That psycho chick astronaut in the news again

[Cruzan]

Apologetic astro-nut wants bracelet off

ORLANDO, Fla. - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who allegedly attacked a woman who wanted the same man in an astronaut love triangle, yesterday faced her rival in court and apologized.

Nowak also asked to have her electronic monitoring bracelet removed because it cuts her ankle, makes it hard to tie her boot, and its batteries have to be changed twice a day.

Looking at Shipman, a fellow astronaut, seated a few rows away, Nowak said, “I would like her to know how very sorry I am.” She also apologized for humiliating Shipman. But Shipman earlier told the judge she feels better knowing Nowak she is monitored.

“It is a comfort,” Shipman said.

Nowak, 44, drove from Houston to Orlando wearing baby diapers, then pepper sprayed Shipman and tried to force her way into Shipman’s car, police say.

Her lawyer is trying to have evidence against Nowak thrown out, including her confession to police and the steel mallet, BB gun and knife that she had with her.

When Nowak testified yesterday that she has spent $3,000 on batteries for her monitoring bracelet, an assistant D.A. said if money is an issue, “You’re paying a media consultant - fire the consultant.”

http://news.bostonherald.com/national/south/view.bg?articleid=1019004

[BlooInBloo]

1. ...

:popcorn:

[1620rock]

3. The wearing of the diaper issue was not true, This brilliant high

achiever snapped under pressure, and it's all an unfortunate and embarrassing ordeal for her.
Lets get her the psychiatric care she needs and focus on the real nuts and murderers in the government.

[tabasco]

7. Her lawyer claimed she didn't wear diapers.

The police say she did.

[H2O Man]

15. Right.

Her lawyer believes that he can get her conversation with a police officer thrown out. In that conversation, she discussed the soiled diapers in her automobile. She did, in fact, wear the diapers.

[H2O Man]

16. It is possible

that she "snapped under pressure." But there is nothing that would indicate that this is the case. Her plan and her ability to take steps to complete it are evidence of an organized mind. The tapes of her talking to police do not appear to show a person who has "snapped." On the contrary, she seems to pose a danger to others.

"Brilliant high achievers" are not entitled to special treatment for their crimes.

[jeff30997]

2. I wonder...

How long it will take before we see the crappy TV movie?

[brucefan]

4. Crappy?

Pun intended?

[uppityperson]

5. Have to change batteries twice a day? I've never heard that from someone wearing one

Maybe it uses up juice faster the further away from home you travel?

[demobabe]

6. what kind of monitoring bracelet requires $3000 worth of batteries?

seems like a human lo-jack would be cheaper...

[Botany]

8. She has real mental problems ....

.... I hope she gets some help. I saw her lawyer almost try to crawl under his table
as she pleaded her case yesterday.

No humor anymore she needs help ASAP.

[slowry]

9. "psycho chick astronaut"... bit harsh there, buddy n/t

[Cruzan]

10. Yeah, I dunno

http://www.cfnews13.com/uploadedImages/Stories/Local/Lisa-Nowak,-Booking-Photo.jpg

[Cruzan]

11. Also

[Forrest Greene]

14. Say "Hi" To The Face Of

...methamphetamine abuse.

[wuushew]

13. In fairness the original article caption was also poor

"Astro-nut"? That doesn't seem like professional journalism to me. I object because psycho-chick adds unnecessary misogyny to the already unfortunate mockery of mental illness.

[Lorien]

21. You took the words right off of my keyboard n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

24. Awesome name for a band though (n/m)

[Mutineer]

12. Her press conference

What got me in the press conference she held was her whining about the reporters, etc. outside of her door, it was almost as if she thinks she was the victim here.

Did get a laugh about of the Prosecutor though who told her that if she was financially strapped and couldn't pay for her weekly monitoring fee she could always FIRE the PR agent she'd hired.

[H2O Man]

17. Her press conference

and her performance on the stand showed a person who has a pretty severe sense of entitlement.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

18. Ah, the smell of juvenile sexist mockery of mental illness in the morning!

[Cruzan]

19. Is it the gun, or maybe the hammer, that makes her more deserving of sympathy and understanding?

Evidence seized from Lisa Nowak's car:







http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/space/orl-nowak020607,0,280402.photogallery?coll=sns-ap

[A-Schwarzenegger]

26. Relax, nobody's taking away your right to be a juvenile sexist.

She who breaks the law does the time. She also clearly needs help that the legal system probably won't provide.

[skygazer]

20. What's sexist is the automatic assumption that when a woman commits a crime

she must be mentally ill. I get pretty sick of that bullshit, both as a woman and as someone who has struggled with legitimate mental illness.

It's a cop-out and an excuse. Almost never do I hear anyone say the same about a guy - more often, he's called an animal or a monster.

This woman had a plan, she pre-meditated her actions, as evidenced by the items she brought and the timing of her trip. She has behaved since her arrest as if she were the victim, showing no remorse whatsoever for the actual victims's suffering - instead insisting that she "just wanted to talk to her."

The wording may be juvenile but I'm sick up to here of people defending female criminals by tagging them as mentally ill.

[Cruzan]

22. Not defending her in any way. Taken all together, 'psycho' seems quite apt for

the bizarre nature of her crime. The premeditation and careful planning if anything only enhances that quality.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

23. Who defended her? In my view mental illness is evidenced in a separation from reality.

What I saw and heard was a person who was separated from reality, and trying to convince others of that delusion. To refer to a woman in that state as a "psycho-chick" is juvenile sexist mockery. You're welcome to your own agenda.

[Cruzan]

30. Well if you have a problem with mocking criminals, DU must not be pleasant reading

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. Good call.......

Wow, now there's a take I've never thought of before........

[Disturbed]

28. If the Police read her the Miranda Rights before her interview

there is no cause to throw out her statements or the evidence gathered. The statement that she just wanted to talk to her intended target is absurd. She intended to kill that person. Whether she was mentally impaired is not the issue if she was not out of touch with reality. The insanity defense only works if the person was not capable of judging right from wrong. It certainly seems that she knew the difference but went ahead & tried to kill another person. This case is only amusing to some because of the diaper situation. Attempted murder is not all that amusing, in my view. Were she not a former Astronaut, the public would not have heard about this case. She may have mental problems but that will not excuse her actions.

[slowry]

27. It's not that she's a woman, at least not from my point of view...

it's that she worked for friggin' NASA, as an astronaut. Maybe it's wrong to think of astronauts as highly intelligent and stable people, but that's what you'd imagine; it sure seems like she SNAPPED.

[Disturbed]

29. "SNAPPED"

That seems to be the crux of this case. What SNAPPED actually means is essential.

[Thothmes]

31. Nowak

In affairs of the heart, hormones trump common sense every time.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. If A Gay, Muslim, Or African American Committed A Crime

If a gay, African American, or Muslim committed a crime would we use a pejorative term to refer to their orientation, race or religion?