Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight

thehill.com ^ | 01/23/20 | REBECCA KHEEL

[Berlin_Freeper]

The famed Doomsday Clock has been set at 100 seconds to midnight this year, the closest it's ever been to the metaphorical point of the Earth's destruction.

[Berlin_Freeper]

They might be one hundred years off.

[Berlin_Freeper]

????
Being a hyper sensitive idiot is why I pop-off at people - JBW1949

[Ezekiel]

If it ever reaches midnight, it won’t be scary any more. And the world won’t have ended.

Apparently these poor folks don't know that it's safe to come out of the cave, because .999... = 1.

Well that was easy. No money in that kind of useful info, however.

[1Old Pro]

I thought the end was when we hit the year 2000?

[JBW1949]

LOL...Moving on....

[cuban leaf]

I stopped taking that clock seriously in the late 70’s. I’m surprised it’s still a thing.

[Berlin_Freeper]

100 seconds to 1949...
Get off my lawn!

[lefty-lie-spy]

FFS, just enjoy the bloody music and have a laugh.

Iron Maiden - Powerslave - 1984 - 2 Minutes To Midnight

https://youtu.be/9qbRHY1l0vc

[trebb]

They ought to set it for mid January 2025...

[Kozak]

[Magnum44]

Sometimes even wasted bandwidth has entertainment value.

[JBW1949]

Yeah, that’s true...

[dfwgator]

[Salman]

Back in the day The Doomsday Clock was a public relations stunt for the The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (a bulletin is not a scientific journal). It jiggled back and forth according to the Soviet party line.

The Soviet Union is gone, we got past the Cold War without nuclear annihilation, but The Doomsday Clock ticks on. I suppose "atomic scientists" (real ones don't call themselves that) are experts on climate change as well as international relations.

[a fool in paradise]

2 minutes to midnight?

Iron Maiden should sue these commie bastards

[a fool in paradise]

Impeach Trump
Impeach Pence
Seat Pelosi with Hillary as VP
Pelosi steps down because of ‘health concerns’
And Queen Hillary puts Greta Van Scoldilocks in her all femme cabinet

Only then may we survive

[a fool in paradise]

>>>They do this every time the Atomic Scientists run low on money.

“Look at meeeee!”

[lefty-lie-spy]

FRiends of a FReather, bro. (See above)

[Boogieman]

It’s a complete joke since we know that during the Cold War we were literally one man’s split second decision away from Armageddon at one point, and we’ve never been in such a risky position since then.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Bernie Sanders.