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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Crime / Cats Julian Assange Finally Goes Too Far

Posted by Goldy on Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:05 PM

The Swedish government wants to extradite him on sexual assault charges, and there is political pressure in the U.S. to charge him with espionage, but now WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has a new and more fearsome adversary to beware of: PETA!

"Julian was constantly battling for dominance, even with my tomcat Herr Schmitt," Domscheit-Berg says in his book "Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website."

"Ever since Julian lived with me in Wiesbaden he (the cat) has suffered from psychosis. Julian would constantly attack the animal. He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat."

The monster! If that doesn't qualify Assange for Gitmo, I don't know what does.

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"He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat."

Oh please. Tomcats love that stuff.

Posted by Canuck on February 10, 2011 at 3:10 PM

Cat's out of bag now, Assange

Posted by yelahneb

on February 10, 2011 at 3:17 PM

With everyone and their grammaw trying to find a way to tell something fresh about Assange, here's a story from yesterday I hope Reuters got wrong:

Assange's private characterizations of the Bank of America material as being dated and difficult to interpret contrasts with inflammatory public statements he has made -- some as recently as last month -- touting the significance of bank-related materials WikiLeaks has been planning to publish.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/0…

Posted by gloomy gus on February 10, 2011 at 3:21 PM

According to Interpol, he's also a shitty tipper.

Posted by Proteus on February 10, 2011 at 3:32 PM

Wiki-what? Who cares about government and corporate accountability? This man is a monster. Let's talk about him instead.

I have it on a very good second-hand source that Assange punches babies right in their adorable little faces. Also, he doesn't recycle.

Posted by kitschnsync on February 10, 2011 at 3:34 PM

We have always been at war with East Asia.

All hail Big Brother!

Posted by Will in Seattle

on February 10, 2011 at 3:38 PM

He would spread out his fingers like a fork and grab the cat's throat

I used to have hand fights with my boy cat all the time, but grabbing it by the throat? That's mean and kind of weird. I'm beginning to think Assange may in fact have some psychological problems.

Posted by seandr on February 10, 2011 at 3:46 PM

Assange is a creepy fuck. Film at 11.

Posted by keshmeshi on February 10, 2011 at 3:51 PM

Uh-oh, his 4Chan army doesn't like a cat-hater.

Posted by Dougsf on February 10, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Goldy, at last, your PETA troll! You're a real Slogger now.

Posted by The Wretched Harmony on February 10, 2011 at 4:18 PM

PETA pics ftw!

Posted by Will in Seattle

on February 10, 2011 at 4:24 PM

i told you he was an asshole, paul bobby. this only confirms it.

Posted by scary tyler moore

on February 10, 2011 at 6:41 PM

Wretched @10,

I spent half the day close reading a Seattle Times editorial. I earned my right to make a cheap, lazy joke at PETA's expense.

Posted by Goldy on February 10, 2011 at 7:51 PM

#13: You make fun of PETA for its sexist marketing, not because they're against animal cruelty, unless you're a social conservative. Are you one of the elusive social-conservative, fiscal-liberals?

Posted by raku on February 10, 2011 at 8:59 PM