Geo Political Risk

[nztx]

US Futures Drop as Crude Surges on Embargo Talk

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/asx-futures-up-0-4-percent-gold-and-oil-keep-rising-20220304-p5a1w0.html?post=p53fnm#p53fnm

ASX dropping apart from the like of WPL & STO. NZX perhaps a better place to hid (so far) in the coming storm...

ASX Oilers seem to look like a reasonable bet

[RGR367]

I wonder what would happen if Trump was the president of Russia?
Could someone whisper in Trumps ear?

They would have killed him already. They would know he's a lot dumber than most of them.

[Davexl]

From the Guardian updates:

Russia pulling in Syrian fighters to do their dirty work for them (Urban warfare)

[Beagle]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/06/us-c...ssian-oil.html

[Davexl]

Guardian

Russia planning to storm Kyiv

however:

Ukrainian officials also noted Russian forces are attempting to establish control over the cities of Chernihiv and Sumy but have “suffered significant losses” and needed to redeploy additional forces to “replenish manpower and equipment”.

[GTM 3442]

On the bright side, the NATO planes in Eastern Europe are still flying with transponders on.

But after Zelenskiy's speech, I don't think there's any way back now.


"We will not forgive the destroyed houses. We will not forgive the missile that our air defence shot down over Okhmatdyt today. And more than five hundred other such missiles that hit our land. All over Ukraine .. hit our people and children.

We will not forgive the shooting of unarmed people. Destruction of our infrastructure.

We will not forgive.

Hundreds and hundreds of victims. Thousands and thousands of sufferings.

And God will not forgive. Not today. Not tomorrow. Never.

And instead of Forgiveness, there will be a Day of Judgment. I’m sure of it.”

and

"How many such families have died in Ukraine?

We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war on our land.

We will find every bastard who shot at our cities, our people, who bombed our land, who launched rockets.

There will be no quiet place on this earth for you. Except for the grave.”

[Davexl]

Australia to Build $7.4 Billion Base for Nuclear Submarines

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-06/australia-to-build-new-7-4-billion-base-for-nuclear-submarines

paywalled

In his speech to the Lowy Institute, Morrison warned against rising militarization and attacks on liberal democracies in the Asia Pacific region, saying “Australia faces its most difficult and dangerous security environment in 80 years.”

Wake up NZ!!

[BlackPeter]

On the bright side, the NATO planes in Eastern Europe are still flying with transponders on.

But after Zelenskiy's speech, I don't think there's any way back now.


"We will not forgive the destroyed houses. We will not forgive the missile that our air defence shot down over Okhmatdyt today. And more than five hundred other such missiles that hit our land. All over Ukraine .. hit our people and children.

We will not forgive the shooting of unarmed people. Destruction of our infrastructure.

We will not forgive.

Hundreds and hundreds of victims. Thousands and thousands of sufferings.

And God will not forgive. Not today. Not tomorrow. Never.

And instead of Forgiveness, there will be a Day of Judgment. I’m sure of it.”

and

"How many such families have died in Ukraine?

We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war on our land.

We will find every bastard who shot at our cities, our people, who bombed our land, who launched rockets.

There will be no quiet place on this earth for you. Except for the grave.”

You are right - whatever the Russian dictator and crook is doing and however it will end - Russia will pay for this crime for many generations to come. Ukrainians will hate Russians and they will kill them wherever they can because Russia attacked them without any provocation. The Russian crook sent his worst criminals to kill not just Ukrainian soldiers defending their home country against an unprovoked attack, but as well killing innocent Ukrainian civilians.

How could anybody forget and forgive that.

[Panda-NZ-]

Australia to Build $7.4 Billion Base for Nuclear Submarines

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-06/australia-to-build-new-7-4-billion-base-for-nuclear-submarines

paywalled

In his speech to the Lowy Institute, Morrison warned against rising militarization and attacks on liberal democracies in the Asia Pacific region, saying “Australia faces its most difficult and dangerous security environment in 80 years.”

Wake up NZ!!

China doesn't really have a navy, and russias is half a world away.

I'd like missile defence (patriot anti-missile) and drones. The drones will be useful when bushfires from climate change happen in nz.

[nztx]

Who needs missile defence systems here, when we already have an abundant supply of resident drones