Vanity: Something I saw recently on The History Channel alarmed me...

Self ^

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

First of all, I am not much of a TV watcher of shows having to do with past blowhard philosophers and such, but my son is learning about planets at school now and we decided to watch The History Channel one night, just for the heck of it.

So, I was watching a program there about a week ago referring to Nostradamus' ('Nostra' for short) predictions, followed by a program regarding Leonardo DaVinci's predictions, and I was perplexed by something that Nostra "saw" in one of his many visions, which included visions of what or who would be causing chaos around the world in the next 400 years or so.

Nostra "saw" the one who became Napoleon Bonaparte, and saw the word "CORSICA" about 200 years before Napoleon was born. It just so happens that Napoleon was born in Corsica and was disastrous for France and Europe.

Later, the program shows that Nostra "saw" the word "HISTER", and a vision of a man from Europe wreaking chaos in the 20th Century. Experts believe "HISTER" was Hitler.

Next, Nostra "saw" the name MABUS. No one knows what MABUS is, and experts on the show said that MABUS has not yet happened on this planet. No one associated with the show could decipher what MABUS is.

But I immediately thought: MABUS stands for "MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD BOMBS UNITED STATES". My family laughed at me, but I was dead serious.

Thoughts??

[CaptRon]

I have red that “Hister” was the old name of the Danube River.

[BufordP]

James Randi on Nostradamus.

[laweeks]

I can’t imagine that two seconds is even spent on this decomposing poet’s words. Incredible!

[a fool in paradise]

Next, Nostra "saw" the name MABUS

I saw that once...

[a fool in paradise]

True, but why on earth would a ‘reputable’ cable network like The History Channel devote an hour to this man??

Same reason that discovery covers UFOs and other paranormal events.

I don't find these channels to be "reputable" or fact based.

And there seems to be a lot of hyperbole in biographical presentations (even on PBS). IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS ONE PERSON, yadda yadda yadda.

I've seen reports on Galileo that totally ignored Copernicus but included numerous attacks on organized religion.

[lonestar]

Speaking of lotto numbers, did you know on the day that Obama was officially the President Elect(11/05/2008), the pick three numbers in his state were 666. Something else to think about.

Well, that does it! I'm under the bed and I'm staying here!

[calex59]

We all go bat sh** now and then. Try not to worry about it, maybe have a beer and relax, you’ll get better. While Imanutjob may very well nuke Israel I sincerely doubt the word mabus is pointing that out. His other predictions, while anything but clear, at least had a word one could recognize and didn’t require solving an anagram in order to decipher it.

[CaptRon]

Agreed