https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/01/19/dept-of-very-bad-ideas-south-carolina-lawmaker-wants-to-create-registry-for-journalists/
>For political journalists, South Carolina was the center of the universe last week. The state hosted two presidential primary debates and trotted its governor into the national spotlight for a televised response to the president’s State of the Union address.
>But a Republican lawmaker there doesn’t think just anyone calling him or herself a journalist ought to be able to work in South Carolina. Only “responsible” journalists — those who pay to be registered and vetted by the state — should be allowed to cover presidential politics or any other kind of news.
>The Post and Courier of Charleston reported Tuesday afternoon that state Rep. Mike Pitts (R) had introduced a bill called the “South Carolina Responsible Journalism Registry Law.” Reporter Gavin Jackson posted a summary of the bill — which includes “fines and criminal penalties for violation of the chapter” — on Twitter, but wrote that the full text was not yet available.
>The Post and Courier reported that “the bill would create requirements for people wanting to work as a journalist for a media outlet and also before that outlet could hire anyone for a reporting position.” It was not immediately clear what kinds of restrictions might apply to journalists based in other states who might be assigned to cover isolated news events in South Carolina, such as debates and campaign rallies. After Iowa and New Hampshire, South Carolina is next on the Republican primary calendar (the Democratic vote is a week later), making it an important, early-voting state for the presidential candidates and the reporters who cover them.
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This is a thinly veiled attempt to limit who can criticize their state government. If this bill passes then it should be thrown out as unconstitutional in some federal court and not be allowed to take effect.
>>18040
>journalists
do we even have those anymore?
I feel like this is blatantly fascist enough that it can only implode and take it's author with it,
At least I hope so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl2TxL6DGUs
>>18000
Nice trips.
Also, you're a bit late.
Another musician off to the Great Recording Studio in the Sky. Hope he's jamming with Bowie, Lemmy, Hendrix, and all the rest.
The campaign to elect Taiwan’s new president saw her appearing as a cute character in a number of anime videos. Along with her cats.
Tsai Ing-wen made international headlines on the weekend when it was announced that she had won the Taiwanese presidential election, making her the first female president of Taiwan. She’s also the first person of aboriginal Taiwanese descent to hold the high-ranking position—and the first to be moe-fied in cute anime form.
As part of her political campaign, videos were released on her Facebook account, depicting the 59-year-old lawyer as a cutely bespectacled anime girl. A lot of work went into designing her character, which included adding her two pet cats for bonus cuteness overload.
A behind-the-scenes look at the process of creating her character shows just how much talent there is in the local industry.
Tsai says anime is a great way to express serious policies in a way that is easy for people to understand. In this video posted to her Facebook account, she outlines her vision for Taiwan’s energy future.
Things don’t always have to be serious, though. In this video made to wish everyone a Happy New Year in 2016, her character does an adorable dance to a cute and catchy vocal music track. Because sometimes the best policy is just to put a smile on people’s faces.
The pluralistic and inclusive nature is part of the appeal of animated messages, and Tsai aims to support future developments in the industry, to help build a better Taiwan and meet the demand that’s out there for all things cute. So watch out, world: anime may soon be Taiwan’s next big export!
http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/01/19/taiwans-president-elect-tsai-ing-wen-appears-as-cute-moe-anime-girl-in-awesome-campaign-videos/
>>17996
'dat's kawaii as fuck, niggah. I hope all our politicians take notice.
>>17996
>you'll never be offically depicted as loli for millions to adore you
Can someone clue in a non-weeaboo on what "Moe Anime" is?
I'm sure as hell not going to lurk on >>>/a/ long enough to find out. I don't think they would tell me if I asked them.
Southwestern Law School Professor Catherine Carpenter puts it bluntly in her new research paper, Throwaway Children: The Tragic Consequences of a False Narrative. "Truth be told," she writes, "we are afraid for our children and we are afraid of our children."
Carpenter’s paper explains why it’s wrong to automatically place under-age perpetrators of sex crimes on the sex offender registry. This policy is guided by the mistaken presumption that these kids will become sexually predatory adults, writes Carpenter.
This fear, "is premised on a false narrative that includes flawed studies on recidivism rates and misguided case decisions that embraced these findings,” according to the paper.
Yes, flawed. Recidivism rates—the rates at which juvenile sex offenders re-offend—are so low as to be indistinguishable from the rate that non-offenders offend. But that's not what the public believes. Instead, it believes that juvenile sex "criminals" (including a slew of teens who had consensual sex) can never stop pouncing. From Carpenter’s paper:
The utility of an overly-simplified registration scheme comes with a hefty price tag: the acknowledgement that mandatory lifetime registration captures and shatters the lives of many non-dangerous children. It is a price tag we should no longer be willing to bear.
How bad does it get for kids found guilty of a sex crime?
…fear of our children has prompted legislation that requires children as young as nine years old to register on adult sex offender registries. No matter whether the child’s sexual transgression is voluntary or coerced – and here the mandatory reach of the regime is underscored – many children face lifetime registration. In some jurisdictions, the offense is deemed the equivalent of a comparable adult offense under controlling federal or state law….
https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/18/why-america-puts-9-year-old-kids-on-the
https://archive.is/gQt87
>sex is a crime
thanks, christcucks
Now I want to know what the fucker did
>>18005
The original settlers of this country were religious extremists who felt that the Church of England was too liberal. Where do you think we are?
Islamic State is holding around 3,500 people as slaves in Iraq, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. Most of those being detained are women and children from Iraq's Yazidi community.
The report, issued jointly by the UN human rights office and the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, states that an estimated 3,500 people are “currently being held in slavery” by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
“Those being held are predominantly women and children and come primarily from the Yazidi community, but a number are also from other ethnic and religious minority communities," the report says. https://www.rt.com/news/329430-isis-slaves-iraq-un/
zero fucks given
i will keep you updated
>>17980
k... keep me posted
>>17978
ISIS is evil. When Mosul is taken back I hope all of these people are prioritized for asylum.
Several Danish nightclubs have imposed strict admission rules requiring guests to prove their ability to speak Danish, German or English, following multiple complaints of harassment from female visitors. https://www.rt.com/news/329411-denmark-clubs-refugees-ban/
such racists. the people not speaking danish should sue them for discrimination.
based
The should make obligatory the consumption of bacon to permit admission.
https://www.rt.com/uk/329421-cameron-ban-muslim-veil/
>>17938
What a fucking soft cock. The French have it right for the first and last time tbh.
>>17938
But that's their belief, I thought we weren't supposed to infringe on others beliefs?
>>18354
And we thought that they wouldn't infringe on our beliefs.
As if we could suppress centuries of cultural conditioning by saying we won't supress them and expect them to do the same.
http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-jonas-forecast-blizzard-warning-january-22
Who here is gearing up for the storm?
I hope all of NYC gets shut the fuck down and the faggot Long Island Railroad union workers still have to go into work those cocksucking motherfuckers.
My /comfy/ set-up is unrivaled
>preparing my favorite chili
>homemade potato chips in my air fryer, and I finish them off with pesto when they come out
>homemade sweet potato fries in my air fryer
>my favorite craft beer 6 pack (Hoegaarden)
>2 pints of my favorite ice creams (Gelato Fiasco Mascarpone Caramel Pistachio, Talenti Caramel Cookie Crunch)
>some fresh fish filets ready for be cooked
>fresh fruits and vegetables, featuring based clementines
>>18646
>at least 1 foot of snow for the east coast
>at least 6 inches of snow for new england
Oh Shit, every stop the shit your doing! You might have to shovel this winter!
the only concerning part they put last.
The fucking Ice.
The only way Ice Storms form is from warm winters. I fucking hate Ice Storms, they make the roads dangerous and deadly, destroy power lines and trees, and cover every thing in ice making clearing off your car a nightmare. You skate around on your ice covered paved way chipping off chunks of ice, you need to then avoid, that will glue themselves to the ground.
http://boingboing.net/2016/01/20/gop-strategist-says-trump-supp.html
>GOP strategist says Trump supporters are "childless single men who masturbate to anime"
>Republican strategist Rick Wilson, appearing on MSNBC, spoke thusly last night of the online contingent of Trump's racist, sexist support base: "childless single men who masturbate to anime".
Beautiful.
>>18629
Do you Americans have any good choice then?
>UP with Chris Hayes on MSLSD
>Literally one of the least watched opinion shows
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/wednesday-cable-ratings-maddow-1-in-demo-total-over-all-other-msnbc-cnn-shows/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-s-portland-community-college-mark-whiteness-history-month-n500981
>>18392
I saw this on the news
More anti-white racist shit.
>>18392
>Whiteness History Month
>Portland
Nice, I was waiting for the sixth season
>>18392
Literally all this stupidity will be frowned upon on about a decade as we look back and cringe on our past, like we always do.
Old man of 95 -year-old praised the colonial rule of Japan 38 -year-old man who heard it rage , murder and hit with a cane on the head of an old man 5 years in prison
http://jpkren.seesaa.net/article/374724938.html
so surprised.
>>18371
>gooks being gooks
What's to surprise?
why you dont surprise?
are you think is this normal?
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35354579
> 2015 "shattered" the previous record set in 2014 by 0.13C.
>2015 also was the first full year to break the 1C barrier above pre-industrial levels
> there is no evidence that that warming trend has slowed, paused, or hiatused at any point in the last few decades
/POL/ BTFO!!! SCIENCE DENIALISTS ON SUICIDE WATCH
inb4 heartland institute
The world is the warmest it has ever been since it was created millions of years ago????????
Where do these obvious retards come from?
>>18335
>there is no evidence that that warming trend has slowed, paused, or hiatused at any point in the last few decades
I thought we just had 15-20 years of no warming, and then some science nerds said the sun was set to enter a dormant period by 2030 leading to a mini ice age.
Fucking make up your minds.
Is there interest on this board for a 4chan cup team?
http://implyingrigged.info/wiki/FAQ
>>18301
what is it?
>>18304
http://implyingrigged.info/wiki/FAQ
>>18301
I honestly think /news/ should be in some kind of mascot or scenery role until we get more people.
I think we are the smallest of all the recent trial boards.
Perhaps we could have a unique special stadium and pitch made for us, or maybe /news/men could be some of the refs or shown on the sideline taking pictures or something.
Just my 2 cents.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hillary-clinton-emails-contained-info-above-top-secret-ig-n499886
>Emails from Hillary Clinton's home server contained information classified at levels higher than previously known, including a level meant to protect some of the most sensitive U.S. intelligence, according to a document obtained by NBC News.
>In a letter to lawmakers, the intelligence community's internal watchdog says some of Clinton's emails contained information classified Top Secret/Special Access Program, a secrecy designation that includes some of the most closely held U.S. intelligence matters.
>Two American intelligence officials tell NBC News these are not the same two emails from Clinton's server that have long been reported as containing information deemed Top Secret.
>The letter doesn't make clear whether Clinton sent or received the emails in question, but in the past, emails containing classified information have tended to have been sent to Clinton, not written by her.
>The new revelation underscores the extent to which the email classification issue could continue to dog Clinton, as State Department and intelligence officials review sensitive information within messages that were blacked out before being released to the public.
>Clinton, who tops national primary polling as a Democratic presidential candidate, has repeatedly said that none of the information she sent or received while secretary of state was marked classified, and nothing has emerged to contradict that. But it's become clear that classified information bled into the emails, which were sent over unencrypted channels open to interception by foreign intelligence agencies.
>Charles McCulllough, the intelligence community's inspector general, said in a letter to the chairmen of the Senate intelligence and foreign affairs committees that he has received sworn declarations from an intelligence agency he declined to name.
>>18095
>The declarations cover "several dozen emails containing classified information determined by the IC element to be at the CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET and TOP SECRET/SAP information."
>An intelligence official familiar with the matter told NBC News that the special access program in question was so sensitive that McCullough and some of his aides had to receive clearance to be read in on it before viewing the sworn declaration about the Clinton emails.
>Clinton's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
>While she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, Clinton conducted government business over private email. The arrangement was particularly unusual because the email system relied not on Yahoo or Google but her own server, which she kept in her home in Westchester County, N.Y.
>The State Department is under court order to release Clinton's government-related emails under the Freedom of Information Act. Clinton has turned over about 55,000 emails, and almost all have been released, though they have been heavily censored. The last batch is due to be made public Jan. 29.
>While Republicans have criticized Clinton over the issue, her defenders have pointed out that the State Department has long faced the problem of how to communicate about sensitive matters. Unlike the CIA, State does most of its business over an unclassified email system, and many officials do not have easy access to a classified messaging system.
>State Department spokesman John Kirby said that the State Department is "focused on and committed to releasing former Secretary Clinton's emails in a manner that protects sensitive information. No one takes this more seriously than we do. We have said repeatedly that we anticipate more upgrades throughout our release process. Our FOIA review process is still ongoing. Once that process is complete, if it is determined that information should be classified as Top Secret we will do so."
tl;dr Hillary is boned.
>>18095
yawn
much ado about nothing, of course this is the version of the story that Drudge links to that doesn't tell the full story.
But when you look up what really happened, you find out that the emails were not top secret when they were on her server and were only classified after the information left the state department, separately by either the military or by the CIA.
>"This is the same interagency dispute that has been playing out for months, and it does not change the fact that these emails were not classified at the time they were sent or received," he said. "It is alarming that the intelligence community [inspector general], working with Republicans in Congress, continues to selectively leak materials in order to resurface the same allegations and try to hurt Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. The Justice Department's inquiry should be allowed to proceed without any further interference."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-had-emails-on-server-more-classified-than-top-secret/
>>18108
Classified information doesn't have to be labeled as classified to be classified, it either is or it isn't based on the nature of the intelligence, and only the agency that the information in question can declassify said information. Treating it in any other manner would lead to wide scale leaks that completely annihilate our information network in every way.
Additionally, SAP information is the kind of thing that gets people real life killed if it leaks, as it's the absolute most sensitive information we have and could pertain to any number of crucial operations, sources, or operatives, who's lives and success are in the balance if anyone should get their hands on the information.
Also, you're quoting Hillary's campaign press secretary, so nice totally biased quote there sport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qffCO1b-7Js
Have you checked your privilege yet /news/?
Go back to /pol/ with this shit. This is not news. This is bullshit.
Colbert was always a cunt.
>>18045
This. There was a big row over it before both there and over at /tv/. I watched the video. Don't see what all the commotion is about. And don't expect I ever will.
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