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Simonyi Arrives At the ISS After Shuttle Lands

RobGoldsmith writes in with news of the further adventures of Charles Simonyi, whose first trip to the ISS we discussed a couple of years ago. The Russian Soyuz vehicle carrying Simonyi and two others docked a day after the US space shuttle Discovery landed in Florida. "Space Adventures, Ltd. ... announced today that its orbital client Charles Simonyi and his crew successfully arrived at the International Space Station after launching on-board the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 26. The spacecraft docked to the ISS at 9:05 am (EDT) with Dr. Simonyi and Expedition 19 crew members Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt. They were greeted at approximately 12:30 p.m. (EDT) by the Expedition 18 crew..."

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  1. Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Reports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Reports
    (Note: We are not a GOP-sters, Republicans or affiliated with any parties, and as George Washington warned against parties We do not believe in parties and, unlike most people, We evaluate every issue on a case by case basis and do not defer to the judgments of politicians who are corrupted and untrustworthy as a group.)

    Obama is controlled by the same people as Bush see The Obama Deception documentary

    Yuan Forwards Show China May Buy Fewer Treasuries, UBS Says
    Anemic Treasury auction effects felt beyond bonds
    The Sherminator Kicks Some Wall Street Ass
    China Angry That Fed Is Deliberately Destroying The Dollar
    China suggests switch from dollar as reserve currency
    What are the reserve currencies?
    Anatomy of a taxpayer giveaway to investors
    Geithner rescue package 'robbery of the American people'
    Geithner just put only the rich in Titanics lifeboats
    Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers
    A False Choice
    Bargain-hunting house buyers wearing on sellers ajc.com
    Time to Take the Steering Wheel out of Geithner's Hands
    Socialising and Privatising
    Fannie, Freddie to pay out bonuses
    Fitch Raises Prime Jumbo Loan Loss Estimates Sharply

    Chinas central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund

    - Russia on an new world reserve currency: It is necessary to work out and adopt internationally recognized standards for macroeconomic and budget policy, which are binding for the leading world economies, including the countries issuing reserve currencies - the Kremlin proposals read.

    - President Barack "The Teleprompter" Obama is deeply connected to corruption. Rahm Emanuel, his Chief of Staff, is radical authoritarian statist whose father was part of the murderous civilian-killing Israeli terrorist organization known as IRGUN who is obsessed with gun control and compulsory service to the country in a capacity which he has yet to define. (Think brown-shirts.) Barack is intimately connected to disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (Rahm inherited Rod's federal-congress seat). Barack Obama is also connected to William Ayers (who ghost-wrote his books); Ayers is a man who promotes the concept that civilian co

  2. Hackers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Was the best movie of all time.

  3. Re:Niggers in space? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Artist: Johnny Rebel Song: who likes a nigger

    L.B.J. was a-flyin' one morn', Over south Louisiana...feeling for alarm, When he looks down below, and what does he see?, Two cajuns pullin' a nigger on ski's!, So he lands, and says, "Thanks for helping your black brother!", And them two cajuns just looked at each other, And said, "He might be smart, but I'll tell you something...", "He don't know a thing about alligator huntin'!", O-wop-bop-bam-bam, Who likes a nigger?, o-wop-bop-bam-bam
    (CHORUS), Who likes a nigger?, o-wop-bop-bam-bam, Who likes a nigger?, And the hatin', everybody, is a-gettin' much bigger, Rich man travelin' down thru the South, Stopped in Mississippi to get a tooth pulled out, When he paid the doctor the charges due, He said "My nigger chauffer's got a bad tooth, too", "Well, I'll pull it...", said the doc, "but you'd better not holler!, Cause I'll have to charge you $200.00, Cause here in Mississippi he can't open his mouth, We'll have to go thru his bottom, to get the thing out!"
    Chorus
    There ain't much difference 'tween a nigger and a donkey, 'Bout as much between an ape and a monkey, Ones a little bigger, but you gotta agree, There's not very much more that you can see., But a mule earns his livin' by the sweat of his neck, While a nigger sits down and draws a gov't check, The nigger should be smarter, as a general rule, But in a spelling contest, I'd pick the mule!

    Artist: Johnny Rebel Song: nigger hating me

    I like sugar, and I like tea, But I don't like niggers...no siree!, There's two known things that'll make me puke, And that's a hog eatin' slop, and a big, black spook!, You know it...cause I show it, Like a barn-yard rooster I crow it!, And the NAACP, Would sure like to get a-hold of nigger-hatin' me!, Roses are red, and violet's are blue, And nigger's are black, you know that's true, But they don't mind, cause what the heck!, You gotta be black to get a welfare check!, And I'm broke...no joke, I ain't got a nickel for a coke!, And I ain't black, you see, So Uncle Sam won't help poor nigger-hatin' me., Jig-A-Boo, jig-a-boo...where are you?, I's here in the woodpile...watchin' you, Jig-A-Boo, jig-a-boo...come out!, No! Cause I'm scared of the white man's a-way down South, You know it!...cause I show it., Stick your black head out and I'll blow it!, And the NAACP, Can't keep you away from little old nigger-hatin' me!, Mirror, mirror...on the wall, Who is the blackest of them all?, A man named King, and there ain't no doubt, That he's causin' lots of trouble with his baboon mouth., Brewin'...he's a doin', It's caused by the trouble he's a-brewin', And the NAACP, Can't win if the white men stick with nigger-hatin' me!, Hey! Mr. President! What do you say?, When are we whites gonna have our day?, The nigger's had there's such a long, long time, I'm white, and it's time that I had mine!, You know it...cause I show it!, Stick your black head out and I'll blow it!, And the NAACP, Can't win if the white man sticks with nigger-hatin' me

    Artist: Johnny Rebel Song: Affirmative Action

    Affirmative action, what's this country coming to?, Affirmative action, what's the white man gonna do?, It's another government handout and simply said, "You've got to hire a nigger instead", I was down at the office, cleaning up the joint, Just doing a little extra, making brownie points, Cause I'd heard somebody say, a promotion's on the line, So I was working hard, I wa.nted that promotion to be mine, So I asked the CEO if I could have a try, He said "you work hard, son and I know you qualify., You're the best man for the job but it's out of my hands, I've got to give it to a nigger, courtesy of Uncle Sam", Oh affirmative action, what's this country coming to?, Affirmative action, what's the white man gonna do?, It's another government handout and simply said, "You've got to hire a nigger instead.", Now I went looking for a new job the very next day., I got an interview and things were surely going my way.., I was asked a lot of questions, I was giving it

  4. In other news... by Mishotaki · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone farted as someone else died on the other side of the earth...

    How can we get two fairly unrelated news events mixed together to try to make it look like it is a big event? well i think the article demonstrates just that.

  5. Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Reports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Reports
    (Note: We are not a GOP-sters, Republicans or affiliated with any parties, and as George Washington warned against parties We do not believe in parties and, unlike most people, We evaluate every issue on a case by case basis and do not defer to the judgments of politicians who are corrupted and untrustworthy as a group.)

    Obama is controlled by the same people as Bush see The Obama Deception documentary

    Yuan Forwards Show China May Buy Fewer Treasuries, UBS Says
    Anemic Treasury auction effects felt beyond bonds
    The Sherminator Kicks Some Wall Street Ass
    China Angry That Fed Is Deliberately Destroying The Dollar
    China suggests switch from dollar as reserve currency
    What are the reserve currencies?
    Anatomy of a taxpayer giveaway to investors
    Geithner rescue package 'robbery of the American people'
    Geithner just put only the rich in Titanics lifeboats
    Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers
    A False Choice
    Bargain-hunting house buyers wearing on sellers ajc.com
    Time to Take the Steering Wheel out of Geithner's Hands
    Socialising and Privatising
    Fannie, Freddie to pay out bonuses
    Fitch Raises Prime Jumbo Loan Loss Estimates Sharply

    Chinas central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund

    - Russia on an new world reserve currency: It is necessary to work out and adopt internationally recognized standards for macroeconomic and budget policy, which are binding for the leading world economies, including the countries issuing reserve currencies - the Kremlin proposals read.

    - President Barack "The Teleprompter" Obama is deeply connected to corruption. Rahm Emanuel, his Chief of Staff, is radical authoritarian statist whose father was part of the murderous civilian-killing Israeli terrorist organization known as IRGUN who is obsessed with gun control and compulsory service to the country in a capacity which he has yet to define. (Think brown-shirts.) Barack is intimately connected to disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (Rahm inherited Rod's federal-congress seat). Barack Obama is also connected to William Ayers (who ghost-wrote his books); Ayers is a man who promotes the concept that civilian co

  6. Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Reports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Reports
    (Note: We are not a GOP-sters, Republicans or affiliated with any parties, and as George Washington warned against parties We do not believe in parties and, unlike most people, We evaluate every issue on a case by case basis and do not defer to the judgments of politicians who are corrupted and untrustworthy as a group.)

    Obama is controlled by the same people as Bush see The Obama Deception documentary

    Yuan Forwards Show China May Buy Fewer Treasuries, UBS Says
    Anemic Treasury auction effects felt beyond bonds
    The Sherminator Kicks Some Wall Street Ass
    China Angry That Fed Is Deliberately Destroying The Dollar
    China suggests switch from dollar as reserve currency
    What are the reserve currencies?
    Anatomy of a taxpayer giveaway to investors
    Geithner rescue package 'robbery of the American people'
    Geithner just put only the rich in Titanics lifeboats
    Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers
    A False Choice
    Bargain-hunting house buyers wearing on sellers ajc.com
    Time to Take the Steering Wheel out of Geithner's Hands
    Socialising and Privatising
    Fannie, Freddie to pay out bonuses
    Fitch Raises Prime Jumbo Loan Loss Estimates Sharply

    Chinas central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund

    - Russia on an new world reserve currency: It is necessary to work out and adopt internationally recognized standards for macroeconomic and budget policy, which are binding for the leading world economies, including the countries issuing reserve currencies - the Kremlin proposals read.

    - President Barack "The Teleprompter" Obama is deeply connected to corruption. Rahm Emanuel, his Chief of Staff, is radical authoritarian statist whose father was part of the murderous civilian-killing Israeli terrorist organization known as IRGUN who is obsessed with gun control and compulsory service to the country in a capacity which he has yet to define. (Think brown-shirts.) Barack is intimately connected to disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (Rahm inherited Rod's federal-congress seat). Barack Obama is also connected to William Ayers (who ghost-wrote his books); Ayers is a man who promotes the concept that civilian co

  7. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fact: *BSD is Dying.

  8. Re:You go to space once, that's cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Going twice? Now you're just showing off.

    This time, Steve Balmer commissioned an experiment to examine the effects of zero gravity on thrown chairs. It's been hypothesized that in space, having a chair thrown at you is no different than simply trying to sit on one.

  9. Re:Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Report by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got as far as the Obama Deception link and that was enough to discredit the rest of your post. That video talks about water fluoridation as population control. Coming out with that as your first argument really makes you look like a tool.

    Would you like some tinfoil?