END OF THE WEEK:
We've got quite a bit of stuff to get to this week, so let's cut the stalling and just get straight to it. As I do every weekend, here's the list of the best and most memorable moments from the 2nd week of April 2012:
Record of the Week: An Announced 15,292 Weather Records Broken in March
It's currently the warmest March weather on record since 1895, with temperatures eight degrees higher than the 20th Century average. And no, it's not because of it being the month where Jessica Pare sang "Zuo Bisou Bisou."
Video of the Week: "A Dramatic Surprise on a Quiet Square"
If only the majority of TNT's actual shows were just as interesting.
Firing of the Week: Head Football Coach Bobby Petrino
who got relieved from his duties by the University of Arkansas after revelations came out that the woman he was with during a motorcycle accident was his mistress who got hired for her job at the university because of it, completing the schadenfreude that Atlanta Falcons fans have been waiting four years for.
Inappropriate Facebook Status Maker of the Week: KFC Thailand
for their Facebook status during the middle of this week's earthquake scare in the Asian country, telling them to get a bucket of KFC chicken on their way home to their families. Wouldn't be the most insensitive act that the company has done lately. They still created the Double Down, after all.
Heroic Politician of the Week: Newark Mayor Corey Booker
who made headlines this week when it was reported that he rescued a female neighbor of his during a burning fire. Too bad that this wasn't a re-election year, because there is no more of a perfect campaign strategy than having people talk about you as if you were Batman mixed with Chuck Norris.
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week (Besides the Presidential Election): George Zimmerman Finally Faces Charges for Murder of Trayvon Martin
It took Florida 45 days to actually arrest him for something they should've done much earlier, making them the cable set-up technicians of state polices.
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Vermont Governor Chased by Bears
This would've never happened had Corey Booker been there.
Death of the Week: Longtime "60 Minutes" Journalist Mike Wallace
The man was a hard-hitting interviewee who would go at any lengths to reveal the truth from his subjects, even if it meant speaking in a confrontational tone or hitting them with a bunch of gotcha questions to get them out of their comfort zone. He was also one of the men that contributed to "60 Minute's" longtime success. Without a doubt, he will be missed.
Person of the Week: Mitt Romney
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign this week, ending his ten month roller coaster candidacy that included a relative long period of staying under the radar, then a late surge to an Iowa victory that made him a household name to another quick fall in the polls and then yet another rise following his victories in Colorado and Minnesota, with one controversial statement after another in between. And while many ended up celebrating over this big development, no one was probably as relieved as a certain former governor of Massachusetts, who finally saw his toughest opponent go down, officially clearing an easy path from here on out that will gain him the Republican presidential nominee for President that he had long clamored for. No more new challenger to fight him in the top of the polls; no more states in which he isn't expected to win; no more delays to a path that he and many leaders of the Republican party had wanted for quite a while; no more worries about there being a brokered convention. For months people had predicted that it would be a Obama/Romney general election, and now (barring some improbable late comeback by either Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul), it looks that this battle is finally going to be official. The only question now remains is how ol' Mittens will be able to rebound in the polls after all the damages inflicted in this dogfight of a primary.
And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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