The Doomsday Dud
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
Like the make-believe Gatorade terror plot and “Snakes on a Plane,” the August 22 apocalypse scare fizzled so quickly that it’s hard to even remember the awful panic that gripped the entire world mere hours ago.
Oh wait, the “entire world” couldn’t give a damn. But several fear whores at various “Who do we bomb next?” publications did at least give it the old college try.
It’s time for us to do the same.
Like the make-believe Gatorade terror plot and “Snakes on a Plane,” the August 22 apocalypse scare fizzled so quickly that it’s hard to even remember the awful panic that gripped the entire world mere hours ago.
Oh wait, the “entire world” couldn’t give a damn. But several fear whores at various “Who do we bomb next?” publications did at least give it the old college try.
It’s time for us to do the same.








Earlier this afternoon,