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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Economy Today in Pirates

Posted by Eli Sanders on Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:27 PM

I assume Slog has already chronicled the Somali pirate attack on a U.S. cruise ship. Today the passengers are speaking:

"We didn't think they would be cheeky enough to attack a cruise ship," passenger Wendy Armitage of Wellington, New Zealand, tells The Associated Press.

Oh yes they would be. Also, the Daily News, ever helpful, reminds that these pirates use "grenades, not swords," and look like Africans, not Jack Sparrow.

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I'd like to know more about this snazzy "long-range acoustic device" they used, presumably a standing-wave thingie. It sounds like it didn't work very well.

Posted by Fnarf on December 3, 2008 at 5:48 PM

Do they still have skeet as a recreation option on cruise ships?

Posted by Fritz on December 3, 2008 at 9:23 PM

Anyone notice the story on that page about freaky X-rays? I think I'd rather be held hostage by pirates than STABBED IN THE HEAD:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gallerie…

Posted by Irena on December 3, 2008 at 9:58 PM

I'm no naval expert so maybe this is a dumb question... but how do a bunch of guys in a motorboat get on a cruise ship? Are there ladders or grappling hooks or something?

Posted by Urgutha Forka on December 3, 2008 at 10:24 PM

Am I alone in thinking that grenades on a boat are a bad idea?

Posted by Greg on December 4, 2008 at 5:23 PM