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Dunc

(161 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:20 AM 3 hrs ago

Jared and Steve made me do it.

F.F.S. We went to war on the advice of two real estate developers. Apologies in being late to the daily bitch sessions .
I’m catching up on the news i been having some long days at work.
And it just keeps getting worse as the news is now saying. Iran has laid mines in the straits.
I’m very doubtful that this administration ever took the possibility of mining the straits into consideration.

https://youtube.com/shorts/YlkcOjSQVJk?si=AIyRC9oOCtPIs9h0

https://ktvz.com/news/iran-conflict/2026/03/10/iran-begins-laying-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz-sources-say/

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Jared and Steve made me do it. (Original Post) Dunc 3 hrs ago OP
I used to love being a newshound Skittles 3 hrs ago #1
I understand Skittles. Dunc 3 hrs ago #2
Also a blatant conflict of interest no_hypocrisy 3 hrs ago #3
T, at least, probably thought this would be like a t.v. episode or two- mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #4
Regarding the mining of the Strait... GiqueCee 37 min ago #5
Just keep those ckecks coming to multigraincracker 36 min ago #6
T & co. have made us a target, or a bigger target. Jimi du Ranty 13 min ago #7

Skittles

(171,146 posts)
1. I used to love being a newshound
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:26 AM
3 hrs ago

now I just DREAD what I will be reading - Trump and his shit show collaborating with fucking Netanyahu, JFC

no_hypocrisy

(54,773 posts)
3. Also a blatant conflict of interest
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:31 AM
3 hrs ago

Jared and his family were and are very close to Bibi Netanyahu.

Undue influence if not coercive control.

mwmisses4289

(3,881 posts)
4. T, at least, probably thought this would be like a t.v. episode or two-
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 06:19 AM
2 hrs ago

a day or two of bombing, he swoops in and "ends" it with his brilliant diplomacy and deal making abilities, the epstein scandal is forgotten, the economy starts to improve, everybody praises him for his brilliance and "winning" the war, he gets his peace prize, and he goes down as the greatest prezzie of all time.

He was already showing signs of being bored of this mess of his and his admins creation by the third day. It's not going according to whatever script he and his folks have written. Reality has taken over, it isn't being nice to him, and he can't deal with Reality.

GiqueCee

(3,932 posts)
5. Regarding the mining of the Strait...
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:04 AM
37 min ago

... you're absolutely right that neither he, nor anyone else in his confederacy of dunces, thought that far ahead. But then, the Orange Tumor has never thought beyond the end of his Captain Toad-shaped johnson. But you can be sure that he's delighted with the chaos he's caused; that's what he lives for. The turmoil in the Middle East is spreading like wildfire, and soon engulf Europe as well, in all likelihood.
The law of unintended consequences is about to go supernova.

Jimi du Ranty

(47 posts)
7. T & co. have made us a target, or a bigger target.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:28 AM
13 min ago

As a former nuclear bomb shelter inspector,
I won't bother painting the house this year.

The terrorist-in-chief is making us less safe.

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