the doomsday scenario was proposed long before 1995
1983 plans for South Pole telescope
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/hercolobus/esp_hercolobus_63.htm
terms nibiru, elenin, nemesis all make for entertaining reading
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/search.php?q=elenin
if Elenin is the object, we will know one way or the other by October! My skepticism says the science commnunity could not keep obervations of this “object” (comet?) a secret as it gets closer, too many amateur astronomers with powerful equipment, too many loose lips
Yes, they have been pushing this idea for a very long time. Each time their date fizzles, they just move it forward.