Update on the Comet Elenin Non-Disaster, Non-End-of-the-World, Non End-Days Event

This is significant for a blog that covers politics, as there are a number of political figures on the right who believe sincerely in the 'end days' happening sometimen very soon.  This should be a very real concen for every member of the electorate, because they base their political plans and decisions on the improbable occurrence, a matter of faith rather than reason, and have indicated they will act accordingly.  I have no problem with them believing whatever they like privately.  I have huge problems with them intruding their religious based idiocy into political decisions that affect all of us, including the overwhelming majority of us who do NOT share their religious pretext insanity.

We're all still here and doing fine!

From 'Universe Today':

If you were waiting for Comet Elenin to wreak havoc on Earth so that you didn’t have to pay off your credit card debt or go into work today, I’m sorry to inform you that doomsday didn’t happen. All that remained of Comet Elenin, — which wasn’t much — made its closest pass by Earth yesterday (Oct. 16, 2011) without causing any earthquakes, tsunamis, or high tides and it didn’t collide with Earth, either. Moreover, there was no brown dwarf or Mothership hidden in the comet’s coma. And in case you didn’t notice, this comet did not cause three days of darkness around September 26, 2011.

“I don’t know why fearmongers chose my comet,” the comet’s discoverer Leonid Elenin told Universe Today. “I received many letters from scared people. But if they believe in conspiracy theories I can’t help them.”

Follow the link to read more about Elenin, and chalk up one more failed Doomesday / End of Days event.