Unlimited Wikileaks Shenanigans

[Remington]

^ That shut the door behind me.

I wonder how many Discordians are ex-Catholics?

:hand up:

Although I was never baptized, so I might not count.

[Requia ☣]

How do you manage to be Catholic and not baptized?  They usually drag you in for that pretty quick.

[the last yatto]

cable: 10BAKU98

discussion between baku embassy and washington d.c. state department regarding snsc meeting during which revolutionary guard chief of staff mohammed ali jafari slapped president ahmedinejad in protest to ahmedinejad's proposal to provide more personal freedoms to the "suffocated" iranian populace.

[Remington]

How do you manage to be Catholic and not baptized?  They usually drag you in for that pretty quick.

I was raised in a Catholic environment and in Catholic schools, although my parents decided not to baptise either kid and let them decide for themselves (I really respect them for that). I opted out, my sister got baptised and confirmed (although she in Catholic is name only, much like the rest of our family).

So, I know most of the Catholic doctrine/sacraments/holythingies, but I was never actually an official Catholic.

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

This is totally off topic but...

http://www.okcupid.com/profile/HarryHarrison

Its Julian Assanges okcupid.
Apparently hes 87% slut.

In less scandalous news,
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-may-pass-new-law-to-prosecute-assange-2158070.html

Apparently Julian hasnt actually broken any laws, SO WERE GOING TO MAKE UP NEW ONES!

EDIT: Link fixed

[Requia ☣]

Has the entire fucking country forgotten that you can't prosecute ex post facto here?

[Reginald Ret]

Apparantly you can now!
YAY FOR PROGRESS!!!!!!!!!

[Requia ☣]

In less scandalous news,
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-may-pass-new-law-to-prosecute-assange-2158070.ht
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Apparently Julian hasnt actually broken any laws, SO WERE GOING TO MAKE UP NEW ONES!

Busted link, though not the only news source reporting on it.

[Jenne]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-may-pass-new-law-to-prosecute-assange-2158070.html


the html part was borked is all

[Triple Zero]

Has the entire fucking country forgotten that you can't prosecute ex post facto here?

That means you can't retroactively prosecute people for acts they did before the actual laws that would have allowed prosecution were made, right?

I know we have that rule in NL, good to hear the US has the same thing.

(Regret, that's the reason why they could never bust Kooistra [the big horeca magnate], before he offed himself. He and his team of accountants used such complicated fiscal trickery that Dutch law never quite covered it. They did actually pass a bunch of laws specifically related to his tricks, but of course could not prosecute him retroactively--though it did prevent him from using the exact same trick again, of course)

[Phox]

Has the entire fucking country forgotten that you can't prosecute ex post facto here?

That means you can't retroactively prosecute people for acts they did before the actual laws that would have allowed prosecution were made, right?

I know we have that rule in NL, good to hear the US has the same thing.

(Regret, that's the reason why they could never bust Kooistra [the big horeca magnate], before he offed himself. He and his team of accountants used such complicated fiscal trickery that Dutch law never quite covered it. They did actually pass a bunch of laws specifically related to his tricks, but of course could not prosecute him retroactively--though it did prevent him from using the exact same trick again, of course)

Yup, that's what it means.

[Reginald Ret]

Thanks for the explanation, but i already understood it.

My YAY FOR PROGRESS stands, sarcastically.

[Phox]

Thanks for the explanation, but i already understood it.

My YAY FOR PROGRESS stands, sarcastically.

Unfortunately, you are correct. 

[the last yatto]

making an errata to a law, would still work right?

on a related note
http://washingtonindependent.com/104522/bachmann-calls-for-eric-holder%E2%80%99s-resignation-over-wikileaks

[the last yatto]

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/north.korea.wikileaks.clapton/
One of the diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks reveals that North Korean officials suggested the U.S. government make arrangements for rock icon Eric Clapton to perform in Pyongyang as a way of building "good will" between the countries.