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Comment on 4 things the media won’t tell you about Assange by roby

roby — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:21:21 +0000

- just a point: the Australian government have never aknowledged this, at least not aware of this.. it says in the article and highlight written by Philip Dorling that y that K Rudd acknowledged -” the existence of a temporary Surrender”- see below:
Mr Rudd said ”no formal advice” had been received from US authorities but acknowledged the existence of a ”temporary surrender” mechanism that could allow Mr Assange to be extradited from Sweden to the US. He added that Swedish officials had said Mr Assange’s case would be afforded ”due process”-

Officially this does say that Aust Govern have been acknowledging that J Assange has been the target of US Justice Department investigation. As far as we are concerned they’ve always subtly denied this. (see cut and paste below part of P. Dorling article).

-” the Australian diplomatic cables released to the Sydney Morning Herald under the freedom of information act reveal that the Australian government has confirmed that WikiLeaks has been the target of a US Justice Department investigation in Australia “unprecedented both in its scale and nature”. -

from then on, only Mr K.Rudd may have acknowledged this, but not the governemt at any time whatsoever.. In an earlier article written by P.Dorling it says that Mr Rudd have failed to answe the Q. regarding the “Temporary Surrender” the article states that: -”he avoided direct reply”-

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Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:51:25 +0000

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Comment on Good Night and Good Luck by Aime

Aime — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:26:47 +0000

1984 is well in swing, every avenue of rescitense is being blocked. Soon it will be too late.The International imperial monster must be stopped. Freedom of information is essential, but with the complicity of all the Media, the public Media included, Freedom is being squashed. As old as I am I want to support Wikileaks and Julian Assange. I am a pensiones, but I sent some money to Wikileaks jesterday. I want to protest and demonstrate against this oppression. I live in Sydney Australia, please keep me informed if any demonstration is being organised. Sergio.

Comment on Question Time revealed more about the liberal elite than the BNP by Ronald

Ronald — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:23:08 +0000

The BNP believes that British workres should have priority over foreigners.Not my personal opinion.I believe that meritocracy should determine the success of candidates.However,the BNP recognise that the definition of merit is often stretched by government employers so as to still give preferential treatment to foreigners.This said,there is no connection between positive discrimination and striking workforces.The postal strike relates to pay and conditions and not race relations.It appears that you are intentionally misinterpreting BNP policy to form a loaded question.Your reference to British workres is also invalid since a colossal amount of the postal service is staffed by foreigners.Foreigners who illegally chose not to distribute BNP flyers.I believe that if people aren’t content with pay and conditions in the Royal Mail or any other work environment then they should seek employment elsewhere.The unions,with unreasonable demands on hard pressed businesses have brought this country to its knees in the late 70s.Sensing a weak government now,they are resurgent.Here we go again!I believe most trade unions are headed by communists and self serving rabble rousers with a deep seated hatred for the educated and successful.Many of these unions actually destroying businesses and even complete industries with impossible demands,ultimately ousting their own members from their jobs.The postal workres should be grateful of employment in these times.They do not have my sympathy,being a postman is not a highly skilled job.Most of our modern postmen are scruffy,lazy louts that bin half our post.If they were the smartly uniformed professional postmen of 20 years ago then my attitude may have been different.

Comment on Capitalism: A Love Story review by Fatih

Fatih — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:03:47 +0000

Co-operation, not competition is the drievr of evolution. Ecology is based on it. Competition prunes the hedge it doesn`t provide the generative force.United we stand, divided we fall is the rule of Mother nature, red in tooth and claw as it often is.The Oligarchy know this rule they co-operate, collude, conspire (lit breathe together) to screw the rest of us. Of course there is cut-throat competition amongst themselves but they understand the rule.If you see them as they are Parasites, hard as it is to admit it, they have been successful evolutionarily throughout history. They invade their host`s cell (accomplished long ago) take over the central control mechanisms, mask themselves as part of the organism and if successful have a free lunch for ETERNITY (Welfare Statism) unless they over do it and either, destroy or be destroyed by, their host.It is THEY that have promoted the Malthusian/Darwinian mindset of pure competition for the masses and set it against their other pet Collectivism because thats how they operate divide and conquer. They don`t believe either viewpoint because neither is the correct one.At least since the BoE, the free market has never been free but I think it has a chance now if the people can put their differences aside and co-operate to cure themselves of this age old disease.

Comment on Eugene Jarecki | The Daily Show | Comedy Central by Sue

Sue — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:55:32 +0000

Now that US military scorues have admitted that they have comprehensively failed to link Bradley Manning with Wikileaks and Julian Assange personally, could they ease up on the treatment Bradley is receiving please? That some alleged US military scorues have admitted no link has yet been uncovered to comprehensively link Bradley Manning to Julian Assange is moot how a prisoner, any prisoner, should be treated. All prisoners, including Bardley Manning, should not be tortured and/or subjected to cruel and inhumane treatement(s). Why continue to apply pressure for a confession that cannot be made? From a humane point of view, there is not reason. From a political point of view in the hope of extracting a confession so to aid the extradition of Julian Assange and the prosecution of Bradley Manning.awbMaven

Comment on Documentary Review: American Radical – the trials of Norman Finkelstein by Aayushi

Aayushi — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:27:20 +0000

1. I am so frustrated with the way the gnteromenvs are handling Julian Assange and Wikileaks. It is a really great example of how US officials get away with what they do behind closed doors. They really have no morals when faced with a challenge. They slander, cheat, lie, and blackmail, all to force whatever they want to happen in secret. The US government is slowly making sure to financially cut off Wikileaks which I thought was interesting because it shows a clear connection to the US power and corporations such as Amazon and Mastercard.2. The way that spokespeople against Julian Assange and Wikileaks can threaten his life, but he can’t even host a website that let’s people speak freely, is completely a double standard. I don’t think prosecuting would be as effective as holding them accountable and publicly calling anyone who threatens Julian Assange’s life on it. He is being punished for something that is legal, ethical, and extremely supported by the people. The fact that he is being threatened is a clear example of how far from democracy we still are.4. Well, the idea of casting out everyone who won’t be alive when climate change’s huge consequences hit is tricky. On the one hand, it makes sense to have the ones who it will affect most – like the next generation or the underprivileged – have more power over the issue. However, saying that because of a person’s age they can’t try to help the issue is preposterous. So the best way would be to find a balance of power because the most important factor is someone’s determination to do something about the issue, not their age or privilege.The youth at the summit had a good point. The next generation does need much more of a voice in negotiations of Climate Change. I still think they were rash and overdramatic. I would have liked to see them make a statement that wouldn’t have gotten them kicked out of the conference.

Comment on Can Sweden grant Assange any assurances? by admin

admin — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:13:34 +0000

@Göran, I tend to agree. It seems highly unlikely that the Swedish authorities would make an exception for Assange and publicly state what the law is on extradition. Thanks for highlighting that no-one has been extradited politically from Sweden in the past 50 years too – that’s an important point too.

Comment on Can Sweden grant Assange any assurances? by Göran Rudling

Göran Rudling — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:22:37 +0000

I think this is from Glenn Greenwalds blog according to the post. He states:

“Swedish authorities could, for instance, publicly state that they view espionage charges for the “crime” of reporting on government secrets to be a “political crime” not subject to extradition, but still reserve the right to formally decide upon any extradition request if and when they receive one.”

Swedish authorities could, for instance, publicly state that there are no polar bears in Stockholm streets and we drive on the right hand side of the road. There is no need to make any statements on what the law is. Julian Assange is afraid. Someone need to help him with his fears. It is not a matter for the Swedish government.

The problem here is the disinformation by Assangistas that claim that Sweden’s history on extraditions is really bad. Something that is not true. In more than 400 cases of military and political crimes not one single person has been extradited. In 1992 the US asked for the extradition of a CIA defector, Edward Lee Howard. Extradition was refused. The Prime Minister of Sweden at the time was Carl Bildt. The same Carl Bildt that is now branded as some kind of US Embassy Informant by Julian Assange.

What Glenn Greenwald and others cannot understand is that the case of the two Egyptian citizens in 2001 were not an extradition case. They were refused political asylum and sent back to Egypt. I agree that the way this was done was illegal and it violated the two Egyptians human rights. But the case has no similarity with an extradition case.

Green’s statement is somewhat misleading but I think his statement that Sweden cannot offer a guarantee is correct.

Greenwald’s statements are misleading. And he is most definitely wrong when he claims that the government can issue a guarantee.

And in an e-mail response to me Greenwald cannot discriminate between an extradition case and a case of political asylum. He obviously does not no anything about Sweden’s track record of extraditions to the US. Not one person in the last 50 years is extradited for political or military crimes. Not one.

I am not a lawyer as someone correctly noted.

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Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:30:33 +0000

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