Apocalypse Now Open Thread

What’s with all the frivolity? Criminy 😉 But do you remember those childhood grossout jokes where you were presented with a choice between an option that was truly disgusting, and another that was merely deadly, and asked which one you’d rather do? Well, here’s that joke for adults:

Would you rather see a pre-emptive strike on Iran,

… or the not too distant disappearance of the incredible, shrinking arctic ice cap.