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kestrel91316

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31. I LOVED Lucifer's Hammer. But yeah, that RW and racism thing.......

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #17)

Tue Feb 5, 2013, 06:19 PM

Feb 2013

Still, it was the TEOTWAWKI novel that jumpstarted my love for the genre.

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The biggest asteroid threat we know of (2036) [View all] cthulu2016 Feb 2013 OP

The second they send Aerosmith and Bruce Willis up to fix it OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #1

"Guess what guys. It's time to embrace the horror!" longship Feb 2013 #7

Heh - I love Steve Buscemi OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #9

I agree. The guy's totally unbuttoned. longship Feb 2013 #15

Fargo is one of my top five all time favorite movies. OriginalGeek Feb 2013 #16

"0 mile miss" yellowcanine Feb 2013 #2

Has Pat Robertson announced whose fault it is yet? FSogol Feb 2013 #3

Oh, I'd say roughly LibertyLover Feb 2013 #4

Boehner: "this incoming asteroid gives us leverage in discussions about wider fiscal issues". Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #5

BWWAAAAHHH.....lol...nt Evasporque Feb 2013 #12

The earth is like a lucky boxer - keeps dodging right hooks and left jabs. But luck runs out apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #6

I read an interesting article years ago... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #30

Good, we need another 2012 type scare flamingdem Feb 2013 #8

NASA predicts it will come between Earth and our GPS satellites cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #13

This s science, not popular mis interpretations nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #24

Well, if I'm still around in 2036, I'll be 91 years old. MineralMan Feb 2013 #10

Maybe we need a Zat gun? baldguy Feb 2013 #11

The question is...if the govnt knew a large asteroid was going to hit, would they tell us? davidn3600 Feb 2013 #14

No. exboyfil Feb 2013 #17

Sadly, the RW slant really sticks out today cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #21

I LOVED Lucifer's Hammer. But yeah, that RW and racism thing....... kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #31

They would have no choice. Amateurs can find these things. cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #18

You're right: Frodo would find it first. Orrex Feb 2013 #19

Jeez! No way could it be secret. longship Feb 2013 #20

We cannot allow a mineshaft gap Orrex Feb 2013 #22

And the females Strangelove would take to the mineshaft in 2036 aren't even born yet cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #23

Has Lars von Trier issued a statement yet? Orrex Feb 2013 #25

You've got to wonder what we would do were it to be a 0 mile miss..... wandy Feb 2013 #26

Best bet is to institute more tax cuts for the wealthy... mikeysnot Feb 2013 #27

NO HIT IN 2036. 2068 is 1 in 189,000. Link below... Pholus Feb 2013 #28

That is based on current observations. (There's a meaningful distinction here) cthulu2016 Feb 2013 #35

Really. Seriously we have a pretty good handle on that right now. Pholus Feb 2013 #36

Fortunately that rock is small enough that we could blow it up with a missile bluestateguy Feb 2013 #29

I'll be 108 years old lunatica Feb 2013 #32

Well, nice knowing everyone. Neoma Feb 2013 #33

Well if it's this Congress... Agschmid Feb 2013 #34