It’s not unheard of for a sitting President to get a boost, sometimes a large boost, when they become a “wartime President.” Do you suppose our Feckless Misleader thinks HE will get a popularity boost by starting a war? There’s no legitimate reason for his actions in Iran. Most of the excuses we’ve been offered don’t make any sense. But the one we haven’t heard about? An attempted popularity boost? Yeah, that seems like exactly the kind of manipulative thing he would try.

Then again, maybe being a “wartime President” means he gets to try to cancel the mid-terms he’s so afraid of right now. Either way, the attack is a distraction, not the proper response of a country that has been attacked. We weren’t. We would have noticed.

I guess it’s just bad luck for the soldiers who die in the coming months (years?) that he just HAD to rape kids so many years ago…

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I read on Tuesday that if Paramount Skydance acquires Warner Bros. Discovery, HBO Max and Paramount+ would be combined into a single streaming platform. It said the platform would have over 200 million direct to consumer subscribers. Will it, though?

The whole point of Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery is to turn Warner Bros Discovery into a conservative propaganda shithole. I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to find something better to do with my money than subscribe to pretty much any of their services…

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Okay, if you’re going to start an illegal and unconstitutional war, shouldn’t you have made some plans for it? Like, how do we get Americans out of the combat area? Team Evil waited until the bombs started falling before realizing people might need to get out of harm’s way. They did suggest using busses, because busses are a great way to move people around combat zones.

Retired Major General Randy Manner has pointed out that the US State Department isn’t in a position to help Americans evacuate because of all of the widespread budget slashing that left the embassies far too short on personnel. That is to say, Team Evil’s earlier stupidity set the stage for the stupidity of today.

One of the scarier lines I’ve heard about the war is how short it’s going to be. I can’t say it won’t. I’m not good at predicting the future. What I CAN say is that governments commonly declare wars will be short and decisive. “Oh, we’ll have this settled in a few weeks.” Three years, four years, five years, ten years later, we’re still fighting.

Whiskey Pete: “We didn’t start this war, but under President Trump we are finishing it.” I think that’s a straight up lie. I think “we” DID start this war. Israel and the US initiated a joint operation, a first strike. They didn’t even have a decent reason. I think we’re currently on “Oh, they were going to attack us.” Uh-huh. Prove it.

There are questions about the action in Iran. IS it a war? Since it’s illegal for the President to start a war without the consent of Congress (We’re pretending laws still apply in this shithole MAGAmerica), normally illegal wars are called anything, everything else. “No,” we’re told, “this isn’t a war. It’s a police action. Except our current crop of misleaders. Both Felon 47, himself, and Whiskey Pete Hegseth have referred to events in Iran as a war.

Trump held a presser to talk about his stupid war in Iran. Obviously, that must include ramblings and ravings about curtains and a ballroom. Apparently, it was important to remind us that he likes gold. Yeah, we know.

Senator Markwayne Mullin referred to the memories of the horrors of war and how, once they’ve been experienced, one never forgets, despite the fact that Mullin has never seen combat personally, nor has he even served in the military. Then, more than once, he praised the fact that we have “President Hegseth” running things. Then he went on to confirm that Congress can still declare war on Iraq. No, I wrote what he said, “Iraq.” One would think he would at least know where the war he supports is being fought. The quality of our current “leadership” is breathtakingly, astonishingly dumbfounding…

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The White House has offered up it’s first excuse about why Barron “can’t” serve: he’s too tall. So, obviously, someone finds a service member who is taller and points out that if HE can serve, Barron can serve. SLAP! That excuse falls to the ground, ruined. I guess Barron is about to develop a serious case of bone spurs – just like his cowardly daddy and all the Drumpf/Trump cowards before him…

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Remember early on when the Trump team was attacking law firms? President Pedo sanctioned the firms using Executive Orders as punishment for representing people Donny doesn’t like – and the law firms rolled over and showed their bellies. These were supposed to be some of the best law firms in the country and they didn’t even have the cojones to defend themselves? Then, to make matters worse, some firms that hadn’t even been attacked volunteered to roll over.

Now the courts have struck down the Executive Orders and Team Evil is not going to fight it. I would never do business with any of those firms. They wouldn’t even fight to defend themselves, what should I expect them to do for me?

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Boy, these MAGA really, REALLY hate the US Constitution, don’t they? I mean, that’s their right, under said Constitution but it’s still surprising they would just toss away their country. No war powers act? I’d suggest they go live in Russia, but it seems Russia is coming to live here…

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In the 1970’s, women had this idea that they were primarily interested in “men who could cry.” Yes, that’s a little simplified, but not much. I called myself the 1970’s era, prototypical, Alan Alda-style sensitive male. Guys heard the message from the ladies. Guys, being guys, realized that if they wanted to get laid, they’d have to be more sensitive. Guys started crying. Surprisingly (or not), guys started finding themselves “friend-zoned,” too. It turned out, women wanted a man who could cry, just so long as he never effing did.

Now, young guys seem to have gone in the opposite direction. Young men have adopted this ‘you’ll do as I say, woman’ attitude. They’ve been influenced by so-called Alpha Male podcasters and have adopted the male-as-dominant attitude championed by cretins everywhere. Women, on the other hand, have not. Women decided in the 1960’s they were probably equal to (or even better than) men and, as of this writing, they haven’t seen any reason to change that stance.

I’m going to bet that the rise in what is called “incel” culture is directly related to the chasm. “Incel” is short for “involuntarily celibate.” This should not be a surprise to young men. You can’t expect a positive response to your “Bitches ought to know their place” attitude. It turns out, women DO know their place and it ain’t under your thumb – and it isn’t going to be in your bed, either. Perhaps they never heard the joke.

A man and a woman get married. On their wedding night, the man hands the woman his pants and says, “Here, put these on.”
She says, “I can’t wear your pants.”
He replies, “That’s right. I’m the man of the house, I wear the pants, and you need to remember that.” The woman goes into the bathroom to finish getting ready for bed. When she comes out, shes’ wearing a full, flannel nightgown, that reaches from neck to ankle. She hands her new husband her panties and says, “Here, put these on.”
He says, “I can’t get into your panties!”
She says, “That’s right. And you won’t as long as you have that attitude!”

I suspect this hyper-macho pretense is a problem that will work itself out over time…