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The Final 100 Seconds
The Final 100 Seconds Screenshot of the 2020 Doomsday Clock Announcement from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists YouTube Channel Never before this year 2020 has the world-famous Doomsday Clock registered only “100 seconds-to-midnight.” According to the Science & Security Board, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, since WWII, the world has never been so perilous. Alas, […]
Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union
Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union Tick Tock. The good folks at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientistshave returned to wind their Doomsday Clock. Last Thursday at the National Press Club a group of well-credentialed speakers, including former California Governor Jerry Brown and former […]
Doomsday “Experts” Warn Of Civilization-Ending Information Wars
Doomsday “Experts” Warn Of Civilization-Ending Information Wars Just when you were running short on things to fear, a group of US “doomsday” experts said on Thursday that information warfare is amplifying major worldwide threats as the infamous Doomsday Clock remained at two minutes to midnight, reports AFP. Where does this lurking threat lie according to said experts? “The […]
Reckless Path to Nuclear Weapons Leaves Us Looking Over the Edge
Reckless Path to Nuclear Weapons Leaves Us Looking Over the Edge The Doomsday Clock is likely to advance again later this January. What heralded the United States as a uniquely dangerous force was its creation of the atomic bomb, the world’s first nuclear weapon. Prompting this was Albert Einstein‘s signing of a letter regarding nuclear […]
Countdown to Doomsday: Daniel Ellsberg and the Nuclear Papers
Countdown to Doomsday: Daniel Ellsberg and the Nuclear Papers Photo by August Muench | CC BY 2.0 Just as the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock closer than it has ever been to our species extinction point reports show that the U.S. warfare state is moving its latest high-tech rendition of tactical […]
Two Minutes to Doomsday
Two Minutes to Doomsday Photo by Toby Scott | CC BY 2.0 Not since 1953, when the U.S. and the Soviets exploded thermonuclear bombs, has the world been such a powder keg! Only recently, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock forward 30 seconds. It now registers two minutes to midnight. Verily, […]
According to the Doomsday Clock, the End Is Near
According to the Doomsday Clock, the End Is Near The hypothetical “Doomsday Clock” is closer to midnight – the hour of doom – than it has been since 1953, the year that the US and the USSR both tested hydrogen bombs at the beginning of the global nuclear arms race. The Bulletin of the Atomic […]
It’s Official! The Risk Of Nuclear Annihilation Is At An All-Time High
It’s Official! The Risk Of Nuclear Annihilation Is At An All-Time High Don’t Panic. It’s only the end of the world… On Thursday, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists raised the likelihood of an apocalyptic nuclear catastrophe to its highest level in the clock’s 70+-year history, the Washington Post reported. The clock was moved from two-and-a-half […]
Saving Humanity From Itself
Saving Humanity From Itself Since the beginning of the nuclear age and the dropping of the first atomic bombs, humankind has struggled with the reality of being able to destroy the planet on the one hand and the abolition of these weapons on the other. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to […]
Doomsday clock for global market crash strikes one minute to midnight as central banks lose control
Doomsday clock for global market crash strikes one minute to midnight as central banks lose control China currency devaluation signals endgame leaving equity markets free to collapse under the weight of impossible expectations When the banking crisis crippled global markets seven years ago, central bankers stepped in as lenders of last resort. Profligate private-sector loans […]
