View From The Porch: Say hello to my li'l friend! *glub*

Thursday, July 01, 2010

Say hello to my li'l friend! glub

When the dope trade is big enough to threaten to topple governments and sponsor fleets of Lo-Bujit U-Boats, it might be time to rethink our game plan, that's all I'm sayin'...

13 comments:

Joe in PNG said...: Well over a hundred years ago our nation had a drug problem. So we passed a bunch of laws to regulate the drugs. Result, a hundered years later we still have a drug problem, but now it's more likely that a swat team will kick down your door. Not to mention the government is spending more money it doesn't have to fight this problem.

I agree that drugs are bad (mmmkay). But every single bad thing about drugs is also a bad thing about alcohol. Life destroying addiction? Booze does that. Life ending stupidity? Yeah, and I don't think I need to mention the link between beer and Darwin awards.; 4:31 PM, July 01, 2010
Fuzzy Curmudgeon said...: Is it me, or does it just not seem worth my life to get into one of those things just to deliver a shipment of drugs?

I believe I would find another occupation, stat.; 5:39 PM, July 01, 2010
Bubblehead Les. said...: Well, since the best weapon to use against a submarine is another submarine, and since this ol"Bubblehead" could use some "torpedo tube trigger time", if anyone out there wants to get some ASW practice in...; 5:47 PM, July 01, 2010
Anonymous said...: Underseabots?! Again?!!!

We need to aim that BP oil slick at them!

Ulises from CA; 7:00 PM, July 01, 2010
NotClauswitz said...: Those look like you could swamp them with the wake from a Sunfish. But a bunch of rednecks on a re-built PT Boat could have a lot of fun. To bad we don't have anything like 'em anymore, not even the Vietnam-era stuff where Kerry played McHale's Navy.; 7:21 PM, July 01, 2010
cjrmultigun said...: "15% of the population stoned out of their mind and useless, spending their days in a rocking chair."

*rolleyes* As opposed to a solid 75% of the population, these days.; 10:04 PM, July 01, 2010
Joel said...: My, we're being bloodthirsty today!

Me, I was thinking it would take cojones of solid collapsium to get in one of those things, and I wondered how much they were paid.; 10:40 PM, July 01, 2010
rickn8or said...: "Paid"??

More like "Make the delivery and we'll give you back your Mom and your little sister."

Not me, I understand the water out there is over my head in some places.; 11:36 PM, July 01, 2010
skidmark said...: And here I was more fascinated by "Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process. We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers" than by anything related to the subs/lowriders.

Too bad CNN will never adopt transparency - of any sort.

stay safe.; 7:41 AM, July 02, 2010
staghounds said...: Me too, Skidmark.

Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose.; 8:38 AM, July 02, 2010
Anonymous said...: SFAIK, the street price for a gram of cocaine is about the same now as it was thirty years ago.

There was an April, 1973, article in the LA Times which implicitly showed that the war on drugs had been lost.

I've yet to see anything in any news anywhere to change that opinion...

Art; 11:47 AM, July 02, 2010
An said...: Technically, these are "submersibles" rather than submarines. They can't dive under water.

Mind you, the Colombian cartels have twice attempted to acquire proper subs. An enterprising Russian mafiya gangster tried to broker a deal between a cartel and corrupt Russian Navy officials. Legend has it they were offered a Kilo class, but went for the more suitable Pirahna midget sub. The deal fell apart before anything came of it.

The second time (that we know of) Colombian police raided a workshop where a quite sophisticated submarine was being built. It at least had battery propulsion, was designed to take on a ton of cocaine, and could transit under the surface. Documents indicated the cartels at the very least had Russian design help.; 6:25 AM, July 03, 2010
Fiftycal said...: Now they have these;
http://www.theage.com.au/world/drug-submarine-seized-20100704-zvs5.html?from=age_sb

Full submersible, diesel electric. "Stealthy".; 5:06 PM, July 04, 2010