Sky Diver Parachutist Felix Baumgartner Sets New World Records

As I had opined earlier, while the the otherwise reputable New York Times headlines him as “daredevil” (and doubtless, there is an element to that), he is much more than a mere thrill-seeker. There is significant, and legitimate science being undertaken in this mission.

Further, so-called “daredevils” rarely prepare 5ive years for their stunts, as did Mr. Baumgartner and his team.
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Daredevil Jumps, and Lands on His Feet

By JOHN TIERNEY
The New York Times
October 14, 2012

Before the jump, Mr. Baumgartner went through a checklist with help from Joe Kittinger, 84, the retired Air Force colonel who in 1960 jumped from 102,800 feet, setting records that remained more than half a century later — and that Mr. Baumgartner was hoping to break. – Credit: Balazs Gardi/Red Bull Stratos, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

ROSWELL, N.M. — Felix Baumgartner, the professional daredevil, said he was not thinking about setting records or collecting scientific data in the moments before he jumped from a capsule more than 24 miles high.

He was just thinking about making it back to Earth.

“Trust me, when you stand up there on top of the world, you become so humble. It’s not about breaking records anymore. It’s not about getting scientific data. It’s all about coming home,” Mr. Baumgarter said after returning by helicopter to mission control in Roswell.

“It was harder than I expected,” he said.

You Wall Street Mother Fucking Sons of Bitches!

Brian Williams has reported Thursday, December 17, 2009 on the NBC Nightly News that,

“New York state finance officials said today Wall Street is on track to shatter all profitability records this year.

Profits came in at just under FIFTY BILLION dollars

– that’s profit for the first three quarters of 2009 –

and that is much more than was expected for the entire year,

and a stunning TWO-AND-A-HALF times more than the previous record set back in the year 2000.

Bonus payments for bankers and traders could be as much as FORTY percent HIGHER than last year.”

Download the New York State Comptroller‘s report – Review of the Financial Plan of the City of New York, December 2009,  Report 16-2010, by Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller –  here:

http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt16-2010.pdf

See NBC Nightly News video here:

http://www.videonewslive.com/view/404951/video_wall_street_sees_recordbreaking_profits

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here:

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/wall-street-sees-record-breaking-profits/60a1dyr