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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Fri May 3, 2013, 02:49 PM May 2013

WikiLeaks chief’s dad shares secrets of his son's embassy life

Inside Julian Assange’s Hideout
May 3, 2013, 2:03 pm
Emma Martin | WHO Magazine

Julian Assange lives “in a little room and hasn’t seen the sunlight for 10 months,” says his .. father ... The 5m by 4m room holds a mattress, a glass-fronted cabinet and a treadmill ... Assange .. is holed up in the embassy to avoid being extradited to Sweden ...

In lieu of sunlight, he uses infrared and ultraviolet lamps. “Once, he got radiation burn” ...

Shipton, a former yoga instructor who designs houses, is the secretary and treasurer to the WikiLeaks Party ... Shipton ... first met his son when Assange was 25 ...

... “a lovely Ecuadorian man comes and picks up his laundry” ...


http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/who/latest-news/article/-/16991313/inside-julian-assange-s-hideout/
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WikiLeaks chief’s dad shares secrets of his son's embassy life (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2013 OP
Well, then he needs to stand out on the balcony some more! randome May 2013 #1
Here's his daily laundry. randome May 2013 #2
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people" OnyxCollie May 2013 #3
Since the article was about people, meaning Julian, I think I'm allowed to have some fun with it. randome May 2013 #4
I understand that the article was about Julian. OnyxCollie May 2013 #5
 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
3. "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people"
Fri May 3, 2013, 03:25 PM
May 2013

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people" -Eleanor Roosevelt

You are in the last cohort.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
4. Since the article was about people, meaning Julian, I think I'm allowed to have some fun with it.
Fri May 3, 2013, 03:49 PM
May 2013

It's not like any in depth discussion of the issues took place in the article.

 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
5. I understand that the article was about Julian.
Fri May 3, 2013, 04:05 PM
May 2013

My post was referring to you in a general sense, however.

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