Posts by Ian Michael Gumby

Re: "Cars already decide when to change gear for you"

In the UK, they are called Estate Cars.

But do you actually admit to owning a station wagon?

Really?

@ John ... Re: "Cars already decide when to change gear for you"

If you fail to provide proper maintenance? Involved in an accident and the repair was done wrong?

It happens.

Your automatic transmission?

AWD ~135K miles you may start to see issues.

But yeah, I agree with your points... Just had to be a dick and point out that mechanical failures happen. Hence only the 10 year 100K warranties. ;-P

Re: No more loading of apps?

reverse...

You've got it backwards.

May toss a spanner in Tachyon though. Don't need it.

There's more to it, but cant say. ;-)

@gbru Re: Thou shalt not...

Do you think that she was really just singled out?

Really?

The truth? No. She's just one who knows how to get the publicity and is willing to sue the US Government. Many people are placed on the No-Fly list or on a watch list. You just don't hear about it.

Is this an abuse of power? Most likely not. Sure it makes great PR for her next movie, but the truth is that she's acted in such a way that she got herself placed on the list.

You donate money to a known terrorist organization, you get put on the list. You routinely call family back in Afghanistan or Pakistan? Have been known to be critical of western governments? You get placed on the watch list. There's more, but you get the idea.

She may feel that the US Government is being vindictive, and those in the WH surely can be vindictive, yet she's given them the legal cover to do so and claim otherwise.

Think about it.

Re: Thou shalt not...

Snowden admitted to his acts.

Those actions are criminal and he should be charged.

Here's the sad fact that many who view Snowden, Manning and Ass-anage as heroes ... the world is less of a safe place today that it was before their damage and criminal acts. (Hint: Did Assange merely post the docs, or did he coerce and assist with the theft itself? Review the Article 32 hearing docs... ;-)

Look at the countries where Arab Spring took place. How many dead since Arab Spring? How stable are those governments? Egypt is the most stable and that's because the Army retook control to keep the peace.

You can down vote me, but please get your head out of the sand and learn the truth.

Re: The pen could be used as a weapon.

You joke but there was just a news story where a criminal did attack someone with a pen stabbing her in the head...

Re: Stupid and obvious reason

Sorry, but didn't Obama run on a campaign of a transparent government?

So who is the man behind the slightly green tinted curtain?

Re: Thou shalt not...

Really?

This has nothing to do with embarassing the US Government. Look at Obama , Joe Biden and John Kerry, they are truly embarrassments yet you don't see the TSA harassing them. Then there's Donald Trump. Truly an embarrassment to this country as well. Again the TSA isn't harassing him either.

Could it be that she's a known associate of a wanted criminal... (Has the US officially charged him with espionage yet? ) And yes Virginia, regardless of the WH and TSA allegedly harassing you. The fact that you hung out w Snowden got you a legitimate place on the list.

Yeah, sure, paybacks and all that. But seriously... you meet and interview known terrorists and criminals... you're going to get harassed at the borders. It goes with the job and good luck with the law suit. 10:1 odds its the basis of her next film.

@AC ...Re: @Dave Dave Dave ... France...

If Assange goes to Sweden, when they are done with him, he goes back to the UK.

When they are done with him, he's tossed from the country back to his home country Australia.

Assange won't have a choice and if you go back to the ABC news reports... some of the politicians talked about pulling his passport so he could no longer be a traveling embarrassment to them.

WRT the US... who knows what they will do.

As I've posted... something was said during the Article 32 hearing that wasn't covered in the trial. (Manning plead guilty to those charges. )

So what has Assange scared? Only Assange and Manning know for sure.

@Dave Dave Dave... he didn't admit to being a serial rapist...

Its a common mistake that some people make.

During the hearings, Assange's defence wasn't one of admission, but of saying "... assume that the accusation is true, that I did commit the acts. It still wouldn't amount to rape in any other country... "

That is to say for the sake of argument, if true he would still be found innocent.

And yes, he's a rapist in the sense that he had non-consensual sex with women. Too bad the women didn't have better taste or sense of character. Then they would never had gone to bed with him in the first place.

@ Matt ... Re: Seriously, WTF?

Not that I do disagree with your post...

But did you ever stop to consider that the UK government might turn a blind eye if he wanted to attempt to sneak out... just to be rid of him?

To your point... yeah the French couldn't grant him asylum because of the EAW, and to be honest, its the only country close enough where if he did attempt to do a runner, he'd have the best chance of making it.

Re: @Dave Dave Dave ... France...

I don't know where you get the idea that Julian was posting.

The simple fact is that had he done the right thing... gotten tested, apologized to the women, etc ... this could have all gone away. The initial prosecutor didn't want to go through the whole mess and that's why initially the charges weren't pursued.

Even if he had jail time... how much would he realistically gotten?

They would have more than likely tossed him from the country and banned him from ever coming back, although Assange was/is politically connected to some chick in government.

So the reality is... Julian made this mess himself.

As to being a self confessed serial rapist... you call him a rapist, he considers himself a 'Ladies Man'. (Seriously I read the interview, he's pathetic.) Besides the comments weren't made under oath and he can claim that he misspoke or that his comments were taken out of context.

Personally I'd love to see Julian back in Australia. There they could take away his passport so he wouldn't be allowed to travel. And then wait for the US to actually come forward with a charge.

@Gnasher ... Re: France...

I agree with most of your post, but just a nit.

There are 32 odd crimes where the crime in the country that posted the EAW is enough and all other crimes face a duopoly where the person is judged by both countries and if its not a crime in the country where they are trying to extradite him from... then the EAW fails.

In this case, I believe rape is #23 on the list of 32 so it wouldn't matter. Note that regardless of this, the appeals court went out of its way to state that what Assange is accused of is indeed a crime in the UK so he would have been extradited regardless of the specific charges.

@x 7 Re: @Dave Dave Dave ... France...

Assange hasn't been charged yet.

The statute of limitations start from when the crime was committed. So when Manning did the deed, that's when the clock started.

Assange did have some potential cover for posting the data dump. The '70's case that was ruled on by SCOTUS helped there.

Again what seems to have him scared is that he may have been involved directly in the theft w Manning. IMHO that's the only way the US would want to go after him...

@ PNGuinn Re: France... @ DaveDaveDave

You do realize that if the women say no raincoat, no sex, then the sex is no longer consensual so it is rape, right?

Rape is one of the 32 crimes to which there is no need for reciprocity in terms of testing the standard. That is to say... the EU country charging the person and issued the warrant is the sole arbiter of what constitutes rape. That is to say... what Sweden calls rape is all that counts. Regardless, the UK courts did determine that what the Swedes charged Assange with would still constitute rape within the UK so that becomes a moot point.

The charges are more of a felony in nature with a maxium of 4 years ... (if memory serves...)

The bottom line. Had he faced the charges, gotten tested... he would have been home back in Australia by now.

Re: France...

Actually Assange does face a custodial sentence for the offences if charged and found guilty of them. You can go back to the first appeal hearing to hear from the prosecutor's own lips or rather read her statement.

He would have faced at a maximum 4 years, however many pundits pointed out he would more than likely gotten a much shorter sentence and time in a Swedish jail isn't like serving time in an US prison or worse.

But no, he did a rabbit.

@AC ... Re: France...

Too bad you also don't know f* all about Swedish law either.

It doesn't matter what you or I might consider rape, but what the Swedes consider rape since that's where the alleged crime occurred. That's all that matters. Had the stupid prat stayed and gotten charged, he would have faced a trial, gotten sentenced or found innocent and then given the polite boot out of the country. End of story.

But instead, the jackhole pulls a rabbit and creates an international incident. All in the name of self promotion. Loses the appeal hearings (3 of them) and then like a scared little boy, bolts again to the Ecuadorian Broom closet. (Do you want to call this pulling a Harry Potter?)

He made his bed, let him sleep in it.

Now if he surrenders before the statute of limitations runs out, he will face the full term if found guilty. (4 years)

(The odds were he'd face a much lighter sentence had he just faced the music up front. But where's the adventure in that. ) After all, just add Courvoisier and you've got yourself the 'Ladies Man' he purports to be. (You need to rent the video to understand that joke.)

@Dave Dave Dave ... Re: France...

"He just needs to face those alleged charges and get them cleared. "

Clearly that would be a great option, if it was in fact possible. Why do you think he's fled from justice, though? It's because he's not going to get the charges cleared, he's going to spend most of the rest of his life in jail.

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Why did he flee? Because he thought that if he fled, the Swedish Government / Prosecutor would just drop it and he could one day return back to Sweden since no charges were filed. At the same time... depending on the charges, a guilty sentence could get you bounced from other countries. Take Japan for example. Several famous musicians/entertainers are barred from entering the country due to drug convictions elsewhere.

Why does he blame America? Because its how he branded himself an outlaw. Amerika is the evil empire and all that carp.

Now here's the funny part.

He will eventually end up in Sweden, or if the statute of limitations runs out... he faces the jumping bail charge in the UK. (He technically hasn't been charged and there is a statute of limitations on the sex related charges) So... he end up getting the boot from the UK back to his mother country Australia. And no he really doesn't get the say as to where he goes when he gets the boot from the UK.

Back in Australia... that's when things get interesting... depending on who's in power at the time.

In terms of the US... he can be looking over his shoulder for the next 18 years... if they want him.

@Dave Dave Dave ... Re: France...

Assange is afraid of the US.

During Manning's hearing and trial, Assange hired a lawyer to shadow the case. In the Article 32 hearing there was an allegation that Assange assisted Manning during the theft. This never came up during the actual trial.

Now the US hasn't done anything towards charging or extraditing Assange, and can wait...

Assange can't. Had he stayed in Sweden rather than fleeing... this would have all been over back in 2012.