Comments on: Late Night: High Seas Hijinx – Pirates and Monkeys Attack!

By: PierceNichols

PierceNichols — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:34:24 +0000

The modern equivalent of the invasion of Tripoli would be going into the pirate havens and rousting those bastards with ground troops. Flattening the giant mansions they’ve built with their loot would be a good place to start.

By: robspierre

robspierre — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:24:24 +0000

I always thought that the Constitution said something about trying pirates in Federal Courts in the nearest designated jurisdictions. For some reason, those Framers and Founders seem to have gone out of their ways to make using military commissions hard.

By: robspierre

robspierre — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:05 +0000

There was a time when the Navy defended American ships from pirates on the high seas. In fact, the Marine Corps anthem commemorates such an event in Libya.

Today, however, it appears that we use private goons for real military work and the military for generating profits for private enterprise.

By: klynn

klynn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:12:23 +0000

howdidbmazputthistogetherwithouteven1JohnnyDepppicture?

Bawhhahahahh!

Oh bmaz,(or mod) please feel free to delete comment 67. My edit to 66 did not post for over 30 minutes and so I reposted the material at 67. Then, my edit info showed up at 66 after posting my comment at 67. Crazy.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:05:59 +0000

Is Carl Levin going to push for a commission to try them? After all, the law of the seas, pirates, monkeys – if that’s not commissions material, what is?

howdidbmazputthistogetherwithouteven1JohnnyDepppicture?

By: klynn

klynn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:02:05 +0000

Hey bmaz, not to go OT, what did you think about the forged label article from Juan Cole? It read like another chapter in the Ghorbanifar Timeline. The forgeries are getting a bit tiresome. However, we have had enough of them in 9 years that they are like breads crumbs now.

By: klynn

klynn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:29:34 +0000

Ah bmaz, thanks for the birthday present. Two Filipino Monkey references in one day? That’s something special!

Thanks for the laughs. It has been a good day, despite a child home with H1N1.

Hey, not to go OT, what did you think of that Juan Cole link on the forged label on the arms seized?

http://www.juancole.com/2009/11/20-year-old-letterhead-points-to.html

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/11/17/crazy-pete-hoekstra-writes-a-letter-again/#comment-200010

What is it about creating ME conflict based on forgeries?

Anyway, those anniversaries of my 29th just get better every year!

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:17:10 +0000

so basically, on a topical perspective, to tie it all together and explain what it all means, I figure that our Sub Fleet is a danger to pirates

jes not like you think

By: ratfood

ratfood — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:01:42 +0000

Glad you liked it. That site I linked to has a nifty online gallery.

By: freepatriot

freepatriot — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:54:33 +0000

I think that keel-hauling is the one torture method that Cheney and his SEREd goons did NOT use. That we know of.

I’m pretty sure he never quarted any soldiers in anybody’s house either

still not impressed with his service

hey, ew, Jon Stewart rubbed addington and deadeye in lou dobbs face

if you haven’t seen it, Jon Stewart was playin in your playground, sorta …