wikileaks’ julian assange : what really happened? what was he? abandoned hero or russia’s useful idiot?

talent role in this love mystery: sofia wilen (the cashmere girl) also referred to as “miss w” was 27 years old at the time. she was an assange groupie. when she found out the wikiLeaks head was speaking in stockholm on august 14, she went to the event, insisted on spending the evening with assange and friends after the talk, and ended up alone with him at the cinema… they then had sex.

julian assange was 39 years old at the time. he was considered a soft spoken revolutionary cyber rockstar. he was first admired by the LEFT, for releasing the ‘truth’ about the iraq war, and having the RIGHT call for his assassination. he was then loved by the RIGHT and trump team, for releasing hillary clintons documents and ‘telling the truth to the public about hillary’ and hated by the LEFT, with hillary herself asking “cant we just take him out with a drone strike?” today he is abandoned by ALL and perishing in belmarsh prison, the gitmo of uk.

let me stop for moment for a little off-topic sidebar:

“…my pastor who graduated from brooklyn community baptist college down my street believes in god al mighty. but physicist cosmologist and cambridge graduate stephen hawking doesn’t… just this makes me atleast wanna look into it a bit more. now let me tell you who supports julian assange: they are noam chomsky, ken loach, ai weiwei, roger waters, and 338 intellectuals from 33 countries who signed a petition for his release. ok… back to sensationalism…

anna ardin was referred to as “miss a”, she was 31 at the time, and was working as an unofficial go-between for assange and journalists during his visit to stockholm. she also offered him her apt upon his arrival on august 11. they had sex several times at her one-room stockholm flat, giving details that were blocked out of the police transcript.

sex, lies and julian assange – four corners – four corners broadcasts on ABC TV: sex lies and julian assange

four corners is an award winning (Including 23 logie awards and 62 walkley awards) australian investigative journalism/current affairs documentary television program.

hero or villain julian assange – four corners

the us vs julian assange – four corners

whether you are on the left or the right or simply clueless, before you form an opinion on assange (or agree with tonight’s dinner table crowd narrative) you should watch this documentary. because if he was indeed the rapist, russian useful idiot, who helped trump… or the unpatriotic russian spy that they say he was… then all is fine, let him perish in jail. but if he was the champion of truth and the enabler of civilians holding to account the wrong doings of their powerful governments, then shame on all of us for abandoning him, and abandoning free press. by dd

jarvis cocker : I will kill again

“whooot?”

i will kill again – jarvis cocker

this popped on in my playlist and had to point out how much i love this guy. brilliant lyrics, with that signature jarvis cynicism and wit. hes my current leonard cohen – just love this guy. lyrics to the track below…
build yourself a castle (definitely my plan)
keep your family safe from harm
get into classical music (i’m already there)
raise rabbits on a farm (hmmm!)

log on in the night time
drink a half-bottle of wine (i’m there)

buy a couple of records (i have 100s – but this is a jab clearly to the brooklyn hipsters)
look at naked girls from time to time (done that)

and people tell me
what a real nice guy you are (he def doesn’t think of himself as one)
so come on, serenade them
on your acoustic guitar (again a possible jab, he def made me conscious as i do serenade on my acoustic)

and don’t believe me
if i claim to be your friend (see? not your sweet-y pie.)
cause given half the chance
i know that i will kill again
i will kill again

and wouldn’t it be nice
for all the world to live in peace? (jab at head-in-the-cloud hippies)

and no-one gets ill or ever dies
or dies of boredom at the very least (my favorite line in this track)

 

and people tell me… by dd

 

Russia Ukraine: Russian Sukhoi SU27 that is flying over kiev looking very much like the US F15

a bit of history… above is the US F15 fighter jet

this is the russian SU27 fighter jet – i always assumed russia copied the US but that is not necessarily the case

russian sukhoi fighter jet performing the cobra maneuver

lets hope this gif plays!

 

beautiful profile of the SU27 with its ‘drop nose”

illustration of the SU 27 showing the drop nose

interesting documentary on the history of the Su27 (drop nose) and the F15, interesting for you industrial designers. by dd

french electro comedy skit with stromae: alors on danse

french comedian jamel debbouze helps stromae how-to

compose “alors on danse”

if unavailable view video in link

remembered this gem of a piece my french buddy showed me almost 10 years ago to illustrate how i must seem when i’m working with musicians to create an electronic track. something i sometimes do… so good, and i guess the cliches are all true, the barking dog, the sick duck and the whole comedy that is constantly self revealing. thank you monsieur pierre… by pp