I Feel Fine

I'm on a bit of an REM kick over here at TTL and whilst listening to the neo-classic REM hit "It's the End of the World as We Know It" I recalled an email that came across this week from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. For those of you who may not know, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had worked on the Manhattan Project and were deeply concerned about the use of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. In 1947 the Bulletin introduced its clock to convey the perils posed by nuclear weapons through a simple design. It currently stands at 7 minutes to midnight.

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) will move the minute hand of the "Doomsday Clock" on January 17, 2007, the first such change to the Clock since February 2002. The major new step reflects growing concerns about a "Second Nuclear Age" marked by grave threats, including: nuclear ambitions in Iran and North Korea, unsecured nuclear materials in Russia and elsewhere, the continuing "launch-ready" status of 2,000 of the 25,000 nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and Russia, escalating terrorism, and new pressure from climate change for expanded civilian nuclear power that could increase proliferation risks.

But me.... I feel fine.

+ REM — It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)