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U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight
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The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start from.
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Thoughts on the "Shuttle gap" [Evolving Thoughts]
http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2008/10/thoughts_on...The two space shuttle disasters were due to political and military interference in the design of the shuttle. On the one hand, the various senators wanted parts of the shuttle manufactured in places like, of all states, Utah, necessitating the solid
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Random News Table for October 13th
http://unclebear.com/?p=1871Recent news stories and interesting web sites chock full ‘o’ ideas for your roleplaying game. Banned Books: Scifi Books that Have Been Banned in the Twenty-First Century So, grab a flashlight, hide under a sheet, and read (or re-read) science fiction’s most suppressed books of the 21st century. Greyhawk Grognard: How to start a “Gygaxian” Greyhawk campaign On a game board that I frequent, someone asked what sort of things they should use in order to start up a Greyhawk campaign with the “original Gary’s vision” feel. Here was my response; I think it illustrates some of my thinking about what a good Greyhawk campaign would use. There are a few edits. Doctor Who: Doctor Who Gets All Seven Doctors — Plus A Prince? The next time we see the TARDIS, the impossibly capacious time machine in the BBC’s Doctor Who, it’ll once again be crammed to the rafters. But this time, the crowd scene will be all actors who have played the Doctor, the show’s enigmatic alien time traveler. U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight - International Herald Tribune The gap is coming: Between 2010, when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shuts down the space shuttle program, and 2015, when the next generation of U.S. spacecraft is scheduled to arrive, NASA expects to have no human flight capacity and will depend on Russia to get to the $100 billion station, buying seats on Soyuz craft as space tourists do. Mongoose to Publish Gygax’s Lejendary Adventure RPG Mongoose Publishing will take over publishing the Lejendary Adventure RPG system by the late Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.It will include never before adventures from the late master, and is coordinated by Gail Gygax, Gary’s widow. You can download a quick start guide Conspiracy theory faults Jews for Lehman Brothers’ collapse - Haaretz - Israel News A new anti-Semitic conspiracy theory has been spreading online over the last few days, claiming that on the eve of Lehman Brothers’ collapse last month, the firm transferred $400 billion to Israel. Kitty-chan died for your sins Hello Kitty Cross Rosary pendant for sale on a Japanese Sanrio web site. Fooled job seekers stuck with face tattoos Two Indonesian job seekers have been fooled into having their faces tattooed in order to receive non-existent government jobs.The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers. Most Common Super Power - Television Tropes & Idioms Hobbes: Is Amazon Girl’s super power the ability to squeeze that figure into that suit? Calvin: Nah, they can all do that. — Calvin And Hobbes [IMG [Slashdot]] [IMG [Digg]] [IMG [Reddit]] [IMG [del.icio.us]] [IMG [Facebook]] [IMG [Technorati]] [IMG [Google]] [IMG [StumbleUpon]]
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I’m Voting for Obama
http://www.nickdozier.com/blog/2008/im-voting-for-obama/This will be my first and last post about the 2008 Presidential Election. I find people that harp on and on about topics like religion or politics insufferable. Mainly because most people are stupid (see: Cubs Fans). I’m writing this because people are asking why I’ve made this decision (I have voted Republican in the past). This will be a long post so feel free to skip it. Foreign Policy Sarah Palin may not know what the Bush Doctrine is but I do. It’s a policy filled with neoconservative ideals about using pre-emptive strikes against nations with “real or perceived threats against the United States” while acting unilaterally (i.e. without getting permission from the United Nations). It has directly contributed to the rising Anti-American sentiment across the Globe in for the past 7-8 years. Well guess what? It turns out you can’t design a foreign policy like it’s an action film (Explosions good. Dialogue bad). Life is not a movie. Obama favors engaging in talks with the leaders of countries such as Iran and North Korea instead of just going in there guns blazing. Seems like common sense. The Economy Obama favors cutting taxes for individuals that make less that $200,000 and raising taxes on the richest 1% of Americans. The top tax bracket would jump from 35% to 39.6% which would still be less than it was in the 1990’s. Warren Buffett supports rasing taxes on the richest Americans and he has endorsed Obama. Buffett is my go to guy (along with George Soros) on the economy and I don’t take anything he says lightly. You can read the long list of Obama’s economic policies here. Universal Health Care Despite what some people would have you believe access to Health Care is a right. It is morally imperative that we (finally!!!) implement some form of National Health Care system. If you are sick and we have the ability to make you better you should be afforded that care. The United States is one of the few developed nations that has no National Healthcare (see map). Obama’s plan is a step in that direction. It guarantees health care for children and establishes a new public insurance program which makes insurance available to those who can’t afford it or don’t have access to it through work. McCain is against Universal Health Care. He wants to cut Medicare by $1.3 trillion and move away from employer provided insurance. He wants to give individuals $2500 to find their own insurance or be taxed on employer provided insurance. Either way things will get more expensive for me. This is as convoluted of a plan as I’ve ever heard. The Science President Obama plans to lift the Federal ban on stem cell research, restore the position of Science Advisor to the President, create a Chief Technology Officer for the nation, reduce carbon emissions, provide broadband internet access for every American (an absolute necessity in my opinion), and create a Space Council that will report directly to the President. Are you aware that the US will have no manned spaceflight capacity from 2010-2015? It’s true (we’ll be hitching a ride with the Russians like a common Space Tourist). This is unacceptable. He also supports Net Neutrality and energy independence. Obama’s proposed policies would mark a dramatic shift from the Bush Administration’s War on Science. McCain Sucks Let me count the ways: Being a POW does not qualify you to be President. He went through some terrible things in Vietnam but I’m sorry that doesn’t mean he can lead this country. Please stop mentioning this in every speech you give! He has an uncontrollable temper. He once called his wife “a cunt” in a fit of rage and has a Napolean complex (he’s only 5′7″). This is not the type of person I want with his finger on the button. He lies. Constantly. I don’t even pay that much attention and I’ve been shocked by the amount of misleading statements I’ve noticed in McCain’s campaign ads. Especially the one about Obama raising your taxes. It’s just not true! Calculate how much Obama would cut your taxes. Another favorite of mine is McCain’s claim that Obama voted for sex education for 5 year olds. Um yeah. He voted to educate children about sexual predators. “I’m John McCain and I approved this message.” I was absolutely shocked when I heard that lie. Other people were too. Did you notice? He picked an idiot to be his running mate. In an obvious move to pander to Hilary Clinton’s base he selected a woman as his VP candidate. Well guess what? Women are not some monolithic group who vote for a someone just because she has a vagina. The candidate has to be qualified and knowledgeable! Sarah Palin is corrupt, believes dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time, and is a Jesus Freak. That last one is a biggie for me. I cannot stand people who inject their personal religious beliefs into decisions that will effect everyone (see: Bush, George W.). He’s old. Somebody once told me that ageism is just as bad a racism and sexism. That person is a moron. Why? Do you know what happens once you get old? You fucking die. Will McCain live another 4 or 8 years? Maybe. Maybe not. He’s 72 years old and has had every kind of skin cancer possible. He’s cancer free today but what about tomorrow. Given that Sarah Palin would take over in the event of McCain’s death this is a campaign issue! Age was also an issue when Bob Dole ran in 1996. He was 73 at the time and is still alive today so who knows? I’m not willing to risk it though. McCain was involved in the Keating 5 scandal which directly cost the taxpayers at least $2.6 billion and quite possibly much more. These are my opinions. Vote for who you want but please educate yourself about your candidate. You can read more about Obama’s policies and McCain’s policies. *** Updates *** More related links: Karl Rove says McCain went “too far” in campaign ads. Palin backs abstinence-only education which doesn’t work (for an example see her own teenage daughter). Palin tried to ban books (or at least broached the subject) from the Wasilla Public Library then fired the librarian when she said no. Watch the absurd McCain television ads. Particularly “TV AD: Education”, “TV Ad: Celeb”, and “TV Ad: Taxman”. 3 former Secretaries of State (Baker, Powell, and Albright) support Obama. 200 former diplomats endorse him as well. Over 1,000,000 people have been killed since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. This is a country that posed a “perceived threat” against the United States. Under the Bush Doctrine invasion was justifiable. A woman at a McCain campaign rally says she doesn’t trust Obama because “he’s an Arab”. McCain corrects her and is booed. People are brilliant. For a laugh: Donuts and Bacon taste we can believe in Will Obama suffer from the Bradley Effect?
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Linkdump: Sunday, October 12th 2008
http://semanticdrift.com/links/linkssunday-october-12th-2008...Linking and driving, only without the driving. A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century - Esquire Chuck Klosterman issues his predictions for the coming century. Buddhists, Existentialists and Situationists: Waking up in Waking Life Some deep thoughts about a deeply philosophical film, or some overanalyzation of some absolute drivel? If Radiohead Can Do It, So Can We Good Magazine tries out the pay what you feel model for subscriptions. Thinkism Here is why you don’t have to worry about the Singularity in your lifetime: thinkism doesn’t work. 750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy Crunching the numbers on the IP debate. US debt clock runs out of digits Seriously? Exclusive: Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans You’d be surprised at the banality of what they listened to. How do you want to read? On a screen? With an analogue portable library? Does the free market corrode moral character? Several answers. Spare Me the Sermon On Muslim Women - washingtonpost.com A Muslim woman discusses the state of Islamic feminism. U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight - International Herald Tribune The gap is coming: Porn producer invokes the Bush/Yoo defense — unsuccessfully - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com Because the films which Little produced included scenes involving sadomasochism, the Bush DOJ alleged, and the federal court found, that the films were not merely pornographic, but also “obscene,” and thus illegal The Anti-Advertising Agency Powell’s Books - Used, New, and Out of Print The Second Coolest bookstore in the world. The 25 Greatest Legal Movies | ABA Journal - Law News Now “What would Hollywood do without lawyers?” The Future of Words by Dave Eggers - Esquire “…this kind of doomsaying is a goddamned dangerous kind of intellectual sloth.” Think You’re Multitasking? Think Again : NPR “As technology allows people to do more tasks at the same time, the myth that we can multitask has never been stronger. But researchers say it’s still a myth — and they have the data to prove it.” Behind the Bluster, Russia Is Collapsing - washingtonpost.com “The Kremlin’s recent military adventures and tough talk are the bluster of the frail, not the swagger of the strong. “
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U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight
http://okuyankampus.net/2008/10/12/us-to-rely-on-russia-for-...U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start.
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U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight
http://okuyankampus.net/2008/10/10/us-to-rely-on-russia-for-...U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start.
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U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight
http://okuyankampus.net/2008/10/07/us-to-rely-on-russia-for-...U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start.
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U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight
http://okuyankampus.net/2008/10/07/us-to-rely-on-russia-for-...U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start.
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ITN candidates for October 6
http://yourlike.blogspot.com/2008/10/itn-candidates-for-octo...Current events of October 6, 2008 (2008-10-06) (Monday) At least three people have died and 30 injured in a collision between two passenger trains near Budapest, Hungary. An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on Richter scale hits near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, killing 60 people. (CNN) Another earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on Richter scale hits Damxung, Tibet, in the People's Republic of China killing at least 30. (Sina) Nobel Prize: The 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Harald zur Hausen of Germany for his discovery of the human papilloma viruses that can cause cervical cancer in women, and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. (BBC News) Subprime mortgage crisis: The Dow Jones industrial average falls by as much as 800.06 points, its biggest intraday drop on record; the Dow closed below the 10,000 mark for the first time since October 26, 2004. (MarketWatch) Significant losses are marked on stock exchanges world-wide: São Paulo Stock Exchange suspended trading after a 15 percent drop in its benchmark index. (Reuters) The UK's leading share index, the FTSE 100 closes down 391.1 points (7.85%), the largest single day points fall since it was launched in 1984. The French CAC 40 also recorded a record drop of 9.04%, whilst Germany's DAX fininshed down 7.09%. (BBC News) United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson announces that Neel Kashkari will be in charge of administering the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.(NASDAQ) 2008 Russian financial crisis: Trading is suspended on Russia's leading stock exchanges after shares plunged nearly 20 percent amid a backdrop of falling oil prices and fears over the global economy. (International Herald Tribune) (MarketWatch) A suicide blast in the Sri Lankan town of Anuradhapura has killed 25 people, including the former army general Janaka Perera. (BBC News) Nancy Kissel loses an appeal against her conviction of murdering her husband Robert Kissel in Hong Kong in 2003. (Bloomberg via Hong Kong Standard) U.S. to rely on Russia for manned space flights between 2010 and 2015. (International Herald Tribune) Human Rights Watch says Somalia is "most ignored tragedy" and the international community has "completely failed Somali civilians" regarding destruction of Mogadishu. (BBC News) Thousands of anti-government protesters march in Bangkok as People's Alliance for Democracy demand elected government step down. (Agence France Press)ITN candidates for October 6 Nom: The 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine (medal pictured) goes to Harald zur Hausen of Germany for his discovery of the human papilloma viruses that can cause cervical cancer in women, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). --Hapsala (talk) 11:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Looks good, posted. ffm 13:02, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Nominate Global stock market falls. I know this is nothing new but for so many major markets to fall so much in one day is something that hasn't been seen for many years now. With the recent US focus maybe this time we could have a focus on Europe, with ftse's largest drop since '87 and France's CAC having its biggest drop ever. Brazils market being suspended may also be worth a mention. --Daviessimo (talk) 17:04, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Oppose: As you said, nothing new is enough to justify vote. Instead earthquakes might be taken up to bring back balance. --gppande «talk» 19:45, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Well for both the FTSE100 and CAC40 to have record one day falls is pretty big. In the case of the FTSE it was larger than during the 87 collapse and Sept11th. In France almost 1/10th of the value of the top companies was wiped out. Anyway there is no reason why both cannot go up. --Daviessimo (talk) 21:03, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Support These drops are record breaking. The Norwegian OBX Index dropped 9.71%, its third biggest fall ever. __meco (talk) 22:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Earthquakes striking Nura, Kyrgyzstan and Damxung, Tibet cause the deaths of 72 and 30 people, respectively. (Both articles need expanding, I realise.) Daniel (talk) 05:34, 7 October 2008 (UTC) Support - --gppande «talk» 06:22, 7 October 2008 (UTC) from : www.wikipedia.org
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