Link Dump
Didn’t work them into a post, but some stuff:
That thing that Hillary lied and said happened to her? Actually happened to U.S. congressman Donald Payne.
Pirates make the news for taking a US ship. Pirates get killed. It took a few days longer than it should have. Right on cue, the AP comes out says that maybe dealing with pirates like that is a bad idea. They’re such nice guys.
Tax Facts to make your head explode.
How to link to a specific starting point in a YouTube or Google video
April 13th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Dealing with pirates “like that” is exactly what’s called for; Go all 18th century on their sorry *sses.
I cheered when I saw the headline….Captain rescued, pirates dead = happy ending.
April 13th, 2009 at 11:05 am
After having seen “Pirates of the Caribbean”, I have come to the conclusion that pirates can only be harmful if they aren’t dead enough.
April 13th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Damn. I had a great picture of a Marine or SEAL sniper on the USS Boxer with one of those handmade Remington 700s and now I can’t find it. Stupid computers.
April 13th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Found it.
April 13th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Threatswatch.org had a couple of decent articles on the pirates and how they were handled.
http://threatswatch.org/commentary/2009/04/somali-piracy-a-solution/
and
http://threatswatch.org/commentary/2009/04/getting-past-somalia-inanity/