Devin Nunes Lawsplains, Dear God! We shit you not, Devin Nunes, the guy with a Master's in making cows reproduce more baby cows, thinks he's going to haul Chief Justice John Roberts before the House Intelligence Committee and teach him how to law good. Here's a
Who of course is walking proof (or was) that an emotionally disturbed, semi-psychotic vigilante is more mentally healthy and moral than the average superhero.
Or, if you're old-fashioned and quaintly into being polite and restrained, "Devin Nunes, sir, you walking answer to a crooked president's most desperate (but still futile) prayers, upon what subject wish you to discourse?"
PJ O'Rourke, I know, he turned wingnut, but still a funny guy on bovine insemination practices
" I was holding the cow's head while the real farmers squirted dishsoap on their arms for the real business at the other end. As long as I live, I will never forget the look on that cow's face."
From "How is Cow Babby Formed" Industrial Agriculture Division
I question that to a degree. My brother has about 800 acres and 500 or so head. That's not the sort of massive sort of industrial scale farm that you see in some places, but it's reasonably large for the northeast, and he gets by a lot better than the ag school kids whom I've seen over the years. It seems likely that in the large operations one at or near the top likely has a good many of people underneath him or her who have various specialties, which could include some sort of official training.
There's likely a fair amount of that that can be done with automation, applied technology and the rest. I've heard talk of tractors that drive themselves (essentially), based upon that sort of thing, and there are milking robots, but working with animals is a real skill that I don't know as a 2 or 4 year college program can really compare to a farm upbringing.
My brother does artificial breeding as well, although he has often relied upon the breeders to compare traits of the cow and the sire to get a more likely desirable outcome. It's sure a long way from even how it was 20 years ago for a lot of farms.
My brother always wanted to be a farmer, and he barely scraped through high school, but it really amazed me a couple of years ago to hear just how much he knew about international commodities markets and how those factors were affecting his grain and milk prices. That sort of thing he got from the couple of trade publications that he gets. I think that I sadly underestimated him on that front.
Farmers have to be smart to make it in today's world. So many people are urban now, and divorced from rural life, that I think our whole country underestimates farmers.
I am not a fan of Jerseys. I've too often found them to be kickers. I prefer to call them groundhuggers. I know people have different preferences. My brother likes Brown Swiss, and those dopey things are stupid for cows. I'm a bit partial to Ayrshires, even though they can be fiery, and roans can be pretty good (cross a Holstein with a Milking Shorthorn).
Who of course is walking proof (or was) that an emotionally disturbed, semi-psychotic vigilante is more mentally healthy and moral than the average superhero.
I too.
Or, if you're old-fashioned and quaintly into being polite and restrained, "Devin Nunes, sir, you walking answer to a crooked president's most desperate (but still futile) prayers, upon what subject wish you to discourse?"
It was. But we can't be sure any longer that the premises of really crappy movies won't be proposed as a basis for actual law by powerful people.
Yes, block that metaphor!
I was very amused, years ago, to learn that humans get mastitis.
As Strother Martin said in Cool Hand Luke: "Some men, they just can't reach" or something like that
Sure seems like it, doesn't it?
The sad thing about that part of Cali is that Bakersfield might be sending their best people to D.C.
Shudder
PJ O'Rourke, I know, he turned wingnut, but still a funny guy on bovine insemination practices
" I was holding the cow's head while the real farmers squirted dishsoap on their arms for the real business at the other end. As long as I live, I will never forget the look on that cow's face."
From "How is Cow Babby Formed" Industrial Agriculture Division
I question that to a degree. My brother has about 800 acres and 500 or so head. That's not the sort of massive sort of industrial scale farm that you see in some places, but it's reasonably large for the northeast, and he gets by a lot better than the ag school kids whom I've seen over the years. It seems likely that in the large operations one at or near the top likely has a good many of people underneath him or her who have various specialties, which could include some sort of official training.
There's likely a fair amount of that that can be done with automation, applied technology and the rest. I've heard talk of tractors that drive themselves (essentially), based upon that sort of thing, and there are milking robots, but working with animals is a real skill that I don't know as a 2 or 4 year college program can really compare to a farm upbringing.
My brother does artificial breeding as well, although he has often relied upon the breeders to compare traits of the cow and the sire to get a more likely desirable outcome. It's sure a long way from even how it was 20 years ago for a lot of farms.
My brother always wanted to be a farmer, and he barely scraped through high school, but it really amazed me a couple of years ago to hear just how much he knew about international commodities markets and how those factors were affecting his grain and milk prices. That sort of thing he got from the couple of trade publications that he gets. I think that I sadly underestimated him on that front.
Farmers have to be smart to make it in today's world. So many people are urban now, and divorced from rural life, that I think our whole country underestimates farmers.
A friend of ours lived on a century farm with his parents, who raised Jersey cows, known as "the girls."
I am not a fan of Jerseys. I've too often found them to be kickers. I prefer to call them groundhuggers. I know people have different preferences. My brother likes Brown Swiss, and those dopey things are stupid for cows. I'm a bit partial to Ayrshires, even though they can be fiery, and roans can be pretty good (cross a Holstein with a Milking Shorthorn).