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Science & Technology
Earth Under Attack from Death Star
2010-03-16
in the same issue of The Sun that had an article on the need for larger bras in Britain
AN invisible star may be circling the Sun and causing deadly comets to bombard the Earth, scientists said yesterday.

The brown dwarf - up to five times the size of Jupiter - could be to blame for mass extinctions that occur here every 26 million years. The star - nicknamed Nemesis by Nasa scientists - would be invisible as it only emits infrared light and is incredibly distant.

Nemesis is believed to orbit our solar system at 25,000 times the distance of the Earth to the Sun.

As it spins through the galaxy, its gravitational pull drags icy bodies out of the Oort Cloud - a vast sphere of rock and dust twice as far away as Nemesis. These "snowballs" are thrown towards Earth as comets, causing devastation similar to the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

Now Nasa boffins believe they will be able to find Nemesis using a new heat-seeking telescope that began scanning the skies in January.
Posted by:lord garth

#11  THe PRO-US-VS-ANTI-US, FUTURE OWG-NWO which the "powers that be" seemingly won't confirm or deny intentionally promoting is more at risk from THEIR OWN PERT(S) MATH, MODULAR MISKLAKULATIONS = ERRORS AS PER COMET APOPHIS 2029-2036 + ASSORTED 1990's RUSSIA-DISCOVERED SPACE ROCKS + SOLAR PHENOMENAE.

Once again, to paraph a CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE GENERAL > "UNION/YANKEE GENERAL MCLELLAN MAY HAD BROUGHT THE MIGHTY, SUPER-DUPER SIZED,SEEMINGLY IVINCIBLE GRAND/GREAT ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TO THE FIELD OF BATTLE, BUT HE ALSO BROUGHT HIMSELF".

When I was in the service, we stopped SOviets + aligned dead in thier tracks all around the World - now that I'm not, MSM-NET > Communism + Socialism-Govtism is taking over America.

NATIONAL-GLOBAL REGRESSIONISM > OWG Mighty USSA versus OWG Weak US Republiks of Amerika Global SSR.

"SOVIET AMERIKA" OWG SCENARIO > WILL A ECON, GEOPOL TRUBLED AMERICA = AMERIKA, + ANY DESIRED OWG-NWO + CWO-SWO, HAVE THE POLITICAL PRIORITIES + UNIFIED CONSENSUS, ETC. TO HAVE THE POTENT ECONOMY + CORRECT MATH + FIREPOWER, ETC. TO EFFECTIVELY STOP BOTH EARTH-, SPACE-BASED THREATS TO THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER???

The Cold War USSR had highly trained, profesional, top-notch US-World recognized Perts whom in the end were NOT able to save their own Country + CCCP, etc. System from itself.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-03-16 21:46  

#10  70 for Lesh was even noted on Imus on the Fox Business Network. an.... I felt old, and I'm 50
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-16 21:17  

#9  remoteman: I knew a few would get it, but I was curious who'd be the first to note it.

And I'm officially jealous! I'll have to check for that show on archive.org in the near future. I have to wait till June to see them, but I'll be taking my kids who are big fans too.
Posted by: xbalanke   2010-03-16 21:06  

#8  "every 26 million years"

What did they consult? The cosmic farmers almanac?

or did they ask Dennis Kucinich
Posted by: newc   2010-03-16 14:53  

#7  Nice reference xbalanke! Betcha not too many here at the Burg get it. Saw Phil's 70th birthday show Friday. Awesome. They played 3 sets and went until 2:15 (I left at 1:30)
Posted by: remoteman   2010-03-16 12:35  

#6  "The brown dwarf - up to five times the size of Jupiter - could be to blame for mass extinctions that occur here every 26 million years."

Sounds just like something someone in the family deposited in the toilet that wouldnt go away on Sunday.

Suprisingly noone would admit to it .

Eerie similarities in the article and fact !
Posted by: Oscar   2010-03-16 11:41  

#5  WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!
Posted by: mojo   2010-03-16 10:55  

#4  Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes.
Reason tatters, the forces tear loose from the axis.
Posted by: xbalanke   2010-03-16 10:26  

#3  Tunguskar
Posted by: phil_b   2010-03-16 10:09  

#2  It would be nice if someone put up a brown dwarf way out here in the sticks

To each their own, I guess. Have you tried eharmony? ;-)
Posted by: gorb   2010-03-16 03:52  

#1  It would be nice if someone put up a brown dwarf way out here in the sticks; I'm tired of having to drive all the way to Alpha Centauri to get my nonesuch dioxide out of the photosphere of Proxima.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2010-03-16 00:15  

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