ty B
MAYAN13 US Navy E-6B Mercury on ground at Pax River from MacDill AFB after some off-shore werk over western FL and quite the meandering route back
GORDO14 USAF E-4B Nightwatch returning to Edwards AFB after departing yesterday
Something must not habs 'checked' out upon it's arrival and inspection at Lincoln yesterday
total waste nao if that continues
done
can't compete with that volume
hope 8bit is proud of what they turned it into
back lat3er
Royal Saudi AF RSF1159 A330 departed Nellis AFB ne
Arrived at Nellis on 0226 after departing King Abdulaziz AB and a stop at East Midlands Airport -UK for three hours refueled and then departed for Nellis
>>128991, >>129002 Morning Market Report-likely 'stick save on NAS via PPT on LOD...so far
Imagine where it would be if the 'stick save (failed) did not occur earlier today.
They couldn't get shorts to cover en masse.
Fucked they are.
Seeing divergence now-and don't forget this is with the failed stick save in the NAS
The DOW fell .29%
The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.5%
The S&P 500 fell 0.5%
It closed just about where it was when the YUGE volume came in-still seen as the lime green dot-actually a bit lower.
Stocks Set to Fall Amid Growth, Inflation Worries: Markets Wrap
Stocks looked poised to fall in Asia Friday on concerns over global growth and inflation risks from the war in Ukraine and the isolation of Russia’s economy. Oil’s rally eased but crude prices were volatile.
Equity futures for Japan, Australia and Hong Kong dropped after technology stocks led U.S. equities lower in another choppy Wall Street session.
Crude eased back from a 14-year high on the prospect of a supply boost as talks toward an Iran nuclear deal make progress. Energy, metal and grain costs have soared as the world increasingly shuns Russia’s oil and other resources.
Traders are also evaluating the monetary policy outlook. Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed the Federal Reserve is set to start a series of interest-rate hikes to curb inflation, while indicating it will move judiciously.
Longer-maturity Treasuries rose, lowering the 10-year yield to 1.84%. The gap between two-year and 10-year yields shrank to the least since March 2020. The flatter curve points to expectations for slowing economic expansion. Gold and a dollar gauge climbed.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/stocks-set-to-fall-amid-growth-inflation-worries-markets-wrap-1.1732228
See Cap#3 for the continued commodity Index pricing ramp-nuffin to see here.
some additional headlines
Rice Soars as Ukraine War Starts Scramble for Any and All Grains
Rice is the latest commodity to get swept up in the turmoil of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prices for rice are surging because traders are betting it will be an alternative for wheat, which is becoming prohibitively expensive. Exports of wheat from Russia and Ukraine account for more than a quarter of the crop’s trade worldwide and a fifth of corn sales. Shipping in the Black Sea region is already engulfed in chaos.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/rice-soars-as-ukraine-war-starts-scramble-for-any-and-all-grains-1.1732218
In knew this was coming news
Russia-backed RT America reportedly will cease production
The U.S. arm of Russian state-backed media outlet RT will be effectively shutting down, CNN reported, citing a memo from the production company behind RT America.
CNN said that the general manager of the Washington-based production company, T&R Productions, Misha Solodovnikov, said in a note to employees that it would be ceasing production because of “unforeseen business interruption events.” He said most employees will be permanently laid off. Attempts to get comment from Solodovnikov and RT were unsuccessful.
RT America’s YouTube channel, where it has 1.2 million subscribers, remains live.
*Way underestimated for sure
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/russia-backed-rt-america-reportedly-will-cease-production-01646350078
February Employment Preview
On Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for February. The consensus is for 400,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to decrease to 3.9%.
There were 467,000 jobs added in January, and the unemployment rate was at 4.0%.
https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/03/february-employment-preview.html
Goldman 'predicts' 500k will be added......
Russian rouble hits new lows in volatile trading
Cap#4
he Russian rouble slumped to new record lows against the dollar on Thursday though it closed the Moscow session little changed, after Fitch and Moody's downgraded Russia's sovereign debt to "junk" status, with steps by the central bank and finance ministry failing to halt its slide.
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Russian-rouble-hits-new-lows-in-volatile-trading--39647603/
watched them for long time.
Don't always agree with what they say
Don't really watch any of the "shows" either
Just the news clips.
Still can get on y/t
They were the only ones (except one guy on B'Berg-who they shuffled off to neverland) who was all over 2008 mkt shit
Dylan Ratigan was too but I had stopped watching CNBS long before.
They pushed him aside too.
AJ is just dem. apologists
That is what Gore's Current TV became
I have them in subs only to see what they say
Comedy 99% of the time
Italian AF UAVGH000 RQ-4 Global Hawk over Romania after some runs on Polish/Ukraine border
HOMER51 USAF Rivet Joint north from Souda Bay, Crete
NATO12 E-3TF Sentry AWACS north over Bucharest from Konya, Turkey
Asia stocks fall as fighting in Ukraine reaches nuclear plant
Asian shares fell on Friday as Russian shelling at a nuclear power plant in Ukraine stoked fears of a possible accident that could lead to a leak of radiation at Europe's largest such facility.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 was down by 2% at the end of morning trading, after decling 2.75% earlier, while the broader Topix index fell by 1.27%. South Korea's Kospi index, meanwhile, fell 1%. Taiwan stocks opened over 1% lower. Singapore's benchmark also started down by 0.5%.
As markets in Asia opened, and HUMAN PIECE OF SHITUkrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned that fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces was drawing close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi had raised similar concerns a few hours earlier. Ukrainian officials called for a ceasefire as fire broke out at the facility after being hit by Russian shelling. "Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl [Chernobyl]! Russians must immediately cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!" Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
Reuters, citing an official in the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, reported that there was no current sign of higher radiation levels at the Zaporizhzhia plant.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/Asia-stocks-fall-as-fighting-in-Ukraine-reaches-nuclear-plant
Oil spiked to $112 but has backed off down to just under $110....it hit $116 so it is just doing nuffin and certainly not reacting to an impending attack on a nuclear facility-this is such bullshit as Oil would be up and stay over $130 easily.
Metals have done nothing...the big boys know exactly what is going on.
Gold is up $3.60 and Silver up a 'whopping' .02
Certainly the reaction one would expect as an impending "nuclear" situation is unfolding.
of note
10 year Treasurys dumped down to 1.7%-cap#3 and have clawed some of that back but......
Rate-hike odds have tumbled-Cap #4
https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/countdown-to-fomc.html
See Jerry you DON'T control rates...just a delivery boi
As expected US Futs are down-cap #5 and look like a repeat of yesterday-watch for dat stick save again tomorrow.
morning all
Just before sunset look at Yerp
Romanian activity
German AF GAF632 A400m on the track with NCHO223 USAF DC-10 extender
Belgian AF BAF645 A400m departing Constanta nw
Romanian AF ROF1104 Antonov AN-30 west from Bucharest
REBEL70 US Army Beech Super King Air west from Constanta
Romanian AF RBP01 Drone off eastern Romania
Central Europe/Poland
Red dots on these
Ukrainian AF 54483, 54482, 42524 Antonov AN32s east from Stuttgart Int'lthey departed Bydgoszcz, Poland earlier today
Dutch AF MMF19 A330 west from it's trackin with MMF20 still trackin' over northern Poland
Spanish AF AME3156 A400M en from Albacete AB -prolly heading to Rzesow Airport
NATO01 E-3 TF Sentry AWACS east towards Ukraine/Polish border
RCH819 USAF C-17 es from Spangdahlem AB
FORTE10 Global Hawk RQ-4 drone over south over Poland on Belarus Ukraine border
Polish AF PLF106 G5 ne from Budapest
LAGR132 and LAGR222 USAF KC-135 tankers heading for positions over Romania and Poland
And where would we be without Not AF1 Joe bailing to Delaware for the weekend later on.
You know since we are "at the brink" and all that
Of course after a 'meeting' with Finnish President and the usual BS presser about nuffin
12:25pm EST The President makes an announcement delivering on his Made in America commitments
2:30pm EST The President participates in a bilateral meeting with His Excellency Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland, to continue their conversations about enhancing our strong bilateral relations
5:35pm EST departs the White House en route New Castle, Delaware
https://factba.se/biden/calendar
saw META..
not surprised at all
barkeep just can't help themselves
"Oh muh unity and moving forward"
But bending over hard for his "frens"
and in when sanctions placed on Russia backfire on everyone news:
Russia "Recommends" Fertilizer Makers To Halt All Exports
This morning we listed some of the countries that are dangerously (and almost exclusively) reliant on Russia and Ukraine for their wheat imports, highlighting Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia and others...which are facing an "Arab Spring" style food crisis (and potential uprising) in the coming weeks unless the Ukraine conflict is resolved. And unfortunately, we can now confidently predict that the coming food crisis will strike every country that is using food fertilizer - which is all - because moments ago, Russian Interfax reported that as part of Moscow's countersanctions, Russia has recommended fertilizer makers to halt exports, a move which will sent not only fertilizer prices orbitally higher, but all food prices will soon follow.
*RUSSIA RECOMMENDS FERTILIZER MAKERS TO HALT EXPORTS: IFX
*RUSSIAN MINISTRY CITES LOGISTICS ISSUES ON FERTILIZERS: IFX
Worse still, natural gas is required in the manufacturing process for most nitrogen/fertilizer products and so the recent surge in European NatGas prices to record highs will only exacerbate the cost of fertilizer from any halt from Russia...And with wheat prices already at all time highs
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/russia-recommends-fertilizer-makers-halt-all-exports
Morning Market Report
Watch for the 'stick save right about here-they need it
They still can't get oil above that recent high of $116-so until they do this entire "nuclear" situation imminent" is BS.
BofA biting hard on COMEX Ag contracts this morning-moar on that later-cap#4
Ag up nicely as well +24.80 +1.28%
https://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html
10 year T-Notes on the Lows (from last nights dump)
Come on Janet! you know you want to push that PPT button
February Employment Report-It making no difference even with the obvious "revisions upwards".
The headline jobs number in the February employment report was above expectations, and employment for the previous two months was revised up by 92,000. The participation rate and the employment-population ratio both increased, and the unemployment rate decreased to 3.8%. Leisure and hospitality gained 179 thousand jobs in February. In March and April of 2020, leisure and hospitality lost 8.20 million jobs, and are now down 1.53 million jobs since February 2020. So, leisure and hospitality has now added back about 81% all of the jobs lost in March and April 2020.
In where is the evidence of this part of the Jobs # release news: Construction employment increased 60 thousand and is now only 11 thousand below the pre-pandemic level.
These are just rolling averages of the last 10 years and nuffin moar
moar here
https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2022/03/comments-on-february-employment-report.html
Credit Suisse Wealth Clients Face Margin Calls on Russian Assets
Credit Suisse Group AG joined larger rival UBS Group AG in triggering margin calls on wealthy clients who use Russian assets as collateral, after their value slumped in the wake of extensive sanctions imposed on the country. Switzerland’s second-largest bank is asking rich customers to post more collateral after cutting lending values on Russian securities, according to people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss internal information. Other banks with wealth management arms including Banque Pictet & Cie SA have also cut lending values, Bloomberg reported earlier. The extent of the margin calls and whether all have been met wasn’t immediately clear. But the speed of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the response by the U.S. and Europe has left wealthy individuals invested in Russian assets facing frozen funds and demands for more collateral. Credit Suisse declined to comment.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/credit-suisse-wealth-clients-face-margin-calls-on-russian-assets-1.1732522
but nuffin on China and also the fallout from Archegos of which they were knee-deep in but they managed to rat out the others in the block trading "investigation": >>128331 Credit Suisse Tries to Aid U.S. in Block-Trading Probe of Rivals
But buy muh Chinese Stocks
>>126599 lb In hand off to retail news: From Credit Suisse to Goldman Sachs, investment banks say it’s time to buy Chinese stocks-cnbc
European NatGas Surges To New Record Highs As Russian Pipeline Flows Stall
While expectations are that Europe can survive the next winter without Russian gas, as Wood McKenzie detailed here, that is not to say the price of that 'survival' will be anything but wealth-destroying. “From record lows at the start of winter, storage levels have now re-enter[ed] their five-year range, albeit on the lower side, and are on track to be in a more comfortable position by the end of March,” Kateryna Filippenko, principal analyst, Europe gas research, at WoodMac, said. But, reports this morning of intermittent gas flow supply from Russia to Germany via the Yamal pipeline with Reuters reporting that Gascade's data showed the flow had stopped on the pipeline, which usually accounts for about 15% of Russia's westbound supply of gas to Europe and Turkey.
moar
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/european-natgas-surges-new-record-highs-russian-pipeline-flows-stall
As mentioned yesterday..VP told you to place orders last year...you din't...end of story.
https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EIXIC
https://www.macrotrends.net/2566/crude-oil-prices-today-live-chart
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y
>Come on Janet! you know you want to push that PPT button
and there it is on NAS
Lime green dot
1.64B transaction
Swiss adopt new EU sanctions on Russia
New measures include banning transactions with the Russian Central Bank, adopting the EU's SWIFT measures
The Swiss government on Friday widened sanctions against Russia in step with further measures imposed by the European Union, tightening exports and financial services to the country over the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two. In a sharp deviation from its traditional neutrality, Switzerland moved on Monday to adopt sanctions that the European Union (EU) imposed on Russian people and companies and freeze their assets to punish the invasion of Ukraine.
The 27-member EU bloc has approved an array of financial, energy, export and travel bans since last week.
These have included a freeze on Russian central bank assets, the shutdown of EU airspace to Russia, the removal of a number of Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments system, and sanctions on a clutch of Russian tycoons. Switzerland on Friday adopted new financial measuresincluding banning transactions with the Russian Central Bank and adopting the EU's SWIFT measures while also blocking a number of exports to Russia.
Those targeted, among others, goods that "could contribute to Russia's military and technological enhancement or the development of the defence and security sector", for use in aviation and the space industry, as well as certain goods and services in the oil sector.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/switzerland-european-union-sanctions-russia
>>128972 pb Moar cash payoffs for COMEX contracts
Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments
Here is what was done with the EFP 'process' yesterday-March 3
*An exchange for physical trade (EFP) is a privately negotiated and simultaneous exchange of a futures position for a cash position.
2,650 contracts equates to another 13,250,000/ozs of paper silver settled for cash.
Take the average from yesterday which was about $25.20 which gives you: $333,900,000
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/silver.volume.options.html#optionProductId=458
All pbs
>>128805 moar on Ag: Silver contracts getting paid off via EFP-cmegroup data
>>128457, >>128460 lb anon submits a theory and some additional information on Silver COMEX trade-Exchange of Futures positions for cash
>>128098 Mkt Fag submits proof of rigging: $25.25B in Silver "traded" on the COMEX on February 24th
>>128008, >>128012 lb Mkt fag: Silver Action lately from a technical/historical standpoint
>>128059, >>128060, >>128061 Mkt Fag: Derivatives and Silver price containment/JP Morgan and Hussein Admin used UBLs 'death' to manipulate
From Russia, With Monopolies
excerpt:
The problem with our sanctions regime is that Russia has crucial global monopolies, not only significant positions in energy, which are well known, but especially in the global fertilizer supply chain—which are considerably less well known. Any sanction has the potential to drastically influence the supply and price of fertilizer and, thus, food on the world market.
The global fertilizer industry includes three main categories: nitrogen, potash, and phosphorus fertilizers. Potash is a potassium-rich salt fertilizer that enhances plant quality and is responsible for 20 percent of global fertilizer demand. With its most fervent ally in Europe, Belarus, Russia has a 40 percent market share in global production and export of potash fertilizer. The two autocracies form an informal cartel in the potash market, made up of Uralkali and Belaruskali, with the Belarusian Potash Company being the latter’s export arm. Late last year, the U.S. imposed sanctions on Belarus Potash Company (BPC), the main export arm of producer Belaruskali. It claimed Belarus intentionally created a migrant crisis at the Polish border. The sanctions applied only to U.S. enterprises doing business with the Belarusian company.
Earlier this year, Lithuanian Railways, encouraged by the U.S., halted shipments of Belarusian potash through its Klaipeda port which is Belarus’ main entryway for potash into Europe. Belarusian potash is now being reshipped through Russian railways, giving Russia greater control over a critical commodity; Russia may even buy the potash and resell it as it continues its exports.
Before sanctions were imposed, global potash prices were already at a 13-year high. Prices have soared over the past year, alarming farmers across the world. Potash prices saw a 71 percent increase in 2021 from $350 per ton to $600 per ton; the spot prices last week showed that number has reached $815 per ton. U.S. sanctions on Belarus are likely to exacerbate the issue, with Belaruskali announcing last week that it wouldn’t be able to meet its contracts. One of the world’s largest fertilizer companies, Yara International, headquartered in Norway, announced it would reduce its sourcing of Belarusian potash by April. Other corporations in the potash industry are not planning on increasing production and would face challenges in their attempts.
The ease with which Russia can impact the food market was demonstrated during the 2007-2008 global food price crisis. Russia and Belarus cut potash production to drastically raise prices and increase profits, with CFO Victor Belyakov stating at the time that “price was more important than volume.” Between January 2008 and October 2009, the price of potash increased by 400 percent while production dropped by 39 percent and shipments declined by 43 percent. Potash producer profits peaked at 480 percent in mid-2008.
Russia is also a dominant player in the world nitrogen fertilizer market. While it only has a 16.5 percent market share of global exports, Russia manufactures ammonium nitrate, the key ingredient needed for the fertilizer and has a close to 66 percent global market share in the production of the chemical.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/02/25/from-russia-with-monopolies/
West Scrambles To Stop Russia From Accessing $17 Billion In IMF Reserves
As the EU and the US continue to search for new ways to punish Russian (and, importantly, limit its central banks' access to its own reserves) Reuters reports that the EU is looking into suspending Russia's IMF voting rights, along with its central bank's access to IMF-produced SDRs.
The option currently under consideration would remove Russia entirely from the organization.
BRUSSELS, March 4 (Reuters) - European Union officials are examining curbing Russia's influence and access to finance at the International Monetary Fund following its invasion of Ukraine. One option under consideration is to remove Russia entirely from the institution.— Idrees Ali (@idreesali114) March 4, 2022
At the same time, the EU and NATO have reportedly denied a the Ukrainians' request to impose a "no fly zone" over its airspace. Of course, enforcement of such a measure would almost certainly guarantee NATO being drawn into the conflict, which would effectively trigger the start of World War III, since the only way to enforce the measure would be sending NATO planes to shoot down Russian fighters.
But when the SDRs are involved this is the red line-kek...you think VP din't factor that in too--will just further reduce the money laundering capabilities the oligharchs have-and also bring them back to Russia where,hopefully, they can be prosecuted.'
"We are not part of this conflict, and we have a responsibility to ensure it does not escalate and spread beyond Ukraine," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference:
"We understand the desperation but we also believe that if we did that (a no-fly zone) we would end up with something that could lead to a full-fledged war in Europe involving much more countries and much more suffering," Stoltenberg said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has asked the West and NATO to send more warplanes to Ukraine, especially if they won't help with the no-fly zone.
Circling back to the IMF measures, Reuters cited six EU officials in its report about the various options supposedly under consideration. One option is removing Russia entirely from the IMF as an institution. The only catch is the immense difficulty that this would require. "There is a discussion, but kicking Russia out entirely is probably unrealistic because of required quora," one senior euro zone official said, referring to the wide support needed among countries that include China.
EXACTLY
Other options less extreme options under consideration include blocking Russia's access to its IMF voting rights, as well as any SDRs held by its central bank (for those who aren't familiar with SDRs, they're essentially a synthetic reserve asset designed by the IMF),
moar
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/west-scrambles-stop-russia-accessing-17-billion-imf-reserves
>read the pic title in cap#2 for translation
2 B-52s back to RAF Fairford after runs over Black Sea
S&P Dow Jones is removing Russia stocks from indices, stripping country of emerging market status
Index giant S&P Dow Jones Indices said Friday it is removing all stocks listed and/or domiciled in Russia from its benchmarks in light of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, further isolating the nation from the global economy.
The removal, effective prior to the open next Wednesday, also affects Russian American depositary receipts (ADRs), S&P Dow Jones Indices said.
The firm, which is the keeper of the Dow Jones Industrial average and the S&P 500, also said it will declassify Russia as an emerging market and categorize it as a standalone group.
The move came as Russian forces attacked Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine early Friday morning, causing a fire to break out at an adjacent training facility. The U.S. embassy in Kyiv called the attack a war crime.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/04/sp-dow-is-removing-all-russia-stocks-from-indices-stripping-country-of-emerging-market-status.html
#871
>>129032, >>129033, >>129059, >>129060, >>129063, >>129098, >>129100, >>129134 Nite n Day planefagg'n
>>129135 S&P Dow Jones is removing Russia stocks from indices, stripping country of emerging market status-cnbc
>>129134 B-52s return to UK after runs over Black Sea
>>129133 West Scrambles To Stop Russia From Accessing $17 Billion In IMF Reserves-zh
>>129127 From Russia, With Monopolies-moar on how much Russia and Belarus control in WW Fertlizer mkt-washingtonmonthlu from Feb 25
>>129125 Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments: March 3= $333.90m-cmegroup data
>>129124 Swiss adopt new EU sanctions on Russia-foxbiz
>>129116, >>129121 Morning Market Report-Janet need to push tha button...and then does it right on cue!
>>129115, >>129117, >>129118 Zelensky Twat "inspiration from Trudope-soc. media
>>129112, >>129113, >>129114, >>129126,>>129127 Russia "Recommends" Fertilizer Makers To Halt All Exports-zh
>>129111 The Supreme Court rules in a 6-3 decision that the death penalty for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was improperly thrown out by a lower court.-soc.media
>>129101, >>129103 BOTUS bailing to Delaware again later-'cause "we on the brink"
>>129097 Florida Senate passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks; Governor DeSantis expected to sign the legislation - WFLA-B911 /Soc.media
>>129093 Grenell Twat: Chancellor Merkel is awfully quiet for someone who said for years that her pipeline wasn’t encouraging Russia to act against Europe.-soc.media
>>129087 NATO rejects calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine
>>129086 Breaking: Zelensky, after saying he would not abandon Ukraine, has fled the country
>>129062 Russia’s Toxic Oil Sends Tanker Rates Into a Frenzy
>>129061 Asia stocks fall as fighting in Ukraine reaches nuclear plant
>>129058 Russian Oil Tankers Rerouting from Canadian Destinations
>>129041, >>129042, >>129043 UPDATE: NATO MEMBER OWNED SHIP SINKS OFF ODESA – Russia Used Civilian Ship As A Human Shield
>>129034 Stocks Set to Fall Amid Growth, Inflation Worries: Markets Wrap
#871
>>129032, >>129033, >>129059, >>129060, >>129063, >>129098, >>129100, >>129134 Nite n Day planefagg'n
>>129135 S&P Dow Jones is removing Russia stocks from indices, stripping country of emerging market status-cnbc
>>129134 B-52s return to UK after runs over Black Sea
>>129133 West Scrambles To Stop Russia From Accessing $17 Billion In IMF Reserves-zh
>>129127 From Russia, With Monopolies-moar on how much Russia and Belarus control in WW Fertlizer mkt-washingtonmonthlu from Feb 25
>>129125 Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments: March 3= $333.90m-cmegroup data
>>129124 Swiss adopt new EU sanctions on Russia-foxbiz
>>129116, >>129121 Morning Market Report-Janet need to push tha button...and then does it right on cue!
>>129115, >>129117, >>129118 Zelensky Twat "inspiration from Trudope-soc. media
>>129112, >>129113, >>129114, >>129126, >>129127 Russia "Recommends" Fertilizer Makers To Halt All Exports-zh
>>129111 The Supreme Court rules in a 6-3 decision that the death penalty for Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was improperly thrown out by a lower court.-soc.media
>>129101, >>129103 BOTUS bailing to Delaware again later-'cause "we on the brink"
>>129097 Florida Senate passes bill banning abortions after 15 weeks; Governor DeSantis expected to sign the legislation - WFLA-B911 /Soc.media
>>129093 Grenell Twat: Chancellor Merkel is awfully quiet for someone who said for years that her pipeline wasn’t encouraging Russia to act against Europe.-soc.media
>>129087 NATO rejects calls for no-fly zone over Ukraine
>>129086 Breaking: Zelensky, after saying he would not abandon Ukraine, has fled the country
>>129062 Russia’s Toxic Oil Sends Tanker Rates Into a Frenzy
>>129061 Asia stocks fall as fighting in Ukraine reaches nuclear plant
>>129058 Russian Oil Tankers Rerouting from Canadian Destinations
>>129041, >>129042, >>129043 UPDATE: NATO MEMBER OWNED SHIP SINKS OFF ODESA – Russia Used Civilian Ship As A Human Shield
>>129034 Stocks Set to Fall Amid Growth, Inflation Worries: Markets Wrap
o7
absolute comedy
can't stop laughing!!
White House Considering Ban On Russian Crude Which Pinoeer CEO Warns Would Send Oil To $200
Another day, another flashing red headline that the White House is considering a ban on Russian oil imports - something it has repeatedly said earlier this week - although it has yet to make a decision:
*WHITE HOUSE CONSIDERING BAN ON RUSSIAN OIL IMPORTS
*WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON SAID NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE
The news sent WTI spiking as high as $114.64.
How about $116 nao
While even Psaki admitted that such a move would send gas prices sharply higher, perhaps Biden is feeling emboldened by the latest reports out of Vienna on the fate of the Iran nuclear deal, where Russia's chief negotiator in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between world powers and Iran said on Friday that he thought a deal was possible in the middle of next week.
"As far as I know, the Iranians are not ready for direct talks (with the United States)," Mikhail Ulyanov told reporters. "We will have a deal maybe in the middle of next week. We are talking about the last efforts before crossing the finish line."
The specter of an Iranian deal, which would lead to a one time boost of as much as 100mm/b as seaborne crude enters the market, and an incremental several hundred thousand bbls/month, has somewhat helped contain oil prices, although the fact that Russia is negotiating for an outcome which Biden is desperately hoping to achieve should probably make those who still have some grasp of the bigger geopolitical picture, nervous (we will have more to say about this later).
Russia exported about 5mn barrels a day of crude oil before it invaded Ukraine last month. While China might still absorb some of that volume in the case of a western embargo, there would still be a significant supply shortfall.
Of course, if oil does hit $200, we are looking at a global depression, similar to the global financial crisis of 2008 when oil hit $140 just before it crashed to $30 as the inflationary tsunami became a deflationary shockwave almost overnight.
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/white-house-considering-ban-russian-crude-which-pinoeer-ceo-warns-would-send-oil-200
Looks like a lot of short covering so far....insane to be short with this going on
EXEC1F USAF C-32A west from Providence, R.I. and heading to San Francisco Int'l
Below is why Nancy went to San Francisco Int'l last night.
The REAL question is do we see DiFi at this-probably be "closed".
Jill Biden to attend memorial services for father of White House deputy chief of staff and husband of Sen. Dianne Feinstein
First lady Jill Biden on Friday is scheduled to attend memorial services for the father of White House deputy chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon and the husband of Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the first lady’s spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The service for Kevin O’Malley, who died on March 1 after a battle with cancer, will take place in Boston. Later on Friday, the first lady is scheduled to fly to San Francisco to attend a memorial service for Richard Blum, who died last week of cancer,
https://kyma.com/cnn-us-politics/2022/03/04/jill-biden-to-attend-memorial-services-for-father-of-white-house-deputy-chief-of-staff-and-husband-of-sen-diane-feinstein/
Paki AF PAAF426 inbound to Dover AFB most likely
SPAR28 USAF G5 on descent for Los Angeles Int'l from Orlando Int'l depart
SAM510 USAF G5 ne from JBA heading across the pond
Deputy US Secretary of State Sherman to visit Egypt 10-11 March at end of regional tour
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey; Madrid, Spain; Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco; Algiers, Algeria; and Cairo, Egypt - as the final stop - from 4 to 11 March, according to a statement released by the US State Department on Thursday.
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1234/462209/Egypt/Foreign-Affairs/Deputy-US-Secretary-of-State-Sherman-to-visit-Egyp.aspx
Italian AF IAM1425 767 from Pisa, Italy on descent for Rzesow Airport Poland for yet another 'delivery'
FORTE10 Global Hawk drone still running on Polish/Ukraine border
NATO02 USAF E-3TF Sentry AWACS took over for NATO01 AWACS
you sees it
Same shit-gave them way too much credit-thought they would wait for a bit...nope.
Unable to contain selves
complains about process-which is much simpler now, then produced the 'comic' which was exactly what 8bit and BVs at time did-it was required for a handoff.
If yer creds were not verified/chect then no handy.
Funny how they seemed to have forgotten that.
They were reminded.
Have not looked since but 100% that Mr. Word Salad has found some way to deflect from that
Gerbs can't stay on one side for any length of time either
SAM411 USAF C-40B (WH NSO) sw from JBA
Heading for MacDill and CENTCOM
ZOMBI11 USAF KC-46 Pegasus done over '''Not AF1 Joe 'at Delaware'
lemme hava look around for a few and I'll let ya know
Are you fixing ta leave soon or do I have some time?
>check yo ears when you get a chance
give me a few minutes to get the Yerp AC look in
Just after Sunset look at eastern and central Yerp
NATO02 E-3TF Sentry AWACS and RAF RRR7240 Rivet Jint over se Poland
Hungarian AF BRK29C-17 sw from Rzesow Airport with Canadian AF CFC4220 Super Hercules heading for same
Hungarian AF BRK72 C-17 se from Goteborg Sweden-second day in row seen 'dis
Canadian AF CFC3116 A310 se from Berlin
RAF RRR5722 C-130 Hercules se RAF Brize Norton
Italian AF MILAN7C and 7B Dash 8 (Beebo ACs) sw from Rzesow
NATO01 E-3TF Sentry AWACS repalced NATO02 above
Dutch AF MMF19 A330 also done on Polish Ukraine border
With the exception of the Italian ACs this has looked about the same for the last several days.
The deliveries to Rzesow, Poland continue by most EU members and India.
bake it when you are ready
Kremlin Jet Headed To Washington To Fetch Expelled Russian Diplomats
During the early morning hours of Saturday morning on the East Coast of the US, many awoke to surprising news: a Russian government jet had departed St. Petersburg and was on its way to Washington.
The chatter on social media was intense, and some initially wondered: might Russian President Vladimir Putin be on his way for a special round of negotiations with President Biden?
Why is Putin’s plane going to Washington DC? pic.twitter.com/nMK6D1oXh4— Rob Adams (@RobCSAdams) March 5, 2022
It is also NOT VP's presidential AC-that is a different tail # RA-96016 and has plenty moar electronics and counter-measures attached to it
Simply looking it up would have confirmed this but I see how people cannot do this as it is "too hard"
Unfortunately, these initial suspicions have proved incorrect, and actually almost couldn't have been further from the reality. To wit, the State Department has issued a statement confirming that the plane is going to pick up Russian diplomats who have been expelled from the UN over the country's invasion of Ukraine. The State Department described the employees being picked up as "Russian intelligence agents". The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement posted to Telegram that the plane was going to fetch Russian diplomats.
The flight is expected to land at Dulles International some time in the afternoon.
US STATE DEPARTMENT: WE HAVE APPROVED A FLIGHT FOR A RUSSIAN PLANE TO EVACUATE RUSSIAN EMPLOYEES EXPELLED FROM THE UNITED NATIONS
As of As of 1030ET on Saturday, the Ilyushin Il-96-300 (registered to Russia State Transport Company/Russia Special Flight Squadron as RA-96019) was flying westbound with a destination of New York City. According to the flight map, it was most recently flying near Greenland.
Russia on Tuesday branded the expulsion of these 12 diplomats who were part of its mission to the UN in New York as an "escalation." Keep in mind, even Iranian and North Korean diplomats have been allowed to travel back and forth to the UN unscathed.
Databases show that this jet isn't commonly used by Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. Instead, the database suggests two planes: either 157715 or 157716. However, the the Ilyushin Il-96-300 that's currently in flight does often take direction from the Kremlin.
The flight initially piqued observers' interest in the west because of the flurry of sanctions that the US and EU have applied to Russian billionaires, politicians and other perceived allies of President Putin. Presently, Ukraine is calling for NATO to impose a "no fly" zone in Ukraine, something NATO has been hesitant to order because, As Gen. Jens Stoltenberg made clear, enforcing it would probably draw NATO into World War III.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kremlin-jet-headed-washington-fetch-russian-diplomats-expelled-un
Total Cash Payments for week of Feb 27th on COMEX Ag contracts: $2.45B
Update on COMEX Silver cash for trash payments
Here is what was done with the EFP 'process' yesterday-March 4
*An exchange for physical trade (EFP) is a privately negotiated and simultaneous exchange of a futures position for a cash position.
3,730 contracts equates to another 18,650,000/ozs of paper silver settled for cash.
Take the average from yesterday which was about $25 which gives you: $477,440,000
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/metals/precious/silver.volume.options.html#optionProductId=458
notice the numbers at the end of the URL and wut they total....458=17
The total for this week Feb. 1st-Mar 4 is$2,450,017,000
This is cash that has been generated by Bank of America buying COMEX contracts and settling them via a cash payment and almost 100% certain this money is being used to "satisfy" the leased Ag amounts from JP Morgan.