Posts Tagged ‘pirate’

Eustace the Monk: Talented Pirate For The French And The English

Eustace the Monk was a notorious pirate who operated in the English Channel during the early 13th century AD. As indicated by his title, Eustace had been a monk, though he was also involved in other trades at one point or another. In addition to piracy, Eustace is recorded to have served as a seneschal official to […]

Ching Shih – From Prostitute to Infamous Female Pirate

Ching Shih (or Zheng Shi) was a Chinese prostitute who became a powerful female pirate, controlling the infamous Red Flag Fleet. The fleet grew under her command, with expanding reserves of loot, and an organized system of business. Eventually, Ching Shih sought amnesty when offered by the Chinese government, but not without first negotiating to […]

Amount of e-waste explodes, world lags behind, with much reaching pirate sites

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The Ultimate Pirate Branding Symbol – The Origin of the Jolly Roger

Pirate lore is a popular topic among many today, with romanticized tales involving adventure on the high seas, camaraderie, and treasure hunting. However, centuries ago, pirates were very real criminals, one of the first examples of organized crime. Traveling by sea, pirates would attack and plunder, killing with disregard. There are many objects of piracy […]

Piracy doesn’t impact sales: Pirate Party MEP unearths €360k European Commission report

“In general, the results do not show robust statistical evidence of displacement of sales by online copyright infringements. That does not necessarily mean that piracy has no effect but only that the statistical analysis does not prove with sufficient reliability that there is an effect,” the report reads. “An exception is the displacement of recent top […]

Rep Lamar Smith & Friends Form Legion of Doom to Protect ExxonMobil

Susanne Posel (OC) : On the road to exposing ExxonMobil for crimes against the environment, 13 Republican congressmen on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee (SSTC) have sent out letters to 17 state attorney generals, 8 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Greenpeace USA for their efforts to hold oil industry giants accountable for their actions. […]

‘Climate crime scene’: Eco-activists block coal mine, power plant in Germany (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

At least 1,600 people took part in Saturday’s protest, according to the organizers, while police estimated the number at around 1,000. One group of activists occupied the railway lines to block access to the power station, while another blocked the conveyor belts that transport coal to power plants. “Germany is the world leader in burning […]

The Illusion of Balkan Energy Security

F. William Engdahl (NEO) : Since strong pressure on the Bulgarian government back in 2014 caused her to stop construction of the Russian gas pipeline, South Stream, that was to have supplied Russian gas to the Balkans and on to Austria and Italy, Brussels has argued that the stop was necessary because of “regional energy security” […]

Surveillance Video Proves Cops Are Liars: Assaulted Man For No Reason

A Texas man who escaped charges after being assaulted by three Caldwell County sheriff’s deputies says he would have faced years in prison had it not been for a surveillance video that proved the cops were liars. On Jan. 14, 2015, officers had responded to the home of 47-year-old Larry Faulkenberry after his son called […]

Police Wives: Devoted or Just Plain Delusional?

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, several articles that crossed my Facebook feed this week drew my attention to the women who “walk the line” by being in relationships with law enforcement officers. Indeed, there’s almost as much copaganda pertaining to cops’ wives and girlfriends as there is about cop themselves. Women who date and […]

George Clooney: American ban on Muslims will never happen

George Clooney said on Friday the refugee crisis is bigger than the headline-grabbing exodus from Syria and Iraq, and he believes Americans “will do the right thing” by rejecting Donald Trump and calls to ban Muslims entering the United States. Clooney spoke to Reuters on the same day he and his wife, the human rights […]

Activism Freed One Marijuana Lifer, But Others Still Need Our Help

Print Friendly Above Photo: (Marc Piscotty/The Washington Post) Activism Freed One Marijuana Lifer, But Other Pot Prisoners Still Need Our Help More than 1,500 folks from 71 countries met in the DC Metro area last month at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference to come up with an exit strategy from the unwinnable war on drugs. The gathering […]

Anger in Delhi as Supreme Court rules against extending gang rapist’s sentence

The man was just shy of 18 at the time of conviction. He served three years and is currently being housed with a charity.  Police reports state he was the most violent of the attackers, raping the woman twice, once when she was unconscious and according to the police report, he “ripped out her intestines with […]

Putin To Send 150,000 Troops To Syria To Wipe Out ISIS

Russian president Vladimir Putin is preparing a ground offensive to wipe out ISIS in Syria He is reportedly planning a huge military mission using 150,000 troops to take control of the terror group’s stronghold of Raqqa. Experts say the mythical state could vanish in a matter of hours and the Islamic State terrorists might then hide in towns, and […]

German police deploy water cannon as far-right, antifascists rally in Cologne (IMAGES)

Law enforcers had earlier sought to ban Sunday’s demonstration by the far-rights. However, a Cologne court dismissed the motion and said the protesters would have the right to gather at a fixed location, but they would not be allowed to march through the city’s streets. Hundreds of anti-fascist demonstrators were also expected to confront the […]

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