When Bush got the US into a war in the middle east, he at least did it after a terrorist attack on the US (which had nothing to do with Iraq, but he was able to fudge that part), and as a result of the stupidity of Americans, he had a 60+% approval rating at the time.

Trump didn’t even manage a false flag or anything, as a result, a lot of conservatives are pissed off about this. Probably not enough to crack the MAGA coalition, but every little bit chipped away from it helps. With margins in the senate and house so close, it’s actually possible that he could be stopped by congress and the US doesn’t become a failed state, instead merely becoming an illiberal democracy.

But, what I wonder is if this will actually win him any converts from the Democratic side. I bet there are ultra pro-Israel people who were formerly Democrats who actually think this is a good idea, and will now start supporting Trump. Still, I think he’s going to lose 90 MAGAs for every 10 Democrats he gains.

“Total global Civilizational Collapse by 2050” is being tossed around

By whom?

Idiots toss around a lot of stuff.

https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown

220 Republicans

212 Democrats

He can’t declare war, but he also doesn’t need to. Anybody old enough to remember Vietnam knows what’s up.

To be fair, Clinton did take advantage of an intern in a relationship where the power dynamic meant there could never be meaningful consent, and then he lied about it under oath.

Two things can be true: it was a political hit job where they were just out to get Clinton on anything they could. But also, Clinton did a shitty thing, was caught, then lied about it.

The cop at the protest yawns, unslings his 40mm LMT™ weapon, loads another rubber bullet into it, looks around the crowd for another reporter, aims, and shoots her in the head.

Idealistic youngling: “Wow, that cop just shot a woman in the head with a rubber bullet, he could totally be charged for that!”

The only thing you can do about it is lower my plan?

A 3 year old just learned how to walk. Tumbling is natural for them, it’s avoiding tumbling that’s the issue.

And the metre-long column of fire is just for funzies?

How many British Thermal Units does it require to heat one gill of water to 212F from a room temperature of 72F if you have a 1/2 horsepower electric kettle?

Also, the total number of Chromebooks sold worldwide is tiny compared with phones and tablets. Most kids have probably never seen a Chromebook, but virtually every kid has held and used a phone, a tablet or both.

If you want to blame Google, blame Android, not Chromebooks.

It is so wrong to talk about temperatures that are near boiling using fahrenheit.

WTF is happening in the second image? I need my tea making to be that dramatic.

It takes ages to get water to boil in there and can explode

Theoretically, if it’s an old-style microwave without one of those rotating trays, sure. But, “exploding” requires the water to be completely undisturbed as it’s heated beyond its boiling point. The smallest shake of the mug will disturb it enough that it just heats up and starts steaming/boiling normally if it gets hot.

I use an electric kettle so that I can heat green, oolong, black and herbal teas to the appropriate temps. But, I’m not scared of microwaves causing mugs of water to explode. It’s not that it’s impossible, but with modern microwaves with a rotating tray it goes from extremely uncommon to just not worth thinking about.

Doesn’t it depend on the amount of water?

How are you making hot chocolate with cold water? Lithium mixed in with the chocolate?

Yes, and then die when you’re shot because you pointed something gun-like at them.

a Brazilian jiu-jitsu school in Shelbyville, Tennessee, that offers classes to students as young as three years old.

This is just dumb. A 3-year old isn’t going to learn anything useful at a BJJ school. I hope that it’s really just daycare and parents aren’t being overcharged thinking their toddlers are learning self-defence.

“What makes them unique is the ‘wolves in sheep’s clothing’ approach, which aims at fooling law enforcement into believing Active Clubs are just about sports,”

Sure, it’s “law enforcement” who they’re fooling, because otherwise “law enforcement”, especially “law enforcement” in rural Tennessee would step in to protect the population from the racists. Right?

Also, shouldn’t these racists be focusing on HEMA, not a Brazilian version of a Japanese martial art?

This would never happen in Springfield.

Insert angry goose meme: “States’ rights to do what?”