First some travel notes. Leaving Tasmania today for Adelaide. Went up East Coast for a couple of days to Freycinet National Park. Gorgeous beaches.. white sand for miles, and turquoise waters. The sand squeaked as you walked on it. Shore birds (eg the Pied Oystercatcher) nesting on the beach. But if you come you can leave your "bathers" at home.. water is freezing.
Had dinner last night with a mate who lives in Burnie. John Dewar, used to teach at U of Alberta and worked at the Law Reform Institute. Really good bloke. Finished off a lot of Tassie wine.
Ok.. now to current affairs.
Julian Assange has gone from wanted man to international cult hero. Thousands signing petition defending him. It has become a free speech and presumption of innocence issue. The belief is that the US wants him, will try to extradite him from Sweden, bring him back to US for trial. Obama Administration is not getting good press here over this whole affair.
Oprah tour continues. Apparently the Aussie tax payer is funding this thing to the tune of $3,000,000.00. Governments say it is good for tourism.. will bring throngs of Americans here. Sure.
I see that Congress has defeated DADT. That seems to put Obama Administration between rock and hard place. They could have let court ruling striking it down alone ( as I suggested ). But no.. they wanted to leave it to Congress. Well now what? Obama administration should have thought their strategy out a few steps ahead.
Cheers.
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I don't get the cult hero thing. When his own self got into trouble because he'd jumped into bed with the wrong strangers, Assange promptly made his adversaries' case for them, by publishing detailed info on sites in numerous countries including ours, which are vulnerable to terrorist attacks, - evidence that amounts to a road-map for wannabe bin Ladens.
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Prior to that, he had published some interesting and informative info. But when he got clawed, he showed his real colors: that he doesn't really give a hoot about anyone or anything - except Julian Assange.
Assange can rot in hell, as far as I'm concerned.