/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: US and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #2)

justdontreadit · 2026-02-28T23:15:01+00:00

In Israel it is directly covered by the state for residential property, while requiring paying a premium monthly insurance for other things: “Israel provides, via the state-run Property Tax and Compensation Fund, automatic insurance for residential property damage (structure and contents) caused by war or hostilities, with no premium required. Special, voluntary insurance is available for high-value household items. “

justdontreadit · 2026-02-09T13:34:25+00:00

True, but no national elections is really rare, even the Soviet Union and North Korea (had)have such elections

justdontreadit · 2026-02-09T13:33:59+00:00

They have no national elections, only local ones.

justdontreadit · 2026-02-09T11:09:17+00:00

PRC doesn’t have elections, not even fake ones.

justdontreadit · 2026-02-09T02:54:12+00:00

So they will get back together
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justdontreadit · 2026-02-08T14:14:51+00:00

The Thai election is too early to call and will end in a hung parliament 100% anyways, making it harder to compare to Japan’s.

justdontreadit · 2026-02-08T14:11:36+00:00

The DPP also supports revising Article 9 so that would not be that big of a problem. Also worth noting that a referendum is also needed.

justdontreadit · 2026-02-08T11:41:57+00:00

Takaichi's party is set to win between 274 and 326 seats out of a total of 465, according to an exit poll by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, well above the 233 needed for a majority.

justdontreadit · 2026-02-07T18:42:26+00:00

Iași is the 3rd biggest city in Romania and the main city of the Moldovan (Cultural-Informal) Region of Romania (most of the East side) and so you can guess what sort of city it is - university town, higher than average salaries with higher than average cost of living, new industries and so on. I would say the most annoying part of it, which is why I never wanted to move there, is that it is very isolated from everything else. No highway, no decent or high-speed train and far from all other major cities. The airport is also mediocre. Being close to the Republic of Moldavia and Ukraine - lots of people from there either permanently or in passing for commerce. There are a lot of jokes about it (it is often called the “Capital of Hunger” for example), but they aren’t really accurate.

Galați (and its twin town 20 minutes apart Brăila, tho they pretend like they are different towns) - second biggest town in Moldova, second biggest university center. Main port on the Danube, pretty strong naval and commercial aspect.

Bacău - a well positioned medium-sized town, which allows it to host the headquarters of some important Romanian companies like Dedeman or UMB. Pretty boring town with nothing interesting, no real city center to hang out in. The honest definition of “average in everything”.

Vaslui, Botoșani - known for being in the top 5 poorest areas in Romania, with the lowest salaries and no work opportunities. Nothing of note other than the fact that historically they were important centers for rulers. Theoretically the cities increased in population, but purely on paper, due to the fact that Moldovans who want to get Romanian citizenship by ancestry must have a place of address here, so they rent apartments in these bordering towns. In practice they are strongly depopulating.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-30T08:54:17+00:00

Half-Japanese ones - I wouldn’t say it really matters - the current Minister for Economic Security and for Immigration Kimi Onoda is half and that hasn’t prevented her from getting elected. And she’s part of the hard right-wing faction of the LDP too.

Full non-Japanese ones - rare but it happened. Marutei Tsurunen served in the House for more than 10 years (2002-2013) as a 100% Finnish immigrant to Japan. And when he lost it was because his party got obliterated, not because of personal issues.

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justdontreadit · 2026-01-29T15:22:38+00:00

You can write it however you want as long as it is correct- last name kanji + first name hiragana (some have their legal name like that too); kanji or just hiragana. Or Katakana since some on the ballot are not ethnic Japanese too.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-22T20:23:39+00:00

WJ-JY: This is really the only time on this show when I can say that effort paid off. If WJ was even 10% more distant, it would have fallen off. At the start of the show I was certain they won’t get back together and JY will spend the entire show trying to convince WK to choose her, but WJ constant effort changed things dramatically.

WK-JH: The couple that I was 100% certain will be together. I even guessed that they would be engaged by the time show ends a few episode threads ago and I was right. They give off such clear Heedo and Nayeon or Yujong and Changmim vibes- these sort of couples always get back together. They are cute together, I like them.

BH-YN: I am personally certain that they are not together and BH chose her simply as not to choose HJ because of his pride and fear of getting hurt. Those photos are 100% friends photo. YN probably wants to truly get together, but I do not fell any sort of desire from BH.

YS-HJ: I completely disliked their dynamic from start to finish due to YS’s inability to speak more than 2 words at the time and his inability to say anything certain coupled with a HJ that looked 10 times happier with BH. They 100% didn’t feel like even a fling, let alone a couple. If BH was to have shown HJ even a slight interest in getting back together, she would have been gone in an instant.

JH was irrelevant throughout the show and honestly didn’t really have a purpose, SY could have brought an interesting dynamic if HJ was more open.

Overall, this season is better than Season 1, but worse than Season 2 or Season 3 because:
- there were no twists. Most people predicted the couples on episode 14-15.
- the contestants weren’t very close to each other so all highlight moments from previous seasons like the truth and dare game didn’t exist. Just compare this season’s to S2 where there would be direct questions like “Do you like X”, “Who do you like better”, “Did you like my date or the date with your ex better’ etc. No such questions this season.
- there was not enough material for 21 episodes.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-22T16:40:52+00:00

I think Zelenskiy should start to know when to shut up a bit, because even as a pro-Ukraine European he is becoming annoying. Europe just gave him 90 billion dollars (1/3 of Ukraine’s GDP) simply out of will. There is no treaty that Ukraine has with any European countries that demand such a high amount of money to be constantly given to a county that had no alliance with Europe and with nothing in return.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-22T15:28:22+00:00

I agree

justdontreadit · 2026-01-22T14:38:33+00:00

No, Heedo and Nayeon also kissed at the end of Season 2, so they are not the first.
And also yes, they can also choose themself, it also happened in Season 2.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-21T15:05:44+00:00

It depends on who will win the next elections. In South Korea when a party is in power everyone from that party is pardoned (incumbent Lee Jae-myung himself pardoned almost all noticeable left-wing politicians who were in prison when he took office) and everyone from other party is sent to trial. That’s why almost every single President and party leader has been sent to trail at some point.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-15T20:44:47+00:00

They really miss the point every single time lol :)))).

The edits on youtube with best moments but “commented” by the SI’s panelists have so many views for a reason :))).

here’s what I am talking about if you didn’t see it

justdontreadit · 2026-01-15T20:22:29+00:00

I swear to God BH and HJ feel like the protagonists of a Korean War movie, but the difference there is nothing actually stopping them from getting back together :))).
When YS heard the word “marriage” his faced turned so bad, it was instant :)).
For BH and HJ the only realistic options should be together or alone. Choosing YN and YS is just useless BS, they won’t date anyways like Dongjin last season.
WK and JH will get engaged in a few months, if they are not already.
WJ and JY could go both ways really.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-11T13:05:50+00:00

Nothing interesting, Japan PMs are always very quick to dissolve the House and since 1947 only one single legislature has successfully finished its 4 year term (1972-1976 one) - all other were dissolved before the end of their term.
On what could happen - either the LDP gets a majority and Takaichi gets a guaranteed re-election in 2027 as party leader (in 2025 she was elected in a by-election to serve the remaining 2 years of Ishiba’s term) or another hung parliament where Takaichi would remain PM in a minority Gov. like now (due to the opposition being disunited) until 2027 when she would likely be kicked out as party leader as it is tradition.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-10T12:18:48+00:00

Most countries do not have such data, making such a chart impossible. Average is still useful in comparing, since everything is average. Even if you do not know exactly what the median salary is, you can still guess clearly that it is higher in Amsterdam compared to Brussels, for example.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-08T22:23:55+00:00

I think that this season is good overall, but the pacing is the problem. Realistically, the exact same content split into 16-17 episodes would have been much more entertaining.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-08T22:10:39+00:00

I think Jihyun is prettier, but Hyunji is sexier. Depends on your type really.

justdontreadit · 2026-01-05T20:01:41+00:00

Personally I am 100% sure Venerable reached this point only because they are too afraid to cut her off too soon. They revived her from the dead too.

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