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But apparently you do with Iron Man.

With this type of backdrop, there's no way the sequel can match up to last year's blockbuster.

Normally featured on Sunday, Photos of the Week is early this week only.

 

City of Milwaukee commissioner of health Bevan K. Baker speaks to the media inside of the Zeidler Building located at 841 N. Broadway Wednesday. Along side Baker is Mayor Tom Barrett (left) and Dr. Seth Foldy, state Public Health Administrator. Officials announced that at the time, at least two probable cases of swine flu had been identified in Milwaukee with a third case in Adams County in central Wisconsin. Journal Sentinel photo: Tom Lynn

 

Journal Sentinel photo: Tom Lynn






Eric Lomas finds the doors at Riverside High School were locked after officials closed the school because of a suspected swine flu case Wedneday. Lomas was hoping to attend a class on making sushi. Journal Sentinel photo: Benny Sieu

 

Nuns wear face masks during a closed door mass at the Metropolitan cathedral in Mexico City, Sunday, April 26, 2009. Churches stood empty Sunday in predominantly Roman Catholic Mexico City after services were canceled, and health workers screened airports and bus stations for people sickened by a new strain of swine flu that experts fear could become a global epidemic.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

 

Residents, one wearing a protective mask, walk along an unusually empty intersection in downtown Mexico City, Wednesday April 29, 2009. The World Health Organization has declared a Phase 5 outbreak of swine flu, the second-highest on its threat scale, indicating a pandemic could be imminent.(AP Photo/Enric Marti)

 

Diane Barrera disinfects a classroom at the Golden Rule Charter School in Dallas on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The charter school in Dallas is temporarily closed as a precaution after officials learned a student probably has the swine flu virus. (AP Photo/LM Otero)


 

 

A pedestrian walks past a sign promoting handwashing to reduce transmission of infection in the lobby of the building housing the offices of the Mexican Embassy, Thursday, April 30, 2009 in Ottawa, Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

 

A Filipino man applies oil on a row of roasted pigs to make them more attractive to buyers in Manila, Philippines, on Monday, April 27, 2009. Philippine health officials say the country remains free from swine flu as WHO warns countries around the world to be on alert of any unusual flu outbreaks after the virus was implicated in deaths of several people and an increasing case of infection spread in Mexico. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)


 

 

Chrysler workers exit from the Chrysler Warren Truck Assembly Plant April 30, 2009 in Warren, Michigan. Chrysler failed to come to an agreement with all of its debt holders by a government imposed deadline and announced they will be filing for bankruptcy and shutting down most of its manufacturing plants until the bankruptcy process is over. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

 

A wounded man lies motionless on the ground during clashes between Turkish police and one leftist militant in a residential area of Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, April 27, 2009. The militant, one policeman and one onlooker were killed during more than five hours shootout.(AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)






An Israeli girl sits next to the grave of a fallen soldier at Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, April 27, 2009. Israel is marking its memorial day on Tuesday for soldiers killed since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

 

Danny Pang, founder and former chief executive officer of Private Equity Management Group Inc., attempts to block the view of a photographer as he departs from federal court in Santa Ana, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Pang, who U.S. regulators say defrauded investors in Taiwan, was ordered freed on $1 million bail. Photographer: Jonathan Alcorn/Bloomberg News

 

American civil rights pioneer and Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, was arrested by Secret Service agents in front of the Sudanese Embassy while demonstrating against the genocide in Darfur, in Washington. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

 

Members of ADAPT, a disability rights group pass the White House April 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The group is calling on President Obama to pass the Community Choice Act, a community-based alternative to nursing homes and institutions for people with disabilities. Photo: Getty Images


 

 

A South Korean protester paints on his face in an anti-government rally on May Day in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 1, 2009. South Korean workers marked May Day with protests demanding better working conditions, protection of farmers and restrictions on the hiring of short-term workers. The banner read "Abolition Short-term workers." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)


 

 

Participants at a May Day rally wear plastic buttocks and T-shirts that read "Shove your economic stimulus package up that..." in Nuremberg, Germany. Photo: Daniel Karmann / EPA

The Grim Reaper, played by Washington County Sheriff's Deputy Ronald Rewerts, beckons junior Kaylee Rossman while he stalks the classrooms of West Bend East High School. The program titled “Every 15 Minutes”, is aimed at preventing alcohol related traffic injuries and fatalities. Journal Sentinel photo: William J. Lizdas

After being chosen by the Grim Reaper, West Bend student Kaylee Rossman listens while her obituary, written by her parents, is read to her classmates by West Bend Police Capt. Toby Netko. Journal Sentinel photo: William J. Lizdas

 

Carl Edwards (99) goes airborne after colliding with Brad Keselowski, bottom, on the final lap of the Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on Sunday, April 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Glenn Smith)

Carl Edwards climbs out of his car after crashing on the final lap of the Aaron's 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on Sunday, April 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Glenn Smith)


 

 

President Obama hosts the start of the "White House to Light House' Wounded Warrior Soldier's ride on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2009. Photo: AP

 

Visitors stroll under a canopy of blossoming cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in New York, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

 

Amy Pryle, age 3, reacts as a Grey Pansy butterfly lands on her nose at the Natural History Museum's Butterfly Jungle exhibition in London, Thursday, April 30, 2009. The Butterfly Jungle exhibition recreates a living rainforest environment, where tropical butterflies roam freely and other insects are display. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

 

A raccoon peers out from a hole in a tree in a ravine in Moreland Hills, Ohio on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)


 

 

Sophia Clementi, 3, and her 4-year-old brother, Nick, try to get the attention of Themba, a 5-year-old male lion, at the Milwaukee County Zoo this week. Journal Sentinel photo: Mike DeSisti

People in Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Switzerland, vote by raising their hands on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Voters have banned naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region. By a show of hands citizens of the tiny canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air annual assembly to impose a 200 Swiss franc ($176) fine on violators. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza) (ENNIO LEANZA, AP / April 26, 2009)

 

This past winter, a growing number of unclad hikers was wandering the Alps, near Appenzell. Some Swiss legal experts said at the time banning nudity in public would be unconstitutional. Photo: Christoph Bangert for The New York Times, published March 16, 2009

Based on old comic books?






Watch.

The critics hate the damn picture. That means it's gotta be good.

A billboard featuring an illustration of German politicians including German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) wearing only underwear is displayeed at a press conference in Berlin The ad from underwear company 'Bruno Banani' reads 'we are giving everything to increase demand. Locals weren't too happy. Photo:Victoria Bonn-Meuser/AFP


 Now here's Merkel in formal regalia:




And I'm trying to think, what if we did the same thing here in the good ol' USA. What would these people look like if they were in similar billboards a la Angela Merkel?

Do we really want to see it?





Nancy Pelosi






Barbara Boxer






Barbara Streisand

Susan Sarandon




Hillary Clinton


No thanks!

Without a doubt.

Yes, even more important than the swine flu.

It is...

More from NY Times.

Hit some of D.C.'s best golf courses, and shut the hell up.

FranklinNOW bloggers were given the utmost advance warning (7:22 tonight) that our blogs were being switched over to....

OOOOOOOHHHH!

The same blogger system used by........

OOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!

The blogging system used by the Journal Sentinel bloggers.

You mean like, JIM STINGL, LAUREL WALKER, TIM CUPRISIN, and EUGENE KANE?

Goodness gracious, Kevin, control your emotions!

DO NOT BLOG ANYTHING ON FRIDAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE SO DON'T, DO I  MAKE MYSELF CLEAR DUMKOPF, DO NOT BLOG ANYTHING FRIDAY. WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU WHEN IT'S SAFE TO BLOG AGAIN, AND DON'T WORRY. NO  ONE AT BROWNDEERNOW.COM HAD ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNY TROUBLE WHATSOEVER WHEN WE MADE THE SWITCH.

Wow. Comforting.

Folks, I worked at the empire known as Journal Communications. I've blogged for them for awhile and they've made as many techncial switches as I've changed my socks.

As we head into a weekend  when readers know I have a series of regular features, I merely point out that if there are problems, be patient with, not me, but the techno-guru's at 4th and State.

And if there are problems and you can't be patient, something the Journal folks don't understand (That is, people get upset, it's murder to get them back), please return.  It wasn't my fault.

I tend to use photos whenever I can on my blog. I find them very interesting, and speaking for This Just In, they tend to be very popular.

Far from a photography buff, I struggle with a box camera. That’s why I am in awe of the material I come across day to day. It’s even more impressive when a so-called amateur produces work that would make professionals stand up and take notice.

That’s the case with Paula Haberman. I introduced you to her amazing work last December.

I’ve learned that one of her hundreds of photos of Milwaukee’s City Hall graces the cover of the May 2009 edition of Wisconsin Builder magazine. I don’t have a photo of the actual cover, but here’s the shot Haberman took that is on the cover:

Isn't that great?

Since we've never met, let me call you Ms. Haberman and extend my heartfelt congratulations!

I do know your father (My deepest sympathies, by the way), and I know how incredibly proud he is of what you've accomplished.

I just have one question for you Ms.Haberman.

Do you do baby baptisms?

Predictable, but a good programming move, the Hallmark Channel will broadcast a Golden Girls marathon on Sunday. This week, one of the “Girls,” Bea Arthur passed away.

Somehow, some way, an 80's sitcom about older women in the age-conscious world of television marketing managed to become a hit.

Slate says the show was beyond cool. It was sit-com genius:

“Golden Girls boasted characters who were sharp in their humor and secure in their freedoms, which included the freedom to be mean. The show's most biting laugh lines—which are shaped so well that these scripts would work for radio—achieve that ideal bitchiness animating The Women. That the characters insult one another so viciously indicates their intimacy.”

Would the show work today? Too old, you say? It was funnier and more creative than most of today’s comedic offerings.

OMG!



BATMAN IS BROKE!

Want to know how harsh the vilification of Wisconsin businesses is on the part of legislative Democrats?

Here is quite possibly the perfect, and not very eloquent, example.

While debating yet another anti-business bill on the floor of the state Assembly Wednesday, state Representative Phil Garthwaite (D-Dickeyville) voiced his sentiments about businesses for all the world to see and hear. It’s rather revealing.

Is it any wonder our business climate is one of the worst and businesspeople are made to feel like 3^rd class citizens.

Click here, then click Watch under 04.29.09 | Wisconsin State Assembly Special Session.

Then move 1:15:30 into the video to hear the great orator, Phil Garthwaite.


UPDATE:  I guess the ever so sharp Capitol press corps (Would someone please wake up Steve Walters) must have missed this..

There is this.

There is a silver lining in this rotten economy.

Isn’t it great to know that when those who are truly in need because of these rough times can always go to the phone and inquire about their government assistance, their U.S. government assistance and get all the help, all the answers they need from a warm, friendly voice on the other end of the line………………………..in India.

Yep. We can still create jobs in these dire straits, in other countries.

HOW BAD IS IT?


The economy is so bad that...


Adults are moving back home to live with their folks.


College cafeterias are going without trays.


Casinos are instructing dealers not to talk about the gloomy economy with paying customers.


More women are going from jobless to topless.


Vasectomy rates are up.


More and more window smudges.


Couples are still getting divorced, but fewer lawyers are handling the cases.


A dentist shortage led this poor guy to super-glue his own tooth.

Lori Drew gets sentenced today.

The first blog.


The update.

Christina Applegate has been chosen as the 2009 People magazine's Most Beautiful and graces the cover of the special issue on newsstands May 1. (AP Photo / September 21, 2008)


She's also inspirational.

Here's more from a blog I wrote last summer.

That describes some of the swine flu rollercoaster coverage in the media.

Fox 6 says don't fall for scams.

Tonight’s high school varsity girl’s soccer game between Milwaukee Riverside and Milwaukee South was postponed after Riverside became one of four Milwaukee Public Schools to be closed indefinitely because of the wine flu outbreak.

The game was scheduled to be played at 7:00 tonight at South Stadium. The Riverside team was on the field going through pre-game warm-ups when it received a call from a school official to leave the stadium immediately.

South Division had received a call before the team’s bus left the school for the stadium notifying the team that the game would not be played. Fans, officials, and stadium security were at the stadium, unaware of the development about Riverside High School.

And in a related story, this is huge.