The LuLac Edition #4,138, September 19th, 2019

WHY IRAN IS ACTING OUT

Here’s the real reason why Iran has now become the hot spot in the Mideast. It is because President Trump pulled out of the finely crafted Iran deal that controlled that nation. Right wingers decried the fact that we lifted sanctions and gave them their money back from 40 years ago BUT that kept the monster at bay.
However the Trump tantrum of defacing all things Obama has put us all in a precarious position.
Hey, enjoy the high gas prices Trump-ites! Enjoy the screwing your man is giving you.

JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND BROWN FACE

I cannot believe that Justin Trudeau, the current Canadian Prime Minister and the son of a firmer Prime Minister  did brown face as recently as the early 2000s when he was a TEACHER! My God what was wrong with people like him. It’s nor like he had uneducated and non tolerant parents. Wow!

COKIE ROBERTS

Cokie Roberts passed away the other day at 75. She was a well known name and was a mainstay in national media for over 40 years on ABC, NPR and in the literary world writing 6 books. In 2003, she and her husband Steve spoke at Misercordia University’s Graduation.
Here is a clip of her from You Tube with one of her talks  she was famous for. 

CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES OVER $675,000 IN WATER QUALITY GRANTS FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives) 

Congressman Matt Cartwright is pleased to announce new federal grants for non-profit organizations in Northeastern Pennsylvania, specifically to three groups focused on water quality restoration and habitat conservation efforts.
The following three non-profits are receiving grants to continue their work in benefit of Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District:
Friends of the Upper Delaware River (FUDR) will receive $249,994 to develop a collaborative and strategic management plan with demonstration sites in public, regionally significant areas of the Upper Delaware River Watershed to limit further spread of invasive knotweed to restore native riparian habitat;
Pocono Heritage Land Trust will receive $250,000 to improve habitat for fish and wildlife at six locations in the Brodhead Creek Watershed, leveraging public and private partnerships that will combine the efforts of private fishing clubs, a regional water authority, and a local university;
The Nature Conservancy will receive $175,100 to advance a targeted in-depth assessment to improve aquatic connectivity for American shad and river herring in the Delaware River Basin. The project will evaluate barriers and habitats throughout the watershed to identify key sites for shad and river herring restoration.
The funds will be distributed through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Delaware River Watershed Conservation Fund.
“This is fantastic news for our community, for our children, and for our environment,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “Northeastern Pennsylvania is blessed with natural resources and central to that is the water quality of the Delaware River, which millions of people in the region depend on the for their drinking water. Programs like this are vital to ongoing efforts to safeguard our high quality of life for future generations.”
In Congress, Rep. Cartwright co-sponsored the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act (DRBCA), which was passed in December 2016 as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvement Act for the Nation. This law created the Delaware River Watershed Conservation Program, which funds efforts to clean up the basin.
“Japanese knotweed is an invasive species in the Upper Delaware River and one of the top ecological threats to one of Pennsylvania's most prized watersheds,” said Jeff Skelding, Executive Director of Friends of the Upper Delaware River. “Knotweed crowds out native species and causes massive soil loss leading to accelerated sediment pollution in the river. FUDR's DWCF grant award will bring together a diverse collaboration of non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies to gain a better scientific understanding of the extent of the knotweed problem and to develop community-based strategies to curb its proliferation.”
“Pocono Heritage Land Trust is honored to be the recipient of this grant,” said Louise Troutman, Executive Director of Pocono Heritage Land Trust. “It's an opportunity for us to help improve four of our local waterways. We look forward to working with our public and private partners as a part of the larger effort the National Fish and Wildlife Federation is undertaking in the Delaware watershed.”
“The Nature Conservancy greatly appreciates the generous support from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,” said Su Fanok, Director of Freshwater Conservation for The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania. “This award will lead to improved habitat for the iconic American Shad and other migratory species in the Delaware River Basin. We look forward to working with our key partners, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and Wildlands Conservancy, as part of the larger effort to restore the Delaware River watershed for current and future generations.”
Chartered by Congress in 1984, the NFWF protects and restores the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats. Working with federal, corporate, and individual partners, NFWF has funded more than 4,500 organizations and generated a conservation impact of more than $5.3 billion. In 2018, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and NFWF launched the Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund, a program to administer competitive grants and technical assistance. The NFWF works closely with the FWS to administer the annual competitive grant solicitation and selection process.

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

Julie Esty of the Dearly Departed Players joins ECTV Live host David DeCosmo during the week of September 3rd to review plans for this year's tour of the Dunmore Cemetery. The players trace the interesting true life stories of some of the historic cemetery's "residents."
ECTV Live is seen 3 times daily on Comcast channel 19 and is shared on the electric city television YouTube page or viewing on your laptop or tablet.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:20 and 8:20 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1969

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted, 339 to 70, to approve a proposed 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution that, if approved by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate and then ratified by 38 of the 50 state legislatures of the United States, would abolish the United States Electoral College and would allow the President of the United States to be elected directly by the voters. Under the proposal, the candidate with the highest number of votes would win the presidency provided that he or she had received at least 40% of the votes cast. If no candidate received 40% of the votes, then a runoff election would be held between the two candidates who had the highest and second highest number. On September 30, U.S. President Nixon announced his support for the bill and urged the United States Senate to approve it as well…....All but one of the 75 persons on an Air Vietnam airliner flight were killed after a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force F-4. Both the DC-4 and the USAF jet were approaching Da Nang when the faster Phantom clipped the wing of the civilian flight from Pleiku. The DC-4 crashed into a field, killing two farm workers on the ground .....

 U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin gave a speech to the Washington Environmental Council in Seattle and made the first proposal for what would become, on April 22, 1970 and on April 22 thereafter, "Earth Day". Nelson said that he planned to set aside a day during the upcoming spring "for college scientists, public leaders, students and faculty to discuss threats to the ecology of the world." ….At a meeting between The Beatles (minus George Harrison) and business manager Allen Klein, John Lennon announced his intention to quit the group, effectively bringing an end to the "Fab Four". McCartney would recount later that he suggested possible future plans for the band, and Lennon, referring to his first wife, shouted "I want a divorce! Like the one I got from Cynthia," and, after a brief argument, Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono, and Klein walked out.....

Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants became the first major league baseball player since Babe Ruth to hit 600 career home runs. Mays came in as a pinch hitter in the 7th inning and his two-run homer produced the margin of victory in the Giants' 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres, and put the Giants in first place in their division with eight games left in the season. In the same game, Mays's teammate Bobby Bonds struck out for the 178th time during the season, breaking the Major League Baseball record set by Dave Nicholson of the Chicago White Sox in 1963……..An Islamic conference in Rabat, Morocco, held after the al-Aqsa Mosque fire on August 21, condemned the Israeli claim of ownership of East Jerusalem and fifty years ago this week the number one song in LuLac land and America was  "I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations.

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