That's the UK market price (June 2020) for imported ammonium nitrate (c£185 per tonne).
Giant Explosion In Lebanon
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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allowing £500k of fertilezer to be abandoned for 7 years. It's very odd, both from the owner as well as the authorities. something feels off.
Like incompetence?
Same aliens who did those pyramids?
I guess we’ll find out, or maybe we won’t.
The politics and administration of the country are extremely dysfunctional. This is a decent read on how this manifests in the butchering of basic services -https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.nyt...ddleeast/lebanon-protests-corruption.amp.html
On the other hand, it’s not a country where some kind of grand cover-up would be easy to sustain. It’s not a dictatorship where one party controls the narrative, its politics are riven by factionalism and fluid, ever-shifting alliances. So if one particular faction bears some responsibility there is every incentive for their rivals to ensure it is known. Yet so far there seems to be little if any finger-pointing of that nature.
That makes sense. Thanks for the detailed response. I am also guessing seven years isn’t too long when it comes to abandoned or arrested ships?
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Wouldn't we hear a missile? And there's been plenty of videos circulating that don't show any missile.
The videos of the explosion are terrifying. How are explosions measured? Was this bigger than the one in China? I must have watched it so many times and it still shocks me every time.
I have seen a video of something in the air moving towards the fire just before the blast, god knows how genuine it is these days though
There are people* that to this day will tell you the planes hitting the WTC are holograms/remote controlled missiles disguised as planes. Nothing surprises me when it comes to CT nutters. A person sees what he/she wants to see, or can convince oneself to see.
* imbeciles is more apt
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Horrible... thankfully, according to Twitter, she was ok but can just imagine so many people like this going about their day without knowing what’s going to happen in a few seconds. Like something out of a movie
With a shatterproof ruler.
Agree 100%. Conspiracy theorists love this kind of stuff.
If you hear hooves look for horses, not zebras.
The hassle of paperwork to move them back, probably fines, and years of overstaying demurage (that's factory rent, with compounded interest on top of it), ownership dispute, ex company going bankrupt, lack of buyer, etc.
I'm not saying it's impossible for a foul play to happen, but many things got into dispute and just left to rot is pretty normal.
Emanuel Macron visitng the port and Beirut residential areas (like Gemayze) to check the damage and stand with the Lebanese people.
Whereas our "President" only went to the port to check for damage and didn't check residential areas because he's scared of the people.
This is so embarrassing.
Whereas our "President" only went to the port to check for damage and didn't check residential areas because he's scared of the people.
This is so embarrassing.
I just saw this tweet regarding the scale of the damage:
He then mapped this onto London:
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He then mapped this onto London:
Let me know if you're able to find the video. Missile strike seems unlikely to me but I'll watch for the sake of perspective. If I had to make a case for a conspiracy, it would be about the start of the fire, though I haven't read any updates as to what may have caused it so this could already be debunked before I even search for it.
And for the record, I'm not claiming any foul play — just thinking out loud.
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, yes. Hanlon's Razor.
I'm late to the party but it's not actually odd. The shipment had little worth and the vessel had technical problems and was blocked by Lebanese authorities, some unscrupulous shipowners will definitely abandon worthless ships and their shipment because it would cost a fortune to remork or repare the ship, they could send an other ship but if they only have one vessel, they won't. On the side of authorities they generally have two options destroy or sell the shipment, the option depends on whether the shipment was legal and its state. One thing is sure is that you are not supposed to keep it in high activity warehouses, the likely reason for that was probably laziness from custom officers.
Holy shit.I just saw this tweet regarding the scale of the damage:
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He then mapped this onto London:
That is big. Had no idea it was that large.........
It’s a WhatsApp vid so can’t post it sorry. Could probably post a few screenshots but doubt that would go down well here
edit: just watched it again, looks crap
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Oh come on guys... a missile strike?
With all the high tech satellite these days? Cctv all over and somehow a fat nerd on the internet managed to capture the missile in whtasapp video?
I mean come on man, a missile strike would alert everyone in the region, even if they missed it early on there will be plenty of evidence of a real missile strike.
With all the high tech satellite these days? Cctv all over and somehow a fat nerd on the internet managed to capture the missile in whtasapp video?
I mean come on man, a missile strike would alert everyone in the region, even if they missed it early on there will be plenty of evidence of a real missile strike.
Yep, I did think the circle seemed way too large on London (and New York, but that is less obvious to me).
Give over. Who has been saying it’s a missile strike?
Also, how do you know the nerd was fat?
Cheers for that - that makes more sense!
Macron and other countries stated that help will come directly from their embassies to the families that were hurt, bypassing our politicians.
The cnuts proceeded to refuse other countries' help cause they want to steal/benefit from the money.... same as they did to the aid received from Qatar.
The cnuts proceeded to refuse other countries' help cause they want to steal/benefit from the money.... same as they did to the aid received from Qatar.
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I can totally buy it in a sufficiently corrupt, damaged and incompetent administration.
God, we are going to have to listen to even more conspiracy theories in the years ahead aren’t we.
But if it's such a corrupt, damaged and incompetent administration, how do they keep loyal people to watch over it? I don't believe in any sophisticated conspirancy, but I also think it's unlikely it's been completely untouched for 7 years.
On the 3rd August, Lebanon's foreign minister Nassif Hitti resigned
"I participated in this government on the basis that I have one employer named Lebanon, and I found in my country many employers and conflicting interests," Hitti said in his resignation letter to Prime Minister Hassan Diab, made public on Monday.
"If they don't come together around the interests of the Lebanese people and save them, then the ship, God forbid, will sink with everyone on board."
In his resignation letter, Hitti chided the "absence of a vision for Lebanon as I believe in it as a free, independent and capable nation" and the absence of a "real will to achieve structural reforms ... which our national society asks for and the international community are calling on us to do".
"Lebanon today is sliding towards becoming a failed state," he wrote.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...-quits-pm-lack-reformist-200803081938960.html
"I participated in this government on the basis that I have one employer named Lebanon, and I found in my country many employers and conflicting interests," Hitti said in his resignation letter to Prime Minister Hassan Diab, made public on Monday.
"If they don't come together around the interests of the Lebanese people and save them, then the ship, God forbid, will sink with everyone on board."
In his resignation letter, Hitti chided the "absence of a vision for Lebanon as I believe in it as a free, independent and capable nation" and the absence of a "real will to achieve structural reforms ... which our national society asks for and the international community are calling on us to do".
"Lebanon today is sliding towards becoming a failed state," he wrote.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...-quits-pm-lack-reformist-200803081938960.html
"Sliding towards a failed state" ?
It already was. The corruption there is astounding.
Other nations should just do it anyway. Would the Lebanese government really start a scuffle over it?
https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/nye-sjokkbilderfra-beirut/3424002599.html
A couple of videos from the blast here (norwegian news site). The second one in the video is quite disturbing. Hard to believe anyone could survive that.
I hope the intl community helps Lebanon a lot.
A couple of videos from the blast here (norwegian news site). The second one in the video is quite disturbing. Hard to believe anyone could survive that.
I hope the intl community helps Lebanon a lot.