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backscatter712

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23. When you run out of arguments, throw out the "conspiracy" canard.

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #20)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 08:54 PM

Sep 2012

And I'd suppose you're also loudly demanding that the members of Pussy Riot that fled from Russia face up to their charges. Why, of course they'd get a fair trial and not get railroaded into prison!

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Make Assange leave embassy, court tells his bail backers [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2012 OP

That money is as good as gone sharp_stick Sep 2012 #1

Maybe they don't care about the money. bahrbearian Sep 2012 #2

If that was the case sharp_stick Sep 2012 #3

Why not give it a try, what do you have to lose? bahrbearian Sep 2012 #4

Attorneys fees and court costs. n/t pnwmom Sep 2012 #19

Right. defacto7 Sep 2012 #8

Is there any sign of overwhelming public support for Assange in Britain? nt hack89 Sep 2012 #10

Jemima Khan is Princess Di's cousin Generic Other Sep 2012 #12

Not like many of them are Lenomsky Sep 2012 #5

They bet their money on Assange's word... Agnosticsherbet Sep 2012 #6

Survival is a basic human right is it not? If U.S. gets a hold of him he is dead. harun Sep 2012 #15

That is a conspiracy theory. The fact is that Assange is a lying sack of .. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2012 #20

Oh yeah navarth Sep 2012 #21

When you run out of arguments, throw out the "conspiracy" canard. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #23

When you have no argument you throw out a unsupported statement. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2012 #28

You actually think defacto7 Sep 2012 #27

If they knew he would flee, why are they trying to get their money back from the courts? Agnosticsherbet Sep 2012 #29

publicity! It's the only real currency in their situation. defacto7 Sep 2012 #31

It will get interesting if any of the backers go along with this. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #7

... The nine backers who were today fighting to save their money are struggle4progress Sep 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Sep 2012 #16

Joseph P Farrell isn't the Wikileaks assistant struggle4progress Sep 2012 #17

Aw, shoot! More fun that way. I'll delete. Glad to see there's so much money lying around. freshwest Sep 2012 #18

The only thing that will persuade Assange to fight the false charges in Sweden... Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #11

Obama should do so AFTER the election. nt hack89 Sep 2012 #14

Yeah because fighting false charges is too hard, otherwise! randome Sep 2012 #22

... At Tuesday's proceedings, a court clerk told reporters that a £200,000 security pot struggle4progress Sep 2012 #13

I am confused. When bail is set, the amout dosen't change without a court order, does it? 1monster Sep 2012 #24

I think the bail release required both cash deposits and sureties, though the amounts struggle4progress Sep 2012 #25

It was a combination of cash plus sureties tammywammy Sep 2012 #26

Some reports seem to be confusing dollars with pounds: struggle4progress Sep 2012 #30