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Four long numbers on the north wall of the ruined house relate to the Maya calendar and computations about the moon, sun and possibly Venus and Mars; the dates stretch some 7,000 years into the future. These are the first calculations Maya archaeologists have found that seem to tabulate all of these cycles in this way. Although they all involve common multiples of key calendrical and astronomical cycles, the exact significance of these particular spans of time is not known. Illustration by William Saturno and David Stuart © 2012 National Geographic

1 posted on 05/14/2012 1:19:44 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

So the end of the world is postponed?


2 posted on 05/14/2012 1:20:49 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Journalists first; then lawyers.)
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3 posted on 05/14/2012 1:21:47 PM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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OH nooooes! I already spent my retirement! I’m gonna sue the History Channel!


6 posted on 05/14/2012 1:27:21 PM PDT by pgkdan (ANYBODY BUT OBAMA!)
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To: Red Badger

But the article neglected to mention that there was a Mayan phrase following that third column that was only translated today.

Roughly translated, it said, “No, wait....”


9 posted on 05/14/2012 1:36:27 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Red Badger

And to think they made this discovery just in the nick of time!


10 posted on 05/14/2012 1:38:22 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Red Badger

So, no end of the world prediction? Where’s the money in that?


12 posted on 05/14/2012 1:40:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Red Badger
Right at the end of column 4, I can barely make out the extremely small glyphing, but I think it says Harold Camping.
15 posted on 05/14/2012 2:07:32 PM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: Red Badger

Well, DUH!!

That was BEFORE they got the bad news!!!!


16 posted on 05/14/2012 2:08:46 PM PDT by G Larry (Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding)
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To: Red Badger

Maybe 2012 is the end of time just for the Democrats.


18 posted on 05/14/2012 2:14:43 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Red Badger
Mayan Acolyte:

"Oh Learned One, I beseech thee. Please share your wisdom with this undeserving soul.
Will the gods permit one such as me to know how you have determined the counting of days for all mankind ceases at the end of the 13th b'ak'tun on this calendar?

Learned One:

"Simple. I ran out of paint and my stylus broke."


19 posted on 05/14/2012 2:15:50 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Repubbies paid as much attention to Rush as the 'Rats we wouldn't be in this mess)
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To: Red Badger

Oh Man!, I have been running up my credit cards all year expecting the end of the World on Dec, 21!

Now I am going to have to pay it all back!


20 posted on 05/14/2012 2:24:46 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Red Badger

“Never mind”

Emily Litella


22 posted on 05/14/2012 3:15:28 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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So there is life after Democrats after all?

JUST WOW!


23 posted on 05/14/2012 3:15:57 PM PDT by Morgana (I only come here to see what happens next. It normally does.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s certainly a relief.


24 posted on 05/14/2012 3:16:14 PM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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