At war and not at war

The birthday parade was a big beautiful bust, but on Saturday Grandpa finally got his boner.  Apparently the details were withheld from him and from his chatty DefSec, in a half-hearted attempt to keep everyone with access to Truth Social from knowing, but when the B-2's headed for Guam it was clear they weren't assisting with Bibi's urban renewal project in Gaza.  They were helping out with his new war.

J.D. Vance clarified that "We are not at war with Iran.  We're at war with Iran's nuclear program," a distinction without a difference.  By then, Tulsi Gabbard decided that she misspoke when she told the Senate Iran was "not building" nuclear weapons, blaming the "dishonest media" for reporting her words.  What she meant to say was "THEY'RE HOURS AWAY FROM NUKING PALM BEACH!"  She still has a job today.  Unfortunately, so has Trump.  According to the Times, the Pentagon was so afraid he'd spill (after telling the G7 he had to deal with something "much bigger" and suggesting that "everyone should evacuate Tehran!") that they scrambled two flights of B-2 bombers from Missouri, "one flying east and one flying west."  I think Iran figured it out, although the westbound bombers could have been headed for the governor's residence in Sacramento.  This must be what it was like to live under boy kings in medieval England.  It's not reassuring that "DONAKD J. TRUMP" posted this:

Iran's ally Russia took note:  "Everything depends on what Iran needs.  We have offered out mediation efforts," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, which I take to mean, "We're a little low on weapons and we're importing more troops from North Korea, you're on your own."  Iran fired some token missiles at the US base near Doha, Qatar.  The blowhard boasting from both sides is real rumble-in-the-jungle stuff, with Iran huffing, "You may start this war but we will be the ones to end it!" and Trump puffing, "Obliteration is an accurate term!"  Put them away and zip up, boys.  The real missile war is the one between Iran and Israel.  Let's hope our "golden dome" works better than their iron one.

The long-forbidden term "regime change" keeps surfacing.  Is that the US goal?  Depends whether you ask Trump or his Cabinet of Dunces.  One thing never changes:  dissent is doubleplus ungood.  From Kentucky MAGA stalwart Thomas Massie tweeted one sentence:

You would think he wrote it in Farsi.  "MAGA doesn't want him, doesn't know him and doesn't respect him...a simple minded 'grandstander' who thinks it's good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling 'DEATH TO AMERICA' at every chance they get."  Imagine if Massie was a Democrat.  Or a journalist:

Note clever homophobic slur of Anderson ("Allison") Cooper.  He's a multi-hater!  So now Real MAGA must choose between Trump and the Constitution, a choice that has always been probable.

Reminded that her job extends beyond assaulting nursing mothers and arresting elected officials, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has ordered several new outfits and issued her first Terrorism Advisory Bulletin warning of "low level cyberattacks against US networks by pro-Iranian hacktivists [sic]" along with "acts of violence and antisemitic hate crimes."  Ignore all other hate crimes (see above).  Too bad DHS has already blown through its budget deporting landscapers and fry cooks.  A prolonged heat wave is predicted for much of the US, so if your power goes off, it's not necessarily terror.  You especially, Texas.

Amid reports of widespread GPS jamming and electronic interference, oil tankers are turning away from the Strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world's oil is controlled by Iran.  Trump may soon have to stop lying about $1.25 gas in Missibama.  Could be just what the Russian energy sector needs, though.  Lots of things to consider with all this bombing apart from the needs of one impotent 79-year-old.  

No-exception abortion bans like Florida's turn out to be more flexible than is generally known.  Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Ofcourse) was diagnosed in May 2024 with an ectopic pregnancy, meaning the fetus was dead and she soon could be.  When the hospital hesitated to administer methotrexate for termination, she pulled up the state law on her phone and threatened to call the governor.  If only all women were that resourceful.  Cammack insists that "what I went through wasn't an abortion," but it certainly sounds like one.  She promises to "stand with any woman...and fight for them to be able to get care" in a similar situation.  Not with those sluts who just choose to end a normal pregnancy, of course.  And presumably not for Adriana Smith of Atlanta, whose baby was delivered this month after she was declared brain dead in February.  Life support kept her body alive like an incubator.  Maybe I should take another look at Brave New World.  And maybe Rep. Cammack and her colleagues should stay out of other people's most personal decisions.