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	<title>Comments on: Looks like I&#8217;d better get on 2012</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: barry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/25/looks-like-id-better-get-on-2012/comment-page-3/#comment-219567</link>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was wondering if you could tell me what scientist&#039;s are saying about the earth and the alignment of the planets,the sun,the milky way and the earth,or if they say that anything at all will happen on that day-dec. 21st 2012 ! Thanx so much for all your answers-Barry !!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was wondering if you could tell me what scientist&#8217;s are saying about the earth and the alignment of the planets,the sun,the milky way and the earth,or if they say that anything at all will happen on that day-dec. 21st 2012 ! Thanx so much for all your answers-Barry !!!</p>
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		<title>By: Olaf Davis</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/25/looks-like-id-better-get-on-2012/comment-page-3/#comment-101935</link>
		<dc:creator>Olaf Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Drew Terry, I&#039;m fairly sure you don&#039;t mean &quot;26 x 10 = 260 x 5256 = 1366560&quot;...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Drew Terry, I&#8217;m fairly sure you don&#8217;t mean &#8220;26 x 10 = 260 x 5256 = 1366560&#8243;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Because 2012 can&#8217;t get any dumber&#8230; &#124; Bad Astronomy &#124; Discover Magazine</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/25/looks-like-id-better-get-on-2012/comment-page-3/#comment-101655</link>
		<dc:creator>Because 2012 can&#8217;t get any dumber&#8230; &#124; Bad Astronomy &#124; Discover Magazine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Sometimes, I almost hope the world will end in 2012. Or earlier. It&#8217;ll save me from finding out things like Michael Bay is going to make a movie based on the 2012 nonsense. This is on top of Roland Emmerich&#8217;s efforts. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Sometimes, I almost hope the world will end in 2012. Or earlier. It&#8217;ll save me from finding out things like Michael Bay is going to make a movie based on the 2012 nonsense. This is on top of Roland Emmerich&#8217;s efforts. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: SSJPabs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/25/looks-like-id-better-get-on-2012/comment-page-3/#comment-72432</link>
		<dc:creator>SSJPabs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 03:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Considering the ACTUAL end date would be 21 October 4772  (I&#039;m hoping for some sort of race-annihilating super-weapon to be used) I&#039;m not going to sweat 2012.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Considering the ACTUAL end date would be 21 October 4772  (I&#8217;m hoping for some sort of race-annihilating super-weapon to be used) I&#8217;m not going to sweat 2012.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/25/looks-like-id-better-get-on-2012/comment-page-3/#comment-72431</link>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Again I ask, how if that offensive?  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Again I ask, how if that offensive?  <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Alex</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Seamyston 25 Feb 2008 at 9:40 am: (and many others)

&quot;Phil, I know your throwaway comment about “where are the Mayans now?” was meant as a joke, but really, it could be seen as offensive. Mayan descendants are still very much alive today - google “modern Maya” and you’ll see what I mean.&quot;

Anyone here learn to read?  He said &quot;why didnt they predict the fall of their own civilization?&quot;  A perfectly logical question.  Their civilization collapsed, that is a known fact (it isnt here anymore, and we know when it fell), and they obviously didnt predict it.  How if that offensive?  It is actually the first question a person should ask in the face of these predictions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seamyston 25 Feb 2008 at 9:40 am: (and many others)</p>
<p>&#8220;Phil, I know your throwaway comment about “where are the Mayans now?” was meant as a joke, but really, it could be seen as offensive. Mayan descendants are still very much alive today &#8211; google “modern Maya” and you’ll see what I mean.&#8221;</p>
<p>Anyone here learn to read?  He said &#8220;why didnt they predict the fall of their own civilization?&#8221;  A perfectly logical question.  Their civilization collapsed, that is a known fact (it isnt here anymore, and we know when it fell), and they obviously didnt predict it.  How if that offensive?  It is actually the first question a person should ask in the face of these predictions.</p>
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		<title>By: Alex Prince</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alex Prince</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ll be honest and admit that this 2012 thing has kept my mind busy for some time now. I understand that this may very well be another hoax to freak out people and appreciate the effort of debunking it, but it seems that you guys forget that the principal claim of that theory is not really about mayans but about a load of different stories written in different parts of the world in different times telling pointing at December 2012.

I&#039;d really appreciate it if you could talk about those other stories as well. I&#039;ve seen some on http://www.december212012.com/ but maybe there are more, who knows.

Looking at the index of the website, it does look like it&#039;s a big pile of crap but I don&#039;t know if all those stories really did point to 2012 or if all of this is made up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll be honest and admit that this 2012 thing has kept my mind busy for some time now. I understand that this may very well be another hoax to freak out people and appreciate the effort of debunking it, but it seems that you guys forget that the principal claim of that theory is not really about mayans but about a load of different stories written in different parts of the world in different times telling pointing at December 2012.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d really appreciate it if you could talk about those other stories as well. I&#8217;ve seen some on <a href="http://www.december212012.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.december212012.com/</a> but maybe there are more, who knows.</p>
<p>Looking at the index of the website, it does look like it&#8217;s a big pile of crap but I don&#8217;t know if all those stories really did point to 2012 or if all of this is made up.</p>
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