So, apparently those pirates who hijacked a Japanese ship full of benzene off the coast of Somalia over the weekend are still steaming away for parts unknown–possibly the Island of Lost Meals–with a U.S. destroyer in some sort of pursuit.

Now comes word via your friends at Associated Press and CNN.com that a different group of pirates, which seized a North Korean-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia yesterday has been overpowered by the approximately 22-man crew–and presumably will be dealt with severely.

As they should, it’s just–damn! North Korea. You hate to root for the pirates–and, of course I’m not, per se–but … North Korea, ladies and gentlemen! They don’t mess around.

Maybe they should help us catch those other pirates.

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