Your Daily Debunkery: 2012 and UFO Hunters

First, we have Ron Rosenbaum on the 2012 Mayan calendar apocalypse bullcon:

2012: Tsunami of Stupidity

In addition to 2012 the date, 2012 as a concept has its harmonic convergence (or maybe cataclysmic convergence) with an ever-widening spectrum of New Age idiocies. It's like a magnet for mindlessness.

Then, Michael Murray at Pajiba hits the TV show UFO Hunters:

“UFO Hunters” is really just a piece of fiction scripted for children and zealots. It’s kind of fun and campy the first time you see it, but by the second time, the obsessive manipulations and evident delusions of the crew begin to feel more like mental illness than the spirited efforts of inquiring minds.