I love that one Argos. One of my sig files used to be "So many stupid people, so few comets" after that group that killed themselves to go off to the afterlife on a comet.
Most of this latest BS comes from the fact that the long count of the Mayan calendar ends that day. Since I live down here with the Maya, they are expecting a huge bunch of people to show up at Chichen Itza to watch the world end or whatever. The real Maya say that what will happen is a new count will begin, a very rare New Years of sorts.
It's all smoke and mirrors like other fantasies people believe, what ever makes you happy I guess.