nostradamus wrote as follows:

"And then shall the metal bird glide over the the City of Cash, and the people shall scream and run around like lobotomized geese. Swinishness shall become a contagion. Arlen Specter shall betray his peeps, if any. And the next day, at 8:23 AM Mountain, God will destroy the cursed earth and toast your souls over the bonfires of hell as though you were, verily, marshmallows. Which you are, you pussies."

it seems possible that nostradamus was referring to this very moment! it must have been a terrible burden to see the future so clearly.