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Pirates Are Back!

Filed under: Wacky, Tacky & True

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No, not the film. Real-life pirates!!!!

A group of pirates seized a French luxury yacht this past weekend AND its crew of 30 people.

Kidnapped by pirates???

For real!

So far no ransom demands have been made.

The French military is after them pirates (and the captive crew)!

111 comments to “Pirates Are Back!”

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  1. john polanco says – reply to this


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    first again??

  2. hello kitty says – reply to this


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    john polanco is my baby daddy

  3. rr says – reply to this


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    the fuck? first?

  4. buahhahahahaahhah says – reply to this


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    ldskjfsdiifja buaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahhaahhahahaahhhaha

  5. Mally Jonez says – reply to this


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    after a day of nothing, this is all the dramz u can give me?? FUCK U BEYOTCH!!

    Oh yeah, FIRST!!

  6. Brittany Loves Nick Jonas says – reply to this


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    Third!

  7. yummy says – reply to this


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    its all good if they look like johnny:)

  8. oh im second says – reply to this


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    i heart johnny

  9. SouthOfNowhere says – reply to this


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    ha

  10. Annalena Klein says – reply to this


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    i love jd

  11. mc says – reply to this


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    wouldnt mind if johnny depp kidnapped me…

  12. Fag says – reply to this


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    U FUCKING FAG WHY CAN'T YOU UPDATE MORE OFTEN

  13. Brittany Loves Nick Jonas says – reply to this


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    eighth!

  14. Katie says – reply to this


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    you took forever to update and i find this shit?

  15. jabababababa says – reply to this


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    WE MISSED YOU FATASS!

  16. Veru says – reply to this


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    Yeeey!! I want to join them!!

  17. ScientoloKez says – reply to this


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    SECOND.

  18. belen says – reply to this


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    7th? dumb.

  19. Lampard Girl says – reply to this


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    FIRST!!!!

  20. Emmaxox says – reply to this


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    FIRST

  21. muahahaha says – reply to this


    21

    2nd?

  22. yoyoyo says – reply to this


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    …..thats kinda cool.
    "so…i was kidnapped by pirates that one time…"

  23. ashley says – reply to this


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    arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  24. bah says – reply to this


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    thats scary.

  25. Tracey says – reply to this


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    First…………

  26. brigitte says – reply to this


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    !

  27. jaclyn g@` says – reply to this


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    fiirst!!!

  28. Pepe says – reply to this


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    Oh, good lord.

  29. Natalie Curtis says – reply to this


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    Pirates blow.

  30. Cambrie Lynn says – reply to this


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    2nd?

  31. sarah says – reply to this


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    yohoyoho

  32. Blubb says – reply to this


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    well if the pirates look like johnny depp they can kidnapp me too

  33. davide says – reply to this


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    too bad racist paris and her racist nasty greasy friends were not captured, raped, tortured, and hung.

  34. Gail says – reply to this


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    second?

  35. away says – reply to this


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    who cares, pigperez, i can hear your 15 minutes ticking away… away… away… away…

  36. Tracey says – reply to this


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    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh…. foiled again matey…

  37. pinkdonut says – reply to this


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    Mmmmm.. Johnny Depp…. mmmmm

  38. yo p-nasty! says – reply to this


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    I'm only commenting because I wanna be in the top 10! HA! Plus, it's Sat night and I'm bored. Woot woot for the pirates. Today was a SLOW news day.

  39. Veru says – reply to this


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    Yeey!! I want to join them!

  40. Jessica says – reply to this


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    They'll never catch me!

  41. sugar says – reply to this


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    go pirates!……arrrgg

  42. ScientoloKez says – reply to this


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    I CALLED SECOND.

    IT'S MINE.

    HAIL XENU.

    ……………………..I'll………I'll settle for uhhhh…..35th?

  43. assley says – reply to this


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    omg so scary!!!! Pirate or ninja everyone?

  44. fhdst says – reply to this


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    second

  45. Pokey says – reply to this


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    Where have you been, Perez? There have always been modern-day pirates, especially in the Indian Ocean, South China Seas, and off the coast of eastern Africa. This story about the French ship is nothing new. This happens all the time. The U.S. Navy has been involved in several skirmishes with pirates around Somalia in the last several years. Even as I write this, there are a few hostage situations that have been going on for weeks involving pirates who got caught red-handed.

    During the first season of "Survivor," the waters around the island were controlled by pirates. The producers had to strike a deal with them to allow them to do the show. They eventually came to terms, but the pirates gave the producers strict borders in the water that the cast and crew could not cross. The pirates told them that whoever crossed those borders would be killed. (The cast and crew talked a lot about this way back in Season 1 in the feverish days leading up to and following that first season finale.)

    Pirates are nothing new.

  46. dodie says – reply to this


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    first!

  47. the hero says – reply to this


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    omfg i wish i was a pirate

  48. ScientoloKez says – reply to this


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    SECOND.

    STOP.CALLING.SECOND.

    It's mine. Property of me.

    XENU!!!!!!!!!

  49. wow says – reply to this


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    Thanks. I'll go to cnn.com for my news, thanks.

  50. so disappointed says – reply to this


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    WTF????? Who cares about this shit perez you've been M.I.A. and this is all you have? Some shit about some pirates? Lame so lame.

  51. Vannah says – reply to this


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    That is so outstandingly cool.

  52. Huh says – reply to this


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    I have heard about this.
    Wow, there are gangs even on the seas? Damn, get a life people.

  53. Justin says – reply to this


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    LOVE how this relates to Hollywood.

  54. Kiley says – reply to this


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    Thats right! Pirates! It's because they are the best ever!

  55. Glo says – reply to this


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    Dude, this picture is photoshopped. You being the QUEEN of calling out bad photoshop jobs should know this. And that the fact that Jack Sparrow never wore anything like this costume in all three of the films.

  56. Ashuhley says – reply to this


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    kinda freakkyy.. and Jdepp is uglyyy

  57. cass says – reply to this


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    where the fuck were u perezo??????!!!!!!!!!

    WE MISSED U!

  58. LoliT@_HonDuRaS says – reply to this


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  59. Jenna says – reply to this


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    Was this a deleted scene or something? Cuz that outfit totally clashes with Jack's look.

  60. hollywoodcheck.com says – reply to this


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    AHOY MATIES!!!!!!

    holly wood check dot com!

  61. Fuck Perez says – reply to this


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    Pirate attacks occur all the time off each coast of Africa and in the Indonesian sea you fucking tard, this just happened to be ONE that was publicized. Fuck you are so stupid

  62. tobi says – reply to this


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    were is a hot pirate,when ya need him,so,sexy,take me away,oh ya

  63. tracey says – reply to this


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    our most famous yachts man sir peter blake was killed by priates its nothing new at all

  64. Mgl Girl says – reply to this


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    His costume looks like Mongolian hero clothing (during chinggis khaan!)

  65. jimmyjazz doesnt car about Laura Butt Boil! says – reply to this


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    ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  66. chief says – reply to this


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    so you just figured out pirates were real? this has ben going on off the eastern coast of africa for at least 15 years now since i first joined the Navy. Pirates arent back, they have always been here. But since its africa, noone cares..

  67. dee says – reply to this


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    ur a fucking idiot

  68. lin says – reply to this


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    i've seen pirates in real life before! they're all over the bahamas!!!

  69. kat says – reply to this


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    These "pirates" as they call them are muslim extremists. They have been around for a long time. Reporters are just afraid of calling them what they really are.

  70. gigi says – reply to this


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    Holy shit dude.

  71. Anne Bonney says – reply to this


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    avast, ye cum-swillers

  72. ladylindsay says – reply to this


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    I wonder if they were wearing eye patches. Arrrrr!!

  73. Larissa says – reply to this


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    Just a little fact…

    The picture you used for this news, is fake! It was a photoshopped picture people went gag over before AWE came out. ;D It's pretty obvious to me… anyway, there are maaaaany hotter real pictures of Johnny as Jack

    Johnny Depp can pillage and plunder me any time!

  74. Daisy says – reply to this


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    Perez darlin…why did you use that stupid hoax picture done by Toby Markham? You should of asked me first and I would of set you straight!
    *smooches*
    Humba forever!!!!!

  75. Pierce Urlipz says – reply to this


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    *waves at Daisy* :D

    ROTFLMAO @ comment #79…ahhhh yes Daisy…I was the fool that got snookered into spreading that photoshop for old Toebie.

    *blushes in shame for being snookered*

  76. auds says – reply to this


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    holy shizz, the french people have a military?!

  77. bathog says – reply to this


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    the french are in full fledged retreat.

  78. zaza says – reply to this


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    Re: auds – don't say that just because you're ungry they don't fight in Iraq for nothing….like us.

  79. Juni says – reply to this


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    Dude, pirates have always been around. It's been going on in Indonesia for years… I also don't think this is something light-hearted to joke about. People get killed with this sort of thing.

    … Please just stick to the celebrity gossip. I'm really sick of you reporting on all of this other stuff.

  80. I HATE DOUCHBAG HYPOCRITE LIAR PEREZ! GO JOHN!! says – reply to this


    80

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    I HATE YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH PEREZ

  81. correction says – reply to this


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    Hey Perez…. Start using your brain…. if it was yacht that was captured, wouldn't it be the French Navy?!?

  82. Ruth says – reply to this


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    This is all you could come up with after so long? Nice.. Not.

  83. Ryan says – reply to this


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    Pirates are still very common in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, as well as other spots in the world.. This really isn't all that surprising or unusual.

  84. {if its not Hillary..then u bitchez zuck az momz says – reply to this


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  85. demian says – reply to this


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    Um, Perez, firstly, these pirate attacks off Somalia have been happening for years. Secondly, it's not really Captain Jack Sparrow kind of fun - these guys board the ships armed with machine guns and machetes and hold the ship and crew for ransom. Sometimes they disappear altogether. This is dangerous and serious stuff. Somalia hasn't had a functional government since 1991 so there's really no way of controlling these bandits (who see hijacking as very lucrative in comparison to the ailing Somalian economy - ailing being the world's biggest understatement). Don't romanticise them, there's thirty families waiting to hear what's happened to their loved one. There are many more who will never hear from them.

  86. blue_shoe says – reply to this


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    Pirates are not suddenly back in action; they've been around forever, and they'll most likely continue to be around for a long time. Read up about any marine chokepoint (for example, the Strait of Malacca that runs between Malaysia and Indonesia, the Strait of Hormuz that runs between Iran and the UAE, or the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia) and you'll find out how rampant piracy really is.

  87. her says – reply to this


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    bet they aren't as hott as johnny.

  88. Pirate Queen says – reply to this


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    BEST UPDATE EVA!

    Love you Perez!

  89. ashwarandija says – reply to this


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    Pirates are back???? Retard! Pirates have existed through all ages and have never really gone away….. There's always pirate-related crimes going on in the waters of south east asia for example. And then there's south of france, water's full of pirates.

  90. Bri says – reply to this


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    PIRATES LIVE!!!!!!

    By the way…Johnny is smooooooookin hot!

  91. aquaboogie says – reply to this


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    No bullshit. I don't know if they are African, but I do know that they are active around Africa. These are real pirates, I've heard of them. They don't dress up like pirates, but they do stick up boats for their money and shit. I heard about them @ 3 years ago…

  92. Ohdoyouhearthat?Violins says – reply to this


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    Attacked by Pirates?WTF?HAHAHAHA!What did they look like?Were they in full pirate Garb?How dissappointed would you be if you were attacked by pirates in regular clothes?Like Oh NO NO NO BITCH!WTF is this?Where's the eyepatch?The peg leg ,the parrot , the hook with the huge hat with the feather?you killer of childhood dreams!What a let down!GTFO off my ship and seize it when you come back dressed like a pirate!

  93. katy says – reply to this


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    Not really new news — it's been going on for forever in that region. Whoever took a luxury yacht in an area where pirating is a known problem was stupid to do so in the first place.

  94. mini says – reply to this


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    Pirates have never gone away. There are hundreds of incidents around the world every year. Geez. Get your head out of your ass.

  95. lolita bones says – reply to this


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    I love how you make a joke of this SUPER SERIOUS situation. Real life pirates today, they kill the people they capture. This isn't some Disney bullshit. Show some respect Perez, my god.

  96. Bahama Lady says – reply to this


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    The Pirates never went away….They have been running rampant through the Caribbean for years. I should know, my 2nd home is in The Bahamas

  97. christina says – reply to this


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    thats pretty bad ass

  98. BustyRaquel says – reply to this


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    OH! I so agree with "Bri" who says he is SMOKING HOT!!!!

  99. sarah says – reply to this


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    Johnny Depp's a babe!

  100. Ohdoyouhearthat?Violins says – reply to this


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    Seriously.Can people quit saying "Oh they have been having pirates for years off such and such coast."Yea…we got it after the first 80 times.Some of us figured it out after the first 20 times,but apparently the other 60 assholes didn't think so…To everyone who responded to make a joke like me…WE GOT IT to the people who said they existed.But apparently in your attempt to school Perez and everyone else…You forgot to get schooled on redundancy.SHIT!We got it.Pirates are still prevolant off the coast of such and such and it's dangerous and sad.MOVING ON!

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