Saturday, April 25, 2009

Swine Flu

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Had a physical yesterday. "Thought about flu shots?" the doctor asked. Maybe I will, starting now: Swine Flu News : MSNBC Reports ...

Latest ONI Worldwide Threats to Shipping Report (to 22 April 09)

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The latest ONI Worldwide Threats to Shipping Report (to 22 April 09)can be found here . Highlights: 1. NIGERIA: Bulk carrier robbed 19...

Weather and the Somali Pirates

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Weather to cut Somali pirate attacks "The sea is calm now, but it will be terrible to sail especially in the Indian Ocean by May,"...

Somali Pirates Seize German Ship

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Somali Pirates Seize German Ship : A report out of Kenya says Somali pirates have hijacked a German ship with 24 crew members on board. Andr...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Could Somali-type Piracy Spread?

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Lloyds List asks the question in Fears over growth in Somalia style attacks : The taking of hostages from a tanker by Nigerian pirates earl...

Somali Pirates: "I'm the saviour of the sea' - Times Online

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Nice article in the London Times 'I'm not a pirate, I'm the saviour of the sea' . The pirate king the reporter met with has...

Threats to Shipping Reports and Winds off Somalia

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Click on images to enlarge. NATO report showing activity dated 21 April 09: A look at winds off Somalia (from here . Note that they are pick...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Somali Pirates: Why do we do it? Because it's better than our other options

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Why are there Somali pirates? For the same reason there are bank robbers and drug dealers. It's relatively easy money and some people on...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The First Thing We'll Do Is Prosecute the Lawyers

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Dick the Butcher had a vision of a Utopia without lawyers. President Obama now has created an environment in which the leftist mobs clamor f...

Somali Pirate Gets Full Media Sympathy Treatment

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He might have been a Boy Scout or a Key Club member. In fact, given the glow of this AP piece, he might go straight to sainthood - see here ...

Somali Pirates: When Canadians Attack

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From here . Canada releases video of night attack on Somali pirates who were trying to hijack a Norwegian cargo ship. Canadian sailors appre...

Tuesday Maritime Reading

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Tuesday. Not "hump day." Not "blue Monday." Just Tuesday. Enjoy. For a week's worth of reading in one post, there...

Sri Lanka:Terrorist/Pirate "Sea Tigers" Sunk?

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The Sri Lankan government and it military have the Tamil Tigers on the ropes, it appears : The Sri Lankan military gave an ultimatum to Tami...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Somali Pirate in U.S. Court

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The U.S. captured Somali pirate will be going to court in New York. According to the Voice of America, the pirate, previously reported as be...

Somali Pirates: "My pirate son is just misunderstood"

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A plea from the alleged Somali mother of the alleged young Somali pirate being held by the U.S. in connection with the attempted hijacking o...

Somali Pirates: Belated Humanitarian Gesture and More Attacks

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Reported as Ship fights off attack; Pirates free food aid ship : Somali pirates attacked a Maltese flagged-ship before dawn Monday with rock...

Who do you belong to?

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First, you should know that I may be a Terrorist : Which, of course, since I am a Western-born, Southern-living veteran and a gun owner, you...
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Words

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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Foreign Affairs" "No clue on what ’model partnership’ means"

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From a Turkish newspaper: No clue on what ’model partnership’ means : Turkey is uncertain what the U.S. president referred to when describin...

Somali Pirates Capture a Belgian Ship

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Pirates Seize Belgian Ship : Somali pirates attacked two ships off the Horn of Africa on Saturday, capturing a Belgian dredger and its 10-ma...