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Doomsday Clock To Advance

Posted by kdawson on from the fire-next-time dept.

Dik Zak writes "Many news sites are reporting that the magazine Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists intends to move the hands of the Doomsday Clock on Wednesday 17 January. The clock was started at seven minutes to midnight during the Cold War and has been moved forward or back at intervals, depending on the state of the world and the prospects for nuclear war. Midnight represents destruction by nuclear war. It is not revealed in which direction the hands of the clock will be moved, but it should be safe to assume that they will move closer to midnight: the magazine cites 'worsening nuclear [and] climate threats.' The clock stood at two minutes to midnight when both the United States and the Soviet Union tested nuclear weapons in 1953. The farthest away from midnight it ever got was 17 minutes, in 1991 when both superpowers signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It currently stands at seven minutes to midnight."

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  1. Flamebait my ass, motherfuckers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    -nt-

  2. Wired - Tired - Expired by Ardipithecus · · Score: 0, Troll
    These a--hats have been beating on this dead horse for fifty years and will continue as long as the MSM turns solemn and reports it in grave tones.

    Nothing to see here, move along.

  3. Re:Arbitrary? by Basehart · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Seattle PeePee, uh, P-I"

    How old are you?

  4. In Related News.. by Ten24 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bush has issued the following statement.

    'Today I was made aware the dreaded clock of doom was to be set closer to it's detonation point. We can not let this freedom hating clock of doom win this war of terror. I am fully aware of what may happen if this clock reaches 12, that's when both the big hand and little hand are on 12, I understand that. Part of my plan is to hunt down all TDMDs (Time Devices of Mass Destruction) and eradicate them, or simply to remove their evil freedom hating batteries.

    Also part of my plan is to work with companies such as TimeX, to find out just how this clock CAN take a lickin' and NOT keep on tickin', I think that's important. All Atomic Scientists working to further the TDMDs agenda will be held responsible for their actions.

    If you have information leading to the location of the Clock of Doom please contact our newly formed government agency the Bureau of Liberty Offending & Accurately Timed Explosions Defense, which will receive an initial 86.6 Billion dollars to fight this war.

    Thank you,
    George Walker Bush'