pirates

When most of us think of Pirates, mostly visions of swashbucklers from old Disney movies like Captain Kidd or Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow spring immediately to mind. Indeed, images of peg-legged characters sporting eye-patches who can drink a yard of ale and harbor evil intentions for all ye' wenches, have tended to romanticize or otherwise color our impressions of these seafaring scallywags.

In reality, pirates have captured our imaginations in a variety of ways through the years. They also come in a variety of types. Baseball has the Pittsburgh Pirates, the music industry blames Music Pirates for a downturn in business due to free downloading.

Getting back to those colorful sea bandits, though, piracy on the waterways of the world is actually a very real and continuing threat, as demonstrated by incidents in and around the waterways of countries like Somalia.

In the blogosphere, you can find information on all types of Pirates. There are any number of blogs devoted to Johnny Depp, for example. Music piracy is discussed at places like Business Week. Bucs Dugout is a site devoted to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

On a more serious note, you'll find information about the real-life Somali Pirates at the CounterTerrorism Blog, as well as one of the Somali Pirates home movies at Lede Blog.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “pirates”

• Somali pirates seize weapons ship, attack tanker

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 620
  The Somalia pirates again reach out even farther in their attempt to takeover the waterways around the Horn of Africa ! And now they have more weapons to do it with ! .... MOGADISHU ( Reuters ) - Somali pirates have seized a United Arab Emirates-flagged cargo ship loaded with weapons bound for the anarchic Horn of ...
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• Danger tourism

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 611
  Download audio file (1109093.mp3) Download MP3 More and more tourists, it seems, are winding up in places they shouldn’t be. Some travel to war zones or countries their government has warned them not to visit. Robert Reid is an editor with the travel guide series, Lonely Planet. Marco Werman asked him why ...
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• Book Review: In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks

  
  Dine Magazine — Authority:
  In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks by Michael Bennett and Eileen Bennett Clark Published by The Professional Image ISBN: 978-0615297781 Mango, crab, papaya, coconut, salmon, avocado and lobster, so many wonderful delights from nature are plentiful in the Caribbean. With nature’s overflowing bounty of ...
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• Philippine president orders troops to hunt down Abu Sayyaf that beheaded school principal

  
  Hunt of the Sea Wolves — Authority: 136
  GMA News TV President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has issued yet another directive to crush the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf, whose members are being blamed for the beheading of an elementary school principal in the southern Philippine province of Sulu. “The death of Mr. (Gabriel) Canizares will not be in vain. Rescue ...
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• Moskos Might Need Neck Surgery; Sosa Not Michael Jackson

  
  FanSided — Authority: 591
  RANDOM EX HR KING: For a moment we thought Sammy Sosa was making a guest appearance on True Blood or the second coming of Michael Jackson, that is not the case says a former Cubs employee [Chicago Trib]AFL BASEBALL:  Danny Moskos neck was snapped on several occassions as he watched  laser after laser fly off [...]
  19 hours ago

• Mid-ocean pirate attack on tanker

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 461
  Somali pirates attack an oil tanker 1,000 miles from the coast – the furthest yet, the EU anti-piracy mission says. Read more from the original source:  Mid-ocean pirate attack on tanker
  19 hours ago

• Dennis Masina Glad To Receive Playing Time With Orlando Pirates

  
  Goal.com — Authority: 703
  Masina has expressed his happiness about playing the full 90 minutes during the match against Bloemfontein Celtic at Orlando Stadium on Sunday...
  19 hours ago

• Bayside Pirates News (VIC)

  
  Futsal4all - Futsal in Australia and New Zealand — Authority: 137
  We are well into the Spring season, but going by the weather it really is Summer! Our competitions are well under way and our Academy team is in training for the MFL, which kicks off on Saturday 14th at Bundoora. The Pirates will be hosting the second round at Cheltenham Secondary College on Saturday November 21st.So ...
  20 hours ago

• An Interesting Editing Discovery

  
  Author's Echo — Authority: 118
  Im almost halfway through the 3rd Edit of Air Pirates (as you can see on the sidebar, or you could if you also knew that there are 28 chapters). I always notice interesting things when I edit. For one thing, there are always more typos. I mean, whats up with that? For another, Ive discovered that there are ...
  22 hours ago

• Eilen Jewell Cover Johnny Kidd & The Pirates 60s Classic "Shakin All Over"

  
  Retro Music Snob (Mp3's ) — Authority: 142
  78s Report: Click here to go to 78s to check Eilen Powell covering Johnny Kidd & The Pirates 60s classic "Shakin All Over"
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• The Wenches return for another pirate misadventure on the cannibal isle!

  
  PulpToon — Authority: 106
  Ahoy mateys! The wicked wenches are back and several of their crew are being held captive on a Caribbean isle by a tribe of hungry cannibals! Will they escape!? What will happen!? Find out only in this issue… CLICK HERE TO SET SAIL FOR THE VAULT NOW!
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• Indian warships to stay in Gulf of Aden till piracy ends: official

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Paradip (Orissa), Nov 9 (IANS) The Indian Navy warships stationed in the Gulf of Aden to protect Indian merchant ships from frequent attacks by Somali pirates will remain in the region until a permanent solution is worked out, a senior navy officer said.“The two warships at the Gulf of Aden will protect Indian ships ...
  1 day ago

• News and Rumors of Pirates of the Caribbean 4

  
  The Movie Banter — Authority: 127
  Although Pirates of the Caribbean 4 has not even begun production, there has been much talk over the past months about its stars and progress.  With known stars from the first two Pirates movies Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley having no interest in continuing the series made a lot of fans wonder how they could ...
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• And Now the News: Hooker with a Heart of Gold

  
  Michael May's Adventureblog — Authority: 430
  Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys I appreciate a good pirate band at the local Renaissance Festival. Ill even buy their CDs if theyre cool enough. But thats not what this is. This is 43 pirate songs by folks like Nick Cave, Lou Reed, and Bryan Ferry . This is something that just went into my Amazon ...
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• The ABCs of Awesome

  
  Michael May's Adventureblog — Authority: 430
  Since finishing that huge music meme , theres a hole in my Sunday blogging. Not sure what Ill eventually fill it with, but for today, Ive totally gacked this idea from Cal . Apes Barbarians (fighting Apes) Cephalopods Detectives Elasmosaurus Frankensteins Monster ...
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• Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

  
  sportsjabber.net — Authority: 141
  While the rest of the world is freaking over the BCS and preparing for another week of NFL football, I’m dedicated to bring you the newest baseball news. Starting last night, The Rockies have been negotiating with FA reliever Rafael Betancourt. The Rockies are rumored to let RHP Josh Fogg (0-2; 3.24 ERA) go. The ...
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• how to succeed in business without really trying...

  
  The Author's Desk — Authority: 425
  I cant say much for the script of this play, but it does win the prize for longest name ever. I will tell you what happened: So, my amazing friends Belen, Jaz, Candace, and Megan were all in "The Wizard of Oz" with me this past summer. Since they all go to the same high school, they were also in PHSs production of ...
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• Financially Metastatic, Philosophically Ignorant.

  
  Some of Patrice Ayme's Thoughts — Authority: 118
    WHEN PIRATES ARE IN POWER, DOWN IS UP, AND ANYTHING GOES. Something we have hammered for years. Paul Krugman points out that: "…Advanced economies actually grew faster in the era before modern finance took hold. There have been assertions that it was all about rebuilding from the war, or that the picture ...
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• Lincecum Off the Hook? This Video Helped.

  
  FanSided — Authority: 591
  The 2008 Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum will pay $250 for possessing a pot pipe an AP report said today. The agreement must still be approved by Judge Darvin Zimmerman.Grant Hansen, the deputy prosecutor on the Lincecum case, said his office is willing to dismiss a misdemeanor charge of possessing 3.3 grams of ...
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• Why Jason Bay Might Be Worth $20 Million a Year, to the Right Team

  
  Bleacher Report - Front Page — Authority: 774
  You (probably) can hold out for more than the $15 million a year Boston is reportedly offering you, Jason Bay. Based on his hitting, Jason Bay would be a "five win" (above replacement, or WAR) player. At $4 million a WAR, (the going free agent rate), Bay should be worth something like $20 million a year, at least for ...
  1 day ago

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