RSS The Gates of Hell

  • Israel keeps ex-congresswoman McKinney in custody
    A former US lawmaker and a number of other human rights activists remain imprisoned in Israel three days after their failed attempt to break Israel’s Gaza blockade. Tel Aviv has kept most of the peace activists, seized at sea by the Israeli navy, in custody without providing information on their release. [...]
  • Iran brings formal charges against UK embassy official
    A British embassy employee is to stand trial in Tehran for "acting against national security" — a dramatic escalation in Iran’s campaign to blame Britain for protests against disputed election results. The man, a 44-year-old Iranian who is the British embassy’s chief political analyst, was arrested on Saturday and has been formally ch […]
  • Nine Chechen police killed in Russia’s Ingushetia
    Nine Chechen policemen sent to crush an insurgency in the neighboring Russian republic of Ingushetia were gunned down Saturday, Interfax reported, intensifying the cycle of violence now unfolding in the region. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov ordered his troops across the border into Ingushetia to avenge a suicide bomb attack against fellow Kremlin appointee […]
  • Putin rejects Obama criticism before meeting
    Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama’s charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week. In a pre-trip interview, the U.S. leader told the Associated Press that Putin needed to "understand that the Cold War approach [...] […]
  • North Korea test-fires more missiles
    North Korea fired several short-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Saturday, an act that the U.S. watched closely and South Korea called provocative. Pyongyang fired six short-range missiles in less than seven hours, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said. The missiles were apparently Scud-type, estimated to have a range of about 500 kilometers (31 […]
  • UK: Home Secretary abandons compulsory ID cards
    British nationals will not be forced to carry identity cards after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, scrapped plans to make the controversial £4.9 billion scheme compulsory. In a significant climb down, Mr Johnson yesterday announced that the cards would only be issued to Britons on a voluntary basis. The move raises the prospect of the scheme being [...] […]
  • Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S.
    Leftist President Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped and transported to Costa Rica on Sunday morning after a growing controversy over a vote concerning term limits. Over the last week, Zelaya clashed with and eventually dismissed General Romeo Vasquez — who is now reportedly in charge of the armed forces that abducted the Honduran president. According to the […]
  • Obama says coup in Honduras is illegal
  • A year ago today…
    …President George W. Bush signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond, hailing the $162 billion plan as a rare product of bipartisan cooperation. Also, the United States announced that it was charging Saudi Arabian Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri with “organizing and directing” […]
  • Historic moment in Iraq marked with street festival
  • US Special Forces briefing to Congressman Miller exposes involvement in 19 Latin American countries during 2009 including Honduras
    This confidential US Special Forces (7th, US Southern Command), briefing dated 17 May 2009 was created for Florida Congressman Miller. Although unclassified, it specifies a For Official Use Only (FOUO) distribution restriction. On page 7 of the document, it is proudly proclaimed that the 7h Special Forces Group has conducted missions in every Latin American […]
  • Russian troops mass in war games near Georgia
    Russia on Monday started its biggest military exercises in the Caucasus since its war with neighbouring Georgia last year, mobilising thousands of troops in a clear warning to its foes. Georgia swiftly condemned as "dangerous" the week-long exercises, which are taking place just north of where Russia and Georgia fought over the pro-Moscow breakaway […]
  • Hugo Chavez threatens military action in Honduras
    Chavez said Honduran soldiers took away the Cuban ambassador and left the Venezuelan ambassador on the side of a road after beating him during the army’s coup against his leftist ally, Manuel Zelaya, the Honduran President. The Honduran army ousted Zelaya and exiled him in Central America’s first military coup since the Cold War, after he [...] […]
  • Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq
  • U.S. Air Force Test Fires Missile From California Base
    The Air Force successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile Monday from the California coast to an area in the Pacific Ocean some 4,200 miles away. The ICBM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Santa Barbara at 3:01 a.m. and carried three unarmed re-entry vehicles to their targets near the Kwajalein Atoll [...] […]
  • Iran frees five from UK embassy
    Five out of nine local staff from the UK embassy detained in Tehran have been released, Iranian officials say. Iran’s media earlier said local employees at the UK mission were held over their role in protests against June’s disputed presidential election. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has dismissed the allegations as baseless. Separately, […]
  • Google mistook MJ searches for net attack
  • India Undertakes Ambitious ID Card Plan
  • Spies In the Classroom: The Government Is Running a Secretive Intelligence Recruitment Program in Schools
    As the continuities and disjunctures between the Bush and Obama administrations come into focus it becomes increasingly clear that while Obama’s domestic agenda has some identifiable breaks with Bush’s, at its core, the new administration remains committed to staying the course of American militarization. Now we have an articulate, nuanced president who […]
  • Honduran President Zelaya Is Arrested by Troops
    Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was seized by soldiers and flown to Costa Rica after he tried unsuccessfully to fire the head of the central American nation’s armed forces. “The only reason that I wasn’t assassinated was that the soldiers are from the people,” Zelaya said in comments on regional broadcaster Telesur from San Jose, the [...] […]

RSS Country Living Skills

  • Tomato Suckers
    I mentioned suckers in an earlier post, saying that you can pinch them if you wish, but don’t have to – well, some people do not know what a sucker actually is. What is a sucker ? Suckers grow our between a tomato leaf branch and its stem.  If you pinch them off and stick them in [...]
  • Planting Cucumbers
    It is a good idea to plant cucumbers in hills so they can vine in peace and do not get too crowded. A week or two after your last frost date, make hills that are 4-5 feet apart from each other on all sides, and approximately 12” in diameter.  Plant 6-8 seeds per hill. After 3 weeks, [...]
  • Growing Tomatoes
    As tomatoes are most gardener’s favorite plant, especially but not exclusively amongst beginners, here are a few things that might be worth knowing about growing tomatoes.  If those among you who have decades of tomato growing experiences are unhappy with my information or have things to add, please feel free to comment Basically, all [...]
  • Marie Claire: How to plant a window garden
    Via: seattlepi.com 1. At a nursery, pick up seeds, potting soil, and a few small pots or a window box (it must be shorter than the length of your windowsill-measure first!). Get a container at least four to five inches deep with a drainage hole at the bottom. 2. Fill container with soil and place [...]
  • Good buys for gardeners
  • The globalisation of addiction
  • Gardening is getting more and more popular
    We finally got our seeds, accompanied by a nice letter from FEDCOs, and what they are telling their customers there did not come as a big surprise to us:  Fedco has had record sales this year, an over 40% growth in seed sales, which adds to the 20% growth they saw last year…  At a [...]
  • Planning your vegetable and herb gardens – Tips to save your family money by gardening
    Via: Seattle Garden & Kitchen Examiner A prolific garden can save your family a lot of money Food prices are continuing to rise while more and more products get recalled. It only makes sense that all of us considering ways to raise some of the food we eat. The more we food we raise, [...]
  • Have you ordered your seeds yet ?
    You might think it’s weird to think about the gardening season now, but it isn’t.  Even though your garden patch might be buried in snow right now, depending on where you are, you still need to get off your hindquarters and start planning now. 2009 might very well be the year when, for the first time [...]
  • Cloth diapers, again
    Just a short note today: We recently talked to a pediatrician who told us that she is seeing a lot more cloth diapers these days than she used to.   Most people are probably using cloth diapers now because they cannot afford throwaway diapers anymore, but it is still difficult to get decent diaper covers in any [...]
  • Apple Pie
    I suppose most of you have made millions of apple pies in your time, but if you are looking for a nice online description of how to bake one, I recently found a well made page about how to make apple pie from scratch, with lots of pictures and ingredients for both a lattice and [...]
  • An Old-Time “Refridgerator”, Easily Built: The Trash Can Root Cellar
    If you need storage that keeps your food cool without using electricity, a root cellar comes in very handy. There are a tremendous amount of different designs for root cellars out there – check out this site, for example: Root Cellars Their link to the garbage can root cellar is broken though, so here are some basic [...]
  • Green potatoes are poisonous
    I got this information from snopes.com: The potato, the ultimate comfort food in Western society, has a disturbing secret. potatoes This trustworthy old friend so often invited to our tables can, at times, slip us a little bit of poison. The potato — or, rather, green versions of it — contains a natural toxin called solanine. The [...]
  • Great Depression holds lessons for surviving tough economy
  • Burning questions about heating with wood
    Via: Cleveland.com Q. What are the most important considerations? A. Know the square-footage of your home, or the room to be heated, to get the right size unit for that space. Buy the highest quality that you can afford, and have the unit installed by a professional who knows the system and can make sure [...]
  • Simple Living Is Key to Weathering Complex Financial Times
    Via: thedailygreen.com Save Money and Get Happierby Jeff Yeager One of my all-time favorite movies is the 1979 classic Being There, starring Peter Sellers. The late Sellers (of Pink Panther and Dr. Strangelove fame) plays Chance the Gardener, a simple minded but lovable manservant who lives his whole life cloistered in the estate of an [...]
  • ‘Little Heathens’ Author finds readers hungry for her simple ‘farm stories’
    Via: TwinCities.com “Tell me a farm story, Grandma.” That’s what Mildred Kalish’s granddaughter used to say when Kalish walked the little girl to school some 20 years ago. “I started to tell her stories of my life, and then it dawned on me to put them down for the rest of the grandchildren,” Kalish recalled in [...]
  • Sustainability Starts in Your Own Back Yard
    Via: washingtonpost.com As gardeners, we are at the forefront of the new Green Revolution. Thirty years ago, most home landscaping consisted of lawn, foundation plantings, a few trees, and perhaps a bed for flowers or vegetables. Plants were chosen for their color when flowering and their availability at garden centers. Maintenance included mowing, fertili […]
  • New Study Indicates DNA Can Be Altered Through Diet and Exercise
    Via: NaturalNews A new study that was recently published sheds more evidence to what many have been saying for a long time, that DNA does not control the body or predestine you to being overweight, ill, sick, weak or anything else, but that the majority of our health and destiny lies within our own [...]
  • Amish keep slim despite having obesity gene. How do they do it?
    Via: iTWire An American study has shown that Old Order Amish adults–who have a gene that gives them a higher risk to be obese–reduce that tendency to gain alot of pounds by doing one thing. Can you guess what it is? It is known to the scientific community that the Amish eat a normal diet that [...]
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U.S. Stocks Retreat as Economic Slump Spurs Profit Concerns

Source: Bloomberg.com
U.S. stocks fell and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index retreated below its lowest closing level since 2003 on a jump in jobless claims and a worsening outlook for industrial and technology companies.
General Electric Co. dropped below $15 for the first time since 1996 after Citigroup Inc. said the company faces earnings “headwinds.” [...]

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