The LuiLac Edition #5,073 February 29th 2024

 

FACEBOOK ACCOUNT HACKED

My 15 year Facebook account has bee  hacked and pretty much lost to history. We are in the process of rebuilding it so if you get a friend request from me, this time it’s real. 

 

SUPREME COURT TAKES IMMUNITY CASE

I’d like to know why exactly the not so Supreme Court is hearing the case as to whether a President deserves immunity from prosecution of any crime, including murder while he is in or out of office.

The Appellate Court gave the high court an air tight well thought out judgment. The court doesn’t need to verify that UNLESS there is an ulterior motive.

AND YES, I DON’T TRUST THIS SUPREME COURT!

A big flag for me is hearing this in late April, The Court ruled in a few weeks about Trump staying on the ballot, they ruled on Bush V Gore in a month and during the Nixon investigation in a matter of a few weeks.

This court has lost all credibility with the American people as the Republican majority seems to bend over backwards to accommodate Trump and therefore destroy American democracy.

They are a well paid joke that makes a mockery out of a court, as well as any lawyer who stood for the bar.

 

McCONNELL STEPPING DOWN

McConnell’s departure leaves the Senate, and the Republican Party itself, at an uncertain crossroads, days before the Super Tuesday presidential primary elections when Trump is expected to sweep up more states in his march to the Republican Party nomination.

Trump’s ascent proved to be an almost untenable political situation for McConnell — the two men have not spoken since December 2020, when McConnell declared that Biden had legally won that year’s election. McConnell lashed out at the defeated president after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, calling Trump “morally responsible” for the bloody siege. He has not yet endorsed Trump for president in 2024.

But McConnell made this craziness all possible. In 2016 he refused to hold a Senate confirmation on Merritt  Garland who became Joe Biden’s feckless and ineffective Attorney General dragging his feet on the January 6^th investigations. He then voted no on Trump’s second impeachment which would have disqualified Trump from even running.

He might be regarded as the lonest serving Leader in the Senate but he was the most partisan, wily and anti democratic one. The issue with McConnell leaving, (who was bad enough) are the number of isolationist mean spirited Trumpanzees that will be even worse than old Miitch. (Washington Post, LuLac)

 

DIVISION IN THE RANKS OF GOP COUNTY PARTIES

It appears that Luzene County is not immune from the splintering of their once prosperous and sensible party and may have fallen victim to the Trump vitrus that has infected America. We understand that there are three segments going for the brass ring for leadership. The current hroiup which has been a traditional force and has grown the party within striking distance of catching up to the Dems in \registration. Then the Harry Haas wing of the party who think they can do better and then the Trumpanzee wing of the party which is taking the name of the GOP and confusing p;eople as to which party this is. 

The Republican party (t traditional)  had the engines running smoothly to be the majority party. In 2021 they nabbed two Judges and 5 seats on County Council, What is there to fix? By the crazies embracing  four times indicted, unbalanced person is not going to help anyone in 24.

Let me remind readers that in 2022  there was supposed to be a big red wave coming as predicted by Alyssa Fusaro o who violated all kind of protocols by speaking like this while being a member of the non p;artisan Luzerne County election board.

The red wave went nowhere in 2022 and no one needs to be reminded of these facts:

1.  The GOP has only won one popular vote election in 8 Presidential elections. 2. By trying to screw with drop b 006Fres and mail., in balloting on the county level they are hju\rting their own Alyssa Fusaro. 

2.  Here’s that gem from a few years back from 

 

HUNTER BIDEN IN DEFIANT DEPOSITION BLASTS GOP, INSISTS HE DID NOT INVOLVE HIS FATHER IN BUSINESS

Hunter Biden was defiant Wednesday in a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill, blasting a Republican impeachment inquiry into his father and the family's business affairs as a “house of cards” built on “lies” as he faced a battery of probing questions from lawmakers.

“For more than a year, your Committees have hunted me in your partisan political pursuit of my dad,” Hunter Biden said in an opening statement obtained by The Associated Press. He accused Republicans of trafficking in "innuendo, distortion, and sensationalism” and insisted, "I did not involve my father in my business.”

After the nearly seven-hour deposition wrapped, an attorney for the president's son told reporters that during the testimony Republicans "produced no evidence that would do anything to support the notion that there was any financial transactions that involved Hunter with his father. Period."

Yet after conducting dozens of interviews and obtaining more than 100,000 pages of documents, Republicans have yet to produce direct evidence of misconduct by the president. Meanwhile, an FBI informant who alleged a bribery scheme involving the Bidens — a claim Republicans had cited repeatedly to justify their probe — is facing charges from federal prosecutors who accuse him of fabricating the story.

This isd amazing. The GOP Congress has not passed immigration reform and border protection when it was handed to them on a sliver platter. They have become enablers of Putin, AKIN TO Nazi sympathizers before World War II in not giving Ukraine aid as well as Israel. Then there’s the government shutdown threatsa. This investigation is a SHAM and any right minded voters in 2024 hould give the House back to the Democrats while the baby GOP crybabies, manna bees poop in their pants and then throw shit at the American people trying to disguise it as an ice cream Sunday. (AP, LuLac)

 

SCRANTON POLICE DETECTIVE KYLE GILMARTIN WILL BE CARTWRIGHT’S GUEST AT STATE OF THE UNION

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

, U.S. Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Scranton Police Detective Kyle Gilmartin will be his guest at the 2024 State of the Union Address on March 7 in Washington, D.C.

Detective Gilmartin is currently recovering in a rehab facility near Philadelphia after being seriously injured when he and fellow officers were ambushed in a gang-related shooting in January.

“Detective Gilmartin and the fellow officers who saved his life represent the uncommon valor demonstrated by our nation’s law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every day to protect our communities,” Congressman Cartwright said.

“I am greatly honored to be able to attend the State of the Union as Congressman Cartwright’s guest,” Detective Gilmartin said. “The invitation is a testament to his longstanding support of law enforcement and public safety. Congressman Cartwright checked in on me daily since I was shot and nearly killed. My family thanks the City of Scranton and the community for the outpouring of support they have provided us. We can never thank everyone enough. We love our community and its leaders.”

Rep. Cartwright visited the detective and his wife, Lindsay, at the Philadelphia rehab facility on Feb. 22 to personally ask him to attend the President’s address.

A Luzerne County native, Gilmartin graduated from Holy Redeemer High School in 2008 and the Lackawanna College Police Academy in 2010. A nine-year veteran of the Scranton Police Department and a former police officer in Duryea, Old Forge, Ashley and Wilkes-Barre and Pittston townships, Gilmartin was shot twice in the head after tracking down reports of prior shootings in the city that night.

“This is the story of the courage, strength and grit of this one man, and of the generosity and humanity of the people of our area, in recognition of and gratitude for his service and sacrifice,” Cartwright added.  “As Kyle was fighting for his life, so many of us were calling and visiting with him and his family; so many of us were holding and attending fundraisers for him; so many of us were praying for him, for Lindsay, and for their whole family. Thanks to that support, and a long roster of heroic medical and rehabilitative professionals, he survived the shooting and has been making remarkable, amazing progress. It’s a story that I am proud to display before the nation by inviting Detective Gilmartin as my honored guest for this year’s State of the Union address.”

 

CASEY TALKS “PERNICIOUS” SHRINKFLATION IN NEW YORK TIMES

CASEY: “YOU CAN’T WAIT A YEAR TO BUY PAPER TOWELS OR TO BUY BONELESS CHICKEN OR TO BUY GROCERIES OR TO BUY HUGGIES DIAPERS.”

SINCE FALL 2023, SENATOR CASEY HAS PRODUCED REPORTS DETAILING HIS INVESTIGATIONS INTO CORPORATE GREED SQUEEZING FAMILIES’ BUDGETS

CASEY’S INVESTIGATION INTO COMPANIES REDUCING PRODUCT SIZE WHILE SELLING AT THE SAME STICKER PRICE OR HIGHER IS FEATURED IN TODAY’S NEW YORK TIMES

Senator Bob Casey (Photo: LuLac archives)

In case you missed it, today, the New York Times featured an investigation by U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Children & Families, on shrinkflation. Casey has been taking big corporations to task for price gouging, causing the excessive increase in prices American families are facing. His recent series of reports show working families across our Nation are paying higher prices due to greedflation, when big corporations use economic turmoil as cover to raise prices beyond the rate of inflation, and shrinkflation, which occurs when big corporations reduce product size without lowering prices accordingly or notifying consumers.

Senator Casey has been spearheading congressional efforts to hold big corporations accountable for prioritizing their profits over the American people. In December 2023, Senator Casey released his shrinkflation report detailing how big corporations are making record profits by reducing the size of household consumer goods. In January 2024, he urged the Government Accountability Office, an independent watchdog, to investigate the effects of corporate greed on American consumers. In February 2024, Casey introduced legislation to protect American families from greedflation by banning grossly excessive price increases and crack down on corporate price gouging.

New York Times: Biden Targets a New Economic Villain: Shrinkflation

Mr. Biden could also embrace new legislation seeking to empower the Federal Trade Commission to more aggressively investigate and punish corporate price gouging, including in grocery stories.

White House officials credit Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, with bending the president’s ear on the issue. Mr. Casey’s office released a scathing shrinkflation report last year calculating that about one-tenth of recent price increases for snacks and toilet paper were attributable to companies’ reducing the number of cookies in a bag or sheets on a roll.

Mr. Casey has centered the issue in his re-election campaign, blaming large companies for price increases that have left consumers struggling to afford sufficient amounts of essential items. “Some of this is really pernicious,” he said in an interview. “You can’t wait a year to buy paper towels or to buy boneless chicken or to buy groceries or to buy Huggies diapers.”

WHAT PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS LEADERS ARE SAYING ABOUT GOVERNOR SHAPIRO’S NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, MAIN STREET MATTERS PROGRAM

Governor Josh Shapiro (Photo: LuLac archives)

Since Governor Josh Shapiro launched the first statewide economic strategy in decades, Pennsylvania businesses and community leaders have voiced their support for the Shapiro Administration’s plan to invest in economic development, innovation, and job creation. Governor Shapiro knows that a growing economy that works for all is key to creating real opportunity and a better future for Pennsylvanians — and to implement this new strategy his 2024-25 budget proposes more than $600 million in total new and expanded economic development investments, including $25 million for the newly proposed Main Street Matters program to support small businesses and commercial corridors that are the backbone of Pennsylvania communities.

Governor Shapiro has travelled to main streets all across the Commonwealth, stopping in Mt. Lebanon, Philadelphia, Honesdale, and Lemoyne. The Governor spoke with small business owners to discuss how the Main Street Matters program will benefit business owners and improve main street signage, storefronts, and infrastructure in downtowns across Pennsylvania. 

 

MEDIA MATTERS

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ROB O’DONNELL AT CPAC

Well WILK talk show host Rob O’Donnell proved where he stood last week when he went to CPAC in Washington. He interviewed all the usual suspects and met some of the heavy hitters. He’ll never be a Biden supporter bt at least his arguments have some modicum of common sense and decorum as opposed to the late morning Mussolini from 9am to noon on WILK. 

I was getting undressed from work and heard  the often tiring and moronic Angelo from Madisonville. i had no idea that Ang there was a medical expert. He opined on bow feeble Biden was and needed to be retired. This is a President who has HANDLED everything THAT HAS BEEN THROWN AT HIM.  The two then got into the cognitive ability of this President when there was nary a word about their Lord and Savior Donald Trump. Biden can cite statistics of an issue WHEN  all Trump can do is bullshit and and lie. Angelo says maybe we should  let Biden retire., How about this-let Angelo retire from  making his stupid remarks and opinions when he barely backs it up with facts. 

Here's Joe Biden on Seth Myers anniversary show. No tumbling,  No prompters and a standing O. 

Lasted 2 minutes with these guys today.

 

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1984

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The 1984 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on February 28, 1984, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1984 United States presidential election.

Candidates had to receive a minimum of 16.6% to receive delegates. The primary selected 12 delegates, who then selected the remaining 8 delegates on April 15. George Bruno and Holly Abrams, the chair and vice-chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, were superdelegates.

The contest schedule created by the Democratic National Committee placed the New Hampshire primary on March 6, the same day as the non-binding Vermont primary. However, New Hampshire moved its primary to February 28, in violation of these rules, in accordance with a state law that required it to be held at least one week before any other state's primary.  Iowa also violated the rules when it moved its caucus to February 20, in order to be eight days before the New Hampshire primary.

Jeanne Shaheen, who managed Jimmy Carter's primary campaign in New Hampshire in 1976 and 1980, managed Hart's campaign with her husband as co-chair.

 51% of voters determined who they were supporting before the Iowa caucus. 31% of these voters supported Mondale, 29% supported Hart, 11% supported Glenn, and 9% supported Jackson. 14% of voters determined who they were supporting the week before the primary, 12% the weekend before, and 8% the day before. Hart won over 57% of these voters. Hart won 44% of the 15% of voters who selected who they supported on the day of the election.

41% of Jackson voters listed Hart as their second candidate in exit polls conducted by CBS News and The New York Times'.

Hart won a plurality of the popular vote. Reubin Askew, Alan Cranston, and Fritz Hollings ended their campaigns after their poor results in the primary.

Hart and Mondale both won 6 delegates in the primary, receiving three delegates from both congressional districts. Hart mathematically received 3.449 delegates in the 1st district and 3.414 delegates in the 2nd district while Mondale received 2.55 and 2.58 delegates in each district.[1] Both candidates had 9 delegates when the remaining were selected on April 15, and 4 delegates were uncommitted. Mary Chambers was selected as chair of the delegation….and the number one song in Lulac land and America was “That’s All” by Genesis.