Monday again. Yayyyyy. Let’s see what interested me…

Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are battling for Captain Morgan. The Virgin Islands “promised nearly $3 billion in tax subsidies to the owner of Captain Morgan if it moves the rum-making operation to St. Croix” and on top of that, apparently this is also a race issue. Via The Washington Post

The Northern California Pirate Festival was over the weekend. They estimated 40,000 attendees, a good number of whom attempted to set the world record for the largest gathering of pirates. Via SFGate

Disney put out a press release for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. No more guessing about plots and whatnot. And the best news, Gibbs is back! WOOHOO! Via Live For Films

There’s a Pirates of the Burning Sea expansion coming out in August. For those of you who know this game ever existed, I was also totally thinking “Wow, that shit’s still alive?”. For those who never heard of it, it’s a Pirate themed MMORPG that went live when it should have stayed waaaaay beta. Maybe I’ll have to give it another shot. Via MMO Reviews

Under The Black Flag put out two articles on historical locations that played major roles in the Golden Age of Piracy. One article is about Nassau and the other is about the Bahamas. Both are interesting reads. Via Under The Black Flag here and here

The former USS Dexter was scuttled in Lake Michigan on Friday. The USS Dexter was that ship that sank the Canadian rum-runner I’m Alone back in 1929. Via The Vancouver Sun

The awesome photo in this post is by shapeshift.

Tags: Captain Morgan, carnaval, Nassau, Northern California Pirate Festiva, Northern California Pirate Festival, Pirates, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, PotC, Puerto Rico, Rum, rum running, shapeshift, the Bahamas, Virgin Islands

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