Posts Tagged “International Space Station”
- Space shuttle Discovery will dock with the International Space Station today on its mission to deliver the second of three parts of a Japanese lab, plus parts to repair the space station’s lavatory. The crew is anxious to avoid going where no man has gone before…
- Hillary Clinton won the Puerto Rico primary by a wide margin yesterday, but Barack Obama still gained delegates to move closer to the "magic number" he needs to win the Democratic nomination. The Clinton camp says it plans to lobby Obama superdelegates to change their minds–which seems about as likely as the site of her recent win becoming our 51st state…
- An early morning fire yesterday did extensive damage to Universal Studios, destroying back-lot sets used in dozens of movies from To Kill A Mockingbird to Back To The Future. Does this mean Marty McFly is still stuck in 1985?
- A Minnesota Catholic church has obtained a restraining order to keep an autistic teen from attending Mass, claiming he has struck a child, spit on someone and urinated in the church–which his parents deny ever happened. This seems like a tragic situation–especially in light of something Jesus Christ once said about "the least of…my family"…
- President Bush has asked his defense and interior secretaries to work towards getting national momuents designations for Pearl Harbor and other historic World War Two sites in the Pacific. Perhaps sixty years from now, a future president may do the same in Iraq–I just hope it’s over by then…
- A bill in Congress requiring greenhouse gas reductions could be a hard sell, with affected industries on one side claiming it will cause another spike in energy prices while environmental and other groups saying the increase will be moderate and is justified to overcome the effects of global warming. This debate will generate what our Earth needs least–more hot air…
Tags: autism, Barack Obama, Congress, global warming, Hillary Clinton, International Space Station, NASA, President Bush, Puerto Rico, space shuttle, Universal Studios, World War II
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- Barack Obama’s campaign says that today’s Kentucky and Oregon primaries will give him a majority of pledged delegates–which they feel should convince more superdelegates to endorse him. Hillary Clinton wants the Michigan and Florida delegations seated, which would change the math involved in determining which candidate has a majority of all delegates–and John McCain would like this process to go on indefinitely…
- The Supreme Court has upheld laws that make it a crime to let someone believe you have child pornography, despite concerns that it could also apply to books or movies that depict adolescent sex–or even innocent emails that describe photos of grandchildren. Justice Anton Scalia wrote that the law had to be interpreted narrowly–in other words, the email would remain innocent unless it was sent to Michael Jackson…
- President Bush acknowledged the economic hard times faced by many Americans, but said he remained opposed to any legislation to rescue homeowners that would be a bailout for lenders. I think he’s still sore about the last auto financing deal he got…
- Experts say Americans are being affected by what they call "disaster fatigue", a condition where our usually generous donations to relief efforts dry up as we become overwhelmed by a never-ending, uncontrollable, and overwhelming series of disasters–such as the Myanmar cyclone and China’s earthquake. It also doesn’t help when it looks like Myanmar’s government took lessons on handling relief efforts from FEMA…
- A federal study found that more than two-thirds of young passengers and drivers in traffic fatalities were not wearing seat belts. What if we could make them MySpace friends–would that help?
- NASA says its next shuttle mission will launch May 31, a two-week trip to the International Space Station in order to deliver a Japanese lab. The crew aboard the ISS is anxiously awaiting its arrival–I guess they’re going through some sort of sushi withdrawal…
Tags: Barack Obama, child pornography, disaster, economy, Florida, Hillary Clinton, International Space Station, Kentucky, Michigan, NASA, Oregon, President Bush, space shuttle, superdelegates, Supreme Court
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- Hillary Clinton has pointedly challenged Barack Obama to agree to new primary elections in Michigan and Florida, saying it was "wrong, and frankly un-Americcan" to not have the two states’ delegates seated at the Democratic Naitonal Convention. I’m pretty sure she’s talking about Hillary Clinton delegates…
- The Supreme Court overturned a Louisiana murder conviction because the prosecutor excluded black jurors in a case where the defendant was black. This was the prosecutor who called this his "OJ Simpson case"–and it looks like he used about as much good sense as Judge Lance Ito did…
- Space shuttle Endeavor’s long mission at the international space station continues with another space walk tonight, in order to test a caulking gun and adhesive goo to see if it will be able to repair damaged thermal tiles on the shuttle. If there’s any time left, the crew plans to visit the MTV satellite to figure out where the videos went…
- Wal-Mart plans to combine an existing location with a failed Sam’s Club space outside Albany to create the chain’s biggest US store–a 260,000 square-foot, two-story facility that is at least 25 percent bigger than their typical "Supercenter". I wonder if departments at opposite ends of the store are in the same zip code…
- Visa went public yesterday, and its record-setting IPO rose 28 percent in first-day trading to give the credit card issuer a market value of around $45 billion. Now that’s what I call a credit crunch…
- On the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq yesterday, President Bush defended our actions there, saying, "The United States of America is safer." If he means from wasting our money on housing, feeding, educating and caring for our poor, he’s exactly right…
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, Endeavor, Florida, Hillary Clinton, International Space Station, Iraq, Louisiana, Michigan, NASA, OJ Simpson, President Bush, primary, Supreme Court, Wal-Mart
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- Barack Obama and John McCain swept their respective Democratic and Republican "Potomac" primaries–Maryland, the District Of Coumbia and Virginia–with Obama capturing the delegate lead from Hillary Clinton. McCain talked about whether Mike Huckabee would stay in the race, and Hillary talked to Bill about whether he could stay out of the race…
- The Bush administration announced a plan to provide homeowners facing foreclosure a 30-day reprieve to see if they can negotiate better repayment terms. Either that, or 5 minutes alone with whoever sold them their adjustable rate mortgage…
- General Motors, in the wake of reporting its worst year on record, announced it is offering buyouts to all 74,000 of its hourly workers represented by the UAW. That’s kind of drastic, don’t you think–what if everyone takes them up on it?
- A beagle named Uno made dog show history last night at Madison Square Garden when he was chosen Best In Show by the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club –the first time the breed has been champion in the show’s 132-year history. Snoopy must be dancing on his doghouse…
- A new study has concluded that older men diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer can delay or avoid treatment without adverse risk. That’s encouraging–just saying the word "prostate" makes certain parts of me quiver in fear…
- The German astronaut who became too sick to spacewalk outside the International Space Station is keeping mum on exactly what ailed him, but says he’s ready for space shuttle Atlantis’ second scheduled walk. This time he plans to avoid the brautwurst burritos…
Tags: Atlantis, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Democrat, foreclosure, Hillary Clinton, International Space Station, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, NASA, Republican, White House
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- Super Tuesday is finally here–24 states all holding presidential primary elections today, with early certainties that one or both nominees would be decided far less likely. Rudy Giuliani is desperately trying to figure out how this may help him get elected…
- The Senate is moving forward with action to pass economic stimulus legislation, with Democrats pressing for a broader distribution of money but promising their action won’t delay any rebates. They all know better than to mess with voters’ money in an election year…
- President Bush presented his $3 trillion budget for fiscal year 2009., saying it’s designed to keep America safe. Apparently it will also keep America in debt, hungry, homeless and uninsured…
- NASA hopes to finally launch space shuttle Atlantis Thursday after multiple equipment issues have delayed efforts to deliver a science lab to the International Space Station. If it takes much longer, the space station crew might begin experimenting on each other…
- Two skiers lost near Lake Tahoe over the weekend during a winter storm were found yesterday, suffering only from what was described as minor frostbite. On the upside, the pair can now each cross off an item from their "bucket list"…
- The Japanese press is criticizing Crown Princess Masako for her extravagant dining in recent months while the nation is suffering an economic downturn, and at the same time avoiding public duties due to depresson. Apparently wasting the taxpayer’s money on high-priced meals makes her feel better…
Tags: Atlantis, Democrat, International Space Station, Japan, NASA, President Bush, primary, Rudy Giuliani, Senate, Super Tuesday
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