"Dumbass Move of the Day" thread. First award goes to...

[redunderthebed]

They are often fishermen driven out by foreign trawler boats exploiting the fact that there is no regulations on what they can and can't catch and the fucked up thing is that these foreign navies are protecting the unregulated rape and pillage of Somalian waters.Not to mention foreign ships dumping nuclear and chemical waste in their waters completely ruining any chance to make a living and affecting the health of there families and village moreover.


Who are the pirates? i'm sure the govt protecting these foreign pirates not the evil dark skinned people would accept such bullshit happening in their waters.

Whilst i'm not saying these pirates are angels we must look at the reasons why they are doing to solve the problem and i don't think the governments that are involved have any interest in that.

I'm thinking that the ship-board crews are most likely desperate, displaced, disenfranchized fishermen and the like, as you suggest, but they're being groomed and recruited (but apparently not actually trained) by big money. Given the area, I suspect that the whole thing is designed to finance militants and/or terrorists, whether secular rebels or Islamic.

From what i hear the pirates have no interest in politics just making money tbh.

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Pink Floyd
Smoke more dope. It'll come back to you.

Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way, you mean?

[Feck]

I nominate these dumbasses who picked a fucking WARSHIP as a target to pirate:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/01/u- ... /?hpt=Sbin

U.S. warship captures suspected pirate mother ship

A U.S. warship sank a pirate skiff and captured a pirate mother ship in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, according to a statement from U.S. Naval Forces Africa.

The frigate USS Nicholas came under fire from a pirate vessel shortly after midnight in international waters west of the Seychelles, according to a U.S. military statement.

The Nicholas returned fire and pursued the skiff as it fled, capturing it about 90 minutes later. Three suspected pirates aboard the skiff were taken into custody, along with two others aboard a suspected pirate mother ship that was nearby.

If you've got a better one, by all means, post it here. I, for one, would love to see what would beat that.

I think this Comment from the same page beats the story ..



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April 1st, 2010
9:22 am ET

the us navy kicks butt.....too bad obama is the commander and chief or more pirates would have been captured.

Posted by: rick

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I think this Comment from the same page beats the story ..



6
April 1st, 2010
9:22 am ET

the us navy kicks butt.....too bad obama is the commander and chief or more pirates would have been captured.

Posted by: rick

The shit-headedness meter just spiked.

[Bruce Burleson]

I nominate these dumbasses who picked a fucking WARSHIP as a target to pirate:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/01/u- ... /?hpt=Sbin

U.S. warship captures suspected pirate mother ship

A U.S. warship sank a pirate skiff and captured a pirate mother ship in the Indian Ocean on Thursday, according to a statement from U.S. Naval Forces Africa.

The frigate USS Nicholas came under fire from a pirate vessel shortly after midnight in international waters west of the Seychelles, according to a U.S. military statement.

The Nicholas returned fire and pursued the skiff as it fled, capturing it about 90 minutes later. Three suspected pirates aboard the skiff were taken into custody, along with two others aboard a suspected pirate mother ship that was nearby.

If you've got a better one, by all means, post it here. I, for one, would love to see what would beat that.

I think this Comment from the same page beats the story ..



6
April 1st, 2010
9:22 am ET

the us navy kicks butt.....too bad obama is the commander and chief or more pirates would have been captured.

Posted by: rick

So far Obama seems to be doing better with pirates than Bush did with Osama & Co.

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Innit? "rick" is a prick.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Innit? "rick" is a prick.

Rick is a dick. "Commander-IN-Chief", you fecal abscess.

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Innit? "rick" is a prick.

Rick is a dick. "Commander-IN-Chief", you fecal abscess.

That last sentence was directed towards "rick", I presume?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Innit? "rick" is a prick.

Rick is a dick. "Commander-IN-Chief", you fecal abscess.

That last sentence was directed towards "rick", I presume?

Rick said "command and chief", proving his stupid exceeds his posting level by a great deal.

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Innit? "rick" is a prick.

Rick is a dick. "Commander-IN-Chief", you fecal abscess.

That last sentence was directed towards "rick", I presume?

Rick said "command and chief", proving his stupid exceeds his posting level by a great deal.

I know, I was just checking. You shifted him from 3rd person to 2nd without warning there...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Innit? "rick" is a prick.

Rick is a dick. "Commander-IN-Chief", you fecal abscess.

That last sentence was directed towards "rick", I presume?

Rick said "command and chief", proving his stupid exceeds his posting level by a great deal.

I know, I was just checking. You shifted him from 3rd person to 2nd without warning there...

I blame Darwin.

[FBM]

I blame Darwin.

That's one time that that's actually relevant to the OP.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I blame Darwin.

That's one time that that's actually relevant to the OP.

Sorry, won't happen again.

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Second award goes to:

http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true ... a63e9070d0

OK, it didn't happen today, but I'm not going to be puckerbutt about that. This level of asshattery, stupidity transcends time.

[FBM]

Back to the OP:

As the lighthouse said to the aircraft carrier
Posted by Teresa at 11:53 AM * 89 comments
I could wish this were a bizarre April Fool’s joke instead of an almost unbelievable screwup, but it’s real: this morning, about half an hour past midnight, in international waters just west of the Seychelles, three Somali pirates in a skiff attempted to seize the U.S.S. Nicholas (FFG 47), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class Navy frigate.

Versions: The Straits Times gives more context. NPR has a photo of the Nicholas. The Pentagon’s DVIDS site has the actual report posted by Chief Petty Officer Michael Lewis of the Nicholas, so they win:

USS Nicholas captures suspected pirates
INDIAN OCEAN, At Sea — USS Nicholas captured suspected pirates on Thursday after exchanging fire, sinking a skiff, and confiscating a suspected mother ship.

While operating west of the Seychelles in international waters, Nicholas reported taking fire at 12:27 a.m. local time from a suspected pirate skiff and returned fire before commencing pursuit of the vessel until the disabled skiff stopped.

At 1:59 a.m. personnel from Nicholas boarded the disabled skiff and detained three personnel. The boarding team found ammunition and multiple cans of fuel on board.

After taking the suspected pirates on board, Nicholas sank the disabled skiff at 2:59 a.m. An additional two suspected pirates were captured on the confiscated mother ship.

The suspected pirates will remain in U.S. custody on board Nicholas until a determination is made regarding their disposition.

“I know it was dark, but what were they thinking?” Jim said to me on AIM. “I’m sure the OOD thought it was an April Fool’s joke. Like, pinching the bridge of his nose, shaking his head, and saying, ‘You’re kidding, right?’
Me: “They went after it with a SKIFF?”

Jim: “They weren’t too good at silhoutte recognition? Saw running lights, the vessel was moving slowly, and they made a big tactical error.” He added, “Fig-sevens mount a 76mm OTO Melera. Which is the Navy’s only water-cooled gun. Water-cooled because it fires so darned fast. It’s essentially a 3” machinegun.”

Me: “How big a monster can you take out with one of those? Would you win a fight with Godzilla?”

Jim: “You could disassemble Godzilla at a range of seven miles.”

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/ar ... 12289.html

A challenge???