I thought Planet X and Zetatalk were finally dead

Hey sci.astro,

A couple days ago I came across a web posting on this old silliness,
seems they are trying to revive it based on something to do with the
Mayan calendar and 2012 being a significant date.

I figured Nancy's toadies would be all over sci.astro like the good old
days but things look to be quiet on that topic - is it fair to say that
they all went out, laid down in their trenches with their Wooly Mammaths
and ne'er returned?

Alas poor nibiru....

O'

On Mar 8, 7:19*pm, OhBrother wrote:
Hey sci.astro,

A couple days ago I came across a web posting on this old silliness,
seems they are trying to revive it based on something to do with the
Mayan calendar and 2012 being a significant date.

I figured Nancy's toadies would be all over sci.astro like the good old
days but things look to be quiet on that topic - is it fair to say that
they all went out, laid down in their trenches with their Wooly Mammaths
and ne'er returned?

Alas poor nibiru....

O'

They were totally thrashed a few years back when the head astronomer
at UF took her to task over her coordinates that supposedly pin
pointed Planet X. Using, if I'm not mistaken a 23" infra red equipped
scope, he showed that there was nothing there. Nancy and company has
never recovered. However, you will most likely see a resurgence of
the Planet X farce as 2012 approaches.

RT

vtcapo wrote in
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On Mar 8, 7:19*pm, OhBrother wrote:
Hey sci.astro,

A couple days ago I came across a web posting on this old silliness,
seems they are trying to revive it based on something to do with the
Mayan calendar and 2012 being a significant date.

I figured Nancy's toadies would be all over sci.astro like the good
old days but things look to be quiet on that topic - is it fair to
say that they all went out, laid down in their trenches with their
Wooly Mammaths and ne'er returned?

Alas poor nibiru....

They were totally thrashed a few years back when the head astronomer
at UF took her to task over her coordinates that supposedly pin
pointed Planet X. Using, if I'm not mistaken a 23" infra red equipped
scope, he showed that there was nothing there. Nancy and company has
never recovered. However, you will most likely see a resurgence of
the Planet X farce as 2012 approaches.

I wouldn't have thought that would work. In my limited experience with
those jerks (I avoid them whenever I can), they always manage to
rationalize some self-delusion that contradicts the truth-tellers. That
there's no end to the creativity they apply to their rationalizations
just makes talking to them a waste of time. If only they could get a
proper bachelor's degree in physics, they could use that extraordinary
creativity to make important contributions, but instead they use it to
spread lies.