Life goes on despite ‘Mayan Apocalypse’
Published on Dec 19, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish
Thousands of tourists are flocking to Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula to be part of the so-called “Mayan Apocalypse”. Many of them believe the world is coming to an end this Friday, when a major cycle of the Mayan calendar ends. Some say the 5000-year-old Mayan civilization is entering a new era.
So what do the Mayan people think themselves? Al Jazeera’s David Mercer visited a Guatemalan highland village to find out.
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Tags: Guatemala, Mayan Calendar
When will Obama take credit for saving the World from the Mayan Apocalypse…
Does this mean that I need to pay back all that stuff I charged on my credit card? Wait… I can always print more money like the govt!!!
The apocalypse occurred on Nov. 6 /
@ MikeA:
Just call uncle Ben to print more!
obama is sending US troops to Africa. Now what could possible go wrong with that?
Like this is a bad thing?
It’s not due to race.
OKay, that second cartoon is the best non-political one RE this that I have seen yet…
@ song_and_dance_man:
That was just the Dragon giving power to the Beast…
@ Iron Fist:
See the link in my #6. This Kaplan guy is one of these Internationalists who poses as a Conservative.
Oh, how I hope whomever is responsible is not taken alive.
@ MacDuff:
Watch the left use this. I do hope, the jerk that did this gets his.
This must never happen again.
We must ban assault matches now.
Rodan wrote:
Right. Being a Muslim doesn’t include you into any given race. And one can’t be judged a racist for being against anothers behavior.
When Clinton was Presidnt he asked Congress for funding to
place armed guards in schools.
I wondre if Schumer & the rest thought that was
crazy talk.
Rodan wrote:
I’ve no doubt they will.
Also, this is odd as hell….
@ RIX:
And… although he raised taxes he cut spending. I take Wet over the Chair any day.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Kaplan is a supporter of Islam. yet becomes he believes in nation building, they call him a Conservative.
Damn. There’s both pumpkin pie AND turkey in the oven here (the smells are overwhelming), AND it just started snowing… Christmas, anybody?
@ Rodan:
From his wiki page:
Emph. mine.
@ Rodan:
In light and right of Islam he IS a conservative. But being a supporter of Islam, to us he is a full fledged member of the LLL.
@ Bumr50:
He should be ignored.
@ Rodan:
I guess anti-Nazis are just racists, too…
song_and_dance_man wrote:
he should be ignored.
Iron Fist wrote:
Yea Russians hating Islam is the same as Neo-Nazis. This guy is intellectually dishonest.
@ Iron Fist:
Too many people are ignorant or in denial with the greater portion populating the ranks of the global Left.
Guess not. Well, I tried…
Rodan wrote:
I agree, but it was you who linked his spiel.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Yes I linked him because this is who the elite of the GOP listen to on foreign policy. It’s why both parties are Globalist Pro-Islamic fools.
@ Mike C.:
It won’t work. Rodan is like a pit bull on these things…
@ Bumr50:
The morality of the result of an Islam-free world is without question, so this guy supports genocide? The morality of the means doesn’t matter to him, after all…
@ song_and_dance_man:
With the possible exception of Satan, I prefer anyone to
our current President.
OT on an open thread.
I made a very tasty meal two nights ago. I pan seared a powder mustard and cilantro rubbed Ahi steak, with a rice and pea risotto side and a pickled ginger salad. You would not believe how good ranch dressing goes with pickled ginger.
RIX wrote:
What about Charles Johnson?
@ Rodan:
Do you happen to know Kerry’s stance when it comes to Islam?
Rodan wrote:
I can see it now. He would be doling out Gov. Cheetos.
Rodan wrote:
Only if the Oval Office could be moved to the White House basement…
@ Rodan:
I just had a CJ sighting.
Following the Left’s war on critical thinking by completely disregarding the Newtown shooter’s mental health issues.
I guess they had nothing to do with it.
//
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
There was a lot of underground construction going on at the White House…
song_and_dance_man wrote:
he supports it.
@ Bumr50:
Charles has been attacking the mental illness angle now since the shooting. he is mentally ill after all!
Da_Beerfreak wrote:
And the White House moved to the Denver Airport.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Not my cup of tea, food wise, but sounds innovative.
Turkey is out of the oven, pumpkin pie is in final countdawn, and as soon as the dishwasher stops, I can hand-wash all the tukey roasting crap. THEN it’s on to the green beans prelims…
@ Bumr50:
Right. To them it’s about the guns and not the psychos whose fingers are on them.
So why does the White House need all this but our children’s schools are required to be gun free and defenseless?
The snow is sticking to at least the trees and grass out there at the moment. Looks downright seasonal…
@ Mike C.:
I like to experiment with my cooking. And BTW Merry Christmas and the pies sound like their gonna be good.
@ waldensianspirit:
Yea, he’s got Kevlar armor but he’s wearing a Watchman’s cap. What’s up with that?
@ Mike C.:
The only White Christmas I’ve ever experienced was my second year in NM. And it was a 100 year storm so it was really white.
@ song_and_dance_man:
He’s been meeting with Assad and Morsi.
He’s probably been more of the ACTUAL SecState for the past year than Hillary.
waldensianspirit wrote:
That is a great point. I’m sure Capitol Hill, where the Reid and Pelosi gang hang out, has armed security as well. It’s OK for them, but not for the proles.
@ Bumr50:
Just googled his courting the MB. We are now officially in deeper poodoo.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
He’ll get us into more and bad wars
We’ll be sitting helpless and under duress as our country joins all the others in “internationalising” Israel
@ waldensianspirit:
With the blessings of John McCain amd Miss Lindsey.
@ song_and_dance_man:
The Christmas I got my tobbagan, it was sunny and 70 degrees F. Oops. The next winter, we were stuck in the house for two weeks before we could walk out 1.5 miles over the fields to catch a ride to town and get food, which we dragged back to the house overland on snow coasters. Our dirt road was blocked by a 35′ snow drift, which the Corps of Engineers finally came in and dynamited.
Hello. All my chores are done (including cleaning the fridge -- yuck). I’m sitting here with my whiskey and coke and when I’m finished with it, I’m taking a shower and getting really made up, giving myself a manicure, a pedicure.
Mike C. -- you’re cooking Christams dinner today??
I’m making scones tomorrow for the first time. Please pray for me.
Rodan wrote:
The gifts to the Left that keep on giving.
majority of Americans oppose intervention in Syria. But look who wants us to get involved!
Why are there Republicans who want to support the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda? This is just sick.
@ Bumr50:
See my # 58. It’s Republican voters who want intervention in Syria on behalf of AQ/MB. We really are the stupid party!
Mike C. wrote:
OMG! Where was this?
That Webster shooter committed suicide.
@ eaglesoars:
I’m enjoying Arizona Fruit Punch.
Rodan wrote:
What is that? (We have a friend who ordered Long Island Ice Tea, not knowing what was in it and came back from lunch so loaded she fell asleep at her desk!)
@ eaglesoars:
We try to get some of the Christmas dinner heavy lifting out of the way on the 24th. Cook the bird, make the cranberry sauce and pies, clean, clean, and clean some more. Anything to lessen the load tomorrow.
@ eaglesoars:
Arizona Fruit Punch.
They also make a mean Green Tea and Arnold Palmer.
@ Bumr50:
Oh, I’ve seen their Green Tea. Maybe I’ll try it. Currently, I’m loving Pellegrino carbonated water.
INTIMIDATION: NY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES NAMES, ADDRESSES OF GUN PERMIT HOLDERS
Unf**kigbelievable. If there’s a more breathtaking example of wanton irresponsibility in the press, I’m not aware of it. No, it’s terrorism, plain and simple.
eaglesoars wrote:
THat was actually in Loudoun County, Northern Virginia. Winter of 65, IIRC. It was truly bibllical, or at least it was for that part of the world.
@ MacDuff:
To balance it out, they could post all of the names and addresses of those convicted of gun crimes.
Mike C. wrote:
heh. I believe it. The first winter in this house in Alexanria(1995) Hubby had a business trip to Mexico. We got 22 inches. I shoveled that. Then a few days later we got 24 inches. Shoveled THAT.
I got some serious jewelry out of all that shoveling.
@ Mike C.:
I grew up in SoCal so the only snow we could enjoy was high in the mountain range above LA.
The storm we got here dumped about two feet, which is a lot for ABQ. I was the only one who showed up for work on time. Yeah I had to work Christmas day. In my job we have static RDO’s
MacDuff wrote:
meh. If your weapons are secured when you’re gone, no biggy. Otherwise those permit holders are probably the safest people w/in miles. I think the whole thing backfires.
eaglesoars wrote:
I’m about to fetch some beer and then time to cook. I’m alone this holiday so I’ll be cooking for just me. Which means I can cook what I like without having to consider my sons palate.
@ Rodan:
That’s a CNN poll. I don’t trust it.
@ MacDuff:
Ah , the complexity of the Progressive mind.
Abortion is an absolute Constitutional right, even though no one
can find it in the document & the Court did mental gymnastics
to make it up.
On the other hand the Second Amendment should be trashed,
because it came from a bunch of old, dead honkys.
MacDuff wrote:
There is a bright side to this. The criminals now know which houses to avoid. Which means it will be more likely that Lefty houses will be targeted.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Do you pickle your own ginger? If so, can you tell me how to do it?
@ eaglesoars:
Yes. I peel a bunch of ginger, slice it thin, put it in a Kerr type jar add rice vinegar (get high quality) and add a tablespoon of sugar. Shake well and then let it set for at least 3 weeks in the fridge. Higher quality vinegar will cause the ginger to turn slightly rose in color. This is desired.
I developed a taste for this during my sushi eating days. It goes great with fish and veggies.
@ Bumr50:
@ RIX:
@ eaglesoars:
I duuno, folks. Even though I’m assuming this is “public” info, I have a serious problem with a newspaper using their megaphone to compile and publish information on law-abiding citizens. A lot of info is publicly accessible, but publishing it as lists in a newspaper seems highly abusive.
How about marital status? How about the names, ages and genders of people by address? Maybe it’s just me, but I think this is a significant escalation.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
They also know which houses to burglarize for firearms.
Oh, and Merry Christmas my hard rocking guitar friend…
@ song_and_dance_man:
Well THAT sounds easy enough. Straight to my recipe folder. I asked the guys at the sushi restaurant I go to how to make it. They had no clue. They just buy it.
Thank you!
Iron Fist wrote:
I don’t agree with him, but OTOH, Islamic doctrine demands a world free of non-Muslims.
Food for thought.
I think I’m going with a BBQ ribeye with sides of papitas and asparagus in hollendaise sauce.
eaglesoars wrote:
Better than getting a heart attack, which is what people my age get when they do that much shoveling. That’s one reason why I’m currently living far enough south where I don’t have to shovel. If I ever end up in a cold climate again I’ll make sure I don’t have to do my own shoveling.
It isn’t the exercise itself that induces the heart failure -- it’s hard exercise in the cold. That is also an asthma trigger in susceptible individuals.
@ MacDuff:
I would like to see a newspaper publish a list of suspected
gun owning gang bangers in Chicagos South & West Sides.
And then leave their own address.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Tomorrow we’re going out to eat with a friend and we’re getting Chinese food. We celebrate Christmas on the old calendar and we have plans for that too.
MacDuff wrote:
Of course it is. But we’ve all known that in the current progressive environment crap like this was coming. My attitude is BRING IT.
When we’re not here, our weapons are secured. Try to break into the house and the cops will be here in minutes. Try to break in when we ARE here --
Remember when somebody published Michelle Malkins address/phone, etc.?
@ 67 MacDuff: Seems like a way to pressure people to conform. I’d rather see the national ID card with the denial of gun permit info on it.
1. John Doe insane -not allowed to buy or own a gun.
Of course we have seen in the past few days that libs think anyone irritated about them is insane. Would need to be a high bar.
doriangrey wrote:
Very cool. And thanks and Merry Christmas to you as well my axe wielding and amp riding bud.
One of my New Years resolutions is to get off my ass and start using my already put together home studio.
To the article. I thought of that also, but if the owners are registered they are more likely to be responsible guns owners with safes.
MacDuff wrote:
If anybody gets burglarized and their guns are stolen, wouldn’t they have grounds to sue the paper?
For that matter, I think anybody on the list could sue for invasion of privacy.
1389AD wrote:
It was 20 yrs ago. No way I could do it today. Well, I could if I had to -- I’d just be a lot slower.
liberals…
using armed guards to protect schools is outrageous even insane!…
spending the time and energy to find and publish gun owners info, FOR SPITE is perfectly reasonable
song_and_dance_man wrote:
There was an article someone here posted a link to a couple of days ago about a Newspaper in Mordor on the Potomac doing the same thing, and the result was a very high percentage of those named getting burglarized and the only thing stolen, their guns and gun safes.
@ MacDuff:
It’s an abomination, to be sure, but not the first time this has been done IIRC.
It certainly disgusts me, but doesn’t surprise me in the least.
Due to my affiliation with AFP, I fully expect that if I’m not on a watch list already, I will be soon.
@ doriangrey:
Well then, I retract my statements.
@ 19 Bumr50: Sounds like that would result in a lot of tribalism and throat slashing. Pagans only can project a moral superiority because there are none left in the world. Give them a few million people and a government see how quickly all their well thought out principals turn into crap.
eaglesoars wrote:
Do you have an alarm system that uses a radio link with no phone wires that can be cut?
Bumr50 wrote:
If you live in America and don’t absolutely worship Obama, you’re probably already on a watch list.
1389AD wrote:
I love Chinese food and I don’t mean the fast food variety. I went to PF Changs not long ago and had a wonderful mango chicken dish.
doriangrey wrote:
We have a stalker problem (unrelated to firearms) and we live in an RV with no permanent address.
If it doesn’t have wheels on it, I don’t want to live in it -- at least, not on US soil.
I do not trust any governmental body within the USA, nor do I trust the majority of Americans. Sorry, but trust has to be earned, and as far as I am concerned, it hasn’t been.
People astroturfing Congresspeople who support the NRA
1389AD wrote:
Cutting the phone lines on nearly all home security systems automatically triggers an alarm. Not to mention immediately get’s the FBI involved since tampering with a phone line is a federal felony.
@ doriangrey:
interesting, I did not know that
1389AD wrote:
Don’t think it would fly since the info is public, but I would try. I think if the perp acknowledged that he got the address from the paper it might work.
RIX wrote:
The upshot is that we are living in a politically, economically, and morally dead country that has formally espoused the culture of death.
Okay, I’m a socon. You cannot found a society on debauchery. So sue me!
The Hobbit was a good movie. Saw Jack Reacher also but I always wonder if the Tom Cruise dialog is Scientology approved?
1389AD wrote:
I don’t intend to be rude, but I don’t discuss details like that. I’m sure you understand.
RIX wrote:
Eh, wouldn’t that be the phone book?
darkwords wrote:
I saw all of the Rings movies in the theater, but I think I’ll wait for the Blu Ray release for this. I hate crowds and only tolerate them for concerts and live shows. And I don’t shop at Wal Mart.
heysoos wrote:
Yea, it has to do with the fact the telephone lines constitute interstate commerce.
@ darkwords:
Did you “movie hop”?
I’ve done it.
For non-matinee prices, I figure I DESERVE to see two.
Okay, the snow has now reached well into the decorative range, and can stop anytime…
@ doriangrey:
There are also hindering communication laws. I book people all the time that are charged with this. It’s usually associated with battery on a household member where the perp keeps the victim from using a phone. And those laws could apply to cutting a phone line.
@ darkwords:
Reacher in the books is 6-5, 250 and solid muscle…he speaks very little until he has a very good reason to…has no drivers license, wanders the country by bus or hitching rides, not very good looking, buys ultra cheap clothes then throws it all out every three days, considers 4 on one fair odds in a fight…he’s very smart and equally dangerous…in other words Tom Cruise is all wrong for the role, but people seem to like the movie…I simply cannot accept a 5-7 midget as Reacher who’s size has something to do with every story
Time for a Mandatory Federal Firearms Law, Enter the Affordable Firearms Act
@ heysoos:
I heard and read his actual height is 5-4 and wears height enhancing shoes.
@ 1389AD:
What I can’t get past is that the American voter twice elected
a guy who would not mandat medical attention for an infant born
of a botched abortion.
The infanticide candidate.
time to hit the tienda for beer and vittles
bbl
song_and_dance_man wrote:
maybe he’s actually 5-2 and wears spiked stilettos
eaglesoars wrote:
I certainly do.
MacDuff wrote:
Not these days. They don’t have land lines.
@ heysoos:
I seriously doubt that there will ever be a movie made from any
Vince Flynn book.
He accurately identifies the enemy in the War on Terror.
@ 1389AD:
If you want to “bundle” here, you have to have a land line.
I know this because the installer from Comcast MADE me run to the store to get a wall phone before he would complete installation.
I don’t even know my house phone no. without looking it up.
@ MacDuff:
Phone book! Now there’s a thought.
Merry Christmas, Mac.
RIX wrote:
I think Brad Thor is better than Flynn….Mitch Rapp is just a poor mans Jason Bourne
@ heysoos:
I’m reading a Baldacci book this week.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
song_and_dance_man wrote:
try a Reacher book…a real different take on crime busting…very unique
Send Chesterfields to All Your Friends!
another crime busting character that is super likable is Nelson DeMilles guy John Coreythe most witty, funny, clever dialog written…he’s my ultimate favorite…I actually burst out laughing when I read that stuff…very entertaining
RIX wrote:
I was on his website the other day. There is a movie in the works -- forget which book
@ heysoos:
I can read Brad Thor & Vince Flynn.
The Mitch Rapp character avoids moral confusion.
heysoos wrote:
I prefer Thor over Flynn but I love them both so -- but the absolute BEST is Daniel Silva. Gabriel Allon. Israeli art restorer, occasional Mossad assasin.
@ eaglesoars:
If they make a Vince Flynn movie, I’ll get butter on my popcorn.
MacDuff wrote:
Classic! Did Reagan even smoke?
eaglesoars wrote:
Robert Ludlum got me started on the spy gig…he’s the ultimate master of complexity and depth…really got deep into spycraft
eaglesoars wrote:
i’ll have to pick up a Daniel Silva. Haven’t read him.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
That and shitloads of Mountain Dew!
darkwords wrote:
If the D’Rats think they can get away with it a national ID card will take the form of a ObamaCare insurance card and everyone will be required to carry one.
Moe Katz wrote:
He did, but he quit. I love the ol’ retro stuff, there’s a wealth of it out there.
RIX wrote:
me neither but I will…I have a tendency to read every book by a certain author I can get my hands on…just have not gotten to him yet…
heysoos wrote:
Now see -- I’ve never read him. Time to do a download or 2. Thanks!
eaglesoars wrote:
American Assassin, the “prequel” about his training and early days.
Bruce Willis is supposed to be playing Stan Hurley. Chris Hemsworth is rumored to be playing Rapp.
eaglesoars wrote:
no kidding?…man, you are in for a treat…even the guy that continues Ludlums franchise is really good, Eric Van Lustbader…some fun stuff
@ heysoos:
There is somebody on this board that went to school with.
Vince Flynn. Can’t remember who.
Speaking of spys, I just saw the new Bond, “Skyfall”.
Pretty good.
I read one Flynn/Rapp book, Kill Shot…it was second rate imo, especially compared to Reacher, Bourne or John Corey…I just got the feeling that Rapp was a composit and not all that interesting or fun….John Corey, for example is an absolute riot to hang out with
@ heysoos:
I do like Vince Flynns political incorrectness.
RIX wrote:
I don’t imagine they’ll be changing the villains into Russian neo-Nazis for the movie versions of any of his books…
Everybody have a great Christmas Eve.
RIX wrote:
And to you, RIX.
Merry Christmas Rix!! Be well and stay safe.
lobo91 wrote:
@ RIX:
I never watched 24. I was thinking of the movie version of Sum of All Fears.
@ eaglesoars:
Hey! We opened Christmas presents this afternoon. Very nice! Thanks so much!
lobo91 wrote:
Yeah, I refused to watch the move because of that. Then I stopped reading Clancy because he made some snotty remark on Larry King about people making $25k/yr were basically failures.
Fuck him.
Iron Fist wrote:
Yours should show up soon. It’s a cyclical thing.
We opened ours last nite. We’re hopeless. In 20 yrs we’ve NEVER made it to Christmas day. Not once.
Well, it’s time for me to do my ‘spa’ thing. Merry, merry Christmas everyone!
Is this thing on?
song_and_dance_man wrote:
no.
he’s dim,jed
/
bad star trek joke
@ rain of lead:
I keep getting a code that is also my area code. 505
Merry Christmas for all of you who celebrate Christmas !
(Do I have to note that the pictures are from Salzburg ?
)
lobo91 wrote:
The first 5 or so seasons were good. The movie Sum of All Fears sucked by going PC. My fav chapter of the book was 3 Shakes or something like that.
@ song_and_dance_man:
No login problems here, SADM.
@ Guggi:
And to you and yours.
Yeah she’s a moonbat, but this Dion rendition is great.
@ Macker:
It’s working again. I couldn’t log on for about 1/2 an hour.
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