The Ningers are still ruminating on the "announcement" and trying to find ways to believe it is still going to happen.

[link to poleshift.ning.com]

This is just about exactly what happened after the *7 of 10- will shock the world by the end of 2010* failed prediction was greeted. They will wonder and ponder about it for a while, but nobody will dare ask why it's not happening. Nancy will eventually move them on to the next breathless brink and keep them hovering there for a while and ignore this whole "announcement" thing.