Speakeasy: Leno chides Olbermann for Current TV leap

[Leno] "Keith Olbermann announced he is going to Al Gore's Current TV channel...I don't want to say the audience is small but each night, Keith will open the show with, 'Good evening, Al.'"

The Great Beyond: Climate skeptic makes free speech appeal

Ball, who has spent years speaking out about what he sees as bad science underlying climate scientists’ consensus on global warming, says the lawsuit is an attempt to muzzle him for his climate skeptical views. “A law set up to defend against menace is being used to muzzle people. It’s another form of personal attack,” he says.
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Ball’s comments to Nature were in the context of being asked about the need for libel law reform that would make it easier for scientists to speak out about their views without being sued. He has yet to respond to a follow-up request for comment asking about the lawsuit he himself brought. Ball says he can barely afford to defend himself against Weaver’s lawsuit as his only income is from speaking engagements. [Wait a minute, isn't Ball paid billions of dollars each year by Exxon?] Nevertheless he expects that he’ll continue speaking out about climate change. “It hasn’t shut me up until now. I think the freedom of speech to state your views without intimidation is crucial to society.”