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Well here it is- the LAST mission of the Space Transportation System, known as the Space Shuttle. This thread is dedicated to all the crews, the maintenance workers of NASA and the United Space Alliance, and the millions of fans of space exploration around the world. Launch is scheduled for 11:26 am EDT. At this point, there is a 30% chance of favorable weather for launch....but you never know.

You may not understand now what I am going to say, which has to do with separation from, and separation of, family. But you very well will understand in your own time. The illegal aliens who are now so demanding, and who are now being given their demands. and for that reason will now demand much, much more - indeed everything, from you - they talk about how those who want to have the most basic laws, perhaps people like you who want the most basic laws because you want to protect your family, well, people like you are told...

Hours after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied clemency Monday for convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, lawyers for the Crips street gang co-founder filed a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution. Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, Williams is scheduled to die by injection at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday (3:01 a.m. ET) at San Quentin State Prison, near San Francisco. Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who met with Williams earlier in the day, criticized Schwarzenegger for deciding not to spare Williams. Jackson said Williams, who was convicted of killing four people in two 1979 robberies in Los...