.....Westy....
Posted on 12/24/2004 8:51:48 AM PST by Mo1
Opulence?
Oh, goodness. That's like having a garden hose in your bathroom and calling it a bidet, for crying out loud.
Just don't digress to whatever those folks use for wipe, please.
Thank you.
.....Westy....
Time for me to get ready to report to my keeper..
It's been fun tonight..
Goodnight all, sleep well and long..
....Westy.....
100 TOP UIRNALS
http://tinyurl.com/6xq3e
It was all done with the gloves on, but it was as ruthless as any evisceration of any interviewer I have ever seen.
Those of you further West than the Eastern Time Zone might want to tape it.
Steffie has blown another job opportunity. He will not be replacing Ted Koppell when the time comes.
SO9
Possible Canada Mad Cow Case Fuels Industry Tension
Thu Dec 30, 2004 03:09 PM ET
By Jeffrey Jones
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada may have found a new case of mad cow disease, officials said on Thursday, rekindling tensions in its hard-hit beef industry just one day after the United States announced plans to reopen the border to live Canadian cattle.
A 10-year-old dairy cow from Alberta tested positive in two preliminary examinations, but the case -- which comes 20 months after Canada's first home-grown mad cow discovery -- has yet to be confirmed by a full-scale test, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said.
The animal did not enter the human food or animal-feed supply, officials stressed.
"We've taken this particular sample and elevated the sample to a suspect case, based on the fact that we have multiple, consistent non-negative findings," Gary Little, senior veterinarian with the CFIA, told reporters in Ottawa.
Definitive "gold standard" test results are expected in two to four days, Little said. The agency has started tracing the animal's offspring as a precaution, he said.
Canada's beef industry has already lost an estimated C$5 billion ($4.1 billion) since the first case of the disease, in May 2003, prompted international bans on its cattle and meat, led by the United States, its biggest market.
But spirits in Canada's cattle country were lifted on Wednesday when the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it planned to reopen the border on March 7 to imports of Canadian cattle under 30 months of age.
Ottawa notified the USDA about its suspected case before Wednesday's announcement, officials with both agencies said.
The dairy cow was born before both countries banned animal protein in cattle feed, which scientists say causes the brain-wasting affliction, and U.S. and Canadian officials said they did not expect it to affect trade.
"If this animal proves to be positive, it would not alter the implementation of the U.S. rule announced yesterday that recognizes Canada as a minimal-risk region" for mad cow disease, said Ron DeHaven, administrator of the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
It would be the only case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, found in Canada this year despite more than 21,500 tests.
An animal found in Washington state with the affliction one year ago was traced back to Alberta, however. It was also born before the feed restrictions.
Last month, the United States announced a suspected case but it turned out to be a false alarm.
Humans can contract a version of BSE, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, by eating contaminated beef.
Industry players were hopeful the case would not further complicate an already touchy process for resuming exports, but were wary it might offer ammunition to U.S. anti-trade groups.
"It will certainly give opponents in the U.S. something to chew on," said Harvey Dann, a Manitoba exporter who has been selling hamburger in mall parking lots during the trade ban.
A U.S. group called R-CALF has consistently fought against reopening the border to all Canadian cattle and has threatened legal action against the USDA, arguing it could threaten the health of the U.S. herd and consumers.
The group "will aggressively take all steps necessary" to force the agency to rescind the rule allowing renewed trade in Canadian cattle, its chief executive Bill Bullard said.
But the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, which represents U.S. ranchers, said it still supports resuming live cattle imports from Canada.
"The finding of an additional case is not going to have any bearing on our position whether or not to open the border because the rule covers cattle under 30 months of age and it covers beef products that are deemed safe by various criteria," association spokeswoman Karen Batra said.
The prospect of resuming Canadian trade pushed cattle futures lower at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Thursday, for the second consecutive day.
But the losses were less severe than on Wednesday, due to the suspected mad cow case and the potential lawsuits by U.S. cattle organizations, traders said.
($1=$1.20 Canadian) (With additional reporting by David Ljunggren and Randall Palmer in Ottawa, Roberta Rampton in Winnipeg, Richard Cowan in Washington and Bob Bergdorfer in Chicago)
Ever wonder why...If we can trace cows from birth to death...why can't we track down illegal aliens?
I think there is more ability on this planet than is acknowledge!
Methinks there is more apathy than ability.
I totally missed it .. with the kids home from school my days are off and for some odd reason I thought today was Saturday and changed the channel after the local news
There is a thread about it
Pretty Boy George Stephanopoulos implies Bush administration insincere...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1311374/posts
Yea .. but you don't squat there, now do ya .. LOL
Sweet Dreams Westie
Apathetic ability?
Simple really. Priorities. We are more concerned about an economic plague than a social one, without ever realizing, apparently, that either one impacts the other.
Recognizing parental sanity memory loss syndrome starts with small things like this.......
Watching Steffie's face:
Priceless.
Watching Steffie's face:
Priceless.
I need to know your pick........my bets are due....
Do FR hiccups count in funkles?
Are you slandering the UT coach again?
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