Lunatic Theory about Planet Allignment

CLT wrote:
Ah nuts, I was going to write an answer and work in the SAO scam and
government conspiracy and you beat me to it (I always new the Brownie Troops
were in on this kind of conspiracy).

In on it? IN ON IT? The Brownies are the brains behind the
whole schmere. Not only that, but they make up the majority of
the most elite assassins for the conspiracy. Come on now,
really. Who would ever believe that sweet little
brown-beanie-hatted moppet would be packin' a hatpin full of an
untraceable, slow-acting neurotoxin? Certainly not Yasi...er,
well, let's not name names on a public forum. My village is
crawling with the...lovable little tykes.

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Tom McDonald
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P.S.: If I disappear, tell the cops the....argh! thump.

I am sorry, but I am so busy with doing public astronomy outreach in
Orange County and at Mt. Wilson Observatory to research this person's
assertions.

However, any elementary astronomy program that shows a digital orrery
(sp.?) will show that this type of alignment has happened in the past
many times with no ill effect.

I have now wasted one minute thirty seconds on this post.

In a nutshell, I have had to deal with fractured ceramics a lot during
my time as an amateur astronomer, and I find lately that it is not worth
my time to debunk it. Folks like Phil Plait can handle this issue.
Go to badastronomy.com

Tell your freind to develop his baloney filter.

Matthew Ota


Carol Dearborn wrote:
A lunatic friend of mine says there is a RARE (happens every 2600
years) configuration of:

1. The inner planets alligning between the earth and sun
2. The earth being at the closest point to the sun and,
3. Jupiter and Saturn et. al. alligning on the other side of the sun;

which will cause the earth to go out of orbit, tornados, earthquakes
etc.

I know about the "Jupiter Effect" and "Harmonic Convergence" years
ago. but;

Is it true that we're going to experience such a "rare" configuration
soon?

In article ,
says...
Is it true that we're going to experience such a "rare" configuration
soon?

Yes, when Planet X and it's swirling moons enter the system and line up
with them. Electrically.

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Larry G wrote in message ...

The Solar System has been around for roughly 4 Billion years. So . . .

4 Billion / 2600 = 1,538,461.53...

This conjunction (alignment) has already happened over 1.5 Million times.
The Earth is still in its orbit, last time I checked.

And - - we suffer numerous tornados every year
- earthquakes are a weekly, if not daily occurance, though obviously not in
the same place

Suggest to your lunatic friend to find more appropriate thrills
(and a much better education) than scaring the sh*t out of friends
and acquaintances, with utterly absurd nonsense.

Cheers,
Larry G.

I'm sure he will say that we pop back into orbit when the planets pass
by. I tried explaining to him that the fossil record shows no huge
floods etc.

My friend acts as if he was given a post hypnotic suggestion. He is
obsessed with the end-of-the-world (E.O.W.) scenarios involving
planets. I call him "Pete the lunatic". I've told him MANY times he is
a lunatic. He's "predicted" the EOW many times for the past 10 years!
He even lobbies Congress in Washington, DC. (He's retired and gets a
VA and Social Security checks.)

I tried to alert him to the REAL potential for castrophe when we reach
Peak Oil and demand outstrips supply.

He was a very succesful, energetic chemical engineer for a mining
company but completly "lost it" (and all his assets too) when his
stupid wife committed adultry.

Pete is steeped in Villiskofsky (spelling), Ignacious Donnally (a
former US Senator!) and literal intrepetation of ancient scriptures
about the "sun standing still" and Mayan mythology.

Believe it or not, he is currently holed up in the desert with about a
ton of dried food and plans to find a cave to survive the catastrophe.

Thanks for the links to "badastronomy".