Gonna need a wide angle for this.
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Velvet.
No clue what the thread is about 
Assange 
Up at Tesco's in Bellshill today past your club.
Always think of you
the sudden, so it seemed, interjection of the swedish courts was odd timing if it is not a stitch up.
the 'mericans will never let it lie tho.
Ecuador is upping the anti
It's a stitch up alright.
Gonna get interesting though.
( That's me living in hope.
The wee poodle will co-operate. )
I hope the Swede's, Americans and Brits never get their hands on him, too right it's a stitch up for diplomatic reasons
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
Assange
Up at Tesco's in Bellshill today past your club.
Always think of you
I am trying to get the committee to paint the outside ,our club looks a tad tired.I have a feeling I might be successful
Any chance you could resurface the road erin 
And btw - heritage is everything 
There was a guy died near the Mosque a fortnight ago.
Heart attack on the pavement apparently.
And Bellshill traffic cops are on it just now - phones, seatbelts the lot.
I've been thinking of ways to get him out of the embassy and the country. Hague is threatening to send in police. What a crock of s*it. They're doing the US bidding again.
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
I've been thinking of ways to get him out of the embassy and the country. Hague is threatening to send in police. What a crock of s*it. They're doing the US bidding again.
Yep.
One woof, a phone call and the tail wags.
Makes me sick.
he's exhausted the legal process, the brit rozzers wont' go in after him, that'd be mad, twas just an idle threat because ecuador pissed him off.
Disnae take a rocket scientist 
If we invade that Embassy Gordon Jackson will turn in his grave.
And I'll throw in Patrick MacNee.
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
he's exhausted the legal process, the brit rozzers wont' go in after him, that'd be mad, twas just an idle threat because ecuador pissed him off.
I know, but that makes him look a special w*nker if he doesn't storm the embassy. 
I'm gonna throw in a three litre Capri.
We know how close to the Russkis Sweden is.
One Hour Photo.
Make sure they're nicely watered..
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
I'm gonna throw in a three litre Capri.
Are you going to keep the names or take them off in case of ID?
Think we'll need them as a disguise for MI 6.
Bodey 1.
Doyle 1.
MacNee will speed him away in a Bentley Blower out the back door..
There's always a back door.
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
Think we'll need them as a disguise for MI 6.
Bodey 1.
Doyle 1.
MacNee will speed him away in a Bentley Blower out the back door..
There's always a back door.
I was thinking of a helicopter until I realised where the embassy is situated.
Shall we leave that to our Julian?
Originally Posted by erinp:
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
Assange
Up at Tesco's in Bellshill today past your club.
Always think of you
I am trying to get the committee to paint the outside ,our club looks a tad tired.I have a feeling I might be successful
Used to go there many moons ago erin! ( I worked in Bellshill )
It's been quite refreshing getting all riled by this today! The post-Olympic euphoria has sprinted out of my life! Thanks to Monsieur Reynard! I'm very pleased Ecuador threw poo back today, invoking the UK outrage over the incursions into the embassy in Iran. But it's Catch-22. As soon as he steps out of the embassy he'll be nabbed by plod.
As you say donks. Poodle poo.
on the other hand, altho the timing of the swedish case is suspect, you have to consider that one charge was withdrawn by the complainant, but the more serious one never has been,as far as we know there is a rape victim in sweden wanting justice,add to that , that sweden by far is probably the most egalitarian and just nation on the planet, whereas ecuador is almost the exact opposite and has displayed scant interest in anyone's human's right until this case, does make me ponder the whole situation.
Two agents in my book.
Julian Assange has made a statement from the Ecuadorian embassy, urging the US to "renounce its witch-hunt against WikiLeaks".
Speaking from the building's balcony this afternoon (August 19), Assange called on US President Barack Obama to "do the right thing" and thanked Ecuador for granting him asylum.
"As WikiLeaks stands under threat, so does the freedom of expression and the health of all our societies," he said.
"We must use this moment to articulate the choice that is before the government of the United States of America.
"Will it return to and re-affirm the revolutionary values it was founded on? Or will it lurch off the precipice, dragging us all into a dangerous and oppressive world in which journalists fall silent under the fear of prosecution and citizens must whisper in the dark."
The activist claimed that after he was granted asylum, "the sun came up on a different world [where] a courageous Latin American nation took a stand for justice". He then expressed his gratitude towards the president, foreign minister, government and people of Ecuador for answering his plea and "supporting and defending [their] constitution".
Assange described incarcerated US soldier and suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning as a "hero" and "example to us all" before demanding his release. He then named others who he believes "must be pardoned or compensated for the hardships served as servants of the public record", including recently jailed Russian punk group Pussy Riot.
"There is unity in oppression," he concluded. "There must be absolute unity and determination in the response."
Earlier this afternoon, some of Assange's prominent supporters - including Tariq Ali, the left-wing author and activist - spoke out about the situation.
"[The] radical social democratic governments in South America offer more social and human rights to their citizens than those in Europe," he said.
"That is why Julian Assange appealed to Ecuador for asylum."
Assange's legal adviser Baltasar Garzon also reiterated the activist's request that "WikiLeaks and his own rights be respected".
"I have spoken to Julian Assange and I can tell you he is in fighting spirits and he is thankful to the people of Ecuador and especially to the president for granting asylum," said Garzon.
"Julian Assange has always fought for truth and justice and has defended human rights and continues to do so. He demands that WikiLeaks and his own rights be respected.
"Julian Assange has instructed his lawyers to carry out a legal action in order to protect the rights of WikiLeaks, Julian himself and all those currently being investigated."
When asked whether his client wanted to secure a guarantee that if he travels to Sweden to be questioned, he will not later be extradited to the US, Garzon said: "There are no negotiations as far as I am aware.
"It is not within our area of competence to know whether there are negotiations."
Speaking from the building's balcony this afternoon (August 19), Assange called on US President Barack Obama to "do the right thing" and thanked Ecuador for granting him asylum.
ÂĐ Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Press Association Images
"We must use this moment to articulate the choice that is before the government of the United States of America.
"Will it return to and re-affirm the revolutionary values it was founded on? Or will it lurch off the precipice, dragging us all into a dangerous and oppressive world in which journalists fall silent under the fear of prosecution and citizens must whisper in the dark."
The activist claimed that after he was granted asylum, "the sun came up on a different world [where] a courageous Latin American nation took a stand for justice". He then expressed his gratitude towards the president, foreign minister, government and people of Ecuador for answering his plea and "supporting and defending [their] constitution".
Assange described incarcerated US soldier and suspected WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning as a "hero" and "example to us all" before demanding his release. He then named others who he believes "must be pardoned or compensated for the hardships served as servants of the public record", including recently jailed Russian punk group Pussy Riot.
"There is unity in oppression," he concluded. "There must be absolute unity and determination in the response."
Earlier this afternoon, some of Assange's prominent supporters - including Tariq Ali, the left-wing author and activist - spoke out about the situation.
"[The] radical social democratic governments in South America offer more social and human rights to their citizens than those in Europe," he said.
"That is why Julian Assange appealed to Ecuador for asylum."
Assange's legal adviser Baltasar Garzon also reiterated the activist's request that "WikiLeaks and his own rights be respected".
"I have spoken to Julian Assange and I can tell you he is in fighting spirits and he is thankful to the people of Ecuador and especially to the president for granting asylum," said Garzon.
"Julian Assange has always fought for truth and justice and has defended human rights and continues to do so. He demands that WikiLeaks and his own rights be respected.
"Julian Assange has instructed his lawyers to carry out a legal action in order to protect the rights of WikiLeaks, Julian himself and all those currently being investigated."
When asked whether his client wanted to secure a guarantee that if he travels to Sweden to be questioned, he will not later be extradited to the US, Garzon said: "There are no negotiations as far as I am aware.
"It is not within our area of competence to know whether there are negotiations."
(DS)
The only thing I don't get........ Most of the wiki leak stuff was in the public domain (or it was in mine anyway) I became bored of reading pages of known stuff in the Grauniad. Maybe there was new stuff later on but I had lost interest by then.
Otherwise it doesn't add up.
As Ms Grace Dent said, "lazy journalists tell us what he does for fresh underpants!"
Apparently he showers in his shreddies and uses his socks over his hands as flannels.
hahaha
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Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
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theres a definate likeness there
Originally Posted by pirate1111:
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
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theres a definate likeness there
For sure! I was trying to think who he reminded me of.. ta 
Originally Posted by pirate1111:
He is the reincarnation of John Inman The Independent referenced the likeness today. I've been seeing it for months, lol.
I don't know about being framed but it's pretty convenient, isn't it?
If this f*****d government won't give assurances that he won't be extradited to the US to face capital punishment then who can blame him for staying in Ecuador.
The posturing of our powers that be is just a tad hypocritical considering our foreign policy and the numerous mass murdering tyrants this nation has entertained and murderous regimes this country has got into bed with.
Let's not forget this government, or rather, the last government's complicity in extraordinary rendition, where 'we' or allegedly David Miliband - who thankfully is not leading the Labour Party - turned a blind eye to flights going through British airspace on the way to countries where they would be tortured in the interests of the so-called War on Terror.
As soon as the American exploits were flushed out by the leaks they had wanted to keep buried, the writing was on the wall for Assange. The Swedish charges were trumped up (imho) and if he sets foot in Sweden he knows the next stop is America.
I havent a lot of time for the man, but I would defend his right to flash a light in the dark corners of governments.