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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.

November 5, 2007

Project Valour-IT update: Match time starting to become successful

by @ 12:00. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Time to follow up on Michelle Malkin’s and her readers’ challenge to the left-of-center half of the blogosphere (including me) Well, I guess upping the ante to $500 $550 $750 $800 $1,050 $1,550 is finally starting to pay off.

Thank you, Insanity (Team Army), Greg from the Left (adding the widget for Team Air Force would be appreciated), The Online Lunchpail (Team Navy/USCG), and Springbored’s Springboard (Team Navy/USCG), for stepping up to the plate.

There’s still $30 from my pocket and a heap from others’ pockets to be donated in the name of 6 more left-of-center blogs.

As a reminder, you don’t have to be left-of-center to start or continue helping Project Valour-IT. To join a team, head here to get started. To just donate, mash one of the team’s widgets over to your left. You can also go into the Project Valour-IT auctions and start bidding on items the teams have put up. The money goes to the team the person who donated the item designated.

Revisions/extensions (1:20 pm 11/5/2007) – Make that $25 left in my pool; Lawyers, Guns and Money stepped up for Team Navy/USCG. As a housekeeping item, I will finish settling up either on the morning of the 11th or when we get 5 more left-of-center blogs to answer the bell (part of that depends on where I am when they answer; I might be in a location where I do not trust security).

Revisions/extensions part 2 (3:27 pm 11/5/2007) – The latest info direct from FbL, head fundraiser, is over here.

Revisions/extensions part 3 (9:41 pm 11/6/2007) – Make that $20. F15mech reports below Balloon Juice hopped on board Team Army.

Operation Exploitation – Day 4

by @ 3:14. Filed under Miscellaneous.

This is the Emergency Blogging System. There is a blogging emergency in effect through Thursday afternoon. Listen to these official instructions to survive the next 96 or so hours.

The polls are open through the 8th. Remember, vote for these blogs once every 24 hours per computer or IP address:

Funniest blog – DUmmie FUnnies
Best blog – Michelle Malkin
Best new blog – Jammie Wearing Fool
Best individual blogger – Flip – Suitably Flip
Best comic strip – Day by Day – Chris Muir
Best conservative blog – Sister Toldjah
Best political coverage – The Campaign Spot
Best military blog – Blackfive
Best video blog – HamNation
Video of the year – HamNation – Sopranos DC Edition
Best LGBT blog – Gay Patriot
TTLB Best of the Top 250 – My Pet Jawa (aka The Jawa Report)
TTLB Best of the Top 251-500 – Fausta
TTLB Best of the Top 501-1000 – The American Mind
TTLB Best of the Top 1751-2500 – A Blog For All
TTLB Best of the Top 2501-3500 – Boots and Sabers
TTLB Best of the Top 6751-8500 – Wigderson Library and Pub
TTLB Best of the Rest – Slublog

Vote like your life depends on it, because it just might. This has been the Emergency Blogging System.

November 4, 2007

Roll bloat – “I’m baaaaaack!” edition

by @ 14:23. Filed under The Blog.

Fred Keller has brought back Franklinheit 451. To celebrate, it’s on the roll.

NFL Week 9

by @ 10:39. Filed under Sports.

After crushing The Man last week, it’s time to rinse and repeat:

Green Bay (+2.5) (Dunno how I fouled up the sign; no matter) @ Kansas City – You could say I’m doing this just to spite Nick, and you wouldn’t be wrong. However, the Chiefs have no offense.
Denver (+3) @ Detroit – Normally, I wouldn’t take the team hurt worse, especially if they’re on the road. The Lions are not as good as the Pack.
San Diego (-7.5) @ Minnesota – San Diego’s defense is back. ‘Nuff said.
Washington @ NY Jets (+4) – Stat of the week for the game of the weak; the ‘Skins are 7-1 all-time against the J-E-T-S S*CK! SU*K! SUC*! Since it will be a 13-10 game, take the under-35.5 with full confidence.
Arizona @ Tampa Bay (-3.5) – Take the team with the defense.
Carolina (+5) @ Tennessee – It’s the inept leading the injured. Under-36 looks like a winner as well.
San Francisco (+3) @ Atlanta – See above. The Birds have no business being favored against anybody other than the Rams and ‘Fins.
Jacksonville @ New Orleans (-3.5) – Time to separate the men from the boys.
Cincinnati @ Buffalo (+2) – Defense is the name of the game, so you won’t need the points.
Seattle @ Cleveland (-2) – Neo’s home.
New England @ Indianapolis (+6.5) – Dome Sweet Dome. Over/under on when Brady gets taken out: 12:33 in the 3rd, and I’m going late.
Houston (+3) @ Oakland – Just lose, baby.
Dallas (-3.5) @ Philadelphia – Yes, Philly has a lot to say about who wins the NFC East; and they’re about to say it’s going to be the Boys.
Baltimore (+10) @ Pittsburgh – Can somebody tell me why a defensive struggle with an over/under of 36.5 has a line of 10?

Operation Exploitation – Day 3

by @ 4:14. Filed under Miscellaneous.

In case you haven’t figured this out yet, I’m doing everything in my power to get certain worthy blogs recognized. Don’t let me down by letting them down.

The polls are still open. Remember, vote for these blogs once every 24 hours per computer or IP address:

Funniest blog – DUmmie FUnnies
Best blog – Michelle Malkin
Best new blog – Jammie Wearing Fool
Best individual blogger – Flip – Suitably Flip
Best comic strip – Day by Day – Chris Muir
Best conservative blog – Sister Toldjah
Best political coverage – The Campaign Spot
Best military blog – Blackfive
Best video blog – HamNation
Video of the year – HamNation – Sopranos DC Edition
Best LGBT blog – Gay Patriot
TTLB Best of the Top 250 – My Pet Jawa (aka The Jawa Report)
TTLB Best of the Top 251-500 – Fausta
TTLB Best of the Top 501-1000 – The American Mind
TTLB Best of the Top 1751-2500 – A Blog For All
TTLB Best of the Top 2501-3500 – Boots and Sabers
TTLB Best of the Top 6751-8500 – Wigderson Library and Pub
TTLB Best of the Rest – Slublog

One more thing; Daylight Savings Time ended early this morning, so that means a couple things. First, if the time you voted was 12:30 pm, you’re more than likely to be able to vote at 11:30 am. Second, if you run a WordPress blog (either self-hosted or through WordPress.com), and you adjusted for DST, you need to re-adjust for Standard Time.

November 3, 2007

Project Valour-IT update: Match time

by @ 21:15. Filed under Miscellaneous.

I’m a bit lower on the economic scale than Michelle Malkin, but I can’t not help promote Project Valour-IT. Michelle has an open offer to donate $50 for each of the first 10 left-wing blogs that join one of the fundraising teams (Army/Navy-USCG/Air Force/Marines); I’ll kick in $5 for each of those 10. Just let Michelle know (I trust her record-keeping).

In case you haven’t noticed, those thermometers to your left are looking a little low. We need to get this thing going, so click on the team of your choice (the order as they are now are Army Green, Marine Brown, Air Force Gray and Navy Blue) and donate.

Thank you.

Revisions/extensions (2:45 am 11/4/2007) – Just so I’m clear; my donation will be divided as equally as possible among the 4 branches. Also, michellemalkin.com commenter swj719AWG also stepped up to the match plate, offering $5 per branch per left-wing blog ($20 total) for the first 10, and michellemalkin.com commenter SirKnob will kick in $5 to Team Navy/USCG per left-wing blog for the first 10.

Revisions/extensions part 2 (12:36 pm 11/4/2007) – Add trinitytim to the michellemalkin.com commenters jumping in, to the tune of $25 to Team Army for the first 10 left-wing blogs. So far, it’s been a whine-fest on the left side of the blogosphere.

Revisions/extensions part 3 (12:00 pm 11/5/2007) – This will be the last update here, as I’m moving this up to a new post (and as such, comments are closed here). The left-of-center blogs are finally starting to roll in per FbL. That was just after michellemalkin.com commenter F15mech decided to kick in $50 per left-of-center blog to Team Zoomies for the first 10. There goes my first $20; I’m looking for another 6 for the last $30.

Apple requiring credit cards for iPhones, limiting to 2 per person

by @ 19:57. Filed under Business.

(H/T – Bryan/Hot Air)

David Berlind, Executive Editor of ZDNet, figured out why Apple is requiring a credit card to purchase an iPhone. It is to track you to try and ensure you don’t try to purchase 3 of them.

Sounds like a noble goal, right? Slight problem with using credit card information for that purpose; it may well put Apple in breach of the voluntary credit-card-system security and privacy standard (PCI DSS), agreements with card issuers and credit card companies, and various privacy laws. Oops.

Between that, the iPod video-out controversy (highlighted by Pete Fanning), and the general stiffing of anybody who comes up with a better product for Apple technology than Jobs and company, there’s a reason why I haven’t bought anything from Apple in, oh, 2 decades.

Housekeeping item

by @ 13:24. Filed under The Blog.

I don’t know whether it was WP 2.3 or 2.3.1 that broke e-mail notification to me for new comments and registrations, but I’ve now got that straightened out with a (still slightly-buggy) plugin called WP Mail SMTP. I had to add my admin e-mail to the options for BlueHost’s PHP mail function to work properly, but it is now.

If you’ve legitimately registered in the last couple weeks, or you need a new password for said log-in, the mail function should also be working now.

Operation Exploitation – Day 2

by @ 4:14. Filed under Miscellaneous.

This is the Emergency Blogging System. It is not a test; tests ask you questions.

The polls are open through the 8th. Remember, vote for these blogs once every 24 hours per computer or IP address:

Funniest blog – DUmmie FUnnies
Best blog – Michelle Malkin
Best new blog – Jammie Wearing Fool
Best individual blogger – Flip – Suitably Flip
Best comic strip – Day by Day – Chris Muir
Best conservative blog – Sister Toldjah
Best political coverage – The Campaign Spot
Best military blog – Blackfive
Best video blog – HamNation
Video of the year – HamNation – Sopranos DC Edition
Best LGBT blog – Gay Patriot
TTLB Best of the Top 250 – My Pet Jawa (aka The Jawa Report)
TTLB Best of the Top 251-500 – Fausta
TTLB Best of the Top 501-1000 – The American Mind
TTLB Best of the Top 1751-2500 – A Blog For All
TTLB Best of the Top 2501-3500 – Boots and Sabers
TTLB Best of the Top 6751-8500 – Wigderson Library and Pub
TTLB Best of the Rest – Slublog

This has been the Emergency Blogging System. After you vote for the NRE-recommended blogs, you may resume your normal blog-reading activities.

The entity formerly known as CNI driving conservatives out?

by @ 0:22. Filed under Compassionate Lieberals, Presstitute Follies.

I admit that I’m coming in on the tail end of this, as I only have Kevin Fischer on the Franklin end of the feed reader, but there is one hell of a firestorm over the disappearance of Fred Keller’s FranklinNOW blog. It sure looks like NOW online editor Mark Maley is beginning to target the conservative end of the NOW bloggers.

November 2, 2007

Roll bloat – the oppressor and the oppressed version

by @ 9:20. Filed under Lawgivers-In-Black, Politics - Wisconsin, The Blog.

The Sheboygan city attorney, Stephen G. McLean, ignoring not only case law but Article I, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution (which reads, for the dense, “Every person may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right, and no laws shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.”), ordered the proprietor of Sheboygan Shenanigans to pull links to the Sheboygan Police Department. After she complied, she became the subject part of a police investigation into the officer that maintains the Sheboygan Police site that was ordered by Sheboygan police chief David E. Kirk and Sheboygan mayor Juan Perez. Perez is still pissed that the private citizen led a recall effort against him, and is continuing to bully her.

Paging Mr. Van Hollen. Paging Mr. Biskupic. Something’s rotten in Sheboygan City Hall.

One more thing; Sheboygan Shenanigans is now on the blogroll, and the Sheboygan pols are part of a new section of that roll. Those pols will find I’m not a pushover.

Revisions/extensions (11:17 am 11/2/2007) – Jeni corrected who the police was conducting the mayoral witch-hunt against.

Roll bloat – it-only-looks-randomized edition

by @ 7:55. Filed under The Blog.

First, Mark McNally, the man behind Paindealer, does just that to Cleveland’s presstitutes.

Next, how can I not add a fan of Atlas Shrugged? So, please welcome Dagney’s Rant

Will run for beer

by @ 7:15. Filed under Miscellaneous.

(H/T – Michelle/HotAir Headlines)

The Daily Mail reports on a Granada University of Spain study that claims that quaffing a pint of beer after a good bit of exercise as part of one’s rehydration routine rehydrates one faster than just guzzling water.

Professor Manuel Garzon had a set of 25 student volunteers run on a treadmill in a room heated to 104 degrees until they were on the ragged edge of exhaustion. He and his staffers measured the participants’ hydration levels, ability to concentrate, and motor skills, then had half take in two half-pints of a Spanish lager before being allowed to drink as much water as they wanted, while the other half simply had to make do with as much water as they wanted.

Garzon said the rehydration effect in the students who were given beer was “slightly better” than among those given only water, and attributes that to the carbon dioxide quenching the thirst more quickly and the carbohydrates (presumably including the ethanol as that is a carb) replacing the calories expended.

They’re recommending a pint of beer a day for male athletes, and a shorty a day for female athletes. Prost!

Operation Exploitation – Day 1

by @ 4:14. Filed under The Blog.

The polls are now open. Remember, vote for these blogs once daily per computer or IP address:

Funniest blog – DUmmie FUnnies
Best blog – Michelle Malkin
Best new blog – Jammie Wearing Fool
Best individual blogger – Flip – Suitably Flip
Best comic strip – Day by Day – Chris Muir
Best conservative blog – Sister Toldjah
Best political coverage – The Campaign Spot
Best military blog – Blackfive
Best video blog – HamNation
Video of the year – HamNation – Sopranos DC Edition
Best LGBT blog – Gay Patriot
TTLB Best of the Top 250 – My Pet Jawa (aka The Jawa Report)
TTLB Best of the Top 251-500 – Fausta
TTLB Best of the Top 501-1000 – The American Mind
TTLB Best of the Top 1751-2500 – A Blog For All
TTLB Best of the Top 2501-3500 – Boots and Sabers
TTLB Best of the Top 6751-8500 – Wigderson Library and Pub
TTLB Best of the Rest – Slublog

November 1, 2007

Operation Exploitation – the preparation – UPDATE – final preps are being made

by @ 16:08. Filed under The Blog.

Revisions/extensions/bump to the top (4:08 pm 11/1/2007) – The TTLB blogs are now up, so I brought this back to the top, added the NRE recommended blogs there, and will have a reminder on the sidebar shortly.

Maury Sline always believed in proper exploitation. I may not be Elwood Blues, but I know a bit about that stuff.

Most of the The finalists for the 2007 Weblog Awards are set. First, the bad news; the Bar didn’t make it in the best sports blog category. DAMMIT! Guess I’ll have to break out the PJ-Comix mojo next year.

Meanwhile, some of my favorite blogs have shown up in the finalist positions, and I’m holding out hope for a few more have shown up in the TTLB ones. Remember, one vote per computer/IP combo per day is all you’re allowed; make maximum use of it, but only if you’re going to vote for the NRE recommended blogs. So, without further adieu, I present to you the blogs that I will be voting for, and you should be voting for as well:

Funniest blog – DUmmie FUnnies
Best blog – Michelle Malkin
Best new blog – Jammie Wearing Fool
Best individual blogger – Flip – Suitably Flip
Best comic strip – Day by Day – Chris Muir
Best conservative blog – Sister Toldjah
Best political coverage – The Campaign Spot
Best military blog – Blackfive
Best video blog – HamNation
Video of the year – HamNation – Sopranos DC Edition
Best LGBT blog (yes, there is one I can live with) – Gay Patriot
TTLB Best of the Top 250 – My Pet Jawa (aka The Jawa Report)
TTLB Best of the Top 251-500 – Fausta
TTLB Best of the Top 501-1000 – The American Mind
TTLB Best of the Top 1751-2500 – A Blog For All
TTLB Best of the Top 2501-3500 – Boots and Sabers
TTLB Best of the Top 6751-8500 – Wigderson Library and Pub
TTLB Best of the Rest – Slublog

Stand by to go out and put the word on the streets.

Paul Warfield Tibbets (1915-2007)

by @ 10:53. Filed under Miscellaneous.

We lost a fine pilot and warrior today. May the weather be CAVU, sir.

The FReeper Foxhole brings back a great profile of him from 2004.

Dhimm stragedy to lose WOT, African edition

by @ 9:56. Filed under International relations, Politics - National, War on Terror.

Patrick Poole over at PajamasMedia reports on the latest attempt by the DhimmiRATs in Congress to systematically kill this country’s relationship with every country that continues to help fight against Al Qaeda and its affiliated Islamokazi groups. This week’s target, Ethiopia.

Ostensibly, the proposed prohibition of the American arming of Ethiopia as well as travel to the US by Ethiopian leaders is a delayed reaction to intimidation after Ethiopia’s 2005 elections. This ignores significant steps undertaken by the Ethiopian government to atone for that.

I strongly suspect the real reason was because the Ethiopians liberated Somalia from the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic Courts Union with a bit of backing from American air power. Not only did they dare oppose the Islamokazis successfully, but they succeeded where their hero Bill Clinton failed spectacularily.

Back-door raise attempt by the Milwaukee County Board

by @ 9:32. Filed under Politics - Milwaukee County.

After Brian Fraley raised the red flag on Lee Holloway’s latest attempt to milk more money out of the system, I decided to ask my Supervisor, Paul Cesarz, what he plans to do. There should be no surprise as to the response:

Steve:

Thank you for both catching this item and writing to me about it.

I expected this type of maneuver either here in the budget process
at this eleventh hour or sometime between now and March 2008.

Since the raise amendment is before us on Monday, I expect the
following to occur. First, I will vote no. Second, they will have enough
votes to approve it. Finally, The County Executive will have to veto
the item, and importantly, since this is an election issue, the public
will have to call to persuade and encourage their supervisor to vote
to sustain the Veto.

With the publics’ help, there should be enough votes to accomplish this.

Thanks again for contacting me.

Best regards,

Paul

I knew there was a reason why I voted for him in 2004. That is it.

October 31, 2007

Time Warner/Charter vs Big Ten Network/NFL Network

by @ 20:27. Filed under Business, Politics - Wisconsin, Sports.

I’m as pissed as anybody else that Time Warner (and Charter) and the BTN/NFLN can’t pull their collective heads out of their asses. Both sides want something that is not part of the deal between the networks and the satellite companies; the networks want on basic cable (that’s channels 2-99 that just about any TV made in the last dozen years can get) for ESPN money, while the cable companies want not only to put it on digital cable, but to bundle it with the likes of Fox Soccer Channel and the Outdoor Channel at an additional cost. By way of comparison, you have to get the 100-channel package from either DirecTV or Dish (or AT&T U-verse IF you can get it) to get either network. Funny thing is, that’s precisely what the “standard” digital package is on cable. However, both sides are too greedy to take the compromise.

What’s worse is the bi-partisan Party-In-Government in Madistan, full of self-righteous anger over not being able to watch the Wisconsin-OverratedSU football game live on Saturday. They want to step in and create a binding arbitration system to force the cable companies to take channels they don’t want at a price they aren’t willing to pay. What would be better is to simply get rid of the franchising monopoly altogether so more upstarts like AT&T can waltz in with better deals without giving tribute to either the locals as is the case now or the state as is the proposed case.

Hey Keyboard Islamokazis, come get some

by @ 13:26. Filed under War on Terror.

Head Jawa Rusty has blown the lid off some games keyboard Islamists want to start on the 11th.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

Buckingham Palace band equates King Abdullah to Darth Vader

by @ 13:16. Filed under International relations.

(H/T – Uncle Jimbo)

When Saudia Arabia’s King Abdullah stepped out of his limo on the first state visit by a Saudi king to Great Britain, the Buckingham Palace band broke out “Imperial March” from “Star Wars” (the first 35 seconds of the linked YouTube slice of Britain’s Channel 4 coverage).

Bravo Zulu.

Happy Reformation Day

by @ 13:03. Filed under Religion.

While the rest of the world celebrates Halloween, Lutherans and most other Protestants celebrate Reformation. On this date in 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses, a call for a debate on the Catholic practice of selling indulgences for sins, on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg as well as other items of Catholic dogma, to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Saxony (modern-day Germany).

Is NOTHING safe from the tax man?

by @ 9:39. Filed under Taxes.

(H/T – Allahpundit/HotAir Headlines)

Iowa is taxing pumpkin purchases on the basis of their use as jack-o-lanterns. Those who are planning on making pumpkin pies can fill out a sales tax exemption certificate at the place of purchase stipulating to that.

Do notice that there is no checkbox for either “private citizen/end user” or “pumpkin for human consumption”. Indeed, the back of said form does not have that allowance on it. The Iowa Department of Revenue also “helpfully” points out that failure of the purchaser provide his/her telephone number or fill out any other portion of the form is grounds for prosecution for “fraudulent intent”.

Oh, and don’t plan on using the “dual-use” defense when the DOR agents start patrolling the neighborhood looking for Jack-O-Lanterns. This phrase on the back of that form has that covered – “If property or services purchased for resale or processing are used or disposed of by the purchaser in a nonexempt manner, the purchaser is then responsible for the tax.” So, when the DOR agents come a-knocking to take your pumpkins and cash away, don’t think that offering them a piece of pumpkin pie made from the innards of said pumpkins will save you; you’ll just lose the pie as well.

I’m only surprised that Doyle hasn’t thought of this first. Michelle put my thoughts into pictures…

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Revisions/extensions (6:53 pm 11/1/2007) – After Iowa squeezed all the juice they could out of the jack-o-lanterns, they reversed course (H/T – Heather Radish)

October 30, 2007

Sorry about the lack of posts

by @ 18:58. Filed under Miscellaneous.

I’ve been recoving from the Packer game all day, and the only thing of note is the Dhimm debate. I won’t be covering it because I don’t want to come off that high just yet, but Chris Roberts will (thanks for the find, Michelle).

October 29, 2007

The Favre OT TD

by @ 23:18. Filed under Sports.

(H/T and many thanks – Ian Schwartz)

Just in case you missed it live, or on the news, or on the 1,238 airings on ESPN,…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i5ssRj41Xs[/youtube]

I think Favre can still throw the deep ball.

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