{"id":1823629,"date":"2023-01-25T12:05:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823629"},"modified":"2023-01-25T12:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:09:47","slug":"oh-no-climate-hysterics-announce-doomsday-clock-now-stands-at-90-seconds-to-midnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oh-no-climate-hysterics-announce-doomsday-clock-now-stands-at-90-seconds-to-midnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh No: Climate Hysterics Announce Doomsday Clock Now Stands at &#8220;90 Seconds to Midnight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foh-no-climate-hysterics-announce-doomsday-clock-now-stands-at-90-seconds-to-midnight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1823629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023.01.24-05.57-thepoliticalinsider-63d01bf67e951.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><em>By Dr. Derek Ellerman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are in a little shop for toys<\/em><br \/><em>Buy a bag of balloons with the money we\u2019ve got<\/em><br \/><em>At the break of dawn, set them free<\/em><br \/><em>\u2018Til one by one they were gone*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (which many readers will be familiar with from the tumultuous days of the Cold War) has announced the Doomsday Clock. <a href=\"https:\/\/thebulletin.org\/doomsday-clock\/#post-heading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now stands at 90 seconds to Midnight<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since I can remember. \u201c5 Minutes to Midnight\u201d It was used as a euphemism to describe how close the entire world was to nuclear winter. This was just three-and-a half minutes ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulletin\u2019s update is thanks to the War Over Ukraine, where increasingly, the prospect of Russia and NATO coming into direct conflict is more realistic than a Tom Clancy novel. 90 seconds is the closest that the world has been to Midnight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is what you should think about. It is closer than all the years in the Cold War, which includes the Cuban Missile Crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>America Last and Neoconservatism have brought us to the edge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Doomsday Clock moved to 90 seconds to midnight on Jan. 24, making it the closest it has ever been.<\/p>\n<p>The Doomsday Clock was a long-running project of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It features a clock face that represents Armageddon at midnight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uG9vmchRXK\">https:\/\/t.co\/uG9vmchRXK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IFM1gmIjjT\">pic.twitter.com\/IFM1gmIjjT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USA TODAY Graphics (@usatgraphics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usatgraphics\/status\/1617914884410179586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Get the most recent news by signing up<\/strong> Get political news, insights, and commentary directly to your inbox<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/mission-creep-biden-admin-media-now-openly-admit-u-s-troops-are-on-the-ground-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission Creep: Biden Admin, Media Now Openly Admit U.S. Troops Are On the Ground in Ukraine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>America Last<\/h3>\n<p>The insistence that America must protect Ukraine\u2019s borders halfway around the world (while completely, totally, utterly neglecting our own) by the same people who brought us the Iraq War and 20 Years in Afghanistan have brought us right to the knife\u2019s edge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Retaining the base bugs in software<\/em><br \/><em>Flash the message \u201csomething\u2019s out there!\u201d<\/em><br \/><em>Enjoy floating in the summer sky<\/em><br \/><em>Ninety-nine red balloons go by*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What is America\u2019s interest in risking global thermonuclear war over what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=ukraine+corruption&#038;rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS913US915&#038;oq=ukraine+corruption&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57.1876j0j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was described until February 2022<\/a> As the most corrupt country on Earth<\/p>\n<p>From the less-sophisticated, you\u2019ll get a rehashing of the same \u201cDomino Theory\u201d That brought 58,000 American children and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/powerkills\/SOD.CHAP6.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millions of Vietnamese<\/a> killed. Putin will march on to Manhattan even if Ukraine falls.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This sort of jingoism comes from a lack of understanding Russia\u2019s motives \u2013 which are at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/death-toll-up-to-13-000-in-ukraine-conflict-says-un-rights-office\/29791647.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partially a response<\/a> To Ukrainian bombs in Russian-populated Donbas, and largely as a response <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natolive\/topics_49212.htm#:~:text=The%20enlargement%20of%20the%20Alliance,%2C%202009%2C%202017%20and%202020.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NATO\u2019s relentless march to <em>Russia\u2019s<\/em> borders<\/a>. (Yes, you do actually\u00a0<em>Do<\/em> have to understand your enemy\u2019s desires and motivations. Sun Tzu, Clausewitz and Clausewitz don&#8217;t have more intelligence than you.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s totally needless to say, it bears repeating because America Last either doesn\u2019t understAnd it or is upset that it\u2019s true: If the Warsaw Pact spent the last 50 years covering South America and was on the verge of adding Mexico, you can bet your ass that Uncle Sam would be ready to fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From the more-sophisticated, you\u2019ll get all sorts of \u2013 maybe even worse \u2013 gobbledegook about \u201cInternational order\u201d and \u201cRules-based order\u201d Other pablum that tries portrays the U.S. Government to be an impartial, justice-oriented international judge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the same government that invaded Vietnam for no reason, invaded Iraq for no reason, overthrew Iran\u2019s democratically-elected government, overthrew Libya\u2019s government for no reason, and <em>Is currently involved in an illegal war on Syria.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Spare. Me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is important to grasp the meaning of something<\/p>\n<p>Washingtonians are complete idiots, and have no clue what the threat to nuclear war is.<\/p>\n<p>They think they are better than multi-megaton superweapons or radioactive fallout<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Posobiec \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1616934540781715456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-republicans-surrender-will-help-democrats-pass-1-7-trillion-spending-bill-45-billion-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: Republicans Surrender, Help Democrats Pass $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill, $45 Billion for Ukraine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>You can stop waiting!<\/h3>\n<p>It is not true that America has a national security concern over Crimea or Donbas. Even if we did, it wouldn&#8217;t be worth the loss of all life on Earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(Seriously. Do these people even realize how eager Russia is to take a final stand? They did an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2009\/09\/mf-deadhand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">actual, real-life Doomsday Machine<\/a> Straight out of <em>Dr. Strangelove<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>The worst thing is that a few otherwise rational, sane and well-meaning Republicans sound even inchoater and more unhinged than RussiaGate Democrats when they are told Odessa doesn&#8217;t deserve extinction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Wow! Are you a RUSSIA-loving savant? How many RUBLES are you making POOTIN pay??\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Baby, spare me. Go trade \u201cYou love Russia\u201d Talk points with Liz Cheney, Adam Schiff and Liz Cheney<\/p>\n<p>Or, you can try the <a href=\"https:\/\/theinternationallegion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website for the Ukraine Foreign Legion<\/a>. Don&#8217;t be afraid to spend your money.<\/p>\n<p>This country has concrete, real problems to solve. Take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/amazon-microsoft-google-parent-alphabet-top-growing-list-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing mass layoffs<\/a>This is a first! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/border-agents-confirm-1-2-million-gotaway-migrants-biden-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invasion at the southern border<\/a>, $31 <em>Trillion<\/em> in debt, decades-high inflation, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Border Patrol has been a blessing in the last three months. <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/border-patrol-agents-apprehend-38-known-terrorists-in-first-3-months-of-fy-2023\/?utm_source=home-headline-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught 38 \u2013 38! \u2013 known terrorists<\/a> The open border. How many fled? And you\u2019re worried about a country 6,000 miles away from here?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Paul the great pointed out that the days of Neoconservatism must come to an end. If not because it\u2019s such a self-evidently poor and destructive nonsense ideology, then because <em>we simply can\u2019t even afford it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>America <em>can<\/em> Avoid Rome&#8217;s fate. However, it means growing up. It involves paying our bills, taking care our country and lifting up our people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t mean bombing third-world countries into dust or pretending the world hinges on a speck of land most Americans can\u2019t even point out on a map.<\/p>\n<p>Or so-called \u201cexperts\u201d This is the right place to start:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since they are in violation of UN sanctions on Iran (UNSCR2231), it would be appropriate for them to be interdicted before they arrive. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tfSuhArPOA\">https:\/\/t.co\/tfSuhArPOA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kori Schake \ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 @korischake on post (@KoriSchake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KoriSchake\/status\/1587420003040739330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Is this person aware of the exact location of the Caspian Sea? At any rate\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations. Your leaders have taken us back to the Cold War brink 32 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I am fully aware that not everyone will agree with me. Some might even act violently. Be assured: It is not impossible\u00a0<em>Everywhere<\/em> American politician, European politicians, and most Ukraine-flag waving Democrats all agree with you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nearly everyone disagrees with me. There are no consequences, or any power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Ninety nine red balloons<\/em><br \/><em>Enjoy floating in the summer sky<\/em><br \/><em>Panic bells, it\u2019s red alert<\/em><br \/><em>There\u2019s something here from somewhere else<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The war machine is born<\/em><br \/><em>It opens one eye.<\/em><br \/><em>It&#8217;s best to focus it on the sky<\/em><br \/><em>Where ninety-nine red balloons go by*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*Lyrics from 99 Luftballons by Nena<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>This is the right time to support and share those sources you trust.<\/strong><br \/>The Political Insider is ranked #3 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/political_blogs\/\">Feedspot\u2019s<\/a> \u201c100 Best Political Blogs and Websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dr. Derek Ellerman We are in a little shop for toysBuy a bag of balloons with the money we\u2019ve gotAt the break of dawn, set them free\u2018Til one by one they were gone* The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (which many readers will be familiar with from the tumultuous days of the Cold War) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1823632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[8303,11361,4321,16418,11381,16417,16416,6990],"class_list":["post-1823629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-no","tag-11361","tag-climate","tag-clock","tag-doomsday","tag-hysterics","tag-midnight","tag-stands"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1823629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1823629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1823629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}