The Daily Populous

Friday December 11st, 2020 day edition

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“It will affect grassroots communities across the country, it will affect children.

It will affect anybody who downloads a movie illegally over the internet – they could go to jail for five years.”.

Under the laws, authorities could hack, secretly takeover, and add, copy, and delete material on computers and digital accounts anywhere in the world without the account-holder’s knowledge or consent.

“It’s an invasion of privacy, it’s a breach of human rights, and it’s more reason that we need a bill of rights in this country,” Senator Thorpe said.

A statement from a spokesperson for the Attorney-General’s Department was provided in response, stating that the Bill includes “strict oversight and review mechanisms”.

Dr Mann said non-disclosure requirements and secrecy provisions related to the laws make it difficult for the public to know how they’re being used.

“The power to issue disruption warrants should not be conferred on ordinary AAT members, as is proposed in the Bill. »

Carrie Fisher’s Unsung Legacy as a Script Doctor Extraordinaire

Authored by themarysue.com

Script doctoring, or script consulting, is a skill that often goes uncredited and unacknowledged in Hollywood.

Writers will get hired to polish up an existing screenplay; just like doctors, they diagnose problems and suggest solutions.

Fisher was responsible for fixing up Hook in 1991, Sister Act in 1992, Lethal Weapon 3 in 1992 and The Wedding Singer in 1998. »

'Not $300. Not $600. $1,200 at a Minimum': Bernie Mobilizes Progressive Forces for Direct Cash Stimulus

Authored by commondreams.org

Congress is about to pass a $740 billion defense spending bill and no one seems to care about the price tag there.".

"Now when children are going hungry in America and so many families are struggling, suddenly we don't have enough money?"

More than that," the senator continues, "we must extend supplemental unemployment benefits and get adequate aid for cities and states. »

A Florida man just paid off the past dues for 114 families at risk of having their utilities shut off

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Michael Esmond's generosity started last year when he paid the utility bills of 36 households in his community of Gulf Breeze.

This year, with both Hurricane Sally and Covid-induced economic turmoil hitting the city, he thought he needed to up the ante.

Esmond donated $7,615.40 to pay for the past-due bills of 114 households, according to Joanne Oliver, the city's utility billing supervisor. »

Federal government to pay for COVID-19 vaccine costs as Canada’s death toll surpasses 13K

Authored by globalnews.ca

In a press conference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that his government would be footing the bill over the costs of the coronavirus vaccine, including the costs of supplies to administer them.

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