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Navy SEALs Rescue Pirate Hostages In Somalia During Overnight Raid
Culture Buzz The U.S. Navy SEALs unit responsible for killing Osama bin Laden rescued an American aid worker and her Danish colleague in a heroic helicopter raid, officials announced early Wednesday morning. The hostages, who were working for the Danish Refugee Council, had been kidnapped by Somalian pirates back in October. An unconfirmed number of Somalian gunmen were killed during the shootout, and both hostages are currently unharmed and in a safe location.
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7 Situations Made Better With Pirate Speak
Culture Buzz Ahoy ye swabby landlubbers! Today be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Celebrate with a grog and wench or a…whatever be the male equivalent of a wench.
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Video: The History of Beer As Told By A Drunk
Episode 3 of “My Friend Evan” sheds light on how the creation of the word's greatest beverage. I never knew Pirates invented beer!
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Video: Guy Gets Tasered And Beaten While Crowd Chants ‘U.S.A.! U.S.A.!’
An unruly fan gets tasered and beaten at a recent Pittsburgh Pirates game as the crowd chants patriotically. Were they rooting for the unruly fan? The stadium security? The aversion of a government shutdown thanks to American statesmanship? Regardless, they probably weren't rooting for the Pirates.
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Image: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Official Movie Poster
This is the official poster for the fourth installment of the Pirates Of The Caribbean series, On Stranger Tides. Looks like it may be about pirates.
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Link: Yes Kids, Pirates Are Real
http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2011/02/19/jean-and...
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And in real life, they're not very fun.
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Link: Pirates Hoist Ransoms for Hijacked Ships
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/01/19/Pirates-ho...
Piracy is not immune from inflation.
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Link: Betting Tip: Bet Against The Pirates Every Time
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aq0v0bsD6EIDdEo5...
This guy meticulously documented his investment against Pittsburgh baseball. The Pirates prove worse than even Vegas oddsmakers imagined possible - he made a 10 percent ROI betting $20 bucks against them every time.
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Tributes to the Flying Spaghetti Monster [Slightly NSFW]
Culture Buzz Have you been touched by his noodly appendages? These people have and are more than happy to share their Pastafarian pride with the world.
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Link: LOL. Limewire.
http://www.cristgaming.com/pirate.swf
A little ditty you won't be able to get out of your head for the rest of the day. You're welcome.
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Link: Great Movie Pirates
http://www.popeater.com/2009/09/19/best-movie-pirates-tal...
In honor of 'Talk Like A Pirate Day', PopEater's scoured the vast seas (and YouTubes) to collect clips of film's greatest swashbucklers.
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Link: The Pirate Bay Finally Taken Offline
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-taken-offline-by-s...
Following the earlier court defeat for Fredrik, Gottfrid and Peter and the pending civil action taken by several Hollywood studios, the Swedish authorities have now ordered The Pirate Bay to be disconnected from the Internet. The site's bandwidth suppliers have been threatened with a large fine.
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Link: Red Sox Get Adam Laroche
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?q=adam+laroche&...
The Red Sox obtained former Pirate Adam Laroche today.
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Link: Pirates Charge Sweden for Violation for Human Rights
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/pirate-ba...
The Pirate Bay, a Swedish internet piracy group, has been denied a retrial by Swedish Judges, and have decided to bring charges to the Swedish government for what they think is a violation of their rights.
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Video: Lego Pirate Theater
From the “Things that probably took a really long time to make” category, comes a fully automated, motorized lego theater, featuring a play about pirates. The plot of the play could use a little work, but it has a shark in it, so I'm not complaining.
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Image: Stormtroopers vs. Pirates
Internet pirates, that is! The French parliament is voting on some law about cutting off internet access for people who download stuff on peer-to-peer networks, and this picture is about that. Sounds bad! But more importantly, stormtroopers have FINALLY met pirates in what is sure to be a battle for the ages.
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Link: USS Freedom
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518974,00.html
The Navy says this new high-tech ship can chase down pirates faster than ever before!
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Image: Pirate Pictures!
Photos of the pirates before they were all simultaneously shot dead by Navy snipers have surfaced! No shoes, collared shirts and AK-47's. Almost could pass for advertising.
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Image: Another Pirate-Killing President Chart
You can apparently thank the Barbary Wars for this update. I remain shocked that none of the Roosevelts (that includes Eleanor) are registering on these graphs.
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Link: Captain Richard Phillips
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
The shipping captain that U.S. sharpshooters rescued from pirates will reunite with his crew in the Kenyan resort of Mombasa on Wednesday. Capt. Phillips saved his crew by offering himself up as a hostage.
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Link: Pirates V. Dolphins!
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/14/content_1118...
Thousands of dolphins appeared and blocked Somali pirate ships as they attempted to intercept a Chinese merchant vessel. Could the Navy finally be using our poison dart super dolphins that “disappeared” during Hurricane Katrina?
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Image: Number of Pirates Killed By Each President
Just for comparison's sake. It feels a little wrong to file this under “badass,” and yet I'm still not to a point where I can take this pirate thing seriously.
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Image: Monkey Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie
Just in case you're not clear on the pecking order, here's a handy chart that's been doing the rounds today. It's like paper rock scissors, except with more senseless violence. (Via).
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Firefox Pirates Take Over Amazon
Tech Buzz Just in time for Holiday shopping season, Amazon.com is reportedly getting hit by pirates using a Firefox addon that links away from the Amazon product and directs the user to a free illegal download of the same product. For the time being, the extension appears to have been shut down, but keep an eye out for more from these mischievous Holiday Geek Pirates.
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130,000 Boobs Lost At Sea
Culture Buzz Mayday, mayday. 130,000 inflatable breasts en route to Australia have been lost at sea. They're worth $200,000, so please - if you see any boobies wash ashore, please alert your local authorities. Perhaps blue-balled pirates stole them and are using them as flotation devices?
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Link: Hang The Pirates
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122757123487054681.html
A WSJ oped adopts the “punishment fits the crime” school of thought. That or he thinks we're living in a Saddam Hussein-era Iraq. Expect a “Walk the Plank!” charticle in the NYT tomorrow.
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