Where have all the hippies gone?

It's interesting to observe the difference in response to this weeks release of Iraq war logs by Wikileaks and the response to the Afgan logs. It may be my very limited perspective, but to me it seems there is a lot less news and a lot more speculation. Especially about Julian Assange, poor guy... I don't think I can say I have perfected the art of psychoanalysis, but my impressions of him were not negative, he lead an effort that setup a website that allows within international legal frameworks to maintain secret information and facilitates the release of that information. That's it, right? It seems to me that if anyone deserves prosecution it's 'scum bags' that steal this secret information from the government and other organisations? He can be viewed as an accomplice I guess, but not the initiator.
This recent article in the Economist is appalling, I cannot believe such a generally respected news source is capable of such tabloid crap, and lack of analytic skill: http://www.economist.com/node/17361416?story_id=17361416&fsrc=rss

This guy I think gets it right: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/oct/29/wikileaks-julian-assange

Anyway, this is rushed and not exactly gleaming with intelligence, but the desire to expose my 5c to the web is overwhelming :D
... and now back to work!

Fashion

I am sick again... what is this... I run, I don't smoke, I eat health'ily (when I remember), I have beer for dinner... anyway, usually even when I'm sick I run on account of it raising my body temperature and helping to kill off the disease, however, this time round... I feel tired just making lunch, so I'm going to have to pass for a few days. It is such a beautiful day outside, so hard to accept the fact that I can't really muster the energy to go even for a walk... so the sure way to make myself feel better is reading fashion magazines.

Fashion magazines are amazing, full of all kinds of interesting ideas, from the totally horrific, to the sublime. And to my great fortune, this month, also hilarious - the fashion lingo section: "Fancy a quick lunchetta?" - we'll have some 'fabola' bruschetta. "Look at her rocking a Robocop jean" - apparently it says a lot more when you're wearing 'a jean' (I hope this is in no way reminiscent of the denim trend of showing off lower than your navel - fortunately it stopped before the fabric connecting the two 'jean' was removed.) , teamed with deliciously feisty glove, and knee high sock. Hahaha... wait, and is that a Gooch (Gucci) boot? (I love it!) I am typing this from my very own HP Vivienne Tam Butterfly Netbook Clutch now successfully running the 'divine' Ubuntu-lucid!

And one of my fav'etta'?: (I don't think I'm getting it... :P)
"Darling, that camel number really adds texture to your ensemble..." what the???.... but it doesn't have to make sense right? it's fashion.