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March 24, 2022
Open Thread 2022-33 (Not Ukraine)

News and views NOT related to Ukraine …

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I am seeing Reuters reporting that the Houthis have bombed Saudi oil storage facilities…..
And quotes from a ZH posting

Saudi state sources on Saturday said the Saudi coalition thwarted another attempted Houthi attack on oil tankers off Yemen’s coast. SPA said Saudi forces have destroyed explosive-laden boats which were being prepared for an “imminent attack on oil tankers” in Yemen’s Saleef port and Hodeidah port.
At least four “weaponized boats” belonging to the “Iran-banked Houthis” were neutralized, according Saudi military statements. It’s part of an ongoing retaliation operation following Friday’s major missile and drone attack against several oil and infrastructure sites in the kingdom’s south, which set a large fire at a Jeddah Aramco facility.
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The Saudi energy ministry had meanwhile said the kingdom will “not be held responsible” for any shortage of oil supplies to global markets caused by the attacks, which in the past weeks have ramped up.
The Houthi missiles have threatened Jeddah’s second ever major Formula Grand Prix event…
“Drivers continued to practice Friday night even as the smoke billowed in the distance,” according to reports. Amid the alarm that the inbound missiles caused, it was determined the race will go on: “The decision to race was made only after an hours-long meeting where several drivers shared serious safety concerns with organizers, according to reports.”

How high will oil prices go on Monday?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 26 2022 18:23 utc | 101

Just gonna lay this here
yer welcome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BneeJTDcU

Posted by: ld | Mar 26 2022 22:35 utc | 102

I just read a ZH posting that was linked back to Almost nakedcapitalism
Below is a quote from the smarmy piece about digital curriencies

A CBDC system would be radically simplified. A customer would open an account directly with a country’s central bank, and the central bank would issue (create) digital money in the account. Crucially, this makes the money a direct liability of the Fed, rather than of a private bank.

Those of us without our head up our ass know that the Fed is private so maybe not so radical then…….this is what you get at Almost nakedcapitalism

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 26 2022 23:57 utc | 103

Go to ZH and look for the following posting title
Daily Mail Drops Hunter Biden Emails Linking Him To Ukraine Biolab Funding
OR
Go to the Daily Mail and read the original

Posted by: psychohistorian | Mar 27 2022 0:02 utc | 104

Karlof1 & other mariners
Just a general observation and some perceived wisdom.
Many years ago I asked a very old Dutch/Australian see captain, who I respected, “how is it that the yachting/cruising people are so cool, are the cool people attracted to this boating lifestyle?”
The answer was, “boats are very small places and the assholes are kicked off at the next port”.

Posted by: Paul | Mar 27 2022 7:38 utc | 106

Hunziker’s lapse into adventurous English grammar only accentuates the anguish of cryospheric observers, watching East Antarctica (mighty Thwaites and the legendary PIG) packing a premature punch this March:

Indeed, if Antarctica continues beating climate models by first lopping off a few centuries and then lopping off decades, and now who knows what the outcome will be or when it’ll happen.

Antarctica on Edge

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Mar 28 2022 18:56 utc | 107

Clarification: Thwaites and PIG are great big vulnerable glaciers in West Antarctica. Though the unexpected Conger Ice Shelf collapse was on the other end, the more immediate threat of sudden, permanent Sea Level Rise would be from the other side. (Confession: I’ve yet to discover how they decided which end of Antarctica was “West” versus “East” — it doesn’t seem to make strictly geographical sense.)

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Mar 28 2022 19:05 utc | 108