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wednesday october 5 2011
1. Un-missable chance for Norway to make Sweden look bad. LOL!
2. Supporting the release of CableGate, the Iraq War Logs, the Afghan War logs and the Collateral Murder video surely makes up for giving the Nobel to U.S. President Obama (worst decision evuh?).
3. Nobel Prize chairman’s own commentstoday:
“This year’s prize will be important, I think it will be well-received.”
“We saw many of the (Arab Spring) actors at the time, but that doesn’t mean that the prize goes in that direction, because there are many other positive developments in the world,” he said.
“The most positive development will get the prize,” Jagland said.
“So I’m a little bit surprised that it has not been already seen by many commentators and experts and all this because for me it’s obvious.”
“Not necessarily a big name, but a big mission — something important for the world.”
“For me and the committee, I think it’s quite obvious if you look at the world today and see what is happening out there,” he said. “What are the major forces pushing the world in the right direction?”http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
4. Timing. Right now, WikiLeaks badly needs the money, increased public support, and subsequent political “capitol” this will bring. The award could keep WikiLeaks alive (and Julian Assange out of jail).
5. WikiLeaks did not create the Arab Spring (and JA never claimed that it did). But just like Facebook and Twitter, it HELPED those revolutions succeed. An award to WikiLeaks also acknowledges such movements around the world, including #OccupyWallStreet.
6. Geography. For better or worse, most Nobel winners are from Western countries. Not so surprising when those giving the award are Europeans.
http://jaraparilla.blogspot.com/2011/10/reasons-why-wikileaks-will-win-nobel.html
Tagesanzeiger / 04.07.20011
Der Wikileaks-Chef nimmt in einem Video das Kreditkarteninstitut auf die Schippe.
Die Parodie auf das Unternehmen hat für Wikileaks einen ernsten Hintergrund: Seit fast Monaten blockieren Unternehmen Spenden für das Whistleblower-Portal – darunter auch Mastercard. Der Organisation sind dadurch nach Angaben bisher 15 Millionen Franken durch die Lappen gegangen.
Wikiliaks-Gründer Julian Assange wehrt sich in Grossbritannien, wo er nach wie vor unter Hausarrest steht, gegen eine Auslieferung nach Schweden. (ah)
A PAINTING of Julian Assange taking a leak has won this year’s Bald Archy prize.
The caricature by French artist Xavier Ghazi portrays the WikiLeaks founder with his trousers around his ankles, urinating into a top hat with the US flag on it.
Bad Ass…ange, by Xavier Ghazi. Bald Archys 2011. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied
The Bald Archy – a parody of the Archibald Prize for portraiture – is a competition of humorous works of art, making fun of Australian celebrities and politicians.
The exhibition and prize is advertised as the only one in the world judged by a sulphur-crested cockatoo named Maude.
There were 46 finalists in this year’s competition, with “the two Jules”, Julia Gillard and Julian Assange dominating the competition, founder Peter Batey said at the announcement in Sydney today.
Ghazi, 60, said he had first thought of calling his painting Pissing Off The Empire.
“Having a leak in Uncle Sam’s hat is pissing off the empire,” he said.
“It’s not as much about the US as it is about global power and instruments of domination.”
It was Ghazi’s fourth time to win the $5000 prize, now in its 18th year.
He said the win was particularly meaningful to him as he has had “a horrible three or four past years”.
“Professionally I lost my teaching jobs, I lost my job for a newspaper I used to work with and I’m turning blind in my right eye,” he said.
Along with Assange and Gillard, NSW former premier Kristina Keneally, Federal MP Bob Katter and Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke were all caricatured.
Hilarious Stuff !
The great George Carlin show - RIP dude…..abd leave us all the hard work !
Apparently Julian Assange has some new legal troubles to worry about: He and WikiLeaks are facing a typo-filled $150 million lawsuit because a Florida man feels that he has suffered some serious emotional distress at the hands of the organization.
David Pitchford claims that WikiLeaks’ release of sensitive documents has caused him all sorts of personal damage including a worsening of his hyper-tension, depression, and stress. He also explains that he now lives in “constant fear of being stricken by another heart attack and or stroke” due to the belief that the world is now “on the brink of Nucliar WAR.”
You can read the documents Pitchford filed—complete with odd typos—right here:
I really don’t think this whole thing will go as well as Pitchford might hope, but at least he is no stranger to disappointment from cases like this as he has apparently unsuccessfully sued Osama Bin Laden in the past
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5733304/man-sues-wikileaks-and-julian-assange-for-150-million-over-emotional-distress
As the story develops on a daily basis, we now see giant companies either granting or (more often) withholding support for Julian Assange. It is remarkable to think about how dependent we are on a small handful of companies to be able to send/receive and deposit/withdraw money, and how simple it is for a company or individual to be frozen out of the system, whether via government pressure or from a PR-driven desire to avoid controversy (perhaps rightly so, depending on which side of the fence you are on).
Whether you love him or hate him or sit somewhere in between, this is a monumental event, with implications for the security of people around the world, the rights of journalists, the relationships among governments and for the freedom of speech as we think we know it. For more insight into some of the foundational thinking that led to this martyr/hero/villain/freedom-fighter, you might enjoy the archive of his old blog (at least until it is deleted from the Internet). We decided to take our best crack at figuring out how his head has been wired. Click the image below to view the full-sized graphic.
Source: http://www.visualnews.com/2010/12/07/inside-the-mind-of-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-infographic/
Newsweek has published exclusive! photographs of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange enjoying Christmas in the Bail Mansion. Photos: Robert King / Polaris.
All Picturers published with kind permission from Caryl Strzelecki
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