Sen. McCain feels reassured Putin knows when world will end

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) feels he "can finally rest easy" that Friday is not doomsday, thanks to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin made his own prediction about the end of the world in a news conference this week, saying it would be in approximately 4.5 billion years, according to reports.

McCain tweeted "Thanks Vlad" on Thursday.

Thanks Vlad, I can finally rest easy about tomorrow! "Mayan apocalypse: Vladimir #Putin rules out end of the world" telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…

— John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) December 20, 2012

McCain has a long history of tweaking Putin through Twitter, and Putin has not always taken it well.

Last year, McCain suggested in a tweet that Putin would soon have his own “Arab Spring” rebellion to deal with, and then-Prime Minister Putin retaliated by suggesting McCain had gone “nuts” during his time as a prisoner of war.

“I think that obviously Mr. Putin, ‘Vlad’ as I love to call him, is a little bit stunned," McCain joked in response.

McCain might find it easier to rely on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) evaluation of the rumors that the Mayan culture predicted the world will end on Dec. 21. 

NASA has released a video reassuring people that the world will not end on Friday, and posted on their website's Frequently Asked Questions section:

The world will not end in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.

The agency has received thousands of letters concerned about the doomsday theory, and this week is using their official Twitter account to reassure people "nothing bad will happen to the Earth this Friday."

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