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more about #pirates more comments → CherriSpryte: Oh for Chrissake. A suicide bomber blows his damn self up in Mogadishu during a fucking doctoral graduation ceremony - killing 19 people - and you idi... more » Foster Kamer: Also, for the record, every #TheWorldIsPhat post will have the video at the end. Thomas Friedman got one, too. more » Penscribe: I understand why there's such a rap connection, in this post, to Somalian pirates. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: link for the chart [en.wikipedia.org] more » Ogiri W Surie: Actually, I smell mid-season reality shows replacements: "Extreme Makeover - Somali Edition," "Real Housewives of Mogadishu," "Pimp My Skiff," the po... more » Ogiri W Surie: But have they moved up to covering their living room furniture in plastic? No? Well then they're just wanna-be classy. more » Swifter: We are the Pirates of Somali, Here to steal your Christmas holly, We're so phat and extra jolly, With all the powers of Zvengali! Don't try to stop u... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: chart more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: chart more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: and an important chart. is it just me, or does the image/video add area not show up on edit? more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I believe that the FSM is observing the increase of pirates and the associated effects with dispassionate interest. Ramen, and Happy Holidays. [en.w... more » Claire Buoyant: You just wait until they start buying submarines from the Colombian drug lords. more » TheBusinessGuy: So what kind of points do pirates get in Altarcations? more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Bootynomics. more » lobstr: It's high time Team America takes over that lawless shithole and eminent-domains us a 51st state fer Christmas, yee haw! more » -
#pirates
Somali Pirates: Ballin' Dangerously Out of Control
Bling Bling, go the Somali Pirates. After all, what, you think they do it because it's fun to be a pirate? Not necessarily. They're do it for the scrilla, the scratch, the cold, hard cash. And now they're getting spendy. More » -
#revisionism
Pirate-Hijack Ship Crew Ungrateful For Being Made Heroes
Well-known fact: Hero naval captain Richard Phillips is the biggest hero next to Sully, due to his heroic act of getting rescued from Somali pirate hijackers. So why is his ungrateful crew staging a retroactive mutiny? More » -
#shivermetimbers
Those Somali pirates just never rest.
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#hijacking
Pirates Attack US Container Ship... Again
The MV Maersk Alabama was hijacked earlier this year, when snipers from the navy killed three pirates to rescue the ship's captain, Richard Phillips. Undeterred by this minor setback, the pirates had another crack today in the waters off Somalia. More » -
#piratewars
Somali Pirate Kidnapping of Kindly Brits Sure to End Poorly
Somali pirates have kidnapped this friendly-looking British couple as they sailed their yacht off the East African coast. This has a very "UK Version of When The Navy SEALS Killed Those Somali Pirates" feel. Pirates: Please re-read this. [Pic via] -
#journalismism
Somali Pirates Need Mood Stabilizers
Kassim Mohamed takes a journalistic trip to meet some Somalian pirates and ends up being held hostage and told "You're going to die in the next four hours if we don't get a kill today." Read it. [CPJ via TrueSlant] -
#piratewars
Stay Out of the Water
Like the viral spread of hip hop fashion from the inner city to the suburbs, piracy is now creeping outwards in a terrifying web-shaped pattern, across the globe. Somalis were just the early adopters. All Spanish sailors, abandon ship immediately. More » -
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'Ghost Ship' With Secret Cargo Mysteriously Disappears
Somali pirates are dramatic to a point, but they lack that spy-novelesque element of international (supernatural?) intrigue. Luckily, there may be unknown pirate forces lurking in the seas off Europe—they've already grabbed one ship carrying...secrets??? More » -
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#lasertag
Navy Wants Laser Death Rays to Fight Somali Pirates. WTF?
The U.S. Navy and a giant defense contractor are asking mom and dad for money to build an ultra-wicked laser death ray, because otherwise it's impossible to stop pirate ships. At last, the historic invincibility of pirate ships is over! More » -
#piratewars
Oh boy, Somali pirates have seized a German cargo ship. What now, Germany?
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#piratewars
Pirates: Not So Tough After All
How can the world sustain its romantic pirate fantasies when the only real pirates are now getting their asses kicked not just by Navy SEALs (understandable), but by lesser nations and—god—cruise ships? More » -
#piratewars
Caterwauling Marauder Led to Slaughter: Keening Corsair Is Tabloid Fodder
Somali teen pirate sensation Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (today's spelling!) went to court yesterday, and guess what, he cried. Will this give the NY Post the chance to use the term "Priva-Tears?" Let's find out! More » -
#piratewars
Grinning Pirate Is the Toast of NYC
Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse is the biggest young star to hit New York since the inimitable Lady Gaga! He's a teen Somali pirate; he's already famous; and he's about to be demonized for our collective amusement! More » -
#piratewars
The Cause of and Solution To Piracy: Women
Somali pirates are swaggering around shore like big gangsters, stealing women from the honest guys. Which is ironic, since the best idea yet to control the pirates is: make the women hit them with rocks. More » -
#journalismism
Somali Pirates Go to the Beach
Finally, some intrepid journalists have infiltrated the Somali pirates'...dusty hangout area, with video cameras! 20/20 pals around with pirates tonight, on television. Watch this clip of America's new enemy, with guns, on a little boat! -
#piratewars
Kindly Americans Didn't Hack Somali Pirate to Pieces
The hero American crew members of the Maersk Alabama taught those teenage Somali Pirates a few things about America, and its values: we value freedom of commerce. And we value being able to kill you: More » -
#piratewars
We Must Destroy Somalia to Honor Our Brave Seamen
Break out the confetti and American Flag sheet cakes, because the heroic crew of the ship jacked by pirates is back in the USA! A nation celebrates, on instinct. Meanwhile, the pirates are talking shit! More » -
#imagefile
Your (Deceased) Somali Pirates
Here they are, the three guys who were shot dead by Navy SEAL snipers after kidnapping that American captain. At least they got their 15 minutes. [GMA] -
#propaganda
Why Must the Liberal Media Lie About Pirates?
Why does the Washington Post want to tell children that their pirate fantasies are fake and evil? More » -
#crime
Weak-Sauce Pirates Fail Against Unarmed U.S. Ship
First they get their asses handed to them by dolphins and a child sniper, now the Somali pirates can't take a U.S. famine-aide ship, even with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. Evil+Fail=Pathetic.
