The Doomsday Clock is a gimmick, but why it just moved closer to midnight is deadly serious

The “Doomsday Clock” is now at 2 minutes to midnight. Are you scared? Because according to the experts at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, you should be. This is the closest the clock (THE clock) has been since 1953, people. And that was a scary time in the midst of the Cold War, when duck and cover drills were being held across the U.S. 

Let’s face it, folks — most of us who are alarmed at the lack of progress on global warming, nuclear brinksmanship between the U.S. and North Korea, and other events are already worried. The Trump administration has Americans, and others around the world, on edge.  Read more…

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