2012

Director Roland Emmerich Give Us Something to Look Forward to in 2012

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Director, Amanda Peet, Independence Day, John Cusack, Roland Emmerich, Chiwetel Ejiofor, 2012, Woody Harrelson, Entertainment News

Roland Emmerich doesn't seem megalomaniacal. In fact, he seems so unassuming that you just want to grab him a beer and sit in rapt attention as he tells how he destroyed the world, again.

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2012 Supplies One More Victory for Pseudoscience

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

2012 pillages an ancient culture, deliberately misrepresents its traditions, and then claims its all true. More important, it taps into the serious vein of crazy that we have in this country.

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Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Restoration, Bush Doctrine, John F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Public Policy Polling, 1961, Kennedy, Boston, 1960, Ted Widmer, The Death of Conservatism, Democratic Party, 2012, Change, 2010, 2008, New Frontier, George W. Bush, Jfk, Republican Party, William v. Shannon, 1984, Jack Kennedy, John Winthrop, Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts, Democrats, Charles Blow, Barack Obama, Tom Jensen, The New Frontier, Ark of the Liberties, Republicans, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

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Doom Sells, But Who's Buying?

Tina Dupuy | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Box Office, John McCain, John Hagee, Doomsday Prophets, Pat Robertson CBN, Religions, Cults, Doomsday, 2012, Media News

My mother, who has spent the past 35 years convinced the world could end at any minute, has maintained a perfect credit score. Lesson here for doomers: Don't ever sell short the short sell.

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12 Ways the World Could End in 2012 (Doug's Dozen #18)

Doug Molitor | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Kim Jong Il, Doomsday, Political Satire, Disaster Movie, Ahmadinejad, Glenn Beck, Palin, 2012, Comedy News

A big disaster movie is inspired by a centuries-old Mayan prediction. Should we worry? There are a lot of ways planet Earth could end it all...

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How Sarah Palin Could Win The 2012 GOP Nomination

Politics Daily | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iowa, Huckabee, Gop, 2012 Elections, New Hampshire, Democrats, Straw Poll, Palin, Romney, 2012, Republican Party, Primaries, White House, Sarah Palin, Pawlenty, 2012 Election Strategy, Palin Election Strategy, Republicans, Politics News

If Palin can maintain, say, 35-percent support in a multi-candidate presidential field, then she is the odds-on favorite for the GOP nomination. The ...

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'2012' Breaks A Global Total Record With Weekend Box Office

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, John Cusack, Box Office, 2012, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled...

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Popol Vuh, Mayan Prophecies and 2012 -- Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum Visits Denver to Speak Ancient Wisdom

Lys Anzia | Posted 11.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Wisdom, Youth, Human Rights, Humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize, Events, Film, Mayan Calendar, Rigoberta Menchu Tum, 2012, Denver, Denver News

Menchú Tum’s journey has been haunted by a lifelong quest for peace for humanity and advocacy for the Maya with empowerment for all global indigenous people.

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GOP Presidential Candidates Already Jockeying For 2012 Election

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Michael Steele, White House, Gop, 2012 Elections, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Obama, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, 2012, Mike Huckabee, ny23, New York 23, New Hampshire, Iowa, Pataki, Tim Pawlenty, Fundraising, Republican Party, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin is embarking on a book tour. Tim Pawlenty is building a national political operation. Mitt Romney is weighing in on the...

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Disaster Flick 2012 Dominates The Box Office

deadline.com | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Film, John Cusack, 2012, Entertainment News

Sony Pictures is saying this morning its 2012 opened as a runaway No. 1 with $23.7 million Friday, including $1M in Thursday midnights, for what's loo...

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2012, Seriously

Lawrence E. Joseph | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: National Academy of Sciences, Power Grid, Nasa, Solar Storms, 2012, Power Outages, Mayan Legend, Apocalypes 2012, Apocalypse, 2012 Movie, End of the World, Books News

As author of "Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilization's End" (Broadway/Random House, 2007) I am frequently asked what I thought of "2012," the Columbia Pictures film directed by Roland Emmerich.

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2012: Books On Mayan Doomsday Predictions

Dallas Morning News | Douglas Brown | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books

Read More: Mayan Legend, December 21 2012, The 2012 Story, New Books, John Major Jenkins, Astrology, Books, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Apocalypse 2012, Daniel-Pinchbeck, Books News

Movies are pushing it, television shows are plotting it, books and Web sites have sprung from its fertile soil. The subject: Dec. 21, 2012. That's th...

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2012 Offends Catholics, Dimwits, Ex-Cons

Chris Kelly | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Catholics, 2012 Catholics, 2012 Film, 2012 Movie, 2012, Entertainment News

The images of disaster in 2012 have offended the usual people in the I'm Offended Industry, but not for the reason you'd think. The offense takers are offended because the film forgot to offend any Muslims.

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2012 Prophecies Sparking Real Fears, Suicide Warnings

Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Doomsday, 2012 Doomsday, 2012 Prophecies, 2012, World News

by Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News It's almost the end of the world, according to purported Maya predictions, and the 2012 apocalypse bu...

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2012: NASA Crusades To Debunk 2012 Apocalypse Myths

breitbart.com | Posted 11.10.2009 | Technology

Read More: NASA 2012 Apocalypse, Nasa, NASA Debunk Apocalypse, NASA 2012 Apocalyse Myths, NASA 2012 Movie, 2012 Apocalypse, NASA 2012, 2012, 2012 Movie, Technology News

The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fuelled by ...

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Hillary Is Still the Best President That Wasn't

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gallup Poll, Democratic Party, State Department, Obama, Presidential Experience, Presidency, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, 2012, Politics News

Millions still have a deep respect, admiration, and appreciation for her tireless work as a women's rights advocate, her fight for health care reform, civil rights, and international diplomacy.

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2012 Mayan Prophecy: Author's Tenth Book Debunks End Of World Myths

Daily Camera. | Daily Camera | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: John Major Jenkins, Colorado, Doomsday Hysteria, Mayan Traditions, Mayan Calendar, 2012, Denver News

"I'm one of the few writers who have examined the Mayan traditions," said Jenkins. "Many of these other so-called experts have not done ...

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Dan Brown's New Book, 2012 - Are You Ready for the Consciousness Shift?

Doc Childre | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Deborah Rozman, Emotions, Fear, Heartmath, Consciousness, Institute of HeartMath, Global Coherence Initiative, The Lost Symbol, Science, Shift, Planet, Doc Childre, Compassion, Dan Brown, 2012, Living News

Many people are feeling a shift in consciousness happening now and some are predicting a major planetary shift around the year 2012.

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2012: Mayan Year 2012 Stirs Apocalypse Predictions, Doomsayers

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 10.11.2009 | World

Read More: 2012 Movie, 2012 Predictions, Astronomy, Mayan Calendar, 2012 End of World, Mexico, Mayan Ruins, Is 2012 Prediction Real?, Is 2012 the End of the World, 2012 Apocalypse, Archaeology, 2012, Maya, World News

MEXICO CITY — Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on De...

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Planet Hollywood

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: End of World, Pandora, Earth, Aliens, The Day After Tomorrow, Prophecy, Mayan, Film, Movies, Pulitzer Prize, Novel, 2012, The Road, Animated, Planet 51, Apocalypse, Humans, Independence Day, James Cameron, 3d, Cannibals, Book, Roland Emmerich, Nuclear Winter, Cormac McCarthy, Avatar, Entertainment News

A common theme runs through several films slated to hit theaters soon: the earth and its fate. "Take heed," the filmmakers seem to be saying, "or these will be our struggles."

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Huckabee Beats Palin For President In 2012 Straw Poll

AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Republican Primary Election, 2012 Presidential Election, Mike Huckabee, 2012 Election, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Huckabee Beats Palin, Voter Values Summit, Sarah Palin President, 2012, Huckabee for President, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A straw vote suggests former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is a favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012. That...

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Why 2010 Will Not be a Replay of 1994

2morrowknight | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, 1994, Democrats, Barack Obama, 2012, Shpadoinkle, Social Media, The Tonight Show, Tea Party, Univision, Democratic National Convention, Espn, Jay Leno, Stimulus, David Letterman, 2008 Campaign, The USA Today, Yes We Can, The Economy, Cable News, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Will.I.Am, Viral Hit, Barack, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Demographics, 2010, Politics News

You remember the story quite well: a young president and his party are soundly defeated in the midterm elections. It really sounds good, but it ain't gonna happen this time.

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Joe Wilson and the 9/12 March: The Week That Decency Died?

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11, 9/12 March on Washington, Tea Party, Rep. Joe Wilson, New York, Barack Obama, 2012, New York News, Politics News

The 9/12 protests are extensions of the 'sore loser' rallies, and they're one hundred percent partisan. That is why their attempts to wrap themselves in the tragedy of 9/11 is so wrong.

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2009, Apocalypse Now

Giles Slade | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

The Copenhagen conference is billed as humanity's last chance to reverse climate change, but many fear we have already reached a global tipping point. Our films reflect this.

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2012: A Time of Change?

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Global, Social Change, First 30 Days, Ariane De Bonvoisin, 2012, Mayans, Mayan Calendar, Living News

Is 2012 the end of the world? No. It may be the end of one type of world we have been living in.

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