Friday, April 20, 2012

Left Side of the Aisle #53



Left Side of the Aisle for the week of April 19-25, 2012

This week:
Good news: Connecticut ends death penalty; ALEC loses sponsors
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-connecticut-death-penalty-20120412,0,6052264.story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/connecticut-death-penalty-repeal_n_1419597.html
http://www.gadflyonline.com/10-29-01/ftr-caryl-chessman.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/alec-cuts-controversial-task-force/256038/
http://www.alternet.org/story/155036/right-wing_alec_retreats_on_most_controversial_issues/

Bigotry visible in reactions to Travon Martin case and John Derbyshire article
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/15/nra-trayvon-martin-media_n_1426637.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/03/howard-morgan-ex-cop-shot_n_1399834.html
http://www.austinweeklynews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3682
http://www.change.org/petitions/please-help-us-free-howard-morgan
http://www.freehowardmorgan.com/Home_Page.php#
https://twitter.com/#!/thinkprogress/status/183229789153411072/photo/1
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/rightbloggers_f_8.php
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/what_if_trayvon_had_been_white_and_the_shooter_black.html
http://www.people-press.org/2012/04/03/wide-racial-partisan-gaps-in-reactions-to-trayvon-martin-coverage/1/
http://www.gallup.com/poll/153776/Blacks-Nonblacks-Hold-Sharply-Different-Views-Martin-Case.aspx
http://m.yahoo.com/w/news_america/blogs/lookout/poll-shows-big-racial-divide-opinion-trayvon-martin-144923024.html
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2012/03/charles-johnsons-ignorance-over-trayvon-photo-flap-tops-memeorandum.html
http://www.boortz.com/weblogs/nealz-nuze/2012/mar/21/treyvon-martin/
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/03/no-justice-no-agitation.php
http://www.thegrio.com/specials/trayvon-martin/miami-dade-fire-captain-on-zimmerman-charges-blame-shtbag-parents-of-our-urban-youth.php
http://www.redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2012/03/20/trayvon-martin-and-perspective/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/01/rules-all-of-them-so-far.html
http://takimag.com/article/the_talk_nonblack_version_john_derbyshire#axzz1rflvuJxj
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/04/racist_with_an.php
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/06/10588739-racial-divide-minority-students-face-more-discipline-data-reveals
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29055.html
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2003/summer/into-the-mainstream?page=0,1#12
http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=39245
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/04/profiles-in-intellectual-courage.html

Outrage of the Week: Three right-wing idiots
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/allen-west-democrats-communist-party_n_1417279.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/11/barney-frank-allen-west_n_1418537.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/newt-gingrich-nra_n_1424782.html
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30799.htm

Thousands of temperature records set in North America in March
http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/record-temperatures-melt-away-giving-meteorologists-uneasy-feeling-2293225.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/09/us/weather-record-warm-march/index.html

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