The LuLac Edition #4,086, June 6th, 2019

PELOSI WANTS TRUMP IN JAIL

Speaker Nancy Pelosi  and Trump (Photo: CNN)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democrats that she'd like to see President Donald Trump "in prison" as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings.
Pelosi met with Nadler (D-N.Y.) and several other top Democrats who are aggressively pursuing investigations against the president, according to multiple sources. Nadler and other committee leaders have been embroiled in a behind-the-scenes turf battle for weeks over ownership of the Democrats' sprawling investigation into Trump.
Nadler pressed Pelosi to allow his committee to launch an impeachment inquiry against Trump — the second such request he’s made in recent weeks only to be rebuffed by the California Democrat and other senior leaders. Pelosi stood firm, reiterating that she wasn’t open to the idea of impeaching Trump at this time.
“I don’t want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison,” Pelosi said, according to multiple Democratic sources familiar with the meeting.
They said she was expressing solidarity with pro-impeachment Democrats who want to hold the president accountable while disputing the idea that it was time to take that step right now. Pelosi has long argued that certain conditions must be met before Democrats begin impeachment — public support and strong bipartisan backing, neither of which have so far materialized.
Again, the Democrats have to be careful and not overreach on this thing. They will certainly impeach him in the House but the Senate will steadfastly defend him. The best thing for the Dems to do is leave Trump to his own destructive devise and concentrate on those states in the electoral map that they missed the last time. The fastest path for Trump to wind up in jail is to get him out of office. (Politico, LuLac)

TRUMP SAYS PRICE CHARLES WRONG  ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

How about this one? That was a wild scene with Price Charles and Trump talking about climate change. Trump said that Charles has to know that America has clean air and not in need of changing the climate.
Here’s what happened:

DID WE REALLY GO TO THE MOON?

As the 50th anniversary of the moon landing is upon us, I caught a show on cable the other night where conspiracy theorists were trying to debunk the fact we landed on the moon. One of the biggest boosters of this theory is one Clyde Lewis who is on WILK at midnight with a rather silly show called "Ground Zero”. The whole premise of the show is to try and debunk the fact that we did land on the moon. 

 But some of the theories are ridiculous. And guys like Lewis all look the same. Chubby, bearded, wild eyed and absolute in their belief that the government lied.
Check it out on the history channel and have a good laugh or cry.

CARTWRIGHT, FITZPATRICK INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO HELP NONPROFITS INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright  and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation on Wednesday that would help nonprofit organizations become more energy efficient.
The Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act would establish a pilot grant program at the U.S. Department of Energy to provide nonprofits with the resources they need to improve energy efficiency in their buildings. Under the proposal, nonprofits could apply for grants that would cover up to 50% of the total cost of their energy efficiency programs, with a cap of $200,000.
“This bipartisan bill will allow nonprofits to devote more resources to serving their communities, while making energy efficiency upgrades in their buildings,” said Rep. Cartwright. “Nonprofits are often unable to afford the upfront investment costs of improving energy efficiency. Consuming less energy will allow these groups to save money in an environment-friendly way.”
Non-residential buildings consume more than $200 billion in annual energy costs, and commercial buildings account for approximately 20% of primary energy consumption in the United States. To ensure the owners and tenants in these commercial buildings are consuming energy in a smart way, the federal government has created programs to support and incentivize energy efficiency improvements, usually in the form of tax credits and rebates.
However, non-profits like houses of worship, Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs, nonprofit hospitals, and museums are unable to take advantage of these programs due to their tax-exempt status. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that congregations could reduce their energy costs by one third through energy efficiency improvements.
The Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act would initially make $10 million available in grants every year, from FY2020 through FY2024. The bill is supported by several national organizations, including the Orthodox Union, the Association of Art Museum Directors, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Interfaith Power & Light, The Jewish Federations of North America, New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the YMCA of the U.S.A.
“Thousands of America’s churches, synagogues, and other nonprofits have needed to upgrade their buildings for many years, but haven’t had the funds to do so,” said Nathan Diament, executive director for public policy for the Orthodox Union. “This legislation is a win-win because it will enable houses of worship, schools and other nonprofits to allocate more of their resources to programs that help their communities while at the same time becoming more energy efficient.”
Companion legislation was introduced in the Senate in February by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator John Hoeven (R-ND).
“Energy efficiency upgrades save money and resources that can be used to support the mission of nonprofits,” said Sen. Klobuchar. “Our bipartisan legislation would help ensure that nonprofit organizations, including places of worship, no longer have to choose between providing important community services and investing in energy efficiency improvements that both save money and provide environmental benefits.”

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ECTV LIVE

ECTV Live welcomes Justin Behrens to the program during the week of June 10th. Mr. Behrens is the new Director o the Keystone Mission which operates centers for the homeless in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. 

Program producer David DeCosmo will host the program which is Directed by Mark Migilore ECTV Live is seen on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and is shared on the electric city television YouTube page.

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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!”

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The United States Court of Appeals voided the "Hershey Directive" that had been sent to American draft boards by General Lewis B. Hershey, the director of the Selective Service System. In a letter sent on October 24, 1967, General Hershey had suggested that local draft boards reclassify the status of any anti-government protesters who had a deferment, with an upgrade to 1-A permitting immediate induction into the selective service. The court wrote that the Hershey letter was a "declaration of war against anti-war protesters" that had no basis in the law but that was made "full-grown from the head of General Hershey without benefit of reference of any provision" of the draft law.......New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath called a press conference to announce, with tears in his eyes, that he was retiring from professional football, less than six months after being the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl III, in the wake of a threatened suspension by pro football commissioner Pete Rozelle. 

Namath had been ordered to sell his one-half interest in a New York restaurant, Bachelors III, because some of the restaurant's regular customers were bookies who were taking gambling bets on the restaurant premises and others were members of organized crime. Namath would reverse his position a few weeks later and report to the Jets' training camp in July……... In the Commonwealth Senator Hugh Scott says that the Warren Berger Court will steady the Court and move it away from activist jurist opinions…in Scranton there is a respite and lull in the campaign for Mayor as the nominees incumbent Jim Walsh and GOP challenger Gene Peters make contacts in the slow summer months….and 50 years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “More Today Than Yesterday” by The Spiral Staircase. This song is in my top ten of music I listen to.