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211 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

> >There are no "accidents" in the process of evolution. < I wrote: > what about mutations (e.g., due to cosmic rays) or genetic drift? what > about the meteor that seems to have wiped out the dinosaurs? Tommy Kelly wrote: > Okay, in the topics of "mutations" the word accident might be suitable ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Fri Jun 3 09:05:37 PDT 2005

212 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

>There are no "accidents" in the process of evolution. < what about mutations (e.g., due to cosmic rays) or genetic drift? what about the meteor that seems to have wiped out the dinosaurs? Okay, in the topics of "mutations" the word accident might be suitable, but if it is a ...

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Date:	Fri Jun 3 08:40:48 PDT 2005

213 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Tommy Kelly wrote: > There are no "accidents" in the process of evolution. The reason fingers > where developed - over time, of course - was because of some factor in the > species environment; otherwise it would not have stood the test of time. > This includes the number of fingers ...

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Author:	Miles Jackson
Date:	Thu Jun 2 14:37:18 PDT 2005

214 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

>There are no "accidents" in the process of evolution. < what about mutations (e.g., due to cosmic rays) or genetic drift? what about the meteor that seems to have wiped out the dinosaurs? According to Gould, in the Burgess Shale, there were all sorts of different creatures, some with more ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Thu Jun 2 13:48:30 PDT 2005

215 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

On 06/02/05 16:23, Tommy Kelly wrote: > > There are no accidents in the process of evolution. The reason > fingers where developed over time, of course was because of some > factor in the species environment; otherwise it would not have stood the > test of time. > by "test of time" i ...

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Date:	Thu Jun 2 13:39:05 PDT 2005

216 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

>Do you think hands are evolutionary accidents? no. But the number of fingers is. There are no "accidents" in the process of evolution. The reason fingers where developed - over time, of course - was because of some factor in the species environment; otherwise it would not have stood the test of ...

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Author:	Tommy Kelly
Date:	Thu Jun 2 13:23:07 PDT 2005

217 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

On 6/2/05, Luke Weiger <lweiger at umich.edu> wrote: > This does nothing to explain why it is that humans came to have orgasms in > the first place. Couple slight tweaks to our genetic blueprint and, voila, > no orgasms. I think even Gould and Lewontin would fess up and admit ...

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Author:	Jim Devine
Date:	Thu Jun 2 10:06:04 PDT 2005

218 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17 -- rank: 858

Jim Devine wrote: > As for biological explanation of female organism, I gave mine a while > back: males and females are essentially the same kinds of creatures, > co-evolving almost as a unit and sharing many characteristics > (nipples, orgasms). They are clearly different, too, distinguished by > the various hormones that flow through ...

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Author:	Luke Weiger
Date:	Thu Jun 2 09:49:26 PDT 2005

219 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 111 -- rank: 858

Miles wrote: > The word "senseless" has a number of meanings. One of them is > "purposeless" or "meaningless". In this sense, terrorist attacks > (or serial murders) are not senseless. And I don't believe that anyone ever claimed that they were senseles in that sense. -- Luke

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Author:	Luke Weiger
Date:	Wed Jul 13 11:29:03 PDT 2005

220 [lbo-talk] RE: obesity lbo-talk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 30 -- rank: 858

Leigh Meyers wrote: >What I want to know: What happened to the "economy of scale"? >(This also prominently figures into the organic vs non-organic cost of food) > >I went into a Safeway Supermarket to buy some 1/2 & 1/2 for my coffee the >other day and it was $2 ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Tue Jul 5 19:09:49 PDT 2005

221 [lbo-talk] RE: obesity lbo-talk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 30 -- rank: 858

On Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:20 PM [PDT], joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote: > Celi Ben wrote: > >> But it still seems like adding extra energy costs has to come out of >> some other category of budget. Maybe the grocery price setters could >> all collaborate to start raising the price of ...

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Author:	Leigh Meyers
Date:	Tue Jul 5 13:47:59 PDT 2005

222 [lbo-talk] RE: obesity lbo-talk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 30 -- rank: 858

Celi Ben wrote: > But it still seems like adding extra energy costs has to come out of > some other category of budget. Maybe the grocery price setters could > all collaborate to start raising the price of meat and fruit and make > a profit in the same fashion. > http://www.sfgate.com ...

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Author:	joanna
Date:	Tue Jul 5 13:20:12 PDT 2005

223 [lbo-talk] RE: obesity lbo-talk Digest, Vol 19, Issue 30 -- rank: 858

>Paul Krugman writes: >around 1980, Americans started getting rapidly >fatter.< >hmm... could the "Reagan Revolution" have caused that? is there a correlation between the rise of neoliberalism (Pinochet, Thatcher, >etc.) and obesity? is this a joke? who knows? -- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go ...

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Author:	Celi Ben
Date:	Tue Jul 5 12:56:44 PDT 2005

224 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 13, Issue 39 -- rank: 858

Debz wrote: > --- Doug wrote: > > > >-- Shane, "56% gay" > > > > Beat you by 7! > > And in yet another score evidencing the fluidity of sexuality, this > ol' dyke scored at 46%. Hmmm, guess according to social stereotypes, > I need to work on my gayometry! > > - Deborah i scored 100%. i think it was because i can ...

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Author:	oudeis
Date:	Wed Jan 5 08:45:30 PST 2005

225 [lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 173 -- rank: 858

[lbo-talk] Re: When the wolf cries wolf First, to L.M.: Do you really need to quote so much in one chunk to write the reply you just did? This seems to be a rhetorical tactic to get others tired of someone, even though it's your own post ...

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Author:	John Bizwas
Date:	Thu Apr 21 00:15:51 PDT 2005