Left Side of the Aisle #70

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 23-29, 2012

This week:

Various updates on earlier stories

- DOJ will not prosecute Goldman Sachs
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/ag-eric-holder-has-no-balls-20120815
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_%28finance%29
http://washingtonexaminer.com/judicial-watch-sues-sec-cftc-for-corzine-mf-global-docs/article/2504235#.UDR_6sWpOSo
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/no-criminal-case-is-likely-in-loss-at-mf-global/
http://my.firedoglake.com/masaccio/2012/08/16/jury-finds-mf-global-not-guilty/

- LIBOR
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/banks-libor_n_1784535.html

- Pennsylvania's voter ID law approved
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/judge_pennsylvania_voter_id_ruling.php
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20120817_Ruling_upholding_Pennsylvania__voter_ID_law_misplaced_its_sympathy.html
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20120817_Pa__drops_plans_for_2_online_initiatives_to_boost_voting.html?viewAll=y

- Arizona's "papers please" law
http://www.care2.com/causes/immigration-ruling-shows-limits-of-states-rights.html
http://www.care2.com/causes/arizona-immigration-law-racially-motivated.html

- Guns and mass shootings; the hypocrisy of the right
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/fbi_family_research_council_suspect_said_i_dont_li.php
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/family_research_council_says_liberals_gave_shooter.php
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/family-research-council-obama-administration-linked-to-shooting
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/family_research_council_shooting_splc.php

- NDAA and "indefinite detention"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/indefinite-detention-ruling_n_1749566.html
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/criminalizing_dissent_20120813/

Outrage of the Week: Treasury Secretary Erskine Bowles?
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/08/10/erskine-bowles-to-treasury-rumor-picks-up-steam/
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/08/09/obama-frustrated-he-doesnt-get-credit-for-wanting-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare/

Clarabell Award: Todd Akin and pregnancy
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/08/a-canard-that-will-not-die-legitimate-rape-doesnt-cause-pregnancy/261303/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#48732520
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/todd-akin-provokes-ire-with-legitimate-rape-comment.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8765248
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/akin-on-legitimate-rape-comment-i-misspoke
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/20/us-usa-politics-abortion-idUSBRE87J04A20120820