Doomsday Hysteria Grips Russia
 

I better switch my CCBill from Checks to Wire this month :helpme

Interestingly, this time most of the 'Kooks' aren't concerned about this, it seems to be a different type who are panicking :2 cents:

Survival kits and trips to hell, doomsday hysteria grips Russia

http://rt.com/news/mayan-doomsday-hysteria-998/

Doomsday hysteria has gripped Russia and some of its neighbors. Travel agencies are selling tours to either heaven or hell and people are stocking up on food and fuel. Officials are publicly denying the apocalypse, hoping to calm the hype.

Those awaiting Doomsday have three weeks to finish their preparations before the date of the much publicized apocalypse allegedly predicted by Mayan calendar, that is going to happen on December 21, 2012.

Thousands of people across Russia keep stocking up their back rooms and balconies with food, fuel and other supplies they might need when disaster strikes. Some are even moving outside of cities because of the widely spread rumors that cities would be impossible to survive in after an apocalypse on Earth.

According to one of the most popular scenarios, on December 21 the sun is going to line up with the center of our Milky Way galaxy which will cause an entire blackout on Earth and a wave of different natural disasters.

Doomsday merchandize offered in Russia and Ukraine include survival kits. In the Siberian city of Tomsk such items for ?meeting the end of the world? include ID cards, notepads, canned fish, a bottle of vodka, rope, a piece of soap, among other items. The packages are said to be popular among customers, more than 1,000 kits have been already sold, the company says.

Ukrainian entrepreneurs also offer a version of a doomsday kit. Just like Tomsk package, the Ukrainian one also includes alcohol: champagne for ladies and vodka for gentlemen. The rest of the kit consist of jack-knife, two-minute noodles, shampoo, soap, rope, matches and condoms.

Not all doom and gloom

An apocalypse kit is not the only way for the entrepreneurial minded to cash in on the end of the world hype.

One Ukrainian enterprise is selling tours to heaven and hell for December 21 promising full return of money in case of ?not getting to heaven or hell.? A trip to heaven would cost about $15, while trip to the underworld is more expensive at around $18. The agency explains difference in price by saying that Hell should be more fun.

While Ukrainian trips are even said by the firm behind to be just for fun, some individuals in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod offered far more expensive doomsday fair ? one being a salvation trip in an arc. An internet ad offered seats in the arc for just 80,000-150,000 rubles, which is approximately $2,600-5,000.

Bars and nightclubs are getting ready for apocalypse day in their own way announcing theme parties and inventing special cocktails like ?Total Recall? ? an extremely alcoholic drink that makes you ?recall your entire life.?

But doomsday hysteria isn?t isolated to just the former soviet Republic. In France authorities had to ban access to a mountain that doomsday theorists believe will be the only safe spot during the apocalypse on December 21.

At the birthplace of Mayan calendar, Mexico and Guatemala agencies offer tours ?The end of the world with Maya? and ?The world of Maya 2012.?

Russian officials cancel apocalypse

Meanwhile, in Russia rapidly growing doomsday hype has sparked a negative reaction from authorities.

Russia`s Emergency Ministry is not expecting any global cataclysms in the near future, the head of EMERCOM Vladimir Puchkov said on Friday, adding that those worried are free to call the Ministry hotline to talk about their concerns.

Another senior official took a more emotional stance about doomsday speculations. Russia`s Chief Medical Officer of Health Gennady Onishenko lashed out at those publicizing the apocalypse warning that they would end up in court.

?This directly influences people`s health. When they depress you and say that in less than one month everything is going to end, there are many people, who believe this,? he said.

Russian State Duma deputies wrote an open letter urging media to stop speculating about the doomsday. The deputy head of the Duma committee on Science and Technology publicly promised that no apocalypse is happening on December 21.

?In our committee there are academics and scientists, and with all responsibility we state that there will be no doomsday. Who made that up and circulates this around?? he asked.
Mayan legacy

The speculations about December 21, 2012, doomsday are prompted by the Mayan calendar ending on this very day.

The Mayan civilization reached its height from 300 AD to 900 AD was based in modern day Mexico and Central America. Mayans were good astronomers and created very precise calendars.

Their Long Count calendar begins in 3,114 BC, measuring time in 394-year periods known as Baktuns. The thirteenth Baktun ends around Dec 21, 2012, which first produced rumors about the end of the world.

Despite numerous scientists and Mayan descendants denying the connection between the end of the calendar and the end of the world the rumors quickly got out of control causing public hysteria.

It is not known why this particular end of the world theory became so popular. Over two dozen doomsday predictions have failed to materialize since the beginning of the 20th century.

http://rt.com/news/mayan-doomsday-hysteria-998/

People are so stupid, the Mayan calendar's cycle has nothing to do with the "world ending." lol

We shall never see the end ...

Tax collectors will ensure that.

i wonder how many doomsday cults will off themselves? must be a bunch getting ready

My kids are going to be pissed if this fucks up Christmas.

My only worry is that there will be a bunch of nutters running around, probably stay home that day just in case.

Same here there is going to be a few nuts trying to kill themselves and take out a few more people with them

RT... Sure Daily Mail will repeat the story to give it legitimacy.

i would recommend everyone buys these http://www.kitschville.biz/product/z...the-apocalypse

Yea, RT couldn't ever possibly be credible, better go turn on that Fox News or CNN to get the real deal... lol

I don't watch either of them. I did turn on CNN election night to keep track of what was going on.

You're So Fucking Great..! Mayans!!

Even if it was really going to happen our governments would not warn us. Can you imagine the total chaos an announcement like that would cause? It would be full on rape and pillage until dooms day. Society would break down within hours of the announcement. Maybe not in Japan, but everywhere else it would not be safe to leave your house.

I was surprised to know that some of our ukrainian cam girls are scared of 12 december date, for real. It seems no one care in west europe and north america really, but, in ukraine and russia this seems to be believed, for some reason?

RT is at it again as usually :) The only hysteria there is a New Year/ Christmas shopping race. :pimp

All sorts of news that divert people's prom politics is a "good news". Especially if they are "shocking". I have no idea what's a deal with Ukraine but here in Russia some rumors are in the air about the Putin's health. People say he has not too much time left. If that's truth, the business groups behind Russian government must be pulling hair out of theirs asses in panic because they have no potential successor which will be at least half popular has Putin to win the election.

These are only rumors but if that's truth, there is going to be some real doomsday for a rather big group of people...

I had assumed he would be poisoned at the London Olympics, I hope he's ok! :2 cents:

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68,600 results on Google.

Does anyone even begin to understand the prophecy? Or do they think it will be like in 2012 the movie?

There is no prophecy.

is this so called date the 12th or 21st. I have seen both mentioned

only 19 days left, better get some content preppers

Fucking russians

He should have known not to come to London, he's normally smarter than that. :2 cents:

Need to make some "going out of existence" sales to cash in on this shit!

Everyone can read this and STFU.


http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

As NASA says on their site, mostly with logic and not science "the earth has been getting along fine for 4 billion years."

Why would we be arrogant enough to think that everything is going to end while humans are enjoying their tiny history on the planet? To say that our existence here is tiny would be doing it too much justice. We'll be gone sometime hundreds or thousands of years from now, and maybe the coronal mass ejection will hit at that time. But it won't matter because whatever lives on earth won't be using electricity for power -- or maybe the only living things will be giant squirrel men, so they don't use a power grid.

I'm going to buy a few extra cans of pork and beans just in case.

bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have to admit, it would be pretty funny if something happened. Oops calendar is done, turn off the lights. :)

Don't worry, if putin can fight against bears, he can also prevent the doomsday.

Unfortunately our great leader Sarkozy is no more in charge to help him for that, but i think it will be enough.

Fuckin' you imbecile sigwhore.

Did you click on that link? It's not about London.

BTW what's wrong with London and why it was mentioned in this thread at least twice?

21st December 2012 ? Just a normal December solstice which also corresponds to the closure of a period (called the 'long count') in the Maya calendar. The end of this cycle is receiving New Age interpretations. Nasa scientists claim that there were no proofs found which could sustain the apocalypse happening in 2012... we'll just have to wait and see

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My calendar mysteriously ends on December 31st. Can you explain that? fuck.

Yep, I saw the link :thumbsup Putin has been poisoned, most likely when he visited London over the Summer :2 cents:

Just checked my calendar... :helpme :Oh crap

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ADG

You said "poisoned"? Is that a joke?

Wait and see for what? Do you perhaps have some info that Nasa and the rest of the world dies not have? Please explain.

You know, every time you go completely nuts if someone says something about Russians just because you happen to be Russian, it makes you look like a total retard.

Deadly serious! :2 cents: (accidental pun)

What do you mean on "go completely nuts"? I just asked if the statement about "poisoning" was serious, and that's all. Perhaps you feel like you can read between the lines. I'm going to disappoint you. You can't :pimp

I don't think that Putin has the real enemies there, because he is a very pro-Western person.

this doomsday is making everyone freak out (some more than others) and a lot of energy was put into the investigation of this matter. We are looking into the past and searching for scientific, logical, religious explanations for this phenomena to be. But besides expressing our opinions and personal believes, there is nothing we can really do than just waiting.

Every time someone mentions even something slightly bad about Russians you get completely upset and start acting like an imbecile.
It's pathetic.

If someone says Dutch people are idiots i say correct and move on. Try it once. It really isn't that hard.

[QUOTE=aciuf;19344414]We are looking into the past and searching for scientific, logical, religious explanations for this phenomena to be. /QUOTE]

Huh? No we don't. Only a few nutjobs do this. Anybody with a brain knows this is complete fucking nonsense and tries to ignore it. Which i have to admit is hard since people everywhere talks about it all fucking day long.

So the calender maker shows in up front of the Mayan King, and says.

"Hey Boss, we have taken this thing out a few thousand years now. Can we just stop until the actual dates start to catch up to the calender?"

The Mayan King says, "Sure. It doesn't make sense to keep on going with it. We'll have plenty of time later on. Why don't you get started with some nice carvings for my tomb?"







Flash to today....

THE WORLD IS GOING TO END!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!






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its kooks like you that help fuel these people into hurting themselves and others. how does that make you feel?