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Richard D

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7. And . . .

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 07:39 PM

Mar 2012

. . . takes hundreds if not thousands of years start to finish. Most of the doomers are actually thinking the poles will shift, e.g. the earth will flip over in space. North will become south, south north. An absurd lack of scientific understanding or the simple law of inertia.

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And . . . Richard D Mar 2012 #7

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Well a polar shift shoud be gradual nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #8

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Already doing it izquierdista Mar 2012 #15

+1 GliderGuider Mar 2012 #16

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As long as there are suckers malaise Apr 2012 #20

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