Re: Bad Astronomy, Indeed

From: C.R. Osterwald (rio_at_dev.null)
Date: 07/12/04


Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:43:14 -0600

In article <yAmIc.65480$MT5.12896@nwrdny01.gnilink.net>, Rudolph_X
<nospam@please.net> wrote:

> OK. Here is the 2nd installment. I'll post more as I dig them up.
>
> This one is just to show what kind of destructive power is involved.
>
> "At three miles long it would present a terrible danger to the Earth if
> it were to collide with the planet, although scientists at NASA say this
> is unlikely. It is travelling at a speed of about 20 miles per second
> and if it struck the ocean would unleash a "mega tsunami" or giant tidal
> wave that could reach around the entire globe, inundating millions of
> hectares of land, destroying coastal habitations and killing perhaps
> millions of people.
>
> "If it hit land it could completely destroy an area the size of Europe
> and would raise enough dust into the atmosphere to change the climate of
> the planet completely, causing a mini ice age that would freeze crops,
> destroy plant life and pre-empt a global famine. It would also
> completely destroy the ozone layer."
>
> ->http://www.rense.com/general50/sep29th2004.htm
>
> If it is true that it is coming up from under the Souther Hemisphere,
> and if it hits, it will most likely to hit the southern portion of the
> globe. And that being mostly water, it would most probably strike the
> ocean, giving us the 'mega tsunami' scenario. However, if it hits either
> Australia of Antartica, we can expect a land strike scenario and the
> 'global famine' outcome which would be worse than if it strikes the ocean.

Do you have *any* critical thinking skills at all, Rudolph? Or do you
strike at whatever hook someone is dangling on rense.com?

>From the above "article":

> Sep. 29th 2004 -Toutatis
> Asteroid Coming Too Close?
> From Ian Gurney
> iangurney@yahoo.com
> 3-28-4
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> I read with interest the article entitled "HAARP, China, Russia And
> The Moon"

There is your first clue, HAARP kookery. Even assuming the conspiracy
crap generated about it was even slightly true, HAARP has been off for
over five years while the guards watch cable TV.

> and noticed the following quote from Michael Goodspeed's
> comment: "He claimed that our government is not only aware of an
> imminent asteroid threat, but they have even set a date for its
> inevitable arrival -- September 29th, 2004. He also stated that the
> asteroid has been named "St. Michael", in accordance with the Celtic
> holiday, observed on the 29th." (See Goodspeed's Comment below)
>
> [snip]

Nothing at all in here about Antarctica, or the Southern Hemishere.
Did you just make that up?

> Ian Gurney is a journalist, broadcaster and author of the bestseller
> "The Cassandra Prophecy" published by International Global Press. ISBN
> 0953581314.

Sounds like a conspiracy kook to me.

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