Headlines

Trump calls for ousting GOP congressman from party ahead of coronavirus relief vote

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USA now leads world in cases ... Peak second week in April ...

New York Times blames evangelical Christians  for coronavirus

Poll: Majority approve of Trump’s coronavirus response, but more Americans say he was too slow to start

Trump criticizes GM, CEO Mary Barra for wanting ‘top  dollar’ for producing ventilators

UK rocked: Boris positive ...

Hundreds die in Iran after drinking poison ‘cure’ for coronavirus

Judge orders release of 10 immigration detainees from N.J. jails

Cramer sees oil plummeting below $20 per barrel

Federal Reserve’s balance sheet tops $5 trillion for first time ...

Dr. Deborah Birx steers away from making Doomsday prediction

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Tony Rodham, youngest brother of Hillary Clinton, dies

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SoCal quake swarm takes unexpected turn; Reason to worry ...

Google can’t dodge viewpoint discrimination lawsuit, court says

Iowa poll: Biden stretches lead over Sanders

Steven Mnuchin: Trump could renew tariff threat if Mexico doesn’t deliver on immigration

Age of ‘apocalypse anxiety’; Never stop worrying about doomsday ...

Nolte: More lies of omission found in Robert Mueller’s report

The looming physician shortage: How Americans will be affected

China reportedly summoned tech giants to warn against cooperating with Trump’s sales ban

Caravan funding coming from America ...

Pelosi opposes Mexico’s promise to keep migrant

Doomsday

Oxford University has spent considerable brainpower in assembling the probabilities of the world coming to an end … and has investigated twelve possible ways as outlined in a CNBC Story. These twelve catastrophic events ... with their Oxford-assigned probabilities [and my quick explanation in brackets for those of you who don’t do hyperlinks] are:

-        Unknown consequences – probability: 0.1% [“unc-uncs”]

-        Asteroid impact – probability: 0.00013%

-        Artificial intelligence – probability: 0-10%

-        Super volcano – probability: 0.00003%

-        Ecological collapse – probability: N/A [ala, Easter Island]

-        Bad global governance – probability: N/A [e.g., Obama rules]

-        Global system collapse – probability: N/A [12^th Imam arrives]

-        Extreme climate change – probability: 0.01% [Al Gore is right]

-        Nuclear war – probability: 0.005%

-        Global pandemic – probability: 0.0001% [Ebola, etc.]

-        Synthetic biology – probability: 0.01% [frankenfoods, etc.]

-        Nanotechnology – probability: 0.01%

Now, for whatever reason, mankind is going through a period of considerable hand-wringing over such possible events (perhaps because we now have it so good) … but, as can be seen by the deductions and inductions of these Oxford dons, we should pay the most attention to the dweebs in Silicon Valley for our possible ultimate undoing. (I actually think that social media technology is well on its way.)