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Julian Assange: Sex Criminal or Political Refugee?
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyWikiLeaks creator Julian Assange appeared before a London court Tuesday fighting extradition to Sweden on charges of "sex by surprise." He's been accused by two women of taking consensual sex and turning it into nonconsensual sex, of pushing women past their point of comfort, of forcibly having sex without a condom. His lawyers, who are fighting extradition, claim that sending him to Stockholm means condemning him to illegal rendition by the United States to prison in Guantanamo Bay or, even, to death row. Assange, for his part, claims no wrongdoing. He claims this is a set up, orchestrated by ...
Air Force Joins the War on WikiLeaks and The New York Times
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Dec. 14) -- It's held off on using bombers for now, but the Air Force has stepped up its opposition to international media organization WikiLeaks. It has reportedly blocked access to WikiLeaks and media websites such as The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Spiegel that originally published WikiLeaks documents. According to Reuters, an Air Force spokeswoman called the action "routine." The Air Force is just the latest in a litany of high-profile enemies lining up against WikiLeaks. Visa, MasterCard and PayPal all cut their services to the whistle-blower group, effectively kneecapping its ...
Economist: US and Ireland Both Fell Prey to Real Estate Market
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Nov. 18) -- Ireland is looking squarely in the face of a rescue package of "tens of billions" of euros today. Sound familiar? It should. As was the case in the United States when the government bailed out Wall Street banks to save the American economy, many in Ireland are displeased with the idea. But the Irish have a historical precedent behind their ire. The Irish Times maintains in its lead editorial that this is a shameful time for Ireland: It may seem strange to some that The Irish Times would ask whether this is what the men of 1916 died for: a bailout from the German chancellor ...
Why the U.S. Drawdown in Iraq Is Met With Apathy
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyWhen the war in Iraq began in March 2003, the world seemed to explode in protest. Streets were clogged with angry mobs from Paris to New York, Berlin to Boston. Seventy-eight percent of the French disagreed with the war, London saw nearly a million protesters, New York's streets swelled with anti-war walkers. A year later, the 2004 elections were a showdown about a failed policy, knocking down one government (Spain) and roiling Washington. Our European allies found vocal segments of their populations in near full revolt from their partnership with the United States. For a few years, as the ...
Two Weddings and an E-mail
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyAs some may have heard, Chelsea Clinton is getting married on Saturday in a multimillion-dollar wedding. People have said the event is excessive, especially in these tough times. Others, the U.K. Guardian's, Paul Harris, observe, after the family scandals she endured, Chelsea deserves an extraordinary wedding, and still others react with a yawn. For a few, the yawn morphs into a sneer. In the comment section of the Guardian, Harris was upbraided for his sycophancy: "You write informed pieces about Detroit and then end up writing this dreadful crap about the Clinton daughter. Were you hoping ...
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Speaks 'Treason' — Fluently
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailySome 70 years ago, actor Errol Flynn as Robin Hood responded to the accusation "You speak treason!" with the now-classic retort, "Fluently." We all loved that kind of treason, and maybe you'll learn to love this kind too. You gotta admit Mr. Assange is hot. (Yes, I'm shallow. All you deep people out there, move along.) Julian Assange, whose website WikiLeaks just released 92,000 classified documents on the war in Afghanistan, hails from Errol Flynn's country of Australia. As does the charismatic Hugh Jackman. Jackman alone makes up for Australia giving us pop crooner Peter Allen (whom ...
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