Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Understatement

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/22/news/wyoming/35-toddler.txt">Mom gets 60 years in death of toddler</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A woman whose daughter was abused to death – suffering a skull fracture, a broken arm, burns to her fingers, dehydration and numerous pinch and nail marks – has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.<br />n<br />nMacalia Blackburn pleaded guilty to being an accessory…

  • Closer Yet

    <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JAPAN_US_BEEF?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Japan prepares to lift ban on U.S. beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan is expected to approve a partial resumption of imports of U.S. beef this coming week, a news report said Saturday.<br />n<br />nThe government plans to officially approve the resumption on Thursday, the national Yomiuri newspaper said, without citing sources, which is customary in Japanese…

  • Quick Items

  • Signs of Intelligence

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/21/news/wyoming/38-cbm-rule.txt">Group backs CBM water rule</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A group of landowners in Wyoming's Powder River Basin says state leaders refuse to help protect against harm from coalbed methane water, so they're looking downstream to Montana for help.<br />n<br />n"We really struggled with ourselves about whether we wanted to file suit against our own governor," said…

  • Blue Sky

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/dry07132006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/dry07132006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The Big Blue Sky of Montana. I always love these pictures with that deep blue sky in it. The moon as a counter point adds something. Taken 7/13/2006.</center>

  • Second Cutting

  • Remote Sensing

    <a href="http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/activefiremaps.php">Here</a> is an interesting site that uses satellite surveillance (Remote Sensing) to detect and map wildfires. Pretty nifty stuff. Shows you the extent of the fires in our area. I wish they would all calm down and we would get some rain but that's not in the forecast so we have to deal.<br />n<br…

  • Poison

  • Selling Cows

    No, I'm not selling any but this story caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=8C8FA7B8-9ADA-A678-0C44A128A5ED56C7">Herd liquidation continues in South Dakota</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Herd liquidation continues in South Dakota as the drought drags on. That’s according to Myron Williams, president of the Black Hills chapter of the South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association.<br />n<br />nWilliams says herd liquidation is especially…

  • New Tank

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