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Best way to ruin your astronaut career

Blog: February 6th, 2007

Police said Nowak 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, an unmarried fellow astronaut.Oefelein, 41, piloted the space shuttle Discovery in December. He and Nowak trained together but [...]

No really, it’s brilliant, let’s ANNOUNCE our coup

Blog: April 13th, 2007

Billionaires do everything differently, including telegraphing their violent palace coups:
The Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky has told the Guardian he is plotting the violent overthrow of President Putin from his base in Britain after forging close contacts with members of Russia’s ruling elite.In comments which appear calculated to enrage the Kremlin, and which will further inflame [...]