The LuLac Edition #5, 524, December 18th 2025
TRUMP LIES AND YELLS AT US
THE TWO FACES OF THE HILLBILLY
Vice President Vance gave a speech in Allentown saying there was work to be done with the economy and for people to be patient.
Vance acknowledged that the administration’s agenda had not yet translated into widespread benefits for Americans, in contrast to Trump’s insistence that the economy is “unbelievable” and that prices are plummeting. And he sought to shift focus to 2026, predicting that brighter financial days were on the way.
ance declined to break in one notable way from Trump’s rosy economic view — a sign of the tricky balance he’ll repeatedly be forced to strike in the coming months. Pressed over Trump’s recent assessment of his economic performance as an “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus,” Vance quickly backed him up, undercutting his own, more measured message in the process.
“President Trump, last week, gave his economy a grade of A-plus-plus-plus-plus. What grade would you give the economy today?” a reporter asked.
“A-plus-plus-plus,” Vance responded. “What we have been able to do: higher wages, lower inflation, a massive amount of investment and money coming into the United States of America. That stuff is incredible, and that is something to be proud of.”
So wait, what was it. Be patient or AAAA plus? What a fucking liar.
The high housing, health care and grocery costs plaguing Americans now are driven by Biden-era policies, Vance claimed, despite data in recent months showing that inflation has begun to tick up again.
“We inherited a nightmare of an economy from Joe Biden,” Vance said at one point.
Wow, a nightmare? Bien re-built the economy after CoVid. He increased manufacturing jobs and passed legislation to help people.
In all, he mentioned the former president more than two dozen times, at one point channeling Trump in mocking Biden’s “slow shuffle.”
The hillbilly has now become the hillBULLY!!!
Pathetic.
The piece of shit also said “Joe Biden could fall walking up the steps in broad daylight, in 80-degree weather,” Vance said during a digression about the chilly weather. “Nobody would mind it.”
The vice president also offered little clarity on the administration’s plans for averting even higher health care costs, calling it Congress’ job to try to figure out how to avoid a spike in Affordable Care Act premiums next year.
But when the hilBULLY was a Senator he did NOTHING.
He also said, “That’s just the beginning,” Vance said. “If this doesn’t turn out to be true, I’ll come back here, and you can all tell me I’m wrong. But I’m telling you it’s going to be true.”
NO HE WON’T!!!!!
GOP HEALTH PLAN A FARCE
The long-awaited GOP health care plan has been unveiled and it stinks. All Mike Johnson has done is check boxes.
It was the safe bet the GOP used to say they contributed something to the debate over the expiring subsidies. The goal was to draft a law that would address the immediate problem of Obamacare premiums due to double on average for 22 million Americans but that wasn’t even addressed. The bill as drafted neither addresses the subsidies nor even offers an alternative to prevent the rapidly approaching spike in costs.
Costs for health care is going up for everyone and while I may not see it in my lifetime, there will be Medicare for all in our future.
To make matters worse for the GOP and their constituents, his bill also doesn’t include any expansion of health savings accounts, one of the few ideas that has made its way into the Republican vernacular of change. Instead, the “Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act” is an extremely narrow bill made up of health care-related policies that congressional Republicans have previously supported over the years. It’s the sort of cut-and-paste job that might be on the topic broadly but still fails to address the actual question at hand.
The idea that Trump has supported, throwing $1500.00 to each American is a cheap trick that would not change a thing. How many people who get confronted with a health care bill of $1700.00 a month are going to use it to pay off one month? Where’s that other $18, 700 coming from for the other 11 months?
These bastards have tried their best to kill Obama Care and haven’t succeeded. Their intent is still there but now their scheme has been found out.
US FACING SECOND MEASLES SURGE THIS YEAR AS OUTBREAK ACCELERATES IN SOUTH CAROLINA
THANKS RFK JUNIOR
As multiple measles outbreaks simmer across the United States, cases are accumulating nearly as quickly as when the West Texas outbreak was at its peak this spring.
There were 84 new measles cases reported in the past week nationwide, according to data posted Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s more cases than have been reported in a single week since April, when there was an average of about 100 new cases per week.
Texas hasn’t reported any new measles cases since state officials declared that the outbreak there was over in mid-August.
Now, case counts are growing quickly in South Carolina, where state health officials say more than 250 people are in quarantine after possible exposure and 16 are in isolation because of illness. Some of them are in quarantine for a second time because they did not acquire additional protection — through vaccination or natural immunity from an infection — since the first exposure, state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell said at a briefing Wednesday.
BRESNAHAN BREAKS
PARTY LINE TO
DEFEND UNION RIGHTS
Congressman Rob Bresnehan (Photo: LuLac archives)
Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. voted in favor of H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act, which will nullify a March executive order and restore collective bargaining rights for federal employees. H.R. 2550 passed the House by a vote of 231-195, after Rep. Bresnahan helped secure floor consideration through a successful discharge petition, which he signed on September 2, 2025.
“The right to collectively bargain is the cornerstone of fair labor and a strong middle class,” said Rep. Bresnahan. “This is not just a policy idea; it’s a lifeline that ensures fair wage, safe workplaces, and the basic dignity every worker deserves. I am proud that we fought to restore and protect the rights of the hardworking men and women of Northeastern Pennsylvania.”
Rep. Bresnahan spoke in favor of the legislation on the House Floor earlier this afternoon.
The Protect America’s Workforce Act would reverse an executive order that stripped collective bargaining protections from union workers across several federal agencies, including the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Prisons, the Social Security Administration, and more. The order affected roughly 67% of the federal workforce, many of whom are veterans or career public servants in non–national security roles.
A discharge petition is a seldom-used House procedure that allows a majority of members (218) regardless of party to force a bill out of committee and onto the House floor for a vote. Find out more about the discharge petition process here.
SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION HIGHLIGHTS SCIENCE-BACKED EVIDENCE THAT VACCINES PREVENT ILLNESS, ENCOURAGES PENNSYLVANIANS TO RECEIVE FLU SHOT
Dr. Debra Bogen, Secretary of PA Dept. of Health speaks during Fridays press conference. The PA Dept. of Health, along with other state and local stakeholders, visited Bucktown Center, a senior housing community in Dunmore, to emphasize the importance of Pennsylvanians receiving the annual flu vaccine to protect their health ahead of the holidays. Earlier this year, Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2025-02 to protect access to lifesaving, evidence-based, safe vaccinations in Pennsylvania and protects families freedoms to make their own informed health care decision. (Photo: Governor’s office)
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen and Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich visited Bucktown Center in Dunmore today to encourage Pennsylvanians to get their flu shot now to protect themselves and loved ones from severe flu illness as we approach the holidays.
The body's immune system typically takes two weeks to build protective antibodies against the flu and other respiratory viruses, making this a great time to get the flu vaccine before holiday gatherings begin.
"The holiday season is also respiratory virus season; as you attend social gatherings, we want you to share joy, not germs," said Dr. Bogen. "To protect yourself and your friends and family during the holidays from a serious case of the flu please get your flu vaccine. The flu vaccine reduces your risk of infection, hospitalization and death, and reduces your chance of spreading it to others. You can protect yourself and people in your community."
MEDIA MATTERS
WVIA PUBLIC MEDIA
George Graham Retirement Party
Tuesday night good folks at WVIA Public Media said a find farewell to George Graham, the first employee of WVIA FM. George is retiring after an illustrious and award winning career at the station.
It was great to see Vice President Chris Norton and Lisa Mazzerella. The station is the broadcast sponsor for the Blankets and Broth half day of service at the Friedman JCC on Monday, January 19th.
Here I am with some members of the WVIA FM News team, two newspaper legends who transferred their talents to the airwaves Borys Krawczeniuk
and Roger DuPuis along with Isabella Weiss.
When the station aired in 1973, it could not exist (ok well…..) with this guy, Tom McHugh who did ½ the mornings at the station and me the other half. We were joined by a what seemed to be a 750 pound automation and audio Maxell tapes the size of pizza boxes. Tom later went on to be Vice President of the station until going to LCCC as a professor.
Finally, the man of the hour George Graham along with Director of Journalism Julie Sidoni.
So great to see Alan Stout there along with Mr. Sordoni, Major Gifts officer Alecia Panuski, Erika Funke and Graham’s legion of listeners wishing him well.
WALN
BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM
THE LAURIE CADDEN SHOW
BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SUNDAY NIGHT SOCK HOP
BEATLE EDD’S FAB FOUR MUSIC HOUR
THE LULAC TIME MACHINE
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM
THE MOON
December 1968
This year Astronaut James Lovell passed away. Lovell of course was the commander on Apollo 13 but before that he was involved in one of the most iconic moments in American history.
Joining NASA in 1962, Lovell was involved in two Gemini missions.
Lovell was originally chosen as command module pilot (CMP) on the backup crew for Apollo 9 along with Armstrong as commander (CDR) and Aldrin as lunar module pilot (LMP). Apollo 9 was planned as a high-apogee Earth orbital test of the Lunar Module (LM). Lovell later replaced Michael Collins as CMP on the Apollo 9 prime crew in July 1968 when Collins needed to have surgery for a bone spur on his spine. This reunited Lovell with his Gemini 7 commander Frank Borman, along with LMP William Anders. Aldrin became Lovell's backup CMP, and Fred Haise joined Armstrong's crew as LMP.
The Apollo 8 1968 Christmas Eve broadcast and reading from the Book of Genesis while in lunar orbit
Construction delays of the first crewed LM prevented it from being ready in time to fly on Apollo 8, planned as a low Earth orbit test. It was decided to swap the Apollo 8 and Apollo 9 prime and backup crews in the flight schedule so that the crew trained for the low-orbit test could fly it as Apollo 9, when the LM would be ready. A lunar orbital flight, now Apollo 8, replaced the original Apollo 9 medium Earth orbit test mission.The crew was informed of this decision on August 10, 1968, and the training schedule was adjusted accordingly. Starting in September, the crew spent ten hours a day in the simulator rehearsing the mission.
Apollo 8 was launched on December 21, 1968, and Borman, Lovell and Anders became the first crew to ride the Saturn V rocket, as well as the first to travel to the Moon.Their Apollo craft entered lunar orbit on December 24 (Christmas Eve) and reduced speed to go into a 10.9-by-312.1-kilometer (5.9 by 168.5 nmi; 6.8 by 193.9 mi) orbit. The engine was then fired again to enter a 111-kilometer (60 nmi; 69 mi) circular orbit around the Moon.
On Christmas Eve, the crew broadcast black-and-white television pictures of the lunar surface back to Earth. Lovell took his turn with Borman and Anders in reading a passage from the Biblical creation story in the Book of Genesis. They made a total of ten orbits of the Moon in 20 hours and ten minutes,and began their return to Earth on December 25 (Christmas Day) with a rocket burn made on the Moon's far side, out of radio contact with Earth. When contact was re-established, Lovell broadcast, "Please be informed, there is a Santa Claus."
Lovell at the Command Module Guidance and Navigation station during the Apollo 8 mission
As CMP, Lovell served as navigator, using the spacecraft's sextant to determine its position by measuring star positions. These measurements were used to calculate required mid-course corrections. During otherwise idle time, he conducted navigational sightings, maneuvering the module to view stars and entering data via the Apollo Guidance Computer keyboard. During one of these data entries, Lovell accidentally erased some of the computer's memory by entering the wrong codes, causing the inertial measurement unit (IMU) to register the module as having the same orientation it did before liftoff. The IMU then initiated thruster firings to "correct" for this newly registered attitude.
After identifying the issue, the crew knew that they would have to reenter the orientation data. Lovell took about ten minutes to calculate the correct values, using the thrusters to align the stars Rigel and Sirius in the sextant,and another 15 minutes to enter the correct measurements into the computer.The experience later proved valuable during Apollo 13, when Lovell had to perform a similar manual realignment under critical conditions after the IMU had been turned off to conserve energy.
A feature on the Moon's surface (Mount Marilyn) was named by Lovell in honor of his wife.
The spacecraft splashed down safely before dawn on December 27 after 147 hours of flight, 4.8 kilometers (2.6 nmi; 3.0 mi) from the recovery ship, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown. It was estimated that the crew had traveled 933,419 kilometers….and Christmas time in 1968 the number one song in LuLac land and America was “For Once In My Life” by Stevie Wonder.
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