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20 reasons the Mayans might be right

Unless you’ve been hiding out in an underground survival shelter, you’ve probably heard about the Mayan calendar and the end of the world. Instead of stocking up on supplies as December 21st draws near, we’ve taken this opportunity to introspect on why the Mayans may actually be right in their doomsday predictions. Sure, all of civilization as we know it may come to a crashing halt in a few shorts days, but these are the reasons why we’re really panicked.
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Elementary school teachers make a little over $50k a year on average, but the youngest Kardashian and Honey Boo Boo are more than likely millionaires.

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Mom’s the word

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The Princess of Poughkeepsie, Nicole (Snooki) Polizzi is giving parenting advice to the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge.

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Hitched … with hiccups

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Last year, 25-year-old Crystal Harris got cold feet and never made it down the aisle with Hugh Hefner, the 85.

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The runway bride and magazine publisher have since reconciled and plan to get hitched on New Year’s Eve.

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Mother of the year

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Nadya (Octomom) Suleman was nominated for four Adult Video Network (AVN) awards for her solo porn performance.

Send her a final farewell

Best part? The mother of 14 is reportedly “excited” to attend the event.

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Ri-united with Breezy

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Taking a page from the Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown relationship playbook, Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together.

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Served with a beat

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No one in the U.S. has a clue what South Korean pop sensation, PSY is rapping about and they don’t care. The viral video has close to 1 billion views on YouTube.

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The girl you love to hate

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Gwyneth Paltrow, the poster girl for yoga, style, religion, parenting, relationships, macrobiotic diets, and a glamorous has-it-all life (did we miss anything?), comes clean in In Style, quoted saying, “You can’t have it all.” Perfection-seeking women everywhere scarf down a cheeseburger.

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The cult of cute

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Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette has almost 24,000 followers on Twitter (@choupettesdiary). The fashion world’s most fabulous feline also has two maids that attend to her every need, day or night.

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Roe to go

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Several Los Angeles area shopping mall vending machines cater to the fabulously wealthy with on demand jars of $500-an-ounce caviar. Move over, cream cheese. Cinnabon’s got a new, richer topping.

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Breast friends

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A woman in Nanyag, China breastfeeds her animal-training husband’s monkeys. “Many times, some of the baby monkeys slip onto our bed at night to suck my breasts,” 27-year-old Jiao Xinzhen was quoted in The Sun.

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Leemme
Dec 27, 2012 4:21PM
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The last time I checked, there was just one Person who knows the end of times here on earth. Not even the Son or the Holy spirit knows. Hmm.
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Then again, there is no telling how many years were gained or lost during the medieval times.
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If you really follow this stuff you would know that they have already found another calander in a nother Mayan city that stops around 4800's somewhere
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Reason #21: Really stupid lists on MSN. By the way, a few people in the USA DO know what PSY is saying, due to something the writer of this list probably never heard of -

a translation. Check it out - you might even see yourself in portrayed there.

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