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      <![CDATA[From the asteroid's perspective, we're the one who almost hit it.
        
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      <![CDATA[So we're still here? I've been setting up for the Home Show all morning.<br />
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      <![CDATA[@3 We shoot Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis at it.
        
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      <![CDATA[@6) This is such a terrible blog, nobody reads it or comments any more!
        
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      <![CDATA[More like a near hit!<br />
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      <![CDATA[Instead of researching butt plugs and pot, perhaps you should,oh, actually look that shit up Dom. The staggering irrelevance of 95% of the strangers content these days overwhelms even the most barely <br>
Iiterate.<br>
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      <![CDATA[I would watch CNN burn.<br />
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      <![CDATA[@3 LOL!!!  There is no plan babe!!!  Just bend over and kiss your ass GOOD BYE!!!!
        
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      <![CDATA[CNN points out that "its flyby is the closest ever predicted for an object this large." <br />
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      <![CDATA[I wish a chunk of the asteroid would slam into CNN headquarters.  Maybe I'd watch CNN
        
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      <![CDATA[Not to worry, it was just an observational fly by of our Dinosaur Overlords.<br />
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They'll be back, after we restore earth's atmosphere to a dinosaur-friendly state with global warming.
        
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