Timber (Zero 2)

 
My deadline approaches, but there is nothing that looks like Space War awareness in the news.
 
The code continues to be "Cherry Pop", marking that point where there is broad public awareness of the existence of Space War, and clearly the public is still virgin in that respect.
 
While my deadline is 9 p.m. California time, this "Timber Zero" day continues until 12 midnight reaches the International Date Line, so America's blissful ignorance about Space War could still be lost within the time frame expected in this countdown.
 
In the news, the Scary Pope has accomplished exactly what he wanted to accomplish, sending the human race back to the 14th Century; the Popeye spinach scare expands, the source of the problem remaining a mystery; the hedge market bubble is said to have popped; and the smell of smoke on the space station, while suspiciously smelling of Space War, seems to have been minor news.