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🏴☠️ 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 The Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Week 8 Recap: Competing Blockades and Piracy Surge
April 27, 2026
In this episode of What's Going on With Shipping?, Sal Mercogliano dives into the eighth week of the intensifying maritime conflict between the United States and Iran. As both sides enforce competing blockades across the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, the "choke points" are truly being choked, with significant implications for global trade and oil prices.
00:00 – Intro: Staged Takeover Analysis
01:25 – JMIC Update: Somali Piracy Surge
01:58 – "PEG LEG" & The Pirate Action Groups
03:05 – Regional Threat Overview: The Mine Question
05:41 – The "Umpire's" Data Check: Cargo vs. Tankers
07:22 – The "Donut Hole" & Global Impact
16:04 – Stateless Vessels & Article 110
27:50 – Soapbox: Why No LCS Surge?
33:18 – Economic Fury: Sanctions & Global Trade Shifts
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This is a very good video explaining in detail the damage caused by the arson attack on the Eagle's Nest, and also the systematic destruction, vandalism and insane, hate-filled iconoclasm inflicted on Hitler's beloved Berghof and associated buildings since 1945:
Felton correctly points out the Eagle's Nest was Hitler's least-favorite building there and he only visited it on a handful of occasions (it was more of an extravagant vanity protect by Martin Bormann).
Hitler's favorite building, by far, was the little tea house with the overlook, which he visited daily. This survived the war completely intact, but was needlessly destroyed by the anti-Nazi collaborationist Bavarian government in 1951, for no other reason than it was Hitler's favorite spot.
While I am saddened and angered by the burning of the Eagle's Nest, I imagine Hitler would just shrug after all the other decades of destruction that have been visited on the site, including the original ...
James Comer: Ilhan Omar’s Winery Sold Empty Barrels of Wine to Investors (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/chairman-comer-ilhan-omars-winery-sold-empty-barrels/
