Asteroid gives Earth closest shave in years

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Asteroid gives Earth closest shave in years

Posted: 6/20/2002 2:43:51 PM EDT

PARIS (AFP) Jun 20, 2002
A football-pitch-sized asteroid capable of razing a major city came within a whisker of hitting the Earth on June 14, but was only spotted three days later, scientists said Thursday.

Asteroid 2002 MN, estimated at up to 120 metres (yards) long, hurtled by the Earth at a distance of 120,000 kilometers (75,000 miles), well within the orbit of the Moon and just a hair's breadth in galactic terms

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[url]http://www.spacedaily.com/news/020620121339.dc05vk7l.html[/url]

Posted: 6/20/2002 2:54:17 PM EDT

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Just read that myself and was getting ready to post it here.

Can you imagine if something like that did hit the Earth at a time like this? Even if nukes didn't start flying, there'd be conspiracy theories galore.

Posted: 6/20/2002 2:56:44 PM EDT

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Sure as shit, the first post on DU about it would be "Shrub is killing innocent people for ratings! Didn't happen on Clinton's watch, see!"

Posted: 6/20/2002 3:26:50 PM EDT

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Sure as shit, the first post on DU about it would be "Shrub is killing innocent people for ratings! Didn't happen on Clinton's watch, see!"

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That'd be really funny if it weren't true.

They're still debating whether or not a plane hit the Pentagon and who put the explosives in the WTC buildings (on just the right floors) to bring them down, because airliners couldn't do it alone. (Oh, wait, didn't I see a thread like that in here?)

Some think Barbara Olsen is still alive, because she [i]couldn't possibly[/i] have been on the plane that (didn't really) hit the Pentagon.

Tinfoil hat, please!

Posted: 6/20/2002 3:39:10 PM EDT

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Sure as shit, the first post on DU about it would be "Shrub is killing innocent people for ratings! Didn't happen on Clinton's watch, see!"

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That'd be really funny if it weren't true.

They're still debating whether or not a plane hit the Pentagon and who put the explosives in the WTC buildings (on just the right floors) to bring them down, because airliners couldn't do it alone. (Oh, wait, didn't I see a thread like that in here?)

Some think Barbara Olsen is still alive, because she [i]couldn't possibly[/i] have been on the plane that (didn't really) hit the Pentagon.

Tinfoil hat, please!

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What a bunch of f'ing lunatics

Posted: 6/20/2002 3:42:55 PM EDT

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What a bunch of f'ing lunatics

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Not all of them, just about 25%. And man, do they have issues! There've been three or four threads on "Who's tried to commit suicide?" in the last few days.

No wonder these people are anti-gun - they fear that if they had one, they'd do themselves!

Posted: 6/20/2002 3:49:17 PM EDT

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What a bunch of f'ing lunatics

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Not all of them, just about 25%. And man, do they have issues! There've been three or four threads on "Who's tried to commit suicide?" in the last few days.

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Sounds like natural selection at its finest.

Posted: 6/20/2002 4:12:55 PM EDT

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Not all of them, just about 25%. And man, do they have issues! There've been three or four threads on "Who's tried to commit suicide?" in the last few days.

No wonder these people are anti-gun - they fear that if they had one, they'd do themselves!

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Exactly right. They can't handle the emotional burden of having the means to kill self and others, and refrain from it. Then, they project their emotional problems onto other people, and assume that nobody else could handle the responsibility either.
Truly some sick people.

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