Author Archives: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Bluff and Fluff
Russia plans manned moon shot by 2030 The Register – RIK MYSLEWSKI – Mar 16, 2012 The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has submitted to its government a draft set of ambitious plans for its activities through 2030, including sending … more
Responsible Parenting
China to soften its one-child policy slogans, but not the law itself Yahoo! News – ERIC PFEIFFER, The Sideshow – Mar 1, 2012 The Chinese government isn’t getting rid of its one-child policy currently in place. It’s just making it … more
Accounting for tax dollars
Thanks For Paying Taxes. Here’s A Receipt. NPR – JACOB GOLDSTEIN – Sep 30, 2010 Taxpayers should get a receipt so they know what they’re paying for, a think tank called Third Way argues in a new paper.
Going up? Or down?
Japan plans snail-paced space elevator for 2050 CNET – TIM HORNYAK – Feb 23, 2012 Japanese construction company Obayashi wants to build an elevator to space and transport passengers to a station about a tenth the distance to the moon.
God and the universe do not depend on wild guesses
There’s More to Nothing Than We Knew New York Times – DENNIS OVERBYE – Feb 20, 2012 …The question of why there was a Big Bang or any quantum particles at all was presumed to lie safely out of scientific … more
Archaeologists would upturn historians’ dismissal of Vedic literature
Krishna unexplored: Scientists Times of India – PRATIKSHA RAMKUMAR – Feb 18, 2012 CHENNAI: While the Western world has been doing cutting edge research on Jesus Christ and the Bible, India lags far behind in tracing the legacy, life and … more
Bhagavad-gita: Handbook for Human Civilization
The Globalists’ Worst Nightmare Land Destroyer Report – TONY CARTALUCCI – Mar 11, 2011 Self-Sufficiency: a universal solution to the globalist problem. …By moving to the city, people give up private property, cease pursuing productive occupations, and end up being … more
Hogs and dogs, lions and tigers
What if it’s about them? Youtube – Judge Napolitano, Fox News Freedom Watch – Feb 13, 2012 “What if what we call public opinion is just a manufactured narrative that makes it easier to convince people that if their views … more
Millions of zeros put together does not make any value
Goodbye ‘Shop Til You Drop’ Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for ‘Degrowth’ Economy Alternet.org – CHRISTINE MACDONALD – Dec 23, 2011 The problem, says Daly, is that the economy, once an inconsequentially small part of the natural world, has … more
Happy cows for happy humanity
Holy cow! Small is beautiful The Hindu – P. SAINATH – Jan 5, 2011 The 72-year-old former school teacher scoffs at the official mind-set on cattle. “The cow for them is just a milk-production machine” he says. “Their view has … more