Another week, another batch full o' memories, both good and (in this week's case) horrifying. Here, as always, is my usual week in review to sum it all up:
Announcing Call of the Week: Isaiah Thomas's Game Winning Shot in the Washington-Arizona Pac-10 Title Game, by Gus Johnson
I think that we can officially add this call into the collection.
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week (Besides the Chaos in Libya): An 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Devastates Japan
This is just plain sad. First a huge earthquake, the largest in the nation's recorded history, and then a terrifying tsunami that wiped out miles of land with polluted water. Over 1,000 have been reported dead, with a death toll expected to be around 10,000. Thousands have lost their homes, public transportation and everyday life in the city's most devastated by the earthquake (including Tokyo) stopped, and one of their nuclear plants have melted down, with another meltdown expected with its temperatures failing to lower (causing over 200,000 to evacuate the area). The good news is that the country has been long prepared for an earthquake, so its devastation on the country's major buildings and residential areas wasn't as bad as in Haiti a year ago. Of course, life goes on, so the only thing left for the nation to do now is to rebuild, and for others to donated their help and aid in its rebuilding effort. I repeat, just tragic.
- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Charlie Sheen Fired From "Two and a Half Men"; Sues CBS and Chuck Lorre for $100 Million
Well, look who's #winning now, says the CBS executives and every lesser comedians looking for a laugh.
Mugshot of the Week: 21 Yr. Old David C. Davis After Interrupting Haircut to Stab Someone With Scissors.
Half Dr. Jekyll, half Andre 3000.
Video of the Week: Clips of the Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Power Plant Explosion in Japan Friday.
Incredible, yet surreal at the same time. It's Mother Nature at her most destructive hour yet this year.
Person of the Week: Wisconsin governor Scott Walker
Well, he did it. It took him a few weeks and a few sly political moves to get the Republicans in the State
Senate and the State Assembly to finally put his controversial law into voting, but Gov. Walker's infamous anti-union bill was finally passed 18-1 this past Wednesday, officially giving the state's public workers zero collective bargaining rights. How did the bill get into law, you asked? By having the Republicans Senators removing elements of the bill that would allow them to vote on the bill without teh required twenty politicians needed. So, there you go. All those protests, all the uproar, all the drama, all the Senators fleeing, all the people in the State Capitol...all didn't matter in the end because, like it or not, it was Walker that came out as the victor (finally) in the end. In your face, teachers! You knew your greediness wouldn't prevail in the end! No go back to work, you un-American socialists before Walker takes your entire pension, too!
And that's the way it is! Enjoy the remaining moments of the weekend that you have. And, please, do you part in aiding those people devastated by the earthquake/tsunami in Japan, whether it's a simple donation or at least making sure to have them in your mind.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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