Tomorrow (or today, if it’s Tuesday 8th where you are) at around supper time on the Eastern Seaboard, asteroid YU55 will pass Earth at a range of about 200,000 miles.
That’s inside the moon’s orbit, for those keeping score. YU55 is about the size of an aircraft carrier, so it’s not small, but neither is it the size of Texas.
Astronomers know the asteroid’s orbit and say there’s no chance it will hit Earth. I think we can all agree that’s a good thing. Unless astronomers are as good at math as climate scientists, that is. Has it occurred to anyone else that Bruce Willis has been quiet of late?
Also, remember that this Wednesday the Feds are shutting down all TV and Radio to test the Emergency Alert System. I’m sure it’s unrelated to the asteroid thingy. Well, pretty sure.
dammit, dammit, dammit. Every time you think it’s gonna be the end of the world, something queers the deal.
Won’t the friggin world EVER end?!
I would have preferred a picture of Liv Tyler instead of Willis.
Yes, the pResidential communications kill switch…what could possibly go wrong?
And as for the asteroid near hit, Robert Duvall has been similarly quiet.
Hi Matt,
I have no control over which Google Ads are served, as far as I know they are keyword based, but I’ve experienced the same thing as you on other sites. Think of it this way, if you click the link, the hippies get billed, and I get paid. Win-win, no?
And thanks for reading.
Hey DB, love the updates, as always, but did you realise those pesky hippies are advertising on your (our) beloved pages?
Well, maybe it is Google, not the hippies but I was outraged to see an ad for New Internationalist Magazine’s “Switching off denial - a guide” above your voting button at the bottom of the page.
Click through on the ad and it goes to here:
http://www.newint.com.au/shop/climate-change-denial-bu-18442.htm?gclid=CJjx2MTypawCFeZV4godhgh41w
Perhaps there is nothing to be done about it, perhaps it is a hippy conspiracy to hijack the “deniers”, I dunno, but you may not be seeing them at your end.
Nuff said.
Happy days,
Matt from Downunder