In universe, there were at the very least an upswing in Muggle-killings and Dementor attacks, but Muggles usually write such things off as "bridge collapses" or "gas leaks".

It has been heavily implied that that was the case:

It has been strongly hinted that there were connections between the power of Gellert Grindelwald and that of WWII Germany, so it's possible.

Rowling has stated that the rise of Grindelwald and the start of WWII are not unrelated. He might not have been a Nazi himself, but she's strongly implied that he helped the Nazis in some way as part of his plans.

I wouldn't mind Disqus so much if (1) it hadn't gotten rid of comment sections indexed by page number in favor of a semi-functional "Load more comments" button that helps you not at all if you want to find a specific thread and (2) if they didn't try to redirect me to their site half the time I want to see someone's…

More lies from the lame-stream media! Everyone knows that b. HUSSEIN OBUMMER is secretly gay-married!

I think there's an ointment for that.

I feel terrible for upvoting this, but I'll do it anyway.

#NotAllDictatorships

He succeeded!

In pharoahness, the roles probably aren't that good.

something something Mitt Romney.

What's the Morello plot hole?

Have you tried using an unblocker? They're useful for watching Netflix's Canadian and UK selection from the US, though it might be trickier if you don't have an account yet.

I've heard that arrangement before, but my favorite Sesame Street method for counting to twelve is this one:

1) GMOs are evaluated on a case by case basis, and so far, no cases on the market have been found to be harmful in any way.
2) The testing standards for GMO foods have been found to be safe and effective by multiple peer-reviewed studies and reports.
3) Study of these foods have been ongoing since they began being…

Found it!

I like a lot of his policy positions (so of course I'd vote for him), but I've been kind of annoyed with him since he ran for Senate instead of governor.

I totally agree that there are ethical questions to be raised in regards to how companies are using genetically modified crops (eg, programmed seed destruction, suing people who save seed for violating patents, etc), but there's nothing up for debate about how they are or are not medically dangerous.

Can we really blame the President for the bottomless well of stupidity that is the American public?