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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Apocalypse Poll: Will Inver Grove Heights be Obliterated Dec. 21?

The Mayans may or may not have predicted the apocalypse will occur Dec. 21—less than two weeks from today. Do you buy it?

Time for another Inver Grove Heights Patch Poll, and it's simple this time: Do you expect the world to end Dec. 21, 2012? Apocalypse in the house ... and it's less than two weeks away. Seriously though, even NASA is getting in on the action. The agency created a page on its website devoted to debunking the Mayan apocalypse idea—not least because the Mayans never predicted any such thing. The date is simply the end of one time period that simply starts over. Or so they think. “Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012,” NASA wrote. But maybe they're just fun-haters: there are a number of parties planned for Dec. 20 or 21 this year, just…

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Al Tate

10:25 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012

Linda, one more thing to add. It's people like you who accept mediocrity that will cause the downfall of this country. Accept subpar standards and get subpar results. People need to be held accountable for their poor performances if they need to be. By patting every little johnny on the back telling them they are doing a good job when they are not, that is not working. Anyway, I hope your Subway …   more ›

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