Doomsday Clock Just Clicked One More Minute Closer,...

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I read mauler's post regarding dipshi* Panetta and Iran's nuclear weapons posturing as "not ligit"....

Whenever an International group of liberal/socialist/academic collective braintrust asshats (no offense FQ),..decide to mess with the Doomsday Clock,....well,....gee willickers Mr. Wilson....

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/doomsday-clock-now-set-at-five-minutes-away-from-global-disaster/

    Posted on January 11, 2012 at 8:31am by Liz Klimas Liz Klimas
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WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — A group of scientists that tracks the likelihood of a global cataclysm says the world is moving closer to doomsday. One symbolic minute closer to be more precise.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced Tuesday that it has moved its “Doomsday Clock” to five minutes to midnight.

The group says inadequate progress on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and continuing inaction on climate change are the reasons for the change. Watch the announcement:

(VIDEO AT LINK)....

The clock had been set at six minutes to midnight for the past two years. It was previously set at five minutes to midnight from 2007-2010.
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Moves Doomsday Clock Forward One Minute

The group said in a statement that two years ago, there was reason for optimism “that world leaders might address the truly global threats we face. In many cases, that trend has not continued or been reversed.”

Scientific American describes the clock as “ a symbol of the threat of humanity’s imminent destruction from nuclear or biological weapons, climate change and other human-caused disasters.” Questions addressed that lead to the group’s decision to move the doomsday clock forward included:

    What is the future of nuclear power after Fukushima?; How are nuclear weapons to be managed in a world of increasing economic, political, and environmental volatility?; What are the links among climate change, resource scarcity, conflict, and nuclear weapons?; and, What is required for robust implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention?

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I prefer "2 Minutes To Midnight" Iron Maiden Style...

 

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Scientific American describes the clock as “ a symbol of the threat of humanity’s imminent destruction from nuclear or biological weapons, climate change and other human-caused disasters.” Questions addressed that lead to the group’s decision to move the doomsday clock forward included:

Interesting statement about the Doomsday Clock.

So, if it was discovered the Sol was going to go nova in 3 weeks, the clock would be set to it's maximum time from Doomsday, since the possibility of any of the events which it tracks would be near zero.

Also, if Global Warming does exist, it is caused by natural conditions and cycles and, therefore, would not effect the Doomsday Clock, even though the impact of GW on the human race would be the same.