Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/05/30/assange-too-ill-for-court.html
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Hey, now he has something in common with george pell.
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How fortuitous that he’s suddenly too ill to be in court. 
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Where’s my tiny violin when I need it?
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I hope he gets well soon. Being sick is the pits.
(Being sexual assaulted is worse, of course.)
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Manafort was also quite ill. He managed.
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It seems there’s some healthy scepticism. If Assange can’t ‘attend’ a hearing by video link, the hearing can go to him.
BBC:
On Thursday, chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot set the next hearing for 12 June and suggested the hearing could take place in Belmarsh, adding: “It may be more convenient for everyone if it’s there.”
How kind.
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“too ill” for court hearing
Is that anything like being “too legit” to quit?
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Do you hear it, Julian? That’s the sound of inevitability. Best just to rip that band-aid off quickly, no?
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Don’t forget, Assange’s goal here isn’t to stay out of jail. It’s to get you paying attention to Julian Assange.
Good job, Jules. Got us again.
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Has anyone ever conducted a normal conversation with him?
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Being an asshole is not an illness.
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The CIA is poisoning him!
(Or else he can’t stomach prison food.)
I once saw him walking down the street wearing a baseball cap backwards, I was like “Damn, that’s the most ill white man I ever saw!”
Thoughts and prayers, asshole.
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I think Assange must have caught the same sudden illness that Paul Manafort caught. 
I gotta say, though, I’ve got really mixed feelings about Assange. Well, no, actually, I’m pretty solidly sold on the idea he’s a complete douche, but the idea that WikiLeaks has gone from what seemed like a freedom of information hero to blatant Russian tool is pretty annoying :-/
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