No Runny Eggs

The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.

Archive for November 13th, 2007

Ron Paul? 15-18 percent in New Hampshire?

by @ 18:41. Filed under Elections, Politics - National.

Jim Geraghty caught a segment on the Sean Hannity radio program where John Zogby made just such a claim. The last Zogby poll, in September, had Paul at 3 percent, while more-recent polls bumped him up to 7.

Since the Democrats have not taken away any delegates from the New Hampshire delegation, the only way that Paul gets even 5 percent in the primary is if the Democratic field is settled by Iowa. Given Barack Obama’s recent surge there, that’s looking less likely, at least without a trip into Ft. Marcy Park.

Hasn’t the IAEA heard of Xerox?

by @ 18:22. Filed under War on Terror.

(H/T – Little Green Footballs)

In an attempt to stall the world from acting before it gains nuclear weapons, Iran turned over a copy of a 2-year-old set of blueprints on how to mold uranium into weaponized shapes to the IAEA. LGF notes that the IAEA, headed by Mohamed ElBaradei, has been claiming that Iran has nothing but piec…er, peaceful intentions with their nuclear weapo…er, power production plan. Iran claims that they ‘accidentally’ got the blueprints during other black-market shopping. I say that Iran was shopping for them, kept the originals, and has every intention on acting upon them and using the results.

Can we bomb them now?

Picture of the day

by @ 18:13. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Courtesy SeeDubya…

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It’s a veto party

by @ 17:54. Filed under Politics - Milwaukee County, Taxes.

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s veto message is below the fold. Among the 22 are the County Board pay increase, continued funding the infamous House of Corrections Farm and Fish Hatchery, and the separate $9,127,378 tax levy increase.

Since the County Board will be voting on overriding these vetoes tomorrow, hammer them first thing tomorrow to get them to uphold all 22.

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5 winners in a row

by @ 7:01. Filed under Sports.

Yes, once again the vig crushed me, and that .500-for-the-year barrier is proving to be made of bulletproof glass, but 7-6-1 is above .500 the last time I checked…

Minnesota 0 (+6) @ Green Bay 34 – I knew there was a reason why I picked up this defense (I’ll conveniently ignore I also picked up Duh Viqueens D, but mention that I didn’t use them).
Chicago 17 (-3.5) @ Oakland – For about 55 minutes, Eric was looking pretty happy. Then the last 5 rolled around.
Detroit 21 (pick’em) @ Arizona 31 – Lesson #12: Do NOT take Duh Lion Cubs on the road, EVER!
Jacksonville 28 (+5) @ Tennessee 13 – And the Jags screwed with the schedule-makers.
Denver 27 (+3) @ Kansas City 11 – For the first time this season, Denver did not need Jason Elam to save them.
Buffalo 13 (-3-TIE) @ Miami 10 – That would be an awesome parlay.
Cleveland 28 @ Pittsburgh 31 (-10-LOSS) – Maybe it’s the uniforms.
St Louis 37 @ New Orleans 29 (-11) – And then there was one, as the Aints return to historical form.
Atlanta 20 @ Carolina 13 (-3.5) – Sorry, ST. Maybe in 2 weeks.
Philadelphia 33 (+3) @ Washington 25 – Feel the brotherly love.
Cincinnati 21 (+3.5) @ Baltimore 7 – Yes, this is FOOTball.
Dallas 31 (-2.5) @ NY Giants 20 – Hoffa knows his G-men; after all, he has a 50-yard-line seat.
Indianapolis 21 (-4) @ San Diego 23 – And the Colts wonder, still they wonder, who’ll stop the rain?
San Francisco 0 @ Seattle 24 (-10) – The Pacific Northwest is very conducive to low-scoring games as well.

That puts the crazy mutant cheesy guy at 67-68-9 ATS and 12-7-1 over/under. Don’t think I’m making bank for the year, but I believe the next round will shatter that bulletproof glass ceiling. Knowing my luck, a shard will catch me in the neck.

If this place goes dark,…

by @ 5:56. Filed under Miscellaneous.

…it will be because I have nothing to say (or am on vacation) and forgot to tell the guest bloggers, not because I’m showing solidarity with some people who refuse to work (H/T – Fred).

That having been said, I don’t know if I have much to say today.

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