Late Morning Reads – Thursday, March 1
AJC:
Georgia House approves bill to keep guns from mentally ill
Georgia lawmakers reject public dollars for private schools
Georgia House approves bill for automated speed traps in school zones
Georgia bill extends deadline for victims of child sex abuse to sue
Savannah Morning News:
Worshippers clutching AR-15 rifles hold commitment ceremony
Dick’s Sporting Goods cuts off sales of assault-style rifles in stores
Savannah-filming Will Smith loves Georgia, hates our bugs
Savannah harbor deepening halfway complete
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer:
Shaw High student asked someone on Snapchat to help him kill another student, police say
Sheriff calls out Columbus councilors: If you want public safety, you need to pay for it
Macon The Telegraph:
Macon-Bibb County may have to look elsewhere for new ways to pay its bills
He was one of the South’s most famous murder suspects. Now you can buy his stuff
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Lawton is a graduate of Georgia Southern University (the GSU) with a degree in Information Technology. He has held numerous positions within the Georgia Republican Party throughout the years.
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The paywall links got me to thinking. Let’s say I have $20 per month to spend on new services (digital, print…etc) To which sites should I subscribe? National, State, or International sites are all fair game here. More and more sites are employing these and a person has to stay informed somehow. Can I get enough news for $20/month?
You can also look at sources that run articles on a time delay or in summary, Like MSN news (not to be confused with MSNBC), Yahoo etc.
I like a limited feed of national news during the day of major news, business, politics, work related issues. I follow https://www.axios.com/ (which is free). It will report on stories behind pay walls, give a break down and bottom line and does original scoops and reporting. It was founded by the guys who founded Politico 12 years ago, and it’s investors range from Koch Industries to NBC News. No comment sections either.
Which links are you hitting a paywall on? I try to avoid them. I just clicked through all of them again and I didn’t hit any paywalls on my end using Chrome.
Politically GA. I guess I hit my limit. It takes a second and its as I’m scrolling down.
All I can tell you is who I actually send money to, in part to keep the real 4th estate alive as there are a few ways around paywalls. How much? I dunno and She Who Controls The Money is on a trip with her sisters spending some of it. I only remember the initial come on prices which have long expired.
Print? I sometimes wax nostalgic on a Sunday morning for the 10 pound sheaves of newsprint but then remember that I don’t have a Jeeves to iron in the ink and also have a garbage disposal so no need for a fish wrap. I pay for MyAJC, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.
I utilize Google and MSN’s news feeds which often refer you to one of the above. I have a permanent bookmark for the BBC and sometimes temporary ones depending on world events that I obtain from http://www.world-newspapers.com. For example I’m currently trying to follow Israeli, Saudi, Iranian, and Russian “news” regarding Syria and still don’t have a clue other than it is just another chapter in the Mideast cluster muck.
I read the front page entry as ‘Georgia House approves bill to keep guns from mentally ill Georgia lawmakers’, certainly a laudable goal.
Consider that under current Georgia law the roles of anyone involuntarily committed have to be purged after 5 years and therefore they would not show up in a GBI background check. This bill strikes that one from the books. I’m wondering which 4 legislators need their own mental wellbeing checked.
An involuntary commitment shouldn’t cause a lifetime prohibition of one’s basic civil and Constitutionally protected right. We should encourage recovery, not seek to forever shame people who are going through a rough patch.
There are many reasons why someone could be committed and they might not include any danger to the public or themselves. There are several avenues in the process that if someone is a danger, then a judge after hearing the facts can put them on the prohibited list forever.
This clause is an automatic trigger for a limited time. To be fair, a person should have the right to challenge losing a Constitutional right for life in court with the ability for a defense.
Thanks for the suggestions, guys.