BlackRock Buys 1/2 The Major Ports in the Panama Canal, Tropical Cyclone Alfred Heads for Brisbane, and More F*ckin' News

March 5, 2025

In Australia, Category 2 Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall in Brisbane by the end of this week. Apparently this area hasn’t seen a storm like this in over 50 years and evacuations are taking place.

• How embarrassing. I mispronounced Brisbane. I know how to pronounce Brisbane. I knew before today but also I watched a bunch of video reports on Tropical Cyclone Alfred where they spoke about Brisbane. However… sometimes when I’m filming, my mind sort of detaches from my mouth and, even worse, sometimes I don’t catch it before I post.

• Meteorologists are expecting Tropical Cyclone Alfred to increase in power to a Category 3 before making landfall.

• You can take a look at the satellite imagery in this video:

• And you can take a look at it’s expected trajectory in this video from ABC Australia:

In the United States, BlackRock purchased 80% of CK Hutchison Holding for $22.8 Billion dollars. Giving BlackRock control of over 43 ports in 23 different countries including Mexico, the Netherlands, Australia, the Middle East, and 2 of the 4 major ports in the Panama Canal.