Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Checkoff Changes
Damn computers, I had a whole big commentary wrote up and the damn computer ate it. Sorry I can't recreate it.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/12/22/news/state/52-cattlemen.txt">Cattlemen propose changes in federal beef checkoff law</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Cattle producers in Nebraska and other states are pushing for what would be the first significant changes to the national beef checkoff program…
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Waiting
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/wait12182007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/wait12182007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the two year old heifers crowded around me looking for their cake. I have started caking everything since the tubs I am using are running a little lean and the cake is a lot cheaper source of protein…
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Relief?
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/12/20/news/state/29-brucellosis.txt">State still on safe side of brucellosis</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Months of additional tests for brucellosis in Montana cattle have turned up no new cases, Department of Livestock officials said Wednesday.<br />n<br />n"Definitely we feel significant relief," said Marty Zaluski, state veterinarian at the Livestock Department.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI'm not real sure I would say it is…
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View
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/view12112007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/view12112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>There was a heavy ice crystal layer over everything really causing a sparkle. it didn't come through in the picture well, damn the bad luck. Nice picture anyway though. Taken 12/11/2007.</center>
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Pardon
You might remember my couple of rants about the woman who was <a href="http://www.sarpysam.com/plugin/tag/saudi+arabia">punished for being raped in Saudi Arabia</a>. Well, there is a little more to the story now.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,,2229151,00.html"> <br />nSaudi king pardons woman who was gang raped</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned a woman who was gang raped…
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New Case
<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/18/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Mad-Cow.php">Canadian food inspection agency confirms mad cow disease in 13-year-old animal</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>OTTAWA: Canada confirmed a new case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, the country's 11th case since the disease was first discovered in 2003.<br />n<br />nThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency said no part of the cow's carcass entered the human food or…
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Sunrise
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/sunrise12112007?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/sunrise12112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Sunrise on a cloudy morning. The colors of the sky, not the brown ground, this time of year are wonderful. Taken 12/11/2007.</center>
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ICE
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/12/18/news/wyoming/73-ice.txt">'ICE' can help emergency workers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>In case of an emergency, you might want to put the letters "ICE" in front of your loved ones' names on your cell phone.<br />n<br />nThe idea is to tip off emergency workers who they can call in case you're in an accident and can't communicate.</blockquote><br />n<br />nOkay,…
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Economy
<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN1636789220071216?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&rpc=23&sp=true">Greenspan sees early signs of U.S. stagflation</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The U.S. economy is showing early signs of stagflation as growth threatens to stall while food and energy prices soar, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Sunday.</blockquote><br />n<br />nDamn, I remember the 70's and the stagflation that gripped the country then. It was…
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Meeting Of The Minds
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/dog/minds12022007?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/dog/minds12022007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Lucky and Bella having a meeting of the minds. They can't figure each other out. They both want to play but are not sure how to play with each other. Taken 12/2/2007.</center>