Posted on 01/25/2018 12:59:43 PM PST by The Pack Knight
Growing concerns about a possible nuclear war and other global threats have pushed forward the symbolic Doomsday Clock by 30 seconds - to just two minutes before midnight.
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) said it had acted because the world was becoming "more dangerous".
The clock, created by the journal in 1947, is a metaphor for how close the mankind is to destroying the Earth.
It is now the closest to the apocalypse it has been since 1953.
That was the year when the US and the Soviet Union tested hydrogen bombs.
Last year, the clock was also moved forward by 30 seconds.
What was behind the decision?
Announcing the move in Washington DC on Thursday, the BAS said the decision "wasn't easy" and said it was not based on a single factor.
However BAS President and CEO Rachel Bronson said that "in this year's discussions, nuclear issues took centre stage once again".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
“”It is now the closest to the apocalypse it has been since 1953.”
I guess I won’t wash my dishes tonight!
I wonder if I should buy green bananas.
It’s all because of Donald Trump the biggest threat to the planet to EVER EXIST!!, doncha know...
Lefty tripe agitprop.
IT NEVER STOPS
Relax. It will never reach midnight, because if anything happens, who'll be left to advance it?
That’s ok. According to the world clock, humans have been here about 1 second.
Was gonna ping you to this thread, right?
My gosh, that song rocks. I haven’t heard that in a long time.
Yep, classic.
can you reset 15 minutes. I suddenly want an ice cream cone.
That clock is never right.
A perfect demonstration of why the CREDIBILITY CLOCK for the media and so-called “Scientific Community” are ticking closer and closer to ZERO.
Just more political Correctness and leftist fear mongering.
According to the current thinking of the BAS scientists the 1963 Cuban Missile Crisis doesn’t rate high enough to be shown on the clock graphic.
But “Climate Change” is specified as being a factor in 2015.
Even though the Russians with Nikita Khrushchev, one of the most belligerent, vicious and brutal leaders in modern times, had nuclear capable missiles operational only 90 miles from the USA.
So why are Atomic Scientists, who are supposedly focused on the threat of nuclear weapons, working climate considerations into their threat analysis anyway?
Just more political B.S.
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