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Gamma-Ray Burst Aimed Directly at Earth
Centauri Dreams ^ | 9/10/08

Posted on 09/10/2008 4:42:43 PM PDT by LibWhacker

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To: LibWhacker

The Emperor Ming: Klytus, I’m bored. What play thing can you offer me today?
Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K System, your majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Earth.

Klytus: Most effective, Your Majesty. Will you destroy this Earth?
The Emperor Ming: Later. I like to play with things a while before annihilation.

Munson: Dr. Zarkov! There’s no sun! It’s 8:24 in the morning, and there’s no sun!
Doctor Hans Zarkov: What do you find? The moon out of orbit?
Munson: By more than 12 degrees. This must be some sort of mistake.
Doctor Hans Zarkov: No, it’s no mistake... IT’S AN ATTACK! I’ve been right all these years!


41 posted on 09/10/2008 8:31:01 PM PDT by Swiss
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; LibWhacker
A Bright Light Shining Upon Us
42 posted on 09/10/2008 10:33:20 PM PDT by neverdem (I'm praying for a Divine Intervention.)
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To: Steely Tom

That’s correct. But they’re not talking about the gamma rays in that sentence. They’re talking about “material;” i.e., physical matter. The gamma rays arrived here in March. The matter is still 3,750 light years away and headed this way at 99.99995% the speed of light. Never fear, however, by the time it arrives, the Earth will have moved on. I doubt it would hurt us even if we were still here, being just another attenuated blast of cosmic rays originating in deep space, which we are bombarded with every day.


43 posted on 09/11/2008 9:21:58 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Tanniker Smith
Hmmmm, this might explain something. Recently I notice that when I've gotten angry that my skin starts turning a little greenish ... and then I kinda black out and when I wake up, I'm usually somewhere else and my shirt has been shredded and my pants are ripped. And I can't find my shoes.

I think your interociter needs a tuneup.

44 posted on 09/11/2008 9:30:53 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: LibWhacker

No doubt a blast from a Q-36 Illudium Space Modulator.

45 posted on 09/11/2008 9:37:24 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Our patriotic hockey mom can beat up your commie community organizer.)
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To: AdmSmith; bvw; callisto; ckilmer; dandelion; ganeshpuri89; gobucks; KevinDavis; Las Vegas Dave; ...
Thanks neverdem.

46 posted on 09/11/2008 9:50:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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Thanks neverdem.
 
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47 posted on 09/11/2008 9:50:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: LibWhacker

As I understand it - these gamma ray bursts have a nasty reaction when they encounter botox.
Nancy Pelosi was last seen lining her house with lead.


48 posted on 09/11/2008 9:55:22 PM PDT by palomonte (see the light or feel the heat)
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To: LukeL

Nice pic. I hate it when that happens!


49 posted on 09/11/2008 9:55:30 PM PDT by rdl6989 (What isn't above Obama's pay grade?)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

So BushCheney shot at us 3 billion years before our solar system even existed and scored a direct hit! Sounds like Cheney’s targeting has improved . . . or deteriorated . . . or improved . . . . Oh, heck, maybe it was a gamma ray shotgun and there are a bunch of fried lawyers in nearby galaxies.


50 posted on 09/11/2008 10:19:05 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (Palin in '12!)
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To: saganite

Nahhh, she liked him but he didn’t like her. She was sort of, you know....crazy!
susie


51 posted on 09/12/2008 7:24:40 AM PDT by brytlea (Obama--Keep the change!)
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