Re-Cap of the Drunken Pirate Saga


	Re-Cap of the Drunken Pirate Saga

tmarch

12-6-2008 7:54 PM

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crumbware, big mother

tmarch says:

This case has gotten a lot of press, but this article does a good job of laying it out in its entirety - not something the popular press has done. A Moral Tale for the age.

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