the firm

amblin' along some days ago, started wondrin' 'bout the bona fides of this assange "rape"  accuser.  which means, of course, what's the shit goin' on there?  actually, it started out wondering if the whole ridiculous rape charge was all just a set-up.  and then it was onto the who the hell is Anna Ardin track.  like that.

well, sure 'nuff, a rekindle is tossin' about, reminding us of some minor news that the swedish accuser, Anna Ardin, has got all kinna ties to CIA funded, anti-castro organisations in ... sweden, ferfucksakes. do swedes care about castro that much?

Anna Ardin (the official complainant) is often described by the media as a “leftist”. She has ties to the US-financed anti-Castro and anti-communist groups. She published her anti-Castro diatribes (see here and here) in the Swedish-language publication Revista de Asignaturas Cubanas put out by Misceláneas de Cuba. From Oslo, Professor Michael Seltzer points out that this periodical is the product of a well-financed anti-Castro organization in Sweden. He further notes that the group is connected with Union Liberal Cubana led by Carlos Alberto Montaner whose CIA ties were exposed here. Note that Ardin was deported from Cuba for subversive activities. In Cuba she interacted with the feminist anti-Castro group Las damas de blanco (the Ladies in White). This group receives US government funds and the convicted anti-communist terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is a friend and supporter.

she also appears to have another charming characteristic.

Anna Ardin apparently indulges in her favorite sport of male-bashing. A Swedish forum reports that she is an expert on sexual harassment and the male “master suppression techniques”. Once, as she was lecturing, a male student in the audience looked at his notes instead of staring at her. Anna Ardin reported him for sexual harassment because he discriminated against her for being a woman and because she claimed he made use of the male “master suppression technique” in trying to make her feel invisible. As soon as the student learned about her complaint, he contacted her to apologize and explain himself. Anna Ardin’s response was to once again report him for sexual harassment, again because he was using the “master suppression technique”, this time to belittle her feelings.

a keepah!

kirk james murphy offers up a summary.