DemNow interview w/ Assange
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/7/25/exclusive_wikileaks_julian_assange_on_releasing
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
This is indefensible:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zeynep-tufekci/wikileaks-erdogan-emails_b_11158792.html
― On a Raqqa tip (ShariVari), Monday, 25 July 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/wikileaks-accused-of-anti-semitism-for-using-echoes-in-tweet-insulting-critics/
― esempiu (crüt), Monday, 25 July 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
Yeah wikileaks are aligning themselves with white supremacists so if their leader being on the run from sexual assault charges weren't bad enough can we stop glamorizing them now
― Sean, let me be clear (silby), Monday, 25 July 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
What a weird tweet. Is that a failed attempt at irony? It's hard for me to believe they'd go that obvious. "Tribalist" too.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Monday, 25 July 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
Weird in that DemNow interview that they say Assange is afraid of being extradited to US for treason charges, when he's running from rape charges in Sweden.
― Frederik B, Monday, 25 July 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
that is the standard pro-Assange line.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Monday, 25 July 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
dude is such a wormy piece of shit
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 01:51 (seven years ago) link
maybe; he also got one fired
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link
yeah I remember that time DWS had all those sexual assault allegations levied against her so she had to go scrambling for asylum in a local embassy
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
ah ok Your Honor. i rest.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 04:48 (seven years ago) link
Assange admitted a month ago that he was trying to hurt Hillary and would prefer Trump: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/us/politics/assange-timed-wikileaks-release-of-democratic-emails-to-harm-hillary-clinton.html
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 00:45 (seven years ago) link
he's such a puuuutz
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 28 July 2016 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Mr. Assange replied that what Mr. Trump would do as president was “completely unpredictable.” By contrast, he thought it was predictable that Mrs. Clinton would wield power in two ways he found problematic.
real smart guy.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:03 (seven years ago) link
"who knows, maybe trump as president would liberate all slaves, guarantee a national wage, and invent a really cool new synthesizer patch. it could happen!"
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
that particular J.A. quote has no mistakes in it.
but u guys get back to admiring statist thugs
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:12 (seven years ago) link
hey morbs, why don't you devote some time to learning how to literally fellate yourself instead of just doing it rhetorically every 30 seconds on this discussion board? i imagine the sense of accomplishment will far exceed the minor jolts of ego satisfaction you get from posting here.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:20 (seven years ago) link
and fwiw yes assange is literally correct in that statement; it's the conclusion he draws from it that is deeply stupid.
the two of you get a room
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
god help us
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 28 July 2016 03:51 (seven years ago) link
“I used to defend WikiLeaks all the time on the grounds that they were not indiscriminate dumpers of information,” Greenwald told Slate. “They were carefully protecting people’s reputations. And they have changed their view on that—and no longer believe, as Julian says, in redacting any information of any kind for any reason—and I definitely do not agree with that approach and think that they can be harmful to innocent people or other individuals in ways that I don’t think is acceptable.”
― El Tomboto, Friday, 29 July 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
wow, that's kind of big
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Friday, 29 July 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
I feel really bad that I keep mixing up WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden in my mind. Snowden seems like such a better dude than Assange.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Friday, 29 July 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
ha yeah not even close
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 July 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
the lrb piece that kinder posted above is p much the most thorough dismantling of assange imaginable, a really ridiculous pos:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/2014/02/21/andrew-ohagan/ghosting
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Friday, 29 July 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Snowden did what he did to show how little control we have over our private data. Assange leaks everyones private data left and right for no good reason. They're kinda pretty much diametrically opposed at this point.
Also, Assange is a rapist. So there's that.
― Frederik B, Friday, 29 July 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
snowden pointedly gave the info he compiled to journalists who he trusted to sift through it all and reveal only the most pertinent stuff
he did the right thing
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 30 July 2016 04:19 (seven years ago) link
he seems a million times smarter and more decent than assange; there's no comparison.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Saturday, 30 July 2016 04:20 (seven years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/09/wikileaks_is_fanning_a_conspiracy_theory_that_hillary_murdered_a_dnc_staffer.html
― Mordy, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 02:04 (seven years ago) link
Drudge + Roger Stone + Assange...if anyone can swift boat, it's them as a team.
― thrill of transgressin (Eazy), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
holy shit - assange seems genuinely, worryingly unhinged these days
― pokemon go speed run (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 12:25 (seven years ago) link
Guy is a rapist. He has been worryingly unhinged for years. He is constantly digging himself lower these days. Shame on Jill Stein for calling him a hero, and saying his rapes were his own personal business.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 12:37 (seven years ago) link
I don't disagree with Greenwald's comment.
Frederik B, star chamber judge
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
At one point wikileaks was pro-transparency. Know they use their own secrecy ("we don't comment on who our sources are") to fan conspiracy theories.
Has Greenwald commented on this? I can't find it.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
Dude
Um, I Think It's Time for a Thread on WikiLeaks
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 15:36 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, sure. I meant the Seth Rich allegations.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/opinion/can-we-trust-julian-assange-and-wikileaks.html
I’ve had my own run-ins with Mr. Assange. During the making of my 2013 film, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” I spent an agonizing six hours with him, when he was living in an English country house while out on bail. I was struck by how insistently he steered the conversation away from matters of principle to personal slights against him, and his plans for payback. He demanded personal “intel” on others I had interviewed, and dismissed questions about the organization by saying, “I am WikiLeaks” repeatedly. (Later, Mr. Assange and his followers attacked both me and my film.)
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 13:08 (seven years ago) link
NYTimes, a name you can trust
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
the author is alex gibney, not the nyt. gibney made such films as we steal secrets: the story of wikileaks & enron: the smartest guys in the room. the NYTimes is not the author, merely the publisher.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
also basically everyone who has spent time with assange thinks he's a pos, including former colleagues.
read the lrb piece from Andrew O'Hagan that I reposted upthread 2 weeks ago.
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
Alex Gibney is also the maker of the recent documentary Zero Days, which relates the US-Israeli creation of the Stuxnet cyberwar virus.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
I haven't seen all of Gibney's documentary work, but being in the business of constructing documentaries and doing the requisite interviews seems like a career that would help develop your sense of character
― mh, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
Alex Gibney is also the maker of the recent documentary Zero Days, which relates the US-Israeli creation of the Stuxnet cyberwar virus.― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:24 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, August 17, 2016 2:24 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what is your point?
ginbney's films aren't groundbreaking experiments in form but they are excellent both in their detective work and in telling stories. the james brown documentary was surprisingly meaty. but apparently he made a doc about israel so he can't be trusted.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
my point is Mordy will love it
and stop addressing me, you prick.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
are we on a playground?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
xxp also could not figure out what his pt is but if it was really just a film recommendation i will check it out
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
it does sound interesting!
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
judging by the 16-year history of your posts, yes, nitwit
xxp
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
STUXNET
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
for a putatively left-wing gay shut-in, you sure act a lot like biff tannen online
― wizzz! (amateurist), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link