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World not ending in 2012, says NASA
msnbc ^ | 12:01 p.m. ET, Fri., Nov . 13, 2009 | Irene Klotz

Posted on 11/13/2009 5:54:34 PM PST by Pan_Yan

Movie marketing campaign prompted rare public outcry by space agency

Contrary to what you may read on the Internet, the world is not going to end in 2012. A rogue planet named Nibiru is not on a collision course with Earth. And a solar flare won't toast the planet.

It's all fiction, though the makers of the film "2012" may lead you to think otherwise.

"I don't have anything against the movie. It's the way it's been marketed and the way it exploits people's fears," NASA scientist David Morrison at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., told Discovery News.

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To: Pan_Yan
I saw nothing. Once they get you paranoid that when they really go after maybe.
21 posted on 11/13/2009 6:47:26 PM PST by ThomasThomas (Sometimes I like nuts. Thats why I am here.)
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To: Pan_Yan

Damn it to hell!!! I have a buried stash of Mezcall, Cuervo Gold, a liter of the Balvenie (24 year old), a 200 year old cognac, and a box of cuban cigars for just this occasion!!!! WTF am I suposed to do with it now???


22 posted on 11/13/2009 6:48:16 PM PST by Pharmer (Palin in 2012! We are so screwed! Go Phillies!!!!)
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To: Pan_Yan

The world will end for the Obamas and many of their friends on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.


23 posted on 11/13/2009 6:51:53 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel (A village in Kenya is missing its idiot.)
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To: Pan_Yan

It seems bizarre... but I’ve actually run into some people that are genuinely panicked over this stuff. Good grief.

People will fall for anything.


24 posted on 11/13/2009 6:52:15 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Pan_Yan

I guess NASA forgot to check with the Mayans...


25 posted on 11/13/2009 7:06:27 PM PST by rolling_stone (no more bailouts, the taxpayers are out of money!)
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To: rolling_stone

The Mayans could not be reached for comment.


26 posted on 11/13/2009 7:08:33 PM PST by Canedawg (FUBO)
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To: Pan_Yan

Of course the world isn’t ending in 2012. It will end in 2011.


27 posted on 11/13/2009 7:10:09 PM PST by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: ThomasThomas
Maybe is just the moment between "I shouldn't do that" and "I shouldn't have done that."
28 posted on 11/13/2009 7:16:10 PM PST by Pan_Yan (All gray areas are fabrications.)
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To: Pharmer
Damn it to hell!!! I have a buried stash of Mezcall, Cuervo Gold, a liter of the Balvenie (24 year old), a 200 year old cognac, and a box of cuban cigars for just this occasion!!!! WTF am I suposed to do with it now???

Invite me over to help you dispose of the items??? PLEASE???

29 posted on 11/13/2009 7:32:10 PM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible.)
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To: Pan_Yan

John Cusak’s career, OTOH, should’ve ended a long, long time ago.


30 posted on 11/13/2009 8:21:24 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Pharmer
Please FRMail me the GPS coordinates and I will see that they are disposed of in a most dignified manner ..
Your FRBuddy
Robe >>>>
31 posted on 11/13/2009 8:59:08 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Pan_Yan; All

Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

.....that settles it for me. :)


32 posted on 11/14/2009 5:28:29 AM PST by TheRobb7 (CAP TAXES--TRADE CONGRESS. Now THAT is Cap and Trade!)
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To: martin_fierro
John Cusak’s career, OTOH, should’ve ended a long, long time ago.

Oh, he's made some good movies. I thought High Fidelity and Pushing Tin were both entertaining.

33 posted on 11/14/2009 6:07:28 AM PST by Pan_Yan (All gray areas are fabrications.)
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To: martin_fierro; Constitution Day
I anticipate this result at the box office after watching 2012.


34 posted on 11/14/2009 6:19:38 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Ramius

“People will fall for anything.”

‘Kinda’ explains why Zero is in the White House. lol


35 posted on 11/14/2009 6:24:49 AM PST by verity (Obama Lies)
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To: tobyhill
I thought it was suppose to be over last October 25th.
36 posted on 11/14/2009 6:27:31 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. V for victory)
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To: mad_as_he$$

I think they extended the End Of The World deadline another 30 days.


37 posted on 11/14/2009 6:30:02 AM PST by tobyhill (The Communist has arrived)
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