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PornScrub: South Carolina bill blocks obscene content on personal computers

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 04:46 UTC

Computers purchased in South Carolina in 2017 may only offer PG-13 rated internet. A bill pre-filed by Republican State Representative William Chumley would require that personal computers and other devices block internet access to pornography and obscene content.

Pornography is believed to represent 4 percent of the internet, but computers in South Carolina would come with a blocker that only allows them to access the other 96 percent. Rep. Bill Chumley (R-Spartanburg) made sure to give himself the Christmas present of pre-filing a bill that would block cellphones, tablets and computers from accessing pornography unless consumers pay an extra $20.

The bill, fecklessly titled the Human Trafficking Prevention Act, would fine manufacturers or sellers of electronic devices that do not install the blocks, whether they are created in factories or are at the point of sale. Even the kinds of filters that couldn't otherwise be easily uninstalled by a user remain unknown.

Comment: See also: Substitution: Internet porn creates men desensitized to real life sex

Rusian elections chief Pamfilova asks Putin to reinstitute video monitoring for 2018 elections

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:36 UTC

The head of Russia's Central Elections Committee told Vladimir Putin that a review of the federal parliamentary elections in September had uncovered various violations in 23 of 85 Russian regions, and requested that video monitoring be reinstituted.

"Our experts have determined that out of 85 federal regions, 62 had practically no violations, and the elections there were conducted on a very good level. Others did have violations, including some that can be blamed on regional leaders," Ella Pamfilova told Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting. She also said that her agency had decided to sack 32 heads of territorial elections commissions as punishment for the violations.

The Russian elections chief also said that the national polling system needed some improvements, as the 2018 presidential election approaches. In particular, she requested that all polling stations have mandatory video monitoring, which was introduced in 2012 but cancelled in 2015 due to the high costs.

Comment: That mean old Putin actually wants legitimate elections!

Bad omen: Ancient 'blood miracle' failed to liquefy heralding disaster for the coming years

Peter Weber
The Week
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 07:19 UTC

One of the most famous recurring miracles — even if one not quite sanctioned by the Catholic Church — is the liquefaction of the dried blood of San Gennaro, or St. Januarius, a bishop of Naples martyred around 305 A.D. and the city's patron saint. Starting in 1389, the vial of San Gennaro's blood typically turns liquid three times a year: on the Saturday before the first Sunday of May; on his saint's feast day, Sept. 19; and on Dec. 16, the day Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 1631.

The blood liquefied on Sept. 19 this year, but not on Dec. 16. "In local lore, the failure of the blood to liquefy signals war, famine, disease, or other disaster," Catholic News Agency reports.

Egyptian police bust staged photo shoot of 'wounded Aleppo child'

Sputnik
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:17 UTC

This is why you should double-check any media reports involving images of "wounded children" in Syria. The Egyptian police have prevented another fake story from appearing on your screens. Watch how those fakes are crafted.

Egypt's police detained a man for making staged "wounded children" photos, which he was planning to use to misrepresent on social media as photos of destruction and injured people in Syria's Aleppo, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said on Monday. "The shooting team, which included photographer's assistants and parents of the children, was detained in the Egypt's province of Port Said," the Ministry said on Facebook.

Muslim cleric banned in Pakistan for preaching hatred, tours in Britain cancelled

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 12:40 UTC

A controversial Muslim cleric who has been banned from practicing in Pakistan for allegedly celebrating the murder of a popular politician is touring UK mosques.

Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri, who has been dubbed a "firebrand" by Pakistani authorities, is due to speak at a number of British mosques in a series of heavily promoted events, despite being prohibited from speaking in his own country.

In Pakistan's Karachi, he has been labeled "prejudicial to public safety and maintenance of public order." He was banned from addressing crowds in October, according to a legal document obtained by Scotland's Sunday Post.

Qadri's UK visit has sparked concern from religious experts and politicians who fear the tour will cause divisions within the Muslim community.

"Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri and the likes of him should not be allowed to enter the UK or Europe because he incites hatred and he claims to be a Sufi, but the message of Sufism is love all and hate none," Irfan al-Alawi, international director of US think-tank Centre for Islamic Pluralism, told the Observer.

Flint just the tip of the iceberg: Lead contamination widespread and severe in low-income communities

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 09:43 UTC

Lead contamination in low-income communities is an even more of a severe problem across the US than initial reports from Flint, Michigan, indicated, according to new analysis from Reuters.

It has been over a year since lead contamination in Flint's drinking water became national news. The issue is nowhere near fixed, as residents continue to battle with the state over bottled water deliveries. Since the Michigan city fell under the spotlight, the issue of lead contamination and subsequent testing has grown considerably nationwide. Reuters found that five communities have even more widespread lead poisoning than Flint.

Many cities in the Midwest and rust belt are dealing with the ramifications of past lax regulations from during rough economic times, and where money once provided by local industry and manufacturing has gone. Places like South Bend, Indiana, were found by Reuters to have neighborhoods where 31 percent of small children tested from 2005 to 2015 had high levels of lead in their blood.

Comment: Liberals who are still confused as to Trump's overwhelming popularity in the Rust Belt states would do well to look more closely at America's crumbling infrastructure and the decay of its inner cities to understand why these people have had enough of the Establishment which has failed them in every way possible.

One killed, two wounded by gunman in Wiesbaden, Germany

Sputnik
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 13:11 UTC

A woman was killed and two men were injured and hospitalized after shooting took place in central-western German state of Hesse, according to local police.

A woman was killed and two other people were wounded in a shootout in central-western German state of Hesse, local police said Tuesday.

"A woman was killed this morning... In addition, two men were injured and hospitalized," Wiesbaden city police said in a statement, adding that the motives behind the attack are unclear.

Additional forces and a helicopter have been deployed in search operations for the suspect said to be 20-30 years old.

Just 4 weeks ago US warned citizens of possible terror attacks on markets like Berlin's

Claire Bernish
Free Thought Project
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:01 UTC

Monday night, a tractor-trailer truck plowed into a bustling Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, killing at least nine people — possibly many more — and wounding scores of others.

UPDATE: Local police now confirm 12 people were killed and 48 others injured in the attack, and German media is reporting the driver of the truck was a Pakistani immigrant who entered Germany in February, although that has not been confirmed.

According to reports from local media, police believe the incident to be an attack, and are treating it as a terror incident.

Comment: See also:

9 dead, many injured as truck plows into Christmas market in Berlin in likely terrorist attack

'Women to blame' for New Year's sex attacks for being 'out alone at night' - HuffPo's Syrian refugee columnist

Raheem Kassam
Breitbart
Sun, 18 Dec 2016 21:53 UTC

Syrian refugee columnist for the Huffington Post has said that women are mostly to blame for the New Year's Eve sex attacks across Germany last year. Aras Bacho, 18, tweeted that women should not be out alone at night.

In a perhaps revealing statement about the attitudes of Syrian refugee men, Bacho — who writes frequently for the Huffington Post's German website — said: "Most of the time the women are to blame. To be alone at night. On the other hand, the refugees should behave".

He tagged the tweet "Silvester" or "New Year's" in German.

Daran sind meistens die Frauen schuld. Nachts alleine zu sein. Andrerseits sollten sich die Flüchtlinge benehmen. #Silvester

— Aras Bacho (@ArasBacho) December 12, 2016

Oxfam rep says 'Hard to get inside Mosul, over 1mn people still trapped amid op'

RT
Tue, 20 Dec 2016 02:04 UTC

© Ammar Awad / Reuters
People who fled the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, stand in line to receive food at a refugee camp, Iraq,December 18, 2016.

Humanitarian organizations face serious difficulties in delivering aid to people inside Iraq's Mosul amid the US-backed operation against Islamic State, Oxfam spokesman who returned from Iraq told RT. Over 1 million people are still trapped in the city.

"Unfortunately, it's very difficult for humanitarian agencies like Oxfam to get into Mosul itself," Kai Tabacek, Oxfam's digital press officer said in an interview to RT. He returned just a month ago from the area of Irbil, which is 90 kilometers from Mosul.

According to Tabacek, some 100,000 people have managed to flee the violence in Mosul, yet approximately 10 times more are still in the city and facing a "dire humanitarian situation."

After almost two months of operation to liberate Mosul "we have more than 100,000 people who have fled the city and surrounding areas," the Oxfam representative said. "Still more than a million people, we believe, are trapped inside Mosul and they are at risk from being caught by sniper fire, explosive devices. And it's really important that all sides in this conflict provide safe escape routes for those people to leave."

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Society's Child

PornScrub: South Carolina bill blocks obscene content on personal computers

Rusian elections chief Pamfilova asks Putin to reinstitute video monitoring for 2018 elections

Bad omen: Ancient 'blood miracle' failed to liquefy heralding disaster for the coming years

Egyptian police bust staged photo shoot of 'wounded Aleppo child'

Muslim cleric banned in Pakistan for preaching hatred, tours in Britain cancelled

Flint just the tip of the iceberg: Lead contamination widespread and severe in low-income communities

One killed, two wounded by gunman in Wiesbaden, Germany

Just 4 weeks ago US warned citizens of possible terror attacks on markets like Berlin's

'Women to blame' for New Year's sex attacks for being 'out alone at night' - HuffPo's Syrian refugee columnist

Oxfam rep says 'Hard to get inside Mosul, over 1mn people still trapped amid op'

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