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[EndtheMadnessNow]

Here we go...tensions escalate. Oil, hostile regime, terrorism, WMDs, Shock and awe? Seems like the focus on alleged stolen assets is new.

Blockade: The Ultimate Guide to an Act of War [US Law Explained]

What is a Blockade? A 30-Second Summary

Imagine your neighbor's driveway is the only way to get to your house. One day, they park their cars across it, station family members to watch it 24/7, and declare that no one—not you, not delivery drivers, not guests—can enter or leave. They haven't set foot on your property, but they have effectively cut you off from the world. This is the essence of a blockade. In the world of nations, a blockade is an act of war where one country uses its naval forces to prevent all ships, regardless of their nationality, from entering or leaving an enemy's ports. It's not just a suggestion; it's a physical barrier enforced by military power. Its goal is to strangle the enemy's economy, cut off its military supplies, and force it to surrender. This is fundamentally different from an `embargo`, where a country prohibits its *own* citizens and ships from trading with another nation. A blockade is an active, external, and military operation against everyone. For anyone involved in international trade, from a small business owner shipping goods overseas to a sailor on a cargo vessel, understanding the rules of a blockade can mean the difference between safe passage and catastrophic loss.

Key Takeaways At-a-Glance:

    A Warlike Act: A blockade is a military operation under `international_law` that cuts off access to an enemy's coastline to prevent all vessels from entering or leaving.

    Direct Impact: For an ordinary person, a blockade can disrupt supply chains for essential goods, skyrocket prices, and for those in the shipping industry, it poses a direct risk of vessel seizure and financial ruin.

    Strict Legal Rules: For a blockade to be considered legal, it must be officially declared, effectively enforced, and applied equally to ships of all nations without discrimination.

Maduro's response:

On the night of today, December 16, 2025, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, violating International Law, free trade, and freedom of navigation, has issued a reckless and serious threat against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

On his social media, he assumes that Venezuela’s oil, land, and mineral wealth are his property, and that Venezuela must therefore hand over all its wealth immediately. The President of the United States intends to impose, in an absolutely irrational manner, an alleged naval military blockade against Venezuela with the objective of stealing the riches that belong to our Homeland.

Venezuela, in the full exercise of the International Law that protects us, of our Constitution and the laws of the Republic, reaffirms its sovereignty over all its natural resources, as well as the right to freedom of navigation and free trade in the Caribbean Sea and the world’s oceans. Consequently, in strict adherence to the United Nations Charter, it will fully exercise its freedom, jurisdiction, and sovereignty above these warmongering threats.

Immediately, our Ambassador to the United Nations will proceed to denounce this serious violation of International Law against Venezuela.

We call on the people of the United States and the peoples of the world to reject by all means this extravagant threat, which once again reveals the true intentions of Donald Trump to steal the riches of the country that gave birth to the United Liberating Army of South America and to our Liberator, Simón Bolívar. The people of Venezuela, in perfect popular, military, and police unity, will know how to defend their historic rights and prevail along the path of Peace.

Mr. Donald Trump explicitly puts forward the following interventionist and colonialist expression: “until all the oil, land, and other assets that were previously stolen from us are returned to the United States.” His true intention, which has been denounced by Venezuela and by the people of the United States in large demonstrations, has always been the appropriation of the country’s oil, land, and mineral resources through massive campaigns of lies and manipulation.

Venezuela will never again be a colony of an empire or any foreign power and will continue, together with its people, along the path of building prosperity and the unrestricted defense of our independence and sovereignty.

The Venezuelan people, in perfect popular, military, and police unity, remain firm in the unrestricted protection of their territory, their wealth, and their freedom. With our Father Liberator, we say: “Fortunately, it has been seen that a handful of free men can defeat powerful empires.”

If I were Maduro I'd be on a jet plane with duffel bags of cash headed to Switzerland or Moscow.


Return to home...where it all started. Wernher von Braun would be very happy.




Musician Deaths of 2025 A very long list.




Soft disclosure for 100+ years of TV and movies featuring aliens, from Aelita, Queen of Mars in 1924, to Xeno and Pluribus right now and...



"My name is Manousos Oviedo. I am not one of them. I wish to save the world." [excerpt from the alien hive mind ‘world peace’ virus].
— Pluribus

First trailer for Disclosure Day...they walk among us




It appears the character uses sine-wave speech to communicate. The speech is obscured in sign waves plus click sounds.

From this trailer, it suggests the aliens are channeling a message through humans. The announcement that "we are not alone" will come from an alien consciousness that’s using a human avatar as a speaker. The channeler is an unsuspecting human...on live TV. Perhaps a prelude of new AI shenanigans to further bless us for summer '26.





The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick


Art by Martin Hoffman for The Visitors by Clifford D. Simak, 1980.


The story outlines contact between Earth and the eponymous Visitors, a group of mysterious objects from deep space. The Visitors are simple black oblong boxes, as large as buildings, which approach from space and orbit the Earth before descending to the United States. Neither side ever makes any meaningful communication with the other, and the only real outcome of the contact is considerable frustration and the potential of large-scale damage to Earth's economic systems.


R.I.P. Captain William "Buck" Rogers


Gil Gerard, Star of ‘Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,’ Dies at 82