Tuesday, February 12, 2013
News First Slice 2/12/13: Obama to promote education initiative during Decatur visit
Posted by Max Blau @maxblau on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 8:18 AM
Did you know that "more murders were committed last year with hammers than with shotguns, rifles or AK-47s?" Neither did we. But you can thank state Sen. Bill Jackson, R-Augusta, who enlightened fellow lawmakers during a discussion over a mental-health bill, for that little soundbite of joy. It's also entirely inaccurate, as James Carter pointed out a few hours later.
WABE's Kate Sweeney has an interesting piece on last weekend's Arts Health Day, an event supporting health care for artists.
State Rep. Earnest Smith has co-sponsored a bill that would make mildly amusing photoshop jobs the defamation of an "unknowing person wrongfully ... identified as the person in an obscene depiction" illegal. If passed, the crime would be a misdemeanor that comes complete with a $1,000 fine.
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