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British ruling: Julian Assange not to be extradited to the USA but freedom of the press takes a hit

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UPDATED: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 18:08
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Monday, January 4, 2021 6:48 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

British judge has ruled that Assange should not be extradited, not on "freedom of the press" grounds but on humanitarian grounds. The judge found that USA (Obama DOJ) charges against Assange were correct, but rather than looking at evidence from expert witnesses to reach that conclusion simply quoted from USA M$M, which have a serious grotch against Assange and published untrue stories about him.

The most insightful part of the analysis comes towards the end of the video, where Mercouris (who knows British law) opined that the judge was persuaded to free Assange on humanitarian grounds, but to issue a ruling against freedom of the press in a way that couldn't be challenged in court. Because if press restriction had been used to rule against Assange, that could have become the grounds for an appeal.

This way, the British ruling upholds the USA's right to prosecute investigative journalists but bends to public pressure to release Assange.

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Monday, January 4, 2021 8:12 PM

THG

Keep it real please

No you lying sack of shit. She didn't rule in his favor because as you say "freedom of the press." As a matter of fact she shot that argument down.

"In a mixed ruling for Assange and his supporters, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser rejected defense arguments that the 49-year-old Australian faces a politically motivated American prosecution that rides roughshod over free-speech protections.

But she said Assange's precarious mental health would likely deteriorate further under the conditions of “near total isolation” he would face in a U.S. prison."

"I find that the mental condition of Mr. Assange is such that it would be oppressive to extradite him to the United States of America," the judge said.

It appears the threat of Americas revenge was sentence enough. Apparently it drove him mad. What a shame

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/UK-judge-to-rule-on-US-extradition
-bid-for-Julian-15843810.php

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Monday, January 4, 2021 8:21 PM

THG

Keep it real please

Wow, you changed that fast. Even the thread name change. Glad I could help.

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Monday, January 4, 2021 8:29 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

NeoCon Ted loves censorship.

The first draft of anything is shit. :)

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Monday, January 4, 2021 8:50 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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[Originally posted by THG: Wow, you changed that fast. Even the thread name change. Glad I could help.

I changed nothing. I'm sorry (for you) that you misread everything. Next time, try "reply with quote" which will memorialize my post and prevent ME from changing it, altho it permits you to mess with it.

I've made a New Year's resolution not to argue with illogical people. I'll point out obvious errors but that's as far as I'll go.

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

#WEARAMASK

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 1:00 AM

THG

Keep it real please

No need comrade. I could care less. You say, I say, I fine with that. I'll go with what I say.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 2:25 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
No need comrade. I could care less. You say, I say, I fine with that. I'll go with what I say.

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You're in GWB territory now. People will be arguing whether you honestly fucked up, or lied.

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

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Saturday, January 23, 2021 1:50 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN

????

Freedom of the Press? In Britain?

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Syntax Error.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:43 AM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
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Freedom of the Press? In Britain?

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Syntax Error.

But Russia has a totally free press, right comrade?

Pro-Navalny Protests Sweep Russia in Challenge to Putin
The protests moved across time zones and more than 3,000 people were arrested in at least 109 cities, signaling widespread fatigue with the corruption-plagued political order presided over by President Vladimir V. Putin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/international-home/russia-protests-
navalny.html

Putin openly murders journalists. Fact.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:46 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

lol

I guess Wisconsin is part of Russia now too.

That's a scary world full of Communist and Nazis in your brain, retard.

You really need to see a psychiatrist dude.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:55 AM

REAVERFAN

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol

I guess Wisconsin is part of Russia now too.

That's a scary world full of Communist and Nazis in your brain, retard.

You really need to see a psychiatrist dude.

Russian trolls always exhibit certain behaviors and use the same top-down rehearsed talking points, and they always lie.

If you were of at least average intelligence, you'd be able to see that, but you're a wet-brain alcoholic, your mind long destroyed by years of self abuse.

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Sunday, January 24, 2021 1:05 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by reaverfan:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol

I guess Wisconsin is part of Russia now too.

That's a scary world full of Communist and Nazis in your brain, retard.

You really need to see a psychiatrist dude.

Russian trolls always exhibit certain behaviors and use the same top-down rehearsed talking points, and they always lie.

If you were of at least average intelligence, you'd be able to see that, but you're a wet-brain alcoholic, your mind long destroyed by years of self abuse.

You're drunk right now, you fuckin' idiot.

Or at least I hope you've got at least that good of an excuse for your behavior here tonight.

Sleep it off. If you don't remember what you posted you can ask Daddy for a list of the archive links. Yanno, just in case you're thinking about deleting all the evidence where you went around telling everybody they should kill themselves.

Even your precious Leftist Utopia Twitter wouldn't put up with your bullshit in here tonight.

Sweet dreams.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021 6:08 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

How 'the press' represses freedom of speech and association:

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But the worst ... is the NYT’s tech reporters, due to influence and reach if no other reason. When Silicon Valley monopolies, publicly pressured by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and other lawmakers, united to remove Parler from the internet, the Times’ tech team quickly donned their hall-monitor goggles and Stasi notebooks to warn that the Bad People had migrated to Signal and Telegram. This week they asked: “Are Private Messaging Apps the Next Misinformation Hot Spot?” One reporter “confess[ed] that I am worried about Telegram. Other than private messaging, people love to use Telegram for group chats — up to 200,000 people can meet inside a Telegram chat room. That seems problematic.”

That far more robust censorship is urgently needed is now a virtual consensus in mainstream corporate journalism: it’s an animating cause for them.

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-journalistic-tattletale-and-censo
rship

I wonder who could imagine that in a healthy democracy, people freely chatting with each other is a problem.

The M$M, academia, and tech .... a litany of lies, bias, and idiocy
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=63773&p=2

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