First I pose the question... What's dumber?  Shooting a $300 million washing machine into a comet to "see what happens", or suing the people who shot a $300 million washing machine into a comet because of "moral sufferings"?  Well I'll tell you.  Suing.

Yep folks, if it can be sued it will be sued.  Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you know that NASA shot a probe directly into a comet to see what happens.  They predicted a cloud of dust would fly up, and it did.  Wow NASA, just... wow.  There were some other things about unlocking the secrets of the universe too, but you get the idea.  Ch...Ch...Ch...Check it out!  Now I could get into a whole thing about how I think naming this project Deep Impact just shouts "conspiracy" but that is not what this article is about.  No no... its about a Russian astrologer who is dumb enough to sue over it.

If read quickly you might not have comprehended who this person is.  "Oh some scientist," you might have thought.  Read it again... this is no astronomer, this is an astrologer, as in, "You are a Taurus so you should eat green beans on Thursdays and hop three times," astrologer.  As in, "I need no actual background in schooling, unless you count reading the comic section of the newspaper everyday," astrologer.

So here's the story.  Some Russian astrologer claims that NASA upset the balance of the universe by shooting this probe into the comet.  Here is a direct quote from her...

"It is obvious that elements of the comet's orbit, and correspondingly the ephemeris, will change after the explosion, which interferes with my astrology work and distorts my horoscope,"

I don't care how many run on sentences you whip out, you are still a nut!  I somehow doubt that this one unnoticeable (even by NASA) change in this one comets orbit is going to effect the way the galaxy operates.  I could see how you could make the case of cause and effect and I'm sure this will alter something down the road, but guess what?  Unless this comet ends up flying into the Earth because of this (which NASA has stated it won't), you are the only one that cares.

Now I may seem like a jerk to you for picking on this astrologist, but get this.  She is suing for $300 million, the cost of the project, for "moral sufferings".  Does that make any sense to you?  Honestly, how did this effect you at all?  It's not like you are going to go to your local newspaper tomorrow with your new horoscopes and the editor look at them and say, "Nope, we can't accept these.  They are obviously wrong!"  Then some how you lose your job and become homeless.  Even if all these things happened, NASA wouldn't owe you anywhere near $300 million.  If anything you should sue your editor in that situation.

What is looking more and more likely is that fact that this astrologer is just another person looking for a way to make cash by doing nothing.  It's the same as people suing McDonalds because they are over weight.  It's something for nothing.  There is no way you would ever even make $300 million in your life as an astrologer, let alone lose it because NASA shot something at a comet.  I pay the government taxes, the government pays NASA money.  If anyone is going to waste $300 million, I'd rather it be NASA shooting crap at a comet instead of it going to a greedy astrologer looking for an easy retirement.

Jaybird currently resides in Seattle where he reads comics, works in a library, and writes for this site.  He has also been known to blow your mind, rock your world, and eat pizza.