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Somali pirates cut ransoms to clear hijacked ships
Reuters ^
| Mar 13, 2011
| Mohamed Ahmed and Abdi sheikh
Posted on 03/13/2011 3:11:29 PM PDT by george76
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:11:36 PM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
What??? a “blue light special?” Clearance sale?? How these pirates are allowed to still exist is beyond me.
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:15:22 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
To: george76
Sounds like the pirates need to create a hostage and vessel clearinghouse of some kind. Arrrrg!
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:15:25 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Look for the union label and just say, NO!)
To: george76
Right, so that just leaves the federal government that doesn’t understand market forces.
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:19:51 PM PDT
by
americanophile
("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives"-Ataturk)
To: george76
That’s bad when pirating becomes a ‘supply and demand’ economy.
Too many boats/captives, too little booty/bounty.
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:20:48 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: george76
I say tell the Somali govt that since you cant control who is leaving your shores, WE WILL!, And that means we sink everything that strays more than say 1 mile from your shore - sort of a no-float zone.
Screw the U.N. and what they say.
EXCEPTION: If Michael Moore is captured, then by all means the pirates should “give him a deal”.
To: george76
So the economy is even FUBAR for Jihadist pirates? That guy Obama is something else!! Will they get a bailout?
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:21:20 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
("You cannot invade the US There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass." Yamamoto)
To: ColdOne
I can understand our boy in the White Hut not doing anything as it might get in the way of a round of golf or a Motown night or even another vacation. What I don’t understand is the hands off attitude of the actual world leaders that actually have a set.
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:21:43 PM PDT
by
rhubarbk
To: george76
Armed pirate gangs, who have made millions of dollars capturing ships Gee, I wonder why they keep doing this.
To: george76
Just announced... Hostage Outlet opening up in east Mogadishu!
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:24:20 PM PDT
by
Shqipo
(I am the unofficial originator of the Mega-Bump! Only use judiciously.)
To: george76; a fool in paradise; JoeProBono
To: rhubarbk
You said “boy”, lol...expect a visit from Eric Holder...
To: ColdOne
What??? a blue light special? Clearance sale?? How these pirates are allowed to still exist is beyond me.Maybe our pirates "Betters" will be inspired to lower ransoms taxes?
Hey, anything is possible...
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:25:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 781 of our national holiday from reality. - tic. tic. tic. It's almost 3 AM)
To: george76
“Low, low ransoms!
We have to make room for new inventory now!
The boss says ‘no offer refused’!”
And my favorite sale spiel...
“I’d give them away... but my wives won’t let me!!!!!!”
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:28:31 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
To: george76
Sales personnel.
To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
"We're slashing our prices every day!"
PIRATE FAIL!
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:30:03 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
To: george76
Pay them in “Basic Economics” By Thomas Sowell.
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:30:33 PM PDT
by
CriticalJ
(Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
To: ColdOne
Political correctness protects the Somali pirates as it does the “poor kidnappers” of Mexico.
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posted on
03/13/2011 3:31:02 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
To: george76
Wanna talk to the manager?
To: CriticalJ
I wonder if the Russians will take them up on this deal.
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