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Judge denies bail for Ghislaine Maxwell after she pleads not guilty in Jeffrey Epstein sex crimes case

Dan Mangan
CNBC
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:44 UTC
Ghislaine Maxwell
© Jane Rosenberg | Reuters
Ghislaine Maxwell appears via video link during her arraignment hearing where she was denied bail for her role aiding Jeffrey Epstein to recruit and eventually abuse of minor girls, in Manhattan Federal Court, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. July 14, 2020 in this courtroom sketch.
A federal judge on Tuesday denied bail for Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite accused of facilitating the sexual abuse of young girls in the mid-1990s by her former boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, the now-dead investor.

Maxwell, who will remain in jail pending trial, pleaded not guilty at the bail hearing in Manhattan federal court, where her lawyer had sought her release on a $5 million bond.

Maxwell poses "a substantial risk of flight," said Judge Alison Nathan.

"The risk is simply too great" for Maxwell to be released on bail, Nathan said.

The judge noted Maxwell's wealth, her citizenship in Britain and France, other international ties, and her lack of strong family or business connections in the United States, as she denied the bail request.

Nathan also cited the "seriousness" of Maxwell's alleged crimes as a reason she would have to flee and said no bail condition, or combination of conditions, would ensure she would willingly appear in court on the charges.

Maxwell, 58, faces up to 35 years in prison if convicted of crimes that include enticing minors into traveling to have sex with Epstein, and perjury.

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Idris Elba says racist films and TV shows should come with a warning - not be pulled

Lauren Morris
Radio Times
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:38 UTC
Idris Elba
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The Luther star told the Radio Times magazine a ratings system should be in place to alert viewers of racist viewpoints in shows.

Luther star Idris Elba has advocated for a ratings system that warns viewers of a film or show with outdated or offensive viewpoints.

Speaking to the Radio Times magazine for this week's issue, the Emmy-winning actor spoke about the removal of shows which contain offensive jokes from streaming platforms.

Comment: It's admirable that he's trying to make a compromise, but his idea still amounts to having someone telling people how they should feel about the content they're about to watch. If we don't find an episode of Golden Girls that features the cast wearing mud masks to be racist, do we need an SJW ratings body telling us we should?

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Google faces $5 BILLION lawsuit over tracking users' activities even in 'private' mode


RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 07:32 UTC
google
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Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc have been accused of pervasively - and illegally - tracking the activities of millions of people even when they turn tracking off in a lawsuit demanding $5 billion in damages.

Filed with a US district court in San Jose on Tuesday, the complaint states that Google has violated the American federal wiretap law and the California privacy law by collecting information about what people look at in the news, search for online or do in their mobile apps - even when they turn off tracking in their account settings or switch browsers to private mode.

The lawsuit filed by Boies Schiller Flexner, a law firm representing several individual consumers acting "on behalf of all other similarly situated," alleges that the data collection is facilitated through Google's Firebase - software used for storing app data and sending notifications and ads - which operates invisibly to the app users. It is the second complaint brought by the firm since June, with the first similarly accusing Google of dire privacy violations, even when users turned on private browsing settings.
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Anti-Trump Lincoln Project co-founder says past tweets shouldn't define him, then cans employee for offensive messages a day later


RT
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:44 UTC
Rick Wilson
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Still of Rick Wilson on 'Tuning Out the News' (2020)
The Lincoln Project, an anti-Donald Trump organization founded by Republicans, has fired its video editor Ben Howe for years-old tweets using female anatomy as an insult - despite one of its co-founders engaging in similar antics.

"Based on these unacceptable and offensive posts, and those that came to light last week, Ben Howe is no longer affiliated with the Lincoln Project, effective immediately," Keith Edwards, a spokesman for the group, said in a statement on Tuesday.

The tweets in question were emailed to the organization by the 19th News, a non-profit media outlet, and had been highlighted by other groups within the last week.

The old posts included some by Howe, who previously worked for conservative blog RedState, calling critics a "tw*t" or "vagina" - and sometimes using more offensive language.

"I want to be a feminist but every time I call someone a c**t I get yelled at," another tweet from 2018 read.
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'He's gone full black supremacist': Actor Nick Cannon blasted for saying white people are a 'little less' and 'closer to animals'


RT
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 22:41 UTC
Nick Cannon
© REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
Nick Cannon at 2017 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California.
TV host Nick Cannon is facing accusations of antisemitism and racism following a bizarre and now-viral interview in which he claims white people are "a little less" and black people are who Jewish people "want to be."

During the discussion with former Public Enemy member Richard Griffin (who left the group after saying the "Jews are wicked" in a 1989 interview), Cannon, who hosts the 'Masked Singer,' claimed it is impossible for him to be antisemitic.

"It's never hate speech, you can't be anti-Semitic when we are the Semitic people," he said. "When we are the same people who they want to be. That's our birthright." He later insisted again that he is not promoting "hate speech."
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Marxist BLM protest leader calls for black militia, revolution

Steve Watson
Summit News
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
Black Lives Matter
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"The police is no different from the KKK".

The true face of the organised Black Lives Matter movement reared its head during a protest in London this past weekend, as a protest leader called for an end to capitalism, and the creation of a "black militia" to foment a revolution.

In video obtained by Breitbart News, protesters are seen in marxist paramilitary garb, complete with berets, with the ringleader barking proclamations about how racism "thrives on capitalism".

Amid chants of "take it to the streets... fuck the police" and "no justice, no peace", the activist claimed that "The police is no different from the KKK. They stand around and protect statues and buildings instead of people."

In a further bizarre declaration the woman also decreed that "They need to join the local council and litter pick too."


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Thousands of protesters take to the streets on Bastille Day in France


RT
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:40 UTC
Bastille protest
© REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
French health workers attend a demonstration on the Bastille Day in Paris to urge the French government to improve wages and invest in public hospital in the wake of the coronavirus
France's national holiday has been marred by scuffles between police and protesters, as thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to demonstrate against public health support measures they deemed insufficient.

Streets in the center of the French capital once again descended into chaos as police officers in riot gear clashed with groups of angry protesters while France was celebrating Bastille Day.

Videos posted on social media showed officers wearing helmets and body armor using tear gas and pepper-spraying crowds in a tense standoff. The protesters were seen throwing various objects at the police.
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UK professor's baseless claims that 'second wave of coronavirus could kill 120,000' this winter

Kate Kelland
Reuters
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 01:02 UTC
social distancing
Britain faces a potentially more deadly second wave of COVID-19 in the coming winter that could kill up to 120,000 people over nine months in a worst-case scenario, health experts said on Tuesday.

With COVID-19 more likely to spread in winter as people spend more time together in enclosed spaces, a second wave of the pandemic "could be more serious than the one we've just been through," said Stephen Holgate, a professor and co-lead author of a report by Britain's Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS).

"This is not a prediction, but it is a possibility," Holgate told an online briefing. "Deaths could be higher with a new wave of COVID-19 this winter, but the risk of this happening could be reduced if we take action immediately."

Comment: : The UK government's virus models and estimates have been proven to have been deadly wrong, with many more people suffering and dying from the lockdown than from the coronavirus: Everything You Think You Know About Coronavirus...

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Businesses shutdown with thousands of jobs lost as lockdown wipes out England's high street shopping

Joanna Partridge
The Guardian
Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:37 UTC
Oxford Street
© Henry Nicholls/Reuters
Shoppers in Oxford Street, London, where footfall has remained 81% lower in June than the previous year.
Shoppers were allowed to return to the high street in June as stores began to reopen in England and Northern Ireland, but figures show that few chose to do so. Retail footfall collapsed by 65% compared with the same month last year, according to research by data company Springboard.

The latest figures are an improvement on the 73% year-on-year decline in May, but highlight the challenges facing retailers and hospitality companies as they try to encourage worried customers to return as the coronavirus lockdown eases. At the same time online shopping has soared, as consumers browse and order from the comfort and safety of their home.


Comment: Obviously online shopping went up, but it's unlikely it compensated the economic losses caused by the lockdown, this will become even more apparent as the delayed effects begin to bite.


Retailers have cut thousands of jobs in response to the drop in high street, mall and retail park shopping. Last week, John Lewis and Boots cut 5,300 jobs in total and announced permanent store closures.

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Language as Weapon: The woke mob tries to redefine racism to hide its own bigotry

Micah Curtis
RT
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
White privilege protests
© Getty Images / Anadolu Agency
In their quest to change Western culture, Black Lives Matter and 'Woke Twitter' are redefining racism to weaponize the charge against anyone they choose. It's a dishonest tactic that lets them get away with their own bigotry.

Racism is an evil thing. People who are branded with that title are given a massive scarlet letter, and are generally cast out of civil society. Rightfully so, as no one wants to interact with someone who is so malicious towards someone else's skin color. Individuals like Jared Taylor or Richard Spencer are not tolerated (unless they're commentating for CNN I suppose).

One of the above words needs to be stressed: it's 'malicious'. As it has been understood for as far as I can remember, racism requires malice. This is why the term 'hate group' was first coined. Groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Brotherhood, or other white nationalists or white supremacists are considered 'hateful' because that is their modus operandi. They outright despise anyone who isn't like they are.
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