Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
September 21-22, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com
Events:
DC: September 30 DC Human Rights Rally Protesting OIC
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-30-rally-protesting-oic/
September 30: DC China Embassy Protest
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/protest-dc-china-embassy/
September 24 - NYC - UN Protest for Iran Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-24-nyc-un-protest-for-iran-freedom/
North Korea Freedom Coalition: Sept 24 Events Focus on Plight of Escapees from North Korea
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/north-korea-freedom-coalition-sept-24-events-focus-on-plight-of-escapees-from-north-korea/
Newslinks:
(U.S.) Active Terror Cell Prepared NYC Attack, Officials
— ABC: “Authorities believe after 3 arrests in alleged plot, others still out there.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/active-terror-cell-prepared-nyc-attack-officials/story?id=8628780
— Feds unsure if arrest of Najibullah Zazi and two others has foiled al-Qaeda terror plot
—— “The FBI said Zazi admitted last week that Osama Bin Laden’s goons trained him in
‘weapons and explosives’ last year at an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan’s war-torn Pashtun tribal areas, prosecutors say.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/20/2009-09-20_najibullah_zazi_admitted_receiving_weapons_and_explosives_training_from_alqaeda_.html
(U.S.) Terrorist probe expands to include friends, associates of Najibullah Zazi
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_terrorist_probe_expands_to_include_friends_associates_of_najibullah_zazi_.html
(U.S.) NYC: More city apartments raided, as terrorist probe expands
— NY Daily News: “Between 16 and 20 men are under surveillance - as are their city haunts”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_terrorist_probe_expands_to_include_friends_associates_of_najibullah_zazi_.html
(U.S.) NYC MTA increases security amid terror probe
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_increases_security_amid_terror_fSNnfxn2FrRXMFVRre2kNP
— NYC trains raise security after terrorism warning
http://www.examiner.com/a-2229987~NYC_trains_raise_security_after_terrorism_warning.html
(U.S.) Terror arrest sparks gov’t warning on mass transit
— AP reports: “In a bulletin issued Friday, the FBI and Homeland Security Department warned that improvised explosive devices are the most common tactic to blow up railroads and other mass transit systems overseas. And they noted incidents in which bombs were made with peroxide.”
— “In the bulletin, obtained by The Associated Press, officials recommended that transit systems conduct random sweeps at terminals and stations and that law enforcement make random patrols and board some trains and buses.
— “The effects of the warning were not immediately clear Monday. New York’s transit agency said it was in touch with an FBI-NYPD task force but wouldn’t comment further.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror
— Feds Warn NYC, Nation Transit Systems
http://wcbstv.com/local/transit.alert.fbi.2.1199537.html
— Authorities Eye Stadiums, Hotels, Storage Centers in Colorado Terror Plot Probe
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553460,00.html
— U.S. Officials Warn Of Vulnerability Of Transit Systems
http://www.wusa9.com/rss/local_article.aspx?storyid=91343
— Metro Eying Terror Targets
-— “Metro Transit Police are closely monitoring the terror investigation out of Denver and New York.”
-— “Sources tell 9NEWS NOW that there is some suspicion that one of the suspects may have been targeting Grand Central Station in Manhattan. There is no indication that he was looking at DC.”
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=91334
— Terror Probe Puts U.S. Mass Transit Systems on Alert
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092201113.html
(U.S.) Feds issue security alerts on stadiums, hotels
— AP: “The bulletin on stadiums notes that an al-Qaida training manual specifically lists ‘blasting and destroying the places of amusement, immorality, and sin... and attacking vital economic centers’ as desired targets of the organization.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32967671/ns/us_news-security/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=8636324
(U.S.) Terror probe widens in U.S.
— “As many as a dozen people are suspected to have ties to what authorities say is an Al Qaeda-linked plot”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror-arrests22-2009sep22,0,5320039.story
— Najibullah Zazi and the New York/Colorado raids
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/najibullah_zazi_and_the_new_yo.php
— Source: Feds seek about a dozen people in terror investigation — Investigators expecting to make more arrests in terror probe, source says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/22/terror.probe/index.html
(U.S.) NYC: Cops, feds ransack Queens storage sites for Qaeda bomb-making materials
— NY Daily News: “Detectives were combing Queens storage facilities on Monday for stockpiled explosive chemicals that Al Qaeda terror thugs planned to use to bomb New York, sources said.”
— “At the same time, the Daily News has learned that prime terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has confessed he was a jihadist hell-bent on murderous mayhem, the sources said.”
— “NYPD investigators, in coordination with the FBI, hit chemical and fertilizer companies looking for customers who bought bulk and paid cash - and they were also showing up at storage centers in Long Island City”
— “Investigators believe they were going to use the units to mix chemicals for explosives.”
— “’They’re full on, and still going full bore,’ a counterterror official said of the bomb hunt”
— “The Department of Homeland Security at the same time has issued a nationwide bulletin asking cops to look at storage facilities”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_search_for_qaeda_explosives.html
— Authorities Eye Storage Centers in Colorado Terror Plot Probe
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553460,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r1:c0.000000:b0:z5
(U.S.) Feds bring Queens ‘bomb plotters’ to court — Najibullah Zazi and Mohammed Wali Zazi
— NY Post: “In New York, Zazi’s former imam, Ahmad Wais Afzali, faced lying charges in Brooklyn federal court for allegedly denying that he tipped off the suspected bomber to the investigation.”
— “Separate from the courtroom action, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued an alert to law enforcement and transit agencies around the country, urging them to beef up security on trains and subways.”
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/feds_bring_qns_bomb_plotters_to_Fbey3R9shiXAbHMaEOyXyO
(U.S.) Blown terrorist case led to rushed arrests
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/22/terrorism-scholars-blown-case-sped-up-arrests/?feat=home_headlines
(U.S.) Evidence in Colorado-NYC terror investigation might be sealed
— Denver Post: “Prosecutors say they will use classified information in the case against Najibullah Zazi”
— “Federal prosecutors signaled Monday that they will try to keep secret key portions of their case against an Aurora shuttle driver accused of ties to international terrorists.”
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13390277
(U.S.) Lawyers question decision to talk with FBI
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13390091
(U.S.) NYC imam held without bail in terrorism probe — Ahmad Afzali
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13387171
— New York suspect gets high-profile lawyer Ron Kuby
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13390090
— Ron Kuby “briefly represented Omar Abdel-Rahman after the radical Egyptian sheik’s 1993 arrest”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147095,00.html
— FBI says imam Ahmad Afzali worked both sides and tipped off suspects
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/21/2009-09-21_fbi_says_imam_ahmad_afzali_worked_both_sides__tipped_off_suspects.html
(U.S.) Chemicals a Focus of U.S. Bomb Probe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125363106857030887.html
(U.S.) FBI: Notes on bomb-making in Zazi’s handwriting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090921/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror;_ylt=Aj0XHvIb05YdlJj5sMdyZBJY24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTJnY3VmZjlhBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwOTIxL3VzX255Y190ZXJyb3IEY3BvcwMyBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDZmJpbm90ZXNvbmJv
US residents arrested over alleged plot similar to London bombings
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6211756/US-residents-arrested-over-alleged-plot-similar-to-London-bombings.html
(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban bomb Pakistan school: officials
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090922/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwesteducation
— Girls school attacked in Pakistan
— “Suspected Islamist militants blew up a girls school close to the main city in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said.”
— “Islamist militants in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan have often targeted girls’ schools because they believe that women should not be educated.”
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/172884/girls-school-attacked-in-pakistan
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090922/tap-as-pakistan-1st-ld-writethru-d3b07b8.html
Pakistani Columnist Irfan Husain on the Burning Alive of Seven Christians in Gojra Town: ‘If Muslims in the West Were Treated as We Treat Non-Muslim Citizens of Pakistan, There Would be Loud Accusations of Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Discrimination’
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255209
(Pakistan) A Q Khan’s disclosures vindicate India’s stand
— “India’s position that disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan could not have acted individually stands vindicated with his admission that Islamabad was involved in the proliferation activities involving China, Iran, North Korea and Libya, experts say”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/A-Q-Khans-disclosures-vindicate-Indias-stand/articleshow/5042114.cms
— Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan-”Father of Islamic Bomb”
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19203
Pakistan: “TTP spokesperson Azam Tariq said the Taliban killed at least 45 security personnel during clashes”
— Security forces kill 34 militants in South Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-security-forces-kill-34-militants-south-waziristan-qs-03
Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani terms Balochistan ‘biggest challenge’
http://geo.tv/9-22-2009/49604.htm
— April 16, 2008 - Gilani at Pakistan National Assembly mtg where it passes resolution calling for U.N. to impose death penalty internationally for blasphemy
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6
(Pakistan) Ilyas Kashmiri was a Pakistani Army commando
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/ilyas_kashmiri_was_a_pakistani.php
(Pakistan) Al Qaeda’s training area in Pakistan is ‘the most dangerous spot on the map’
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/21/2009-09-21_qaedas_training_area_in_pakistan_notorious.html
(Pakistan) Islamists in Pakistan Recruit Entire Families from Europe
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,650264,00.html#ref=rss
(Pakistan/U.S.) U.S. says Pakistan, Iran helping Taliban
— LA Times: “Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, in particular cites the ISI and the Quds Force.”
— LA Times: “’Afghanistan’s insurgency is clearly supported from Pakistan,’ McChrystal wrote, adding that senior leaders of the major Taliban groups are ‘reportedly aided by some elements of Pakistan’s ISI.’ The ISI has long-standing ties to the Taliban, but Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed to have severed those relationships in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-spies22-2009sep22,0,3144734.story
(Pakistan/U.S.) “The FBI said Zazi admitted last week that Osama Bin Laden’s goons trained him in ‘weapons and explosives’ last year at an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan’s war-torn Pashtun tribal areas, prosecutors say.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/20/2009-09-20_najibullah_zazi_admitted_receiving_weapons_and_explosives_training_from_alqaeda_.html
(Pakistan/U.S.) US Congress approves $2.3 billion aid package for Pakistan
— “The approval came ahead of an important meeting between President Asif Zardari and a US economic team”
— “The US Congress approved the $2.376 million aid for the 2008-2009 financial year, while the US administration’s request for $2.282 million for the financial year 2009-2010 is pending for approval of the US Congress”
— “In addition, the US administration has provided $913 million cash reimbursement with regard to the Coalition Support Fund”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-us-congress-approves-2.3bn-aid-package-qs-04
(Pakistan/U.S.) Bill Clinton promises to secure investments for Pakistan
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-116881.html
(Pakistan) 83 terrorists on govt watch list
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\21\story_21-9-2009_pg7_4
(Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: FIRs against Hafiz Saeed not credible enough: India
— India National Security adviser states “the FIRs did not add any credibility to Pakistan’s commitment to act”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\21\story_21-9-2009_pg7_2
— Saeed under ‘house arrest’, was Pak army’s iftar guest
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Saeed-under-house-arrest-was-Pak-armys-iftar-guest/articleshow/5040239.cms
— August 3, 2009: Pakistan court adjourns indefinitely leaving LeT/JuD’s Hafiz Muhammad Saeed free
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms
— July 23, 2009: Pakistan Intelligence Service (ISI) -’Saeed deserved to be freed’
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Pakistan/Saeed-deserved-to-be-freed/articleshow/4809687.cms
(India) Explosives recovered from Agartala-bound train
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-115923.html
(Afghanistan) Focused war plan key to getting Bin Laden: Obama
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\21\story_21-9-2009_pg7_19
— June 11, 2009: CIA chief says bin Laden in Pakistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55A56920090611?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
(Afghanistan) Two ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2026965&Language=en
(Afghanistan) Pentagon delays Afghan troop request
— Request for Additional Forces on Hold as White House Seeks Review of Afghan Strategy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125350906414427191.html#mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
— Pentagon delays Afghan troop request: report
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21325420.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090922/ts_nm/us_afghanistan
(Afghanistan) Army draws up plan to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6843477.ece
(Afghanistan) Washington Post: “McChrystal: More Forces or ‘Mission Failure’ - Top U.S. Commander For Afghan War Calls Next 12 Months Decisive”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002920.html
— Washington Post: “McChrystal’s Assessment (Unclassified) PDF”
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Assessment_Redacted_092109.pdf
— A D.C. whodunit: Who leaked and why?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090922/pl_politico/27414
(Afghanistan) NATO mission in Afghanistan ‘risks failure’ without more troops, says Stanley McChrystal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6213324/Nato-mission-in-Afghanistan-risks-failure-without-more-troops-says-Stanley-McChrystal.html
— associated video report
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=9869622&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553100,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r2:c0.105908:b27851536:z0
(Afghanistan) 3 Insurgents Killed by Own Bomb in Afghanistan
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-22-voa28.cfm?rss=war%20and%20conflict
(Afghanistan) ‘Taliban, Al-Qaeda plotting from prison’
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=375089
Afghan officials live in fear of Taliban assassins
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2009/09/22/ap/international/as_afghan_assassination_campaign.txt
Kuwaiti Liberal: Persecution of Christians in the Middle East is Tantamount to Ethnic Cleansing
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255109
(U.S.) “Preaching Jihad In NYC”
— “disturbing video of Yousef al-Khattab preaching jihad on the streets of New York City”
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/09/preaching_jihad_in_nyc.asp
U.S. appeals judge’s order to free Yemeni from Guantanamo - Mohammed Adahi
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1245858.html
(U.S./Libya) The legal case that allows the NYPD to collar Khadafy
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/the_legal_case_that_allows_the_nypd_H2NzRw3vAwfQAo1mx8eDUL
(U.S./Libya) NYC: Libyans pretend to be Dutch to get Gaddafi a room
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6843545.ece
— Khadafy pitches tent ‘in Westchester’
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/khadafy_pitches_tent_in_westchester_ZXZLZSsETY5ernPZrCmiPO
(UK/Libya) Gordon Brown to meet Col Gaddafi amid Libya row
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/6212414/Gordon-Brown-to-meet-Col-Gaddafi-amid-Libya-row.html
(U.S.) Last Defendant in Tennessee Islamic Center Burning Pleads Guilty
— DOJ: “During the plea hearing, Baker admitted that he, Golden and Stone assembled Molotov cocktail incendiary devices, broke into the Islamic Center, ignited the devices and used them to completely destroy the mosque. He admitted to painting swastikas and the phrase ‘White Power’ on the mosque in the course of the arson and that they acted because of the religious character of the property.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090922/pl_usnw/last_defendant_in_tennessee_islamic_center_burning_pleads_guilty
Iran: Amil Irani reports on the abuses of those seeking freedom of religion in Iran
http://www.amilimani.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=2
Iran would cut hands of attackers
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/September/middleeast_September535.xml§ion=middleeast
Iran nuke chief: New centrifuges built
— “Ali Akbar Salehi quoted as saying Teheran has built a ‘new generation’ of high capacity centrifuges”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198173755&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Iran welcomes nixing of Europe defense shield
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198167698&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) Arab shot trying to run over soldiers
— “E. Jerusalem man tries to break through roadblock, is shot dead; IDF soldier lightly hurt in incident”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198170103&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Israel) U.S. Former Secretary of State Zbigniew Brzezinski calls for “confrontation” of Israel if it attacks Iran
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-18/how-obama-flubbed-his-missile-message/full/
— Russia: Israel will not attack Iran, says Kremlin
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6841728.ece
Israel makes secret offer on settlements
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/22/israel-makes-secret-settlement-offer/
(Saudi Arabia) Al-Qaeda issues new threats on KSA
http://geo.tv/9-22-2009/49596.htm
Somalia: “Muslim Militants Slay Long-Time Christian in Somalia”
— “The faith journey of a long-time underground Christian in Somalia ended in tragedy this week when Islamic militants controlling a security checkpoint killed him after finding Bibles in his possession.
— “ Militants from the Muslim extremist al Shabaab killed 69-year-old Omar Khalafe on Tuesday (Sept. 15) at a checkpoint they controlled 10 kilometers from Merca, a Christian source told Compass. A port city on the Indian Ocean 70 kilometers (45 miles) from Mogadishu, Merca is the main city of the Lower Shabele region.”
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/9494/
Somali insurgents warn schools not to use UN textbooks
— “Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab insurgents have warned schools not to use textbooks provided by UN agencies and other donors they accuse of being un-Islamic”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/6211720/Somali-insurgents-warn-schools-not-to-use-UN-textbooks.html
Somali insurgents bow to bin Laden — Al-Shabab swears allegiance on video
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2009/09/22/somalia_0922.ART_ART_09-22-09_A7_T9F58N0.html?sid=101
— Al-Shabab Pledges Loyalty to Bin Laden
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-22-voa31.cfm
(Somalia) At Least 17 Killed in Fresh Somalia Clashes
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-21-voa17.cfm
(Somalia) Radical Somali leader defends peacekeepers’ killings
— CNN: “Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said Thursday’s attack was meant to defend Islam”
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/20/somalia.peacekeepers.deaths/
Ethiopian rebels deny helping Somali Islamists
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-09-22-ethiopian-rebels-deny-helping-somali-islamists
Sudan: 100 killed in raid on Sudan village
— London Times: “Buildings are burnt and churchgoers attacked by Lou Nuer ethnic militia after a company of soldiers flees Dinka Hol village”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6843683.ece
Italy: Algerian terror suspect arrested in Rome
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3798840123
(Germany) Well-Dressed and Ready to Kill; Face of Terror in Suit and Tie
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-threatens-attack-germany-weeks-elections/story?id=8630699
— Germany on edge after fourth consecutive al-Qaeda bomb attack warning
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6841890.ece
Canadian pleads guilty to terrorism: reports - Ali Dirie
— AFP reports: “A Canadian has pleaded guilty of a terrorist association with a group of alleged Islamic militants accused of plotting attacks in Toronto and Ottawa in 2006, Canadian media reported.”
— “Ali Dirie, 26, who entered the plea Monday, was the second member of the ‘Toronto 18’ group to plead guilty to terrorism charges, after Saad Khalid, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison earlier this month.”
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/09/22/85729.html
Canada ends round-the-clock surveillance of alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper — Algerian Mohamed Harkat
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j-DmUbRhltou5b8yT6-M7TH364pw
Russia: Roiling Chechnya Again Vexes Russia
— NPR regarding Kadyrov: “While battling Muslim extremists, he has promoted his own version of Islam, urging women to stay at home and obey their husbands. He has endorsed honor killings — the murder of female relatives who have brought ‘shame’ to a family”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112977301
Philippines kill 19 militants in rebel stronghold
— “Philippine soldiers backed by air strikes have seized the Abu Sayyaf group’s main base on the southern island of Jolo, killing 19 rebels in a complex laced with bunkers and trenches, a military commander said on Monday”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090921/wl_nm/us_philippines_violence;_ylt=AjQsbqkPpXcbAXit1EHC0M.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM5dmtxaGQ3BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwOTIxL3VzX3BoaWxpcHBpbmVzX3Zpb2xlbmNlBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDMQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3BoaWxpcHBpbmVzaw—
(Indonesia) Seoul Times: “Indonesia and Islamic Terrorism”
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=8835
(Thailand) 3 soldiers injured in ambush in Yala
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30112371/3-soldiers-injured-in-ambush-in-Yala
Thai Military Tries to Win Over Muslims in Rebellious South
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-21-voa50.cfm
Islamic Supremacist War on Women:
Rifqa Bary Case: Runaway Convert’s Parents Want Case Moved to Ohio
— “An Ohio judge has set a hearing for Oct. 27.”
— “The Florida judge currently supervising the case said he will consult with his Ohio counterpart to settle jurisdictional issues.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553381,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r5:c0.000000:b0:z5
— Teen who fears ‘honor killing’ will stay in care
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/teen-who-fears-%E2%80%98honour-killing%E2%80%99-will-stay-in-care/
AIFD’s Zhudi Jasser on Rifqa Bary Case
http://www.aifdemocracy.org/
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4322/pub_detail.asp
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4323/pub_detail.asp
Afghanistan: “Behind the Veil — An Intimate Journey Into The Lives Of Kandahar’s Women”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/behind-the-veil/
UK: Police told to treat hundreds more attacks as ‘honour’ crimes
— Daily Mail: “The horrific consequences of honour violence were highlighted by an attack in Leytonstone in July in which a 24-year-old Danish man of Asian origin had acid poured down his throat and was repeatedly stabbed because of his relationship with a Muslim woman”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215241/Police-told-treat-hundreds-attacks-honour-crimes.html
— July 23, 2009: UK: Acid ‘Honor’ Attack on Muslim Man... Muslim Woman in Danger
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-muslim-man-honor-attack/
— Muslim man critical after ‘honour attack’ with acid
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5894521/Muslim-man-critical-after-honour-attack-with-acid.html
Other News:
(U.S.) Louis Farrakhan: “The Nation of Islam Welcomes Muammar Gadhafi”
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/featuredFarrakhanArticle/article_6445.shtml
— “The Nation of Islam” listed as a “black separatist” “hate group” by the SPLC
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3
(U.S.) LA Times: “Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan defends his views”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ramadan-qa22-2009sep22,0,2284685.story
— August 19, 2009: Dutch university fires Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan - as “integration adviser”
-— “criticized for his views on women, gays and Israel”
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1035198&lang=eng_news
— August 2009: Iran: Professor Ramadan on Iranian broadcaster PressTV — guest reported as Holocaust Denier
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/netherlands-professor-ramadan-on.html
— July 17, 2009: “Court Reverses Decision to Bar Swiss Muslim Scholar” — Tariq Ramadan
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/court-reverses-decision-to-bar-swiss-muslim-scholar/?hp
(U.S.) IPT News: “Kerfuffle on Campus over Sharia Lecture”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1424/kerfuffle-on-campus-over-sharia-lecture
(U.S.) Report: “Muslim groups try to ease fears of charities funding jihad with BBB accreditation”
http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2009/09/21/muslim-groups-try-to-ease-fears-of-charities-funding-jihad-with-bbb-accreditation/
(U.S.) Press Release: “Former Muslims Call on DOJ, US Commission On Civil Rights to Investigate Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Apostates from Islam”
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/press-release-former-muslims-call-on-doj-us-commission-on-civil-rights-to-investigate-hate-crimes-and-discrimination-against-apostates-from-islam/
(U.S.) “Westboro Baptist” Hate Group to Protest New York Area Synagogues
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/nyc-westboro-baptist-hate-group-to-protest-new-york-area-synagogues/
— The Jewish Star reports:
— “Fringe Baptist group to bring hate to Great Neck”
— “Protests planned next week in Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan”
http://thejewishstar.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/fringe-baptist-group-to-bring-hate-to-great-neck/#more-9218
Bangladesh: Islamic Fundamentalist destroyed Kali Temple at Rajbari
http://quandaryreflection.blogspot.com/2009/09/bangladesh-islamic-fundamentalist.html
— background on Bangladesh
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34692667@N07/show/
(Iraq) Fatwa by Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi: Iraqis Must Not Become U.S. Citizens
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255409
(Indonesia) More sharia in Bande Aceh, Christians concerned
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/13272
Nigeria: Sharia: Govt Okays 200 Buses for Commuters
— “Disturbed by the shortage of buses to convey women only as required by the Shari’a legal system, Zamfara State government has awarded a contract worth N100m for the procurement of 200 new buses, which would be used by women as means of transportation within and outside the state.”
— Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Malam Tukur Sani Jangebe “said government is totally committed to the implementation of the Sharia legal code across the state”
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=154920
(Nigeria) Daily Telegraph on Nigerian Pastor Nicholas Okoh’s Comments
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6213269/Muslims-mass-producing-babies-to-take-over-Africa-says-Nigerian-Anglican-leader.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6841734.ece
France opts for legislative juggling to allow Islamic finance
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/21/france-opts-for-legislative-juggling-to-allow-islamic-finance/
(UK) Daily Telegraph: “Christian couple face losing hotel after criminal charges for offending Muslim woman”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6211604/Christian-couple-face-losing-hotel-after-criminal-charges-for-offending-Muslim-woman.html
UK: Is far-right extremism a threat?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8266933.stm
Spain: ADL: Anti-Semitism in Spain on the rise
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198171497&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Fair play for Messianic Jews
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/09/22/fair-play-for-messianic-jews/
Against Totalitarianism News:
China Support Network: “News conference scolds China and Hong Kong”
— “Has the principle of ‘one country, two systems’ been forgotten, or abandoned?”
http://chinademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/09/news-conference-scolds-china-and-hong.html
Upcoming protests as China’s President Hu visits New York this week; then next week, the PRC anniversary
http://chinademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/09/upcoming-protests-for-hu-this-week-oct.html
Communist China: Threats Continue Against Pastor of Liangren Church
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1290&month=09&year=2009&_nc=a29a219c74474fcb9a83a67211a3a2e9
Communist China: Beijing Pastor’s Family Calls for His Safe Return
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1291&month=09&year=2009&_nc=a29a219c74474fcb9a83a67211a3a2e9
Communist China - Addtl Report: Police and Mobs Attack House Church Members in Shanxi
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22675/
Vietnam: Government prevents Catholics from using former Church-run building
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/09/21/government-prevents-catholics-from-using-former-church-run-building/
Against Nazi News:
(Germany) Neo-Nazis tell immigrants to ‘go home’
— “There have been fresh calls to ban Germany’s neo-Nazi NPD party after it sent letters to several ethnic minority candidates in this weekend’s general election, telling them to ‘go home’”
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26113595-23109,00.html
Italy agrees to extradite Serb neo-Nazi Goran Davidovic
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2009/09/20/nb-06
World War 2: 7 Nazi leaders’ £3,334,000 fortunes abroad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/6206312/World-War-2-7-Nazi-leaders-3334000-fortunes-abroad.html
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What a round up! You’ve been busy. Thanks, Ruth.
I’m super tired tonight. I’ll try to wade through the links tomorrow. Thanks again.
Sheesh granny, Morris Dees finally got something right? Thanks for this link...
“The Nation of Islam” listed as a “black separatist” “hate group” by the SPLC
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3
I hope you are doing well (heading into fall/winter)
Thanks for the ping and your work.
The Pioneer Woman website is hilarious and has great recipes. I’m glad too see she’s still posting.
Agreed.
Did you read her account of falling in love with her hubby? “Black heels to tractor wheels”
http://thepioneerwoman.com/blog/category/black_heelstractor_wheels/the_night_i_met_marlboro_man
That page has links in reversed chrono order.
Here’s the link to part one of Pioneer Woman’s love story,
http://thepioneerwoman.com/blog/2007/09/the_night_ree_drummond_met_marlboro_man/
Eagle, here’s hoping the heavy rains have not caused you any grief!
Keep us posted - you are in our prayers.
Re: Relish & Salsa
Posted by: “KittyHawk”
Here are some. I will check for more when I get home from work.
Caramelized Red Onion Relish
Balsamic vinegar is the magic ingredient in this recipe. It adds pungent
sweetness to the caramelized onions. Serve with BBQ or broiled meats
such as steak, lamb chops and chicken.
4 large red onions, peeled
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 cups red wine
6 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
Slice onions into thin slices. Combine onions and sugar in a large non
stick skillet. Cook uncovered over medium high heat for about 25 minutes
or until onions turn golden and start to caramelize, stirring frequently.
Stir in wine and vinegar. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat
to low and cook, for about 20 minutes or until most of the liquid has
evaporated, stirring frequently.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Spoon into prepared jars leaving a
1/2” headspace. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Adjust
time according to altitude.
Makes: 4 half pints
12 cup Chopped Onion
2 cups granulated sugar
2 Tbsp canning salt
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cup cider vinegar
Combine onions, sugar, salt & water. Bring to a boil over medium heat,
stirring
often until sugar is dissolved. Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer,
stirring
occasionally, for about 20 minutes or until onions are softened.
Uncover, increase heat to medium low and boil gently, stirring often,
for about
40 minutes or until onions are deeply caramelized.
Increase heat to medium high, add vinegar and return to boil stirring
often.
Reduce heat and boil gently, stirring constantly for about 5 minutes or
until
mixture is slightly thickened.
Ladel into jars - 1/2 inch head space.
Process 10 min. in BWB. Adjust time according to your altitude.
Makes: 8 half pint jars
A tangy orange flecked relish. Ready for hotdogs.
2 cups ground carrots, lightly packed
4 cups ground cucumber with peel (about 2 1/2 lb)
1 1/2 cups ground onion
2 Tbsp pickling salt
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups vinegar (5%)
1 1/2 tsp celery seed
1 1/2 tsp mustard seed
Put vegetables into a large saucepan. Mix in salt. Cover and let stand
on counter
for 3 hours. Drain thoroughly.
Add sugar, vinegar, celery seed and mustard seed. Heat on medium,
stirring until
sugar dissolves. Cook uncovered for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir more
often near end of cooking time.
Pour into prepared jars leaving a 1/4” headspace. Check for air bubbles.
Process
in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Adjust time according to altitude.
Makes: 5 half pints
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FoodPreservationDryingCanningAndMore/
What a round up! You’ve been busy. Thanks, Ruth.<<<
Thanks, but the hard work is from Jeffrey Imm, he tries to cover all the news.
LOL, but he will look at what we send to him, my history finds make the list, about as often as my breaking news finds, for he is on the ball.
Rest and do come and join us when you can.
Good, I am glad to know there was something you could use on Jeffrey Imm’s list.
There is so much going on in the U.S., that it was time to expose it.
Stay safe, smile a lot, it confuses folks.
I am also praying you did not get all that rain.
What a mess.......LOL, what an inane statement.
Praying for you and your garden, stay safe and build the greenhouse.
Cream of Potato Soup in a Mug
Posted by: “missvergie”
Cream of Potato Soup in a Mug
5 1/2 tablespoons potato flakes
1/2 teaspoon dill weed
Pinch of pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried onion flakes
1 tablespoon Knorr classic white sauce mix
In small bowl, combine all and mix well. Seal in zip-top bag and put in mug. Decorate and attach directions:
Cream of Potato Soup:
Cream of potato soup mix
1 1/4 cups water
1 tablespoon butter
Place soup mix from bag into mug.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, place water and butter. Mix well and bring to a boil. Pour heated butter mixture over ingredients in mug. Mix well, cover and let sit for 5 minutes. If desired top with shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream or soda crackers.
Honeybun Coffee Cake in a Mug
Posted by: “missvergie”
Honeybun Coffee Cake in a Mug
1/3 cup yellow or spice cake mix
Topping mix:
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon finely chopped pecans
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Place cake mix in a zip-type bag. Place topping mix in another bag and label “Topping Mix.” Staple bags together. Place bags into a ceramic/pottery mug that holds 1 1/2 cups liquid (no metallic decorations on cup).
Attach instructions to a gift tag on the handle of the cup:
Honeybun Coffee Cake
Empty bag of cake mix into the coffee cup. Add 2 teaspoons vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon water and 1 egg white. Stir very well. Sprinkle topping mix over batter. Microwave 2 minutes. Let cool 1 minute in cup.
Remove from cup and cut in half lengthwise. Serve immediately.
1-2 servings.
My other groups: favoritefamilyrecipes@yahoogroups.com and moderator of BisquickRecipes@yahoogroups.com.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cookingandbakingmixes/
Apple Cobbler Cookies
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar, granulated
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup soft butter or margarine
1 cup chopped nuts
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup apple butter
1/4 cup apple juice
1 cup chopped peeled apples
1 cup raisins
Crumb Coating
1-1/4 cups brown sugar
1-1/2 cups quick oats (not instant)
1-1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
9 tablespoons soft butter or margarine
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Mix thoroughly flour, baking powder and cinnamon. In another bowl, mix sugars with mixer. Add butter, eggs and vanilla, beat until well blended. Beat in apple butter and juice. Add flour mixture, chopped apples, raisins and nuts. Mix on low speed just until mixed. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm enough to shape. Crumb coating - mix sugar, oats, cinnamon. Add melted butter. Stir until moistened. Make balls and roll in coating - place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 24-26 minutes.
http://www.nancyskitchen.com/apple-recipes/apple-cobbler-cookies.html
http://www.nancyskitchen.com/2009September/recipes-sep-21-2009.html
Asian Marinated Steak
Makes 6-8 servings
5 min prep time
15 min. cooking time
1 cup FRENCH’S® Reduced Sodium Worcestershire Sauce (30 % less Sodium) or FRENCH’S® Classic Worcestershire Sauce
1 tbsp. minced garlic
1 tbsp. minced fresh ginger 1 tbsp.
2 to 3 lbs boneless loin, round or flank steak
MIX Worcestershire, garlic and ginger in deep dish. Add steak. Refrigerate 30 min. or up to 3 hours. Drain steak.
GRILL steak over high heat about 15 min. for medium rare, turning once.
PLACE steak on serving plate; let steak rest 10 min. before slicing. Serve with additional Worcestershire on the side.
Used with Permission from French’s Kitchen
Subject: Recipe
Easy Key Lime Pie
1 graham cracker crust
1 1/4 cup lime juice
2 cups cool whip
green food coloring
Mix milk lime juice and food coloring until combined. Pour into shell. Cool until set. Top with cool whip.
Star
Old Fashioned Waldorf Salad
Mix until blended:
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup + 2 tbs good grade mayonnaise or salad dressing
1/2 cup finely crumbled blue cheese
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 medium stalks celery, thinly sliced (1 cup)
4 medium unpeeled red eating apples, cut into 1/4-inch slices and tossed w/1 tbsp lemon juice
2 cups tightly packed spinach leaves
Additional chopped walnuts
Makes 4 servings.
Line 4 plates with 1/2 cup each tightly packed spinach leaves.
Mound yogurt/apple mixture on top of spinach leaves and the sprinkle each plate with an additional 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts.
Judy/Buffalo
Zucchini Salad With Feta & Mint
2 lbs of small to medium zucchini
1 clove of garlic, minced
3 Tbsp. of chopped fresh mint (Yum!!)
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 Tbsp. good red wine vinegar
salt/pepper to taste
crumbled Feta cheese
Rinse your zucchini and steam whole. From when your water has come to boil, steam for about 15 minutes or until just fork tender.
Carefully slice your zucchini into fork-sized medallions and place in a large bowl. Add a little salt, some pepper, garlic, olive oil, mint and Feta and toss to coat. Serve warm or cold.
Judy/Buffalo
Shoney’s Country Fried Steak (clone)
3 cups water
2 cups flour
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp Watkins Pepper
4 4 oz cube steaks
1-1/2 tbsp ground beef
1/4 cup flour
2 cups chicken broth (made from Watkins Chicken Soup Base)
2 cups milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp Watkins Pepper
Put water in a medium bowl. Stir together flour, salt and pepper in another bowl. Dip steaks in water, then in flour mixture. Repeat. Lay coated steaks on a sheet of waxed paper and freeze for 3 hours. Deep fry at 350º 8-10 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Brown ground beef in a skillet. Stir in flour, then other ingredients. Bring to a boil and simmer until thick. Serve over steaks. Sunny Watkins Girl in the 2/12/2008 newsletter.
Chris in NM
Amy B in Tennessee, this is what I found:
BAKER’S CHEESE (On the market, you may also find it under the name “cooking cheese” or “white cheese” or dry cottage cheese, such as ricotta.)
Following this recipe for the cheese is my recipe for “Milwaukee Cheesecake” along with some background on how I got into this cheese. Baker’s cheese is made from skimmed milk so it is a natural for powdered milk. This is the procedure for about a pound of cheese from a gallon of milk.
1. Mix up a gallon of milk from powder. I used one gallon of water and 388 grams powdered milk. Alternatively, use a gallon of 1% milk.
2. Heat to 90F and add 1/8 tsp EZAL culture or whatever you use as equivalent.
3. A few drops of rennet in 1/4 cup water is added to milk.
4. Let sit for 8 hrs if you can keep the temp at about 90F or overnight at room temp. Actual target is pH of 4.5 if you have a way to measure it.
5. Pour curds and whey into cheesecloth lined colander and then hang up to drain for 15 minutes.
6. Press bag lightly between boards and drain until “moist but not wet”. This take about
[ Time not given, most likely all night....granny]
Index
http://www.nancyskitchen.com/2009September/default.html
Breakfast Cookies
3/4 C butter or margarine
3/4 C packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
2 1/2 C oatmeal
3/4 C flour
1/2 C instant dry milk
1 t salt
1/2 t baking powder
1 t cinnamon
Jam thick is best
I also add nuts, raisins, shelled sunflower seeds or dried apricots snipped up Optional MIx butter and br sugar well. Add eggs and vanilla. Combine dry ingredients and add to creamed ones and mix well.
Drop by 1/4 C 4 inches apart on a cookie sheet. Make a well in the top and put a generous spoonful of jam in it.
Bake 350 16-20 minutes until edges are light brown- remove and cool.
I usually make a double recipe and freeze half for another show. I have also add other cereal like rice Krispies or grapenuts to it.
Barb N CA
Nancy years ago I made these Breakfast Cookies because one of our girls had trouble getting up in the morning. I would enough stand her up in her bedroom and she was still asleep. With this problem I had to have something for her to eat before school. I didn’t want anything greasy so this is what I would use. She also at dinner would take a couple of bites of dinner and say she was through and she knew that she would not get anything until breakfast then I would give her the second recipe with a napkin and away she would go to school.
Breakfast Cookie
½ cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1¼ cup flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2 cups granola mix
Cream shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs, milk and vanilla; beat well. Mix together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to sugar mixture. Stir in granola mix. Drop by spoonful on greased sheets. Bake at 350º for 10 to 12 minutes.
Susie’s Bisquick Breakfast Cookies
2 cup Bisquick baking mix
1 lb. sausage, all mild, hot or ½ hot-½ mild
12 oz. sharp shredded cheddar cheese
2/3 cup milk
Mix all ingredients together well. Do Not Cook Sausage Prior To Baking. Shape into 24 patties and place on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 20 minutes at 400º. Remove, drain on paper towel and serve hot or cold. Will keep well in covered container. Refrigerate. You can use turkey breakfast sausage or turkey Italian sausage work well in this.
Breakfast Cookies
2/3 c. lite pancake syrup
1/4 c. dark brown sugar, packed
3/4 c. smooth natural-style peanut butter
2 T. vanilla extract
1 large egg (omega 3 type)
1 T. egg substitute or egg white
3/4 c. whole-wheat flour
6 T. white flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
3/4 c. rolled oats
3/4 c. dried fruit such as raisins, currants, or dried cranberries
2 1/2 c. high-fiber toasted oat cereal rings (like Trader Joe’s Organic High Fiber O’s)
Preheat to 375. Coat 2 nonstick baking sheets w/baking spray. In large bowl, combine pancake syrup, brown sugar, peanut butter, vanilla, egg & egg sub. & beat on med. til smooth. In med. bowl, combine whole-wheat flour, white flour, baking soda, & salt w/whisk. Pour into bowl w/ peanut butter mixture, beat on low just until blended. Stir in oats & dried fruit & toasted oat cereal by hand w/ spatula.
Drop slightly heaping 1/4 c. dough per cookie onto sheets (6-7 per baking sheet; flatten to about 3/4 in. thick. Bake 10 min. or until lightly browned. Cool on sheet or wire rack. Store in sandwich bags at room temp. up to 2 days or in the freezer up to 2 mo.
Makes 12-14 jumbo breakfast cookies. 214 cal.
(Source: Unknown)
Athena in DE
This is for Sandy Iowa, who in the 9/2/09 newsletter wanted recipes for a breakfast cookie – pizza. This first appeared in the 6/7/07 newsletter
And was submitted by Ms. Jackie- South East Texas)
. I have other breakfast pizza recipes, but this is the healthiest one.
Robbie In
Breakfast Fruit Pizza
Makes 8 Servings
Crust:
1 cup quick cooking oatmeal
3 bananas
2 -1/2 cups raisin bran cereal
1 cup powdered milk
Topping:
1 (8 ounce) carton lite cream cheese
6 packets of artificial sweetener or sugar to your taste
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 Tablespoons fruit only orange marmalade or other fruit marmalade-jam
Use any of these of your choice:
2 cups sliced strawberries
1/2 cup sliced peaches
1/2 cup sliced or crushed unsweetened pineapple
1 medium sliced kiwi
20 black grapes- cut in halves
In medium size bowl, mash bananas, add powdered milk; mix until well blended. Mix in cereal, stir until blended. This will be sticky. Spray hands and a 12 inch pizza pan with cooking spray. Using hands and a fork, spread and press mixture evenly over pan . Bake for 12 to 15 minutes in 350 degree oven until lightly browned. Remove and allow to cool.
Spread cream cheese topping over cooled ‘pizza crust’ Top with fruit. May chilled for 25 to 30 minutes before serving, better if made and allowed to chill over night.
Makes 8 servings- approximately 240 calories per serving, 1 g Fat, 13 g. Protein, 44g Carb, 336 mg sodium
From the cookbook- “Cooking Lite and Eating Smart- Recipes for a Healthy Lifestyle”
(Ms. Jackie- South East Texas)
Tulah
TNT Recipe -— Chocolate Chipper Cookie Mix in a Jar
Posted by: “Starkoski
Hi...
These cookies are baking in the oven right this minute!! The first batch came out and they are just great!! ....another one to put in my Mistletoe Marketplace! Who doesn’t like chocolate chip cookies!! This one is a keeper and will be great in Christmas baskets.
One tip———Be sure to use a wide mouth jar and really tap down each layer tightly....It is a very, very tight fit to get all the ingredients into the jar
hugs,
peg
Favorite Chocolate Chipper Cookie Mix
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup brown sugar, packed
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
In the order listed, layer the first 4 ingredients in a one-quart wide-mouth canning jar. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt, add to canning jar; pack down tightly. Secure lid and tie on these directions:
Cream together 3/4 cup butter, one egg and one teaspoon vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients; blending well. Shape dough into one-inch balls and place on a lightly oiled baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Make approximately 3 dozen cookies.
Recipe source: chickberry patch group, submitted by Tamara.
PEG’S NOTE:
Be sure to use a wide mouth jar and really tap down each layer tightly....It is a very, very tight fit to get all the ingredients into the jar
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2. TNT Recipe -— Holiday Cookies in a Jar
Posted by: “Starkoski
Hi...
I just tried these to see if I wanted to make them for my Mistletoe Marketplace.....well the answer is a definite YES! These cookies are really yummy and look so pretty in the jar. I just used regular colored M&Ms for my trial run because there are no holiday colors out yet, but they will be very festive looking with the holiday colored M&Ms.
hugs,
peg
Holiday Jar Cookies
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. Holiday M&M’s
1/2 c. rolled oats
1/2 c. regular (or Cocoa) Rice Krispies
1/2 c. white chocolate chips
Layer the ingredients in the order listed into a wide-mouthed quart canning jar, packing each layer firmly with a wooden spoon. Screw on lid and decorate jar top with fabric circle and twine. Hang a label around the jar neck with the following instructions:
To bake cookies, cream together 1/2 c. butter, 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1 egg in a mixing bowl. Add the contents of the jar and stir until well-blended. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Recipe source: chickberrypatch group, submitted by Lynn R.
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3. TNT Recipe -— Turkey Medallions
Posted by: “Starkoski
Hi....
This recipe is one of our very old favorites! When my boys were little they really loved these....I remember once when Scott was maybe about 5 years old that he loved these so much he snuck some of the leftovers and hid them in his bed so he could have some later! He is now almost 25 years old so that tells you how old this recipe is!! I texted Scott on his phone yesterday and told him I saved some turkey medallions for him to take to bed with him! He got a kick out of that!!!
Enjoy!
hugs,
peg
Turkey Medallions
1 lb. ground turkey
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1/2 tsp. fennel seed (optional)
1/2 tsp. ground sage
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1 egg
salt
1/2 cup water
1 TBSP cooking or white wine
1 TBSP butter or margarine
In large bowl, mix turkey, bread crumbs, fennel, sage, allspice, egg and salt. With well floured hands, shape turkey mixture into small meatballs. With palm of hands, flatten balls into 1/4” thick patties.
In skillet over medium high heat in hot oil, cook turkey patties a few at a time until turkey loses its pink color and is throughly browned on both sides. Repeat with rest of patties and place on plate when browned.
Into drippings remaining in skillet, over medium low heat, stir in water, wine, butter and 1/4 tsp. salt, stirring to loosen brown bits in skillet.
Spoon turkey medallions into a 9x13 casserole dish. Top with pan drippings. Cover with lid or foil and bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until heated through.
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rare. :
“God is sitting in heaven when a scientist says to him,
“Lord, we don’t need you anymore. Science has finally figured out a
way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what
you did in the beginning.’”
“Oh, is that so? Tell me...” replies god.
“Well, says the scientist, “we can take dirt and form it into the
likeness of you and breathe life into it, thus creating man.”
“Well, that’s interesting. Show Me.”
So the scientist bends down to the earth and starts to mold the soil.
“Oh no, no, no...” interrupts God,
“Get your own dirt.”
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