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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:00 AM Original message |
Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95 |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wasn't he the guy that developed the |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. The very same, yep. (nt) |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Deleted. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. wtf |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Sorry, I've been in a cranky mood all day because of the tea-baggers. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. we missed out |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I was in a bad mood and quipped that certain posters would be bashing him. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. ?? |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Borlaug was a great man. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Here is a nice piece on Borlaug... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. RIP Mr. Borlaug. Thank you for the millions of lives you saved. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. k&r nt |
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dccrossman (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. K&R |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. He also inspired the other crop "research institutes" to collect "land race" heritage seeds |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
12. He was a truly great man. Saved millions. One of Nobel's best selections. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. So sad |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. One Small Fact: Borlaug Was Enrolled In The Old General College |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. A great man. RIP. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. "...saving hundreds of millions of lives..." |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. kick (nt) |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
21. Someone mentioned him to me |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. A great discovery? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:24 AM Original message |
delete (dupe) |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Overpopulation hasn't been 'ignored'; it has been neglected |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. He took a chip out of some of them though |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Penicillin did a lot to "ignore overpopulation" |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Modern sanitation and water systems also "ignored overpopulation" |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. So, your solution to overpopulation is starving people to death? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. A plague would be more kind |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Oh, look, a stupid Malthusian. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Yes, much better that millions starve. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. See post 46. nt |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-14-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Green revolution |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm sure the billions of people who did not starve to death |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. What is Green Revolution? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Tell you what |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Delusional |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. This is as much a religion as ny orthodoxy |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Why? |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. The Green Revolution has kept more forests on the globe |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Not true |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
70. You cannot plant wheat in the forest |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. For peoples of forest |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. You Malthusians are the evil ones. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I'm not malthusian |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Ahh, so you just think that feeding *their* children is a heinous crime. (nt) |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. No, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. You are ignoring technological advance as a force. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Nope |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. The problem is that your "solution" leads to mass starvation. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Huh? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-16-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. You think it is a crime all those damn brown and black people lived |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Please |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Let me ask you in return |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Not for the people who were saved from starvation by it. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. The point is |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. There should be a committee set up to determine.. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. There should be a committee set up to determine... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. How is the enhancement of society a strawman... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Exactly |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. If only... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Don't know |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. There are a few problems.... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:00 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Simplest explanation |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. And that's where I would disagree... |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I don't disagree |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. You tried and done that allready |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Since industrialized farming sustains the only continent |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Sorry for the mistake |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. You attitude is disgusting. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Huh? |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. I don't know you |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I'm a college student who grew up in a poor rural Minnesota small town. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. A college student! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. See post 71. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. The answer is to use technology in order to use resources more efficiently. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Sure |
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