This just in…

Arlington, Va. — Captain Richard Phillips is now safe and healthy aboard the USS Boxer after Navy Seals launched a rescue attempt that ended when snipers killed three pirates in three shots, all direct hits to the head. Source.

I don’t know about you, but I didn’t feel a thing.

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  1. And if you think three shots, three heads is amazing (at sea with between two bobbing boats), check out what DARPA wants next: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/04/super-snipers.html

    Can you say “Wanted?”

  2. More great news: Spike TV has greenlit a series showing the US Navy hunting down pirates! “Pirate Hunters: USN.” http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEdy5ddfruEHgf

    That’s right… not only are we destroying your so-called “way of life,” but we’re going to turn it into a source of our own entertainment just to add insult to injury.

    College drinking game suggestion: 1 shot of rum every time a pirate takes a bullet (THAT’S why the rum’s always gone, Jack).