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I couldn't help cracking up when I first read this. A NASA astronaut charged with attempting to kidnap a romantic rival in a love triangle with another astronaut A NASA astronaut? Bizarre! Police said she drove 900 miles, donned a disguise and was armed with a BB gun and pepper spray when she confronted a woman she believed was a competitor for the affections of Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein. What! Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers in the car so she wouldn't have to stop to go to the bathroom Dressed in a wig and a trench coat... boarded the same airport shuttle bus Shipman took to get to her car...Shipman ...hurried inside the car and locked the doors...Nowak rapped on the window, tried to open the car door and asked for a ride. Shipman refused but rolled down the car window a few inches when Nowak started crying. Nowak then sprayed a chemical into Shipman's car Police also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags OMG! Psycho! The fact that she's a NASA astronaut makes this story truly bizarre and kinda funny. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk It's like vehicular pinball. From the description: A snowstorm on the morning of Jan 16th 2007 left about 3-4 inches of snow on the ground in Portland, Oregon. This is what happens to people with too much confidence in their 4WD and zero experience driving on icy snow. Video was taken around SW Salmon and 20th Avenue, which is pretty steep (to be fair). --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

As an American, this is a great idea. Make Canada pay the cost of reparations after hurricane season. I didn't see a place for Americans to sign it though. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

I don't know all of the details of the case, but I've seen pictures where state police, firemen, and bomb squad people were involved. Saw some video where they were putting the "device" in one of those tubes to blow it up. Not sure if they actually blew it up though. I'm sure getting all those kinds people involved in a city-wide effort was expensive. BTW, among the others posted, here's a pretty good picture of the "device": http://www.flickr.com/photos/xjohnpaulx/361613084/in/photostream/ --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

In response to the bolded part, while looking for a good picture of the "device", I found some sites that did exactly that. http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/national/BO41901/ http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_020107WABaquateenbombscareLJ.3e5fee29.html http://www.kirotv.com/news/10899135/detail.html --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

I can't believe some retarded jackass thought that was something to get a whole city scared over (attached to a bridge or not). Whoever that asshole was should be the one to foot the million dollar bill. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

When schools implement policies like this (random drug tests, metal detectors, on-campus police, video surveillance cameras, etc...), it doesn't make the school seem safer to me, but more dangerous. I'd rather not send my kids (if I had any) to a school that felt it had the need to implement this. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

Cowbell!

That's freaking hilarious! I can't believe anyone's complaining about it . --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

For more insight into what exactly happened at the party, there are pictures on TheSmokingGun.com: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0130072clemson1.html --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

The stove would never fit in the overhead bin or under the seat in front of you. It would have to be checked. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

If you manhandle the kid like that with same anger expressed in your post, then the story very well could have changed from "Tantrum gets family kicked off plane" into "Abusive parents kicked off plane". This isn't to say I don't get what you're saying. At some point you just have to strap the kid in and let her scream. And sure, it's fun to see a bratty kid and her incompetent parents get their comeupance. I just haven't seen enough information to say that's what happened here. What I don't think is so clear is the timing of it all. If the family was first to board the plane, then they had enough time to deal with the child. Then, ejection from the plane was the right thing to do. If they were last to board, then it's possibly they were given very little time (if any) to deal with her. The crew, in a rush to get the plane going, kicks the family off quicker than they normally would have. Already late or not, that ain't right. Now the quote from the mother about wanting to hold and console her child does indicate to me that they may have underestimated the crew's desire to get the plane going as quickly as possible. That doesn't suggest to me bad parenting though. Some interesting questions are: What did the other passengers think about the ejection? And, would the family have been ejected had the plane not already been late? As far as fucking the 112 other passengers, that was done by who or whatever made the plane late. Not this family. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

Ok, I'll give it a go. There's another story about it here with video of parents/child talking about the incident: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16773655/ One thing that strikes me about the story is this. They say the flight was delayed 15 minutes. But, they don't explicitly say it was delayed 15 minutes because of the child. "The flight was already delayed 15 minutes and in fairness to the other 112 passengers on the plane, the crew made an operational decision to remove the family," AirTran spokeswoman Judy Graham-Weaver said. It seems possible to me that the flight was delayed for other reasons, then when the child wouldn't get in the seat, the crew quickly decided to boot them. "We weren't given an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything," Julie Kulesza said in a telephone interview Tuesday. How much time were they really given to get the child seated? How much time should any parent be given to seat their child? In this case, the child was throwing a fit and did have time to climb under the seat. She was removed because "she was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn't get in her seat" during boarding, Graham-Weaver said. To me, though, that doesn't prove the kid was freaking out for an unreasonable long time. Personally, I would have liked to see the incident for myself. I'm not convinced what the crew did was right or wrong. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

Ha, interesting. After voting (monotheist), I made the poll results even. 33 votes. 33% per option. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

Actually, I think the cat really it. He was in there jumping for joy! Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

I usually call the year 2000 "two thousand". The years from 2001 to 2009 I would usually call "oh one, oh two, etc..." or maybe "two thousand one, two thousand two, etc..." The years from 2010 to 2099 I'll call "ten, eleven, etc..." or "twenty ten, twenty eleven". Calling 2001 "twenty one" is the same as 2021 so that won't work. Calling it "twenty oh one" seems too odd. I've seen reference to the decade of 2000 to 2009 to be called the "two thousands" but I don't like that. The "two thousands", to me, should refer to 2000 to 2999. Or we could call it the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World". I think the "oughts" were used for 1900 to 1909. That doesn't seem too bad. I doubt the "noughties" will get universally accepted in the US. Not sure anything will really. I always thought 1910 to 1919 were called the "teens" even though not all years are technically -teen. I think that would work for 2010 to 2019. When 2020 rolls around, that will be the "twenties". You'll have to say the "nineteen twenties" to refer to the, well, 1920s. Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

A woman died recently because she drank too much water during a radio contest to win a Nintendo Wii. Story Here --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

The fix is in...the Saints to win. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

There's a lot of great aviation photos at Airliners.net. There's a section for accidents. Also, there's some interesting photos/movies at The Oops List but it's not all aircraft. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

I got a little sloppy with this text: There is no other type of person. You either believe Statement #1, believe Statement #2, or haven't finished your analysis of whether or not god exists. The a, b, and c just before that are reasons why someone would be a Person Type #3 and it's not meant to be an all-inclusive list. The "There is no other type of person." sentence was meant for the person type list, not the a, b, c list. The "haven't finished your analysis of whether or not god exists" phrase is not an accurate restatement of my description for Person Type #3. It implies an active pursuit of what to believe and that's not always the case with this person type. It should have read, "or don't have a belief in either statement." Since writing that first post, I realized I missed an extremely odd type of person. Those who believe both statements. Since both statements can't be true, these people would have to be insane. Since there are so few, perhaps none, I'll leave them off the list for now. --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

I remember putting my number on the list. For me personally, I think it's been helpful. The unsolicited calls I get are now limited to charities and companies I have established business with (cell phone company wants me to upgrade my phone, etc...). Not at this time. If telemarketing calls bug them that much then yeah sure. I know how you feel, but I generally don't answer the phone unless I'm expecting a call or it's at an unusual time (i.e., late at night). -- Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

Exactly one of the two following statements is true: Statement #1: The number of gods is zero. Statement #2: The number of gods is greater than or equal to one. There is no other possibility. Both can't be true nor can both be false. Exactly one must be true. No one can prove either statement. Therefore, there are three types of people: Person Type #1: Those who contend that Statement #1 is the case. (these people *believe* there is no god (remember, no one can prove it)) Person Type #2: Those who contend that Statement #2 is the case. (these people *believe* there is a god or gods (remember, no one can prove it)) Person Type #3: Those who haven't come to a conclusion one way or the other. These people: a: never heard of or considered the concept of god b: don't care whether or not there's a god c: are still trying to figure out where they stand There is no other type of person. You either believe Statement #1, believe Statement #2, or haven't finished your analysis of whether or not god exists. My understanding of the terminology is: If you're Person Type #1: you're an Atheist. If you're Person Type #2: you're a Theist of some sort. If you're Person Type #3: Agnostic or some other word is the correct term. Yes? No? Where (if anywhere ) am I wrong? --Head -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

Damn, busted. -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

This guy had what he thought was a great tattoo... until he wound up being sent to jail. Now he's... THE MOST POPULAR GUY IN PRISON! (not safe for work) -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/

I was at an NHL hockey game (Bruins) last week and got carded at the rink. I'm 35 and don't look young. The first time I thought it was odd, but then I went to a few different beer vendors and every single one of them carded me. I guess if you look anything under 80, you get carded. -- Turn off the internet! Join Citizens United Negating Technology For Life And People's Safety! http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/