pachapapa Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 The circumstances surrounding the rape case in Sweden has received little coverage in the UK press.This week Glenn Beck, an arch right winger, on that firmly right wing Fox News analysed the facts in some detail.The transcript for the show in the second link is particularly informative and does no harm to the reputation of Assange.http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/12/julian-assanges-unlikely-ally-glenn-beck/67748/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,602442,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braco Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Fox News - 'Fair and balanced'Simpsons: Fox News ‘Not Racist, But #1 With Racists’I sometimes watch Fox News for the comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I was more than surprised to read that he was now being prosecuted for (wait for this) "sexe par surprise" http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/assange-poursuivi-pour-sexe-par-surprise_943487.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I call it the American test in my business. I ask the potential guest if they watch Fox news and if they fall about laughing I know I am OK, if they say yes then all of a sudden I am full."sexe par surprise" I get that, I mean the surprise when Mrs 'Q' says yes. [:D]. Mind you she has a novel method of saying no, she has a three foot by two foot bottle of Asprin she places on the bedside cabinet next to her. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Also no real surprise that with Anna Ardin's close association with Christian Social Democrats that the complaint should reappear after having been thrown out by the Prosecutor in Stockholml and where else but in that bastion of Swedish Planning Permission Corruption, the sleazy port of Göteborg.I was surprised at her tweet on the 7th December making amorous references to a CIA member; however the link below explains more clearly the CIA link dating from the days when Anna got thrown out of Cuba, whilst doing her Master's at the Upsaala University; as a result having to continue her research in Miami, Florida.[;-)]http://my.firedoglake.com/kirkmurphy/2010/12/04/assanges-chief-accuser-has-her-own-history-with-us-funded-anti-castro-groups-one-of-which-has-cia-ties/All good stuff and juicy....thinks....PPP se demande....did she have it off with Nestor when she did a "stage" at the Swedish Embassy during her studies....and could it have been a threesome with Cristina...now starting to dream.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Jon Stewart on the subject. Hang on for the bit about Swedish condoms - hysterical. His face when talking about the idea of sex by surprise is a joy to behold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Very funny indeed, this must be the first time that I have ever typed LOL [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Methinks that Mr Q should inform Mrs Q that the very best and most natural cure for a headache is a very very good romp in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillan Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 [quote user="idun"]Methinks that Mr Q should inform Mrs Q that the very best and most natural cure for a headache is a very very good romp in bed.[/quote]I did tell her but like most married women with regard to their husbands she suffers from selective deafness. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I am obviously a very strange woman. I listen to my husband. How can I disagree with him if I don't listen to what he has to say? AND sometimes I even agree with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 [quote user="idun"]I am obviously a very strange woman. I listen to my husband. How can I disagree with him if I don't listen to what he has to say? AND sometimes I even agree with him.[/quote][:)]I don't think that is strange at all. Why stay married to somebody if you are not interested in their opinions (whilst not necessarily agreeing with them?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dystopia Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Sexual assault charges are one of the most difficult to disprove. The question of whether or not the act was consensual can only be settled by taking one party's word against the other's. Either way, I believe that the timing of the arrest warrants were a little too conventional, and that what wikileaks does is irrelevant to the personal life of its founder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Can't any of you see that this is all a plot try-out by Robert Ludum (or whoever writes his stuff) for the next Jason Bourne book / film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard51 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 [quote user="Dystopia"]Sexual assault charges are one of the most difficult to disprove. The question of whether or not the act was consensual can only be settled by taking one party's word against the other's. Either way, I believe that the timing of the arrest warrants were a little too conventional, and that what wikileaks does is irrelevant to the personal life of its founder.[/quote]It maybe easier in this case as the accuser posted a rather positive appraisal of Julian's 'performance' on twitter after the 'incident'. The comments were later deleted when she realised they inconsistent with her claim. What she forgot is that web pages are cached and so can continue to be accessed long after they have been deleted.Mrs R51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 What woman throws a party for a guy who has raped her ? James D. Caitlain, the Melbourne barrister who represented Assange in London, had this to say about Ardin:“The women here are near to and over 30 and have international experience, some of it working in Swedish government embassies. There is no suggestion of drugs nor identity concealment. Far from it. Both women boasted of their celebrity connection to Assange after the events that they would now see him destroyed for….The phenomena of social networking through via Internet and mobile phones constrains Swedish authorities from augmenting the evidence against Assange because it would look even less credible in the face of tweets by Anna Ardin and SMS texts by Sofia Wilen boasting of their respective conquests after the crimes.In the case of Ardin, it is clear that she has thrown a party in Assange’s honour at her flat after the “crime” and tweeted to her followers that she is “with the world’s coolest smartest people, it’s amazing!” Go on the Internet and see for yourself. That Ardin has sought unsuccessfully to delete these exculpatory tweets from the public record should be a matter of grave concern. That she has published on the Internet a guide on how to get revenge on cheating boyfriends ever graver. The exact content of Wilen’s mobile phone texts is not yet known but their bragging and exculpatory character has been confirmed by Swedish prosecutors. Niether Wilen’s nor Ardin’s texts complain of rape.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardener Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 If went to Ardin's blog site yesterday and searched assange . I was immediately directed to a page about revenge( in english)She's either got a dry sense of humour or is a vindictive b*tch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Papal Bulla clears Assange of rape charge...split condoms are morally correct.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12053610 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 The case against Assange seems thin so why doesn't he go to Sweden to clear his name ? Have I missed something ? Sweden isn't exactly a banana republic and it's not my impression that they're keen to please the Americans.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 I think Rove is the source of reasonable doubt, a very right wing PM and bigotted protestantism dont help much either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dystopia Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 [quote user="Hoddy"]The case against Assange seems thin so why doesn't he go to Sweden to clear his name ? Have I missed something ? Sweden isn't exactly a banana republic and it's not my impression that they're keen to please the Americans.Hoddy[/quote]He has attended the proceedings, about three years ago. The charges were dropped. Now they are being brought up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted December 24, 2010 Author Share Posted December 24, 2010 [quote user="Dystopia"][quote user="Hoddy"]The case against Assange seems thin so why doesn't he go to Sweden to clear his name ? Have I missed something ? Sweden isn't exactly a banana republic and it's not my impression that they're keen to please the Americans. Hoddy[/quote]He has attended the proceedings, about three years ago. The charges were dropped. Now they are being brought up again.[/quote]Looks like you & hoddy get your facts from the same source. A lot can happen in three years to guide a factual synthesis.And latin or not at grammar school can have nefarious analytical side-effects.[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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