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2012: The end of the world again?

Doomsday has been predicted many times before, yet such predictions have failed to materialize so far. Here's a look at some of history's most notorious Chicken Littles.

By Jonathan Berr, MSN Money

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Re-TOG Re-TOG (Re-TOG)
Dec 12, 2012 12:03AM
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And I am suppose to do what?............Ben​d over and what ??

End of who....??    That chick showed a boob ??

Was she a blonde ??..........How do you know ??.....Really. ???

Mayans and 12/21/12 ??....Any blondes involved in this ???

I've got a busy day tomorrow...May have to decorate a tree ?

Wednesday is Seniors at the Grocery stores, 5% off...Hell yes.

We are on the dole, well yes Soc. Sec. we worked for that.....

Did you guys see a blonde with boobs??....Really? 

letsgo21
Dec 11, 2012 11:33PM
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this time it wont be a flood it be fire
MikeNRgv
Dec 11, 2012 11:13PM
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Does "Chicken Little" come to mind?
MikeNRgv
Dec 11, 2012 10:37PM
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I don't know about the end of the world but it appears the Zombie Apocalypse is here based on the number of brain dead souls that seem to be increasing in numbers on this planet.
An Eagle
Dec 11, 2012 9:47PM
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The end of the world?

This is tied up in the inability of man's ego to grasp that it will vanish on death and that all else will continue and change without him.

This is the same driver behind "global cooling", "global warming", and now "climate change".  The poor masses are bamboozled into the idea they, as a species, are actually having a significant impact on the astronomical forces behind millions of years of weather change by those seeking to achieve more power by implementing more "solutions".

Fret not ---- as 

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