The Dave Bowman Show

90 Seconds to Midnight


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Since 1947, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have been telling us how much time we have as a species by annual showing us a clock face with the hands approaching midnight. This is used to symbolize the idea that we are almost about to doom ourselves for a variety of reasons ranging from hydrogen bombs to Vladimir Putin. No... I am not kidding.
The thing is that since 1947, they have been entirely and utterly... well... wrong. If I had been 100% wrong for more than half a century, I'd like to think that I'd start wondering if I was doing this right?
I told you a few days back that every single elected official in this country has Classified Documents in their offices, homes, etc. A thirteen hour search of the Presidents home determined that there were even more documents from his time as VEEP, while the last VEEP decided to jump into the game by outing himself as yet another political figure that never cared about or followed any of the rules that you would got to prison over.
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The Dave Bowman ShowBy Dave Bowman