This was the Evil Empire, our fierce cold war enemy? For
those not schooled in New Age prophecy, there are rumors the world will end on
Dec. 21, 2012, when a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count in the Mayan
calendar supposedly comes to a close. Russia, a nation with a penchant for
mystical thinking, has taken notice.
Last week, Russia’s government decided to put an end to the
doomsday talk. Its minister of emergency situations said Friday that he had
access to “methods of monitoring what is occurring on the planet Earth,” and
that he could say with confidence that the world was not going to end in
December. He acknowledged, however, that Russians were still vulnerable to
“blizzards, ice storms, tornadoes, floods, trouble with transportation and food
supply, breakdowns in heat, electricity and water supply.”
Similar assurances have been issued in recent days by
Russia’s chief sanitary doctor, a top official of the Russian Orthodox Church,
lawmakers from the State Duma and a former disc jockey from Siberia who
recently placed first in the television show “Battle of the Psychics.” One
official proposed prosecuting Russians who spread the rumor — starting on Dec.
22…..
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