Yearly Archives: 2011

Hare Krishna, Steve Jobs

For a while in his youth, every week, Steve Jobs used to walk seven miles across town to the Hare Krishna temple for the Sunday feast. He was a life-long vegetarian. Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011 Wired – Oct 5, … more

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Banks helping you lose your money

Durbin to Bank of America Customers: ‘Get the Heck Out of That Bank’ ABC News – SUNLEN MILLER – Oct 3, 2011 “Bank of America customers, vote with your feet, get the heck out of that bank,” Durbin said on … more

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Science of Scrambled Eggs

How to Hatch a Dinosaur Wired.com – THOMAS HAYDEN – Sep 26, 2011 Horner’s plan, in essence, is to start off by creating experimental atavisms in the lab. Activate enough ancestral characteristics in a single chicken, he reasons, and you’ll … more

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Who is entitled to what?

A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement Ampedstatus.org – DAVID DEGRAW – Sep 29, 2011 As the occupation of Wall Street moves into its third week, there are many questions … more

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Who killed human civilization?

The world got along for thousands of years without heavy industrialization, technology, credit derivatives, inflation and unemployment, and it was a time when human beings used to be civilized. excerpt from morning walk conversation, Durban, October 13, 1975: PRABHUPADA: Material … more

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Fools Elected by Fools

Stupid voters enable broken government CNN – LZ GRANDERSON – Sep 27, 2011 The biggest reason government is broken is because of voters.

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Dire Forecasts

BBC Speechless As Trader Tells Truth: “The Collapse Is Coming…And Goldman Rules The World” Zero Hedge – TYLER DURDEN – Sep 26, 2011 In an interview on BBC News this morning that left the hosts gob-smacked (google it… it is … more

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Deflation means real value for your money

Forget Gold—What Matters Is Copper Zero Hedge – GONZALO LIRA – Sep 24, 2011 The ongoing price collapse of copper signals that the markets have collectively decided that there is going to be no resurgence of the global economies—at least … more

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Evolution of Cartoon Science

Was Darwin Wrong? National Geographic Magazine – DAVID QUAMMEN – Nov 2004 Evolutionary theory, though, is a bit different. It’s such a dangerously wonderful and far-reaching view of life that some people find it unacceptable, despite the vast body of … more

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Times of Crisis

Bullion Vaults Run Out of Space on Gold Rally Bloomberg – CHANYAPORN CHANJAROEN, NICHOLAS LARKIN & DEBARATI ROY – Sep 22, 2011 The metal rose 27 percent to $1,803.32 this year as the MSCI All-Country World Index of equities retreated … more

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