With this week marking the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, the government released previously-unseen documents that were recovered inside bin Laden's home during the raid.
The cache of thousands of documents, which CNN referred to as a "treasure trove," contains correspondences between the leader and his contacts where he talks about everything from assassination aspirations to the "bin Laden brand."
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Retrieved by Pat Darnell and Miss Mayan 2009
[SOURCE] "World not ending in 2012," says NASA Movie marketing campaign prompted rare public outcry by space agency
By Irene Klotz | updated 11:01 a.m. CT Fri. Nov 13 2009
It's all fiction, though the makers of the film "2012" may lead you to think otherwise.
"Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. A global cataclysm brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors."
Film and Animation | Tags: 2012 Movie Trailer Preview, John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Roland Emmerich THE MOVIE:
" ... The lead character in the film, played by actor John Cusack, for example, is the faux author of a faux book about a murder, conspiracy and disaster aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, which, coincidentally, is poised for launch on a space station construction mission the weekend the movie debuts. (Source) "
" ... Morrison has launched a counter-attack through his "Ask An Astrobiologist" online column, which he says has gotten more than 1,000 questions about the end of the world.
[ ... ]
"Scientific misinformation about 2012 has been ramping up for a few years, with more than 200 books and 1,000 Web sites purporting to explain various doomsday scenarios. Sony Pictures is behind a particularly viral campaign to build publicity for its upcoming apocalyptic movie "2012," which debuts on Nov 13. (Retrieved HERE today by PDarnell)"
CONCLUSION: Warren Betts, owner of a California-based publicity firm that peddles real science stories tied to movies, says the type of marketing campaign Sony is executing for "2012" is nothing new.
"It's been done before," said Betts, citing the 1999 horror movie "The Blair Witch Project," a story about a group of amateur documentary film-makers who have a really bad couple of days in the woods. "Some people went to that movie and they thought it was reality, that it was an actual documentary," Betts said.
Morrison says Sony has crossed a line with promoting "2012."
"I think people are really, really worried about the world coming to an end. Kids are contemplating suicide. Adults tell me they can't sleep and can't stop crying. There are people who are really, really scared," he said.
"People are very gullible," he added. "It a sad testimonial that you need NASA to tell you the world's not going to end." (ibid)
If everyone has a phone, then I don't need one. Right?
Last night my 13 year old kept us informed hourly where she was in the neighborhood via her friend's cell phone. We never had the least sense of worry all night. I wondered how Halloween night this year would play out since we just had a knock-down-drag out with NEXTEL about their lack of service. We told them we almost never get a signal when we try to use our cellulars. They said we do have signal and told us to pay our contract. We held back a month's payment. NEXTEL answered by disconnecting our cell services during this interim.
For over a year with NEXTEL/Sprint cells, we have experienced poor to none signal quality here in the Brazos Valley Texas. They have denied we ever had a problem, and threatened us with breach of contract.
I thought breach meant if either of the parties did not give service of signal for payments we would concur and cancel the contract... oh brother did I go to the wrong B-law classes?
Somehow we now have to send a nasty letter of complaint to the FCC about having no signal in Brazos County. And we are stuck with NEXTEL/Sprint contract now breached by both. They turned off our phones. So be it!
In conclusion, I had a realaxed evening, and my daughter had a wonderful night with her friends, because everyone doesn't need to have a phone if everyone has a phone. >>pd
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