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March 10, 2012

NASA claims debate wins over Mayans*. [krakatoa]
— Open Blogger

NASA, finding that putting humans in space, much less on other solar bodies, is far too demanding has taken to debunking the Mayans.

(As an aside -- shouldn't they just drop the "S"? I guess "NAA" just sounds too negative.)

That whole 2012, end-of-the-world thing? Head of the Near-Earth Objects Program Office at NASA Don Yeomans says it's all a bunch of hoo-ha.

If that's not enough to kill your sense of wonder and doom, another NASA brain with apparently plenty of free time now that they aren't in the Space business anymore has gone and debunked this:

Now if only they could apply some of that logic, deductive reasoning and common sense to other doomsday myths, like, say, the whole AGW cult, they might actually start to redeem themselves. Ahh...Who am I trying to kid? I won't be satisfied til I get my air-car and a condo on the moon.

* And let's be honest -- winning a debate against dead people is hardly impressive compared to the Apollo program.

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1 NASA? Is that like another discredited theory like " American Exceptionalism"?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 10, 2012 08:16 AM (i6RpT)

2 "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy - but because they are hard!"

Posted by: zombie John F Kennedy at March 10, 2012 08:19 AM (vRSeu)

3 "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy - but because they are hard!" Posted by: zombie John F Kennedy at March 10, 2012 12:19 PM (vRSeu) Pipeline? It's to hard to build a pipeline! obama 2012

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 10, 2012 08:21 AM (i6RpT)

4 If my husband was president of USA, he would close NASA, the EPA, the Department of Commerce and ... ooops.

Posted by: Asma Assad at March 10, 2012 08:22 AM (dRGlb)

5 Wait, so now NASA is in the business of debunking bullshit apocalyptic doomsday predictions? Shit.

Posted by: Al Gore at March 10, 2012 08:22 AM (2jQGY)

6 Barrack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 08:23 AM (LaCXs)

7 Oh noes. It's the end of the world... again. I thought that happened a mere 12 years ago with the turn of the millennium. What happened?

Posted by: NJRob at March 10, 2012 08:25 AM (FVp26)

BTW, Ace might be happy to hear that Romney won the Guam GOP primary and the 18 delegates that come with it.

Why does Guam even get delegates, anywise?

Posted by: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus at March 10, 2012 08:25 AM (KQIH0)

9 Help! Help! I'm in Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Intl. Airport. Until 8pm.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 08:25 AM (LaCXs)

10 How does this help their Muslim outreach program?

Posted by: Vic at March 10, 2012 08:25 AM (YdQQY)

11 Barrack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant

You crazy tenther, you! Where did you go?

And yes, Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable tyrant.

Posted by: fluffy, tanned and resting at March 10, 2012 08:27 AM (vRSeu)

12 Well, Vic, by discrediting the ideas of other cultures, we give validity to Islam. Thanks for asking!

Posted by: NASAllah at March 10, 2012 08:27 AM (HFU/A)

13 @7 the great thing about doomsday myths is that they're virtually endless. If one fails, another will be along shortly.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 08:27 AM (LaCXs)

Why does Guam even get delegates, anywise?

Who cares, as they long as they keep them evenly distributed on the island.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 08:28 AM (wrM3e)

9
BTW, Ace might be happy to hear that Romney won the Guam GOP primary and the 18 delegates that come with it.

Why does Guam even get delegates, anywise?

-------

As a safety measure they take nine from one side and nine from the other to prevent the island from tipping over.

Posted by: Jimmah at March 10, 2012 08:28 AM (sv7B2)

16 Damn you racists, NASA has done enough for space. They put a flag on Mars for chrissakes! If they went any further out they might land on the rings of Saturn then all they will do is sit there and spin and get dizzy. You people want our astronauts to get dizzy?

Posted by: Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-TX at March 10, 2012 08:29 AM (BvdQo)

17 @11 on vacation. Now I'm stuck at the airport all day.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 08:29 AM (LaCXs)

18 NASA needs to return to its roots. It was created out of NACA in 1958. NACA was the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which was formed in 1915. It was a very small government agency which was tasked with conducting aerodynamic research and developing new technologies that could be used by the private aviation industry. NACA did not build its own planes or operate its own airline, but its research was a great benefit to the aviation industry. This is what NASA ought to be doing, which will stimulate the private space industry.

Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at March 10, 2012 08:29 AM (sdi6R)

19 Help! Help! I'm in Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Intl. Airport. Until 8pm. Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 12:25 PM (LaCXs) Been there, done that ( at various airports). Hope your ass doesn't get to numb?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 10, 2012 08:29 AM (i6RpT)

20 The Mayans were full of shit

The Twelfth Imam told us so

Posted by: NASA at March 10, 2012 08:30 AM (Y+DPZ)

21 Our Muslim Outreach Program went so well that we had time to do a little 'Mythbusting' of our own!

Posted by: NASA at March 10, 2012 08:30 AM (blhVv)

You people want our astronauts to get dizzy?

Good point. They go at night, so they won't get sunburnt.

Racist!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 08:30 AM (wrM3e)

23 On that note: never fly Spirit Airlines.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 08:30 AM (LaCXs)

24 If that's not enough to kill your sense of wonder and doom, another NASA brain with apparently plenty of free time now that they aren't in the Space business anymore has gone and debunked

Behold! A god who bleeds!

Posted by: Salish at March 10, 2012 08:31 AM (Y+DPZ)

25 Now I'm stuck at the airport all day. Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 12:29 PM (LaCXs) One tip: If you choose to get dead fall down drunk, put your wallet in your front pocket first

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 10, 2012 08:31 AM (i6RpT)

When I become Fuhrer, NASAÂ’s mission statement will be:

Â“To take, hold and utilize the high ground of space to further the security interests of the United States.Â”

NASA will be an arm of the Air Force.

On the domestic front, I plan to have a couple of sniper teams dedicated to the elimination of graffiti and vandalism.

Posted by: Dennis at March 10, 2012 08:32 AM (sb8LP)

27 Next on Nasa's list of debunking is the twelfth Imam?

Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 08:32 AM (TomZ9)

28 of*

Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 08:32 AM (TomZ9)

29 Next on Nasa's list of debunking is the twelfth Imam? Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 12:32 PM (TomZ9) Bullshit, next is: "Is Paul dead"?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 10, 2012 08:33 AM (i6RpT)

30 17

Did you vacation anywhere particular, or is that private info?

Posted by: fluffy at March 10, 2012 08:33 AM (vRSeu)

31 i didn't think moon cheese would be all that anyway.

Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 08:33 AM (TomZ9)

32 @25: I'll take that under advisement.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 08:33 AM (LaCXs)

33 5 Wait, so now NASA is in the business of debunking bullshit apocalyptic doomsday predictions?

Oooooh, mon, dey bedder not mess wid me, dat's all.

Posted by: Miss Cleo at March 10, 2012 08:34 AM (6TB1Z)

34 29 Bullshit, next is: "Is Paul dead"? Wouldn't it be ironic if he ends up outliving the rest of them?

Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at March 10, 2012 08:34 AM (sdi6R)

35 I just keep thinking of that line from the movie Armageddon, "Well our current budget only allows us to track about 2% of the sky, and begging your pardon Mr. President, but it's a big ass sky"

All hail SMOD!

lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 08:35 AM (R5yLq)

36 Bullshit, next is: "Is Paul dead"? Wouldn't it be ironic if he ends up outliving the rest of them? Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at March 10, 2012 12:34 PM (sdi6R) well he doesn't have far to go to do that?

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 10, 2012 08:36 AM (i6RpT)

37 @30 carribean cruise. Side note-Jamaica is the Mecca of the Moron lifestyle.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 08:36 AM (LaCXs)

38 Upon further analysis of Nostradumus' Quatrains, our conclusion is that the Mayans were 22 months, 25 days, 7 hours and 17 minutes off

Posted by: NASA at March 10, 2012 08:36 AM (Y+DPZ)

Wouldn't it be ironic if he ends up outliving the rest of them?

I can help with that.

Posted by: Mark Chapman at March 10, 2012 08:37 AM (wrM3e)

40 That whole 2012, end-of-the-world thing? Head of the Near-Earth Objects Program Office at NASA Don Yeomans says it's all a bunch of hoo-ha. You know who this benefits?

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at March 10, 2012 08:37 AM (sdi6R)

41 We can also recommend the best product for removing scale from your shower.

Posted by: NASA at March 10, 2012 08:37 AM (yQwq5)

42 I think this has been brought up before, but maybe since the Mayans don't exist anymore could it be that they ran out of shit to write on? They ran out of food to eat, slaves to sacrifice, so they started eating rocks praying for some Euros to come over and take them to bullfights. Makes sense.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at March 10, 2012 08:38 AM (BvdQo)

43 When I was a kid, my biggest dream was to go to space camp. It didn't happen. I wonder what space camp is now? "How I learned to stop worrying and embraced the moon twat."

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2012 08:38 AM (HFU/A)

Wanted to stick my head in the current thing to say thank you all for your kind words and thoughts. I appreciate them and I appreciate you goofballs too.

Thank you.

Dave

Posted by: Dave in Texas at March 10, 2012 08:39 AM (PjVdx)

45 nevergiveup , perhaps so, but I srsly want to know if the characters typed that don't post disappear to? is there a special solar system stealing stealing our letters for a purpose? Can't they find their own!

what are they doing to them!

Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 08:39 AM (TomZ9)

46 It always baffled me why this got any traction. What is it that makes people think long defunct civilizations that were woefully primitive by our standards had any special hidden knowledge beyond our current abilities?

The Mayans could see the end of the world coming, centuries away, but not the collapse of their own civilization within a few decades?

Also, when I get to December on my calendar I don't assume that is the end. Merely that it is time to buy a new calendar. It seems the only thing that ended was the Mayan retail calendar business.

Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2012 08:39 AM (kcfmt)

47 We are pleased to announce that President Obama has signed an appropriation of 5.7 billion dollars to fund our research to prove that you cannot make a rocket with a toilet paper roll, lemon juice, and baking soda

Posted by: NASA Mythbusters Dept at March 10, 2012 08:40 AM (Y+DPZ)

48 *DiT* very sorry.

Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 08:40 AM (TomZ9)

49 @11 on vacation. Now I'm stuck at the airport all day.

Yeah, you're the guy who's been through screening ten times because he like getting his junk squeezed.

Posted by: Cicero at March 10, 2012 08:40 AM (yQwq5)

50 I heard the Mayans were gone too. Are they planning on coming back?

Posted by: Jimmah at March 10, 2012 08:40 AM (sv7B2)

51 "When I was a kid, my biggest dream was to go to space camp. It didn't happen. I wonder what space camp is now? "How I learned to stop worrying and embraced the moon twat."

Welcome to Space Camp kids! This week we've got a special treat for you, meet our very special guest, Sandra Fluke!

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 08:40 AM (R5yLq)

52 I thought NASA was busy working on Operation Space Traders?

Posted by: the Butcher at March 10, 2012 08:41 AM (YPtzF)

Is the photo above taken from Obama's ascension into Heaven, or his descent from it?

Inquiring minds, and all that.

"Axelrod, beam me up!"

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 08:41 AM (wrM3e)

54 >>>>He added that there is zero possibility of a NASA cover-up. "Can you imagine thousands of astronomers who observe the skies on a daily basis keeping the same secret from the public for several years?"

Bwa-hahahaha

Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2012 08:41 AM (FDEjy)

55 That pyramid light beam thingy? It's been done.

Posted by: The Luxor Las Vegas at March 10, 2012 08:42 AM (yQwq5)

56 Yeah, but Pop Rocks and Pepsi really killed Mikey, so there!

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 10, 2012 08:42 AM (TB4sJ)

57 "I heard the Mayans were gone too. Are they planning on coming back?"

Actually I don't think they ever left. I'm pretty sure they own a Kwik Shop in Winnemucca, Nevada where Elvis works.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 08:42 AM (R5yLq)

58 Also, when I get to December on my calendar I don't assume that is the end. Merely that it is time to buy a new calendar. It seems the only thing that ended was the Mayan retail calendar business.

Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2012 12:39 PM

That's where I come in.

Posted by: Cahrsel Jhonsno at March 10, 2012 08:42 AM (Y+DPZ)

59 What we got here under t-shirt? We got rip-ped abs. Mmm. Nice muscle.

Posted by: Guy From Sidebar Video at March 10, 2012 08:43 AM (Iyg03)

60 "Since it's made of paper by a machine somewhere, and not carved into a massive stone with the labor of 1000 slaves, I just throw that bitch away and get a new one."

Sort of explains why the Mayan's never bothered with a cheesecake version of their calendars. Hmm...

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 08:43 AM (R5yLq)

61 53 Is the photo above taken from Obama's ascension into Heaven, or his descent from it?

Neither. The angel just came out of the arc and it's flying upwards after melting the Nazi's faces. Bad news for Barry.

Posted by: pep at March 10, 2012 08:43 AM (6TB1Z)

52 I thought NASA was busy working on Operation Space Traders?

Wrong homonym.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 08:43 AM (wrM3e)

63 Maybe the Mayans went into the sky and are throwing big rocks at us periodically while pointing and laughing.

Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 08:44 AM (TomZ9)

64 [i/]Now if only they could apply some of that logic, deductive reasoning and common sense to other doomsday myths, like, say, the whole AGW cult, they might actually start to redeem themselves.

Speaking of...
Monckton's latest scalp

'THE NEWS that Lord Monckton was to give his Â“Climate of FreedomÂ” lecture at Union College in Schenectady, New York, had thrown the universityÂ’s environmentalists into a turmoil. The campus environmentalists set up a Facebook page announcing a counter-meeting of their own immediately following MoncktonÂ’s lecture. There is no debate about global warming, they announced. There is a consensus. The science is settled. Their meeting would be addressed by professors and PhDs, the Â“trueÂ” scientists, no less. Sparks, it seemed, were gonna fly.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] at March 10, 2012 08:44 AM (TB4sJ)

65 I think we found your missing Mayans

Posted by: Los Angeles County Landscapers Association at March 10, 2012 08:45 AM (Y+DPZ)

66 55 That pyramid light beam thingy? It's been done.

Hah! It came out of my nether regions. Which do you think most people prefer?

Posted by: LeeLoo at March 10, 2012 08:45 AM (6TB1Z)

@11 on vacation. Now I'm stuck at the airport all day.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 12:29 PM (LaCXs)

That happened to me coming back from a cruise. I was stuck at Miami Int'l for 8 hours with a SEVERE hangover. I ended up sleeping in a Burger King booth.

Posted by: ErikW at March 10, 2012 08:46 AM (YhJoz)

68 We clean your toilets.

Posted by: Mayor Tony Villaraigosa, Honorary Mayan at March 10, 2012 08:46 AM (yQwq5)

There is no debate about global warming, they announced.

Then what was Mockton doing there?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 08:47 AM (wrM3e)

70 SoS, nice to see you. I've been reading your updates,very proud of you. Humbled by your humor and calmness through it all.

Posted by: willow at March 10, 2012 08:48 AM (TomZ9)

71 An underground crypt in which an space traveling angel is interred broke open; that's just its packet theta escaping.

Posted by: That dude on Ancient Aliens with the crazy hair at March 10, 2012 08:48 AM (8/DeP)

72
Help! Help! I'm in Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Intl. Airport.

Until 8pm.

Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 12:25 PM (LaCXs)

Ugh Allen, you're a short cab ride away from Jiggles Cabaret, and ask for Pussywillow!

Posted by: Doctor Fish at March 10, 2012 08:49 AM (TkGkA)

73 55 That pyramid light beam thingy? It's been done.
Posted by: The Luxor Las Vegas at March 10, 2012 12:42 PM

Way before you thought of it

Posted by: Star Trek Paradise Syndrome episode at March 10, 2012 08:50 AM (Y+DPZ)

I heard the Mayans were gone too. Are they planning on coming back?

Posted by: Jimmah at March 10, 2012 12:40 PM (sv7B2)

I read once that there is still a few small tribes (is that racist?) of Mayan descendants that hang around selling trinkets and what-not.

I think they're just holding down the fort until the Great Sky Lizard comes down and eats the planet.

Posted by: ErikW at March 10, 2012 08:51 AM (YhJoz)

We need a caption contest for that photo.

My entry: "OK, Barry, you weren't exaggerating after all. Now straighten up and pull up your pants."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 08:52 AM (wrM3e)

76 o/t sorta. My son just finished the SAT for the first time. He just called me to RANT. Apparently, the ENTIRE test was black history/lit selections.

Posted by: dagny at March 10, 2012 08:53 AM (u50z0)

77 Good to hear from you StuckonStupid. Glad to know your blood hasn't been sucked dry.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 08:54 AM (O3R/2)

78 Let's play the NASA acronym game;

NASA - Not Actually Solving Anything

Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2012 08:54 AM (Y+DPZ)

79 (Washington, DC) - Montana's senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus joined Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer last night to honor the joint U.S.-Canadian Devil's Brigade - the first ever Special Operations Force that trained at Ft. Harrison, Montanan during WWII. Baucus is leading the effort to award the Brigade with the Congressional Gold Medal, and he issued a call to action to the more than 200 attendees at last night's event to help him spread the word and get the legislation passed before the Devil's Brigade reunion in September.

Posted by: nevergiveup at March 10, 2012 08:56 AM (i6RpT)

Apparently, the ENTIRE test was black history/lit selections.

No, no, the entire test BE black history/lit selections. Ninja, please!

My son's English teacher, who has a big-ass photo of the Messiah in the classroom, thinks Shakespeare is overrated compared to Maya Angelou. My cardiologist is concerned.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 08:56 AM (wrM3e)

81 77 o/t sorta. My son just finished the SAT for the first time. He just called me to RANT. Apparently, the ENTIRE test was black history/lit selections.
Posted by: dagny at March 10, 2012 12:53 PM

How did he do on the 2011 NBA Scoring Leaders list?

Did he know who had the most top 40 hip hop hits?

Posted by: Eric Holder at March 10, 2012 08:58 AM (Y+DPZ)

82 I got pissed when my then Senior in High School daughter was reading "Color Me Ultreya" in her English Lit. class. I said, that author isn't English. Long story short. English Lit ain't English Lit anymore.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 08:58 AM (O3R/2)

83 The Mayan calender is cyclical. The only thing ending is the current cycle with the next big cycle starting the day after. Only an idiot or liberal would believe that the world is going to come to an end because someone wanted to sell some doomsday books.

Posted by: Deathknyte at March 10, 2012 08:58 AM (eIAlp)

84 Off topic (oh, hell, this is an open thread, isn't it?)

The University of Northern Iowa is cutting programs and, as a result, tenured professors:
http://tinyurl.com/83re4su

As a note, tenure doesn't protect you when your program is cut.

Here's a full list of program cuts:
http://tinyurl.com/7ccmbc6

The University of Northern Iowa is a former teacher's college and still functions that way, so the loss of French and German teacher ed is unfortunate but they didn't graduate many students so I guess French and German Iowa teachers are coming from other schools.

By the way, did I mention that the faculty is unionized? I should have mentioned that.

Look for...the union la-bel...if you want to...be out of...a job...

The union's putting up a fuss, but they aren't suggesting any cuts of their own. Just the usual "shut up, you do have money" BS. But I guarantee you that their union brothers and sisters in other departments ain't going to give up squat so they can keep their jobs.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 10, 2012 08:59 AM (fNK8e)

85 My son's English teacher, who has a big-ass photoof the Messiah in the classroom,thinks Shakespeare is overrated compared to Maya Angelou. My cardiologist is concerned. Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 12:56 PM

Maya Angelou is overrated compared to Andrew Dice Clay

Posted by: kbdabear at March 10, 2012 09:00 AM (Y+DPZ)

Afterthought to 81. Also, you should see her writing. Yow.

She hands out lists of vocabulary words, some of which are actually correctly defined. But for those that aren't, we face a dilemma: tell our son on tests to go with her definition (which in some cases is hopelessly wrong - not even close), or to go with the correct definition, and risk arguing with her about it.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 09:01 AM (wrM3e)

87 Maya Angelou is overrated compared to Andrew Dice Clay

Maya Angelou is overrated compared to my golden doodle.

Posted by: pep at March 10, 2012 09:02 AM (6TB1Z)

88 8 Help! Help! I'm in Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Intl. Airport. Until 8pm. Posted by: AllenG back from vacation at March 10, 2012 12:25 PM (LaCXs) And I'm waiting on a flight at DFW. It could be worse, I've got a 5 hour layover at LAX. The $500 voucher I got for giving up my seat on the overbooked flight almost makes up for it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 10, 2012 09:02 AM (q+Adr)

89 My son just finished the SAT for the first time. He just
called me to RANT. Apparently, the ENTIRE test was black history/lit
selections.

I'm furious that 2 of the three sections are verbal/writing.

That's what we need, more social science and humanities majors.

The whole damned thing should be math. A FAR better predictor of university success, even in non-mathy fields.

Posted by: AmishDude at March 10, 2012 09:02 AM (fNK8e)

90 ..... yeah..... about your ability to foretell doom....

Posted by: Pizzaro & Cortez, Inc at March 10, 2012 09:03 AM (ffV1/)

91 "Good to hear from you StuckonStupid. Glad to know your blood hasn't been sucked dry."

Nope, so far so good. But I've been eating a lot of spaghetti lately, with extra garlic bread. Lol..

I did get a couple of requests to consolidate the whole tale together in one posting, I guess one guy took an hour and a half of his time digging around trying to find it all, so I put it together in one place:

http://tinyurl.com/7rv7cuw

It's one seriously long ass post, to be sure.. lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:03 AM (R5yLq)

92 NASA - No Actual Science Attempted

Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2012 09:03 AM (FDEjy)

93 Oh, and at the moment I'm actually on the laptop at the local police station. Waiting for Wolverine, it's Lineup and Lunch day.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:04 AM (R5yLq)

..... yeah..... about your ability to foretell doom....

Always wanted to meet a fortune teller, ask him/her if he/she were getting any particular vibes, then deck 'em.

"Ha! Didn't see that shit comin' didja?"

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 09:05 AM (wrM3e)

95 My husband is in the test prep business. ACT/SAT passages pass through the liberal thought police, without question.

Posted by: Lauren at March 10, 2012 09:07 AM (ThurL)

96 Dear NASA:

Please stop fucking with the ancient Mayans.

And thanks for all that Muslim horseshit.

Sincerely,

Jane D'oh

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 10, 2012 09:08 AM (UOM48)

97 Jay, you just HAVE to send one of her emails back with corrections in red pen. And a smiley-face.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 10, 2012 09:09 AM (q+Adr)

98 Send us up the bomb.

Posted by: 13times at March 10, 2012 09:10 AM (h6XiD)

99 Could the Mayans be sending us a message from our Alien Ghost Angel Giant Forebearers? Back to take your calls, but first a message from our new sponsor Invisible Foods Online. For all of your post apocalypse dining needs.

Posted by: George Nourie Coast to Coast at March 10, 2012 09:13 AM (N/eLP)

100 SOS

Any thought that Wolverine might get into trouble from HR since he was on his own time? Especially since he got hurt while going undercover. I hope not, but it seems sometimes employers do stupid stuff.

Posted by: someone at March 10, 2012 09:15 AM (bqjJT)

101 SoS, I thought I missed the episode about the e-mail that Che-Boy's supervisor sent. I guess you never went into too much detail, for good reason.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:15 AM (O3R/2)

102 George Noory was almost abducted by Mayans while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas. http://tinyurl.com/7tx467t

Posted by: no good deed at March 10, 2012 09:16 AM (mjR67)

103

100 Jay, you just HAVE to send one of her emails back with corrections in red pen.

I'd need a carton of red pens. But I don't want to drop my son in the soup, and I get the impression that she is not the most open-minded of people.

And I won't get started on the science bullshit. I'm a (no-shit physical) scientist, and a lot of what passes for science is liberal pap. #2 son was shown "The Story of Stuff," which was complete, unadulterated crystalline Marxist horseshit, narrated by some stupid sanctimonious bitch who had no idea what she talking about. You can view on StoryofStuff.com if you want to piss yourself off.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at March 10, 2012 09:16 AM (wrM3e)

104 The mayans didn't account for leap years. If you add up all the leap years we would be in July, 2013 right now.

Posted by: James at March 10, 2012 09:18 AM (IoTd/)

105 Jay, all the soothsayers know about you and give you a wide berth.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:18 AM (O3R/2)

106 "SoS, I thought I missed the episode about the e-mail that Che-Boy's supervisor sent. I guess you never went into too much detail, for good reason."

Ya, I can't really cut and paste the emails - that would be a direct violation of one of my NDA's, so I have to paraphrase and hopefully give the gist of it.

Basically he sent out an email to everyone saying that it was my fault that they couldn't wear Che T-shirts because I went to HR and whined, and he sent it to everyone in our group. He didn't mention me by name in the email, but made it abundantly clear that he'd be more than willing to give people my name if they asked him about it.

That's when I shot an email back to the whole group and let them know who I was, and that his email was bullshit. I didn't involve HR, he did. I figured everyone would know who I was anyway, and I was going to try and hide from these dirtbags anyway. Lol.. in retrospect I could have handled that one better, but oh well. Got the point across I guess.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:19 AM (R5yLq)

107 Thanks. Now it all makes sense.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:23 AM (O3R/2)

108 I think I saw the SOS "Che shirt" story the morning after he posted it, but I've missed every subsequent one. Can't wait to catch up with it at the compilation link. Sounds like I've been missing a doozy.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 10, 2012 09:23 AM (hiMsy)

109 Hickory dickory dock...

Posted by: "Dice" Clay, Poet Laureate at March 10, 2012 09:23 AM (YhJoz)

110 "Any thought that Wolverine might get into trouble from HR since he was on his own time? Especially since he got hurt while going undercover. I hope not, but it seems sometimes employers do stupid stuff."

Well Wolverine doesn't technically work for the same company I do, the security firm is a 3rd party contractor that my company hires to handle such things.

I don't think it will be a problem though, I sent of one monster email this morning to both his boss and the Managing Director of my facility, telling them how incredibly grateful I was to have such an outstanding individual making sure I got to my car safely.

I went on and on about how amazing it was that he would go to such great lengths, way above and beyond the call of duty. I told the security company they were damn lucky to have someone like that working for them. I also told my Managing Director that I would appreciate it if she could contact the security company directly and convey to them what an outstanding employee they had in Wolverine.

I'll be following up the email with a phone call on Monday, hopefully the Managing Director will as well.

So I think he'll be ok on that front at least.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:26 AM (R5yLq)

111 What amazes me is: Che-Boy went to HR to complain and Che-Boy's supervisor got himself/herself involved. I used to be a supervisor. I would never have involved myself in this crap.

There are/were a lot a retards working there, not counting you, the nice HR lady, your supervisor, the MD, and of course our Hero, Wolverine.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:28 AM (O3R/2)

112 " I think I saw the SOS "Che shirt" story the morning after he posted it, but I've missed every subsequent one. Can't wait to catch up with it at the compilation link. Sounds like I've been missing a doozy."

Well refill your coffee and fetch some scone's first. Like I said, it's one seriously long ass post.. lol

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:28 AM (R5yLq)

113 111. Yup... I just got caught up. Stuck, you have a flair for writing. Once the dust settles.... you should seriously consider writing a short story based based on your episode. Im sure you could get it published or promoted on line. btw.... We need way more Stucks and Wolverines in this world. You tell him more than a few folks are now fans of his. That man has more character than the entire planet's worth of Che-boys.

Posted by: fixerupper at March 10, 2012 09:31 AM (ffV1/)

114 "What amazes me is: Che-Boy went to HR to complain and Che-Boy's supervisor got himself/herself involved. I used to be a supervisor. I would never have involved myself in this crap."

Lol.. yup, some serious stupidity I'm afraid. I guess the two of them were friends before the one got promoted to supervisor, so they've got a history of some sort.

Still not as funny as Jeckle though, leaving that nail gun behind with his address and phone number on it. As for stupid, that's definitely the award winner thus far.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:31 AM (R5yLq)

115 I'll be following up the email with a phone call on Monday, hopefully the Managing Director will as well.

So I think he'll be ok on that front at least.

Good, my find things to worry about brain just had that concern when I woke up this morning.

Posted by: someone at March 10, 2012 09:32 AM (bqjJT)

116 Just curious if "Twilight Fan" has worn that nail polish to work since.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:33 AM (O3R/2)

117 "Stuck, you have a flair for writing. Once the dust settles.... you should seriously consider writing a short story based based on your episode. Im sure you could get it published or promoted on line."

Appreciate the kind words. Never really considered it to be honest, this all got started with a post that was just designed to vent a bit. I do enjoy writing, but I'm still having to be very careful thanks to the non-disclosure agreements I signed so if I ever were to consider it I'd have to do it online and anonymously. Otherwise my company could sue me back to the stone age.. lol..

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:33 AM (R5yLq)

118 "Just curious if "Twilight Fan" has worn that nail polish to work since."

Lol.. you know, I just slapped my forehead on that one. I never looked. I guess like most guys I just don't pay attention to that sort of thing. I'll have to pay a bit closer attention next time I see her.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:34 AM (R5yLq)

119 Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 01:28 PM (R5yLq)

Thanks SOS, that was a hell of a read.
P.S. You write purdier than a 50 something red-headed whore for the New Joke Times.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at March 10, 2012 09:35 AM (BvdQo)

120 It would make a good story. All the names could be changed "to protect the innocent."

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:35 AM (O3R/2)

121 Back in a couple, the cops have a few questions for me.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:36 AM (R5yLq)

122 If only NASA would investigate the biggest myth of all....obama..

Posted by: Buffalobob at March 10, 2012 09:37 AM (qiFDD)

123 More curiosity: Was IT able to remove the nail polish from the monitor with polish remover/acetone?

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:49 AM (O3R/2)

124 The glass on an old CRT would be OK, but I don't know about the surface of an LCD monitor.

Posted by: Jimbo at March 10, 2012 09:50 AM (O3R/2)

125 "More curiosity: Was IT able to remove the nail polish from the monitor with polish remover/acetone?"

I'm not 100% certain to be honest. I would think that would probably screw up the screen. Also they might be holding on to it for possible future litigation of their own, should they be able to prove who was responsible. I'll see if I can find out on Monday.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:54 AM (R5yLq)

126 Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 01:03 PM (R5yLq)

Just finished. Wow.

Posted by: baldilocks at March 10, 2012 09:57 AM (T2/zQ)

127 Well, at the risk of live-blogging this thing, I guess Heckle & Jeckle have lawyer-ed up. Not a public defender either, a genuine honest to goodness $500 an hour defense attorney. Apparently Jeckle's dad at least is fairly well to do - so it looks like I might be here for a while longer.

Instead of Lunch and Lineup this might turn into Deposition and Dinner.

Posted by: StuckOnStupid at March 10, 2012 09:57 AM (R5yLq)

128 #61

This of course prompted me to do a search for 'mayan porn.' Didn't find any but I'm a bit taken aback to learn that there is a free porn video site called XHamster.

Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2012 10:17 AM (kcfmt)

129 NASA - No Actual Space Access

Posted by: epobirs at March 10, 2012 10:23 AM (kcfmt)

130 NASA - Now Accommodating Shiite Arabs

Posted by: Fritz at March 10, 2012 10:37 AM (FDEjy)

131

@130,

that could be a good thing, Daddy might make him squeel like a pig so as not to get in too much trouble.

Posted by: Say What? at March 10, 2012 11:27 AM (b7L99)

132 Yeah, well......since the SMOD isn't going to be here anytime soon, I'm working on my bacon induced coma.....while waiting for the big Pole Shift.

Posted by: wheatie at March 10, 2012 12:26 PM (dauG/)

133

mmm hmmm...because NASA was so awesome with the myth of global warming.

Posted by: 66chevelle at March 10, 2012 12:29 PM (QjSgY)

134 NASA isn't debunking kooky disaster myths, they'd debunking *competing* kooky disaster myths.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at March 10, 2012 12:33 PM (bxiXv)

135

I can hardly wait to hear NASA weigh in on fracking...oh, wait...the mission creep Hansen's already on it:

http://tinyurl.com/6vqobpn

Posted by: 66chevelle at March 10, 2012 01:25 PM (QjSgY)

136

Posted by: rickl supports SMOD/Supervolcano 2012 at March 10, 2012 12:34 PM (sdi6R)