Bizarre tale of astronaut charged with attempted murder optioned for movie

AP / KOMO-TV ^ | 09 February 2007

[Kirkwood]

[Revolting cat!]

WACKO NOWAK-o BUMP!

[Centurion2000]

You knew this was coming. The strange saga of the astronaut who traveled 900 miles to allegedly try to murder a rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut will be turned into a movie.

She better sell fast before that Son of Sam laws comes into play.

[Revolting cat!]

Project Diaper

[Centurion2000]

Waiting To Excrete

Fatal Excretion

Oh wait, that's would be movie about bad mexican restaraunts and the 24 hours afterwards.

[Plutarch]

The actress to play the part must be able to show us, using only facial expressions, that while driving she is using the diaper.

[VOYAGER]

Nowak brought with her a trench coat, a wig, a BB gun and pepper spray.

And these items definitely indicate murder as a sure fire outcome!

That will take a lot of jackass calisthenics to arrive at murder as the plan in place, talk about a ssstttrrreeetttccchhh!

The Keystone Cops are at it again!

NUMB NOGGINS!!

[JudgemAll]

Continental continence

Spaceless ace clipper travels

[derlauerer]

Nowak brought with her a trench coat, a wig, a BB gun and pepper spray.

And these items definitely indicate murder as a sure fire outcome!

That will take a lot of jackass calisthenics to arrive at murder as the plan in place, talk about a ssstttrrreeetttccchhh!

You're right, based on those items. But the article failed to mention the other items also found in her possession at the time she was arrested: A steel sledgehammer; a four-inch retractable knife; several feet of rubber tubing; several plastic bags; a map with directions to her victim's house, and a list which included all of these items.

I use the word "victim" because Nowak did actually use the pepper spray, thus justifying at least a charge of assault.

Remember also that the quantity of evidence needed to bring a charge is substantially less than that which is required for a criminal conviction. I too doubt that a charge of attempted murder will stand up in court, but I have no doubt that she was intending more than just a friendly (or unfriendly) chat. How much more will be for a jury to decide.

[KosmicKitty]

"The chronicle of Lisa Marie Nowak has had a global impact and contains almost every dramatic element possible," Granada America CEO David Gyngell said Friday. "One could not imagine a more compelling story."

Notice how quick this story disappeared now that Anna Nicole has died.

[Waco]

Does Larry King star?

[BenLurkin]

Yup!

[Abigail Adams]

I'd love to see the "triangle" pics if you would be willing to try again! There's a photo of Shipman here at post #1328:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1779787/posts?q=1&&page=1301

[Abigail Adams]

Yep, the first pic is Nowak some years ago, and the middle one is her mug shot (she is now 43 years old).

[Caramelgal]

Yep, Mel Brooks could really do this story justice.

“The Wrong Stuff“
- Houston – We Have a Pooper!

“Fatal Astrophysics”

“Alien VII”
- In space, nobody can hear me kidnap your girlfriend”

“Spaceballs – The Sequel”

“Really Really High Anxiety”

[Sender]

"The Right Snuff"

"Single White Astronaut"

"I've got a hammer, a Buck knife, a pellet gun, some hefty bags and a full tank of gas. I'm wearing Depends. Who calls shotgun?"

[Dante3]

Maybe Monk will play Bill O., Jodie Foster will play Shipman (who sort of reminds me of a young Sissy Spacek. I would have thought they would have waited for the book instead of just an article in the not credible NYT - unless they wanted to make funnel money to NYT?

[X-FID]

Maybe she was just going to make her smell her diaper, it had to be ripe by then.

[sig226]

Well, that's nice because Mrs. Nowak certainly does not reflect the way we do things here in Florida. She used a BB gun instead of a real one. She was not on parole. News stories indicate that she owns a home, and it is not a double wide. There are no reports that she was drunk.

This is not at all indicative of the way we do things down here. :)

[sig226]

The local rag says they charged her with murder because they did not want her released on bail. Innocent this, proven guilty that, this person cries out to be kept in custody while her sanity is evaluated. I suspect it will be found wanting.