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Is anybody counting down the "FOUR WEEKS" end time for this great war?? Like everything that comes out of the Tangerine Toddlers mouth - unadulterated, pure BS. America will still be bogged down in this war in 6 months time, and the hardline Iranians, and Hezbollah and Hamas supporters, will ensure it goes on for as long as it can. Neither Trump nor Hegseth has a co-ordinated plan to ensure this war ends swiftly and results in a regime change for the better. As fast as they kill new Iranian leaders, the hardliners will produce new ones. I note Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said recently, "There is no experience that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change." Trump will soon find himself arse-deep in crocodiles, while he thought he was simply wading in to drain the swamp. He'll soon find out that running a successful war is a whole lot different to cheating at golf, and those crocodiles have got a vicious bite.

A bit galling to see him wearing an Ampol-branded shirt!!?

Behind a paywall,but it looks like the Iranian women's soccer team have taken a like to Australia: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/sos-hand-signal-as-bus-drives-iranian-women-s-soccer-team-from-final-match-20260309-p5o8mq.html

Maybe he didn't want his combover to blow around.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1462478362176793

That's right.

I got this advice (below) from Fuelwatch W.A. "Tomorrow (Tuesday, 10 March 2026), most branded metro sites are again hiking their diesel price: Ampol up to 251.9 cents per litre (cpl); EG Ampol up to 244.9 cpl; Caltex up to 243.9 cpl; BP up to 239.9 cpl; Reddy Express up to 235.9 cpl; Vibe up to 233.7 cpl; and United up to 231.9 cpl. This follows diesel hikes the last five days by most of the major brands. Tomorrow's average metro diesel price will be 226.2 cpl, however there will be over 20 Perth sites selling below 209 cpl." I paid $1.60 to fill up my diesel Hilux last Tuesday (3rd March).

Crazy like a Fool

Correct.

One things for sure from here , whatever happens our servos will be happily gouging away for at least a yr or two after this all the way to the bank. Even if the war ended next wk.

Teddy Roosevelt.

Correct.

Eye of the Tiger.

The next thing to cause worry is not just fuel, but fertiliser and chemicals. As many farmers head into seeding by mid-to-late April, a lack of fuel is just the start of the seeding programme problems, and the unavailability of fertiliser and weedicides (which are nearly all shipped in from overseas, and a lot via the Straits of Hormuz) is going to cause some agricultural users, some stress. Urea is a major fertiliser in big demand, and nearly all of it comes from the petrochemical refineries of the Middle East, such as Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

The Washington Post and other sources have reported that two ships owned by an Iranian company that the US has accused of supplying material to Iran's missile program left a Chinese chemical-storage port during the week and appeared to be headed towards Iran, according to a Washington Post analysis of ship-tracking data, satellite imagery and Treasury Department records. They are known to have transported perchlorate in the past to make rocket fuel. I wonder how far they'll get.

The ceremony would have been a lot more respectful if he hadn't shown up at all.

He wore a baseball cap to greet the 6 military personnel killed in his illegal war,

One if the issues is not the actual closure of the Hormuz Strait, but the unavailability of insurance. Most shipping is financed and every maritime finance agreement (usually leases) includes maintaining insurance as a covenant to the lease agreement. No insurance, no sailing - it is as simple as that.With the US rather stupidly torpedoing the Iranian warship, as far as Iran is concerned, if they weren't already, all bets are off. The other problem is most cargo/freight shipping is sold as futures contracts, which have specific terms and conditions. In theory, the freight has to be performed according to the standard terms and conditions, which I think includes route stipulation. So, if the route markedly changes, and it's really not profitable to reroute, under the standard terms, force majuere may be able to be invoked and the futures contract voided. If there is no force majuere clause, the shipper may have to reroute, but een then it can be an issue,because the freight contract will specify a time to deliver. In either case, the shipper may well go broke - or at leastdeclare bankruptcy. In the former case (lease agreement), two things happen. The lessor/s take control of the ship - which is an unusual occurence, or the lesee will moor the ship in a dangerous area (e.g. Somalia) and let the lessor/s know they can pick it up there (more often). This will take out shipping capacity. And with an absence of supply while demand goes high... and costs increase... frieght spot prices which are not subject to the same constraints as futures contracts will skurocket. Yeah, they can reroute and the supplies will take a week or two longer to get to where they are going, but you are going to pay for it.

No Nev, That would be greek. We are not that hairy. Beware the Roman Empire is strong.

$130 billion wiped of ASX, petrol stations running dry. Prices skyrocketing.

They threatened that a while ago and Trump went OFF his tiny Brain and chucked all his toys out of his Pram. Nev

THAT would be Made in Italy. Nev

Hmmm, l wonder, hope your wrong hate to think of prices if not. Forgot to mention diesel was 173 here a wk and 1/2 ago. Then to 180s, now atm anyway , 205-210. lt is a long wkend though so we'll see through wk.