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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
I don't write a Culinary yes-yes...
But if I did...
Goodnight everyone, and have an incredibly super weekend!
I don't know friends, to this day, what it was that they
was a doin' down there,
but I have studied about it.
I think it was that it's some kindly of a contest where they
see which bunchful of them men can take that pumpkin
and run from one end of that cow pasture to the other
without gettin' knocked down or steppin' in somethin'.
From Andy Grifffith’s 1953 recording, “What It Was, Was Football”
It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In.
The weekend has finally arrived.
The sun has set.
The evening sky has erupted.
Let's put controversy and provocative blogs aside for the rest of this work week and smooth our way into Saturday and Sunday.
Tonight...
Week-ends (02/02/13)
A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...
HEROES OF THE WEEK
Dominic, Mark, and Mary Gundrum
Brendan Marrocco
Charles Albert Poland
Mark Sikes
Gutsy grandma
Don Hanlon
Alana Stewart
Katelyn Francis
JJ Watt
VILLAINS OF THE WEEK
Sandra Fluke
The Baltimore Ravens
Sen. Bob Menendez
Harvard students
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"I'm a big football fan," but "if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football." President Obama in an interview with major Democrat donor and magazine owner Chris Hughes. Obama was referring to the emerging consensus that the injuries, and in particular head injuries, sustained while playing football can have serious health effects.
"It's not like we signed up and thought we were going to play tennis. It's a physical game. Everybody plays hard. And guys get hit sometimes. That's what we all know coming into the game. We all signed up for it. We came out to play football."
San Francisco 49er All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith, one of several San Francisco players who doesn't see anything wrong with their kids playing football.
“No, we don’t got no gay people on the team. They gotta get up out of here if they do. Can’t be with that sweet stuff. Nah… can’t be… in the locker room man. Nah.”
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver when asked on media day at the Super Bowl if there were any homosexuals on his team. Culliver later apologized.
"I'm gay...Me not rooting for San Francisco is like booing Africa.”
Comedienne Wanda Sykes is having a problem deciding which football team to support on Super Bowl Sunday because she grew up in Maryland. She spoke to Tonight Show host Jay Leno.
"I am not going to keep cutting the discretionary budget, which by the way is not out of control, despite what you hear on Fox News.”
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., suggested on the Senate floor that the non-entitlement spending problem is a creation of Fox News.
"Legal gun buyers are not causing murders in Newark and Chicago and other places.”
Newark Mayor Cory Booker made that statement on HBO's Real Time, despite being for tougher gun laws.
“If he is a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this? Why have we not seen photos? Why has he not referenced it at any point in time as we have had this gun debate that is ongoing? I think he should invite me to Camp David, and I’ll go skeet shooting with him. I bet I’ll beat him.”
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on CNN, challenging President Obama to a skeet shooting contest.
“A childish proposal. It is maybe based on how hard (state Representative Leon Young) works, but it doesn’t reflect the effort that I think most lawmakers, full or part-time, do.”
State Senator Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) reacting to Leon Young’s suggestion that full-time WI lawmakers be made part-time.
“Sometimes when you want to change government, streamline it, make it more efficient, you’re not always going to make people happy.”
Leon Young (D-Milwaukee) brushing off Jauch’s criticism.
"Underneath every skirt, every dress, I'm wearing shorts. So that everyone in the world knows, if I ever fell down, nobody would get a peek at anything."
Carrie Underwood
OUTRAGE OF THE WEEK
Media lies about gun activists heckling father of murdered Newtown boy.
MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK
Does Obama shoot a lot or not?
MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK
Understandably, the Super Bowl.
STRANGEST, MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK
He made it all up.
That's it for Week-ends.
We close with the latest from NewsBusted.
Recommended Reading (02/02/13)
Here are, in my view, interesting, noteworthy columns and articles from the past week that I highly recommend (You will note that on occasion, I do not endorse the opinions of the author and may point that out. Despite my disagreements, I still feel the piece is worth a read).
Photos of the Week (02/03/13)
1) People throw San Francisco 49ers towels and beads to fans from a balcony in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, February 2, 2013, in advance of Super Bowl XLVII between the 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. Fans try to grab the towels. Photos: George Bridges/MCT
2) Diamond Miles, of New Orleans, walks through the French Quarter selling Super Bowl themed parasols which she and her cousin made for football fans, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in New Orleans. The city will host NFL football's Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
3) Super Bowl fans and locals party in the French Quarter in New Orleans Febuary 2, 2013 on the eve of Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
4) Super Bowl fan Caley Baldez visits a display at The NFL Experience in New Orleans Febuary 2, 2013 on the eve of Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
5) Baltimore Ravens fan Rick Polk of Baltimore, Md., stops to take a picture of the Super Bowl XLVII sculpture on a barge along the Riverwalk , Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, in New Orleans. The Baltimore Ravens play the San Francisco 49ers in NFL football's Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
6) San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh and Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh participate in a news conference for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
7) Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman who was shot and left handicapped after a gunman opened fire at an event in Tucson, Ariz., and her husband retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly prepare to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 2013. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
8) Mason Vranish, left, pays $100 cash for a used missile launcher outside of a Seattle Police Department gun buyback program in Seattle, Wash., on Jan. 26. Participants received up to a $100 gift card in exchange for working handguns, shotguns and rifles, and up to a $200 gift card for assault weapons. The event lasted from 9 a.m. until shortly after noon, after the event ran out of $80,000 worth of gift cards. Here's another look at Vranish and that missile launcher. Photos: Nick Adams / Reuters
9) A Free Syrian Army fighter looks at his comrade as he gets shot by sniper fire during heavy fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus, on Jan 30. The Free Syrian Army fighter on the left was wounded moments later. The fighter on the right died soon after being shot. Photos: Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
10) A riot police officer uses his baton on an anti-government protester during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square in Cairo on Jan. 28. Photo: Amr Abdallah Dalsh / Reuters
11) Hundreds of men and women in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero have armed themselves with rifles, pistols and machetes to defend their villages against drug gangs that local police are unable or unwilling, to stop. Hooded men stand guard outside the Justice palace, in Ayutla de los Libres, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, on Jan. 24. Photo: Pedro Pardo / AFP - Getty Images
12) President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., on Aug. 4, 2012, in this official White House photo released on Feb. 1, 2013. Photo: Pete Souza / The White House
13) A mural, aimed to promote the sale of defense bonds and designed by the Farm Security Administration, is seen in the concourse of Grand Central Terminal in 1941. Photo: Arthur Rothstein / Library of Congress. Friday marked 100 years since the first set of keys was handed to the terminal’s station master, with the first train leaving just after midnight on the following day. Shuttling millions of commuters since, the terminal – with its vast spaces and lovely architecture – has become a destination in itself.
14) Four-year-old Melody Kerley plays on the swings with her sister Madalynn, 3, and mother Michelle, at North School Park in Arlington Heights, Ill. on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Illinois residents who have been whiplashed by weather extremes are enjoying the temperatures that soared into the mid-60s Tuesday, exactly one week after they bundled in parkas and wool hats against subzero temperatures and brutal wind chills. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, George LeClaire)
15) Groundhog co-handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil as the Groundhog Club's Bob Roberts reads the famous groundhog's annual weather prediction. Phil did not see his shadow signaling an early end to winter. Photo: Jason Cohn / Reuters.
16) A reporter attempts an interview with Phil. Photo: David Maxwell / EPA
17) Turbo, a Russell terrier, attends a press conference for the 137th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Jan. 28 in New York. Photo: Astrid Stawiarz / Getty Images
18) A squirrel scurries around a park in Kyrgyzstan, Russia. Photo: Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP - Getty Images
19) Macaque monkeys huddle together in a group to protect themselves against the cold weather at Awajishima Monkey Center on Jan. 26 in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images
20) Dogs perform with the Ukrainian National Circus in Kiev, Russia, on Jan. 24. Photo: Sergei Supinsky / AFP - Getty Images
Only in America...
Could a man be involved in a double murder and win the Super Bowl.
As we celebrate Ray Lewis, don't forget murder victims
"Amid this week-long celebration and commemoration of Ray Lewis' brilliant, Hall of Fame career, let us not forget that he was once charged with killing Richard Lollar and Jacinth Baker — two men whose murders were never solved. Two men whose families are, no doubt, still haunted by the fact that brutal, bloody killers are still out there somewhere running free."
Reminds me of:
I am not celebrating Baltimore's victory.
Culinary no-no #314
It was a very special car trip for me with my parents when I was a youngster. The McDonald’s at 27th and Morgan was one of the few around where we lived. We’d park, mom would take the orders and head to the window. No indoor seating back then so the burgers, fries, and shakes would be consumed in the car.
For the longest time, going out for burgers meant the Golden Arches, Big Boy, or George Webb’s. Then came a new kid on the block.
Franklin eats Oak Creek's dust
When it comes to luring new businesses and entrepreneurs and creating jobs, the city of Franklin gets a big fat “F”. In perpetual denial, our so-called leaders know as much about economic development as my wife knows about changing a tire.
Contrast our miserable Flintstones-like mentality with the hustling, bustling whirlwind of activity that’s occurring in neighboring Oak Creek. If this was a prize fight, Oak Creek would be Mike Tyson and Franklin would be Pee Wee Herman. In the 53132 zip code, we laugh off and rationalize one failure after another with lame reassurances that while we lost jobs and more consumer choices, at least we saved a wetland. Everyone in Franklin should be embarrassed by our inertia and complete lack of not only job creation expertise but any interest or sense of urgency or passion about boosting our local economy.
Across the border, Oak Creek is cleaning our clock while we just sit back, relax, yawn and refer the few that might by some fluke be interested in opening a Popsicle stand to a glossy brochure with fingers crossed and prayers those few don’t talk to anyone at Meijer’s.
The Small Business Times has a brand new cover story:
“…like many post-World War II communities, Oak Creek lacks an important aspect common in older cities and villages: a downtown, a place that is the unique identity, historic heart and gathering place for a community.
“But now a partnership of city officials and an all-star development team is working to literally change the identity of Oak Creek and create a new mixed-use downtown for the city that also will be a unique destination on the south side of Milwaukee County.
"In sum, Oak Creek is on the cusp of an historic and catalytic, game-changing reinvention.
“City officials have committed to build a new city hall and library in the development, called Drexel Town Square. The city has committed to providing up to $19.9 million in tax incremental financing for the project, mostly for infrastructure and public amenities. The city also is lending $2 million to Wispark, which will be paid back under an agreement to share the proceeds from land sales in the project with the city.
“Drexel Town Square will be a unique development that few, if any, other communities in the United States have tried.”
In Franklin where our priorities are royally screwed up (heavier regulation of LED signs), we do nothing, absolutely nothing while Oak Creek utilizes innovation and actually possesses vision.
Congrats, Oak Creek. Shame on us in Franklin.
This is the kind of ridiculous junk we worry about in Franklin
I do believe my jaw dropped to the floor when I read the FranklinNOW story posted on January 28. It began like this:
“The Architectural Review Board is poised to consider how LED signs should be regulated within the city.
“The board discussed concerns related to the signs Jan. 24, particularly those capable of displaying high-quality moving images.
“Member Ted Juerisson brought the issue to the board, noting that the brightness of the signs, such as the one located at the car wash on Rawson Avenue, can be overwhelming, especially at night.” The LED signs, we were informed in the article, can be a “distraction,” in other words, dangerous.
What’s next?
SILENCE EVERYONE!
BLOW THE TRUMPETS!
Franklin’s Architectural Review Board will discuss setting regulations for LED signs at its next meeting on February 14.
Seriously? Really?
This goofy group isn't doing this because of some epidemic or crisis. No way. They're doing it for two reasons:
1) They want to LOOK important.
2) They want to FEEL important.
Now mind you, this article appeared on the FranklinNOW website the very same day the bat phone was ringing in Mayor Tom Taylor’s office at City Hall. On the other end was a Meijer’s representative telling the mayor that Franklin could get bent, they ain’t buildin’ here.
THEY AIN’T BUILDIN’ HERE?
Nope. They ain’t buildin’ here.
No job creation.
No economic spinoff.
No establishment of another consumer option in the business desert known as Franklin.
The reaction from City Hall?
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
No big deal.
And this classic: Hey, we might still have a chance at getting them to come. Oh, wait. That was NML. Sorry. They ain't expanding here either.
Waking city leaders out of their perpetual snooze was the worry that some poor sap in his/her car would see a brightly lit LED sign and recreate the Hindenburg disaster. I kid you not, their undies were in that bundle.
Reminds me of the time in the early 80’s when the dinosaur known as Milwaukee County Stadium decided to put electronic messages on a board facing the expressway. The sheriff at the time predicted mass destruction on the freeway. Of course, it never happened.
I’ve built two homes in the city of Franklin. Each time, before I could proceed, I had to take blueprints in hand and attend a meeting for their approval. It could have been the not-at-all impressive Architectural Review Board, I can’t recall because quite frankly, I wasn’t impressed. I had to wait patiently for what seemed forever for this pompous group of buffoons to call on me to kiss their rings and hope they would ok the exterior of my future house. All the while I thought the approval for my home’s design depended on a bunch of dolts who were dressed at the meeting like homeless bums.
Earth to the knuckle-draggers on this useless board: We are in the 21st Century. Every single stinkin’ motorist can look over to the side of the road and see a digital sign that reads Dunkin Donuts has a special on donot holes and a large latte and not end up causing a 12-car pile-up.
This is the kind of garbage we sweat in Franklin. Over-regulation. It’s the kind of garbage that prevents us from really, really, moving into the modern age and truly advancing.
Franklin obliterates weather record
The news was broken on this very web site and as of this posting is still there.
H 76
L 5
I wish.
Now for reality.
Mark Belling rips Franklin's county supervisors
Milwaukee County Supervisors Steve Taylor and Mark Borkowksi are suggesting the Milwaukee County Board be reduced in size from 18 members to 13 and that the board’s budget be cut by 40%.
However, and this is a major however, Taylor and Borkowski (both of whom represent parts of Franklin) are not endorsing a cut in salary for board members. Under their proposal, supervisors would keep their present full-time salaries. The idea is essentially worthless and doesn’t constitute anything near genuine reform.
At the end of his program today, WISN’s Mark Belling called Taylor and Borkowski, “weasels.”
I expect such a worthless plan from the likes of Taylor. I’m a bit surprised Borkowski would go along. Yet another sign practically everyone on the board doesn’t want themselves or anyone else to kill the golden goose.
Tell me again how Scott Walker destroyed MPS
Last May, the Journal Sentinel’s not-so-reliable PolitiFact reported:
“Gov. Scott Walker and his recall critics may as well be on different planets when it comes to describing how local schools fared under his budget.
“Walker tells audiences that most schools got far more saving from his controversial collective bargaining limits - money-saving ‘tools’ in Walker's phrasing - than they suffered in cuts from his budget.
“Democratic Party officials and their allies say schools all over the state suffered ‘devastating’ aid cuts, and Walker recall opponent Tom Barrett says education was ‘gutted.’
“Milwaukee Public Schools wound up cutting 7% of its staff, including 300-plus teachers - though declining enrollment also factored in.”
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If Hillary Clinton Is The Most Powerful Woman Ever Then Why Did One Simple Task Always Elude Her?
Obama, Clinton AWOL the night of Benghazi attack.
The Franklin site of the proposed Meijer store has "challenges"
That’s what Sean Ryan of the Milwaukee Business Journal is reporting today in a podcast. I don’t have permission to link to the podcast, but you can easily find it on the newspaper’s website.
Goodnight everyone, and have an artistic weekend
"I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys."
Toby Keith
It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In.
The weekend has finally arrived.
The sun has set.
The evening sky has erupted.
Goodnight everyone, and have an artistic weekend
"I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys."
Toby Keith
It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In.
The weekend has finally arrived.
The sun has set.
The evening sky has erupted.
The Barking Lot-America's Finest Dog Blog (02/09/13)
The Barking Lot is a regular weekly feature of this just in…Written by my lovely wife, Jennifer and me. It opens with the weekend dog walking forecast followed by the main blog from dog lover, Jennifer. Then it’s DOGS IN THE NEWS and our close. Enjoy!
THE WEEKEND DOG-WALKING FORECAST: We grade the weather outlook for taking your pet outdoors.
TODAY: Partly cloudy. High of 32. It will feel nicer, but we have all that snow and ice to contend with. "F"
SUNDAY: Wake up to freezing drizzle followed by rain showers by noon. Showers will end before 6 pm. High of 39. "F"
Here’s my lovely wife, Jennifer with this week’s main blog:
Week-ends (02/09/13)
A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...
HEROES OF THE WEEK
Chris Kyle
Louise Howard
Coach in Detroit
Clint Romesha
Narayanan Krishnan
4 military chaplains
Jason LeBlanc
Gayle Trotter
Pizza 4 Patriots
Once again, Michael Garcia
Donald Driver
VILLAINS OF THE WEEK
Ron Paul
Florida cops
The University of Illinois
NCSU
Again, the fumblin', stumblin', bumblin' TSA
Nicolas Olson
Chicago Bears fan(s)
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“We don’t think that people are going to be that inconvenienced.”
NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg referring to Friday’s blizzard.
"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."
A White House memo referring to a photo of President Obama with a rifle.
"It's almost like they don't give a damn. If they don't give a damn, why did they expect anybody else to?"
Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood told CNBC that Washington gridlock is sending the nation racing towards another contentious debt deadline.
“We will not cease from our effort to assure that healthcare for all does not mean freedom for few.”
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in a statement indicating its rejection of the latest HHS mandate proposal by the Obama administration. The new HHS proposal provides a narrow definition of a “religious employer” and does not permit for individual for-profit businesses that claim a conscientious objection to the mandate. In short, the mandate continues to undermine the First Amendment right to religious freedom.
“America is one big pothole right now. At one time... we were the leader in infrastructure. We built the interstate system. It's the best road system in the world, and we're proud of it. But we're falling way behind other countries, because we have not made the investments."
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who is leaving his post, is confessing that the roads of America are crumbling because there simply isn’t enough money in the government’s coffers to fix them.
“I don’t want to linger on this, but last night’s Super Bowl half-time show was ridiculous — and gratuitously so. Watching Twitter, it was really no surprise that men made comments about stripper poles and putting dollar bills through their TV sets, was it? Why can’t we have a national entertainment moment that does not include a mother gyrating in a black teddy?”
Columnist Kathryn Jean Lopez
"Fat butt Michelle Obama. Look at her. She looks like she weighs 185 or 190. She’s overweight.”
Bob Grisham, a high school football coach who was surreptitiously recorded by one of his students. Grisham was suspended Monday.
OUTRAGE OF THE WEEK
US government, led by Obama, makes case for killing American civilians.
MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK
Sandy Hook father: my child is safer at home where I am armed.
MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK
Beyonce's half-time show at the Super Bowl was the most incredible, phenomenal, stupendous, fantastic, tremendous, outstanding, death defying, greatest exhibit of talent anyone in the history of mankind has ever displayed.
STRANGEST, MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK
You just don't get this at our Franklin library.
That's it for Week-ends.
We close with the latest from NewsBusted.
February 2, 2014
That’s the date of next year’s Super Bowl. The place: The New Jersey Meadowlands. The stadium does not have a roof.
Could be a nightmare.
Today.
Nice work, Greendale
The welcoming archway pictured above now stands at the intersection of Northway and Grange Avenue in Greendale and looks great. Photo: David Cotey, GreendalePatch.com
Meanwhile, here in Franklin....
Well, you know.
Recommended Reading (02/09/13)
Here are, in my view, interesting, noteworthy columns and articles from the past week that I highly recommend (You will note that on occasion, I do not endorse the opinions of the author and may point that out. Despite my disagreements, I still feel the piece is worth a read).
Dereliction of Duty
"Nothing. That is what President Barack Obama did on the night of September 11, 2012, as terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and killed four Americans, among them Ambassador Christopher Stevens. President Obama’s inaction was revealed in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday by outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey."
Remember, there is no voter fraud
Photos of the Week (02/10/13)
1) Snow covers cars along Third Street in South Boston Saturday, Feb. 9. A storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight. Photo: Gene J. Puskar / AP
2) Mary Leahy shovels out her sidewalk during a blizzard in Medford, Mass., Feb. 9. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi, Reuters.
3) The ocean overflows the sea wall on Winthrop Shore Drive, Feb. 9, in Winthrop, Mass. Photo: Darren Mccollester / Getty Images
4) People shovel snow as floodwaters flow down Coral Street, Feb. 9, in Winthrop, Mass. Photo: Darren Mccollester/Getty Images
5) Abandoned cars are parked along the Long Island Expressway. NBC News reports, "The blizzard that swept through the Northeast on Friday and Saturday turned parts of New York’s Long Island into a moonscape. Roads normally thick with traffic were pristine and white, snow piled up around entrances to buildings, and some cars were stranded." Photo: Anthony Quintano / NBC News
6) The Long Island Expressway is impassable at Exit 61. Photo: Anthony Quintano / NBC News
7) Jack Percoco of Cambridge, Mass. reaches into depleted shelves for milk at a supermarket in Somerville, Mass., Feb. 8. Photo: Elise Amendola/AP
8) LEFT: One of the most iconic images of Hurricane Sandy, the lemon yellow home in Union Beach split in half, but remained standing. RIGHT: The same property 100 days later. Photos: Andrew Mills / The Star-Ledger
9) Damaged photos belonging to Florence Catania, of Deer Park, N.Y., are evaluated during restoration by Operation Photo Rescue-Hurricane Sandy at New York's School of Visual Arts on Feb. 2. Photo: Richard Drew/ AP
10) A group of New York postmen set off on foot from the General Post Office to deliver mail in New York City at Christmas, circa 1955. The United States Postal Service announced on Wednesday that they will stop Saturday mail deliveries. Email and other forms of electronic communication have made a big dent in the Postal Service's bottom line. Photo: Vecchio / Three Lions via Getty Images
11) Athens residents reach out to take fruit and vegetables distributed for free by farmers on Feb. 6, 2013. Photo: John Kolesidis / Reuters
12) Josie Asaton, walking behind a police car and dressed in a wedding dress, leads a group of students in protest walk against domestic violence in Miami, Feb. 8, 2013. Barry University hosted its third annual “Brides Walk,” an event to raise awareness about domestic and dating violence among college and high school students, Women in wedding gowns made the six-mile walk. The walk is in memory of Gladys Ricart, who was murdered in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend while preparing for her wedding. Photo: J Pat Carter / AP
13) Mark and Mary Gundrum sit with son Dominic in their Town of Delafield home. An ultrasound showed Dominic had encephalocele, a rare disorder in which part of the brain was exposed, covered in skin, outside the head. It's an amazing story of faith, hope, love, and yes, a miracle. Journal Sentinel photo: Michael Sears
14) Newly-recruited female marines take their lunch with fellow Filipino soldiers after undergoing drills inside the marine headquarters in the town of Ternate, south of Manila on Tuesday. Photo: Romeo Ranoco / Reuters
15) Half-naked South Korean marines and their U.S. counterparts from 3-Marine Expeditionary Force 1st Battalion from Kaneho Bay, Hawaii, run on a snow field in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. More than 400 Marines from the two countries participated in the joint winter exercise held for the first time in South Korea. Photo: Lee Jin-Man / AP
16) Women's invitational runners at the start of the 36th Empire State Building Run-Up running race in New York on Feb. 6, 2013. Competitors run up 1,576 steps and 1,050 feet in a stairwell from the ground floor to the 86th floor observation deck. Photo: Adam Hunger/Reuters
17) Tina Maze of Slovenia reacts after learning that her competitor Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. did not complete the race, during the women's Super G race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming on Feb. 5. Vonn was flown to a hospital after suffering a serious crash on the opening day of the Alpine World Championships in Schladming, Austria during the super-G event. Vonn lost her balance on a tough landing, lost her ski, and slid off course into a gate before finally coming to a stop. She was checked out by a doctor on the hill for more than ten minutes, and then taken to the hospital for further evaluation. An FIS official said the doctor reported her injury as cruciate and lateral tears in her right knee. Photo: Leonhard Foeger / Reuters
18) A Sri Lankan prisoner who tried to hide his cellphone during a search of his cell was caught out when guards heard a ring tone emanating from his rear end, according to a hospital official. The mobile phone and a hands-free kit are seen in a 58 year old Sri Lankan prisoner's rectum in an X-ray image received by AFP on Feb. 8, 2013.
19) The face of England's King Richard III was revealed for the first time in more than 500 years on Tuesday following a reconstruction based on a skull unearthed from a parking lot in the city of Leicester. After carrying out a series of scientific investigations on bones exhumed from the site last year, the University of Leicester announced on Monday that the remains belonged to Richard III, who died in battle in 1485. Photo: Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
20) A man uses the cover of a hot tub to move a TV set through floodwaters at Cornubia, Queensland. Massive summer floods have killed four people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes across the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales, according to local authorities. Photo: Reuters
21) Ben Brust is mobbed by teammates after hitting a long three-pointer as time expired in regulation to send Wisconsin's game against Michigan into overtime Saturday. The Badgers upset 3rd-ranked Michigan in overtime, 65-62, and the celebration at the Kohl Center was on. Photos: AP
22) Fans filled the Lambeau Field Atrium on Wednesday to say goodbye to Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver. Journal Sentinel photos: Mark Hoffman
23) Fans and members of the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers wait for power to return in the Superdome during an outage in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game. Photo: Gerald Herbert / AP
24) Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones (12) returns the second-half kickoff 109 yards for a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. Photo: Charlie Riedel / AP
25) Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy following their 34-31 win against the San Francisco 49ers during Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Feb. 3, 2013 in New Orleans, La. Photo: Jamie Squire / Getty Images
26) The reunion rumors proved true: Beyonce performs with Kelly Rowland, left, and Michelle Williams, right, of Destiny's Child, during the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Photo: Gerald Herbert / AP
27) The true highlight of the Super Bowl: Jennifer Hudson sings 'America the Beautiful' with the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus before the Super Bowl. Hudson and the choir all wore green ribbons, a sign of their support for the school, which lost 20 students and 6 staff members in a horrific December shooting. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP
28) Two hundred and eighty-eight dancers of the opening committee dance the opening waltz at the traditional Opera Ball in Vienna February 7, 2013. Some 5,000 visitors enjoy one of Austria's most glittering social events, paying 250 euros ($335) for entry tickets and up to 18,500 euros ($24,800) for compartments. Photo: Herwig Prammer / Reuters
29) Samba dancer Diana Prado, right, adjusts her costume as she prepares for a carnival parade at central station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb. 2. Photo: Felipe Dana/AP
30) Popular model Kate Upton has landed once again on the cover of the 2013 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
Culinary no-no #315
THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
FOOD BLOGS, BUT ONLY ONE CULINARY NO-
NO!
Get ready because it's time to play FINAL JEOPARDY!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, yes it's that time.....
Time once again for the This Just In version of …
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FINAL JEOPARDY!
Let’s play!
Today’s Final Jeopardy category is:
DOGS
Now, you know how this works.
In a moment, I’ll give you the Final Jeopardy clue.
You will have 30 seconds (if you play fair, that will be when the music runs out) to come up with an answer and remember, players……… your answer must be in the form of a question.
Ready.
Here’s your clue.
IN THE 136-YEAR HISTORY OF THE WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW, THIS BREED HAS NEVER WON "BEST IN SHOW."
Good luck.
The latest pro-life news (02/11/13)
From Pro-Life Wisconsin (Make sure you check out their link to the Daily Mail's story on the Gundrums).
Also from Wisconsin Right to Life:
Wisconsin law on WebCam abortions intact
Planned Parenthood sues at the drop of a hat, indeed they’d sue, if they could, while the hat is being made. Take Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, for example.
My Most Popular Blogs (02/11/13)
It’s back. I’m once again receiving data showing my most popular blogs the past week, in this case, February 4-10:
1. Franklin eats Oak Creek's dust
2. This is the kind of ridiculous junk we worry about in Franklin
Is Sheriff David Clarke onto something?
9-1-1. In Chicago, they might respond, and maybe not.
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MacIver Update - It's Still Working Wisconsin!
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