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Assange Sexy Time

by @heymistermix.com|  August 22, 201010:51 am| 46 Comments

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The picture accompanying this article (in Swedish) made me laugh. Is Julian Assange the new Swedish sex symbol?

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  1. 1.

    matoko_chan

    August 22, 2010 at 10:58 am

    i think their idea of sexy is different.
    If you have seen the swedish movie of Dragon Tattoo (subtitled, but avaiable on streaming Netflix)), the guy that plays Kalle Blompkvist is not exactly a hollywood style dreamboat and some of the leading ladies are downright OLD.
    Lisbeth’s casting is teh awesome tho…shes perfect…..the full jacketback dragon is simply the most spectacular tattoo i have ever seen.

  2. 2.

    El Cid

    August 22, 2010 at 11:06 am

    Hey, why don’t we get that anti-regulation asshole who owns the exploding West Virginia mines to run our nation’s chicken and egg suppliers?

    A supplier in egg recall has history of violations
    __
    WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Iowa farms that together recalled more than half a billion potentially tainted eggs this month share close ties, including suppliers of chickens and feed.
    __
    Both farms are linked to businessman Austin “Jack” DeCoster, who has been cited for numerous health, safety and employment violations over the years. DeCoster owns Wright County Egg, the original farm that recalled 380 million eggs Aug. 13 after they were linked to more than 1,000 reported cases of salmonella poisoning.
    __
    Another of his companies, Quality Egg, supplies young chickens and feed to both Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, the second farm that recalled another 170 million eggs a week later…
    __
    …DeCoster is no stranger to controversy in his food and farm operations:
    __
    • In 1997, DeCoster Egg Farms agreed to pay $2 million in fines to settle citations brought in 1996 for health and safety violations at DeCoster’s farm in Turner, Maine. Then-Labor Secretary Robert Reich said conditions were “as dangerous and oppressive as any sweatshop.” He cited unguarded machinery, electrical hazards, exposure to harmful bacteria and other unsanitary conditions.
    __
    • In 2000, Iowa designated DeCoster a “habitual violator” of environmental regulations for problems that included hog manure runoff into waterways. The label made him subject to increased penalties and prohibited him from building new farms.
    __
    • In 2002, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a more than $1.5 million settlement of an employment discrimination lawsuit against DeCoster Farms on behalf of Mexican women who reported they were subjected to sexual harassment, including rape, abuse and retaliation by some supervisory workers at DeCoster’s Wright County plants.
    __
    • In 2007, 51 workers were arrested during an immigration raid at six DeCoster egg farms. The farm had been the subject of at least three previous raids.
    __
    • In June 2010, Maine Contract Farming — the successor company to DeCoster Egg Farms — agreed in state court to pay $25,000 in penalties and to make a one-time payment of $100,000 to the Maine Department of Agriculture over animal cruelty allegations that were spurred by a hidden-camera investigation by an animal welfare organization…
    __
    …Still, DeCoster’s Wright County Egg is already facing at least two lawsuits related to the egg recall. One is from food distributor Dutch Farms, which says the company used unauthorized cartons to package and sell eggs under its brand without its knowledge.

    Clearly a humble 18th century Founding Father style entrepreneur who should receive funding by the Chamber of Commerce and defended by Glenn Beck from the ACORN journalists and union thugs and eco-terrorists who are attacking him.

  3. 3.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 11:08 am

    Ha. That’s awesome. Maybe he is the new James Bond, updated for the 21st century.

    I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something about him that reminds me of Neil Patrick Harris. Shape of the face? Mouth? Eyes? Not sure, but there’s some resemblance.

  4. 4.

    Cat Lady

    August 22, 2010 at 11:11 am

    @Violet:

    Tabloids are understood no matter what language they’re in (thanks Hollywood!), and the reporter and this guy were separated at birth.

  5. 5.

    Perry Como

    August 22, 2010 at 11:11 am

    Relevant.

  6. 6.

    Adrienne

    August 22, 2010 at 11:17 am

    Umm, no. The Swedish sex symbol would be Alexander Skarsgaard. True Blood FTW!

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 22, 2010 at 11:20 am

    You know, there are some questions you just don’t need to translate:

    Har du haft sex med dem?

  8. 8.

    burnspbesq

    August 22, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Is Julian Assange the new Swedish sex symbol?

    I tend to think of the Swedes as sensible people who don’t see criminals as sexy.

  9. 9.

    Cat Lady

    August 22, 2010 at 11:31 am

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    And from the Hardrocken Konsert reviews :

    Dystopiskt cyberpunkmörker i skärningspunkten mellan industrimetal, techno och synth.

    då drar headbangern på sig denim och läder för att bege sig ut på jakt efter metal

    För att om du inte kan relatera till orden ”thrash” och ”mosh”, så är det här en ypperlig kväll att lära sig. ”It’s time to raise the flag of hate”, som Mille i Kreator brukar säga.

    Soft power, indeed.

  10. 10.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 11:34 am

    I put the page into Google Translate. The translation is terrible, but there were a few interesting tidbits:

    Have you had sex with them?
    __
    –They are anonymous in the media. I have no idea who they are.
    __
    Have you had sex at all during your stay in Sweden?
    __
    –It is one thing that belongs in the middle and, if present, women’s privacy.
    __
    But it is not as good to you in this situation is as transparent as possible?
    __
    –Yes, but I do not want to drag people’s private lives in the dirt without having the whole situation is clear for me. Why do they turn to the police? What lies behind?
    __
    –What I can say is that I never, either in Sweden or in any other country, had sex with someone in a way that is not built on total voluntary from both sides.

    At the time of the interview it doesn’t seem like he even knew who the accusers were.

  11. 11.

    Starfish

    August 22, 2010 at 11:39 am

    @Adrienne: He brings the sexy time and tries to kill Lady Gaga. What could he do for me to like him more?

  12. 12.

    Kay Shawn

    August 22, 2010 at 11:40 am

    I’ve noticed this in the British press too. Today’s Observer has a big front page photo that’s very glam.

  13. 13.

    Guster

    August 22, 2010 at 11:42 am

    @burnspbesq:

    I tend to think of the Swedes as sensible people who don’t see criminals as sexy.

    I tend to think of the Swedes as sensible people who manufacture Saabs.

  14. 14.

    morzer

    August 22, 2010 at 11:45 am

    @Guster:

    IKEA! IKEA! IKEA! Flatpacks going down the field! IKEA! IKEA! IKEA!

    Just sayin’.

  15. 15.

    valdivia

    August 22, 2010 at 11:48 am

    @Adrienne:

    yum yum. Co-sign.

    ETA: if we’re talking Sweden then Assange is NOT the James Bond of the 21st Century. He is the real-life Michael Bloomkist of Dragoon Tattoo Girl fame….

  16. 16.

    eemom

    August 22, 2010 at 11:50 am

    Reagan’s first term offers measuring stick for Obama

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/21/AR2010082101591.html

    I do not think that means what Dan Balz thinks it means.

  17. 17.

    cathyx

    August 22, 2010 at 11:55 am

    I think he has a very feminine face, therefore, he’s not a sex symbol to me.

  18. 18.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 11:56 am

    @valdivia:
    But he’s Australian and lives on the run. Is there an apt comparison in film or literature?

  19. 19.

    valdivia

    August 22, 2010 at 11:59 am

    @Violet:

    yeah since we were on the Swedish kick I figured I would put Bloomkist on the table. Hmmm. No knowledge about Australians on the run…..

  20. 20.

    DougJ

    August 22, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    @Violet:

    He’s definitely got some Doogie all up in there.

  21. 21.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 12:07 pm

    @DougJ:
    At least we know who should play him when they finally make a movie. NPH and Assange are about the same age too.

  22. 22.

    BB

    August 22, 2010 at 12:15 pm

    He looks like Draco Malfoy.

  23. 23.

    Alwhite

    August 22, 2010 at 12:36 pm

    @El Cid:
    “Yankee Traders” used to make the rounds during the 1700 & 1800 selling whole nutmeg . . . which they turned out of dark wood like walnut, in their workshop.

    Patent medicines are now rightly famous for all sorts of poisons & moonshine. At one time one bright American entrepreneur sold tape worms as a weight loss remedy.

    This has been with us always and will always because there are plenty of people willing to put a marginal profit increase ahead of human well-being. We are trying desperately to prove that modern Americans are just as awful but the consequences can be so much greater thanks to modern efficiency.

  24. 24.

    AhabTRuler

    August 22, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    I see Assange as more Mark McKinney, although I can undrstand the NPH comparison.

    Plus, McKinney is gettin’ a little old for the part, but what hey?

  25. 25.

    Roger Moore

    August 22, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    @Starfish:

    He brings the sexy time and tries to kill Lady Gaga. What could he do for me to like him more?

    Succeed?

  26. 26.

    Adrienne

    August 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    @Starfish: Brings the sexy time is an understatement, to say the least. Just looking at him almost makes my love come down — as my mama would say. Old school slang for you get-off-my-lawners out there!

  27. 27.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    Um. No. And I went to Vassar so I’m wired for weedy little guys who need to get some sun.

    Like the animated fuck bunnies though!

  28. 28.

    KCinDC

    August 22, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    Is he dyeing his hair now? Didn’t it used to be white?

  29. 29.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    @kommrade reproductive vigor: Like Rahm?

  30. 30.

    El Cid

    August 22, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    @Alwhite:

    This has been with us always and will always because there are plenty of people willing to put a marginal profit increase ahead of human well-being. We are trying desperately to prove that modern Americans are just as awful but the consequences can be so much greater thanks to modern efficiency.

    This is clearly unpossible because the free market would react negatively to them endangering their consumers.

  31. 31.

    gypsy howell

    August 22, 2010 at 1:33 pm

    @kommrade reproductive vigor:
    Huh. Me too.

  32. 32.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 1:34 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Rahm’s an animated fuck bunny!?

  33. 33.

    Violet

    August 22, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    @KCinDC:
    Was wondering the same thing. Is it just lighting? Perhaps he has light blond hair and how it looks changes with the lighting?

  34. 34.

    gypsy howell

    August 22, 2010 at 1:38 pm

    @Violet:

    My first thought was “they couldn’t find a more recent photo?”

  35. 35.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    @kommrade reproductive vigor: He went to Vassar, didn’t he? He’s not my type, what with being a guy and all.

  36. 36.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    August 22, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Man, I WISH. It would help cut the shame of going to a college that nurtured Dick Miniter and Marc Theissen. But I think he went to Sarah Lesbian.

    Also2: Rahm is dark enough to be your average V.B’s shadow.

  37. 37.

    bago

    August 22, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    Dude reminds me of Pete White, from the Venture Brothers.

  38. 38.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 22, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    @kommrade reproductive vigor: Ah yes, I think you are right. Mea culpa.

  39. 39.

    Arclite

    August 22, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    Hey, I’m a happily married straight guy with gorgeous surfer wife and I think Julian is s3xy. It has less to do with has looks and everything to do with bringing to the light of day the deepest darkest secrets of the most powerful religious, corporate, and governmental agencies in the world. He’s Robin Hood, Luke Skywalker, and Neo rolled into one.

  40. 40.

    Anoniminous

    August 22, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    Alla dina bloggar r tillhör Sverige!!!

    (Links are in English for the minority of BJ Svensk utmanas :-)

    Sweden drops warrant for WikiLeaks founder

    http://www.thelocal.se/28504/20100821/

    Assange: Pentagon could be behind rape claim

    http://www.thelocal.se/28514/20100822/

    I don’t know who those women are or why they accused Assange of raping them but they are in hip deep trouble. Swedes take false accusations and public defamation VERY seriously.

  41. 41.

    chaseyourtail

    August 22, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    There’s something about his face that’s unattractive to me…he’s also a bit of a preener.

  42. 42.

    Anne Laurie

    August 22, 2010 at 7:08 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    I tend to think of the Swedes as sensible people who don’t see criminals as sexy.

    You didn’t have a Norwegian-American mother-in-law. Folk chant:

    “Ten thousand Swedes
    Came through the weeds
    To fight a sick Norwegian;
    Ten thousand more
    Stood up & swore
    The fairest fight they ever saw!”

    Actually all the modern Scandinavian nations benefitted, to pull a Matoko-chan, from the several hundred years during which they exported their most aggressive and least-suitable-for-civilisation individuals to pollute the gene pools of Scotland, Ireland, northern France, Russia, and possibly North America. (There is an Iroquois creation legend involving the Storm God’s runaway, redheaded daughter.)

    Assange’s terrible horrible very bad no good Wikileaks doc-dump has had, so far, a positive effect on the American discussion of “our” AfghanIraqistan fustercluck. Whatever the man’s secret hidden motivations, if any, he’s helped bring to light some of the ugly details of war and would-be imperial conquest to light. Never was a Star Wars fan, but if Assange wants to play Han Solo, more power to him.

  43. 43.

    chaseyourtail

    August 22, 2010 at 7:31 pm

    Ann,

    Your points are well taken but Assange as Han Solo? Um, no. Han Solo was hot.

  44. 44.

    chaseyourtail

    August 22, 2010 at 8:00 pm

    He’s Robin Hood, Luke Skywalker, and Neo rolled into one.

    Oh jeez.

  45. 45.

    Joyce

    August 25, 2010 at 7:01 am

    People are definitley divided into two camps about Assange: outright groupie fandom or outright revulsion…case in point: http://julian-assange-fanciers-guild.tumblr.com/

  46. 46.

    Alaine

    August 26, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    but he is sexy indeed. Julian has a high carismatic look with a confident and smooth talk..

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