Mayan Calendar Predicts Doomsday in 2012.
Or Not.
The Maya, who lived in Central America between A.D. 250 and 900, had a cyclical calendar that ran approximately one human lifetime, or 52 years (life was shorter back then). To account for events more than 52 years away, they devised another calendar, one that ran 5,126 years, and apparently began in the year 3114 B.C. Do a little math: 5,126 minus 3,114 equals 2,012.
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Lightning is seen over the Chichen Itza pyramid in Mexico.
"There's no real prophesy that says this is going to be the end of the world," said Christopher Powell, an archeologist who studies Mayan culture, "not from the Mayan ruins, anyway."
The Universal Time Cycle!
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The Mayan Calendar was never about time,
it was about following the flow of creation.
by Ian Xel Leinguld
it was about following the flow of creation.
by Ian Xel Leinguld
THE NOTE:
The Mayan calendar says it happens tomorrow — the end of the world, that is — and at least when it comes to the fiscal cliff, it may be right.
There are now just 12 short days to go before the end of the year, and talks between House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama have hit rock bottom.
On “Good Morning America,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported that yesterday officially represented “the low-point” in the negotiations between the two sides with President Obama and Speaker Boehner going public with vastly different messages.
Boehner insisted he would push forward with his so-called “Plan B” approach, which includes extending the Bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $1 million a year and letting them rise for Americans earning more. A vote is expected in the House later today.
Meanwhile, at a White House news conference, the president urged Republican leaders on Capitol Hill to “take the deal” — the Obama administration’s version, not the one Boehner is offering.
“They will be able to claim that they have worked with me over the last two years to reduce the deficit more than any other deficit reduction package, that we will have stabilized it for 10 years,” Obama said. “That is a significant achievement for them. They should be proud of it. But they keep on finding ways to say ‘no,’ as opposed to finding ways to say ‘yes.’”
The Mayan calendar says it happens tomorrow — the end of the world, that is — and at least when it comes to the fiscal cliff, it may be right.
There are now just 12 short days to go before the end of the year, and talks between House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama have hit rock bottom.
On “Good Morning America,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported that yesterday officially represented “the low-point” in the negotiations between the two sides with President Obama and Speaker Boehner going public with vastly different messages.
Boehner insisted he would push forward with his so-called “Plan B” approach, which includes extending the Bush-era tax cuts for those making less than $1 million a year and letting them rise for Americans earning more. A vote is expected in the House later today.
Meanwhile, at a White House news conference, the president urged Republican leaders on Capitol Hill to “take the deal” — the Obama administration’s version, not the one Boehner is offering.
“They will be able to claim that they have worked with me over the last two years to reduce the deficit more than any other deficit reduction package, that we will have stabilized it for 10 years,” Obama said. “That is a significant achievement for them. They should be proud of it. But they keep on finding ways to say ‘no,’ as opposed to finding ways to say ‘yes.’”
President Obama Urges GOP to ‘Take the Deal’ and Avoid Fiscal Cliff
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