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Archives tagged ‘pirates’

The Marble Cake Drop

Number of Pirates Killed by Obama In Two Graphs, Marines’ Hymn [mp3], America and the Barbary Pirates: An International Battle Against an Unconventional Foe, First Barbary War, Google: Mowing with goats, Raindrops splash before they hit the ground, Shreyas Mandre, MIT piano drop Spring 2009 by blackaller, The First MIT Baker House Piano Drop (1972), Our Bombs - Air Strike Tracker, Chainsaw art, Time Magazine: The World’s Most Influential Person, moot wins, Time Inc. loses

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∞ permalink | Daily News, Monday May 04 2009 | 4chan, barbary war, goats, Google, gravity, marines hymn, MIT, moot, munitions, obama, outsider art, physics, piano drop, pirates, Thomas Jefferson, Time Magazine, tripoli, water

Pirate Attacks

There’s been only one US President to order an attack against pirates? Seriously?

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∞ permalink | Daily News, Tuesday April 28 2009 | obama, pirates, somalia

Somali Pirates Release Ukrainian Hostages

Rocketboom Field Correspondent Ruud Elmendorp covers the return of hostages and military cargo after the ship the MV Faina was seajacked and held by Somali pirates for 19 weeks. The ship was carrying 33 refurbished Soviet era T-72 tanks and at least 14,000 rounds of ammunition. One crewmember died during the ordeal.

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∞ permalink | Humanwire, Wednesday February 18 2009 | kenya, military, pirates, priacy, Ruud Elmendorp, somalia