Wikileaks founder and good North man Julian Assange

[danj]

Who is she?

And is she a member?

 

[Chadwiko]

Who is she?

Political cartoonist for The Guardian.

 

[Chadwiko]

RIP Navalny - someone actually deserving of admiration.

 

[ChopChopDigDig]

He bought a membership yet ? How many hours he been out ?

Are you sure he wasn’t already an international roo? Streaming WatchAFL from his Ecuadorian house arrest? Not sure what’s worse, watching NMFC flounder for the past four years, or battling extradition to the US

 

[andana]

I hope someone is waiting for him at the airport with a North scarf and a beanie.
Genuinely he's going to be the most in demand photo op tomorrow morning.

SOMEONE do this please

Get him in for the coin toss.

 

[Hojuman]

Are you sure he wasn’t already an international roo? Streaming WatchAFL from his Ecuadorian house arrest? Not sure what’s worse, watching NMFC flounder for the past four years, or battling extradition to the US

I do !

 

[Makeshift Park]

I keep hearing that journalism is just getting worse and worse.


And yet, 15 years ago, this constituted decent enough source verification to make it through the subs for publication in what was the most popular Australian newspaper at the time. ****ing lol.

 

[GoRoos2023]

I got some spare tickets for him to come to the Arden Lounge on Sat?

 

[Devski]

Sorry but the guy is a clown. There was nothing inherently valuable in what he did. Bulk leaking of documents and then expecting other people to analyze it on your behalf, whilst also claiming that you took steps to protect informants?

Talking about Russian political integrity? Saying at one point you had tens of gigabytes of data on Russian corruption and then not releasing it and saying how great Russia is because they help you personally.

The guy wanted to be notorious. That's it. And he certainly didn't care about who got killed in the process.

To have him associated with the club would be a shit outcome.

 

[blackcat]

And is she a member?

ABC radio national news i believe , ask maddaddam , longish black hair trioli-age

 

[blackcat]

Sorry but the guy is a clown. There was nothing inherently valuable in what he did. Bulk leaking of documents and then expecting other people to analyze it on your behalf, whilst also claiming that you took steps to protect informants?

Talking about Russian political integrity? Saying at one point you had tens of gigabytes of data on Russian corruption and then not releasing it and saying how great Russia is because they help you personally.

The guy wanted to be notorious. That's it. And he certainly didn't care about who got killed in the process.

To have him associated with the club would be a shit outcome.

WL were judicious on the Afghan leaks , whether or not subscribing to Great-Man-Theory-of-History , mankind never advanced thru homogenous thought or act , it required those who contradict and gainsay and broke convention
#camillepaglia

 

[blackcat]

Free.

i wonder what equity the Albo administration had to burn to get UK and America to drop arms , this is enough for me to vote ALP next election , I thought JA was f<rked

 

[giantroo]

 

[Merlin007]

i wonder what equity the Albo administration had to burn to get UK and America to drop arms , this is enough for me to vote ALP next election , I thought JA was f<rked

well given we're giving the empire $300 billion plus for submarines that will never be delivered, Assange would seem to be a small price for Washington to pay

 

[ferball]

well given we're giving the empire $300 billion plus for submarines that will never be delivered, Assange would seem to be a small price for Washington to pay

This is exactly the ****en scam he copped so much trouble for exposing...

 

[The Warlord]

Sorry but the guy is a clown. There was nothing inherently valuable in what he did. Bulk leaking of documents and then expecting other people to analyze it on your behalf, whilst also claiming that you took steps to protect informants?

Talking about Russian political integrity? Saying at one point you had tens of gigabytes of data on Russian corruption and then not releasing it and saying how great Russia is because they help you personally.

The guy wanted to be notorious. That's it. And he certainly didn't care about who got killed in the process.

To have him associated with the club would be a shit outcome.

Nobody cares two heads, its a just a bit of fun ffs

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

Sorry but the guy is a clown. There was nothing inherently valuable in what he did. Bulk leaking of documents and then expecting other people to analyze it on your behalf, whilst also claiming that you took steps to protect informants?

Talking about Russian political integrity? Saying at one point you had tens of gigabytes of data on Russian corruption and then not releasing it and saying how great Russia is because they help you personally.

The guy wanted to be notorious. That's it. And he certainly didn't care about who got killed in the process.

To have him associated with the club would be a shit outcome.

Implying that you are an astute observer and critic of media integrity and truthfulness, yet failing at the very first turn.

Give yourself a swift punch to the groin.

 

[DesertRoo]

Lol, yeah the guardian is the absolute truth, luke harding got busted spreading dirty dirty lies, but yeah everytime conjecture comes up, you go on blindly supporting a patchwork of state and corporate power.

 

[The Warlord]

Its almost like we should have dedicated thread for discussing this stuff, so this important bit of North BF lore can stay a bit of a pisstake.

 

[DesertRoo]

i wonder what equity the Albo administration had to burn to get UK and America to drop arms , this is enough for me to vote ALP next election , I thought JA was f<rked

I’ll put my hand up and say I didn’t think albo was competent enough to do this..
hats off too you sir, massive amount of respect.

 

[Makeshift Park]

is he the biggest interview ever for Aussie networks to get?

Surely he's organised a six figure global exclusive interview with a bigger network than any of our local offerings.

 

[Makeshift Park]

I’ll put my hand up and say I didn’t think albo was competent enough to do this..
hats off too you sir

Surely his release is the result of a conspicuous lack of political appetite in Washington for his continued detention, moreso than anything our government has done. Both Trump and Biden's camps have been luke warm on pursuing Assange for quite a while.

 

[ferball]

The Guardian and Assange are adversarial in this situation and anything a Guardian employee says should be taken with a grain of salt.

Also anyone who knows anything about Assange knows he isn't a lefty as such, more a libertarian in the EFF tradition (not a libertarian in the lets take over other countries and steal their resources cos US freedom tradition) and the whole point of wikileaks was to limit government and corporate power.

 

[DesertRoo]

Surely his release is the result of a conspicuous lack of political appetite in Washington for his continued detention, moreso than anything our government has done. Both Trump and Biden's camps have been luke warm on pursuing Assange for quite a while.

i don’t think this would’ve been an American lead issue. They would’ve happily given him a show trial and paraded around the result.

 

[Makeshift Park]

i don’t think this would’ve been an American lead issue. They would’ve happily given him a show trial and paraded around the result.

I suspect that's the consensus in the US DoJ.

But, I very much doubt there is much enthusiasm for his prosecution among American politicians these days.

With pressure mounting on the Biden administration, its pursuit of Assange was becoming both damaging and untenable

The ordeal should prompt deep reflection on the values that underpin Australia’s relationship with its most important security ally, the US.

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