Entries by Robert Weller from 11/2010

Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder, to Sue Sweden Over Rape Accusations

| Posted 11.03.2010 | Media

More than two and a half months after Swedish authorities leaked rape accusations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange no charges have been filed and the cyberhacker plans to file a lawsuit against prosecutors.

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Freed & Given Amnesty

| Posted 11.13.2010 | World

Burma's imprisoned political hero Aung San Suu Kyi has been freed by the military government and given an amnesty. Thousands of supporters watched as Suu Kyi appeared on the balcony of her aging lakeside villa to address them at dusk in Rangoon.

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi Walks Political Tightrope

| Posted 11.14.2010 | World

In pushing for democracy while holding out an olive branch to the military dictators, Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi's post-detention debut demonstrated the capability to compromise while retaining her basic values.

Tea Party Pays the Fiddler in Alaska

| Posted 11.16.2010 | Politics

Instead of disguising their intentions by dressing as Mohawk Indians and carrying small hatchets as the original Tea Party did on Dec. 16, 1773, this ...

Swedes Come Alive in Wikileaks Assange Rape Case

| Posted 11.18.2010 | World

In a case slower than an Ingmar Bergman movie, more than two months after first accusing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange of rape and sexual molestati...

Can Sweden Be Believed On Wikileaks Rape Case?

| Posted 11.19.2010 | World

Now that it is known that the U.S. had advised Sweden of planned surveillance that Stockholm claimed was conducted without their knowledge, it raises more questions about the handling of the Wikileaks case.

Australian Suicide Pact Twins ID'd, Columbine Connection

| Posted 11.19.2010 | Denver

The Australian twin sisters who attempted a double suicide at a gun range near Denver have been identified as Candice and Kristin Hermeler. Candace li...

Will Columbine Ever End

| Posted 11.20.2010 | World
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Was it shocking or almost to be expected when it turned out that the Australian twins who tried to commit suicide near Denver had an 11-year-old news ...

Charlie Sheen vs. Julian Assange

| Posted 11.22.2010 | Entertainment

There seems to be a new way to accuse celebrities of sexual assaults: make the claims through the media. Ask actor Charlie Sheen or Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Swedish Appeal Court Upholds Assange Remand Order, Double Standard

| Posted 11.24.2010 | World

A Swedish Appeals Court has upheld a remand order for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, a day after the sentence of a high-ranking police officer for ...

North Korea: Brink Of War?

| Posted 11.26.2010 | World

As liars go, Pyongyang certainly isn't in the class of either of the Joes, Stalin or Goebbels. Both knew how to tell the big lie.

Wikileaks Clock Ticking?

| Posted 11.27.2010 | World

The latest Wikileaks data dump, and the first to target the governments of U.S. allies, will be released today, according to Wikileaks Central.

Why Can't Obama Stop Wikileaks?

| Posted 11.28.2010 | Media

Even though we may not have as many heroic, truth-teller journalists as we did in Vietnam, there is one thing not available then. The Internet.

Assange Shrugged

| Posted 11.30.2010 | Politics

For decades, from Boise to Brisbane, the question has been asked. It's time now for the world to learn who John Galt is: Julian Assange. Now that he h...