The History Channel

You would think a channel called the History Channel would try to restrict itself to facts of what's already happened.

I barely watch it -- not that I don't like it; as channels go it's fine -- but I've seen they have various conspiracy theory stuff on there, Nostradamus, etc.

I was just looking at an article on Mayan mythology, that somehow predicts a time of some significance in 2012. Of course with our apocalyptic heritage, that's being turned into another end of the world scenario.

And apparently the History Channel is getting in on the act.

From the Huffington Post:

Another History Channel program titled "Decoding the Past: Doomsday 2012: End of Days" says a galactic alignment or magnetic disturbances could somehow trigger a "pole shift."

"The entire mantle of the earth would shift in a matter of days, perhaps hours, changing the position of the north and south poles, causing worldwide disaster," a narrator proclaims. "Earthquakes would rock every continent, massive tsunamis would inundate coastal cities. It would be the ultimate planetary catastrophe."

Maybe they should stick to what's already happened and steer clear of these oddball predictions. When we're all still here in January 2013, they can look back on "history" and say they were wrong.