The Michiganization of America Nov 24, 2009
Both of the Dakotas are major recipients of your hero, Saxby, farm bill. You may think they are conservative but they are just welfare moms to the farm bill ... Both of the Dakotas are major recipients of your hero, Saxby, farm bill. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
County Farm Bureau holds annual fest Nov 24, 2009
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Territorial Cup Up For Grabs As Arizona Visits Sun Devil Stadium Nov 24, 2009
STATE FARM TERRITORIAL CUP SERIES: The winner of the Arizona/Arizona State game will earn a point for its school in the State Farm Territorial Cup Series. The schools compete in 17 common varsity sports, and the school that accumulates the most points over the course of the school year will win the competition. (Thesundevils.com)
Senate Prepares for Epic Health Care Battle Nov 24, 2009
The only problem with the 2 different morals to the same story post is that in reality, the ant is gathering grain that was paid for by farm subsidies that the wealthy Republicons passed, hauling this subsidized grain on a road maintained out of the state general fund because the Republicans refuse to institute a tax like the weight-mile tax that actually fairly proportions the burden of maintaining the roads, and is heating his home with electrical power subsidized by the Republicans who are... (CBS News)
Klineman Earns Academic All-America Honors Nov 24, 2009
During her time on The Farm, Stanford has won back-to-back Pac-10 titles and made appearances in the last two NCAA championship matches. Averaging 4. (Pac-10.org)
Good Neighbor Sugar Mill Nov 24, 2009
Now, of course, I'm going to hear the same old tired arguments about how I'm anti-farmer, or how I should just leave if I don't like it. Well, I am becoming more anti-farmer as the years go by, but I'm not leaving because this is my hometown ... Neighbor wrote on Nov 23, 2009 7:30 AM:" I grew up in Jeff Davis Parish. The main agricultural product there was rice. There were rice farmers everywhere. I don't recall the problems with road issues there that the farmers here cause. What's up with... (New Iberia, LA)
Palin book tour has people wondering if it's a campaign tour Nov 23, 2009
to Palmer Farm wrote on Nov 22, 2009 7:00 PM:" Since you've overlooked the obvious...President Obama excels at constitutional law and staunchly supports the freedoms advocated therein. His supporters tend to be educated and enthusiastic.Palin, as Obama's opposite, attracts the opposite: she preaches hate, attracts hate, inspires hate and riles up the hateful.Freedom lovers cannot rationally be compared to Hitleresque followers; not so for those who embrace the hateful.With all due respect, some... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Best from Sunday Nov 23, 2009
Athens restaurant Farm 255 held a grand opening Nov. 15 for its new Farm Cart, a food-to-go service housed in a retrofitted, rustic industrial cargo trailer. Licenses. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Edisto Island: A national treasure: 17-mile stretch of S.C. Highway 174 gains federal Scenic Byway designation Nov 23, 2009
The new Scenic Byway, which in 1988 was designated a state scenic highway, winds through salt marshes, creeks, maritime forests, farm fields and historic churches, from the McKinley Washington Bridge to Palmetto Boulevard on Edisto Beach. National Scenic Byways are described by transportation authorities as exceptional roads through areas that exemplify regional characteristics and possess distinctive cultural, historic, natural or other qualities. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Judge the difference for yourself Nov 23, 2009
Facts wrote on Nov 19, 2009 4:09 PM:" Sorry Just Wondering, I have to go with the MANY DISTINGUISHED/TRUE HEROIC witnesses on that one. MANY testified under oath about John Kerry's recrod and it wasn't heroic. NOTHING heroic about doing/saying things that put your FELLOW SOILDERS in harms way. Back on the farm we had a name for people like ole John - A Chicken S#@* " ... Brandy wrote on Nov 20, 2009 2:01 PM:" You know what, Bill, I have both beliefs and by golly I too stand for something. First,... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Health scores Nov 22, 2009
Farm Cart (255 W. Washington St.) 100. Farm 255 (255 W. Washington St.) 100. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Terri Jo Neff Nov 22, 2009
Riding on a 105-foot flatbed truck, the tree parked outside of the Apple Farm Restaurant on Ocotillo Road. Throughout the day residents trickled through and signed the truck, including City Manager Glenn Nichols. (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
St. Clair's legacy has been lost to history Nov 22, 2009
On the mountain between the Westmoreland County villages of Darlington and Youngstown, along the original route of the Forbes Road, the tavern St. Clair opened in his late, impoverished years is a dilapidated farm. The study from The Hermitage survives. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
HINGHAM POLICE FIRE LOG: Nov. 2-8, 2009 Nov 22, 2009
8:14 p.m. Myers Farm Road ... 7:01 p.m. Whiting St. and Farm Hills Lane, traffic stop. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Palin fans turn out for book signing Nov 22, 2009
His appearance earlier in the month at Christ Church at Grove Farm in Ohio Township almost doubled the congregation of the church. Politics Editor James O'Toole can be reached at or 412-263-1562. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
2 Miss. Senators introduce farm bill Nov 22, 2009
Senators introduce farm bill ... Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker have introduced a crop disaster aid bill that aims to help Mississippi farmers hard hit by heavy rains and floods. (The Clarion-Ledger)
White House Christmas Tree in the B... Nov 22, 2009
It is a Fraser Fir that was planted in 1996 on their tree farm near Shepherdstown, West Virginia ... Stephen Rochon, chief usher at the White House, and Dale Haney, superintendent of the White House grounds, went to the Sundback's tree farm to choose the official White House Christmas tree ... In 1979 they presented a Douglas Fir from their farm that was then in western Pennsylvania to Rosalynn Carter when Jimmy Carter was president. (Suite101.com)
Montana Farmers Union fly-in discusses ag issues (7) Nov 22, 2009
Montana Farmers Union fly-in discusses ag issues ... Twice a year representatives from the Montana Farmers Union fly back to Washington D.C. to participate in the national fly-in meetings and to meet face-to-face with members of Congress ... We know farm and ranching is a high-risk type of job but we have very low numbers that are insured, he said. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
Are we asking too much? Nov 22, 2009
Will the senator from the North have compassion for the uneducated, elderly farm worker in the South who lacks insurance. What will happen to the kind-hearted grandmother in need of heart surgery who has a history of cardiac problems. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Land-use plan amendment decisions coming Nov 22, 2009
- Approved three open space designation requests for land owned by Wallace Ranch II LLC, Barbara Young and Carrot 14 Farm and John Plesha. Support. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
No comments posted. Nov 21, 2009
One of the greatest manhunts in Kansas history was organized to search for the shotgun killer of a wealthy farmer, his wife, and their two teenage children at their showplace home. The murderer invaded the home of Herbert Clutter, 48, former Eisenhower appointee to the Federal Farm Credit Board, late Saturday night shooting the whole family. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
Herbert Miller Jr.; lawyer secured pardon for Nixon Nov 21, 2009
He lived on a 200-acre farm in Boyds, Md. where he drove tractors, painted fences, and fed the thoroughbred horses his wife raised. (Boston Globe)
Pence Issues Challenge to Preserve the Real American Revolution Nov 21, 2009
But seriously, the image is striking: a President of the United States, flying on one more foreign junket, to one more glamorous capitol, as our nation continues to struggle in the city and on the farm and unemployment rises to record levels ... We know the time-honored path to recovery is fiscal discipline in Washington, D.C. and fast-acting tax relief for working families, small businesses and family farms. (Human Events Online)
Comment Period Extended for Proposed Rule on Interstate meat Shipment Nov 21, 2009
Tri-State Neighbor: South Dakota Farm Newspaper. . (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Landreth Seed Co. turns 225, launches African-American collection Nov 21, 2009
In the words of Melera, a former venture capitalist whose twin passions are history and gardening, "For generation after generation, the Landreths taught people in this country how to garden and how to farm. We're going to do what this company was founded to do." ... (No need to search further for that "Collective Farm Woman" melon from Ukraine or the football-shaped Afghan honeydew. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Stemming the tide Nov 21, 2009
Other programmes such as highway funding and farm assistance could be trimmed, and perhaps handed over to the states. Defence and discretionary items represent just a third of spending, and Mr Obama has already planned to shrink both in nominal dollars by 2014, as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (with luck) wind down and the stimulus expires. (The Economist)
The deficit problem: Dealing with America's fiscal hole Nov 21, 2009
Other spending should also be vigorously squeezed, to stop federal funds being wasted on highways of dubious value or trade-distorting farm subsidies. Still, cold arithmetic suggests that spending cuts alone cannot deliver enough. (The Economist)
Good Neighbor Sugar Mill Nov 21, 2009
It's too bad that the cane conglomerates (farmers) throughout the rest of the area cannot be so neighborly ... These "poor" farmers do so much for our community ... Now, of course, I'm going to hear the same old tired arguments about how I'm anti-farmer, or how I should just leave if I don't like it. (New Iberia, LA)
Scientology's dark secrets Nov 21, 2009
He wrote of kidnapping several dissident members, including forcibly confining and torturing a member who went insane and was kept on a farm in western NSW. Saxton was involved in several violent incidents with outsiders but was not allowed to report these to police because it would breach secrecy. He said many women were pressured to have abortions. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Lamings face charges over positive EPO tests Nov 21, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Lamings fa 00004000 ce charges over positive EPO tests. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
House moves to protect doctors from Medicare cuts Nov 21, 2009
Unlike existing pay-go rules, which have been routinely waived, the pay-go measure would be set in law and be enforced with across-the-board spending cuts to several federal benefit programs, including Medicare and farm subsidies. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
Billikens on Quest for Third A-10 Championship Crown, NCAA Berth Nov 21, 2009
Saint Louis played No. 14 Illinois Sept. 12 in the State Farm Classic. Four of those teams are among the top six in the latest NCAA RPI report released Nov. 16, with Hawai'i coming in at No. 21. (Slubillikens.com)
After long decline, state's welfare rolls surge Nov 20, 2009
Although it's common for more families to need public assistance during the winter months, the welfare caseload usually declines in the spring, when tourism and seasonal farm work in Eastern and northwest Washington pick up. Not this year. (Yahoo News -- Welfare Reform)
The quiet man closing in on a slice of racing nirvana Nov 20, 2009
The one-time pharmacist has just completed three years redeveloping a dairy farm down in Margaret River territory into a boutique stud named Oakland Park. It is only 6km down the road from where Duncan originally set up a stud, on the property where Northerly almost died as a foal. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Being the underdog never deters a driven Brown Nov 20, 2009
I had a pair of farmer overalls, and I stuck some records in them ... Brown favors a mix of solar, wind, nuclear, limited drilling as new energy sources but opposes the wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound because of the location. (Boston Globe)
Dairy Farmers Might Get Their $290 Million Before Christmas Nov 20, 2009
Minnesota Farm Guide: Leading Farm Newspaper ... Dairy Farmers Might Get Their 290 Million Before Christmas ... Dairy farmers might get a little extra money before Christmas. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Slaying suspect says he’s guilty Nov 20, 2009
Two people suspected of engaging in sex acts with animals at a Maury County farm have been indicted by a grand jury ... Kenny Thomason, 44, who owns the farm on 2348 Double Branch Road where the alleged acts are believed to have taken place, was arrested on the same charges, though no information on grand jury action has been released ... First Farmers and Merchants Bank officials said a counterfeit cashier s check scheme was thwarted before any payment was made to other banks on the more than... (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Salazar: Energy frontier includes renewables, fossil fuels Nov 20, 2009
By SUE ROESLER, Minnesota Farm GuideWednesday, November 18, 2009 2:20 PM CST. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar speaks to the audience at the Great Plains Energy Expo in Bismarck, N.D., last week. (Agri-View, WI)
A work ethic learned in the fields pays off Nov 20, 2009
Bell credits his business success to the work ethic he learned growing up on his familys farm. Bell recalled long days of toiling in tobacco fields, picking cucumbers and performing other farm-related work in his youth. (Washington Daily News, NC)
POLICE LOG: Nov. 9-15 Nov 20, 2009
12:49 p.m. Caller reported a two-car motor vehicle accident in front of Stonehill by Clock Farm, Washington Street. Officers responded, no injuries, vehicle towed. (Easton Journal, MA)
The Parenting Place Nov 20, 2009
He is an animal lover so all of the farm animals were right up his alley ... " cm wrote on Aug 21, 2009 9:09 AM:" OLB: I thought of you/potty-training when I was reading the farmers almanac. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Top Eurobank prepares for 'global economic collapse'... Nov 20, 2009
Farm commodities would hold up well, led by sugar ... I am buying farm land, structures, and forests. (The Drudge Report)
"Jon & Kate Plus 8" to end its stormy run Monday Nov 20, 2009
With Kate, they visit a local dairy farm. Individually, each newly single parent will reflect on what the past has meant and what the future might hold. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Davis Makes His Mark Nov 20, 2009
Davis topped that with a record-setting performance against Orchard Farm. His 466 yards on 42 carries is a school record and is also the third highest single-game total in state history. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Obituaries for Thursday, November 19 Edition Nov 20, 2009
Mrs. Woods was born Dec. 17, 1922, on a farm north of Jonesburg, the daughter of Luther Watkins and wife Stella, nee Dunham. She attended Price's Branch School her first seven years. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
#5/6 Irish Open Road Slate Thursday At #21 Michigan State Nov 19, 2009
Last year, the Irish opened with a 62-53 win over No. 24/22 LSU at the State Farm Tip-Off Classic in Baton Rouge, La. Road Warriors Notre Dame is 20-9. (Und.com)
Best of both worlds: Quiroga's success story a round trip to Bolivia and back Nov 19, 2009
During that time, she ended up falling in love with a Bolivian man, and for the next 20 years she lived there, first on her husband s dairy farm, and then, after her divorce, in a small Bolivian city. It wasn t until after her divorce, as she was struggling to get by, that she joined the workforce. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Two Charged With Possession of Meth Chemicals, Components Nov 19, 2009
The charges stem from an incident investigated Thursday, Nov. 12, after Pacific police received a report of a man buying precursors at the Orscheln Farm and Home store in Pacific. Officers took the man into custody when he came out of the store. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
This cruelty to sheep is economically unsound Nov 19, 2009
Contrary to industry claims, we now know that farmers don't need live sheep exports and in fact many are already moving into other, more lucrative areas; live sheep exports do not underpin the price of sheepmeat domestically; and phasing out the trade would have a modest impact on farmers and the economy ... They do not represent the interests of farmers and they certainly do not represent the interests of animals ... Has the silly woman forgotten 1990 when the Hawke government were giving... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Knights of the Rudd Table say they're not tilting at windmills Nov 19, 2009
At the prow of the attack was Rudd himself (freshly charged after a morning spent launching a Bungendore wind farm, where the unusually still conditions were more than compensated for by the organisers' foresight in inviting an internationally-recognised source of hot air to snip the ribbon) ... Of course the wind farm photo opportunity you mention did not include the gas-fired facility that had to be built as backup for when the wind don't blow. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
School district's elimination of dual language classes upsets some Nov 19, 2009
teacher wrote on Nov 19, 2009 12:20 AM:" Some of my top students speak Spanish at home. They come to school and learn English - usually doing well by the end of their first year. If they were taught in Spanish and English, I wonder if they would be less motivated to learn English? My response to those that keep saying they are illegal and we shouldn't help them - you're so out of touch with reality. The kids are not choosing to come to America. Their parents are here so that they can support... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Indoor marijuana farm found near LA police station Nov 19, 2009
The indoor marijuana farm included lights, automated irrigation and a ventilation system. Investigators said it had been there for at least eight months. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Obama Needs China to Help Him Run Great Green Race Nov 19, 2009
5 billion wind farm in Texas would use 240 Chinese-made wind turbines, creating 300 jobs in America, most of them temporary, and 2,000 in China, according to U.S. Renewable Energy Group, the private-equity firm involved in the project ... Both will have concentrated-solar farms in their deserts, wind farms on their plains and a high-voltage grid to carry power to cities. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
* One-child policy a rights disaster Nov 19, 2009
Police and family planning cadres organized themselves into military formations and captured hundreds of farmers, surrounded villages, extracted fines by armed force, smashed homes, broke up families, confiscated farm animals and valuables, and took hostages. The captured women were bound, taken to the hospital and sterilized. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Palin book tour has people wondering if it's a campaign tour Nov 19, 2009
Palmer Farm wrote on Nov 18, 2009 8:29 AM:" I notice you failed to respond to the statement regarding his spending spree. But then, really no way to defend that eh? The military has always received the funds it asked for? Well yes, but again you glossed right over the statement regarding how Obama voted when he was a Senator (against the funding). Again, no real defense there either, huh?. And finally, regarding health care under the Obama plan...no, hasn't come to fruition yet (thank... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Clardy's Corner: Unmitigated Glee Nov 19, 2009
I wasnt there for the Screw of 82, and Berkeleys infamous trash-talkers from the early 90s were just before my time on The Farm. Ive respected the cal athletic department and what theyve been able to accomplish this decade. (TheBootleg.com)
The Easy Rider Road Trip Nov 19, 2009
The shots that follow, of young men and women doing farm work and sharing a pipe, don't really support one view or the other. In reality, though, they didn't make it. (Slate)
Looking Back Nov 19, 2009
D.E. Bennett has sold his farm, near Amish, and will move to Dakota ... G. F. Gallagher has sold his 140-acre farm near Holbrook to D. H. Black for $160 per acre ... Mr. G turned right around and purchased a farm of 154 acres near Williamsburg for $170 per acre. (Kalona News, IA)
BEST IS BACK Nov 19, 2009
The former Heisman Trophy candidate rejoined the Bears this week and even though he's not participating or putting on the pads yet by any means, his presence around the team is certainly uplifting for a Cal squad that is looking to keep The Axe as the team prepares to tangle with rival Stanford 4:30 p.m. Saturday evening on The Farm. "It means a lot (to be back out here) on the practice field with the guys," Best said. (Cal Sports -- Rivals.com)
Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world Nov 18, 2009
In 2007, a salmon farm in lost its more than 100,000 fish to an attack by the mauve stinger, a jellyfish normally known for stinging bathers in warm Mediterranean waters. Scientists cite its migration to colder Irish seas as evidence of global warming. (USA Today -- Tech)
The Going Rogue Index Nov 18, 2009
books and magazines, references to________A Conflict of Vision, 385________Animal Farm, 27________Buck, Pearl S., 180________Bible, the, 15 ________Cookbooks, 15________Lewis, C.S., 27________Nash, Ogden, 15________National Geographic, 27________The Pearl, 27________Ranger Rick, 27________Reader's Digest, 15________Seagull, Jonathan Livingston, 27________Service, Robert, 15________Sports Illustrated, 27________The Wonderful World of Oz, 16. cap and trade________brilliant suggested renaming of as... (Slate)
Montgomery County Council backs light rail Nov 18, 2009
Andrews suggested the council hold off on selecting an alignment for the light rail system, but all other members of the board voted for the original master plan alignment with shifts that serve the Kentlands, the Life Sciences Center and Crown Farm areas. This alignment would also relocate a station originally planned for the Danac site. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
YouTube Direct Lets Citizens Become Journalists Nov 18, 2009
News and media organizations can farm out assignments to citizen reporters, allowing them to upload their videos directly into the YouTube Direct application. YouTube Direct then enables the hosting news organization to review video submissions and select the best ones to broadcast on-air and on their web sites. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Lucille Graber Walter Nov 18, 2009
Freeman Courier Online - Obituaries. Serving the Freeman community since 1901. (Freeman Courier, SD)
Video shows patient cop with affectionate cat Nov 18, 2009
The Taylor Daily Press reported Urban had pulled over an SUV in the driveway of a farm lot. The video shows the cat scampering up and down on Urban, making its way to the officer's shoulders. (Longview Daily News, WA)
