The LuLac Edition #3809, June 14th, 2018

6TH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS GET NEW LEADERSHIP

The Wilkes Barre city Democratic committee people in the 121st District had a reorganizational meeting. I was very happy to join my friends from the “D” witnessing the  election  of new leadership. A few new Committee members are Ron Felton and his wife Peggy, and also Rick and Eileen Sorokas who have rejoined the fray.
The meeting was held at Rodano’s on The Square.
Here’s a photo from last night’s event.

From left to right Secretary Joanne Klick, Treasure Kathy Bozinski, Paul Maher, Rick Gazinski, new Chair, outgoing Chair Frank Sorokach and Solicitor Carl Frank.

CORKER CALLS OUT FELLOW SENATORS AND TRUMP

POKING THE BEAR?

CASEY STATEMENT ON ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORTS TO GO AFTER PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS PROTECTIONS

Senator Bob Casey (Photo: LuLac archives)

As the Trump Administration recently argued in a court brief that the ACA’s protections for preexisting conditions should be ruled unconstitutional, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement:
“This suit is an outrageous assault by the Administration and congressional Republicans on older Americans, people with disabilities and the 52 million adults with pre-existing conditions. It is now abundantly clear that in passing a massive tax giveaway to the wealthy, Republicans also believe they signed into law permission for insurance companies to once again come after basic protections for the middle class.
They want to use the courts to enact the rest of their health care scheme—starting by allowing people to be denied coverage due to a pre-existing condition and charging older Americans more for their health care. What’s next? Destroying Medicaid? Forcing women to pay more for coverage than men? President Trump and the congressional GOP only fight for the wealthy and the powerful. I will fight like hell to protect Pennsylvania families and all Americans.”

TRUMP’S TRIP? FART OF THE DEAL

A few things about the President’s trip.
1. The same people who are saying how bad it was for Barack Obama to negotiate with Iran now say that Donald Trump is a great negotiator. Really? By giving away the military exercises, Trump GOT NOTHING in return. Except another meeting to preen with his new best friend.
2. Trump praised the Korean dictator who has killed people in cold blood and has presided over the most murderous totalitarian regime in recent history.
3. The art of the deal? Yep, like a bullshitting bankruptcy deal, it is not art..but fart.

PRUITT UNDER 15 INVESTIGATIONS

From gutting critical protections against toxic pollution to censoring important climate science to giving massive handouts to Big Polluters — Scott Pruitt is dismantling the EPA from the inside. To make matters worse, scandal after scandal has shown that Pruitt will stop at nothing to advance his dangerously corrupt agenda. His corruption is so abominable that he is currently under 15 investigations.
The very fact that Senator Jim Inhoff and other Republicans are now calling for Pruitt’s resignation is at least heartening.

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

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 DirectoMark Migilore welcome John Maday to the program during the week of June 18th to unveil plans for Wilkes-Barre's annual Riverfest celebration

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!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1960

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The eight-month-long strike by the Writers Guild of America ended with a settlement that the writers would later regret, with the right to residuals on old films being given up in return for health and benefits............... Thousands of protesters in Japan, angry over Japan's ratification of the security treaty with the United States, stormed into the parliament building and clashed with police. One female student, Michiko Kamba, was killed, and more than 600 students were injured. Nationwide, and estimated 5.8 million people participated in demonstrations. U.S. President Eisenhower cancelled a planned (June 19) visit to Tokyo at the request of Japan's Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi....BC Ferries, the second largest ferry operator in the world, started service with two ships, the M.V. Tsawwassen and the M.V. Sidney, operating between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay.[
A heat burst occurred near the resort of Lake Whitney, Texas, shortly after midnight, followed by a windstorm. Despite later claims that, from 80 degrees, "the temperature rose to nearly 140 °F",[ contemporary accounts at the time reported a peak of 95°…… The proposed 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution was approved by the U.S. Senate, two days after it had passed the House, and submitted to the states for ratification. Sponsored by Congressman Emanuel Cellar of New York, the amendment granted the District of Columbia three electoral votes, allowing D.C. residents to vote in presidential elections, and was ratified by March 29, 1961.
Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins as the killer at the Bates Motel, had its premiere, at two cinemas in New York City, the DeMille and the Baronet.
Discussions begin in Philadelphia about perhaps a new stadium in town to replace Connie Mack Stadium. Phillies ownership denies the talks…in Wilkes Barre there is discussion of renovations at Fowler Dick and Walker and fifty eight years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Because They’re Young” by Duane Eddy from the movie of the same name. "Because They're Young" is a 1960 film from Columbia Pictures, starring Dick Clark as Neil Hendry, an American high school teacher who tries to make a difference in the lives of his students. The film co-starred Tuesday Weld, Michael Callan, Warren Berlinger, Roberta Shore, Doug McClure, and Victoria Shaw.