Uhm, I know a little about UNCLOS.  In fact, I can fly any flag I want, even a fun flag or the Jolly Roger.  Insurance is not demanded except in the coastal waters of certain countries to indemnify the country’s infrastructure itself from damage if you cause damage with your boat.

The US has not signed or ratified UNCLOS, so that whole argument about UNCLOS is not relevant and it is a bunch of US’ers that wanna sound clever.  UNCLOS is a difficult legislation.

Under UNCLOS, or not under UNCLOS, the US stole or pirated that vessel and its cargo.  Any sanctions do not give legal protection, as US sanctions are illegal to start with – unilateral coercive measures are unlawful, anyway you cut it, and this is easier to even talk about than the very difficult UNCLOS legislation.  That was international waters, and US laws do not apply because the US does not own those waters.  It was outright piracy on the high sea.  The proverbial Law of Tonnage is the only one that really works, and in this case, the US had more Tonnage (i.e., the one with the greater size or power wins).  In reality, those sailors could have shot the pirates who rappelled down to their vessel.  But sailors are not soldiers, and it would be stupid to do so.  In the seas off the West Coast of Africa, every vessel that is seized there is a result of piracy.

A further x post by Schneider encapsulated the issue though.  “My paramount point in relation to the discussion below is that we are now speeding towards a kinetic war involving seaborne commercial shipping. This is a direct result of the siege warfare (sanctions, etc.) already inaugurated by the empire and its dutiful vassals.”

What really bothers me is making Fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.  The US hid the destruction of a whole country with weapons of mass destruction canard.  It makes me uncomfortable to think what they want to do with that this time.  It is not innocent.

If you get here Mr P .. Starlink is an option.

Oh, its in .. and I don’t think it is a lie.   There is a bunch of Epstein files released again.

BREAKING: The U.S. House Oversight Committee has released images of Donald Trump with underage girls at Epstein Island

On Epstein Island, there was an inside joke where ‘Trump condoms’ were sold

There may be more here … I skip this stuff:

Fresh Epstein pics showcase Clinton, Trump and others cozying up with sex offender

👉 A newly released set of 19 images leaked by Congress Democrats shows the influential friends of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein kept in — including Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, film-maker Woody Allen, Prince Andrew, Bill Gates and others.

🔴 That barely scratches the surface: the full archive reportedly contains more than 95,000 images, NBC News claims.

🔴 The photos released so far show no criminal activity, raising the question of whether incriminating pics are being withheld — and whether the full truth will ever see daylight.

🔴 The latest leak comes just days before the Justice Department is set to release its long-awaited Epstein files.

https://t.me/geopolitics_prime/61048

Only informational ..not meant for discussion – thing is India is being romanced and bought. It looks like the US now considers the trajectory a threat, or, they are handing out cookies. Today, Amazon announced an investment of $35 billion in India and will create one million jobs by 2030. (Note the agreement with Russia for 1 million jobs in Russia as well). Yesterday, Microsoft announced an equally large investment.

Interesting I thought. Now, these may only be announcements for the media and the fine print may say something different. I’ve not checked any Indian commentary. But if investments like these (which I truly do not follow) come across my information stream, uhm .. something’s cookin’.

There is another wrinkle here. Iran has this Israeli Jewish community and they found out that many of the communications are following zionist channels. They said .. no way, don’t play those things here and they acted somewhat hard .. telling that they will cut it off! So, perhaps this is also an internal matter.

Man .. I am too tired to be alive and have the whole neonazi world in my inbox and a few just super good people too!  It was not a good day today for a fight for me  .

It was focused on trade, and only bilateral trade.

My dear friend, there is a huge new free trade area plus agreements agreed and done for just about the whole of the Stans, and all of the friends.  Eemersonreturn wrote such a sweet comment … talking about the beauty of Indian cloth, and all kinds of Indian product which is just gorgeous.  Why not cross trade Ruble Rupee and other currencies .. and I said at the time it is happening.    Trade is Asean + in reality, and not only bilateral.

Again, we will see about India – actions now matter.

Here is Diesen and MKB changing their minds on international importance – some the same, but some different.  M. K. Bhadrakumar: Russia & India Rewrite Global Trade.  Now MKB talks about a ‘defining moment’.

A little snippet picked up from PressTV

The US Navy has conducted an investigation into four incidents involving the USS Harry S. Truman carrier strike group during its deployment to the waters off Yemen, saying stress was a key factor behind the naval mishaps.