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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:43 AM Original message |
Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization's End |
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Al Federfer (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Be vewy, vewy afwaid. n/t |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. lol. just trying to give everyone a heads up |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, please. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 06:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
161. My exact thought! |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Things will definitely suck on Dec. 5, 2012. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. You youngster |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. 2012 is when my niece's husband says the world will end... |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. We've got a bunch of people here |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. Yeah, it might crash a plane |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 03:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
158. Wow, dude. How do the people in the Netherlands KNOW the Earth will hit a "charged photoncloud"? |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #158 |
160. "They claim" is what I typed. I hadn't heard about it. |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
5. Damn them Chinese |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ah. I was wondering what happened to the daily woo-woo. NT |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. google "solar storm 2012" |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
146. sure and google "Malthus" while you're at it. NT |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. So if ancient sources are reliable |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Let's see modern technology create new pyramids |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Let's see the ancients build a modern skyscraper |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I want you to build me an exact duplicate of the Great Pyramid at Giza |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. "How long would it take to build it and what would be the cost?" |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:33 PM Original message |
No, seriously, I need to see the invoice |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'll build it for you for 30 billion dollars |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Mr. Cheney? Is that you? |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. SNARRRRRRRRR |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. With his 'no-bid-a-burton" contract to build the bunker pyramid... |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
164. The giant pyramids cost a load of money |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
147. I want you to do some things too |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
64. Sure we can! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
166. We can't, because we've tried. There are no cranes large enough in the world. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. We could definitely reproduce the pyramids, there's just no point in doing it. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. It's pretty easy. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. That's simply not true |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. To play devil's advocate... the ancient Mayans had a better understanding of astronomy than we do |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. To play devils advocate, no they didn't. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. And going off of that... the Babylonians and Sumerians also pinpointed 2012 |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. No, they didn't. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Uh, ok. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. No, it wasn't. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
96. Still, it is well documented that |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. If existance relied on their calander, someone would still have to be working on it. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Actually it's well documented that Mayan calendar did go past 2012. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
102. it won't end. it may turn a different direction. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. LOL they did? ROFL |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Yes. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. What were these understandings? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Name 1 thing they knew that we don't about astronomy. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I have no interest in debating this... but I said understanding |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. What things did they observe in the sky? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. So then what you're saying is you can't name 1 thing about astronomy that they knew and we don't. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. What is your fucking problem? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Would you care to retract your earlier comment then? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Don't post bullshit, as fact, and expect no one to call you on it. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #92 |
109. Don't worry, it's not personal- |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #109 |
125. Follow your own advice then. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #125 |
136. Why are you responding to a post that has nothing to DU with you? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. LOL I'm confused? Your post was responding to somone about me! |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
89. Better? in what way? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. So, Can I Have Your Stuff? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Are you a gamer? n/t |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No, I'm a geezer |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Ahh okay |
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Venus Dog (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well, since Hillary's papers are not due for release until 2012 |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. LOL... oh my goodness... nt |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. I have a 100 per cent accuracy with making prophesies . . . |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. No, Rush was right. |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
16. In the year 2101, war was beginning. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. Lots of stuff out there about 2012 |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
19. DON'T WORRY! THIS IS A SCAM! |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
59. Nice one! n/t |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
20. More pseudo-scientific bullshit being passed off as science... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. the guy said that thousands of scientists predict the sun will go haywire in 2012 |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Oh please. The ancients predicted no such thing... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
156. "a burst of solar activity second only to the historic Solar Max of 1958." |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
27. Repent!! The End is Near!! |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Is this DU's version of the rapture? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. LOL Spot on. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. Deleted message |
Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. kickers. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Fascinating article. Thanks for posting/sharing it. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. time may not be linear... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Check out the Kogi Indians of Columbia on that concept- |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
104. Who cares about primitive religious nonsense. We have science. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Please tell me you forgot your "sarcasm" icon... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
103. So you'd rather believe BS crap over physics? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #103 |
112. everything is round. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. So you're saying everything's round except penises? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #114 |
121. non linear. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. What about bananas? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. push off. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. How linear of you. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #129 |
133. in a sense, yes, you told me to push off. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Mmm, no, I think that was you. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #135 |
138. history has told me I am not allowed an Ego. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Then I hope history doesn't find out. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. we are all in trouble. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. I'm not. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #123 |
162. Jim Croce says time is shaped like a bottle. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #162 |
165. No, no...Croce said he wanted to put time in a bottle |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #112 |
151. Talk about your own penis - mine stays on track, thank you. |
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edwin (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Oh please |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Did you actually read the article? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. big change doesn't necessarily mean ArmieGetOn. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Plus we seem to have an influx of "I'll bash anything" posters lately. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. I read the article? |
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edwin (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
76. No, I did not. |
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edwin (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. Oh, I have read Mr Carreon's stuff, allright. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. I'm sure those Mayans were interested in $$$$$ above all else. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. LOL |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. You know that "Voz de Aztlan" is a crackpot anti-Semitic site, right? |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. HAH! Cheney has blown a gasket and went nuke on the public...ultimate threat! lol |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. 2012 is the new Y2K! |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
113. Excellent Tron reference |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. New Age Millenarianism is just as stupid as the Abrahamic variety. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. Unfortunately, scientists are in on it too |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. That's normal sun spot cycle activity. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. i did. This is all part of a normal cycle for sunspot activity |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. Oh bullshit. They don't support this apocalyptic crap. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. I consider it quite a feat for the Mayans and their calendar... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. But still primitive and crude compared to modern knowledge and technology. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
84. whats crude about it? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Well, they had some goofy counting systems. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. the Pentagon has some goofy counting systems as well... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. No, I'm pretty sure they use base 10. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #95 |
101. The woo woo thing is thinking the world will go to hell in 2012 just because... |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. may not be hell, just different. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #101 |
108. You are so completely ignorant about indigenous people and yet study biology. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. In what way is he ignorant about indigenous people? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #110 |
128. The indigenous refer to it as the great "change" NOT |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. The Mayans referred to it as the last day on the calendar. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Lost the argument? You are silly. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #137 |
140. Bill O'Reilly says things like: Shut up shut up shut up! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #108 |
122. I'm a Biotech major (hears screams of horror from anti-GMO luddites) |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #122 |
134. Fine, now why don't you research what the prophecies actually say. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #134 |
149. What DO they say? |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 11:44 PM Response to Reply #149 |
153. What in the hell are you blathering on about? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 02:58 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. His blathering makes as much sense as ancient prophecies. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
91. I want to know what you think 'primitive' means. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Primitive = before the Scientific Revolution. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. so the Mayans were not 'scientific' |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #105 |
111. What scientific stuff did the Mayans know? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
115. that calendar thing? nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. That's just counting. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. of course not, no Vargas chicks. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. You do know what calendars are and how they work, right? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. the subject I am addressing is who made the one of the first |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Yes. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. Gregorian or Julian? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. Julius moreso than Gregory. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. point is someone else had a handle on the calendar before them. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. Sure, but it was independent. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #111 |
150. Predicticting eclipses? They had pretty advanced medicine. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #105 |
168. When I look at conversations like this I wonder if the participants know what science is |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. Riley Martin think the aliens are coming 2012. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
86. what May be coming may not be 'aliens'. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm not worried. I'm commiting suicide in 2011. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. GMTA! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
62. Holy fuck! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. LOL Great point. The Mayans probably said "Ok I think 2012 should be enough for now." |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. "long enough" not really. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
82. this guy is on Montel today |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
144. Uh - where's the 'science' in this? |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #144 |
145. oh you know |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:01 PM Original message |
dl |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
148. A "SCIENTIFIC" . . . "investigation". . . . I almost peed a little, laughing so hard |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-02-07 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
152. Apocalypse my ass |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 03:08 AM Response to Reply #152 |
155. LINKS: |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #155 |
167. I didn't realize we had so many Rapture Ready folks here at DU... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 03:42 AM Response to Original message |
157. Essentially, "Rapture Ready" for the crystals-n-incense set. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
159. not that mayan calendar mumbo jambo again nt |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-03-07 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
163. Umm... |
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