Left Side of the Aisle #68

Left Side of the Aisle
for August 9 - 15, 2010

This week:

Sikh temple massacre and the "lone wacko" nonsense
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0806/Sikh-temple-shooter-identified-as-Wade-Michael-Page-white-supremacist-video
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-temple-shooting-gun-violence-obama-20120807,0,2176449.story
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sikh-temple-shooting-wisconsin-mass-killing-7-years-article-1.1129793
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/killings-mark-4th-mass-murder-in-state-since-2004-4k6cgse-165072026.html
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-07/business/sns-rt-us-usa-wisconsin-shooting-weaponbre876068-20120806_1_sikh-temple-attack-gun-laws-handgun
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/05/wisconsin-shooting-sikh-temple_n_1744256.html
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/27/157469718/new-republic-nra-members-support-gun-control
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/30/pew-poll-little-support-for-new-gun-control-regulations-after-aurora-shooting/
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/the-truth-about-gun-politics-many-americans-support-restrictions-20120720
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/pat-robertson-suggests-atheists-blame-sikh-t
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/06/pat-robertson-says-those-_n_1749532.html

67th anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2012/08/06/hiroshima-marks-67th-anniversary-of-a-bomb-attack
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html
http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nuclearweapons/nukestatus.html
http://www.doug-long.com/summary.htm

Outrage of the Week: blocking relief for homeowners
http://blog.usw.org/2012/08/06/f-the-bureaucracy-the-white-house-can-help-homeowners-right-now/
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/07/why-firing-ed-demarco-is-no-solution-to-fhfa-refusal-to-engage-in-principal-modifications.html#xyIvFz4WfX0tyG7Z.99
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/08/01/why-ed-demarco-wont-be-fired/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/fire-ed-demarco/
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/more-demarco/
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/08/06/tim-geithner%E2%80%99s-principal-hypocrisy/

Clarabell Award: commenters on story about racial slur
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/motel-6-racial-slur_n_1720762.html

And Another Thing: Curiosity lands on Mars
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0806-mars-curiosity-rover-landing-20120806,0,2608752.story

Death of Mary Tamm, Romana #1
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Romana
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18995370