Has anyone checked with Nostradamus?

[gordonzola]

In a big blow to CalenderFail 2012, actual Mayans say the "end of the world" is a just more New Age B.S.

"If I went to some Mayan-speaking communities and asked people what is going to happen in 2012, they wouldn't have any idea," said Jose Huchim, a Yucatan Mayan archaeologist. "That the world is going to end? They wouldn't believe you. We have real concerns these days, like rain."

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[sarahshevett.livejournal.com]

And I'd just like to know what is going to happen with this approaching typhoon..

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

The End Times. Clearly.

[lemon-says.livejournal.com]

Pete and I were talking the other day about what bullshit that is. People love potential disasters, don't they?

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

well, I'm enjoying mocking the disaster watchers so I'm no better!

[lemon-says.livejournal.com]

There was some program on the other night called "Ten Ways the Earth Might Be Destroyed" or something to that effect. I did not watch.

[the-living-end.livejournal.com]

but the mayans are ancient and mystical and therefore able to predict the future and all sorts of other ancient and mystical things!!!! and because they are ancient and mystical they are correct! science is new and western and not ancient and mystical and therefore incorrect!!!

: )

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

I'm just waiting for someone to comment something like, "Isn't it sad that they are so alienated from their own beliefs..."

[villagecharm.livejournal.com]

I hate how many times I've seen the Mayans described in this context as "a vanished civilization." That's like saying French Canadians are a vanished civilization.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

No one knows exactly who built the Bastille... or where they went...

[rockgeisha.livejournal.com]

Ugh, thank God. I'm just going to drop off this link on my facebook feed and scurry away.

EDIT: Ha, and I hadn't even noticed yet that Phil (who is on my feed) is quoted in this article.

[gordonzola.livejournal.com]

oh, that's funny! Glad to be of service.

[rockgeisha.livejournal.com]

I do believe this (http://twitter.com/badbanana/status/4789678906) to be true, though.

Nostradamus and the Mayans are passe

[walktheplank.livejournal.com]

According to the History Channel, Leonardo da Vinci was using secret codes embedded in his paintings to warn us of a coming Biblical Flood caused by global warming in the early 21st Century.

Apparently, this is what passes for "history" in America:

Da Vinci's Armageddon