{"id":1933,"date":"2025-12-12T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T16:26:03","slug":"december-12-2025-daily-x-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1933","title":{"rendered":"December 12, 2025 &#8211; Daily X Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\">Some X threads from the last few days. For the most part, these posts are about news in National Security. We do the scrolling so you don\u2019t have to! This post also serves as an open thread. I welcome readers to post comments or additional links related to national security or history, even if they are not directly related to the links below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why is boarding a shadow-fleet tanker legal?<\/p>\n<p>First: the USCG was involved. Coast Guard officers are federal law enforcement, and their authority travels with them wherever they\u2019re embarked.<\/p>\n<p>Second: under the \u201claw of the sea\u201d \u2014 UNCLOS \u2014 any stateless vessel can be stopped and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/axlW2m0t0Q\">https:\/\/t.co\/axlW2m0t0Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John \u0245 Konrad V (@johnkonrad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnkonrad\/status\/1999121027675099213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Very important post here and the news. Bottom line, seizing the tanker is legal here is why:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;<span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">First: the USCG was involved. Coast Guard officers are federal law enforcement, and their authority travels with them wherever they\u2019re embarked. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Second: under the \u201claw of the sea\u201d \u2014 UNCLOS \u2014 any stateless vessel can be stopped and boarded by any nation. No permission required. Now look at the ship\u2019s identity. Marine Traffic showed it flying a Guyana flag, but that\u2019s just self-reported AIS data. Go to the actual government registry database, <\/span><a class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1wvb978 r-1loqt21\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CAs8zNXuOi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-qlhcfr r-19qo34d r-qvk6io r-orgf3d r-u8s1d\" aria-hidden=\"true\">http:\/\/<\/span>Equasis.org<\/a><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">, and you\u2019ll see Guyana officially denies registering this ship. No real flag = stateless vessel. And stateless vessels have zero legal protections.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Click on the post. Read it. Understand it. This is the way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">China&#8217;s illegal, unethical &amp; highly destructive fishing practices must stop before it&#8217;s too late. China&#8217;s bizarre food culture has pushed many many protected species to the verge of each. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/supbrow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@supbrow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nthusharon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nthusharon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yeshuaformosa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yeshuaformosa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalayaIrredenta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MalayaIrredenta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GuAlKYLMde\">pic.twitter.com\/GuAlKYLMde<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Turner (@Michael71T) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael71T\/status\/1999013320649748541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is just your daily reminder of the massively destructive Chinese fishing practices. This needs to stop.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 DOZENS OF NGOS EXPOSED \u2014 SYSTEMIC COORDINATION WITH HAMAS LAID BARE \ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NGOmonitor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NGOmonitor<\/a>\u2019s new site, GazaDeclassified dot com, publishes Hamas\u2019 own internal documents, and they blow the lid off the entire humanitarian ecosystem in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The files show direct Hamas oversight,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mqph3fbnbd\">pic.twitter.com\/mqph3fbnbd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOSSADil\/status\/1998844332749533478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">The NGOs in Palestine cannot be trusted. Not only that, the entire NGO complex should be considered compromised.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Most Americans don\u2019t realize it, but many of our highways follow routes far older than the country itself.<\/p>\n<p>Originally corridors carved by geology, crafted by bison migrations, and turned into continental road systems by Indigenous nations.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s peel back the asphalt.\ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8LBwwRg42H\">pic.twitter.com\/8LBwwRg42H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MoundLore (@MoundLore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoundLore\/status\/1998930640763486461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is such a good thread and if you have spent any time in the woods, you know this is true. Animals instinctively follow the terrain in the most efficient way. When I was in the Army, we did the same to an extent. You have to be careful because everyone wants to walk those trails. This thread and MoundLore in general should be reason enough to start an X account if you don&#8217;t already have one.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">December 11, 1776<\/p>\n<p>As Thomas Paine trudged through the frozen mud of New Jersey alongside Washington\u2019s ragged, dwindling army, most of the men were counting the days until their enlistments ended so they could finally go home. The cause looked lost: defeats piled upon defeats,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/neSSkt72Za\">pic.twitter.com\/neSSkt72Za<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TRHLofficial\/status\/1999162684244365574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\"><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Just a great story. The glory of perseverance when all seems lost. I wish people still wrote like this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some X threads from the last few days. For the most part, these posts are about news in National Security. We do the scrolling so you don\u2019t have to! This post also serves as an open thread. 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