Greetings good citizen, while it sometimes seems as though every day is 'doomsday' on the Futurist, today's post is about the no longer headline making asessment provided by the The Bulletin for Atomic scientists. How many of you knew the clock has stood at 2 and a half minutes to midnight since the most recent 'stolen election'?
Well, today's announcement brings us to two minutes til the midnight deadline, the closest it's been since the advent of the hydrogen bomb. It appears it wasn't even this close during the Cuban missile crisis as today's bulletin anounces the two minutes til setting is the closest it's ever been and it matches the setting achieved during the peak of McCarthyism and the irrational witch hunt for hidden communists. [In case the significance of 1953 was lost on you.]
Probably impolitic to point out at this moment that 'Tailgunner Joe' is yet another fine example of American Republicanism.
[This is why the 'republican revolution' makes no sense. People have traditionally voted against these 'whackos' because they didn't have any 'ideas'! The existed solely to make trouble and oppose...pretty much everything.
Now we have a system that has nothing BUT Republicans [because the 'vetting process' has excluded anyone interested in actually solving problems from even entering the political arena.] Which has resulted in obnoxious displays of backslapping and assurances that ALL of them are 'Great American's' solely based on their 'shared stupidity'.
Worse, nobody cares about Justice because there isn't any. What they say goes and if you don't like it tough [and you'd better not be stupid enough to take them on (by yourself), they aren't a match for all of us but most of us are all over the page chasing our own 'private unicorns']
Chances of 'uniting' are slim to nil...even with the internet.
My pointing out that the 'oppose everything crowd' can be boiled down to a handful of obstructionists that are paying feckless opportunists to stage the 'charade' of political division we see televised every day.
We are 'united' in our opposition to the 'feckless few', to an individual. Every one of us HATES the one percent for robbing us of our future. [Why the One percent? they OWN the banks and through that they own EVERYTHING ELSE!]
What should we do about this...two choices. One is demand their surrender and the other is to burn the cruddy shack they gave us to the ground [because if we don't, they WILL!]
(Under the 'if I can't have it then no-one can!' rubric)
How fortunate for most of us that what they will destroy is slated to be destroyed anyway?
But I digress. If the feckless see that they are losing their 'iron grip' on the masses they will launch THEIR NUKES. [Like the police, they don't 'answer' to you and you may have technically 'paid' for the nukes but you'd be very mistaken to believe they exist to protect either you OR the (fictional) Murikan 'way of life'! They exist to protect the feckless from righteous retribution!
What do you suppose the aftermath of a 'limited nuclear exchange' will look like?
Have you read Cormac Mc Donald's The Road? A lot like that.
Those unlucky enough to survives the initial attack will struggle futilly for a while before they starve to death.
Not only have they already had their 'strategists' map out maximum kill ratios but they have also created 'safe zones' where they and theirs can gather to start over.
If we're lucky someone will have poisoned their MRE's and the reset will be permanently prevented.
Because stupid is what stupid does and they will work tirelessly to create the exact conditions that lead to today's epic fail.
Nuthin go up top and it never will. These people are NOT fit to lead.
But YOU knew that...right?
While the average mouth-breather lives in a world where politics are just another kind of 'sport', where 'team loyalty' supplants political ideology [they have no clue what EITHER party 'represents'. They just want to support the 'winning side'!] The 'see-saw' of R vs. D is political theater used to control the (largely mindless) 'herd'.
The 'big mistake' most of you make is in 'assuming' we are ALL in this TOGETHER...we are NOT! The One Percent is large and in charge along with being totally unfit to lead.
You are an obstacle to be 'managed': placated if they can and steamrolled if they must.
The scientists say:
Did I just spell out a scenario where the One Percent would use the world's nuclear arsenal if their 'security' were threatened?
Read and judge for yourself:
Please read the entire article and come to your own conclusions.
If you think the 'more for me' crowd is doing the best they can with what they have to work with [good luck with that!] but if you consider the total lack of concern for the consequences of their actions...I'd say that's about as close as it's going to come to being 'officially put on notice'.
Reagan was just joking when he (irresponsibly) quipped 'We launch in five minutes'.
They 'own' the president and everybody under him, they will launch whenever they damn well feel like it!
I don't know about you but I'm gonna run outside and try to catch one of those suckers [Only the very lucky will die during the initial attack...and don't worry, there WILL be follow-up attacks [as they 'mop up' potential pockets of resistance.]
Point made. I sit here considering the popular belief that if you want to 'pontificate', get a blog but I'm not telling you what to do or what to think. I'm merely dredging up the muck that's already there so you can have a second look. [ALONG WITH providing WORKABLE SOLUTIONS to the pressing problems facing our species...that the bought and paid for media chooses to ignore [if they want to see their next paycheck.]
Analogies work most of the time so let's have an analogy, shall we?
Picture planet Earth as a jumbo jet with all of the life on the planet onboard. Now picture that jet running on just one engine [fossil fuel] also the plane is on fire. If you don't land you're going to explode.
The closest airport is 4 light years away and you've got maybe 15 light minutes before you become a 'crispy critter'.
Do you form a posse to put the fire out or do you let the suicidal pilot try to land her in the trackless ocean?
Happy Friday good citizen!
Thanks for letting me inside your head...
Gegner
You didn't miss anything, neither choice is particularly attractive, just like our current plight.
Well, today's announcement brings us to two minutes til the midnight deadline, the closest it's been since the advent of the hydrogen bomb. It appears it wasn't even this close during the Cuban missile crisis as today's bulletin anounces the two minutes til setting is the closest it's ever been and it matches the setting achieved during the peak of McCarthyism and the irrational witch hunt for hidden communists. [In case the significance of 1953 was lost on you.]
Probably impolitic to point out at this moment that 'Tailgunner Joe' is yet another fine example of American Republicanism.
[This is why the 'republican revolution' makes no sense. People have traditionally voted against these 'whackos' because they didn't have any 'ideas'! The existed solely to make trouble and oppose...pretty much everything.
Now we have a system that has nothing BUT Republicans [because the 'vetting process' has excluded anyone interested in actually solving problems from even entering the political arena.] Which has resulted in obnoxious displays of backslapping and assurances that ALL of them are 'Great American's' solely based on their 'shared stupidity'.
Worse, nobody cares about Justice because there isn't any. What they say goes and if you don't like it tough [and you'd better not be stupid enough to take them on (by yourself), they aren't a match for all of us but most of us are all over the page chasing our own 'private unicorns']
Chances of 'uniting' are slim to nil...even with the internet.
My pointing out that the 'oppose everything crowd' can be boiled down to a handful of obstructionists that are paying feckless opportunists to stage the 'charade' of political division we see televised every day.
We are 'united' in our opposition to the 'feckless few', to an individual. Every one of us HATES the one percent for robbing us of our future. [Why the One percent? they OWN the banks and through that they own EVERYTHING ELSE!]
What should we do about this...two choices. One is demand their surrender and the other is to burn the cruddy shack they gave us to the ground [because if we don't, they WILL!]
(Under the 'if I can't have it then no-one can!' rubric)
How fortunate for most of us that what they will destroy is slated to be destroyed anyway?
But I digress. If the feckless see that they are losing their 'iron grip' on the masses they will launch THEIR NUKES. [Like the police, they don't 'answer' to you and you may have technically 'paid' for the nukes but you'd be very mistaken to believe they exist to protect either you OR the (fictional) Murikan 'way of life'! They exist to protect the feckless from righteous retribution!
What do you suppose the aftermath of a 'limited nuclear exchange' will look like?
Have you read Cormac Mc Donald's The Road? A lot like that.
Those unlucky enough to survives the initial attack will struggle futilly for a while before they starve to death.
Not only have they already had their 'strategists' map out maximum kill ratios but they have also created 'safe zones' where they and theirs can gather to start over.
If we're lucky someone will have poisoned their MRE's and the reset will be permanently prevented.
Because stupid is what stupid does and they will work tirelessly to create the exact conditions that lead to today's epic fail.
Nuthin go up top and it never will. These people are NOT fit to lead.
But YOU knew that...right?
While the average mouth-breather lives in a world where politics are just another kind of 'sport', where 'team loyalty' supplants political ideology [they have no clue what EITHER party 'represents'. They just want to support the 'winning side'!] The 'see-saw' of R vs. D is political theater used to control the (largely mindless) 'herd'.
The 'big mistake' most of you make is in 'assuming' we are ALL in this TOGETHER...we are NOT! The One Percent is large and in charge along with being totally unfit to lead.
You are an obstacle to be 'managed': placated if they can and steamrolled if they must.
The scientists say:
They cited, among other threats, the hacking of computer systems that control financial and energy infrastructure; the development of autonomous weaponry that can make “kill” decisions without human supervision; and the possible misuse of synthetic biology, including the revolutionary Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing tool.
The clock does not lack for critics. For example, some say that warning people of danger actually induces political paralysis. Others question the judgments of the expert panel that oversees the clock — the bulletin’s science and security board — including the finding that the safest moment was in 1991, right after the Cold War had ended.
The bulletin’s scientists did not seem unduly alarmed in 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which, along with the early 1980s, was one of the moments when the United States and the Soviet Union came closest to catastrophic blows.
Did I just spell out a scenario where the One Percent would use the world's nuclear arsenal if their 'security' were threatened?
Read and judge for yourself:
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work on a treaty that was completed last July, said the advance of the Doomsday Clock was “obviously deeply concerning and worrying and reflects where we are today.”
Speaking by phone from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ms. Fihn added: “The risks for nuclear use have increased exceptionally these last years, so of course, doing nothing is not an option.” Without disarmament, she said, “these weapons will be used.”
Please read the entire article and come to your own conclusions.
If you think the 'more for me' crowd is doing the best they can with what they have to work with [good luck with that!] but if you consider the total lack of concern for the consequences of their actions...I'd say that's about as close as it's going to come to being 'officially put on notice'.
Reagan was just joking when he (irresponsibly) quipped 'We launch in five minutes'.
They 'own' the president and everybody under him, they will launch whenever they damn well feel like it!
I don't know about you but I'm gonna run outside and try to catch one of those suckers [Only the very lucky will die during the initial attack...and don't worry, there WILL be follow-up attacks [as they 'mop up' potential pockets of resistance.]
Point made. I sit here considering the popular belief that if you want to 'pontificate', get a blog but I'm not telling you what to do or what to think. I'm merely dredging up the muck that's already there so you can have a second look. [ALONG WITH providing WORKABLE SOLUTIONS to the pressing problems facing our species...that the bought and paid for media chooses to ignore [if they want to see their next paycheck.]
Analogies work most of the time so let's have an analogy, shall we?
Picture planet Earth as a jumbo jet with all of the life on the planet onboard. Now picture that jet running on just one engine [fossil fuel] also the plane is on fire. If you don't land you're going to explode.
The closest airport is 4 light years away and you've got maybe 15 light minutes before you become a 'crispy critter'.
Do you form a posse to put the fire out or do you let the suicidal pilot try to land her in the trackless ocean?
Happy Friday good citizen!
Thanks for letting me inside your head...
Gegner
You didn't miss anything, neither choice is particularly attractive, just like our current plight.
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