Comments on: Weekly Blog Roundup

By: baresytapas

baresytapas — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:29:27 +0000

The theme of pirates head brings all countries. Spain also has suffered recently. We must finish them.

By: Aleks

Aleks — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:41:59 +0000

On the news that the Russians have promoted somali pirates to the executive suite, I read somewhere that a NATO state (the country slips my mind but it was Denmark or Norway – something norther euro) has also put captured pirates back in their boats without navigation aids. As to how close to shore this was done, who knows. If they were more cunning, they’d let them go and then swamp/capsize the boat by blasting past them at speed.

By: Tim Newman

Tim Newman — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:02:30 +0000

I’m normally the first to criticise Russia for being cack-handed, idiotic, or blitheringly unaware of how the rest of the world works, but in the case of the pirates – if indeed they did execute them – my response is a shrug of the shoulders and a hope that the message reaches pirates elsewhere. What’s the betting they avoid ships bearing Cyrillic lettering in the future?

By: Sublime Oblivion

Sublime Oblivion — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:36:32 +0000

1. I think Russia’s “uncertainty” on the pirates is a tactful move. Neither incriminating, nor encouraging others to perceive it as being weak.
2. Apple shunning E. Europe – is E. Europe’s gain.
3. Thanks for the shout out.