Assange Seeks To Sue Prime Minister Gillard For Defamation

First time accepted submitter menno_h writes "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he has hired lawyers to investigate how to sue Prime Minister Julia Gillard for defamation." Assange "says comments made by Ms Gillard in 2010 that WikiLeaks acted illegally in releasing US diplomatic cables have affected the viability of his organisation. 'Mastercard Australia, in justifying why it has made a blockade that prevents any Australian Mastercard holder donating to WikiLeaks, used that statement by Julia Gillard,' he said."

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Demise of the Computer Programmer

[lsatenstein]

Demise of computer programmer.
The computer programmer program in North America should be abolished, as there is no way to survive doing programming as a career, and with a decent salary. I draw this conclusion by analogy.

Fifteen years ago, my brothers-in-laws each worked in the leather industry as cutters. They were able to cut around 30 coats per day, and made around $1000.00 per week, in the season.

Overnight, the company sent home all but two cutters. The coats were being cut and sewed in China, and shipped by plane overnight. Cutting had moved off-shore. The two cutters were kept, in case of a blemish, or a coat requiring a minor repair.

In the same vein, the computer programmer shop has moved offshore, and what we have left is the programmer who does maintenance. Apply patches, tweak the system a little. etc.

The number of programmers has gone from thousands to hundreds to tens. -- For Montreal, a city of 3 million, the total requirement is for one thousand skilled, if we follow the pattern of the clothing industry. Can you survive in North America with a salary of $15.00/hr?

Re:could be interesting

[fustakrakich]

No, I didn't.. Mastercard is simply rationalizing something they wanted to do long before the PM said anything. It was a false pretext on their part. In fact, if they came under any pressure for doing so, it most likely came from the US. Assange is up a tree without a paddle.

Re:Hillary Clinton

[budgenator]

Just to amplify, you have to remember that Hillary is the woman that made the President of the United States sleep on the couch, and the hated Obamacare was basically her baby.