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Supreme Court justice defends his five-year vow of silence

David Usborne
The Independent
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:47 UTC
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Justice Clarence Thomas, second left, with his more loquacious colleagues

As Justice Clarence Thomas approaches the 20th anniversary in October of his ascent to the US Supreme Court after fending off the still famous sexual harassment charges from Anita Hill, he finds himself under fire for a different milestone in his controversial career: five years of staying mum.

It might serve Justice Thomas well to break into song or perhaps a one-man poetry jam when the Court resumes its winter session to ponder new intractable cases and deliver weighty verdicts next Tuesday. That's because it will also be the fifth anniversary of his having not spoken a word during oral arguments.

Each year that passes with Thomas still keeping his counsel while his colleagues routinely interrupt anxious lawyers with questions and demands for clarification, brings fresh media comment. This time the New York Times that has given the puzzle of his monkish restraint front-page treatment.
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Climate zealots made my life hell for being a sceptic says Johnny Ball, who was victim of porn and blog smears


Daily Mail
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:50 UTC
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Witch-hunt: Johnny Ball - father of Radio Two DJ Zoe Ball - says his career has been destroyed
As a climate change sceptic, Johnny Ball doesn't mince his words.

He once declared spider flatulence to be more damaging to the environment than fossil fuels.

But the veteran children's TV presenter is paying the price for his outspoken remarks.

Yesterday he revealed he has become the victim of a vicious hate campaign by environmentalist 'zealots'.

Mr Ball - father of Radio Two DJ Zoe Ball - popularised maths and science for millions of youngsters in the 1970s and 1980s with his eccentric TV shows.

More recently he has carved out a career giving talks in schools and at science festivals and teachers' conferences.

But he says zealots are trying to sabotage his career because he has described climate change as 'alarmist nonsense'.

He claims the internet has been used to try to discredit his opinions.

Bloggers have run campaigns stating Mr Ball 'should not be allowed near children'.

And an imposter has even tried to cancel his booking at a training day for maths teachers in Northampton.

In a sinister twist, websites have also been set up in his name which contain pornographic images.
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Argentina accuses US of trying to smuggle weapons into country

Ewen MacAskill
Guardian.co.UK
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:37 UTC
Diplomatic row over cargo US claims was intended for training program further sours already poor relationship

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Barack Obama's upcoming Latin America tour will not take in Argentina, a decision which has strained relations.
Relations between the US and Argentina have deteriorated after Buenos Aires lodged a formal complaint over a US military plane that landed late last week carrying guns, drugs and satellite phones.

The Argentinian government claimed the US was trying to sneak the weapons into the country, though it didn't offer an explanation of why Washington might want to do this.

The US state department said the consignment was intended for a police training programme in Argentina.

Officials from Argentina and the state department have been in talks aimed at resolving the row.

The relationship between the two countries has been poor since Barack Obama released details of a Latin American tour next month that includes Brazil, Chile and El Salvador but not Argentina.
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USA, Penn & Teller - Openly Admit They Are a NWO Puppet Act

Shepard Ambellas
The Intel Hub
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:12 UTC
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The well known duo Penn & Teller were recently confronted at a Florida University over a 9/11 truth issue (Building 7) by radio talk show host and activist Bob Tuskin. At the event Penn stated that he had never seen the footage of Building 7 falling into it's own footprint on that dreadful September day in 2001.

Today Penn was forced to publicly address the issue and stated that he actually had seen the footage of Building 7 of the WTC.

But more remarkable is the fact that Penn openly admits the comic duo may actually be a puppet act for the NWO.

Here is what Penn had to say on Twitter;
"penjillette@reeder we don't do all our own research. We are hosts who do the best job we can. But it's not your show."

"Q&A last night at the"Don't Tase me, bro" theater. A 911 "truther" got up and went crazy rhetorical and the audience chanted "Tase him!"
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US to boost support for cyber dissidents

Matthew Lee
Associated Press
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:28 UTC
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with reporters about Egypt and protests in Iran following her meeting with Speaker of the House John Boehner, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2011.
The United States stands with cyber dissidents and democracy activists from the Middle East to China and beyond, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday.

She pledged to expand the Obama administration's efforts to foil Internet repression in autocratic states.

In an impassioned speech on Internet freedom, Clinton said the administration would spend $25 million this year on initiatives designed to protect bloggers and help them get around curbs like the Great Firewall of China, the gagging of social media sites in Iran, Cuba, Syria, Vietnam and Myanmar as well as Egypt's recent unsuccessful attempt to thwart anti-government protests by simply pulling the plug on online communication.

She also said the State Department, which last week launched Twitter feeds in Arabic and Farsi to connect with populations throughout the Arab world and Iran, would broaden the reach of its online mini-appeals for human rights and democracy by creating accounts cater to audiences in China, Russia and India in their native languages.

Clinton challenged authoritarian leaders and regimes to embrace online freedom and the demands of cyber dissidents or risk being toppled by tides of unrest, similar to what has happened in Egypt and Tunisia to longtime presidents Hosni Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
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Disgusting! Obama honours Bush Senior with Medal of Freedom


Daily Mail
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:56 UTC
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Respect: The current U.S. President Barack Obama honours former premier George H.W. Bush, telling him his 70 years of service to the country is testament to the belief that public service is a noble calling



Barack Obama honoured former president George H.W. Bush with the Medal of Freedom today, telling him his 'humility and decency reflects the very best of the American spirit'.

Bush Snr was among 15 recipients of the honour, which is presented to those who have made valued contributions to U.S. national security, world peace, culture or other significant public or private endeavours.

Presenting the medals at a ceremony at the White House, President Obama said the recipients represented, 'the best of who we are and who we aspire to be'.
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Banks were 'complicit' in scheme to steal billions of dollars, claims jailed financier Bernard Madoff


Daily Mail
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:48 UTC

Madoff: 'The attitude was sort of, "If you're doing something wrong, we don't want to know" '

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Scheme: Bernard Madoffhas claimed that banks were 'complicit' in fleecing billions of dollars fromvictims
In his first interview for publication since his 2008 arrest, former Nasdaq chairman Madoff told The New York Times the financial institutions 'were complicit in one form or another', but did not name any.
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First solve Iranian threat, Israeli Foreign Minister demands


M & C News
Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:31 UTC
Avigdor Lieberman
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Avigdor Lieberman
Israel would be prepared to take more risks for peace if the threat from a nuclear Iran was dealt with first, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday.

'The main problem at present, in the Middle East, in the world, is the problem of Iran,' he said as he met visiting EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton in Jerusalem.

'First try solve the Iranian problem, then our readiness to take risks and solve the Palestinian problem will be higher,' he said.

Israel regards Iran as its biggest existential threat, because of its nuclear programme and repeated statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Jewish state should be wiped form the map.
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Turkey: Israel Must Apologize for Flotilla Raid Regardless of UN Findings


Haaretz
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:23 UTC
Turkish official says Ankara believes UN report will be unbiased, but remains firm in its demand that Israel make amends for raid that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists.

Turkey will insist on an apology from Israel for its bloody raid on a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship as a condition for mending ties, regardless of the findings of a United Nations investigation, a Turkish diplomatic official said.

"We expect the UN investigation to be balanced so we won't get what we want and Israel won't get what it wants, but apology and compensation are a red line for us," the official told a group of reporters in Ankara on condition of anonymity.

Turkey, a predominantly Muslim former ally of Israel, has scaled back ties, demanding Israel apologize and pay damages for the raid, which caused an international outcry.

Nine Turks were shot dead in the May 31 clash when Israeli marines stormed a flotilla organized by a Turkish Islamist charity, which ignored orders to turn back as it tried to breach an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

"We will not back off on our demands. We cannot forget the loss of nine lives. Israel is our friend. If a friend is in error, then he or she should apologize."

Israel has broached the issue of compensation but has not admitted it was at fault.
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US backs protests in Iran


The Telegraph, UK
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:51 UTC
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed support for protesters in Iran, saying they "deserve the same rights as they saw being played out in Egypt".

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