http://bit.ly/5c6g0x - - - The minute hand of the famous Doomsday Clock will be moved at 3pm tomorrow afternoon, for the first time in two years.
The timepiece in New York conveys how close humanity is to catastrophic destruction, which is represented by midnight. ... A spokesman said: 'Factors influencing the latest Doomsday Clock change include international negotiations on nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, expansion of civilian nuclear power, the possibilities of nuclear terrorism, and climate change.' Just last month environmentalists criticised the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, after leaders failed to reach any real consensus. - - - The only thing dumber than the so-called doomsday clock, as a political prop, was the dead soldier count, that only ever seems to surface when Republicans are in power, and promptly disappears whenever Democrats own the wars. Which is when the numbers really seem to skyrocket. If you want to see a real doomsday clock, follow this instead, it's in real time, based on empirical methods, and doesn't depend on the subjective opinion of the people who brought us "Hide the Decline!" and other fraudulent emergencies: http://www.usdebtclock.org/ Moreover, it points to an actual disaster in progress. - Publius -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
