Who is Julian Assange?

[Geee]

Big Peace:

While Wikileaks’ Julian Assange is much in the news, there’s been very little written about the individual and the forces that likely played a role in shaping him. Certainly he’s bright enough and claims to embrace some new form of Internet-enabled informational freedom. But I’d argue one need look no further than American post-sixties culture to realize that freedom without responsibility can produce anarchy, or worse. Far from some master of the informational universe, in some ways, Assange looks weak and dependent upon others to sustain and guide him through the real world.

In private, however, Assange is often bemused and energetic. He can concentrate intensely, in binges, but he is also the kind of person who will forget to reserve a plane ticket, or reserve a plane ticket and forget to pay for it, or pay for the ticket and forget to go to the airport. People around him seem to want to care for him; they make sure that he is where he needs to be, and that he has not left all his clothes in the dryer before moving on. At such times, he can seem innocent of the considerable influence that he has acquired.

This may be a telling bit, if one digs just a bit deeper.

Assange’s parents ran a touring theatre company. In 1979, his mother, Christine, remarried; her new husband was a musician who belonged to a controversial New Age group led by Anne Hamilton-Byrne. The couple had a son, but broke up in 1982 and engaged in a custody struggle for Assange’s half-brother. His mother then took both children into hiding for the next five years. Assange moved several dozen times during his childhood, attending many schools, sometimes being home schooled, and later attending several universities at various times in Australia.

[Valin]

Who is Julian Assange?

 

and why is he still among the living?

[Pepper]

 

 

 

Who is Julian Assange?

 

 

 

 

"I don't know who he is, but I'd kill to have the address of her hair stylist"

[pollyannaish]

I figured he was just a low rent version of this guy. At least we know who will play him in the "Timely Major Motion Picture."

 

[Pepper]

pollyannaish

 

Right on target!

 

 

10 points out of 10

 

 

 

I figured he was just a low rent version of this guy. At least we know who will play him in the "Timely Major Motion Picture."

 

[pollyannaish]

And while we're at it...

 

[Pepper]

pollyannaish

 

 

 

I'll raise you one

[Chickadee]

Indeed you did, Pepper!

[Pepper]

Indeed you did, Pepper!

 

 

Hi Chick!

 

And I'm taking that to the bank.

[pollyannaish]

pollyannaish

 

 

 

I'll raise you one

 

I fold.

 

Now we know who will play Ms Manning in the movie too!

[Pepper]

I fold.

 

Now we know who will play Ms Manning in the movie too!

 

 

Ms. Manning: Mother or son?

 

[righteousmomma]

Ms. Manning: Mother or son?

 

son.

 

Richard Simmons (the first candidate above) can be the mom. He has the hair.

[NCTexan]

And while we're at it...

 

OMG!

 

This cuts "Six Degrees of Separation" down to Three

 

[Geee]

OMG-that's a scream

[Pepper]

NCTexan

 

:lmfao:

[nickydog]

I still thinks he looks like Draco Malfoy.

[NCTexan]

I still thinks he looks like Draco Malfoy.

Again Nickydog! cuts through the fog...

 

[Pepper]

[pollyannaish]

Bwahahahahaha!

 

Andy Warhol. That's just funny. Excellent Pepper.

 

Edited to add: Obama's iconic poster was such a Warhol ripoff. One more example of the derivative nature of the Obama administration

[NCTexan]

Bwahahahahaha!

 

Andy Warhol. That's just funny. Excellent Pepper.

 

Edited to add: Obama's iconic poster was such a Warhol ripoff. One more example of the derivative nature of the Obama administration

Pollyannaish!

 

You're right... It was a blatant ripoff of that iconic poster.

 

I bet it mad Campbell's made as well.

[pollyannaish]

Nice NCT!

[Pepper]

Good job on picture, NCTexan.