Skeeter Davis Alert™: End of the World on July 4! (Again.)

Publication: Sun
Date: 2 May 2011

I hate to spoil everybody's Easter, but I report this day on the worst prediction of the End of the World I've seen yet on the cover of the Sun.

The world will end on July 4!

Again.

They predicted the same thing last year with almost the same details and same alleged prophets.

Here are the sub-headlines from this week's cover.

• Mother Teresa: Hidden Bible secrets
• Black Elk: Who will be saved
• Nostradamus: New Great plague hits U.S.
• John the Baptist: Satan appears in Congress
  

The only change from last year's line-up of dead psychic stars is Nostradamus is in and Edgar Cayce is out. Edgar saw firestorms instead of a great plague.

I've often wondered who buys the Sun and how profitable it can be. I'm now guessing the entire workforce is less than twenty, so it makes profitability a lot easier.

Nostradamus and the new 9/11 in 2011.

Publication: Sun
Date: 4 April 2011

The Sun is back to being useful as far as this blog is concerned, which means they are giving predictions with dates on the cover. It's not the End of the World this time, so no Skeeter Davis Alert™, just the next massive terror attack, but it does come from everyone's favorite vague French 16th Century poet and prophet, Michel de Nostradamus. Among the visuals are a crashing plane, a mushroom cloud and pictures of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Of course, as bad as a nuclear terror attack would be, let's recall we are less than two months away from The End of the World according to Dr. Harold Camping, so it might be a good idea not to sweat the small stuff.

Weak Skeeter Davis Alert™:Nostradamus tells you about 2011!It's not good.

Publication: Sun
Date: 14 February 2011

You know who we haven't heard from since June of last year? Everybody's favorite vague French 16th Century poet and prophet, Michel de Nostradamus. He was full of bad news about 2010, none of which came true, but that's no reason to stop quoting a guy with his reputation, no matter how undeserved.

He doesn't actually say it's the end of the world, but the angels tell him of a "fearful future" and allegedly, the specific year is 2011, though he almost never mentioned a specific year, just astrological conjunctions.

You want a fearful future? I gotcher fearful future right here, buddy.

THE WORLD ENDS ON MAY 21 OF THIS YEAR!

And I didn't read this in some silly gossip rag, it was in the San Francisco Chronicle!

Okay, granted it's hard to tell the Chron from a silly gossip rag. The main difference is you can't buy it at the checkout stand at Lucky's.