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11 dead-wrong prophecies of doom
Philadelphia Inquirer, by Peter Mucha
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Posted By:Calvinesq, 12/21/2012 11:59:15 AM
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| Once again, the Earth has survived. Unless typing at this terminal is Heaven - and it´s clearly far from Hell - no rapture or disaster happened overnight, contrary to movie-inspiring misreadings of Mayan calendars. Add that to the list of dead-wrong prophecies about the end of the world. Here are 10 previous apocalyptic flops:
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Comments:
Do I still have time for a cup of coffee?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 12/21/2012 12:08:27 PM (No. 9077917)
Let´s not jump to conclusions. The day´s not over yet.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
AGGW, 12/21/2012 12:29:33 PM (No. 9077979)
There was one in February in 1962. Something like the 2nd or 4th. It was supposed to end at 2 0 pm. I remember being in high school biology class as we watched the clock.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
varkdriver, 12/21/2012 12:35:59 PM (No. 9077998)
#2, I seem to recall another one in spring of 1973, at 7:45 PM one weekday night. I was struggling with some trig homework and looked over at the clock to see it was 8:25PM! I went to my parents and said, "Anything?" They said, "Nope! Now get back to that homework!"
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
msjena, 12/21/2012 2:55:26 PM (No. 9078215)
Only 11?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LouD, 12/21/2012 3:32:18 PM (No. 9078280)
FTA: God´s Church minister Ronald Weinland wrote two books forecasting the death of millions and the downfall of the United States by autumn 2008.
Well, he was half right. Obummer was elected that year, and so began our downfall.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Scribelus, 12/21/2012 3:50:23 PM (No. 9078301)
Anthropogenic global "warming" is Number 12!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/21/2012 7:12:16 PM (No. 9078548)
November election prophecies of doom DID happen!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
kono, 12/21/2012 7:33:50 PM (No. 9078581)
Sorry, #1. The last day on the Mayan long-count calendar was Thursday. Today is New B´ak´tun Day ... the day after the supposed end of the world, but what really was the first day of B´ak´tun number 14.
But this hysteria was fun. Let´s do it again. Next time comes around in just 144,000 days...
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WASHINGTON -- One of the two women who videotaped allegations that New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez paid her for sex has said in an affidavit that she was paid to make the story up, according to a report Monday in the Washington Post. The woman also said she has never met nor seen the Democratic senator, the Post reported, citing court documents and two people briefed on her claim. Instead, in an affidavit she said she and a colleague were paid by a lawyer to make up the claims and read from a script, according to the Post.
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Given the beating Apple has taken lately—with many questioning its future—it´s important to understand how much television means to Apple. The company´s TV plans are much bigger than just selling iTV sets. [snip] Apple is evolving into an ecosystem, a network that connects to and controls everything from your home to your car to your office. This has the potential to be as impactful as the iPhone and iPad. Today I use iOS apps to control my stereo system (the Sonos) and central air (the Nest).
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11 dead-wrong prophecies of doom
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Philadelphia Inquirer, by Peter Mucha
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Once again, the Earth has survived. Unless typing at this terminal is Heaven - and it´s clearly far from Hell - no rapture or disaster happened overnight, contrary to movie-inspiring misreadings of Mayan calendars. Add that to the list of dead-wrong prophecies about the end of the world. Here are 10 previous apocalyptic flops:
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State Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Tuesday filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Arlene’s Flowers & Gifts, a Richland florist that refused to supply flowers to the same-sex marriage of a longtime customer. Ferguson said he sent a March 28 letter to owner Barronelle Stutzman asking her to reconsider and supply flowers to customer Robert Ingersoll. Through an attorney, Stutzman declined to change her position.“As Attorney General, it is my job to enforce the laws of the state of Washington,” said Ferguson. “Under the Consumer Protection Act, it is unlawful to discriminate
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