Christian Polygamy

Via: USATODAY.com Is it possible to clean green? Is it necessary to give up Mr. Clean to be green?If you’re not sure, that may explain the surge in books, magazine articles and websites explaining how you can clean and “detox” your home without chemicals found in familiar cleaning products such as Mr. Clean. But the [...]

Three eco-friendly cleaner recipes to try out at your next “green party”:Furniture polish: Combine 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice for fragrance (optional). Shake well. Dip a clean, dry cloth into the polish and rub wood in the direction of the grain. Refrigerate if you add [...]

Via: St. Petersburg Times The party favors are boxes of baking soda, recipe cards and spray bottles. The theme is green. Green cleaning parties have sprouted nationwide as a fun, easy way to rid homes of toxic chemicals found in common household cleaners. Women’s Voices for the Earth, an environmental group in Montana, started the parties in March [...]

Works great for stove tops and refrigerators if s[prayed generously on the appliance and wiped off with a damp sponge or cloth, and then wiped dry with another cloth. Ingredients: 1 tsp liquid castile soap 1/8 cup white vinegar 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 cups water 6 drops citrus seed extract 4 drops lemon, lime, orange or eucalyptus essential oil 1 tsp borax Combine [...]

Ingredients: 1/4 cup baking soda 5 drops essential oil of your choice juice of half a lemon Sprinkle baking soda on the stain, then add drops of essential oil and sprinkle with lemon juice. Let sit over night or several hours. Wipe baking soda away and then rinse well. If the stain is on the side of the [...]

Ingredients: water vinegar 3-4 drops citrus essential oil A simple mixture of equal parts of vinegar and water is the best thing for cleaning faucets. Buildup of grime around the base can be treated with a 3-4 drops of a citrus essential oil dropped directly on the grime, then scrubbed away with an old toothbrush.

Via:  Trying Traditional I thought I would be posting once more to warn of my absence, but alas I didn’t meet the deadline. I am, however, back and ready to go now. Sorry about that readers! Do you make any household cleaners yourself? We make our own laundry detergent and are quite happy with it. [...]

Via: Greenopolis There’s some ‘green’ products out there that just aren’t quite as green as they claim to be. Whether you call it greenwashing or just plain dishonesty, here’s a few products that don’t live up to their green hype. “Green” Cleaning Products: To meet the growing demand for environmentally-friendly products, a number of companies have created [...]

Competition Bureau sees red over false green claims Competition Bureau sees red over false green claimsSarah Schmidt , Canwest News ServicePublished: Thursday, June 19, 2008 OTTAWA - Consumers weary of environmental claims about products can soon expect more straight talk from manufacturers when the Competition Bureau releases tougher standards for green marketing pitches. As early as next [...]

Via: Faith Acre Farm Tara writes: Homemade Cleaning Six or so years ago I started making homemade household cleaners out of the neccessity to save money. It didn’t take long for me to realize the enormous benefits of making and using homemade cleaners. Yes it is a great way to cut costs, but even better than that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This is worth reading…� Hopefully many people have learned from their family history, or will learn from these people’s memories…� Prepare, people ! Via: CNN.com Memories of salvaging and stealing to avoid going hungry are part of the legacy of the Great Depression. Some iReporters say they can’t help but look at the current economy [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, fertilizing, spraying, [...]

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 [...]

Of course the facts don”t fit the claims…it’s called “propaganda”, or if you prefer a more modern phrase, “perception management.” Source: Salt Lake Tribune Allegations that members of a southern Utah polygamous sect are guilty of widespread welfare fraud were raised repeatedly this summer during a U.S. Senate judiciary committee hearing. They surfaced frequently, too, in messages sent [...]

Source:� msnbc.com State officials on Wednesday asked a judge to take steps to remove from the Internet a leaked video in which a teenage follower of Tony Alamo defends the jailed evangelist and says he would never commit the sex crimes of which he is accused. In a more than two-hour interview, the girl told a child [...]

Source: billingsgazette.com A fire has burned four structures at the compound of a Texas sect whose leader is accused of performing polygamous weddings. Firefighters in the town of Clyde say the cause of Monday’s blaze at the House of Yahweh compound is unknown. No injuries were reported. Fire Chief Billy Dezern tells the Abilene Reporter-News in its [...]

Source: Truth Will Prevail PRESS RELEASE FROM THE YFZ RANCHYFZ Raid was Never Justified December 27, 2008 When Texas law-enforcement officials and CPS invaded the YFZ Ranch on April 3, 2008, their actions were totally unjustified. They had no credible evidence of abuse, only a hoax telephone call from a woman currently undergoing psychiatric treatment. They never [...]

Source: dallasnews.com Nearly nine months since state authorities raided the Yearning for Zion polygamist ranch and took hundreds of children into temporary custody, the families upended by the largest-ever U.S. child welfare case cling to their culture. Some members of the Utah-based Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints hunker down in suburban subdivisions across [...]

What a complete load of horse crap… Grab the report and see for yourself:  Eldorado Investigation Report Source: mysanantonio.com Texas child protective services officials in a report today defended this year’s raid on a West Texas polygamous compound as being about child abuse, not religion. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services was criticized by officials with [...]

Source: Arkansas News Embattled evangelist Tony Alamo’s lawyer has asked that “immaterial, impertinent or scandalous” language be removed from a civil lawsuit targeting Alamo in federal court. The language was included in the suit only in an attempt “to stigmatize the defendant,” Alamo lawyer John Wesley Hall of Little Rock said in a filing last week. [...]

This woman sees a lot of delays… Trial delayed for Rosita Swinton, hoax suspect in FLDS raid Friday, December 19th, 2008 Hearing reset for Rosita Swinton in polygamy raid inquiry Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Rosita ‘Sarah’ Swinton case delayed Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Swinton trial to begin next year Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Source: Deseret News A trial for a woman connected to the [...]

Source: Houston Chronicle Texas Child Protective Services, the agency that removed 439 children from a polygamists’ ranch in West Texas last spring because caseworkers suspected child abuse, is refusing to release the findings of their completed abuse investigation to the Houston Chronicle. On Wednesday, agency spokesman Patrick Crimmins confirmed that the abuse investigation is finished but said [...]

Source: BostonHerald.com ABILENE, Texas — A judge sentenced a religious sect’s elder to 30 years in prison for molesting an 11-year-old girl during a phony cervical cancer exam. Yedidiyah Hawkins, 41, a House of Yahweh elder, faced a maximum penalty of life in prison after being convicted in October of aggravated sexual assault of a child. [...]