The LuLac Edition #5,636, April 22nd, 2026

 

WRITE ON WEDNESDAY

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With the controversy between President Trump and Pope Leo, we thought that an official word from the largest fraternal Catholic organization is in order. The Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus gave his take on the controversy that has piqued the interest of many.

 

K OF C SUPREME KNIGHT WEIGHS IN ON LEO-DON CONTROVERSY

 

In recent days, many Catholics and other people of goodwill have been deeply disappointed by the disparaging comments directed at Pope Leo XIV by the President of the United States. The Successor of Saint Peter is not a politician — he is the Vicar of Christ, entrusted with proclaiming the Gospel and shepherding souls.

The Knights of Columbus has always stood in solidarity with the Holy Father, recognizing in him a spiritual father who calls the world not to division, but to unity, not to conflict, but to peace. In this moment, we reaffirm that commitment with clarity and conviction.

At the same time, we recognize that faithful Catholics can and do engage vigorously in the public square, and that nations have a right and duty to safeguard the security of their own people — always in accordance with the demands of justice and the pursuit of peace. The Church does not ask Catholics to withdraw from civic life, but to engage with and elevate it — bringing to our civic dialogue the light of truth, respect for the dignity of every human person, and a steadfast concern for the common good.

Pope Leo XIV has consistently called for peace, dialogue, and restraint in a world marked by war and suffering. The Holy Father’s words are not political talking points — they are reflections of the Gospel itself. Whether one agrees or disagrees with particular policy judgments, the Holy Father’s prophetic voice deserves to be heard with respect and engaged seriously.

As Knights, we are called to be men of unity, as followers of Christ and patriotic citizens. I encourage all Knights of Columbus to pray for the Holy Father, to pray for civic leaders, and to pray for peace and those working to achieve it. And let us recommit ourselves to charity in our public discourse. May we be known not for echoing the divisions of our time, but for healing them. In a moment of tension, the path forward is not louder conflict, but deeper fidelity — to truth, to charity, and to the Gospel.

Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly

Knights of Columbus

New Haven, CT 06510

            

 

The LuLac Edition #5, 635, April 21st, 2026

 

McCLAY

EVENT NEXT TUESDAY

       

MOTOR-VOTER SYSTEM EFFECTIVELY SCREENS NON-CITIZENS FROM VOTER REGISTRATION

Ever since 2016, the Republicans via Donald Trump have been making the claim that voting in this country is corrupt. In fact there has been  numerous stories that dispel that notion even though the Trumpanzees and MAGAs spew the lies over and over again. Mail in voting is also the target with these unpatriotic thugs using fear and ignorance to muddy the works

An audit of more than 200,000 transactions in Pennsylvania’s motor-voter registration process found only one instance when officials allowed a non-U.S. citizen to apply, state Auditor General Timothy DeFoor said Friday.

The single case occurred because a PennDOT employee omitted the person’s immigration status when they entered data into the state’s driver’s licensing and control system. If no immigration information is provided, the system automatically classifies a person as a U.S. citizen and gives them the option to register to vote, he said in a news conference.

“The motor voter process worked as intended, but due to human error, the driver’s license camera card had incorrect information about the individual’s citizenship. That is unacceptable,” DeFoor said in a news conference where he and staff presented the audit’s findings.

While the non-citizen’s voter registration application was forwarded to the Department of State, which maintains voter records, PennDOT informed the Department of State when it discovered the error, DeFoor said.

DeFoor, a Republican, started the six-month audit in January 2024, a few months after Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order making registering to vote automatic when applying for a driver’s license or state ID card. Registrations increased 66% following Shapiro’s order in September 2023.

According to the Department of State, the 353,000 new registrations from September 2023 through March represent about 8.1% of the people who were eligible but unregistered. Among the new voters, about 37% are third-party or independent and the remainder are nearly evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats.

Here’s the bottom line. The audit included 200,000 applicants. There was ONE clerical error.

ONE. CASE CLOSED.

But in true Lulac land style, look for MAGAs here to harass county workers and spew their shit at Luzerne County Council meetings.

 

DIAPER DON WHINES ON IRAN .

In a pair of social-media posts, the U.S. president lashed out at Democrats — calling them “TRAITORS, ALL” — and the media for their criticism and skepticism about his handling of the war in Iran.

Trump accused Democrats of doing “everything possible” to hurt the administration on Iran and he stressed that he wouldn’t be rushed into a deal “that is not as good as it could have been.”

“This is being perfectly executed, on the scale of Venezuela, just a bigger, more complex operation. The result will be the same,” Trump wrote, insisting that “time is not my adversary.”

He also rebutted notions that a deal he’s negotiating with Iran is similar to what former President Barack Obama reached in 2015, ranting about a Washington Post column on the topic.

 

The LuLac Edition 5, 634, April 20th, 2026

 MONDAY MEMES 

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The LuLac Edition #5, 633 April 19th, 2026

 

DON’T PUT THE 

BREAD IN THE FRIDGE

 

When a lot of people buy bread, they don’t want it to mold. Some put it in the fridge. That is not a good thing.

Plastic doesn't just fail to keep bread fresh. It actively makes it worse. In two different ways. At the same time.

When you seal bread in a plastic bag, you're trapping moisture inside.

Bread naturally releases water vapor after baking. It's part of the cooling process that continues for days. The crumb is roughly 45 percent water. The crust is dry. And moisture is always moving from the inside out.

In open air, that moisture escapes harmlessly but In plastic, it has nowhere to go.

So it condenses. On the crust. On the inside of the bag where little water droplets appear.

That moisture saturates the crust. From the bread's own humidity, trapped in the plastic bag and forced back onto the surface.

 The crust turns soft, rubbery, and leathery because it's slowly being drowned from the inside.

And here's the second hit: that same trapped humidity creates the exact conditions mold needs to thrive.

This is why bread in plastic often molds faster than bread left completely uncovered. You're not protecting it. You're feeding the problem.

Why The Fridge Is A Death Sentence For Bread

This one surprised me the most.

 We've been taught that cold preserves food. And for most things, it does. But bread follows different rules.

There's a chemical process called starch retrogradation. It's what makes bread go stale. When bread cools after baking, the starch molecules slowly crystallize, pushing water out and creating that hard, dry texture we hate.

This crystallization happens fastest between 35°F and 40°F.

That's exactly your refrigerator temperature.

Studies show bread stored in the fridge stales six times faster than bread stored at room temperature. Six times. You're literally accelerating the aging process every time you put a loaf in the fridge.

The fridge does prevent mold. But at the cost of destroying the texture faster. You're trading one problem for another one.

So where does that leave us? Plastic creates mold. The fridge creates staleness. Paper and linen dry bread out within a day.

This is the trap that kept me freezing bread for three years. I thought those were my only options.

What Our Grandparents Knew That We Forgot

The solution has existed for generations. It just got lost when plastic came along: Beeswax

Beeswax-coated cloth is what our grandparents used. What every farm wife during the Depression knew. What families who couldn't afford to waste a single slice of bread figured out because they had to.

It creates something plastic and paper can't: a semi-breathable barrier.

It lets moisture escape slowly, at roughly the same rate bread naturally releases it. Not too fast (like linen). Not trapped completely (like plastic). Just enough to maintain balance.

The crust can breathe, so it stays crisp. The crumb retains enough moisture to stay soft. And without the humid greenhouse effect, mold spores can't take hold.

Then plastic came along. It was cheap. It was convenient. And America adopted it without ever learning why the old methods worked.

So either freeze it or invest in the beeswax envelopes that are effective and relatively inexpensive.

HEALTHIEST BREADS TO BUY

 

Best Overall: Dave’s Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains and Seeds

Best Sprouted: Food for Life Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Whole Grain Bread

Best Sourdough: Bread Alone Whole Wheat Sourdough

Best Whole Wheat: Arnold 100% Whole Wheat Bread

Best Omega-3: Silver Hills Flax Omegamazing Bread

Best High Protein: Equii Classic Wheat

Best Gluten Free: Little Northern Bakehouse Gluten Free Seed & Grains

Best Whole Grain: One Mighty Mill Mighty Whole Wheat Bread

Best Low-Sodium: Canyon Bakehouse Gluten Free Ancient Grain Bread

Best Pita: Joseph’s Pita Bread   

Locally, there are many fine bakeries to get bread from. The Sanitary in Nanticoke, for me will always be the gold standard. But area super markets have been very good sources. Both Wegmans and Price Chopper have great, innovative items that are the LuLac favorites. Then there is Lackawanna County that is filled with trhe same grocery options as well as National Bakery and Best Bread out of Clarks Summit.