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Iran mulls Persian cat as next animal astronaut
AP via FOX ^
| 9/16/13
Posted on 09/16/2013 6:49:30 AM PDT by workerbee
Iran's hunt for its next animal astronaut may turn to the distinctive and locally named Persian cat, an official said Monday, in another possible step by the country's ambitious aerospace program that has also raised Western concerns about spillover military applications.
**SNIP**
Earlier this year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wanted to be Iran's first astronaut.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; astronaut; cats; iran; kitteh; kittyping
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posted on
09/16/2013 6:49:30 AM PDT
by
workerbee
To: workerbee
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posted on
09/16/2013 6:51:42 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: workerbee
A cat, expected to do astronaut stuff.
What could go wrong?
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posted on
09/16/2013 6:55:06 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: workerbee
As staff for two of these whining, attention-whore, high maintenance, mat-prone, hairball spewing beasts, I’m thinking this is not going to end well...
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posted on
09/16/2013 6:59:11 AM PDT
by
meowmeow
(In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
To: workerbee
“President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wanted to be Iran’s first astronaut.”
Excellent idea!
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:00:23 AM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(What would Scooby do?)
To: lurk
Look, it’s the cat or Ahmadinejad. Flip a coin.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:00:53 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: lurk; Slings and Arrows
cats in space? ...pussies in free gravity?
... only as a passenger, don't expect
much..disorientation problems.
what a boon for the kitty ping list..
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:02:48 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
To: workerbee; Doogle; Slings and Arrows
Last words: MEEEERRRRRWOWWWWWWWW
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:08:35 AM PDT
by
cyn
(Benghazi.)
To: workerbee
Look, it’s the cat or Ahmadinejad. Flip a coin.Send 'em both. Let the cat drive.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:10:38 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: workerbee
How do they make the cat(s) go through the rigorous astronaut training program?
“That” would be a more astounding miracle.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:15:59 AM PDT
by
Sir Napsalot
(Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
To: meowmeow
Do you by any chance have a picture of Viking Kitty? I would love to see one. Thank you.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:19:03 AM PDT
by
Jean2
To: workerbee
The Cat from Outer Space could not be reached for comment.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:20:01 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: workerbee
To: headstamp 2
Hopefully he won’t he come back.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:21:43 AM PDT
by
Jean2
To: workerbee
We have a pilot candidate
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:24:30 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Jean2
I have tons but I don’t know how to post them. They are both basement kitties with copper eyes. Brother & sister and double trouble - they work as a team and could give the Allstate Mayhem guy a run for his money!
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:28:42 AM PDT
by
meowmeow
(In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
To: tacticalogic
Team players!
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:30:55 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
To: meowmeow
Sounds like my best friend’s cats. She had 3 that we used to call the demolition team.
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:34:36 AM PDT
by
Jean2
To: meowmeow
I have tons but I don’t know how to post them. They are both basement kitties with copper eyes. Brother & sister and double trouble - they work as a team and could give the Allstate Mayhem guy a run for his money!We've got a kitten I've started to refer to as "entropy in a fur coat".
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posted on
09/16/2013 7:45:50 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: workerbee
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