pirates Archive

  • Gareth Hughes

    Pirates in Parliament - by Gareth Hughes



    Fifteen Pirate Party MPs were just elected in Berlin State, Germany. Will we ever see the skull and cross-bones flag flying over the Beehive and what does it all mean for politics? read more
    September 25, 2011 11:27 am - 20 Comments
  • frog

    Ahoy meh hearties - by frog



    Well, you could go down the clean energy pathway, with wind and solar power, or you could take the other response to peak oil and just nick yourself a Saudi Arabian supertanker. The capture of the [Sirius Star supertanker] is one of the most spectacular strikes in maritime history. “It looks like a deliberate two [...] read more
    November 19, 2008 12:07 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Surprise! Accountancy firm doesn’t like tax - by frog



    According to accounting firm Staples Rodway apparently today is tax freedom day;  that is if we imagined an average tax payer paying all her or his yearly tax bill first and not keeping any wages for her or himself, then today is the first day they he or she would stop paying tax. It’s a [...] read more
    May 21, 2008 11:29 am - 11 Comments