The Doomsday Clock Moves Again

When I saw the headline about the "Doomsday Clock" I thought they were referring to Nancy Pelosi's "100 legislative hours" nonsense, since with every passing minute the House Dems do something else to push the country toward doomsday. But no, it's even sillier than that.

The keepers of the "Doomsday Clock" plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world.

The symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, currently is set at seven minutes to midnight, with midnight marking global catastrophe.

The group did not say in which direction the hands would move. But in a news release previewing an event next Wednesday, they said the change was based on "worsening nuclear, climate threats" to the world.

"The major new step reflects growing concerns about a 'Second Nuclear Age' marked by grave threats, including: nuclear ambitions in Iran and North Korea, unsecured nuclear materials in Russia and elsewhere, the continuing 'launch-ready' status of 2,000 of the 25,000 nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and Russia, escalating terrorism, and new pressure from climate change for expanded civilian nuclear power that could increase proliferation risks," the release reads.

The time shown on this particular clock used to move in response to real threats, but now they've expanded it to include global warming, which of course proves this particular device is little more than a p.r. grab for a bunch of people that nobody cares about.