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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#132576: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:11:25 AM

Fighteer, what are you on about? I see no mention of statutory rape or child molestation here or here.

[up]That's some good, solid work, right there.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#132577: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:11:52 AM

Assange raped children?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#132578: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:14:15 AM

Doesn't Assange have some sort of sex crime prosecution hanging over his head? Ah, it's in Sweden, not the U.S.

Since November 2010, Assange has been subject to extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning concerning an allegation of rape.

edited 26th Jul '16 7:14:56 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#132579: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:16:04 AM

Yes, Assange is facing prosecution in Sweden for a rape accusation. He is afraid that it's (merely) a pretext for then extraditing him to the US, hence the flight into the Ecuadorian embassy.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#132580: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:16:47 AM

Yeah, but where did Fighteer get the children part from?

edited 26th Jul '16 7:19:49 AM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#132581: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:18:17 AM

I believe I'm confusing Assange with someone else, then. Sorry, move along.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#132582: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:18:17 AM

I used to wonder given the timing of those allegations whether they were a means of silencing him, but given his current behavior I'm thinking it's just him being a Chaotic Stupid dickbag.

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#132583: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:20:55 AM

Or a persecution complex? I remember hearing among the arguments that he said he'd face the death penalty (which I think Sweden expressly forbids extraditing anyone who would face that, and at any rate I don't yet see what possible charge that could bring capital anything involving wikileaks could bring).

edited 26th Jul '16 7:26:16 AM by megarockman

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#132584: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:22:02 AM

[up][up]The book I have on him suggests that he has a very weird view of interpersonal relationships in general.

edited 26th Jul '16 7:22:10 AM by Krieger22

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#132585: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:40:34 AM

[up][up] I mean, getting sent off to a black site in Eastern Europe where he'll never be heard from again/abruptly dying from an undiagnosed heart condition with no family history isn't much better than being executed by the US, plus it gives Sweeden plausible deniability.

edited 26th Jul '16 7:44:39 AM by CaptainCapsase

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#132586: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:44:03 AM

Assange just has a massively overinflated ego; he thinks he's so important that he can't imagine the US not gunning for him, so he views everything through the lens of "I am super important and a rebel against The System, so of course The Man is out to get me".

[up]You can't disappear someone as high-profile as Assange. If he vanished from government custody (of any government), the entire planet would immediately suspect foul play... which would make him a martyr in the eyes of the conspiracy nut types. The CIA is too smart to run themselves afoul of the Streisand Effect... even assuming they give a damn about him in the first place.

edited 26th Jul '16 7:48:12 AM by NativeJovian

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#132587: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:45:15 AM

[up] If he weren't a citizen of an allied country, he'd already be dead. As things stand, he's not worth sparking an international incident over.

I also beg to differ; stick him in prison for a few months and deny him any and all communication with the outside world, and soon enough the world forgets anot him and you can do what you will. Some people will take notice of course, but it won't be long before people cease to care.

edited 26th Jul '16 7:52:24 AM by CaptainCapsase

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#132588: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:45:51 AM

Well, they were certainly interested in him when Wikileaks was relevant, but the situation's gone on long enough that he's likely lost whatever teeth he had and the US government has more immediate matters to attend to.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#132589: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:49:20 AM

If Assange was stuck by lightning the US would get the blame. They know they can't cover up anything on that front.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#132590: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:49:48 AM

[up][up][up]Of course, attitudes like that don't help deflate his ego, either. "I'm such an important and powerful person that major governments want me dead" is basically his entire identity at this point, regardless of whether it's based in reality or not.

edited 26th Jul '16 7:50:44 AM by NativeJovian

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#132591: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:51:49 AM

[up] Well they don't want him dead because he's not worth the trouble currently.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#132592: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:52:45 AM

Funny how we get all the flak for messing with other countries' governments, but when those same countries (or their citizens) start trying to manipulate U.S. elections...

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#132593: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:53:44 AM

[up][up][up]Damn Obama and his weather machine!

Yes this is a thing conservative conspiracy nuts

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#132594: Jul 26th 2016 at 7:56:10 AM

[up][up] I don't think anyone here is denying that Russia has an agenda in this election , and that it's nefarious. At least from the American point of view.

edited 26th Jul '16 7:56:38 AM by CaptainCapsase

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#132595: Jul 26th 2016 at 8:12:32 AM

Trumputin OTP. Sing it to the tune of "Shipoopi"

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#132596: Jul 26th 2016 at 8:19:50 AM

I knew TYT would be salty, but trashing Michelle's speech? Still thinking Hillary's not sincere? Come the fuck on.

I think it's time for Cenk to admit that he, like his buddy Jimmy, wants Trump to win.

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#132597: Jul 26th 2016 at 8:21:09 AM

[up][down]Someone please follow them with a bell.

edited 26th Jul '16 8:27:25 AM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#132598: Jul 26th 2016 at 8:25:38 AM

And of course the current Politico headline is about "Clinton corruption" and the DNC trying to hide it. Your biases are showing, guys.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#132600: Jul 26th 2016 at 8:31:29 AM

[up]Clearly they are entirely in favour of her.

Stephen Colbert, who I normally like, is pushing the "DNC was a disaster" narrative too. Remember how you and Jon Stewart liked to claim to be non-partisan Steve? You've pretty much ruined any claim you had to that.

edited 26th Jul '16 8:33:14 AM by AmbarSonofDeshar


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