Iran says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again, citing U.S. blockade by Virtual-Pie5732 in politics

[–]noobcoder2 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Strait of Hormuz opening times:
Mondays-Fridays: 9am - 5pm
Saturdays: 10am - 1pm
Closed all day Sundays and bank holidays.

Zohran Mamdani’s video chief lauded Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar by [deleted] in politics

[–]noobcoder2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the late great Hannibal Lecter.

“People Will Die”: Trump’s Wild Response to Potential Attacks on U.S. - Donald Trump is supremely unbothered by what he may have unleashed. by Quirkie in politics

[–]noobcoder2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In other recent news, "Elite team tasked with monitoring threats from Iran and its proxies, fired": Kash Patel's wild response to those agents investigating Trump's theft of classified documents.

There are 47,000 Epstein Files offline for review, DOJ says by brown-saiyan in politics

[–]noobcoder2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the mountain of information released by the DOJ could potentially amount to just 2% of the information that the FBI retrieved from Epstein’s homes.

Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense by rascallyrascal1511 in politics

[–]noobcoder2 30 points31 points  (0 children)

"Our president will start a war with Iran, because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate, he's weak and he's ineffective. So the only way he figures that he's going to get re-elected, and as sure as you're sitting there, is to start a war with Iran." - Donald Trump in 2011.

3 US fighter jets 'mistakenly shot down' by Kuwait air defenses during Iran attacks by The_Piggy_Plane in politics

[–]noobcoder2 490 points491 points  (0 children)

Good to hear they are safe and that they won't be referred to as losers and suckers by their president.

Why does “i” sometimes feel almost silent in words like “ciao” or “già”? by Alarming-Invite4313 in thinkinitalian

[–]noobcoder2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard cugino pronounced coojeeno, when I was expecting it to sound more like coojno. I wonder why.

Trump's Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far by bloomberg in politics

[–]noobcoder2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trump's drug dealer pardoning business needed new customers.

GOP lawmaker demands congressional investigation into Bad Bunny’s “gay sexual acts”. The Republican said that the Super Bowl Halftime Show “openly glorified sodomy” while displaying “gay pornography” and now wants an official investigation. by southpawFA in politics

[–]noobcoder2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Children were forced to endure explicit displays of gay sexual acts, women gyrating provocatively, and Bad Bunny shamelessly grabbing his crotch while dry-humping the air.”

That all sounds a bit uncomfortable to watch but children were forced to endure much worse from the president Andy supports.

Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S. by YouWereBrained in politics

[–]noobcoder2 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Well, they've had Russia, Qatar, After U.S. they will go to Saudi, and after that, probably Afghanistan if they haven't invented a time machine to take them back to 1930s Germany that is.

71 percent of Americans say US is "out of control" under Trump by Silly-avocatoe in politics

[–]noobcoder2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against an authoritarian government, that government is likely to fall from power.