Good morning.
Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high of twenty-seven.
The results of yesterday’s poll are now in, on the question of whether Lykoi cats are preferable. I like cats, and even I had only a mild yes to the question, but 75% of respondents voted against them. So, they’re probably not destined to be the hot cat variety of the twenty-first century, one supposes.
One commenter said that they look like Eddie Munster.
Sure enough, I do see a resemblance…
On this day in 1980, the United States defeats the Soviets in Olympic hockey, for one of the most memorable upsets in that sport’s history.
(These recent years, of course, it’s been Canada that’s been Olympic hockey’s dominant team.)
In Wisconsin history on this day in 1950, a committee begins investigating Sen. Joe McCarthy’s allegations of Communism in the U.S. government:
1950 – McCarthy Committee Formed to Investigate Red Scare
On this date, at the suggestion of Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas, the five-member Tyding Committee was created. This group was a subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee and was charged with the sole purpose of investigating Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy’s accusations of communist activities. [Source: Fox Valley Turning Points]