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ISHPEMING -- The public is to blame for the death of a cow moose in Ishpeming. That's what Ishpeming Police Chief Jim Bjorne is saying. An officer for the Department of Natural Resources, on Bjorne's orders, shot the moose late Monday afternoon. It all started around 8:30 Monday morning, when the moose was spotted around 600 Vine Street in the City of Ishpeming. Watch TV6 video that was taken around 10 am. Bjorne says the public's interference, in their efforts to see the moose and get pictures, prevented the police and DNR biologists from getting the cow moose and her...

Norway's albino moose was back in the news on Friday, after some hunters threatened to shoot it.The moose, called "Albin," first sprang to attention after it was sighted in the forests south of Oslo in 2006. It since has been observed in Våler, Skiptvet, Spydeberg and Svinndal in Østfold County. The local hunting season south of Hedmark starts October 5 and will last all month. A wildlife conservation official in Østfold, Åsmund Fjellbakk, told newspaper VG that he now has heard that a hunting team in the area is keen on tracking down the rare animal and making it into...

With the deluge of threads being posted, and slated to increase greatly as the election heats up, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE .. especially if it's a news/breaking thread ... add the appropriate keywords to your posting form. So, if someone's looking for the latest string of "Obama" or "Sarah Palin" articles, let's say, they just click on that particular keyword at the top of the page, and those articles containing the keyword will come up chronologically. Thank you! Popular keyword options at the top of the main page: ~~~~ *110th *2008 *2008polls *ayers *bailout *barackobama *biden *bo *democrat *democrats *demron *economy...

Have we had it all wrong about Mika Brzezinski? All this time we've pigeon-holed her as part of the Eastern liberal media elite, was she in fact secretly part of the Sarah Palin demographic? It's not quite field-dressing a moose, but Mika let it be known today that she knows how to hunt and . . . has "gutted a deer." The revelation came as Mika and Joe Scarborough were saying goodbye to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who, by the way, seemed optimistic that John McCain would make it to Mississippi for tonight's debate. View video here.

I will admit that I love all the Chuck Norrisms floating around out there. With all due respect for Chuck Norris, and I believe the right-leaning actor will agree, it's time for some Sarah Palinisms. After all Sarah Palin's legend has grown faster than Davey Crockett's after the Alamo. So let's look at some of these. * Before the Boogie-Man goes to bed, he checks under his bed and in his closet for Sarah Palin. * Sarah Palin is the reason a compass points North. * Confucius say, "Sarah Palin know true age of Chinese gymnasts." * The moose population...

Yesterday we started the day bright and early with a stop at KIIS-FM in LA for an interview with Ryan Seacrest. It was so much fun to be on his radio show! I'll have more pics to post later on my interviews with Jay Leno and Carson Daly.

  Exclusive   I taught Sarah to shoot and butcher a moose ... Washington won't scare her   Trophy ... Sarah Palin poses with her daughter and a caribou she shot       From EMILY SMITH in Wasilla, Alaska Published: Today     SARAH PALIN learned to call the shots at an early age — she got to grips with a gun at eight and made her first kill at ten. The moose-hunting mum-of-five from Alaska grew up shooting animals and skinning them on the spot before hauling the meat home for the family freezer.  Sarah’s dad Chuck Heath...

Moose killer. Maverick. Moose killer.

Here in Wasilla, the small Alaskan town where until two years ago Sarah Palin was mayor, her speech officially to accept the Republican Party's Vice Presidential nomination was greeted with tears and disbelief. Crowded into Tailgaters Sports Bar & Grill on Parks Highway, her friends and most ardent of supporters, many of them wearing 'Go Sarah!' T-shirts and badges that read 'The Hottest Governor of the Coldest State' watched the entire performance at full volume on flatscreen televisions, alternatively cheering, whooping, clapping, dabbing at their eyes, and, finally, giving her a standing ovation. Around them, hockey memorabilia hung from the...

That’s what John McCain should be saying. Even the conservatives are shopping for coffins. Free Republic has a quite lively debate over Palin’s fitness to be president. I had no idea that McCain was already flat-lined. C’mon people! GET A GRIP ON YOURSELVES!! The debate is first and foremost whether John McCain will make a better chief executive than Barack Obama. The answer to that being a resounding “Not just yeah, but Hell yeah,” why are we perseverating on Palin’s qualifications to be president TODAY? Let’s not move the focus from Barry’s UNFITNESS to serve today. We are letting Kos...

Over in the Frumistan province of the NR caliphate, our pal David is not happy about the Palin pick. I am - for several reasons. First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, "all-American", but hyper-American. What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I'm not saying I came to the United States purely to meet chicks like that, but it was certainly high on my list of priorities. The Hostess with the Moosest

Category Five Hurricane Sarah "Barracuda" Palin made landfall in Dayton Ohio August 29. Shortly before noon yesterday, memories of the ostentatious Obamathon were hazy at best, as worldwide attention turned toward the Big Storm. Current position is 30º to the right of Mike Huckabee, moving at a comfortable speed toward Pennsylvania and Missouri over the weekend. Next week, Sarah is scheduled to make landfall again in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. Donations to assist with the Hurricane Sarah/McCain campaign totaled an alarming $3 million yesterday. All Democratic Party interests should rush to completion their preparation for catastrophic damage to the...

Over in the Frumistan province of the NR caliphate, our pal David is not happy about the Palin pick. I am - for several reasons. First, Governor Palin is not merely, as Jay describes her, "all-American", but hyper-American. What other country in the developed world produces beauty queens who hunt caribou and serve up a terrific moose stew? As an immigrant, I'm not saying I came to the United States purely to meet chicks like that, but it was certainly high on my list of priorities. And for the gun-totin' Miss Wasilla then to go on to become Governor while...

I was at the Minnesota State Fair all day today, resigned, but not too disappointed, at the prospect of hearing that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty had been named the Republican Vice Presidential candidate to run with John McCain. A blue collar, environmentally-friendly guy, pro-life, not red meat for the base, but enough (maybe) to soothe them will extending a tepid hand to blue collar voters in the industrial Midwest and Rust Belt. Imagine my surprise, when, after wandering around the fair for most of the morning, and eyeing the cheese curds, I chanced by the Minnesota State Republican Party building...

I can't believe what I just saw a cop do...

Video of mom & 2 babies. Quite relaxing and the music goes well with it.

Drunken elk meets sorry end after toddler attack Published: 23 Jul 08 12:10 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/13222/ A drunken elk paid dearly after attacking a toddler playing in a sand pit at her home in Kungälv in western Sweden on Monday. * Elk safari Swedish style, with a green conscience (4 Jul 08) * Path clear for world's biggest elk (18 Jun 08) * Swedish cowboy lassoes loose llama (5 Jun 08) Three-year-old Nova was playing in her backyard sandbox when a young elk calf attacked and bit her. "It bit me on the arm," the terrified toddler said to the...

NEAR BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine -The hunters discovered the first prey of the evening in a wide pond lined with spruce trees. After creeping down a rocky path, members of the group stood motionless. Then, they took aim. Click. Click. Click. Startled, the gangly moose reared its head to take in five women pointing cameras and binoculars. Then it continued munching on the pond's vegetation. The delighted group, part of a $50-a-head moose safari, climbed back into the air-conditioned Maine-ly Photos moose tour van and began searching for more of the creatures.

Dead Moose -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2008-05-08, 10:33AM AKDT I have a dead moose free for the taking. It died yesterday, apparently of natural causes. I called Fish & Game to come and get it. Apparently, moose are a natural resource and belong to everybody, until they die, then they belong to whoevers property they die on. So, according to Fish & Game, the moose now belongs to me. Sweet!! So, if you want a free moose, please come and get it before the bears do. You could use it for dog food, or stuff it and put it your front yard,...

Are the ices of the Arctic north about to melt away for good? Rami Abdelrahman gets the views of a range of Swedish researchers. Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria is one of a number of Scandinavian royals making for the Arctic archipelago on the Swedish ice-breaker Oden this weekend to participate in an event to coincide with and promote International Polar Year. But will there even be a need for such ice-breaking vessels in years to come? Many commentators would have us believe that glaciers and ocean ice are about to go the way of the dodo. Upon their arrival at...

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I'm looking for a thread. I'm sure it's a pretty old thread. It's very special to me. It reminds me of better times on this site. I'm not sure of the name. the name really isn't very important. I don't even remember the topic of the thread either. Maybe this last clue will help. It's the last thread I read in which there were no posts whining about immigration. Yeah that's going to be a tough one I know. Maybe somebody has it bookmarked.

Photo Essay only: In case you are wondering, the man did get away.

Buzzwinkle, entangled in holiday lights, stares into space in this November 2007 photo. He was recently euthanized. ANCHORAGE–A well-known Anchorage moose has been euthanized. State wildlife biologist Rick Sinnott said he shot the aging bull moose known as Buzzwinkle after finding it in distress in a neighbourhood lot. The moose, who was at least 13 years old, was severely emaciated and unable to get up. Sinnott said it had badly worn teeth and an infected wound on his rump. Buzzwinkle got its antlers tangled in a rope swing in a resident's yard in 2004 and was darted and tagged....

Clicked on search for "anna" "anna nichole" "smith" 'investigation". Nothing comes up. Anyone know whether it was deleted or not? Thanks!

Researchers report that cheese from yaks could be healthier than cheese from dairy cattle. When compared to cheddar cheese, yak cheese contained higher levels of several healthful fatty acids. Credit: Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration In a finding likely to get cheese lovers talking, researchers in Nepal and Canada report that yak cheese contains higher levels of heart-healthy fats than cheese from dairy cattle, and may be healthier. Their study is scheduled for the March 12 issue of ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Producers make the cheese from the milk of yaks. Those long-haired humped...

Is it parasites, or climate change, or both, that's killing Minnesota's moose? Researchers are attacking the question on the ground, in the air, with radio, needle and microscope. ~~~snip~~~ Good luck indeed. Something strange is killing the moose of northern Minnesota, and wildlife scientists hope Moose 294 and others like it can provide some clues as to why. The task is urgent: In the course of a few years, the number of moose in northwestern Minnesota has plummeted to near extinction. ~~~snip~~~ Scientists say that the moose are dying from "tipover disease," less a diagnosis than a description of how...

A French woman is facing embezzlement charges for ruining thousands of South American peasants by persuading them to produce "magic cheese", which she insisted would be sold for a massive profit to the French cosmetics industry. Gilbertte Van Erpe, 67, was arrested last week in Nice after nearly two years on the run. Police allege she made between £11 million and £13 million by persuading 5,000 Chileans and 25,000 Peruvians to invest their savings into what they believed was miraculous "cheese paste". "Madame Gil", as she is known, talked her unwitting victims into parting with £260 to buy a cheese-making...

I would say this animal was "spotted" in New Hampshire but that would be a blatant misrepesentation.

4 in serious condition after bus hits moose Miners were being transported home to Hinton, Alta. Last Updated: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | 9:15 AM MT CBC News Four people were seriously injured Tuesday night after a bus transporting miners home to Hinton, Alta., hit a moose and rolled onto its side about 300 kilometres west of Edmonton. One person was brought to Edmonton's University of Alberta Hospital with critical head injuries, Scott Donaldson of the Aspen Regional Health said Wednesday. Three others remain in hospital in Hinton and are listed in serious condition. There were 32 people on the...

It Was a Falling Moose. I Swear It Was! The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska State Troopers see plenty of hazards, but Trooper Howard Peterson was nearly felled by a new one: falling moose. Peterson was driving Feb. 2 on the Seward Highway south of Anchorage when something big and black fell out of the sky about 20 feet in front of his patrol car. "Falling rock!" he thought, ready to steer clear if it bounced onto the highway. The thing didn't roll or shatter. It turned out to be a moose that fell from cliffs next to the...

We've seen the highway signs that warn of falling rocks, and we've seen the ones that warn of moose crossing. Now Howard Peterson of the Alaska State Troopers wonders if we need a new sign: Watch for falling moose. A swing-shift trooper based in Girdwood, Peterson was cruising the Seward Highway the night of Feb. 2 a couple miles north of McHugh Creek when something big and black fell from the sky, landing about 20 feet from his car. "Falling rock!" he thought, ready to steer clear if it bounced onto the highway. When the rock didn't roll or shatter,...

It is well known that the McDonald fast food chain does not carry in their menu wheat bread. As many may know, that wheat bread is much healthier for our diet. I created a very short funny humor rap of this on youtube to bring this to attention. Revski

Hazing would precede "last resort" action of removal An adult cow moose damaged machines operated by two separate groups of snowmobilers on Dec. 29 just below "Fiberglass Hill," in the Canyon Creek area northeast of Whitefish Mountain Resort. In the first incident, a group of snowmobilers came across the cow in the groomed snowcat trail. The moose didn't want to get off the road and became aggressive. "She kicked a snowmobile, and the hood (of the snowmobile) was stuck on the leg of the moose," Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesperson John Fraley said. Shortly after the group left, two...

Two Toledo men who were seated side-by-side in a car that crashed last year after a red bra sailed back toward it from another car ahead are now on opposite sides of a lawsuit. Jeff Long is suing James Campbell, driver of the car that swerved and flipped several times in the median on I-75, moments after the dog-chewed brassiere slipped off another car's antenna Sept. 26, 2006. Mr. Long, 42, who suffered broken ribs, also is suing the girl whose bra went airborne on the freeway just outside of Perrysburg that afternoon. But Mr. Campbell is being sued because,...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - With little else to attract tourists, promoters of two Swedish counties are pinning their hopes on a truly gargantuan wooden moose. When completed, the 148-foot tall, 155-foot-long moose will have a restaurant in its belly, as well as a concert hall, conference rooms and a shop, according to Thorbjorn Holmlund, project coordinator and local tourism promoter. The monument to the moose will be so big that its massive wooden hooves will be firmly planted in two different counties, Vasterbotten and Norrbotten, about 540 miles north of Stockholm. "The reason we decided to build a moose is because...

This is the kind of story that you know can't be made up, it's just too bizarre. And it's in Norwegian (http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/article1453635.ece) so I'll just have to take it at face value. Here's the basic rundown: The boy and his sister were taking a shortcut through the woods on the way home from school when they came upon a moose who got aggressive. The kid started shouting to distract the moose while his sister ran away and when faced with a very irate and very large mammal did what he had done many times before while playing his Hunter in...

What do you call a bull moose tangled in Christmas lights and drunk on fermented crab apples, standing glassy-eyed and dizzy in the front yard of a downtown bar? Buzzwinkle? But seriously, the juiced moose had certainly seen better days than Tuesday, when he became a bewildered tourist attraction, parked in the courtyard of Bernie's Bungalow Lounge as shoppers clicked by with their Nordstrom bags. "He just has this goofy look on his face," said Rick Sinnott, a Fish and Game biologist who came to check on him and guessed he'd probably eaten too many crab apples from an old...

If you'd been wondering to yourself, 'is there anywhere I can go in the world to wonder around inside a giant elk, and maybe grab a bite to eat?' then you may be in luck. Local officials in Sweden have just granted permission for the construction of a giant architectural moose, which will act as a concert hall and restaurant, entered via the moose's mouth. The elk building will stand nearly 150ft high. English language Swedish news site The Local reports that the elk, which is to be built on the Vithatten mountain in northern Sweden, has finally been given...

Officials in northern Sweden have just given the all-clear for the construction of the world's largest elk, or moose as the animal is known in North America. Perched on top of a mountain, the 45-metre (148-foot) elk will double as a restaurant and concert hall that can seat up to 350 guests. From its antlers, more than 500 metres above sea level, visitors will be able to enjoy the spectacular view over the valleys below. For over three years, officials from two northern counties have discussed the implications of having a gigantic elk straddling their border from its vantage point...

I was recently reminded to share this tale with you after a friend told me he was going to give me a sizable chunk of moose meat for my freezer. The late Officer Connor died a number of years ago, but his misadventures afield have lived on. Connor was a retired Chicago police officer who marched to his own tune back in the 1950s and early '60s. He and my father were always fishing and hunting together. Connor had saved enough dollars so he could go moose hunting in Maine. He figured that by staying in the good old U.S.,...

Fall has arrived and male deer and moose have begun their mating season rituals. During their so-called "rut," which generally lasts from October to December, males go crazy. Their libido rises and they lose all caution, searching for females in a frantic effort to breed. This sends females on the run. Naturally this results in moose and deer, chasing and being chased, cross roads. And when that happens, collisions with cars are inevitable. But the state Department of Transportation says motorists shouldn't fear. DOT Commissioner Astrid Glynn says drivers should reduce speed and stay alert during this time. According to...

Only an hour into a five-day moose hunt in the northern Minnesota wilderness, Jack Weix came face to face with a giant bull moose. And possibly a little bit of Minnesota history. Weix, 38, of St. Paul, bagged the moose Sept. 29 -- his first ever -- then found out later that it might be a record-breaker. The animal weighed an estimated 1,200 pounds and its antlers measured an astounding 5 feet from tip to tip. The rack scored 236½ inches under the Boone and Crockett measuring system. The existing state record is 227 1/8 inches, set in 1985. However,...

That sure is an odd cow among the cattle After noticing broken fences and cattle roaming around in the wrong pasture, Beverly and Ernie Fischer knew something was wrong. The Fischers noticed the damage during the fall roundup. And they got more than they expected when they gathered their herd on Wednesday. A moose. On their ranch near Cannon Ball, 20 miles south of Mandan, a large moose was rounded up along with the rest of the cattle. "We were moving some cattle, and we got a moose," Ernie Fischer said. The moose followed the cattle all over during the...

CANNONBALL, N.D. - When Beverly and Ernie Fischer gathered up their cattle this fall in Morton County, they rounded up a little more than they expected. We were moving some cattle, and we got a moose," Ernie Fischer said. "He thinks he is a cow," said his wife. Ernie Fischer said it was difficult to get the young bull moose away from the cattle, and workers put it in a separate corral until it could be released. The moose also broke fences on the ranch 20 miles south of Mandan. It's not the only such incident in south central North...

Moose are making a comeback in New York state, according to state officials. There are roughly 500 moose, all of them in northern New York, up from an estimated 50-100 a decade earlier. In the 1980s, there were only a handful of sporadic sightings, said the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Moose populations in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Canada have steadily increased, and many have migrated into New York, said Chuck Dente, a big-game biologist with the DEC. He said much of the growth in recent years is due to reproduction, not just migration. "We are now receiving numerous...

As many as 6,300 deer, moose and stags, equivalent to 17 a day, suffered tragic deaths on Norwegian roads last year. An average of 17 moose, deer and stags were killed daily by traffic last year. It’s not uncommon to drive by a dead moose or deer while travelling on Norwegian roads. According to new figures from Statistics Norway, an average of 17 moose, deer and stags were killed daily by traffic last year, totalling as many as 6,300 animals. 5,500 animals were killed by cars and 800 by trains. Deer make up 60 percent of the total, but moose...

With hunting season just around the corner, things could look bleak for the rare white moose, which became a national celebrity after it was first spotted last year. But now hunters are instructed to spare it. The rare white moose, first spotted in the county of Østfold, has been given at least one more year to live. Hunters are now being instructed from the local agency in charge of the hunt to protect it from their bullets. The moose, named Albin, quickly became a national celebrity after it was fist spotted a year ago. And it is Albin’s celebrity status...

Ron Paul refuses to declare war against Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq.We have made it clear here at Free Republic that there is irrefutable documentation showing Saddam's WMD program and links to Al Qaeda under this section on the websitePreWarDocs Ron Paul continues to appease our enemy. I am officially posting a declaration of war against Ron RuPaul here at Free Republic on behalf of patriotic Americans who support our troops mission in Iraq.