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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJulian Assange spearheads a nearly $200,000 funding drive for life-size statue of himself
No, this isn't the onion. It's real.
And I'm posting it here so all you guys can contribute to it.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/julian-assange-spearheads-funding-drive-for-lifesize-statue-of-himself-9916496.html
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Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)But he did.
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)The other $100,000 is for Assange's head.
Rex
(65,616 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)But it's still a hideous statue and a terrible idea.
"The WikiLeaks founder has used the whistleblowing websites official Twitter account to publicise a funding drive for the creation of a life-size bronze public artwork featuring himself, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, described as a a monument to courage."
Recursion
(56,582 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]
Throd
(7,208 posts)I do not understand your post. So why do I have tears of laughter streaming down my face from reading it??
hunter
(38,316 posts)They'll paint the statue skin tones, dress it up in Assange's clothes, and sit it down in front of the television.
Then they'll paint Assange metallic Bronze and wheel him past the guards on a hand truck.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Quite the holy trinity he's got working, there!
Why doesn't he use some of that dough he scammed off people? Or maybe the money he got from Putin for "forgetting" to release all that Russian material?
Number23
(24,544 posts)Somebody, please help me. I can't stop.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)The sculptor does them before executing the final work
Number23
(24,544 posts)Though I truly cannot understand why the Manning one looks two feet shorter than the others. Assange appears to be TOWERING over the others.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Or Chelsea Manning may in fact be very short.
My brother is a sculptor (when he's not being an electrician); I'll ask him.
The style is what interests me. Very 1930's.
MADem
(135,425 posts)The finished product is probably going to be bronze, or something....but yeah, that is pretty Full-of-Himself. It's like the "A Team" or something....with BA Baracus (AKA Mr. T) wisely declining to join in any reindeer games!
I pity the fool who donates to that effort!
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Sculptors (my brother is one, and has taught me a lot) will do a lot of iterations of a design before they do the final mold.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I think the final product is supposed to look like this:
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Recursion
(56,582 posts)(If so, the irony is just too sweet: kids sticking up for one authority figure as opposed to another.)
MADem
(135,425 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)which was a weird impression.
If true, Assange needs to "get out more" to see how he is now perceived.
Too bad he can't, but if he could maybe he wouldn't be involved in such . . .
Never mind, this is just too silly.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,180 posts)(Don't mind me. I used to draw capes on EVERYBODY.)
MADem
(135,425 posts)That poor guy was one of the "Curse of Superman" dudes...
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/nov/18/features.weekend1
freshwest
(53,661 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)crowds, certainly.
You have to wonder if the sculptor wasn't doing a little DVDing or NETFLIXING a mini-memorial to the late great Robin Williams when he came up with 'his' idea, as one of our brightest DUers noted elsewhere in this thread....?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)NSA, MehSA. This is what worries me and should terrify everyone who considers what the Koch Kandidate for Der Fuhrer will do in 2017, their Robosigner.
In 2012 they spent $2.5 million on:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/07/koch-brothers-database-2012-election
This year they upped it to $80 million:
The Kochs eclipse the RNC -
Meet the guys behind the rights best data shop.
By Mike Allen and Kenneth P. Vogel
12/8/14
The Koch brothers and their allies are pumping tens of millions of dollars into a data company thats developing detailed, state-of-the-art profiles of 250 million Americans, giving the brothers political operation all the earmarks of a national party.
The move comes as mainstream Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, are trying to reclaim control of the conservative movement from outside groups. The Kochs, however, are continuing to amass all of the campaign tools the Republican National Committee and other party arms use to elect a president.
The Koch network also has developed in-house expertise in polling, message-testing, fact-checking, advertising, media buying, dial groups and donor maintenance. Add mastery of election law, a corporate-minded aggressiveness and years of patient experimentation plus seemingly limitless cash and the Koch operation actually exceeds the RNCs data operation in many important respects.
The Koch operations are the most important nonparty political players in the U.S. today, and no one else is even close, said a top Republican who has been involved in the last eight presidential campaigns.
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/koch-brothers-rnc-113359.html#ixzz3LJXGDwFC
to BadGimp:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=960501
Just think of their man in the White House doing their bidding and getting the power of the federal and state governments combined to harrass and intimidate Americans based on every tweet, message board post, etc.
How soon before the Limbaugh call for 'hunting liberals down with dogs' and 'the only liberals left will be saved as fossils' as a reminder to avoid such in the future, comes to pass. No one seems to mind the Koch brothers being able to use all information to control us more than just buying everything up would be.
The Stazi won't be in the hands of the government this time. There will be no government to regulate the corporations that do this, just a boot on the face with no redress.
But hey, MADem, let's all sit out the election! Huh, I'm sure I don't need this icon for you, but just in case someone else doesn't get it:
And I've got video for you, too:
(BTW, Alex Jones is a shapeshifting repilitian and Bill Hicks morphed into him. Woo Meisters on the net told me they are the same man and an Illuminati cointelpro agent working for the Vatican. You heard it here first.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)if you are serious about being reality-based.
Look up the meaning of "spearhead!"
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)"spearhead".. talk to the Independent UK.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Wikileaks twitter account to verify with your very own eyes whether or not the right wing is feeding a load a crap before you eagerly slurp it up.
Here is the link to Wikileaks twitter account where there is no evidence of them spearheading any such thing. 'Tis nothing but a fascist's wet dream.
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/with_replies
MADem
(135,425 posts)Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)One of the only two non-right-wing broadsheets in the UK.
Cha
(297,275 posts)OP is the same as the link's.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Way back in mid November, "Wikileaks" posted this on twitter:
WikiLeaks ✔ @wikileaks
Follow
Kickstarter campaign launches to build a monument to courage: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1856732911/anything-to-say-a-public-art-project-for-freedom
7:43 PM - 13 Nov 2014
That's a bit o'puffery, if you ask me.....it's never a good idea for a person to point to themselves and say "See, see? I'm courageous!" but that is what the dude is doing....
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)is "spearheading" any such thing. And neither you nor the article provides any evidence of such.
Another dreary example of truthiness.
So much for a Reality Based Community.
A link for those who actually seek reality rather than propaganda (And I DARE the OP to provide evidence of spearheading.)
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/with_replies
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)It's one of only two non-right-wing broadsheets we have here.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)snip//
"WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gave a strong endorsement to the libertarian wing of the GOP on Thursday, praising Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and his father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), for their political views."
snip//
"The current libertarian strain of political thought in the Republican Party was the "the only hope" for American electoral politics, Assange concluded."
MOre..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/16/julian-assange-rand-paul_n_3768841.html
freshwest
(53,661 posts)They'll always be there for you during the hard times they made for you...
Oh, and quit squealing when they step on you! It's sooo aggravating!
MFM008
(19,814 posts)very old USSR look to them.....style wise.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)That's a style with some amazing pieces, though.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)He's supporting it (hell, I'd support a statue of myself) but it isn't his project and he isn't "spearheading" anything.
MADem
(135,425 posts)The WikiLeaks founder has used the whistleblowing website's official Twitter account to publicise a funding drive for the creation of a life-size bronze public artwork featuring himself, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, described as a "a monument to courage".
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)SamKnause
(13,107 posts)Julian Assange
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Thank you to all the brave patriots, whistleblowers, and leakers that were not mentioned by name !!!!!!!!!!!!
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)SamKnause
(13,107 posts)It is nice to have some company.
Have a pleasant and safe weekend.