WikiLeaks Julian Paul Assange

Looks like one of the good guys has a small light at the end of the tunnel.

Julian Assange has lived inside the Ecuador Embassy,

in London,

for the last three years due to the (Donald) trump up charges of rape,

by the Government of Sweden.

Let me clarify something first.

He actually hasn't been charged with any crimes by the Swedish Court system,

he first has to be interviewed,

to hear his testimony to see if the accusations are valid,

but first he needs to be extradited from the United Kingdom.

Three of the four,

Sweden uses the word investigations not charges,

have been dropped because of their

"Statue of Limitations."

Or,

to say it bluntly,

it took too long to come to trial.

The British Government has kept a 24 hour Police presence over the Ecuador Embassy,

as if these countries were about to declare a

"State of War"

with each other.

Ecuador's acting minister of foreign affairs,

Xavier Lasso,

says,

 “The Republic of Ecuador will not take lessons from any foreign government, least of all those that are unaware of the institution of political asylum; its legitimacy, attached and enshrined in international law, and its humanitarian nature based on the sovereign equality of nations.”

My Translation;

"Stop telling us what to do because you
and the United States have egg on your face from spying on your Allies!
And all you can think of doing is prosecuting Julian Assange because you can't get your mitts on Edward Snowden."

Otherwise,

do you really believe the United Kingdom would spent £12m

or $18.8m US dollars on policing the Embassy if it was a London dock worker accused of raping two women when he went on vacation to Sweden?

The ambiguous so called

"Investigations"

against Julian Assange stems from the roundabout way

The United States

wants him extradited for the charges of

"Espionage."

First he gets sent to Sweden,

then United States,

and spends the rest of his life in jail because

the U.K. and the U.S.

hate that the World knows that they spy on their own

"Allies."

Read all you can on what Julian Assange has down for the World before you make up your mind on this issue.

Remember,

the U.S. has their spin on things to make them look good

and Mr. Assange has his spin on things to make him look good.

Hearing both sides of this issue,

will help you make an intelligent decision.

This is,
The WikiLeaks & theguardian Reader,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

"A well-defined mathematical algorithm can encrypt something quickly, but to decrypt it would take billions of years – or trillions of dollars' worth of electricity to drive the computer. So cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organizations on the internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise one state just takes over another. There is no other way for our intellectual life to gain proper independence from the security guards of the world, the people who control physical reality."

- Excerpt From;  Julian Assange: the fugitive, an article in theguardian by Decca Aitkenhead -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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Good News

Looking over my last Post,

any new reader would think I am whining,

maybe giving up because I missed writing one day,

but like most people in life,

I have my ups and downs too!

The thing is,

I don't like to be down.

It's such a downer.

A bummer.

Does anyone say that anymore?

I don't like feeling low
or down because those feelings can perpetuate themselves into your everyday life.

Because,
two good things could happen to you,
with only one bad,
and you could be miserable the rest of the day.

I have forced my brain,

over time,

to turn things around after a fall,

and be positive.

Take my rejection email I got about my story,

that I talked about in yesterday's Post.

If I would have let it effect me,

past writing the Post,

I could have become more miserable when an opportunity came later in the day to buy a
Classic Cadillac DeVille.

I told my friend,

who called on behalf of a friend of his,

that I didn't have the money at this time,

I could then have become gloomier,
missing an opportunity like that.

Instead,

since I believe in Karma,
I told myself,

timing is everything and things happen for a reason,

and went on with the rest of my day,

happy.

Karma came around later in the day,

Karma is a Woman in my World,

and slapped me silly when I got a call from my buddy saying he bought the car on my behalf.

The clincher,
I can make a couple of payments to pay him back.

So Karma,

YOU ARE SUCH A "B" Word.

"Babe."

What did you think I was going to say?

Oh,

get your mind out of the gutter.

So,

to make this long story short,

right after I wrote my last Post,

I didn't let the rejection effect me,

I sent in another story to another Contest!

Wish me luck.

This is,
The Chipper,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now, if you know what you’re worth, then go out and get what you’re worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!"

- Rocky Balboa -

One of the best motivational speeches ever written.
I wish I had written it.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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Bad News

I got some real bad news a few days ago.

It was so disheartening,

that I couldn't tell anybody about it.

It was such a strain emotionally,

that the only thing I can compare it to,

that has happen in my lifetime,

is the death and burial of my.........

give me a second..........

the death and burial of my pet turtle!

And that just happened last week!

Actually,

not trying to be funny this time around,

my latest entry into a writer's contest was rejected.

I keep asking,

for any reader out there,

please read some of the Poetry and Fiction under the Heading,

"Poetry, Short Stories, Flash Fiction, & A Novelette!"

I'm hoping you'll
Comment
on them,

so I can look at the constructive criticism,

and improve on my writing.

I know,
there is someone out there reading my Blog.

I see the numbers daily.

It shows that you,

my readers,

will take the time to read the Posts I put up daily,

but no one is reading my stories.

Why?

I would like to know.

If you have any suggestions for me on improving my Blog,

so I can recruit new people,

who will
Comment
on my stories,

let me know.

To take the next step,

I need more people to sign up as
Followers.

Or I'll just keep plugging away at this keyboard,

commenting on the World

and being as funny as I can.

Hey,

that wouldn't be so bad.

I kind of like that idea too!

I can either become a semi-professional writer,

or stay the intellectual Blogger that I am today!

Either way,

I'm happy!

This is,
The Professional Blogger,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

 “You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and fuck everyone else who doesn't like it. Life isn't perfect.”

- Ann Marie Frohoff - 

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Like what you read, or don't like what you see,

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Thanks for reading.

Obsession

Is it an Obsession or an Addiction? “Kiss me twice, I am schizophrenic .. Kiss me ten times, I am obsessive!” -  مد عمارة

Growing up,

I knew I had an addictive personality.

I'm not going to say I am some kind of Genius,

because I knew at the age of nine,

that the things I liked in life,

I would obsess over.

But,
like all my
Obsessions 
or
Addictions
when I was younger
the only cure for them,
was to get another one.

At the age of nine I awoke one morning

and decided I was no longer going to eat Ketchup.

That may sound like something foolish,

for a child to feel he is addicted to ketchup,

but where I come from,

ketchup went on eggs,

hot dogs,

sandwiches,

fried chicken,

steak,

and even to thicken up tomato soup.

I gave up ketchup for the next five years.

I use Ketchup today,

but my thinking back then,

at the age of fourteen was,

I could beat any addiction I came across in life.

"I am obsessed with not being obsessed with acquiring material things." - Mokokoma Mokhonoana.

I know,

you hear the word

"Addiction"

and you start thinking about

"Drugs & Alcohol."

I quit smoking pot in the early 1990s

and quite drinking in the early 2000s.

But it took until my

"Retirement,"

for my Addiction or Obsession to own everything I liked,
to become relevant.

 “Once you start recognizing your own obsessions, you know you’re getting old.” - Jeanette Winterson.

When VHS Tape Recorders came out I had to buy every
Disney Movie
possible for my kids.

When DVDs came out,

I proceeded to do the same thing.

I've been buying Paperback Books since High School,

thinking that I have a
Library,

where I can fall back to,

for Literary Reference.

Well,

that's what I told myself.

But,

I was Obsessed with owning these things.

I'm only going to use these two examples,

but there has been many more.

Like buying the Playboy Magazine for fifteen years.

Now I go to the Library to find a good Book to read

or a Book on CD to listen to.

If I really feel the need to own some reading material,

I'll just buy it on my

"Nook"

reader and back it up on my computer.

As far as Disney Movies & Shows,

every Star Trek Movie & TV Series,

and all the Doctor Who TV Shows I used to collect,

I can see any of these on Hulu Plus,

Netflix,

Amazon Instant Video,

Red Box,

and Popcorn.

I can get my Anime fix from
Funimation & Crunchyroll.

I'm sorry if I haven't mentioned all the
Internet Video Streaming Websites out there,

because there are thousands of them.

These are the ones I pay for,

to watch what I want,

when I want,

and don't have to throw out books
when they get wet & moldy,

toss VHS Tapes that have been demagnetized,

crack in two DVDs that have been scratched to death,

with all the other
Obsessions
that I was
Addicted
to that took up all the room in the house.

Because my Kid's
and my Grand Kid's possessions is my

Obsession & Addiction 
today.

This is,
The Diary Or Blog Writing,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“This diary is my kief, hashish and opium pipe. This is my drug and my vice.”

- Anaïs Nin -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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China

Are you wondering why we have

"Global Warming?"

Look to China!

In an article written in

"The New York Times,"

by Dan Levin,

"BEIJING — Outdoor air pollution contributes to the deaths of an estimated 1.6 million people in China every year, or about 4,400 people a day, according to a newly released scientific paper."

Yes,

you read that right,

4,400 deaths per day because of

"Air Pollution."

Do you think the Chinese Government cares for their people?

I could spout out the numbers to explain why
4,400 people have to die each day,

but after reading the

"Paper"

myself,

it's just obscene.

"Much of China’s air pollution comes from the large-scale burning of coal. Using pollution measurements and wind patterns, the researchers concluded that much of the smog afflicting Beijing came not from sources in the city, but rather from coal-burning factories 200 miles southwest in Shijiazhuang, the capital of the Hebei Province and a major industrial hub."

If you have never read a

"Scientific Paper"

before in your life,

follow the hyperlink to the article,
(Orange Lettering.)
by clicking onto the orange colored words above.

In my humble opinion,

if you want to stop

"Global Warming,"

stop buying products from

China!

This is,
The Asthmatic,
Jim Hauenstein,

And,

"If we take all this actions and if it turns out not be true, we have reduced pollution and have better ways to live, the downside is very small. The other way around, and we don’t act, and it turns out to be true, then we have betrayed future generations and we don’t have the right to do that."

- Tony Blair -

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

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blame China, sign up as a Follower,
leave a Comment, set up my Blog as your Homepage,

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Thanks for reading.