The LuLac Edition #3784, May 18th, 2018

ELECTION VIDEO WRAP

For those of you who might not have been up early Wednesday morning, here are random thoughts on the outcome from this past primary election. These are segments from our stay with Chris Langlois and Kelly Byrne on WBRE/WYOU TV Eyewitness News the day after. 

FOR THE PARTIES: RETURN TO YOUR CORNERS AND PREPARE

The aftermath of the Primary Election is just settling in and now after a brief respite, there are stirrings from the parties. The GOP will be touting the Presidency of Donald Trump arming themselves to the hilt with Trump soldiers. Scott Wagner, the candidate for Governor, Lou Barletta for Senate and Dan Meuser for Congress in the 9th have not been shy about their affinity for the President. They are organized and ready to fight.
Meanwhile the Democrats here in The Lu must have their County Convention by June 13th. There’s no getting around that because the state by laws indicate that it must be done. Look for plenty of activity in making the Democratic  party a bit stronger than it was for the 2016 race here in the County.  More on that to come.  

THE IGNORANCE OF HATE

This week there was video evidence of what I always believed about the intolerance of Americans. When I worked for a company a few years back, at least 5 times a day i got complaints about the fact that Americans were outraged at the fact that Spanish instructions or information  was written on products. 
The whiners, usually dumb, inarticulate losers would say "people should learn and speak English" or "Why should there be a foreign language on what I want to buy". Then the topper was when they'd say, "My grandparents learned English, why can't they?"  The tone was sinister, mean and degrading. But I chalked it up to ignorant, uneducated people who were not in their white comfort zone. 
Now in New York (which by the way is the capital of ignorant a-holes, some, not all) comes the case of Aaron Schlosslserg, an Attorney who went on a rant about consumers  in a coffee shop speaking something other than English. This is uncomfortable to see but I'm putting it up on the theory that I want people to see the hate and ignorance coming. 
This shameful piece of human excrement is an example that America needs help. NOW! Not everyone who is different than any of us deserve this treatment.  A-holes have the right to say what they want, even this, but they must pay with consequences for their hate.

A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE BACKS CONCLUSION THAT MOSCOW ATTEMPTED TO BOOST TRUMP

For those of you who still cling to the belief that Russian officials didn’t want to help Trump, please do your best to understand this. A Senate Committee, with REPUBLICANS as the MAJORITY, came to the conclusion that Moscow made the attempt to help the Trump campaign. Can anyone spell collusion?
It appears the Russians backed Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign by hacking and spreading misinformation, a bipartisan conclusion that breaks with a House panel’s position and the president’s rejection of the notion that Russia wanted him to win.
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s conclusion, made public Wednesday after a closed-door hearing with former intelligence chiefs, is part of the panel’s continuing probe, begun 14 months ago,
The Senate panel is led by Conservative Richard Burr.
The committee which is more bi partisan than the House panel (which was a pathetic joke) cuts the legs out from Trump in two major ways.
1. Republican lawmakers who have looked at this seriously say Russia helped Trump.
2. The Intelligence Community’s credibility is back. The Trump administration has seriously tried to undermine the credibility of the investigation. The big boy pants were put on by the smarter more ethical branch of the GOP wing of government.
Now there will be the Trump faithful who will call that a lie, a witch hunt, what have you, but if you were a Republican sitting on that committee, especially the Chairman, why would you do something like this?
Just asking.

CARTWRIGHT TO HOST SERVICE ACADEMY INFORMATIONAL SESSION IN LUZERNE COUNTY

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives).

Congressman Matt Cartwright will host a Service Academy Informational Session at Wyoming Area Secondary School. The event is set to take place on Saturday, May 19 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and is open to all interested students and their families.
The informational session will include representatives from the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY; United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO; and United States Merchant Marine Academy, King's Point, NY.
“Throughout our nation’s history, U.S. Service Academies have played an important role in preparing young people for service to our country,” said Rep. Cartwright. Pennsylvania has never been short of patriotic young men and women willing to step forward and answer the call of duty. It is an honor to help them take advantage of the opportunities provided by these institutions in preparing tomorrow's generation of leaders.”
The session will include an overview of academy life as well as an opportunity to meet with academy representatives to discuss requirements for admission. Academy nominations are available only through a Member of Congress, U.S. Senate, the Vice President, or the President. After receiving a nomination, students then must be accepted by the individual academy for final admission.
What: Service Academy Informational Session
When: Saturday, May 19, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Where: Wyoming Area Secondary School, 252 Memorial Street, Exeter, PA 18643.

GO FORTH AND BULLY NO MORE!!!

A new book, novelette on bullying. Check it out. Sadly, school shootings have become the new normal. These horrific crimes and events lead us to ask Is a mass murderer born or created?
What makes a school shooter?
Is it availability of guns?
Is it mental illness?
Could it be something else?
Shouldn't we look for a cause?
This novelette explores these questions.
click the link below:
https://www.amazon.com/Tortured-Tormented-creating-school-shooter/dp/1718792603

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's guest will be Melinda Holmes from Concern4Kids discussing foster care. 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 hosts Rusty Fender, David DeCosmo, and Director Mark Migilore welcome Lisa Nelson and Luzerne County Community College President Tom Leary to the program during the week of May 32st with an exciting update on plans for a Pittston campus to open this year. President Leary will also discuss the status of the school's Scranton branch campus as well as its success in training students for career opportunities here in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1960

Our 1960 logo

The satellite Sputnik 4 is launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.....Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the U-2 reconnaissance plane flights over the Soviet Union, thus aborting the summit meeting scheduled for Paris in 1960

......Theodore Maiman operates the first laser.

In Japan, police carry away socialist members of the Diet of Japan. The Diet next approves a mutual security treaty with the United States.....in Pennsylvania Governor David Lawrence says that Pennsylvania will certainly be going with Senator John F. Kennedy when the convention begins in Los Angeles….in Luzerne County Dan Flood breezes to another primary win as Congressman and in Lackawanna County businessman William Scranton wins the nomination for Congress. Scranton two years earlier had divested himself of hi broadcast holdings which included WARM Radio an TV….and fifty eight years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Good Timin” by Jimmy Jones.