Thoughts from the 42nd Parallel

Thoughts from the 42nd Parallel

Meteor Matters

Impact has occurred and millions have been irradiated by lunacy

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Tom Shattuck
Apr 18, 2021
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Forget Orwell’s “1984,” let’s talk about something that happened in the actual 1984.

That year, the movie “Night of the Comet” appeared in theatres. It was a bad movie but the plot was interesting.

In short, a comet passed close to Earth and either vaporized everyone or turned them into zombies.

Almost everyone.

18-year-old Regina "Reggie" Belmont, played …

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