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| Astronaut Charged With Kidnap Attempt: Drives Houston to Orlando, with disguise, wearing diaper |
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NYT/AP: Astronaut Charged With Kidnap Attempt By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: February 5, 2007 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- An astronaut drove from Houston to Florida, donned a disguise and confronted a woman she believed was romantically involved with a space shuttle pilot she was in love with, police said. She was charged with attempted kidnapping and other counts. U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, 43, who flew last July on a shuttle mission to the international space station, was also charged with attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery. She was denied bail. Police said Nowak drove from her home in Houston to the Orlando International Airport -- wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop to urinate -- to confront Colleen Shipman. Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, a pilot during space shuttle Discovery's trip to the space station last December, police said.... *** Dressed in a wig and a trench coat, Nowak boarded an airport bus that Shipman took to her car in an airport parking lot. Shipman told police she noticed someone following her, hurried inside the car and locked the doors, according to the arrest affidavit. 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, the affidavit said.... http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Astronaut-Arreste...
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| -Astronaut Charged With Kidnap Attempt: Drives Houston to Orlando, with disguise, wearing diaper |
DeepModem Mom |
Feb-05-07 09:25 PM |
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someone must have gotten spacy--bad pun |
illinoisprogressive |
Feb-05-07 09:28 PM |
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Sounds like a real space case. |
damntexdem |
Feb-06-07 04:08 PM |
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Did you see the label Olbermann had for this story? "Astronaughty." |
calimary |
Feb-07-07 01:44 AM |
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C'est tres bizarre. |
Lautremont |
Feb-05-07 09:28 PM |
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Like have always said Estrogen is one strong as drug! |
Botany |
Feb-05-07 09:30 PM |
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I was thinking the same thing... lol.. |
SayWhatYo |
Feb-05-07 09:33 PM |
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The diaper thing smacks |
zidzi |
Feb-05-07 10:39 PM |
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Well, she's an astronaut. |
truthisfreedom |
Feb-06-07 02:23 AM |
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See, I didn't know that.. |
zidzi |
Feb-06-07 02:41 PM |
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In the interest of clarity: that means space suits. |
damntexdem |
Feb-06-07 04:19 PM |
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it is actually not stupid--she won't be spotted at a truck stop |
Evergreen Emerald |
Feb-06-07 08:03 AM |
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She still had to stop for gas... |
KansDem |
Feb-06-07 12:01 PM |
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Flatulence kills ! nt |
EVDebs |
Feb-06-07 12:59 PM |
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Well still, feeling a strong force behind her...lifting her up... |
KansDem |
Feb-06-07 01:26 PM |
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Most places now have pay at pump. |
damntexdem |
Feb-06-07 04:21 PM |
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It all depends. |
Hardrada |
Feb-06-07 01:25 PM |
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NASA Soap Opera? |
burrowowl |
Feb-05-07 09:31 PM |
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As the World Turns...Literally. |
Connie_Corleone |
Feb-05-07 09:37 PM |
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HAH! |
zanne |
Feb-06-07 06:40 AM |
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Our Exploration of Mars |
Lint Head |
Feb-05-07 09:40 PM |
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The Mercury astronauts had to pee in their suits if there was a launch delay |
Psephos |
Feb-06-07 01:21 AM |
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Welcome Lint Head. Your name is quite original. |
Sequoia |
Feb-06-07 10:38 AM |
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Sad... Sounds like mental illness. I hope Capt Nowak gets help. |
Tin Man |
Feb-05-07 09:40 PM |
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As the parent of a bi-polar child, |
TexasLawyer |
Feb-06-07 06:33 PM |
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I am bipolar and have a connection to NASA |
DuaneBidoux |
Feb-07-07 01:18 PM |
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She must have psychiatric problems.... |
SaveElmer |
Feb-05-07 09:41 PM |
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Oh, but don't let that prevent all of America from mocking her... |
KC2 |
Feb-06-07 10:39 AM |
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Yeah it is over the top... |
SaveElmer |
Feb-06-07 12:06 PM |
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I can't wait for Letterman and Leno tonight... |
KC2 |
Feb-06-07 12:25 PM |
#79 |
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The kind of headline you don't see every day . . . |
hatrack |
Feb-05-07 09:41 PM |
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Her NASA bio before it gets pulled |
Aviation Pro |
Feb-05-07 09:41 PM |
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Thanks, AP. Wow! Something must have gone seriously wrong with this gal. nt |
DeepModem Mom |
Feb-05-07 09:47 PM |
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High achievers usually can't stomach being betrayed... |
Aviation Pro |
Feb-05-07 09:49 PM |
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Wow! What amazing accomplishments! To all be brought down by jealous rage. -eom |
Justitia |
Feb-06-07 09:31 AM |
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amazing accomplishments |
Thothmes |
Feb-07-07 06:45 AM |
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a clue: one of her hobbies is rubber stamping |
donsu |
Feb-06-07 10:37 AM |
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Advise rubber room |
ashling |
Feb-06-07 03:06 PM |
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A rubber stamping hobby (other than what we've seen play out while |
calimary |
Feb-07-07 01:49 AM |
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sounds interesting - thanks for info |
donsu |
Feb-07-07 01:13 PM |
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such an accomplished woman |
TexasLawyer |
Feb-06-07 06:15 PM |
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The psych screeners blew this one, big-time. |
TomInTib |
Feb-05-07 09:42 PM |
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No kidding! They go thru big time screening. Obsessive compulsive disorder. |
goforit |
Feb-05-07 09:49 PM |
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Fer-real. Character is judged by how someone reacts to adversity |
EVDebs |
Feb-07-07 01:11 AM |
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HAHAHAHAH how friggin petty, throw away a career |
DainBramaged |
Feb-05-07 09:45 PM |
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And for some Dude |
Megahurtz |
Feb-06-07 03:16 PM |
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Three of her classmates died in 2003 on the Columbia... |
SayWhatYo |
Feb-05-07 09:47 PM |
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And his NASA bio before it gets pulled... |
Aviation Pro |
Feb-05-07 09:47 PM |
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You're leaping to conclusions |
Tin Man |
Feb-05-07 09:59 PM |
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Yes, my common sense is overcoming me..... |
Aviation Pro |
Feb-05-07 10:03 PM |
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Your schadenfreude is overcoming you |
Tin Man |
Feb-05-07 11:06 PM |
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Don't be to hard on AP. I notice lots of folks seem to get into making |
John Q. Citizen |
Feb-06-07 12:19 AM |
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I'm sorry... |
Aviation Pro |
Feb-06-07 07:13 AM |
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I'll see your leaping to conclusions and raise you an example of sexism... |
regnaD kciN |
Feb-06-07 04:52 AM |
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AND... according to her bio..."A" is married......what a mess |
Gin |
Feb-06-07 06:15 AM |
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Does C.... |
Aviation Pro |
Feb-06-07 07:21 AM |
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A good friend of ours has a sister married to a lt. colonel |
Hardrada |
Feb-06-07 01:46 PM |
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Workplace relationships do happen -- but I think this one was one-sided |
rocknation |
Feb-07-07 03:03 PM |
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Gosh, I hate being right.... |
Aviation Pro |
Feb-06-07 10:32 AM |
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LOL... Lucky for you, you have yet to be proven right, so maybe you can stop hating. |
Tin Man |
Feb-06-07 11:39 AM |
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I think the "relationship" between Nowak and Oefelein is probably... |
Solon |
Feb-06-07 03:39 PM |
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I agree w/ your theory about Nowak, but Oefelein is apparently single |
Tin Man |
Feb-06-07 03:54 PM |
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I could be wrong, but I think a personal relationship that's not romantic is called... |
Solon |
Feb-06-07 04:02 PM |
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What? Wearing a diaper for that hunk o' flyboy is a problem? |
Neshanic |
Feb-05-07 11:17 PM |
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I just have to think that NASA isn't really going to send her on any more missions. |
truthisfreedom |
Feb-05-07 09:47 PM |
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In space, no one can hear you scream BITCH YOU STOLE MY MAN!!!! |
grytpype |
Feb-05-07 09:59 PM |
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You owe me a keyboard! |
Neshanic |
Feb-05-07 11:18 PM |
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*spits out coffee* BWAHAHAHA |
BluePatriot |
Feb-06-07 12:44 PM |
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Her mugshot here: |
blitzen |
Feb-05-07 10:06 PM |
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Wow... almost looks like one of those 'faces of meth' pictures |
phaseolus |
Feb-05-07 10:23 PM |
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You're wrong. |
aquart |
Feb-05-07 11:45 PM |
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I have to agree, definetly looks like a meth freak |
MadHound |
Feb-06-07 05:43 AM |
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She does look sick in that picture, could be meth, could be a mental breakdown... |
Up2Late |
Feb-06-07 01:05 PM |
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The hair is obviously a part of the sealing system on the helmet. She's PERKY! |
Neshanic |
Feb-05-07 11:19 PM |
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Welcome to the end of the world! |
Rick Myers |
Feb-05-07 10:23 PM |
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DISTRACTION FROM BIG NEWS FOLKS!!!Get back to Cheney/Libby/Iran |
goforit |
Feb-05-07 10:30 PM |
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Hello! (Just in time, isn't it.) n/t |
quiet.american |
Feb-06-07 12:57 PM |
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Houston, I WON'T BE IGNORED! |
kenny blankenship |
Feb-05-07 10:42 PM |
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oh that's rich |
Blue_Roses |
Feb-07-07 08:42 AM |
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The story kind of reminds me of the Margot Kidder story |
daleo |
Feb-05-07 10:44 PM |
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You're right; I'd forgotten about her. Sad story. n/t |
Psephos |
Feb-06-07 01:24 AM |
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Claudine Longet Invitational Ski Tournament |
Hardrada |
Feb-07-07 01:16 AM |
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Good thing it didn't happen on the way to Mars |
htuttle |
Feb-05-07 11:02 PM |
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Do you suppose it's something she picked up in outer space? |
rocknation |
Feb-05-07 11:13 PM |
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space cooties? |
kenny blankenship |
Feb-05-07 11:17 PM |
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Yah, they say in space your um, extremities, swell up. |
Porcupine |
Feb-06-07 04:05 AM |
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Day of the Dove like critter? |
Sequoia |
Feb-06-07 10:53 AM |
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she's no woman, that's AN ALIEN, BABY!!! |
Blue_Tires |
Feb-06-07 04:16 PM |
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What a ..... |
FormerOstrich |
Feb-06-07 01:00 AM |
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No mention of a wife... |
regnaD kciN |
Feb-06-07 04:59 AM |
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Did they do it in space? I gotta know |
Nostradammit |
Feb-06-07 03:02 AM |
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Newt(er) Gingrich once suggested... |
regnaD kciN |
Feb-06-07 05:03 AM |
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what happens in space, stays in space |
AllegroRondo |
Feb-06-07 11:03 AM |
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It's okay, nobody outside the United States knows about this! |
cboy4 |
Feb-06-07 03:09 AM |
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According to CNN |
lakercub |
Feb-06-07 04:19 AM |
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And she was on the space shuttle?? |
proud2Blib |
Feb-06-07 07:35 AM |
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sounds like the poor woman has a mental disorder |
bleedingheart |
Feb-06-07 07:56 AM |
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Damn. Navy CAPTAIN ! That's the same as a bird colonel in the Army. |
tabasco |
Feb-06-07 08:14 AM |
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been going on for years |
oneinok |
Feb-06-07 08:58 AM |
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Tom Wolfe talked about related matters in "The Right Stuff" |
daleo |
Feb-06-07 11:43 AM |
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Houston, we have a stalker. |
chimpsrsmarter |
Feb-06-07 09:06 AM |
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After reading astronaut Mike Mullane's book, I'm rather surprised |
DinahMoeHum |
Feb-06-07 09:20 AM |
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And what will be her prison sentence? |
bmbmd |
Feb-06-07 10:26 AM |
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I'd do her N/T |
BlueInPhilly |
Feb-06-07 10:31 AM |
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how bizarre |
shanti |
Feb-06-07 10:55 AM |
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A lot of the comments are disturbing here |
AngryAmish |
Feb-06-07 11:09 AM |
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just to take your mind off Iraq |
bambino |
Feb-06-07 12:34 PM |
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you obviously haven't been plagued by |
Blue_Roses |
Feb-07-07 08:49 AM |
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Hormones are strong stuff - testosterone included |
AngryAmish |
Feb-07-07 09:59 AM |
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Just on the local Houston news: She will be charged w/attempted murder. |
Justitia |
Feb-06-07 11:14 AM |
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Official: Astronaut to face attempted murder charge |
rainbow4321 |
Feb-06-07 03:13 PM |
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heres a pic of her. She's pretty good looking. |
zonkers |
Feb-06-07 12:05 PM |
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ASTRONAUT LISA NOWAK CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE |
bigworld |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Drove 900 miles nonstop in diapers to make good time. |
no_hypocrisy |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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I smell several movies, on different networks, all in the same month! |
tanyev |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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...during a coming sweeps period, when they load up on w/cheap sex |
confludemocrat |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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I think Patricia Heaton has a lot of time on her hands right now.... |
tanyev |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Valerie Bertinelli's agent just picked the wrong week to stop |
Twillig |
Feb-06-07 03:23 PM |
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this is right up Lifetime's alley |
Cocoa |
Feb-06-07 01:06 PM |
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I hope they leave the diapers thing out though. |
grytpype |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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So, if a ROCKET SCIENTIST can't come up |
TheDebbieDee |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Romance ain't rocket science |
ashling |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Scientists can be crazy too. |
redqueen |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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and with all the psychological screening, I doubt they could screen for this... |
progdonkey |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Not to mention, "love" could be described as a mental illness. |
redqueen |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Assuming you don't get caught, this actually is not crazy. It's logical. |
Zynx |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Not Frankensteen, I Am DR. FRANKENSTEIN!! |
Hardrada |
Feb-06-07 01:20 PM |
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Link? |
ashling |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Here's a link. |
TWriterD |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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I love her name |
in search of sanity |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
#86 |
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I hadn't caught the "No whack", yet.......... |
TheDebbieDee |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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I agree... |
TwoSparkles |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
#87 |
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I predict Judith Light |
Cocoa |
Feb-06-07 01:07 PM |
#120 |
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"Obviously a major malfunction" |
kenny blankenship |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
#88 |
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Houston, we have a problem |
ashling |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Great minds... (nt) : ) |
TwoSparkles |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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That's one small step toward a man... |
TwoSparkles |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Seems a bit excessive for someone of her intellect |
951-Riverside |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Baloney |
leetrisck |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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Intellect has nothing to do with it |
kskiska |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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or the Fabrikant case in Montreal |
Lisa |
Feb-06-07 04:40 PM |
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Or the Gang Lu incident at the University of Iowa in 1991 |
Hardrada |
Feb-07-07 01:14 AM |
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Intelligent people kill people too. And they tend to be "good" at it. |
Zynx |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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yeah, how messed up is she that she was willing to completely throw away her entire career? |
progdonkey |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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They are going to have a hard time proving this was premeditated |
MidwestTransplant |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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sounds like she got SPACE MADNESS |
nashville_brook |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
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lol! i was thinking same thing! |
frylock |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
#108 |
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As Woody Allen says… |
kskiska |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
#102 |
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This is obviously the fault of the secular progressives... |
HerbieHeadhunter |
Feb-06-07 12:43 PM |
#109 |
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rubber tubing and a steel mallet...? yikes! someone saw Sin City one time too many... |
QuestionAll |
Feb-06-07 12:54 PM |
#113 |
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Where's the attempted kidnapping? |
Miss Chybil |
Feb-06-07 12:54 PM |
#114 |
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...attempted to gain entry into occupied car while armed with weapons. |
Tin Man |
Feb-06-07 01:31 PM |
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Now it says she's charged with attempted murder. |
Miss Chybil |
Feb-06-07 06:59 PM |
#156 |
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The Best and The Brightest nt |
EVDebs |
Feb-06-07 12:57 PM |
#115 |
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I've heard that astronauts are pampered |
Cocoa |
Feb-06-07 01:13 PM |
#121 |
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Lust in Space! |
Hardrada |
Feb-06-07 01:23 PM |
#123 |
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We should set her up with Cheney and Rumsfeld. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Feb-06-07 01:24 PM |
#124 |
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sensationalist drivel |
HuffleClaw |
Feb-06-07 01:30 PM |
#127 |
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True, normally the press gives this sort of thing a pass. |
Hardrada |
Feb-06-07 01:36 PM |
#129 |
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This is very sad. I feel sorry for the men involved, too. |
Beausoir |
Feb-06-07 01:46 PM |
#130 |
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What happened in space ... |
Delphinus |
Feb-06-07 02:08 PM |
#132 |
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Kick! |
Hardrada |
Feb-06-07 03:28 PM |
#138 |
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Alien Mind Control! |
0rganism |
Feb-06-07 03:31 PM |
#139 |
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This is what happens when an Adult diaper survives reentry: |
bushmeat |
Feb-06-07 04:03 PM |
#143 |
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Kinda gives a whole new meaning to |
Gman |
Feb-06-07 04:04 PM |
#144 |
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A little comedy is good sometimes, especially in the midst of all the bad news... |
ryanmuegge |
Feb-06-07 04:32 PM |
#149 |
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This is one of the most bizarre stories I've ever read. nt |
Vinca |
Feb-06-07 04:56 PM |
#151 |
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Sordid! Salacious! |
boobooday |
Feb-06-07 06:29 PM |
#153 |
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the charges are out of this world |
superconnected |
Feb-06-07 06:38 PM |
#155 |
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This is a result of human error, Dave. The HAL 9000 series |
Hardrada |
Feb-06-07 07:20 PM |
#157 |
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Shit she musta been scared she'd crap herself from her own driving. |
lonestarnot |
Feb-06-07 07:27 PM |
#158 |
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Sounds like a Bad PTSD Reaction. |
Megahurtz |
Feb-06-07 07:27 PM |
#159 |
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I f'n love this country. |
Placebo |
Feb-06-07 10:41 PM |
#160 |
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When I think of a grown up wearing a diaper, I think.... (pic) |
zonkers |
Feb-06-07 10:47 PM |
#161 |
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.... |
aaronbees |
Feb-06-07 10:57 PM |
#162 |
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A brain tumor could account for wacko behavior, too. |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Feb-06-07 11:19 PM |
#163 |
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Just sad and strange |
aaronbees |
Feb-06-07 11:45 PM |
#164 |
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AP: U.S. Astronaut Released From Jail |
Eugene |
Feb-07-07 04:31 AM |
#170 |
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You know, this just occurred to me.... |
Zodiak Ironfist |
Feb-07-07 09:27 AM |
#174 |
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Why was she released? |
Veronica.Franco |
Feb-07-07 09:49 AM |
#175 |
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Don't they court martial Navy Captains for stuff like this? |
Hardrada |
Feb-07-07 01:06 PM |
#177 |
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