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01 September 2010

The Pirate Latitudes: when the French luxury cruise ship Le Ponant was captured by a raggedy, hopped-up band of Somali pirates last spring, in the Gulf of Aden, it looked as if the bandits had bitten off more than they could chew. But after a week-long standoff, they got what they had come for—a $2.15 million ransom.

post by: NucleophilicAttack at: 02:39 | 2 comments

I was wondering as I read this, "what happens when actors ignore the state?", and then got to the end, realized the answer was "basically nothing", and then got a bit freaked out.

posted by mdonley 01 September | 05:25

Langewiesche has an annoyingly snotty tone for someone who is mostly transcribing from a book written by someone else. But then again, Vanity Fair is written by and for our betters, so we should be appropriately grateful.

posted by warbaby 01 September | 08:39

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