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WikiLeaks Founder 'Free To Leave Sweden'
An anonymous reader writes "AFP reports that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is free to leave Sweden, after prosecutors said there was no arrest warrant against him for an alleged case of rape. Assange said the charges against him were part of 'a clear set-up,' and that he had 'two reliable intelligence sources that state that Swedish intelligence was approached last month by the United States and told that Sweden must not be a safe haven for WikiLeaks.' The news comes just one day before the Swedish national election."
In other news, Newton went off on some rather dubious treatises about religion. Also, Hawking manipulated his ex-wife (or was that his wife abusing him?), and Einstein had an interesting relationship with his niece. Mind you, so did Hitler. So many rumours! which should we use to distract from the relevant and documented work by this cross-section of significant men?
Watch the video again. Listen to the radio chatter. Try to keep up with the callsigns. The guys on the ground called the Apache in BECAUSE they were fired on. The Apache didn't just happen to stumble across some armed men, then decided to take them out because they were to short, to tall, to brown, or not brown enough. Really listen to the radio chatter, and don't let the commentary that you've seen and/or heard blind you to the facts. Our guys were shot at, they called in air support, and air support discovered armed men in the area from which that fire came. And, finally, Reuters had that reporter EMBEDDED with an insurgent unit. If there were any doubt about the people being insurgents, THAT particular reporter's presence proves that they were indeed insurgents. The evidence is right there, in front of you. Look at it. Open your eyes. Use google if you need to verify that the reporter was embedded. There is no doubt in my mind that some American troops have committed atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan in the past ten years - but this is NOT one of them.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
100 lashes are the same for both sexes. In case of stoning (for married participants), men are buried waist-deep, while women are buried chest-deep. This actually favors the female, because it means that the only prominent part of the body sticking out is the head, so death comes faster; while in the case of the male, stones can (and are) be aimed at chest and abdomen, prolonging the punishment.
Why would I want to become involved in a war?
As Master Yoda said in the empire strikes back, "wars not make one great". Whilst the source of the quote is a bit weird, it rings true.
War is interesting, because their are (usually) 2 opposing views and atrocities are enacted because of this, usually with some righteous BS. No thank you.
Where did most of the kids for both Iraq wars get recruited? The poorest suburbs of America. You didn't see too many kids of rich parents getting drafted, did you? So much for "serving your country". The same applies not only to the US, but to other countries as well, including my native Australia.
The general populace doesn't do anything [about politicians] because they are lazy. Generations of abuse from the powers that be have ensured that people are disinclined to "rock the boat". I call it social brainwashing.
For all his talk, MLK didn't live to see his vision. He was probably assassinated by the CIA, it wouldn't surprise me. Even now, in many parts of the US, Negroes have little or no rights. Remember Rodney King? Did those bastard police get into trouble? Originally no. It was only on a retrial that 2 of them were found guilty. Justice? I don't think so. I wonder how much money exchanged hands during the first set of trials to make sure the police got away with a not guilty verdict.
Let's consider how police treated this Black man?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKy-WSZMklc
Mind you, Australia is no better. But anyways, I've sidetracked from our original discussion.
Cheers,
Dave
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. --Martin Luther King Jr.