This telling Time magazine cover from December 2010 has never been more apropos.
Julian Assange is fighting his extradition to Sweden in the Supreme Court in London as I write this - being already at the appeal phase, we all know that his chances of winning on appeal are about as good as George W. Bush suddenly becoming a pacifist and intelligent.
It just isn't going to happen. That is, Assange winning his appeal. He will be extradited to Sweden, where the Swedish authorities have already stated that they will immediately send him off to the United States to stand trial for treason.
And if he loses his treason trial in the United (Corporo-Fascist) States of America then he will be sentenced to death.
That is what fighting for the truth and seeking to unravel corruption and deception in the highest places will get a man like Assange.
That is what you get for trying to reveal the dark secrets of the super-elite and the rancid corruption of our so-called leaders.
That is what you get for living in a world run by Visa and MasterCard and Facebook and Shell and BP and the Pentagon.
My heart is very heavy at the moment. I cannot believe that I am living in a world where a man this brave and this committed to the truth is being frogmarched towards his (possible...probable?) obscene death.
I can only hope, hope, hope that Julian Assange will win his appeal and be able to fight the true fight another day.
Hope can be a very cruel jester.
Do you get my point?
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