Posted on 10/19/2023 10:35:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
Hot Fudge Sundae falls on a Tuesdae next year...
The Great Reset
So, the danger is the second flyby in 2095?
Well. at least it will be the problem of one of moochelle’s descendants to solve...
Poor moochelle, although having served sine 2024 as President-for-Life, will be out of the picture by 2095...
Don’t look up!
I plan to shoot myself out of a cannon just as it hits the earth and then safely parachute back down.
Hot fudge Sunday falls on Tuesday.
Who had ‘satanic meteor’ for the next panic attack?
The Giant Meteors that intellectuals
Kept telling me About!
We had a Good Run.
Learned a new one today thanks!
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smod
“Crap, and just when it looks like the Lions have a shot at winning the Super Bowl.”
I’m tellin ya, someone on the team needs to break his leg to save the planet.
Someone been reading the Book of Revelation too much?
Trying to work John’s language into the story, I guess.
Comets are known to break apart sometimes. Not all the pieces travel together................
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Well, there WAS Shoemaker-Levy 9, that broke apart, and the pieces of it hit Jupiter, back in 1994.
Honestly the universe is SUCH a tease.
However, I am partial to the Burning City series.
Jupiter’s extreme gravity tore it apart, but the pieces strung out and hit Jupiter at different times and locations.
Also, a comet’s trajectory could be altered by the force of the jets of material streaming out at odd angles................
Those were OK, but my favorite Niven and Pournelle books are probably Lucifer’s Hammer, then Mote in God’s Eye, then Footfall. They could have skipped the Mote sequel.
Bummer.
Mail-in ballots will be our only salvation.
I tried to watch it, but got so confused, my cellphone cracked, saw myself in a mirror... nah, I watched the “Coherence - explained” and it was even more confusing. I’ll get drunk over the weekend,do some Ketamine and watch it. That’ll work!
I loved the multi-level satire in Burning City. Kind of like a Gulliver's Travels for the modern USA.
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