.
Sanders referred questions about the payment to Cohen, who has said he paid out of his own pocket and was not reimbursed and that the president and campaign did not know about the payment.
But after The Wall Street Journal reported on the payment earlier this year, Daniels and her attorney sought to get out of the agreement to allow her to talk.That effort culminated in a "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday night in which Daniels laid out for the first time the details of an alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
The White House has said Trump denies the affair took place.
The President, who is known to attack his political enemies over Twitter, has not publicly responded to the interview.
Sanders said Tuesday that the President is too busy to respond to all of his critics. In terms of Daniels' claims, there are many who say she is lying. Well a few things here.
1. She provided details. People who are lying don't provide details that can be checked out. Her lawyer would not allow the story to get out if that were the case.
2. Trump has said nothing and one has to wonder why there is such silence when he is the king of the counter punch.
3. Daniels' Attorney has paralyzed the President it seems into fear. There is a lot more on that cutting room floor. Time will tell.
Meantime, one wonders why there is silence from The Donald. (AP, LuLac)

LINDA BROWN DIES

Linda Brown as a youngster (Photo: wikipedia.com)

Anyone who has studied history, knows the law or the Supreme Court heritage or was around for the struggles of the Civil Rights movement knows about Brown Vs. Education, the landmark decision from 1954 regarding equal rights for all Americans. What many people don’t realize is Brown involved a young child whose father filed suit for her to get the same education as others. That little girl, named Brown passed away this week at the age of 76.
The Kansas girl named Linda Brown was the centerpiece of the ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools. She was 76.
It happened in Topeka, Kansas when at that time their Sumner School was all-white. Her dad, Oliver, tried to enroll the family. He became lead plaintiff in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court that ended school segregation.
The case was brought before the Supreme Court by the NAACP's legal arm to challenge segregation in public schools. Thurgood Marshall, later to become the first black Supreme Court Justice was the lead attorney. The lawsuit was joined with cases from Delaware, South Carolina, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
By the way, The Supreme Court ruled in May of ’54 unanimously that separating black and white children was unconstitutional because it denied black children the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law.
The Brown decisions, both legal and personal remind us that government institutions are there to make change if necessary. To act when there is intolerance or backward thinking. When a father wants a better or equal chance for his child to succeed.
Oliver Brown did that for his daughter. Her death this week reminds us of how one spark can ignite a fire. This time it ignited justice.

COUNTY CAR TAX

Luzerne County Courthouse (Photo: WBRE TV)

Luzerne County is proposing a $5.00 tax on all cars owned by citizens in the County. At first, when the idea was brought up a few years ago, to pay ff the debt, I was for it. But with the County doing okay enough to hand out generous raises to employees and especially management, I changed my mind. The smokescreen they are using are potholes. They say the money would go to fix potholes. Do they really think we are that stupid?
Right now, I'm with the people who say No. A resounding no to this scam on  the taxpayers.

TRUMP’S RUSSIAN SANCTIONS

The Present has increase sanctions on Russia and I think that's a good thing.  Say there is no Trump involvement in Russia, the fact that Trump now has sanctioned Russia is a signal that maybe he was too confident that Russia would be our friend. Perhaps the sanctions are a way to send a message to Putin and even the country that this President who never admits to a mistake, just might have made one by embracing the idea of a Putin American detente.

CARTWRIGHT PROMOTES USDA PROGRAM SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

Congressman Matt Cartwright is pleased to announce that the USDA is inviting applications for loan guarantees and grants for Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects. These loan guarantees and grants are part of USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which was created under the 2008 Farm Bill and reauthorized under the 2014 Farm Bill. This notice seeks applications for FY 2018 funding. The deadline to apply for grants is April 30, 2018.
“Programs like REAP can help our agricultural producers and small businesses upgrade and innovate in ways that will help them cut costs and reduce their carbon footprint,” Rep. Cartwright said. “Too often, small businesses do not have access to the resources necessary for such purchases, and the loans and grants provided through the USDA can help make these changes possible.”
The USDA REAP program helps increase American energy independence by increasing the private sector supply of renewable energy and decreasing the demand for energy through energy efficiency improvements. Over time, these investments can help lower energy costs for small businesses and agricultural producers. Eligible systems may derive energy from wind, solar, hydro-electric, ocean, hydrogen, geothermal or renewable biomass.

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's topic is suicide with Dawn Evans, Professor at Misericordia University. 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.

ECTV LIVE

ECTV Live welcomes Tony Harding to the program during the week of April 2nd to note National Organ Donor month.
Harding will share his own story of the donation that saved\ his life.
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.

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!”

1960

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Four students at St. Mary's University, Texas-Orion Knox, Jr., Al Brandt, Preston Knodell and Jo Cantu—discovered the Natural Bridge Caverns in Comal County, Texas. As the largest known cave system in that state, the caverns are now a tourist attraction.......The last regularly scheduled service in America, of a passenger train powered by a steam engine, took place when Grand Trunk Western Railroad ran a steam locomotive for the last time, on a route between Detroit and Durand, Michigan ....................

Russell V. Mack (R-WA), U.S. Representative from Washington's 3rd congressional district, collapsed and died on the floor of the House of Representatives, apparently of a cerebral hemorrhage. The House had been completing a call for a quorum when Mack fell backward and struck his head on a seat. Three U.S. representatives who were also physicians-Thomas E. Morgan (D-PA), Dale Alford (D-AR), and Walter Judd (R-MN) attempted to render aid. Attending Physician of the United States Congress, Dr. George W. Calver, pronounced Mack dead a few minutes later.....The New York Times ran a full page advertisement on page L25, with the heading "Heed Their Rising Voices". Part of the ad referred to disturbances in Montgomery, Alabama and described actions by that city's police. One of the three City Commissioners of Montgomery, L.B. Sullivan, would bring a suit against the Times for libel and get a $500,000 judgment in an Alabama court......Senator Hugh Scott announces that he will vote to override President Eisenhower's veto of a Redevelopment Bill...in Scranton Mayor Hanlon says that 1960 might be a Democratic year....and fifty eight years ago this week the number one song in LuLac land and America was "Green Fields" by The Brothers Four.

DWIGHT EISENHOWER GONE @ 49

Today, President Eisenhower, our 34th Chief Executive and the savior of the world during WWII died. While we look at the events of 1960, we know that this pivotal year was the last year of Ike's term. You will see our Senator Hugh Scott, a Republican, battling Eisenhower on certain legislation. You'll hear about the Gary Powers incident and a few other things. But on this day in 1969, Eisenhower died after a long battle with heart disease. Here's how it was reported.