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Then why are you whining about it?

I wasn’t whining, I was complaining. You can’t whine in type.

I agree with you that the ISS is a huge waste of money but that isn't the Russians fault.

They are using it to bribe people to purchase weapons from them, and they are doing it openly. That’s what I was objecting to.

They didn't spend a dime of American taxpayer money.

Yes, they did. After shiftless American politicians gave it to them.

BTW, the money would not have been better spent on science. All government spending is wasteful and corrupt. It would have been better spent by the taxpayers who earned it.

I agree. I was talking about that money post-confiscation.

[monday]

"They are using it to bribe people to purchase weapons from them, and they are doing it openly. That’s what I was objecting to."

The only costs incurred in taking this Malaysian tourist to the space station will be his transportation costs, which are paid for by the Russians. Your complaints are idiotic.

If the US wanted to take tourists to the ISS on the space shuttle I am sure the Russians couldn't care less. That is, if the space shuttle were flying, which it isn't.

[Old Professer]

I wasn’t whining, I was complaining. You can’t whine in type.

Somebody ought to break that news to Willie.