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Finally.
NASA has targeted spring and summer launch dates for the first two post-Columbia shuttle flights, supply missions to the international space station that will test critical new safety procedures.
Discovery and its crew of seven will lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 15 for a 12-day flight. Atlantis and a six-member crew [...]

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Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Censorship is bad. In any country, but especially in [...]

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Former Vermont governor Howard Dean claimed the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee by acclamation yesterday and used his opening speech to attack President Bush and the Republicans for “fiscal recklessness,” saying the administration’s new budget brings “Enron-style accounting to our nation’s capital.”
At DNC Helm, Dean Tasked With Rebuilding (washingtonpost.com)
But isn’t Congress in charge of [...]

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Now, where did I put those empty soda cans?
Via: Strategy Page – Military Photos: XM-109 25mm Sniper Rifle

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Effective distance armor piercing “lethality” for the rifle is listed at 2000 meters. The 25mm round is derivative design from the AH-64 Apache helicopter’s M789 high-explosive dual purpose (good against armor and personnel) 30mm ammunition and will penetrate [...]

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