The LuLac Edition #4, 998, September 21st, 2023

 

NOT SANCTIONED BY THE LUZERNE COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE 

BUT FROM A MAGA FRINGE GROUP THAT IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE  OF A 

PARTY BUT A CULT OF PERSONALITY.THEY ARE USING THE NAMESAKE OF THE PARTY OF LINCOLN TO MAKE YOU THINK IT A PARTY POLICY! 

THEY ARE USING GOD AND CHILDREN AS AN OLD STANDBY TO DISPLAY UNPATRIOTIC AND ANTI DIVERSITY BELIEFS. 

 

DON'T SUPPORT HATE  

WE'RE POSTING THIS NOT TO PROMOTE  THEIR IGNORANCE BUT TO LET YOU KNOW THEY LIVE AMONG US!

THE UGLY SIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS

OR A WOLF DISGUISED AS AN ELEPHANT

Social media has been a double-edged sword since its inception in the first decade of this century. On the one hand the immediacy of it is a big help when organizing events or reuniting with people from the past. On the other hand it has been a breeding ground for hate and misinformation. I’m all so diverse opinions backed up by fact or belief in a particular philosophy. But unlike even the most banal letter to the editor, posters on Facebook, Twitter now inexplicably subbed “X” don’t even think or write logically. They just repost crap. That’s easier enough to sort out but when an entity or person posts stuff under the name of an established concern it should be called out.

Now as you call know I am not a big fan of the way the Republican party in Luzerne county governs. As a matter that last sentence is an oxymoron but I stand by its truth. As we al know the Democratic party is made up of many segments and the tent is wide. The GOP has now diminished itself into 3 camps. They are:

1.       The Trumpers.

2.       The traditional GOP.

3.       The crazies.

While not palatable, I have no issue  with the first two. Trump has essentially taken over the GOP while the traditional wing is fighting a losing battle. As abhorrent as I find these two differences, I don’t challenge their right to free speech and facts as they see them.

However it’s the crazies I worry about. These are the people who pit up senseless memes. They take the germ of an offensive and add their own twist to it.  Such is the case with Luzerne County right wingers who have taken to social media and engaged in what I’d term borderline hate speech. But the kicker here is that it is being listed as if it were sanctioned by the Luzerne County GOP. Here’s a sampling:

 

(This is where the sel the F Biden banners you see on some morons homes which are close t schools! They love the kids in the womb but all bets are OFF when they come out of that birth canal.

 

Calling out Luzerne County Community College for Diversity? Promoting a racist meme regarding a football name?  Sharing a meme from Alabama and saying “immigrants” or people of color should go back where they came from? Look, I get it. Scared old white men (some of whom have felony records) see diversity and notice their pathetic little lives going to shit. They must take out their abject failures on those they regard as inferiors when I fact tey are the sketchy ones. Have at it as far as I’m concerned.

BUT DON’T LABEL YOURSELF AS PART OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY when your ideas are not theirs. Do the decent thing and label yourself differently like DWMs (dumb white guys) or NFIA (Nazi Fans In America) USOUSAA (Unpatriotic slobs of the USA) or AOPOC  (Afraid of people of color) but leave the Republican party of Luzerne County out of it. They have enough trouble with a baseball bat wielding candidate who essentially is offended by basketball. 

 

 LACKAWANNA COUNTY MULTI-AGENCY RESOURCE CENTER OPENS TO ASSIST RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY THE SEPTEMBER 9TH STORM

THE MARC WILL BE OPEN ON SEPT. 22 & 23 TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND ASSIST IN REPORTING DAMAGES

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

A Multi-Agency Resource Center (MARC) will open on September 22 & 23 to provide much-needed resource information, guidance and assistance in reporting damage for residents and businesses that experienced significant damage from the September 9th storm in Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties.  Staff from the Lackawanna and Luzerne County Emergency Management Agencies are scheduled to attend.

The Resource Center will be located in the rear garage of the Chinchilla Fire Company, 113 Shady Lane Rd., S. Abington Twp.  Signage will direct people where to park and enter the building.

The hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.

The goal of the MARC is to offer residents information, answer questions and assist in reporting damages through the PEMA damage assessment portal for those in Lackawanna County, or through scheduling an Emergency Management Coordinator to conduct a damage assessment for those in Luzerne County.

The Public Damage Assessment link is https://damage-assessment-3-pema.hub.arcgis.com

After clicking on the link, residents must then look for the incident name/title from the drop-down box 09/09/2023 Northeast PA Flooding Public Report.

This is the only location where the information can be submitted and accepted.  It is vitally important to fill out the assessment to help State and local officials gauge the damage and then plan the recovery effort.  The portal is not an application for assistance, rather a collection of data to submit to PEMA and FEMA so our region can qualify for disaster relief.

The County is partnering with COLTS/Coordinated Transportation to designate a Scranton pick-up location for those residents who want to get to the MARC but have no transportation.

Additional agencies scheduled to be at the MARC are PA Emergency Management, PA Department of Human Services, PA Insurance Department, Attorney General’s Office, Lackawanna County Department of Health, Red Cross, Department of Environmental Protection, and more.

As a reminder, it is very important that all residents and business owners document all of the damage to their property via photos and the PEMA damage assessment portal.  Everyone should also keep track of the expenses and hold onto all receipts involved in the cleanup and recovery of their properties.

 

CASEY INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT FOSTER YOUTH, EXPAND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

AS MANY AS 80 PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE HAVE SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS

A REPORT FOUND THAT ONLY 3-11 PERCENT OF FORMER FOSTER CARE YOUTH ATTAIN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE

FORMER FOSTER YOUTH BEING RAISED BY GRANDPARENTS, RELATIVES, AND CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS ARE EXCLUDED FROM MEDICAID TO 26 COVERAGE

Senator Bob Casey (Photo: LuLac archives)

U.S. Senator Bob Casey introduced three bills to support foster and former foster youth by preventing family separation and promoting mental health services in foster care and adoption families; expanding eligibility for Medicaid to 26 health care coverage for foster youth raised in grandfamilies; and improving college access, retention, and completion rates for foster and homeless youth.

“Foster youth face tremendous barriers compared to their peers, and we have an obligation to ensure these young adults have the resources, services, and opportunities they need to succeed in life,” said Senator Bob Casey. “Health care and education are the building blocks for a strong start in life, and these bills make it easier for foster youth to reach their full potential.”

The Foster Youth Mental Health Act would help young people currently or formerly in foster care, as well as parents and guardians, navigate and access resources such as mental health support, housing, child care, and other critical services and expand health planning to ensure states have in place key components of a comprehensive children’s mental health system, including prevention, early intervention, and treatment.

The Fostering Success in Higher Education Act would invest $150 million a year in states, tribes, and territories to establish or expand statewide initiatives to assist foster and homeless youth in enrolling in and graduating from college. Additionally, it would establish formula grants to states based on their share of foster and homeless youth. A majority of the funds would go toward developing Institutions of Excellence that serve students with robust support services and covering the cost of attendance beyond federal and state grant aid. In addition to Senator Casey, this legislation is led by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). U.S. Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL-7) is leading companion legislation in the House of Representatives.

The Expanded Coverage for Former Foster Youth Act would strengthen Medicaid coverage to age 26 by extending it to categories of former foster youth who are not currently eligible. For example, it would remove a requirement that former foster youth must have been enrolled in Medicaid while they were in the system in order to qualify for coverage to 26 years old. It would also expand eligibility for Medicaid coverage to 26 to former foster youth who were in the system but left for a legal guardianship with a kinship caregiver, and those who emancipated from foster care prior to turning 18.

 

GOVERNOR SHAPIRO IMPLEMENTS AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION IN PENNSYLVANIA, JOINING BIPARTISAN GROUP OF STATES THAT HAVE TAKEN COMMONSENSE STEP TO MAKE VOTER REGISTRATION MORE STREAMLINED AND SECURE

BY AUTOMATICALLY COMBINING THE VERIFICATION PROCESSES OF DMV REGISTRATION AND VOTER REGISTRATION, SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION WILL ENHANCE THE ACCURACY AND SECURITY OF PENNSYLVANIA VOTER ROLLS WHILE SAVING TAXPAYERS TIME AND MONEY

Governor Josh Shapiro (Photo: LuLac archives)

As part of the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to ensuring free, fair, and secure elections, Governor Josh Shapiro announced that Pennsylvania has implemented automatic voter registration (AVR) for eligible Commonwealth residents obtaining driver licenses and ID cards at Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) driver and photo license centers. By implementing AVR, Pennsylvania joins a group of 23 states with leaders from both parties – including Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia, and West Virginia – who have taken this step to promote election security and save taxpayers time and money.

Starting today, Commonwealth residents who are obtaining new or renewed driver licenses and ID cards and are eligible to vote will be automatically taken through the voter registration application process unless they opt out of doing so. Previously, eligible voters were required to take additional steps to opt into the voter registration process. Today’s changes also increase access to voter registration by adding instructions in five more languages, for a total of 31 languages.

“Pennsylvania is the birthplace of our democracy, and as Governor, I’m committed to ensuring free and fair elections that allow every eligible voter to make their voice heard,” said Governor Josh Shapiro. “Automatic voter registration is a commonsense step to ensure election security and save Pennsylvanians time and tax dollars. Residents of our Commonwealth already provide proof of identity, residency, age, and citizenship at the DMV – all the information required to register to vote — so it makes good sense to streamline that process with voter registration. My Administration will keep taking innovative actions like this one to make government work better and more efficiently for all Pennsylvanians.”

Pennsylvanians have been able to apply to register to vote during these visits at PennDOT centers since the 1993 passage of the National Voter Registration Act, which includes what is known as the motor voter law.

“Registering eligible Commonwealth residents to vote during their visits to driver and photo license centers is a commonsense action,” Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said. “The voter is already in a state government facility with their identification documentation in hand, and they will have their picture taken and sign their name electronically. Having all of that happen at the same time means the verification process is extremely secure and makes the registration process more efficient.”

“At PennDOT, we’re proud of our role in the voter registration process,” said PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll. “These latest enhancements are a great example of how, through constant collaboration with the Department of State, we work to make this process as efficient as possible for eligible Pennsylvania residents.”

In other states, automatic voter registration has been shown to streamline the registration process for military families, who tend to move more often than other Americans. Automatically updating their voter registration information during their PennDOT visits will ensure that these families can continue to participate in the democracy they work so hard to defend.

AVR also reduces paper application processing burdens on county elections professionals. Electronic registrations recorded during driver’s license center interactions are more secure and take a fraction of the time to process.

For local election officials, receiving automatic updates when residents obtain new identification – which residents often do when they change their name or address – will enhance efforts continuously underway to maintain the accuracy of Pennsylvania’s voter rolls.

County election offices are often inundated with voter registrations and status updates during presidential and midterm election years and receive very few changes during municipal election years. With this new automated process, election officials’ important work maintaining our voter rolls should be greatly streamlined and improved over the four-year election cycle.

Multiple studies – including a 2019 Brennan Center for Justice study and a 2021 study by the Public Policy Institute of California – have also found that automatic voter registration in other states has produced marked increases in the number of eligible voters added to the voter rolls and has produced appreciable increases in voter turnout.

As of December 2022, approximately 8.7 million Pennsylvanians were registered to vote; according to U.S. Census estimates, more than 10.3 million Commonwealth residents are eligible to register.

To be eligible to register to vote, applicants must:

 Be a U.S. citizen for at least 30 days before the next election,

Be a resident of Pennsylvania and their election district for at least 30 days before the next election, and

Be at least 18 years old on the date of the next election.

 

MEDIA MATTERS 

 

KRISTEN WELKER: THE NEW CONNIE CHUNG

Kristen Welker’s interview with Donald Trump was okay. Just okay is good for a broadcast college intern but for a major reporter and the host of the longest running TV program wasn’t good at all. Welker barely challenged Trump on total lies he was telling. There were a few good things she did. After each segment she gave a laundry list of his fabrications but that was not as effective as challenging him the way an incredulous TV watcher would Mrs. LuLac and I paused the DVR a few times to yell out questions like, “what people said what Trump”, “how would you end the war in 24 hours?” “do you realize you made NATO almost impotent?” There was too much deference to a liar. I mean when people lie to your face you either shut them down or push back. Sadly NBC did neither. Regarding Connie Chung on June 1, 1993, she became the second woman (after Barbara Walters with ABC in 1976) to co-anchor a major network's national weekday news broadcast. While hosting the CBS Evening News, Chung also hosted a side project on CBS, Eye to Eye with Connie Chung. After her co-anchoring duties with Dan Rather ended in 1995, Chung left CBS. Her shelf life was two years. Another wunderkind comes to mind, Jim Hartz. Hartz was named the host of The Today Show after Frank McGee died in 1973 and lasted until 1`976 when he was demoted and replaced by Tom Brokaw. Like Welker they were shiny new faces that checked certain boxes the network thought they needed to succeed but flamed out. This may happen to Welker.

 

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Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi is the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin. The Order of Lenin was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union. The order was awarded to: Civilians for outstanding services rendered to the State, Members of the armed forces for exemplary service, those who promoted friendship and cooperation between people and in strengthening peace those with meritorious services to the Soviet state and society.  From 1944 to 1957, before the institution of a specific length of service medals, the Order of Lenin was also used to reward 25 years of conspicuous military service. Those who were awarded the titles "Hero of the Soviet Union" and "Hero of Socialist Labour" were also given the order as part of the award. It was also bestowed on cities, companies, factories, regions, military units, and ships. Various educational institutions and military units who received the said Order applied the full name of the order into their official titles. There was a total of 31,418 orders were awarded with the last on the 21^st of December 1991. Recently In a satirical political advertisement by The Lincoln Project, Fox News host Tucker Carlson was awarded the Order of Lenin for supporting Russia in its 2022 invasion of Ukraine………The first Moomins comic strip is published in the London newspaper The Evening News… the first Footscray Football Club wins their first Australian Football League Grand Final and this week in 1954 the number one song in LuLac land and America was            Nat King Cole’s  “Hajji Baba” better known as the  (Persian Lament).