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(04-18-2026, 06:43 AM)andy06shake Wrote: The media reports look sound, which you obviously did not read all 4 of.
Again, the Strait of Hormuz appears closed to anyone Iran does not wish to pass.
Ever consider that those tankers paid the toll?
And i did not realize that Cruise ships were on the menu...
Nobody has paid the ransom “toll”.
Are you not looking at the live marine traffic yet?
Tankers in and out.
Cruise ships finally transiting.
It does not look closed.
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(04-18-2026, 06:48 AM)Vermilion Wrote: Nobody has paid the ransom “toll”.
Are you not looking at the live marine traffic yet?
Tankers in and out.
Cruise ships finally transiting.
It does not look closed.
I looked at your map in your first post.
You, on the other hand, did not even bother to glance at any of the four articles or both videos that confirm the reports that the Strait of Hormuz is once again closed or severely dangerous to traverse.
There are reports of tankers under attack.
And how would you know what has or has not been paid?
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-...rcna340767
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/202...uz-us-oil/
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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(04-18-2026, 06:55 AM)andy06shake Wrote: I looked at your map in your first post.
You, on the other hand, did not even bother to glance at any of the four articles or both videos that confirm the reports that the Strait of Hormuz is once again closed or severely dangerous to traverse.
Again, there are reports of tankers under attack.
And how would you know what has or has not been paid?
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/AjKokBJBcgY]
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lR4AcaUBGg]
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyFELzTJPn0]
I’ve seen the reports of gunfire.
I’m also looking at the live marine traffic in Hormuz and see tankers and cruise ships transiting the Strait.
Nobody has paid the toll.
The only stories about ships that supposedly paid it have been debunked.
“Ships are paying the toll” is an OP.
Extortion 101.
You don’t need to actually collect the first toll if you can convince everyone else that someone already paid.
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(04-18-2026, 07:09 AM)Vermilion Wrote: I’ve seen the reports of gunfire.
I’m also looking at the live marine traffic in Hormuz and see tankers and cruise ships transiting the Strait.
Nobody has paid the toll.
The only stories about ships that supposedly paid it have been debunked.
“Ships are paying the toll” is an OP.
Extortion 101.
You don’t need to actually collect the first toll if you can convince everyone else that someone already paid.
Debunked by who?
Again, I can't see how you could claim to know what's being paid or to whom?
And if you have seen the reports of gunfire from Reuters, no less.
Then i suggest the area may indeed be once again closed or dangerous...
Iran says the Strait is open, but its conditional and restricted.
And if that is the case, then it hardly equates to anyone can pass unencumbered or unmolested.
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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(04-18-2026, 07:13 AM)andy06shake Wrote: Debunked by who?
Again, I can't see how you could claim to know what's being paid or to whom?
And if you have seen the reports of gunfire.
Then i suggest the area may indeed be once again closed or dangerous...
How closed and dangerous is it when 4 cruise ships just now rolled through there?
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Well that didn't last very long !!
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(04-18-2026, 07:20 AM)Vermilion Wrote: How closed and dangerous is it when 4 cruise ships just now rolled through there?
It's not cruise ships they are after it's tankers and other cargo carriers, as you well know...
Destroying a cruise liner would just make them look bad.
I mean, those optics are rather clear...
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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(04-18-2026, 05:37 AM)andy06shake Wrote: And the strait is closed again.
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYZAszfqfRw]
[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4os4Rx-ARDM]
What a fecking palaver...
Anybody got any confirmation from U.S. officials????
Newsweek DOES or do they LOL
when will the missiles fly again???
get a load from "the sources"....
Quote:Iran’s military has reimposed “strict control” of the Strait of Hormuz over President Donald Trump’s continuing naval blockade.
“Iran agreed to allow a limited number of ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz according to agreements. But the US did not fulfil their obligations. So, the Strait of Hormuz is now closed again and passage requires Iran approval,” Iran’s joint military command said on Saturday, according to the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB.
Newsweek article *sourced* as predicted
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(04-18-2026, 07:26 AM)govshill2 Wrote: Anybody got any confirmation from U.S. officials????
Newsweek DOES or do they LOL 
when will the missiles fly again??? 
get a load from "the sources".... 

I honestly can't see what you find funny about it.
You may wish to see what your own beloved Fox has to say on the matter.
Again, by the looks of it, the Hormuz Strait is once again closed and there are reports of gunfire on at least two vessels.
It is what it is, and that would be a sh#t show...
"Yet so it is, we see the illiterate bulk of mankind that walk the high-road of plain common sense, and are governed by the dictates of nature, for the most part easy and undisturbed. To them nothing that is familiar appears unaccountable or difficult to comprehend."
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(04-18-2026, 07:22 AM)andy06shake Wrote: It's not cruise ships they are after it's tankers and other cargo carriers, as you well know...
Destroying a cruise liner would just make them look bad.
I mean, those optics are rather clear...
All morality police and killing 40,000 protestors aside, Iran already looks bad for attempting to hold the strait hostage and making the world get fleeced at the pump.
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