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 January 10th, 2008

A couple of photo trips to the Matt Kenseth Fan Club Store/Museum

by @ 23:52. Filed under Sports.

Somewhere below, I gave you a picture of the DeWalt Nano car that won the last “Car of Yesterday” race in NASCAR Cup history. I guess I should point you to the whole Flickr photostream of two different trips I took to the Matt Kenseth Fan Club Store/Museum up in Cambridge, especially since they were remodeling to give that car a proper display (it was in the “first Cup win” display when I was there in December):

Strolling through the museum in October
The DeWalt Nano car (in a temporary display)

It’s a dog-eat-drunk world out there

by @ 23:39. Filed under Law and order.

(H/T – Jib)

Today’s lesson of what not to do when drunk and in a crashed car comes to us from Durham, NC’s Josue Herrios-Coronilla and examiner.com: Do not step in a canine land mine as you stumble away from the wrecked car and then keep the uncleaned shoe on after you stagger into the getaway van.

Roll bloat – Google Blogsearch edition

by @ 23:24. Filed under The Blog.

One of the fastest ways to get my attention is to link to me. It’s not a guarantee to getting on the roll and the feed reader, but if the content is good, it’s a sure-fire way to do so. Yorick’s Persiflage qualifies on all counts.

Shameless self-promotion – MRQ of the week edition

by @ 23:10. Filed under The Blog.

One of my MRQs this week, “You hear me talking, Huckleberry boy?”, is up for MRQ of the week over at Real Debate Wisconsin. This is the only time I encourage you to vote early and vote often.

Sorry, competition, the Egg Slime Machine™ is not for hire this week; rather, you’re the targets. First, it wasn’t the hair that killed Romney in Iowa. Second, here comes the sqeeze. Finally, just grab some collagen.

Remember, vote for Marcellus Wallac…er, steveegg this week. Otherwise, he will get medevial on your asses.

Latest debate – instant review

by @ 22:43. Filed under Politics - National.

Well, the Fox crew did what they should have; keep just enough of a rein on things to let the candidates either shine or step in it. So, who shone and who stepped in it?

Fred Thompson – Get me my shades. He had Huckabee’s breakfast, lunch and dinner, and dined on McCain’s snack while tossing back New York Times’ martinis.

Mitt Romney – Mostly-solid, but he was reduced to playing Roast-A-Paul-Nut.

John McCain – See Romney.

Rudy Giuliani – He’s a real vanishing man. Going to be invisible soon.

Mike Huckabee – The Republican Party didn’t leave him, he left the Republican Party.

Ron Paul – When even Mike Huckabee roasts you, you’re a bad candidate.

Shut the f**k up, fat Huck

by @ 22:18. Filed under Politics - National.

I hope the blogosphere’s personal DVR, Allahpundit, is rolling hard drive on Mike Huckabee’s meltdown in the spin room. If his defense of his outright liberalism by saying that Reagan was also a tax-raising liberal doesn’t sink his fat ass, I don’t know what will.

Did you think winter was really over?

by @ 17:40. Filed under Weather.

Yes, we had tornadoes in January for the first time since 1967. However, we’ve got quarter-sized snowflakes falling in the south suburbs of Milwaukee right now, so be careful out there.

Defending the American Dream Summit – Wisconsin

by @ 16:19. Filed under Defending the American Dream.

I believe I mentioned this before, but since it dropped off the front page, I’ll mention it again.

Americans for Prosperity is holding the Defending the American Dream Summit – Wisconsin at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee, WI on Saturday, February 9, 2008. Full details and registration ($29 for general/$15 for students) are available at the link. Trust me, you will want to sign up. I was at the national DAD summit, and that was a crowded (1,600 strong while AFP had originally anticipated about 600), fun couple of days. Even if we don’t get any of the invited Presidential candidates, they have a rather strong lineup.

So, if you haven’t already signed up, I have but one question, why are you still here and not there signing up?

Time to declare an AoS war on St. Charles, MO

by @ 15:30. Filed under Miscellaneous.

(H/T – Mike/The Jawa Report)

A couple of tenents of the Ace of Spades lifestyle will soon be banned in St. Charles, Missouri bars, at least if the politicos have their way. The city fathers want to ban table-dancing, drinking games, and vulgar language. Those that have sensitive eyes, don’t click the “more” to hear my response; the rest of you, click away…

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Lethal cuteness, part zwei

by @ 14:44. Filed under Miscellaneous.

(H/T – Dave in Texas/AoSHQ)

That’s right, kids, those crazy German zoos are at again. It seems the Nuremburg Zoo found the perfect mate for Knut, a 4-week-old female polar bear taken from her mother after the mother exhibited some of the same behaviors as another polar bear mother who practiced some post-partum abortion on her cubs.

No word yet on whether Allahpundit will bless the eventual union.

Post-NH Fox Pubbie debate – Drunkblogging

by @ 14:20. Filed under Politics - National.

We have Ron Paul in the debate this time, so I will be drunkblogging this thing. Between roasting PaulNuts and the alcohol, I expect to be am swearing like a longshoreman and not sugarcoating the expletives behind either the phonetic alphabet or a <expletive deleted> tag, so this will not be simulcast over at my little corner of TownHall’s wall. I’ll be back here somewhere around 7:45 to run this bout of insanity straight into the ground (quick, somebody call the NTSB).

With that warning out of the way, I’ll once again remind you how I do this. I’m not the fastest typist on the planet, and my wireless keyboard is starting to crap out on me, so I paraphrase a lot. The questions from the mods will be in italics, the answers from the candidates will be in normal text, if you see “DING! DING!” in-line with an answer, that’s the bell going off, not me agreeing, and anything in parentheses in-line with a question or an answer is my commentary.

Joining in the liveblogging (yes, it’s early, but some people have actually started or already announced)
Ken Taylor, guest-blogging live at Mike’s America
John Hawkins at Right Wing News
Matt Lewis at TownHall, who is giving up a party to do this.
The gang at Heading Right, including Fausta of Fausta’s Blog.
Justin Higgins at Right on the Right
The gang at Free Republic
Sean Hackbarth at Fred File (I’ll have the actual link when it’s up, I hope; also, that is an official campaign site)
Allahpundit and friends at Hot Air
The Lizards at Little Green Footballs (they go through an average of 3 threads per debate, so I won’t link to a specific one)
Ace at AoSHQ
Michelle Malkin
The gang at RedState

The world’s most-dangerous car

by @ 12:57. Filed under Business.

(H/T – Jon Ham)

I’m trying so hard not to make the inevitable A-cup jokes about the launch of the 10-foot, 1/2-ton, 4-passenger (yeah, right), $2,500 (or $3,000 after tax and title) Tata Nano in India. So, what else do you get with your 120,000 rupees (after tax and title)? Let’s take a look (pic courtesy The Times (London):

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– 4 doors that lock
– 4 on the floor (those of you who said that you can’t drive a stick, you’re SOL)
– seat belts
– 2 cylinder, 33 hp gas engine, allegedly good for 50 mpg
– steering wheel
– a trunk big enough for a duffle bag

Air conditioning, power locks, radio and sun visors are available at extra cost.

In comparison, the DeWalt Nano…

Nano winner front-side

…features seating for one in a custom-built racing seat, a 800-hp engine, built-in two-way radio, two ignition boxes, a 5-point racing harness, 4 racing GoodYear Eagles, detachable steering wheel, and at least in the pictured model, a lot of confetti for about $180,000.

Back to seriousness (or what passes for it here), while the manufacturer says that the Tata Nano has passed a full-frontal crash test, I’m reminded of another full-frontal crash test our British friends at “Top Gear” did:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_t1l9pNHSI[/youtube]

Remember, the Smart is bigger and has airbags galore.

Fred Blogburst – Let’s reload that pickup

by @ 12:10. Filed under Politics - National.

Revisions/extensions (10:11 pm 1/10/2008) – The red pickup is reloaded. As of 10:10, we had $548,922 in it.

We got a new paint scheme for the truck, a new lease on life after making it through Iowa, and a new goal – $540,000 by the end of tomorrow, January 11. As I type this (just before noon Central), we’re $105,004 short of that goal. Why is it important to get those ads on in South Carolina? I’ll let Rick Moran explain:

But Thompson desperately needs to win in South Carolina in order to continue to be a viable candidate. And there are several factors at play in the Palmetto State that makes a Thompson win a realistic goal:

1. Romney has dropped out of the running in SC, having pulled his ads and is transferring staff in order to ambush John McCain in Michigan.

2. That leaves only three candidates with a realistic shot at winning in SC; Huckabee, McCain, and Thompson. Amazingly, none of the three candidates will have an overwhelming advantage when it comes to financing. This levels the playing field considerably.

3. SC voters have made it clear that opposition to illegal immigration is one of the top issues in the state. Looking at the three candidates above, who do you think has the most consistent, conservative record on immigration?

4. Outside factors may play a role in the dynamics of the race. McCain may very well be grievously wounded by a Romney win in Michigan – a state he won in 2000. There would be little time for McCain to right himself following a loss there what with the SC primary 4 days later.

In short, a Thompson win in SC is not only possible but within reach – if Fred has the money for media buys to get his message to the people.

To that, I add Thompson’s comprehensive plan to reduce federal spending. This one’s a special for my “friend” George, who has signed up, mistakenly in my humble opinion, with John McCain:

  • Balance the budget and eliminate underperforming programs
  • Enact meaningful earmark reform
  • Eliminate improper government payments and prosecute fraud
  • Reform entitlement programs

Folks, I can’t force you to go through that door, donate to the Thompson campaign, and ultimately vote for him. I can only show you the door and why it would be wise to go through. So, please, go through that door, donate, and vote. For your convenience, you can either click on that button at the top-left of the blog or click on it below:

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Revisions/extensions (6:45 pm 1/10/2008) – Actually, I have a pair of updates. The first is that the red pickup has $516,215 in it, which means we need another $23,785. The second is Fred talking about the experts (H/T – Austin over at The Fred File):

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