Pirates Party's rapid rise upsets German landscape

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Pirates Party's rapid rise upsets German landscape
Source - Reuters
By Sarah Marsh and Hans-Edzard Busemann
NEUMUENSTER, Germany | Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:08am EDT(Reuters) - With some sporting pirate garb and black beards in light-hearted tribute to their name, Germany's internet-savvy Pirates party gathered this weekend to chart a course that may yet

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[ellonwye]

'rye amusement'

hnghh..

[redqueenmeg]

Weirdest homophone mixup ever.

[dark_puck]

I was just coming in here to say that.

[carmy_w]

LOL, yes!

I always thought Pirates preferred rum, not rye!

[scolaro]

Merkel's struggling FDP junior coalition allies spent much of their party conference last weekend attacking the Pirates for being at best merely "a party with internet connection" and no policies, and at worst, akin to Somali Pirates robbing other people of their property.

Fear and desperation, I smell it in you.

[das_kat]

Oh yes, and it is glorious.

[endlos_schleife]

is there anyone else who cannot wait for fall of 2013 just to see what will happen?

[mustikas]

Unfortunately, what I think will happen is another 4 years of Merkel with SPD as junior partner, so not really :(. Still a long time to go, though...

[endlos_schleife]

yeah the realistic part of myself would agree with that. (although I really hope it doesn't come true).

[mieronna]

If they weren't such a depressingly... male-dominated party I might even consider them.

[kidantarctica]

[spiffynamehere]

...Oh. Not pastafarians. ._.

[kidantarctica]