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	<title>Comments on: Comet what may</title>
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	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
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		<title>By: ellen olenska</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/04/comet-what-may/comment-page-2/#comment-14703</link>
		<dc:creator>ellen olenska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 11:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Julien&#039;s forum opens only at night and only to Europeans, who seem to buy this stuff. It is closed to the US, since the comments are rightly, justly critical.  I repeat that this is a sick person who derives a feeling of omnipotence from creating fear and panic.  He  deserves to be arrested, charged and tried. shame, shame, shame.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Julien&#8217;s forum opens only at night and only to Europeans, who seem to buy this stuff. It is closed to the US, since the comments are rightly, justly critical.  I repeat that this is a sick person who derives a feeling of omnipotence from creating fear and panic.  He  deserves to be arrested, charged and tried. shame, shame, shame.</p>
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		<title>By: NervousBreakdown</title>
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		<dc:creator>NervousBreakdown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 11:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to admit that I have been somewhat alert to the entire situation.  I mean, checking his site at least once daily simply because I have an abnormal fear of chaos/panic.  He&#039;s now published that it could happen today sometime due to dreams from CB on his site stating that it would happen on the same date as the dreams.  Sunday.  It&#039;s an odd pattern.  But I&#039;ll be following it... ignorantly.  Good points everyone.  I hope the skeptics are right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to admit that I have been somewhat alert to the entire situation.  I mean, checking his site at least once daily simply because I have an abnormal fear of chaos/panic.  He&#8217;s now published that it could happen today sometime due to dreams from CB on his site stating that it would happen on the same date as the dreams.  Sunday.  It&#8217;s an odd pattern.  But I&#8217;ll be following it&#8230; ignorantly.  Good points everyone.  I hope the skeptics are right.</p>
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		<title>By: ellen olenska</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/04/comet-what-may/comment-page-2/#comment-14739</link>
		<dc:creator>ellen olenska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 16:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since has now updated his site with yet more fear mongering, extending his warning for another 48 hours, I can only think that this is a person who gets some kind of sick thrill out of the power to strike fear in the hearts of millions of people. Assuming that he is not Cassandra, but just another conman, he should be in jail  for this. A person goes to jail for yelling fire in a crowded theatre afterall. I see no difference.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since has now updated his site with yet more fear mongering, extending his warning for another 48 hours, I can only think that this is a person who gets some kind of sick thrill out of the power to strike fear in the hearts of millions of people. Assuming that he is not Cassandra, but just another conman, he should be in jail  for this. A person goes to jail for yelling fire in a crowded theatre afterall. I see no difference.</p>
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		<title>By: ellen olenska</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/04/comet-what-may/comment-page-1/#comment-14746</link>
		<dc:creator>ellen olenska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 12:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/bulletins.htm

Here is a site that tracks wave height via buoys around the world. considerably more reliable than lucid dreams. as of now nothing out of the normal.</description>
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<p>Here is a site that tracks wave height via buoys around the world. considerably more reliable than lucid dreams. as of now nothing out of the normal.</p>
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		<title>By: realscooby</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/04/comet-what-may/comment-page-1/#comment-14748</link>
		<dc:creator>realscooby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 12:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Alvin!

I agree with you! But did you see what Eric&#039;s HP now says? There is a time window  now... 48 hours to go..

I try to understand many aspects and I also tried to understand why NASA wouldn&#039;t inform us if such an event would take place. I am not sure if the gouverments really have such a strong influence to hide such an issue. Besides NASA are more small astronomers (not only Eric ;-)) who would also report an meteor.

Sometimes it seems to me, that human beings need threats and people who &quot;foreseen&quot; them. In every prophecy is always much space to interpet his own wishes and fears. I wonder if nostradamus ever thought of that aspect ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Alvin!</p>
<p>I agree with you! But did you see what Eric&#8217;s HP now says? There is a time window  now&#8230; 48 hours to go..</p>
<p>I try to understand many aspects and I also tried to understand why NASA wouldn&#8217;t inform us if such an event would take place. I am not sure if the gouverments really have such a strong influence to hide such an issue. Besides NASA are more small astronomers (not only Eric <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> ) who would also report an meteor.</p>
<p>Sometimes it seems to me, that human beings need threats and people who &#8220;foreseen&#8221; them. In every prophecy is always much space to interpet his own wishes and fears. I wonder if nostradamus ever thought of that aspect <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Alvin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alvin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2006 00:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I&#039;m not holding my breath or anything, but the predicted time was actually somewhere around 10pm EST, so he isn&#039;t wrong yet.  You are right scooby though, the best thing to do is just go out and enjoy life.  We can&#039;t run for the hills everytime some nut predicts the apocalypse.  That being said, the self-assured arrogance of &quot;skeptics&quot; is really irritating, and they have a tendency to ignore the obvious and come up with amazingly complicated explanations in the name of occam&#039;s razor (not that this was an example of that, this was more just standard strawman baloney).

So, mr bad astronomer, I guess you chose to wait for time to make a fool of Julien rather than try to deconstruct his actual argument.  It is a much better strategy, and if you had followed it from the beginning you would look like such a fool now.

Here&#039;s a fun little intro on &quot;skeptics&quot;
http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2006/03/body-eclectic-part-one_28.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I&#8217;m not holding my breath or anything, but the predicted time was actually somewhere around 10pm EST, so he isn&#8217;t wrong yet.  You are right scooby though, the best thing to do is just go out and enjoy life.  We can&#8217;t run for the hills everytime some nut predicts the apocalypse.  That being said, the self-assured arrogance of &#8220;skeptics&#8221; is really irritating, and they have a tendency to ignore the obvious and come up with amazingly complicated explanations in the name of occam&#8217;s razor (not that this was an example of that, this was more just standard strawman baloney).</p>
<p>So, mr bad astronomer, I guess you chose to wait for time to make a fool of Julien rather than try to deconstruct his actual argument.  It is a much better strategy, and if you had followed it from the beginning you would look like such a fool now.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a fun little intro on &#8220;skeptics&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2006/03/body-eclectic-part-one_28.html" rel="nofollow">http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2006/03/body-eclectic-part-one_28.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: realscooby</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/04/comet-what-may/comment-page-1/#comment-14751</link>
		<dc:creator>realscooby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 20:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So.. it is already afternoon and I didn&#039;t see any part falling down from outerspace.. as well as there is no sign of extraterestrials who just wait to &quot;attack&quot; earth.. Just go out and enjoy life. Who cares the end of &quot;us&quot;? We live NOW and eventhough we lived only 1 more hour we should not always put everything in question. Live in peace with your brothers and sisters and respect nature. For all other rumours let the time show....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So.. it is already afternoon and I didn&#8217;t see any part falling down from outerspace.. as well as there is no sign of extraterestrials who just wait to &#8220;attack&#8221; earth.. Just go out and enjoy life. Who cares the end of &#8220;us&#8221;? We live NOW and eventhough we lived only 1 more hour we should not always put everything in question. Live in peace with your brothers and sisters and respect nature. For all other rumours let the time show&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Alvin</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/05/04/comet-what-may/comment-page-1/#comment-14754</link>
		<dc:creator>Alvin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 16:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s a quote from the website you so artlessly debunked:

&quot;Accordingly, the meteorite fragment considered in the event of MAY 25, 2006 will strike the mid-Atlantic dorsal, but will not be able, in any case, to generate, by impact alone, the giant tsunami in my vision.&quot;

So wait, he says exactly what you do?  Maybe you should have read it before crafting your oh so clever strawman.  Maybe Julien is tossing a lot of bunk around, but you seem to be doing your share as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a quote from the website you so artlessly debunked:</p>
<p>&#8220;Accordingly, the meteorite fragment considered in the event of MAY 25, 2006 will strike the mid-Atlantic dorsal, but will not be able, in any case, to generate, by impact alone, the giant tsunami in my vision.&#8221;</p>
<p>So wait, he says exactly what you do?  Maybe you should have read it before crafting your oh so clever strawman.  Maybe Julien is tossing a lot of bunk around, but you seem to be doing your share as well.</p>
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		<title>By: rick</title>
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		<dc:creator>rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 15:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got my umbrella.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got my umbrella.</p>
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		<title>By: Roo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 14:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Ed Minchau.
But,whos to say this WILL occur?
If so,it would be all over tv, right?
But surely if something as that were to happen
MOST that will be effected 150 miles or more ...
off the coast.Should have time to head out.
No packing lol. Just GO!

Roo</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Ed Minchau.<br />
But,whos to say this WILL occur?<br />
If so,it would be all over tv, right?<br />
But surely if something as that were to happen<br />
MOST that will be effected 150 miles or more &#8230;<br />
off the coast.Should have time to head out.<br />
No packing lol. Just GO!</p>
<p>Roo</p>
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		<title>By: Roo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 13:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Never under estimate the impossible!
Don&#039;t dwell on it!
But be openminded,with good common sense
and be wise.

Roo</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Never under estimate the impossible!<br />
Don&#8217;t dwell on it!<br />
But be openminded,with good common sense<br />
and be wise.</p>
<p>Roo</p>
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		<title>By: Pete</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 07:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well I&#039;m going to walk around with a bucket on my head today.  Firstly it offers protection and secondly I can use it to bail out all the water!  The human race is fairly guilable, after all how many people out there believe the earth was made in 7 days or that Darwin didn&#039;t have a clue??

Pete.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I&#8217;m going to walk around with a bucket on my head today.  Firstly it offers protection and secondly I can use it to bail out all the water!  The human race is fairly guilable, after all how many people out there believe the earth was made in 7 days or that Darwin didn&#8217;t have a clue??</p>
<p>Pete.</p>
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		<title>By: bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 07:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I by no means believe in Juliens assertions, I see no reason to discount them as impossible.  For one thing you have set up a strawman.  His claim was actually that major seismic/volcanic activity triggered by the impact will be the cause of the tsunami, not the impact itself.  Whether or not that is likely or possible is another story altogether, but I doubt bad &quot;astronomers&quot; are really the highest experts in the matter (I would look more to seismologists, vulcanologists, hydrologists and such probably).
Also, why is everyone so quick to jump on the guy&#039;s back?  After looking through his site, it definitely does NOT seem to be financially oriented, so we have to assume he believes his tale (occams razor).  So if he believes what he is saying than he is obviously doing whatever he can to save the lives of millions of people, in his own mind at least.  So this means he is deserving of the vitriolic and hostile attitude I see here?  At worst he&#039;s a little deluded, but won&#039;t all of you feel stupid if he is right.
Once again I&#039;m not saying I believe him, and if I lived on the Atlantic coast I would probably stay right there and wait, but I still won&#039;t claim to know the future.  I leave that for nutters and prophets.

So please, if you want to take pot shots at crankpots, at least learn what they are actually saying, cause it is really annoying to hear a pompous, self important prick deconstructing an argument that was never made.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I by no means believe in Juliens assertions, I see no reason to discount them as impossible.  For one thing you have set up a strawman.  His claim was actually that major seismic/volcanic activity triggered by the impact will be the cause of the tsunami, not the impact itself.  Whether or not that is likely or possible is another story altogether, but I doubt bad &#8220;astronomers&#8221; are really the highest experts in the matter (I would look more to seismologists, vulcanologists, hydrologists and such probably).<br />
Also, why is everyone so quick to jump on the guy&#8217;s back?  After looking through his site, it definitely does NOT seem to be financially oriented, so we have to assume he believes his tale (occams razor).  So if he believes what he is saying than he is obviously doing whatever he can to save the lives of millions of people, in his own mind at least.  So this means he is deserving of the vitriolic and hostile attitude I see here?  At worst he&#8217;s a little deluded, but won&#8217;t all of you feel stupid if he is right.<br />
Once again I&#8217;m not saying I believe him, and if I lived on the Atlantic coast I would probably stay right there and wait, but I still won&#8217;t claim to know the future.  I leave that for nutters and prophets.</p>
<p>So please, if you want to take pot shots at crankpots, at least learn what they are actually saying, cause it is really annoying to hear a pompous, self important prick deconstructing an argument that was never made.</p>
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		<title>By: ellen olenska</title>
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		<dc:creator>ellen olenska</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2006 15:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is May 23rd, and for all of our sakes I hope that the ridicule this person Julien has been subjected to is justified. I came here to this site to find reassurance. I thank you all for that. It is deeply unsettling nonetheless. And if this dude is psychotic or deluded, he should be charged and tried for the angst he has caused.

Olenska</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is May 23rd, and for all of our sakes I hope that the ridicule this person Julien has been subjected to is justified. I came here to this site to find reassurance. I thank you all for that. It is deeply unsettling nonetheless. And if this dude is psychotic or deluded, he should be charged and tried for the angst he has caused.</p>
<p>Olenska</p>
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		<title>By: baltasargerards</title>
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		<dc:creator>baltasargerards</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 14:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.benfieldhrc.org/tsunamis/la_palma_dissemination.jpg  was found in one of Osama&#039;s hiding places.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.benfieldhrc.org/tsunamis/la_palma_dissemination.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.benfieldhrc.org/tsunamis/la_palma_dissemination.jpg</a>  was found in one of Osama&#8217;s hiding places.</p>
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		<title>By: Joan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 May 2006 04:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, well I guess you&#039;d consider me an idiot..don&#039;t groan but I know you might!! I live near the coast on the gulf coast. I would like to know ahead of time if at all possible but who knows if that will occur should such an event happen within my lifetime. I&#039;m 54 years old and have no college degree. I&#039;ve heard rumor that something could approach us and we&#039;d not know until just a few hours prior..okay you scientific people, what do you say to that? I&#039;d be inclined to believe the scriptures but who out there has ciphered codes or had premonitons about this event and made sure the rest of us do hear of it and know the date of this occurance? These people who receive premonitions seem to come out of the woodwork after the fact...not saying they are lying but why didn&#039;t they say something BEFORE it happened? I have only the biblecode post and one frenchman giving me strong warning signs. Since I presume that no specific ocean is named in the bible scriptures, am I to presume it will stike the Atlantic ocean when it DOES occur..be in 2006 or 2012 or whenever?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, well I guess you&#8217;d consider me an idiot..don&#8217;t groan but I know you might!! I live near the coast on the gulf coast. I would like to know ahead of time if at all possible but who knows if that will occur should such an event happen within my lifetime. I&#8217;m 54 years old and have no college degree. I&#8217;ve heard rumor that something could approach us and we&#8217;d not know until just a few hours prior..okay you scientific people, what do you say to that? I&#8217;d be inclined to believe the scriptures but who out there has ciphered codes or had premonitons about this event and made sure the rest of us do hear of it and know the date of this occurance? These people who receive premonitions seem to come out of the woodwork after the fact&#8230;not saying they are lying but why didn&#8217;t they say something BEFORE it happened? I have only the biblecode post and one frenchman giving me strong warning signs. Since I presume that no specific ocean is named in the bible scriptures, am I to presume it will stike the Atlantic ocean when it DOES occur..be in 2006 or 2012 or whenever?</p>
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		<title>By: jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2006 08:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I dont think a fragment will hit either, but i think its freaky that FEMA and a number of nations are running a drill on or around the 25th called the pacific peril, which is a drill to test emergency services for a catastrophic seismic event eg, tsunami. Ive also read that these drills were planned for 9/11 coincidently the same scenario as what happened on that day, also the london bombings which there was a practice drill at the same time same place, for the same type of event that took place? coincidence?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I dont think a fragment will hit either, but i think its freaky that FEMA and a number of nations are running a drill on or around the 25th called the pacific peril, which is a drill to test emergency services for a catastrophic seismic event eg, tsunami. Ive also read that these drills were planned for 9/11 coincidently the same scenario as what happened on that day, also the london bombings which there was a practice drill at the same time same place, for the same type of event that took place? coincidence?</p>
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		<title>By: isobel</title>
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		<dc:creator>isobel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 05:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hello, Enigma
Just to put a rainbow in your grey sky
I&#039;m french
I LOVE America
I&#039;ve never had an antisemitic feeling
All my friends have the same ideas
And i have a lot of friends...
Your opinion is hurtful
How would you feel if you read &quot;American people are all fat scientologist and anti-muslim fanatics?&quot;
About Eric Julien, he lives in Hawaii, because he&#039;s not welcome in France, even in UFO-addicts community . He appears to be more a dreamer than a psychopath. The problem is that comets have always been interpreted in a religious/apocalyptical way in order to announce the end of a world that appear rotten to many people. It&#039;s human : Armaggedon seems to be printed in the collective unconscious of Christians and appears inevitable. Such events (comets, tsunamis) are perceived as &quot;normal&quot;, &quot;punishments&quot;. Many people lack of scientific knowledge, and of confidence in &quot;official assertions&quot; (the X-files syndrom ?).It&#039;s enough to make people turn themselves towards &quot;prophets&quot;... I would like the scientific community to be less discrete, more offensive, in such cases.
(please excuse my english)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hello, Enigma<br />
Just to put a rainbow in your grey sky<br />
I&#8217;m french<br />
I LOVE America<br />
I&#8217;ve never had an antisemitic feeling<br />
All my friends have the same ideas<br />
And i have a lot of friends&#8230;<br />
Your opinion is hurtful<br />
How would you feel if you read &#8220;American people are all fat scientologist and anti-muslim fanatics?&#8221;<br />
About Eric Julien, he lives in Hawaii, because he&#8217;s not welcome in France, even in UFO-addicts community . He appears to be more a dreamer than a psychopath. The problem is that comets have always been interpreted in a religious/apocalyptical way in order to announce the end of a world that appear rotten to many people. It&#8217;s human : Armaggedon seems to be printed in the collective unconscious of Christians and appears inevitable. Such events (comets, tsunamis) are perceived as &#8220;normal&#8221;, &#8220;punishments&#8221;. Many people lack of scientific knowledge, and of confidence in &#8220;official assertions&#8221; (the X-files syndrom ?).It&#8217;s enough to make people turn themselves towards &#8220;prophets&#8221;&#8230; I would like the scientific community to be less discrete, more offensive, in such cases.<br />
(please excuse my english)</p>
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		<title>By: Sergio</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sergio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 23:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have you ever seen a rock hit the water?
Use that model in a large scale...

take care

SÃ©rgio</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever seen a rock hit the water?<br />
Use that model in a large scale&#8230;</p>
<p>take care</p>
<p>SÃ©rgio</p>
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		<title>By: Marty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 04:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Enigma,

I believe that we are responsible for how we feel and think. If people believe Eric Julien and feel stress...well that it is a choice people make. I mean anxiety, stress, worrying....comes from the fact that we perceive things as not so good. If Eric Julien is able to cause panic...then it is a sign that we need to be stronger and more independant. Our Government likes to create panics too when it fits their agenda...It&#039;s not about Eric Julien...it is about us as human beings...when will be able to take responsibilty for ourselves instead of blaming each others for how we feel. When we feel mad...chances are that madness was there long before. The other person was simply a trigger. I recommend you all the book &quot;The Power of Now&quot; by E. Tolle

Take care, Marty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Enigma,</p>
<p>I believe that we are responsible for how we feel and think. If people believe Eric Julien and feel stress&#8230;well that it is a choice people make. I mean anxiety, stress, worrying&#8230;.comes from the fact that we perceive things as not so good. If Eric Julien is able to cause panic&#8230;then it is a sign that we need to be stronger and more independant. Our Government likes to create panics too when it fits their agenda&#8230;It&#8217;s not about Eric Julien&#8230;it is about us as human beings&#8230;when will be able to take responsibilty for ourselves instead of blaming each others for how we feel. When we feel mad&#8230;chances are that madness was there long before. The other person was simply a trigger. I recommend you all the book &#8220;The Power of Now&#8221; by E. Tolle</p>
<p>Take care, Marty.</p>
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		<title>By: ENIGMA</title>
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		<dc:creator>ENIGMA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 17:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well I didn&#039;t mean to be insulting and I didn&#039;t think children read this thing but if they do I apologize but my opinions are what they are about the French or at least some of them. I won&#039;t apologize for that. I don&#039;t think that its right for me to be censored and someone like Eric Julien to be out there speweing nonscense and be allowed to scare millions of people out of their minds. Sure he didn&#039;t curse and all that but he did scare the living day lights out of enough people to have them pay attention. Now answer me this, what if the day comes and some of those same gullible people sell property and head for the hills and than obviously nothing happens? How much cursing and anger will you be hearing then? I can guarantee at least one of those people will be thinking lawsuit.

I don&#039;t curse usually in fact if anyone who knows me would read that post they would be really surprised because I only do that when I&#039;m really mad. In any case I have lived in my short 22 yr life span through a lot of anti-american behavior and anti-semitism so no one can really tell me that people in that country think differently.

I do however believe that all people are born good. I&#039;m not a negative person but I have to tell you that Eric Julien proved just another portion of just how much we are hated in this world and not just by the French people.

But regardless of his religious or political beliefs I still think that he shouldn&#039;t be allowed to say things like that because as you said kids read this and can you imagine how much terror they are feeling now? I mean this came out of an adult so it must be true. It&#039;s really easy to scare a child. They are afraid of monsters in their closets and the boogeyman and here is someone telling them that a piece of rock from outer space will come and kill them. And he got the information from Aliens; another thing that kids either believe in or think about from the movies they watch.

This disgusting weather over the northeast isn&#039;t helping because people&#039;s imaginations run away with them. I&#039;ve read other posts where people are either hilariously funny or they are angry as all heck. I just think that there should be some kind of public announcement to defuse the situation and make people feel better. On the big news stations. Right now all they talk about is how many troops we loose everyday in Iraq (which is depressing on its own) and the fact that New England is flooded. Well not all of us are swimming yet so you can move on to this topic.

Once again I apologize for any bad language or anything else that might have insulted anyone. But I won&#039;t change my views. Take it or leave it.

Take care,
Olga</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I didn&#8217;t mean to be insulting and I didn&#8217;t think children read this thing but if they do I apologize but my opinions are what they are about the French or at least some of them. I won&#8217;t apologize for that. I don&#8217;t think that its right for me to be censored and someone like Eric Julien to be out there speweing nonscense and be allowed to scare millions of people out of their minds. Sure he didn&#8217;t curse and all that but he did scare the living day lights out of enough people to have them pay attention. Now answer me this, what if the day comes and some of those same gullible people sell property and head for the hills and than obviously nothing happens? How much cursing and anger will you be hearing then? I can guarantee at least one of those people will be thinking lawsuit.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t curse usually in fact if anyone who knows me would read that post they would be really surprised because I only do that when I&#8217;m really mad. In any case I have lived in my short 22 yr life span through a lot of anti-american behavior and anti-semitism so no one can really tell me that people in that country think differently.</p>
<p>I do however believe that all people are born good. I&#8217;m not a negative person but I have to tell you that Eric Julien proved just another portion of just how much we are hated in this world and not just by the French people.</p>
<p>But regardless of his religious or political beliefs I still think that he shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to say things like that because as you said kids read this and can you imagine how much terror they are feeling now? I mean this came out of an adult so it must be true. It&#8217;s really easy to scare a child. They are afraid of monsters in their closets and the boogeyman and here is someone telling them that a piece of rock from outer space will come and kill them. And he got the information from Aliens; another thing that kids either believe in or think about from the movies they watch.</p>
<p>This disgusting weather over the northeast isn&#8217;t helping because people&#8217;s imaginations run away with them. I&#8217;ve read other posts where people are either hilariously funny or they are angry as all heck. I just think that there should be some kind of public announcement to defuse the situation and make people feel better. On the big news stations. Right now all they talk about is how many troops we loose everyday in Iraq (which is depressing on its own) and the fact that New England is flooded. Well not all of us are swimming yet so you can move on to this topic.</p>
<p>Once again I apologize for any bad language or anything else that might have insulted anyone. But I won&#8217;t change my views. Take it or leave it.</p>
<p>Take care,<br />
Olga</p>
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		<title>By: MIke</title>
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		<dc:creator>MIke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 05:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Olga,

This news just popped up and this dream seeing fellow writes an article about a comet hitting Earth and killing millions? How come this is not on CNN, ABC, or any major radio station? I believe that this could happen, but not with 200 m waves, that wipes out the whole east coast - especially with alient involved. He is an idiot and I hope this gets cleared out so people would not worry about this issue, as if we don&#039;t have enough to worry about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Olga,</p>
<p>This news just popped up and this dream seeing fellow writes an article about a comet hitting Earth and killing millions? How come this is not on CNN, ABC, or any major radio station? I believe that this could happen, but not with 200 m waves, that wipes out the whole east coast &#8211; especially with alient involved. He is an idiot and I hope this gets cleared out so people would not worry about this issue, as if we don&#8217;t have enough to worry about.</p>
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		<title>By: The Bad Astronomer</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Bad Astronomer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 04:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ENIGMA, I appreciate the vote of support, but I do have to take some note of your language-- please don&#039;t use bad words here. Children read this blog.

Also, a lot of your statements are, frankly, bizarre. Even if France had institutionalized anti-semitism and anti-Americanism (which it does not), what does that have to do with anything? Your characterization of France is wrong, as well as insulting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ENIGMA, I appreciate the vote of support, but I do have to take some note of your language&#8211; please don&#8217;t use bad words here. Children read this blog.</p>
<p>Also, a lot of your statements are, frankly, bizarre. Even if France had institutionalized anti-semitism and anti-Americanism (which it does not), what does that have to do with anything? Your characterization of France is wrong, as well as insulting.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 08:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Greetings from Poland. (Europe)
Firstly I am sorry for my english.

I am in the research on the internet and what about signs it&#039;s True. On the website www.exodus2006.com (Bible Code) there is prediction that in this year 2006 in MAY will impact comet in to the ocean.

The best thing is that this website is for couple of years on the internet and these and all information there are for years.

Many things just happened what they said. In this year there also talks about next war III. Starting with Iran.

I hope this will not happen.

Regards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Greetings from Poland. (Europe)<br />
Firstly I am sorry for my english.</p>
<p>I am in the research on the internet and what about signs it&#8217;s True. On the website <a href="http://www.exodus2006.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.exodus2006.com</a> (Bible Code) there is prediction that in this year 2006 in MAY will impact comet in to the ocean.</p>
<p>The best thing is that this website is for couple of years on the internet and these and all information there are for years.</p>
<p>Many things just happened what they said. In this year there also talks about next war III. Starting with Iran.</p>
<p>I hope this will not happen.</p>
<p>Regards.</p>
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		<title>By: HAROLD  HARTLEY</title>
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		<dc:creator>HAROLD  HARTLEY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 13:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Comet will NOT hit until the year 2014.

According to Nostradamus the comet will not hit

until just after we reach Seven Billion Population

which will be in 2012 AD.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Comet will NOT hit until the year 2014.</p>
<p>According to Nostradamus the comet will not hit</p>
<p>until just after we reach Seven Billion Population</p>
<p>which will be in 2012 AD.</p>
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