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Today’s highly interesting read (09/17/18): The Dems “Anita” Brett Kavanaugh
From the Washington Post Sunday:
Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland.
Speaking publicly for the first time, Ford said that one summer in the early 1980s, Kavanaugh and a friend — both “stumbling drunk,” Ford alleges — corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in Montgomery County.
While his friend watched, she said, Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed on her back and groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it. When she tried to scream, she said, he put his hand over her mouth.
“I thought he might inadvertently kill me,” said Ford, now a 51-year-old research psychologist in northern California.
Kavanaugh denies the 11th hour allegations.
Today’s read is from Myron Magnet, City Journal’s editor-at-large and a National Humanities Medal recipient. His next book, Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution, will appear in the spring. Magnet asks a legitimate question.
Do the Democrats really think that a single teenage indiscretion should have a place in confirmation hearings?
You can read Magnet’s entire column here.
My Most Popular Blogs (09/17/18)
Here are my most popular blogs from last week, Sunday – Saturday:
1) Best Cartoons of the Week (09/15/18)
2) The Aaron Rodgers comeback vs. the Bears is being compared to this NBA game
3) Unlike Franklin Mayor Steve Olson, WI newspaper recognizes more than one side to “dark store” issue
4) Today’s highly interesting read (09/14/18): Hurricane Florence: Here’s why I’m NOT evacuating
6) Friday Night Forgotten Oldie: She’s got legs
7) The Barking Lot – America’s Finest Dog Blog (09/15/18)
9) 3RD UPDATE: Why do you want to be a police officer?
10) Goodnight everyone, and have a tall and tan and young and lovely weekend!
The running began 55 years ago today
That’s when “The Fugitive” first aired on ABC. David Janssen starred as Dr. Richard Kimble, wrongfully convicted of his wife’s murder and sentenced to receive the death penalty.
Kimble broke loose and went after the real killer, the one-armed man.
“The Fugitive” appeared on the 2002 TV Guide list of The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. It also was named as one of the top 100 TV shows by “Rolling Stone” magazine in 2016.
I don’t think our family missed too many programs. Every week a different town, a different job, a different identity, a different near capture by the authorities. From the pilot episode.
Culinary no-no #580
THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF FOOD BLOGS, BUT ONLY ONE CULINARY NO-NO!
On this final weekend of the summer we blog about the unofficial state of Wisconsin sandwich.
We’ve featured the brat in the past. For example, here’s a portion of Culinary no-no #422 that dealt with parboiling:
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In 2002, the NY Times wrote:
This is the capital of the kingdom of bratwurst. A brat — the name rhymes with pot, not with pat — is a pork or pork-and-beef sausage, spicier and stubbier than a hot dog. In Sheboygan, at least, it is also an object of veneration, taken as seriously as a lock of some medieval saint’s hair.
No self-respecting restaurant here, whether humble hole in the wall or soigné supper club, can make do without a proper charcoal grill, because the bratwurst catechism specifies that the stout little sausage must be grilled over charcoal, not boiled or fried or sizzled on a stove top griddle.
Once cooked, a Sheboygan brat must be served on a split hard roll called a semmel, which is rugged enough to hang together under attack from the torrents of savory juice released when you bite into it.
Since this is Wisconsin, the dairy state par excellence, the cut sides of the rolls are slathered with plenty of butter before the sausage is inserted. And since the German-Americans who dominate the local population are big eaters, two bratwursts are usually squeezed into one roll, side by side.
So it looks like this.
Those babies are genuine Sheboygan Johnsonville brats.
And another point from the NY Times:
True sons of Sheboygan view parboiling as foolishness. They acknowledge the danger of exploding brats, certainly, but they insist that the way to guard against it is to cook the sausages slowly, for 20 minutes or more, a respectful distance from coals that have subsided from red to gray-white.
Remember, brats are serious business in Sheboygan.
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That’s Fritz Usinger, a fourth-generation sausage-maker pictured today in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Photo: Michael Sears)
You saw Guy Fieri in the opening video dunk his brats in a beer bath and then move them to a grill. A gazillion grillers cook brats that way. But here’s what Usinger told the newspaper:
I never precook sausages. Some people swear by parboiling, nah. When parboiling, you’re cooking them twice, in the pan, then grill. I don’t parboil them.
I’m a lager kind of guy. And I never cook my sausage in beer. The sausage-maker creates a spice recipe and flavor he wants to give his customer. He’s creating it and he likes that flavor. He wants you to like it, and if you like it and buy it, then you’re on the same page. When you cook it in beer, it tastes like beer.
That’s consistent with what Usinger told OnMilwaukee.com in 2013:
If you’re going to grill your sausage, if you parboil it, you’re cooking it twice. You’re overcooking it and losing flavors. I never do it. Parboiling makes the sausages rubbery.
Beer is for drinking. I don’t want my brat tasting like a beer. I like to keep my beer and my brats separate. Usinger’s does not make a beer brat.
I rarely simmer my brats in beer, but not for the reasons Usinger states. I simply prefer less time and hassle.
But I do believe Usinger has me convinced. Nothing wrong at all with a brat getting as TV chef Emeril would put it, “all happy” from swimming in a Pilsner. My #1 choice would be package to grill to bun.
—-April 26, 2015
We also ripped Burger King that dared to sell brats for a short time…with yellow mustard.
So lets’s talk toppings.
Great potential here. That naked brat is in desperate need of jazzing up.
Have you heard what they’re doing at…
To commemorate the 100th season of the Green Bay Packers, Delaware North, which runs the food operations for the Packers, came up with some new concessions.
One of them is the Brat-in-a-Blanket, topped with melted cheese curds and served with a beer mustard.
The result…
It goes for $12.
That wouldn’t deter me.
As we’ve done so many times in the past, we defer to that great philosopher Arthur Fonzarelli. In an episode of his classic TV series “Happy Days” the Fonz conveys some valuable advice using ketchup and ice cream to illustrate his point.
Separate they’re two thumbs up. But put them together? Disaster-amundo.
The above creation might not be all that bad. But I’ve been on this planet a long time, all of my years right here in God’s country, the Badger State. I have never known anyone to slather melted cheese on their brat.
Here’s the deal. Brat perfection doesn’t look like this.
Here ya go.
The Best Photos of the Week (09/16/18)
A pictorial week-in-review posted every Sunday.
1) In Washington, a flag is unfurled at sunrise on the 17th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
2) Bianca Burton (center left) and Erin Schultheis walk around Pepperdine University’s annual display of flags honoring the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on September 10, 2018, in Malibu, California. Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP
3) Members of the New York City Fire Department stand outside Engine 10 and Ladder 10 firehouse for a moment of silence during observances at the annual ceremony at the Ground Zero memorial site in New York. Photo:
4) A man wipes a tear while pausing by the south pool of the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies in New York. Photo:
5) Guests visit National 9/11 Memorial in front of the stage as they are listening to the readings of victims’ names, during ceremonies marking the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
6) U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Edwin Morales kneels as he honors his cousin Ruben Correa during ceremonies marking the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
7) In Wrightsville Beach, residents look out at the ocean before the predicted arrival of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
8) A family enjoys the surf ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Oak Island, North Carolina. Photo: REUTERS/Randall Hill
9) Flamingos are sheltered as part of Hurricane Florence preparations at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in South Carolina on September 13, 2018. Photo: Riverbanks Zoo And Garden / Reuters
10) Supplies no longer available in a store as Hurricane Florence approaches the east coast in Nichols, South Carolina, on Thursday. Photograph: David Goldman/AP
11) Clouds are seen over a deserted Ocean Blvd as the force of Hurricane Florence is felt in Myrtle Beach. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
12) Marge Brown, 65, says goodbye to her father, George Brown, 90, before he is evacuated from a healthcare home in Morehead City, North Carolina. “I’d like to stay and see what happens. I’m 90 plus,” said Brown, a WWII veteran who says he’s survived a plane crash and severe burns from a laboratory fire where he once worked. Photo:
13) The volunteer Amber Hersel from the Civilian Crisis Response Team helps rescue the 7-year-old Keiyana Cromartie and her family from their flooded home on September 14, 2018, in James City, Virginia. Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty
14) Volunteers from the Civilian Crisis Response Team help rescue three children from their flooded home on Friday in James City, North Carolina. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
15) Sam Parks walks through flooded Water Street as Hurricane Florence comes ashore in Wilmington, North Carolina. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
16) Russ Lewis covers his eyes from a gust of wind and a blast of sand as Hurricane Florence approaches Myrtle Beach on Sept. 14. Photo:
17) A tree crashed into a home in Wilmington, North Carolina, killing a woman and her baby. Wilmington was hit with wind gusts of over 100 mph on Friday morning. Photo:
18) Firefighters battle a house fire on Herrick Road in North Andover, Massachusetts, one of multiple emergency crews responding to a series of gas explosions and fires triggered by a problem with a gas line that feeds homes in several communities north of Boston, on September 13, 2018. Photo: Mary Schwalm / AP
19) Women embrace through the border fence during the Interfaith Service for Justice and Mercy at the Border to demand that the U.S. government end the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on September 7, 2018. Photo: Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters
20) Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro reacts after being stabbed during a rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Photo: REUTERS/Raysa Campos Leite
21) A visitor looks at an artwork titled The Massacre of the Innocents by the Russian contemporary artists Igor and Ekaterina Pestov during their retrospective exhibition at the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg on September 13, 2018. Olga Maltseva / AFP / Getty
22) In Bangkok, Thailand, a visitor with a 3D painting at the Art in Paradise museum. Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA
23) The finalists have been announced for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, sponsored by the Born Free Foundation and designed to raise awareness of the natural world. We have a few. An owl peeks up from the ground in one of the 2018 finalists. Photograph: Shane Keena/Barcroft Images
24) ‘Not tonight darling, I’ve got a headache.’ Photograph: Maureen Toft/Barcroft Images
25) It takes two komodo dragons to tango. Photograph: Sergey Savvi/Barcroft Images
26) A ninja squirrel rehearses some moves. Photograph: Mary McGowan/Barcroft Images
27) A rhinoceros in a tutu? Photograph: Kallol Mukherjee/Barcroft Images
28) ‘Stop me if I’m boring you’ – an owl yawns. Photograph: Danielle D’Ermo/Barcroft Images
29) Serena Williams yells at chair umpire Carlos Ramos in the women’s final against Naomi Osaka of Japan at the U.S. Open in New York. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY SPORTS.
30) Naomi Osaka of Japan (left) cries as Serena Williams of the USA comforts her after the crowd booed during the trophy ceremony following the women s final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Photo: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
31) In Vatry, France, Olympic medalist sprinter extraordinaire Usain Bolt, center, attempts to run during a zero-gravity flight over France, courtesy of a champagne producer. Photograph: Laurent Theillet/AP
32) Badgers kicker Rafael Gaglianone (27) reacts to a missed field goal late in the fourth quarter of the BYU Cougars’ 24-21 win over Wisconsin on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. The kick would have tied the game at 24-24. Photo:
33) Badgers coach Paul Chryst watches on the sidelines after kicker Rafael Gaglianone, left, missed a 42-yard field goal that would have tied the game late in the fourth quarter of Wisconsin’s 24-21 loss to BYU on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. Photo:
34) A Green Bay Packers fan watches during the first half against the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
35) Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is hurt as he is sacked by Bears defensive end Roy Robertson-Harris in the second quarter last Sunday. Photo: Jose M. Osorio / Chicago
Tribune. Another look. Photo: Dan Powers, USA TODAY. And another. Photo: Mark Hoffman, Journal Sentinel. One more. Photo: USA TODAY Network
36) Green Bay Packers wide receiver Geronimo Allison (81) and wide receiver Randall Cobb (18) dance after a 39-yard touchdown by Allison against the Chicago Bears in the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
37) Green Bay Packers’ Randall Cobb scores the go ahead touchdown on a catch and run reception in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears in the season opener on Sunday, September 9, 2018, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers defeated the Bears 24 to 23.
38) Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb (18) scores a 75-yard touchdown against the Chicago Bears in the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in Green Bay, Wis.
39) Packers linebacker Nick Perry sacks Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky with only a short time left on the game clock late in the fourth quarter last Sunday. The Packers beat Chicago, 24-23. Photo: Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune
Week-ends (09/15/18)
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
VILLAINS OF THE WEEK
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“Please do not let your guard down. This is a very dangerous storm.”
Brock Long, administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Hurricane Florence. While the storm was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, it was expected to dump 40 inches of rain in areas of North Carolina.
“We hope we have something left when we get home.”
Melody Rawson of Myrtle Beach, on leaving for Georgia to get out of the path of Hurricane Florence
“They haven’t seen anything like what’s coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. It’s tremendously big and tremendously wet, tremendous amounts of water. It could very well be very similar to Texas in the sense that it’s tremendous amounts of water … probably more water than we’ve ever seen in a storm or a hurricane.”
President Trump
“We are women who have known Brett Kavanaugh for more than 35 years and knew him while he attended high school between 1979 and 1983. For the entire time we have known Brett Kavanaugh, he has behaved honorably and treated women with respect. We strongly believe it is important to convey this information to the Committee at this time. Brett attended Georgetown Prep, an all-boys high school in Rockville, Maryland. He was an outstanding student and athlete with a wide circle of friends. Almost all of us attended all girls high schools in the area. We knew Brett well through social events, sports, church, and various other activities. Many of us have remained close friends with him and his family over the years.
“Through the more than 35 years we have known him, Brett has stood out for his friendship, character, and integrity. In particular, he has always treated women with decency and respect. That was true when he was in high school, and it has remained true to this day. The signers of this letter hold a broad range of political views. Many of us are not lawyers, but we know Brett Kavanaugh as a person. And he has always been a good person.”
Five dozen women who went to high school with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein backing his character
“There’s no public figure who’s ever liked their headlines. It’s OK. It’s part of the process. What the president should say is, ‘This is right, I’m glad I’m being scrutinized.’ That would be so secure and confident.”
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos at the Economic Club of Washington on Trump’s attacks on the press
“When a woman is emotional, she’s ‘hysterical’ and she’s penalized for it. When a man does the same, he’s ‘outspoken’ and there are no repercussions.”
Billie Jean King after Serena Williams lost her U.S. Open tennis match final, losing a game because of penalties for which male players have not been so severely disciplined
“Not sure what went wrong in your life that would make you insult Willie Nelson. You can argue politics all you want but you cannot argue Willie.”
Country singer and comedian Wheeler Walker Jr. on Nelson’s support of Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke over Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. The news angered many of Nelson’s fans.
“Goodbye Willie, I don’t support socialist commies! You’re not going to advertise on my FB page either. Like we say in Texas, Now Git!”
David R. Williams wrote on Facebook
“My cash won’t go to anyone that supports far-left liberalism; don’t care what the rest of the country does but it goes against my personal beliefs and will never happen.”
Facebook user Melody Napoli reacting to Nelson
“We are seeing tens of millions of dollars flooding into the state of Texas from liberals all over the country who desperately want to turn the state of Texas blue. They want us to be just like California, right down to tofu and silicon and dyed hair.”
Sen. Cruz, on contributions to his opponent in the senate race, O’Rourke
OUTRAGE OF THE WEEK
Novelist Who Penned ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ Essay Charged With Husband’s Murder
MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK
Here’s How Much The NRA Spent In Grants To Support School Security Projects Nationwide
MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK
Media with no answers continues to speculate about who wrote that NY Times op-ed
MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK
Where Are The Most Viruses In An Airport?
The hurricane, 9-11,violence in politics,Trump the role model, and casual sex
Here are this week’s highly interesting reads:
Today’s highly interesting read (09/14/18): Hurricane Florence: Here’s why I’m NOT evacuating
Today’s highly interesting read (09/12/18): The Teenage Casualties of Casual Sex
Today’s highly interesting read (09/11/18): Is the President a Bad Role Model for Children?
Today’s highly interesting read (09/10/18): A Tower of Courage
