Friday, August 22, 2014

Left Side of the Aisle #170




Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 14-20, 2014

FORGIVE THE LATENESS OF THIS; THERE WERE SOME TECHNICAL PROBLEMS

This week:

Good News: marriage justice advances
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/virginia-gay-marriage_n_5627524.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/north-carolina-gay-marriage_n_5628129.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/virginia-gay-marriage_n_5675326.html

Not Good News: Marriage justice finally loses one
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/tennessee-judge-ends-gay-marriage-winning-streak
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/same-sex-marriage-advocates-could-lose-one?google_editors_picks=true
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/us/surprising-friend-of-gay-rights-in-a-high-place.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Hero Award: commuters in Perth, Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-06/man-freed-after-leg-trapped-in-gap-on-perth-train-station/5652486

Clown Award: Coca-Cola
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/heat-rises-corruption-allegations-qatar-world-cup-bid/story?id=24514478
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jul/28/qatar-world-cup-migrants-not-paid-building-office
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/plight-of-qatar-world-cup-workers-to-be-highlighted-at-cork-festival-1.1879699
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/29/1317559/-Coca-Cola-makes-feel-good-commercial-about-modern-slavery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlA9tXYxD8g

Guns: this is not about guns
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/03/teen-totes-shotgun-through-town-still-shaken-by-mass-murder-because-2nd-amendment/
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/08/cops-gun-down-ohio-man-holding-toy-rifle-in-walmart-like-he-was-not-even-human/

Guns: but this is
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/12/us-usa-guncontrol-maryland-idUSKBN0GC1U620140812
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Federal-judge-upholds-Maryland-gun-control-law-5684255.php
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/live_at_politics/2014/07/michael_waldman_discusses_his_new_book_the_second_amendment_a_biography.html
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/capitol-hill-staffer-charged-felony-carrying-gun
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/ryan-shucard-tom-marino-press-secretary-arrested-109100.html

RIP: Robin Williams
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/robin-williams-dead-dies_n_5670050.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/moments-we-feel-in-love-with-robin-williams_n_5670305.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/12/rush-limbaugh-robin-williams_n_5673626.html

Outrage of the Week: Barack Obama and war powers
http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/local/robins-air-force-base/2014/08/12/iraq-airstrikes-effects-limited/13941133/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/12/advisers-sent-northern-iraq-help-plan-refugee-evacuation/13970545/
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-iraq-20140813-column.html
http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-weighs-international-rescue-mission-for-yazidi-refugees-1407881639

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