He faces 170 years. The indictment is garbage. It begins by citing public requests by Wikileaks for classified documents from a number of governments. As though this is different in kind from what any investigative reporter might do. (Please assume the term "allegedly" throughout this Fisking. I'm taking the grand jury's stated facts for granted for the sake of argument, but I don't know that any of these specific claims about Assange are true.) Then they say that Manning "responded to" Wikileaks' Most Wanted Leaks list by attempting to find things on that list. Wowee, what an impressive...
Reasonable Doubt in Assange Allegations
Via Craig Murray, check out this ABC News Australia investigation into the big, fake Swedish rape case against Julian Assange.
USA Genocide Against the Humans of Yemen
Watch them [help Saudi] bomb hospitals and murder little children.
President Trump: Don’t Kid Yourself, You Do Have a Military-Industrial Complex
Trump tells Fox News: Well, I'm the one that talks about these wars that are 19 years (long), and people are just there. And don't kid yourself, you do have a military industrial complex. They do like war. You know, In Syria with the caliphate, so I wipe out 100% of the caliphate that doesn't mean you're not going to have these crazy people going around, blowing up stores and blowing up things, these are seriously ill people...But I wiped out 100 percent of the caliphate. I said, I want to bring our troops back home -- the place went crazy. They want to keep-- you have people here in...
CIA, State, Defense Officials Debunk Mike Pompeo’s Lies About Iran and Al Qaeda
Via the properly outraged Daniel Larison, Time hosts a pack of dissenters: The small number of senior members of bin Laden’s now scattered group who remain in Iran are there with the government’s permission, although some of them have been under virtual house arrest, says one of the officials. The arrangement, say two of the officials, is a pragmatic one: It prevents al Qaeda or any group under its wing from attacking Iran and it provides Tehran some potential leverage in any new negotiations with the U.S., although Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this week said he’s not ready to talk. “I...
Free Meek Mill!
I'm too old. I still listen to EPMD and Gang Starr. I have no idea who this dude is, but I know for sure he deserves to be free. As this article explains, he's been convicted only of the "offenses" of gun and drug possession and of course endless violations of probation over these offenses. Recently he had been sentenced to years in prison, but, partially thanks to his celebrity -- hey, it sure hadn't done much for him up until this point -- the new D.A. in his county is petitioning to have him released, get this, due to the unfair bias of the judge in the case. The state is a brutal war...
USA Claims Syria Using Chlorine Gas
And already attempting to build it up into a pretext for more strikes. Funny, since the most credible claims of Syrian use of poison gas were just finally completely debunked last week. How dare Assad attempt to finish the war against Obama and Brennan's al Qaeda head-choppers! USA must intervene to save them! Wait. What?
Porcfest
June 19 and 20 I'm giving speeches at Porcfest in New Hampshire. On the 19th, I'm on with my friends, the great libertarian comedian Dave Smith and FFF president Jacob Hornberger. Then on the 20th I'm doing another talk on the wars.









