sábado, 6 de febrero de 2021

Newsvine - restrictions

Nations set new tourism limits for Antarctica

Source: MSNBC

Countries with interests in Antarctica have endorsed U.S.-proposed mandatory limits on Antarctic tourism that aim to protect the continent's fragile environment, officials said.

Beginner at the wheel! N.J. to tag new drivers

Source: MSNBC

A first-in-the-nation law in New Jersey will require new drivers ages 21 and younger to display identifying decals on their vehicles.� Gov. Jon Corzine signed the law Wednesday.

Some travel restrictions to Cuba to be lifted

Source: MiamiHerald.com

The Obama administration on Monday will lift travel and gift restrictions for Cuban Americans, allowing them to travel more freely to the island and send additional financial help to family members.

I joined this forum about two months ago and found it to be a refreshing place to be on the web for news and for feedback from people around the globe.

Maryland Looks at Reining In Out of Control Swat Teams

Source: The Baltimore Sun

The legislature is considering a bill that would require a standard report for police agencies that would include how often SWAT teams are deployed, for what purpose and the results of those raids.

The Neo-Marxist Change Wheel

Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

Already we are seeing the neo-Marxist cogs in the change wheel manipulating away our freedoms and treasure.

Socialist Health Care that Kills

Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

Now you have stepped over the line, you wanna be politicians! This is war now. I already knew this stimulus package had nothing to do with stimulating anything but was a bunch of porky pig entitlements and dreamed about programs that the Democrats wanted for ages, but now this!

What Kind of Government Controls Will We See?

Source: The New Media Journal Headline News

I hate Government control and am most concerned about starting with common sense sounding controls with top executive salaries (that makes total sense in a national emergency), but what will be the other controls, regulations and demands of business?

Saying No To Lilly

Source: Investors Business Daily

This shows what is wrong with democrats. They fight for the "right" for a woman to end the life a human in her womb but they take the right of a business owner away to pay a person what he decides.

Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes

Source: The New York Times

In moves that will help shape the online future of the music business, Apple said Tuesday that it would remove anticopying restrictions on all of the songs in its popular iTunes Store and allow record companies to set a range of prices for them.

The End of Textbooks (it's not what you think/hope)

Source: mediatedcultures.net

A few days ago my TAs mentioned that many students have to be "taught" how to read a textbook because they have never read one before. At first I thought this might be the result of a more progressive teaching strategy spreading through our high schools.

Gun Sales Skyrocket in Wake of Obama Victory

Source: Central Maine Morning Sentinel

Gun owners in Central Maine seem to be responding in much the same way that others are across the United States: with fear, under the assumption that acquiring a gun, especially a semi-automatic, is about to become much more difficult under the democrats. Why?

Soldier punished in beating of Jewish trainee

Source: MSNBC

An Army trainee will face nonjudicial punishment rather than criminal charges for beating a Jewish soldier so badly he was treated by a hospital, the military said Friday.

Soldier punished in beating of Jewish trainee

Source: MSNBC

An Army trainee will face nonjudicial punishment rather than criminal charges for beating a Jewish soldier so badly he was treated by a hospital, the military said Friday.

Apple's to DRM Your Wardrobe

Source: New Scientist

You've heard, of course, of digital rights management - used to control how you play, copy or otherwise use media files like music.

3 men convicted in British bomb plot

Source: MSNBC

A British jury on Monday found three men guilty of conspiracy to murder in a terrorist bombing campaign that could have killed hundreds with liquid explosives.

Flag Seller Banned From eBay

Source: thebostonchannel.com

" A Waterbury flag dealer has been barred from selling vintage American flags on eBay because of restrictions on who can buy the flags.' "Albino says eBay has a problem because he won't sell the American flags to people in France, the Middle East or California, unless they are i …