• May 26, 2012
WONKETTE LEGAL BUREAU

February 13, 2012

Machete-Wielding Caribbean Pirates Conquer Stephen Breyer’s Tropical Palace

by Jim Newell  

We've all got it comingWhat have the pussy liberal Supreme Court judges gotten themselves into now? Justice Stephen Breyer, for one, was drinking parrot blood and making abortion jokes with friends in his Golden Hispaniola Caribbean Palace last Thursday when Keith Richards and Captain Blue-Beard sneaked in through the slaves’ door, machetes in hand, killing everyone and seizing the Breyer estate’s Booty as patronage for their Squid Queen.

This is what happened, right, AP stringer?

WASHINGTON – A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies.

Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said Breyer, wife Joanna and guests were confronted by the robber around 9 p.m. EST Thursday in the home Breyer owns on the Caribbean island of Nevis. Arberg said the intruder took about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt.

Close enough.

Should Stephen Breyer now recuse himself from the health care reform case, after being robbed by Caribbean pirates?

[AP/Star Tribune]

{ 116 comments }

Fare la Volpe February 13, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Roe Ho Ho

Barb February 13, 2012 at 5:18 pm

I love you more than newt loves ditching a sick wife.

GhostBuggy February 13, 2012 at 6:27 pm

Impossible!

Fare la Volpe February 13, 2012 at 7:25 pm

Speaking of sick wives, I'm delighted to have you back, my dearest! How fair your BMs and Mr. Jeff's cooking skills?

LettucePrey February 13, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Stephen Breyer is a human Montgomery Burns. I always picture him steepling his fingers, calling for Smithers while counting his piles of cash.

Lascauxcaveman February 13, 2012 at 5:23 pm

Seriously, what's this guy doing carrying $1000 on him? They don't take VISA in the West Indies? Unless you're heading out to see your ganja dealer or something, who needs to carry a thou… ooooh. Nevermind.

Schmannnity February 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

I know someone rethinking his 2nd Amendment stance.

Spurning Beer February 13, 2012 at 4:44 pm

Per Wikipedia:

"In an interview on Fox News Sunday on December 12, 2010, Breyer stated that based on the values and the historical record, the Founding Fathers never intended guns to go unregulated and that history supports his and the other dissenters' views in District of Columbia v. Heller."

jus_wonderin February 13, 2012 at 5:32 pm

"District of Columbia v. Heller"

Sounds like a duel.

Tundra Grifter February 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

Down in the islands that weapon is not known as a "machete." It is a "cutlass."

Given the size of that island, you wouldn't think it's going to take too long to find the perp.

BaldarTFlagass February 13, 2012 at 4:38 pm

Given the size of that island, it was probably the Prime Minister.

Tundra Grifter February 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm

BTF:

I just looked at a map, and that island has one road – it circles the Island.

So all you'd have to do is camp out and wait – sooner or later the guy who did it is going to have to swing by.

Unless he left by boat, of course…

GOPCrusher February 13, 2012 at 5:54 pm

Keep an eye out for The Black Pearl!

Dudleydidwrong February 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

I can think of a few other Supremes that I would suggest be visited by someone with a machete, but I wouldn't do that out loud. This isn't a public place, is it?

V572 Flambé February 13, 2012 at 5:14 pm

Your friends at NSA say, "Yes, that is correct. We are listening to what you say, and making suggestions to the appropriate agencies. Or possibly transmitting your grid coordinates to an AQ-9 drone loaded with HELLFIRE missiles which is orbiting not far from your current location. Do you have anything you'd like to add?"

Dudleydidwrong February 13, 2012 at 6:35 pm

"NSA stands for No Such Agency so I fear you like I fear the rabid Easter Bunny or the Galt-going Santa Claus. Fie on you, I say. Fie." Like Luther to the Pope, "Here I stand."

(Uh, what's that streaking down from the sky? It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a really pissed Clarence Thomas…)

MittBorg February 13, 2012 at 10:35 pm

Dudley, srsly, dood, as long as you're not having sex with virgin Catholic schoolgirls, you're fine.

Of course, if you *are,* you need to know that their chichis are wired, and when you start ballin' em, a little light goes on on an alarm board in the Vatican, and then two Jesuit priests parachute out of the sky and garotte you with a rosary.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Local_Mojo February 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

If machetes were outlawed, only outlaws would wield machetes.

P.S. Needs more wielding!

Jukesgrrl February 13, 2012 at 6:07 pm

Yes. Outlaws such as George "Never Met Any Brush I Couldn't Clear" Bush.

mayor_quimby February 13, 2012 at 11:51 pm

That little bitch used a weed whacker, the secret service wouldn't let him have a machete unsupervised. Not a chance!

Generation[redacted] February 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

Pieces of 5-4! Pieces of 5-4! Squawk!

Spurning Beer February 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

So the Constitution of Nevis apparently has a Second Amendment.

spinozasgod February 13, 2012 at 6:34 pm

I believe their second amendment protects the "right to bare arms", it's damn hot there.

Hey, I hear you may be from the Pensacola area. I need some advice as I may be relocating to that area……

Spurning Beer February 13, 2012 at 8:52 pm

I'm not really from Pensacola, but I do live here. I'd be more than happy to give advice. It would be cool to have two Wonketniks in the area.

There are definitely things to like here. The beaches are spectacularly beautiful, there's world-class seafood, the scale is small, and the pace is slow. And the cost of living is low. I don't know a lot of like-minded people here, but I've been pretty happy by pretending I'm doing fieldwork.

I just set up a pseudonymous email account to minimize exposure to the vicious crazies. Send a message to spurningbeer @ mail.com, and we can take the conversation offline.

BarackMyWorld February 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

THIS IS BECUZ LIBRUL JUDGES TOO LENIENT ON (foreign) CRIMINALS (in other countries)!!!!111

BaldarTFlagass February 13, 2012 at 4:33 pm

Shit, Talk Like a Pirate Day isn't till September! Arrr!

DaRooster February 13, 2012 at 4:55 pm

Yeah but "Rob Like A Pirate Day" can be anytime…

meatlofer February 13, 2012 at 4:33 pm

That shit happens to me all the time.

One_who_wanders February 13, 2012 at 4:34 pm

Ass Pirates of the Caribbean?

tihond February 13, 2012 at 4:34 pm

It's nice to see Virginia Thomas is keeping herself busy. But where did she get the machete?

Designer_Rants February 13, 2012 at 5:51 pm

I thought she just called Anita late-night and breathed… She's taking it to the next level.

tihond February 13, 2012 at 5:55 pm

I like to think she's like Pam from Archer.

Designer_Rants February 13, 2012 at 6:02 pm

I love that! Except I like Pam from Archer…

deelzebub February 13, 2012 at 10:33 pm

Pam is rapidly becoming my favorite cartoon character ever.

edgydrifter February 13, 2012 at 4:34 pm

Rum, Sodomy & the Lash: My Favorite Island Memories
by Justice Stephen Breyer

Beowoof February 13, 2012 at 5:07 pm

And I thought that was just for the Navy.

DaRooster February 13, 2012 at 4:34 pm

Time for some better machete laws!!

Maman February 13, 2012 at 4:36 pm

How do you escape on an island? Oh, right, no gives a shit about what happens to you?

YouBetcha February 13, 2012 at 4:36 pm

Failed Breitbart/O'Keefe sting operation?

Designer_Rants February 13, 2012 at 5:50 pm

Was there a dildo boat?

YouBetcha February 13, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Sure, why not. Dildos, fuzzy handcuffs, pimp outfits.

MittBorg February 13, 2012 at 10:38 pm

Dil-do! Diiiiiil-do!
Dildo come and me wanna go on
Come mister hairy man, rub me banana
Dildo come and me wanna go on …

Baconzgood February 13, 2012 at 4:37 pm

NEEDZ MOAR PARROTS AND EYE PATCHES!!!!!!!!!

orygoon February 13, 2012 at 4:37 pm

Needs moar Gilbert and Sullivan.

Steverino247 February 13, 2012 at 4:55 pm

I am the very model of the modern Supreme Court jurist.

SudsMcKenzie February 13, 2012 at 4:38 pm

The pirate could have at least given him a good scaaaar.

CrunchyKnee February 13, 2012 at 4:38 pm

At least he wasn't on some island with Limbaugh, blue pills and boys as Scalia woulda been.

Rotundo_ February 13, 2012 at 5:21 pm

Antonin and Rusty, down in the DR swilling fruit flavored drinks (Gatorade and rum, but they're too fucking stupid to notice the difference) and popping healthy looking Dominican boys in the keister (just like little Antonin learned from his priest) and smoking cuban cigars. Repulsive turds aren't they?

DaRooster February 13, 2012 at 4:39 pm

"Arberg said the intruder took about $1,000 in cash and no one was hurt."

Maybe if someone would pony up another grand Thomas and Scalia could get hurt?

MittBorg February 13, 2012 at 10:39 pm

Stop, you're getting people all excited, now.

BaldarTFlagass February 13, 2012 at 4:39 pm

Danny Trejo libel!

GOPCrusher February 13, 2012 at 5:57 pm

Machete improvises!

Mahousu February 13, 2012 at 4:40 pm

I knew Gingrich's fund-raising situation was bad, but I never thought he'd go this far.

SayItWithWookies February 13, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Should Stephen Breyer now recuse himself from the health care reform case, after being robbed by Caribbean pirates?

Well one could hardly expect Justice Breyer to be impartial about a law named the Arrrrrrra now, could one?

Come here a minute February 13, 2012 at 4:40 pm

This news guarantees Breyer will rule in favor of SOPA, if given the chance.

teebob2000 February 13, 2012 at 4:41 pm

See?? SCOTUS justices are JUST LIKE you and me! Nothing out of the norm here. Nope.

DaRooster February 13, 2012 at 4:45 pm

Sure there was… he had a thou in cash.

Jukesgrrl February 13, 2012 at 6:10 pm

And he was on vacation.

Loaded_Pants February 13, 2012 at 7:24 pm

I know I always keep a few thousand bucks at my vacation house in the Carribbean.

Trannysurprise February 13, 2012 at 4:42 pm

Has anyone seen Joran Van der Sloot lately? Just sayin'.

deelzebub February 13, 2012 at 10:36 pm

That shitbag is actually in jail, believe it or not. Of course he had to murder another young woman for it to happen…but him rotting in a South American prison works for me.

BaldarTFlagass February 13, 2012 at 4:43 pm

But, why the Clint Eastwood "Unforgiven" line in the alt-text?

Jim Newell February 13, 2012 at 9:20 pm

Wasn't Clint talking about a dirty pirate grundle-pumping?

fuflans February 13, 2012 at 4:44 pm

alito would have shot him thru the heart and drunk the parrot's blood.

KeepFnThatChicken February 13, 2012 at 4:44 pm

That'll teach him to go back to his cabin without passing through the casino.

BaldarTFlagass February 13, 2012 at 4:45 pm

Does Jimmy Buffett have an airtight alibi?

flamingpdog February 13, 2012 at 4:46 pm

UPDATE: They caught the dude, and he's sorry!

C_R_Eature February 13, 2012 at 8:14 pm
soeoho February 13, 2012 at 4:46 pm

Took $1,000. huh? Thats exactly the per plate of a certain fundraiser I know of …coincidence? Me thinks not. Just a little creative rule bending but you've been caught!

smokefilledroommate February 13, 2012 at 4:47 pm

Nevis forget!!!!1!11

MrFizzy February 13, 2012 at 4:49 pm

If a machete was involved, it was probably Peg Leg Scalia.

JustPixelz February 13, 2012 at 4:49 pm

It is a bit surprising. I thought the Pirates of the Caribbean were all on the Cayman Islands.

DaRooster February 13, 2012 at 4:57 pm

Thems the Pirates of the USA…

Blueb4sunrise February 13, 2012 at 4:53 pm

Its 10,000 residents are friendly and helpful, ready to make new friends and welcome back regular visitors. The genuine charm and hospitality radiate into the unspoken, "Welcome," "Be my guest," and "Do come again."

http://www.nevisisland.com/

DaRooster February 13, 2012 at 4:58 pm

But then there is the 10,000 and first resident…

Sharkey February 13, 2012 at 5:15 pm

"Have a cool grand, on the house."

DerrickWildcat February 13, 2012 at 4:58 pm

This is good news for Ron Paul's Pirate/Thunderdome based economy!

hagajim February 13, 2012 at 4:59 pm

Has anyone checked to see what Scalia was doing that night?

Designer_Rants February 13, 2012 at 5:44 pm

He's always braggin' to Roberts about his machetes.

rickmaci February 13, 2012 at 5:00 pm

I know this is heresy, but I can only imagine the outcry here among libbys if one of the Conservatards had been robbed at his vacation home on a Caribbean island. Hey guy, something wrong with having a vacation home in America !!! WTF?

Blueb4sunrise February 13, 2012 at 5:04 pm

Wha, we're not being fair?
His vacation home should be in Kenya!

Guppy February 13, 2012 at 5:06 pm

He was vacationing where he banks.

Beowoof February 13, 2012 at 5:11 pm

He was vacationing where Mitt Romeny banks.

/fixed.

rickmaci February 13, 2012 at 5:12 pm

Just that I had a reality moment. Many of us are working to get a second term for BHO and maybe a SCOTUS liberal majority, and then this article makes it abundantly clear the justices are all part of the 1% too. So I am sitting here laugh at myself for my f"ing naivety.

Designer_Rants February 13, 2012 at 5:43 pm

Aren't we all? (laughing at ourselves)

Nothingisamiss February 14, 2012 at 8:41 am

Better than crying.

Negropolis February 14, 2012 at 12:57 am

Have you seen a single post prior to your own to anything even approximating genuine horror or digust at the action? 'Cause, all I see is nautical/maritime snark and jokes (since no one was hurt, of course). Really not sure what you were addressing.

coolhandnuke February 13, 2012 at 5:02 pm

This is what happens when you rename it the Gulf of America.

Beowoof February 13, 2012 at 5:05 pm

What kind of Skullduggery is afoot here? This is a known birth place of evil bankers. (Alexander Hamilton). Sounds as if the bankers and their minions are still running the place and attacking liberals.

CapnFatback February 13, 2012 at 5:07 pm

You see, liebruls? You fuck with SOPA; you get the real thing.

Negligently_Joe February 14, 2012 at 7:59 am

SOPA II: SOPA'S REVENGE: THE SAPONIFICATION.

Guppy February 13, 2012 at 5:08 pm

Y'know, when crap like this happens in my neighborhood, it's usually the result of a drug deal gone bad…

L188188 February 13, 2012 at 5:15 pm

That shit never happens on Kitts.

pinkocommi February 13, 2012 at 5:20 pm

I guess corporations committing robbery on the Supreme Court with cases like Citizens United is not headline news because they use lawyers, and not machetes?

Callyson February 13, 2012 at 5:21 pm

Snark off–this sucks. I met Justice Breyer when he was in LA to promote his book, and he could not have been nicer. I just hope the robber is caught and justice is served (so, better not let the thief appeal to the Supes in case he is incorporated…)

Indiepalin February 13, 2012 at 5:23 pm

Oliver Wendell Douglas would have smacked him over the head with a pair of cymbals.

BornInATrailer February 13, 2012 at 5:26 pm

obligatory row v. wade pirate joke goes here

HistoriCat February 13, 2012 at 6:25 pm

Don't make us have to force you to walk the plank.

MissTaken February 13, 2012 at 5:32 pm

The last time I carried a grand in cash was when I was selling hash in Thailand to support my teaching career. Came in handy for some much needed "keep me the fuck out of Thai prison" bribery.

MittBorg February 13, 2012 at 10:45 pm

Girl, we SO need to talk.

jus_wonderin February 13, 2012 at 5:35 pm

So, I guess this wasn't Fantasy Island.

Designer_Rants February 13, 2012 at 5:39 pm

You know what else is sorta spelled like "Nevis"?

Jim Newell February 13, 2012 at 10:04 pm

comment of the year

Antispandex February 13, 2012 at 5:49 pm

This never would have happened if judges were allowed to carry flint locks at all times!

Jukesgrrl February 13, 2012 at 6:19 pm

He can't vacation at Disney World like a normal American? Orlando pirates are Totally Authentic®, with their movie-star teeth and $100 Keen's Hydro Guide Water Shoes.

rickmaci February 13, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Never a SEAL team around when you really need 'em.

spinozasgod February 13, 2012 at 6:25 pm

The machete is part of the "safety net" of the West Indies, it is the unemployment benefit.

owhatever February 13, 2012 at 6:36 pm

CLUE: Clarence Thomas in Nevis with a Machete!

mrblifil February 13, 2012 at 7:02 pm

Meanwhile the closest Roberts gets to trouble is when his domina puts the rubber ball in his mouth a little too tight.

Negropolis February 14, 2012 at 1:01 am

There are other times he has a rubber ball in his mouth to keep him from biting his tongue…

I'm so going to hell.

MinAgain February 13, 2012 at 7:11 pm

"You need to find yourself a girl, mate."

C_R_Eature February 13, 2012 at 8:18 pm

At least he didn't run into Accountants!

ttommyunger February 13, 2012 at 10:37 pm

Now if it was Scalia, he would have said: "You call that a machete? Now THIS is a machete!"

ColonelDoctor February 13, 2012 at 11:20 pm

Do SCOTUS justices travel with $1000 in cash?

CivicHoliday February 14, 2012 at 1:28 pm

I hear a tiny violin playing…

Designer_Rants February 14, 2012 at 3:43 pm

Yeah. When she went to Jamaica, that was just fun, but when she got held hostage and then showed off the back tats, that was real character depth. Pam's good people.

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