The mystery began on July 24, when the 15 crew members of the Arctic Sea said they were tied up and beaten by a group of up to 10 men who boarded the ship off the Swedish island of Oland. The masked men identified themselves as police officers -- but Swedish police said they hadn't been searching ships in that area.Swedish police investigator Ingemar Isaksson said the crew then claimed that the men left the ship 12 hours later in a high-speed inflatable boat.
"We were very puzzled when we first heard about this," Isaksson said then. "I have never heard of anything like this in Swedish waters."
Ship Passes Through Channel and Then Disappears [The New York Times]
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:12PM
And this is posted on a "Wall Street Tabloid" why, exactly?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:12PM
DOMINO MuTHA FCUKER@!
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:15PM
@1 because it has intrigue, ships, guns, aircraft and the sucking sound of UBS sinking beneath the waves.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:15PM
This feels more like Hagbard Seline than Ragnar. I'm just sayin'.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:15PM
Soounds like some Tom Clancy/Clive Cussler epic. Unfortunately, next time this thing appears in a Western Port, it will probably be carrying a much different payload... U-238 perhaps?
What a slick way to deliver anuke payload.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:16PM
Soounds like some Tom Clancy/Clive Cussler epic. Unfortunately, next time this thing appears in a Western Port, it will probably be carrying a much different payload... U-238 perhaps?
What a slick way to deliver anuke payload.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:17PM
Because it is an "Atlas Shrugged" reference. It relates to the current events where there is speculation over capping Wall Street pay, which was the impetus for people leaving to John Galt's high-producer utopia in Ayn Rand's book. If I'm a Canadian economics grad and know this and you don't I'm guessing @1 went to the University of Phoenix for your undergrad.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:23PM
F you and your Atlas Shrugged references. This post should not be on here. If only someone would hijack this travesty...
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:25PM
@8 it is witty in that sort of "I didn't go to an online/state school" kind of way. If you read the book you'd appreciate it you f'ing plebe.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:26PM
Who is Alan Greenspan?
Posted by Novice , Aug 12, 2009 12:27PM
@9 Are shitty literature references the new test for who gets to stay in your onanistic fantasyland?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:39PM
This is supposed to be a finance blog, not "losers post about masturbating to Ayn Rand 6x times a day, every day". Fuck this. I'm going to go read Clusterstock until Bess comes back
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:40PM
@1 Because Bess put a quota on the ass clowns and now they realize her return is imminent and they have too few posts up!
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:43PM
@9 - fuck you, I went to a better school than you, I got the reference, I still think it's stupid.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:45PM
Too Atlassed; Didn't Shrug
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 12:49PM
ARE YOU FROM HOUSTON?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L3FnWNkIzU
Why the hell do you vote for people like that?
Posted by NakedShort , Aug 12, 2009 12:59PM
@14 you went to Miami-Dade Community College?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:03PM
I still don't get the rand reference.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:09PM
so because people fled to higher producing utopia in atlas shrugged, this relates to a boat disappearing in scandinavian waters? maybe i am just retarded...
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:09PM
@17 No, I went to Northern Florida State Automotive College. Why do you ask?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:13PM
@19 bingo
Posted by NakedShort , Aug 12, 2009 1:13PM
@20 Haskell Indian Nations University here.
SUCK ON MY PRESITGE BITCHES!
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:15PM
I went to Strayer University, so suck my shit.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:16PM
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dealbreaker.com
Says it all, dealbreaker falling off a cliff.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:18PM
You all can take a long suck on my Thunderbird prestige, bitches. Seriously, suck it.
Posted by Tax Chick , Aug 12, 2009 1:22PM
@24 Wow! I thought it was all just a bunch of noise from the EP/GM bashers. Sad state of affairs.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:24PM
Ayn Rand sucks.
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum was way better.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:34PM
When you know what Ragnar Danneskjöld was actually up to, you understand why postulating, even in jest, that this seems like his sort of schtick is relevant to the world of business and finance.
If you read the article, it even suggests that what this might really be is "self help" on the part of a transaction participant. As the world's commerce continues to dwindle, that sort of thing might get much more common.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:36PM
@17 - its no longer a community, just Miami Dade College. and how would you know about MDC anyway? Did you go to FIU or something?
Posted by NakedShort , Aug 12, 2009 1:43PM
@29 please; I wouldn't let FIU lick my alma mater's taint lint.
I know about MDC, not only because of their world class Chess program, but I also live down here.
Posted by Anal_yst , Aug 12, 2009 1:43PM
@24/Tax Chick
Its even more grim when you compare it to zerohedge, etc...
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dealbreaker.com+zerohedge.com
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:48PM
Knock it off guys - http://siteanalytics.compete.com/dealbreaker.com+zerohedge.com/
-EP
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 1:55PM
@31 & 32
This will come to be known as the Blanus Effect.
Posted by Thoth , Aug 12, 2009 1:59PM
@Anal - ZH can keep that traffic - who knew there were that many conspiracy theorists in the world?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 2:00PM
Presented Without Comment?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 2:03PM
This is here because Marla Singer is doing business with Periquito in Sweden.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 2:06PM
Prescription for Dealbreaker's future:
more snark, more gossip, more breaking news, less wingnuttery. kthx.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 2:07PM
@31 - Analyst - doesn't your comparison exonerate DB and illustrate instead that the trend is "downward" for both sites these past weeks? Race to the Bottom?
Posted by Perkins Maxwell , Aug 12, 2009 2:16PM
I go away for 10 days on vacation, come back and EP is back at dealbreaker? Is this a time warp and we're back in 2008? Let's all pool our $$$ and make a killing shorting Jimmy Cayne's pot dealer.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 2:18PM
what is that big spike? the famous greg craiglist titty receptionist post?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 2:35PM
Swedish pirates with 50% tax rates in effect...doesn't stack
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 2:49PM
@11, ONANistic? That's a bunch of experialist nonsense. Go back to the great concavity.
Posted by Novice , Aug 12, 2009 3:06PM
@42 too busy working on my lob to deal with your AFR tripe
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 3:37PM
Sean Hannity Hates America.... oops, wrong blog.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 5:16PM
@43, lobs are important for winning at eschaton
Posted by Novice , Aug 12, 2009 5:48PM
@45 drunk with thanatoptic fury?
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 5:49PM
Well that was a piss poor analysis of site traffic. It looks to me like before the end of july traffic was about what it is now, when there was an erratic spike in readership. I know we all hate EP and Blanus, but that doesnt mean we can't read a fucking chart right.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 10:03PM
7/28 - You brought game with your AR reference. Nice job.
This board is going downhill with the lack of wit. You did good by posting.
Carry on.
Posted by guest , Aug 12, 2009 11:12PM
@48
Happens that most people here are not adolescents who are still enamored of a work of fiction that has nothing to do with the real world. If that's your type of thing, go somewhere else. ep will now go back to zh and fuck with those nutty little brains alright. But ep can't get away with that shit here, as you should have figured out already. It has nothing to do with wit or humor on our part, just the lack of wit and humor on ep's part.