Yearly Archives: 2012

Announcing new website: Back2Godhead.com

Madhudvisa das (host of prabhupadabooks.com and compiler of Prabhupada DVD and MP3 Libraries) writes: Already there are over 100 great articles from Srila Prabhupada’s original pre-1977 Back to Godhead magazines with all the beautiful color photos. These are much better … more

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Gold Reserves in Doubt

Why Germany Wants to See its US Gold Der Spiegel – SVEN BOLL & ANNE SEITH – Oct 30, 2012 For decades, German central bankers have contented themselves with written affirmations from their American colleagues that the gold still remains … more

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Happy cows make for happy humans

Go to video: “Milk of Human Kindness” Where Cows Are Happy and Food Is Healthy New York Times – NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF – Sep 8, 2012 “For productivity, it’s important to have happy cows,” he said. “If a cow is … more

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Controversy over mother of all languages

Researchers identify present day Turkey as origin of Indo-European languages Washington Post – HRISTIO BOYTCHEV – Aug 24, 2012 By using novel methods developed for tracing the origins of virus outbreaks, researchers say they have identified present-day Turkey as the … more

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Photos from Mars

Mars Looks Quite Familiar, if Only on the Surface New York Times – KENNETH CHANG – Aug 13, 2012 Over the weekend, the Curiosity, which landed early on Aug. 6 after an eight-month flight, started sending back a 360-degree high-resolution … more

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Simulating a single-cell bacterium

To Model the Simplest Microbe in the World, You Need 128 Computers The Atlantic – ALEXIS MADRIGAL – Jul 23, 2012 The depth and breadth of cellular complexity has turned out to be nearly unbelievable, and difficult to manage, even … more

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Still banking on the banks?

European banks are technically bankrupt Youtube.com – Max Keiser – Jul 13, 2012 Most people assume that a bank takes in a deposit, and then they loan that deposit out, and this creates liquidity in the system. That’s false. In … more

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Are you satisfied being cheated?

The price of gold has been manipulated. This is more scandalous than Libor The Telegraph – THOMAS PASCOE – Fri, Jul 13, 2012 If gold has been manipulated downwards and if that process continues, then all recourse to a store … more

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Demons dressed as bankers

It’s Not Libor Stupid, Central Banks Are The Problem Forbes – SHAH GILANI – Jul 6, 2012 Not only are at least twenty more big banks under investigation as part of a massive fraud to manipulate interbank lending rates that … more

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Milk — We need it more than ever

Got Milk? You Don’t Need It Opinionator, The New York Times – MARK BITTMAN – Jul 7, 2012 Today the Department of Agriculture’s recommendation for dairy is a mere three cups daily — still 1½ pounds by weight — for … more

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