Left Side of the Aisle #78

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of October 18-24, 2012

This week:

Good news: Wal-Mart workers strike
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/walmart-strike-dallas-arkansas-los-angeles-workers_n_1951867.html
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/10/11/walmart-workers-this-is-why-were-striking-and-making-black-fri/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/13/walmart-strike-memo_n_1962039.html
http://news.firedoglake.com/2012/10/04/walmart-workers-strike-at-multiple-stores/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/walmart-strikes-_n_1968095.html

Outrage of the Week: Supreme Court lets telcomms off the hook
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/09/us-usa-court-telecom-idUSBRE8980UV20121009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/10/supreme-court-telecoms-win-immunity
https://www.eff.org/files/nsa/statutes.pdf

Straight man pretends to be gay to learn about LGB lives
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-elerick/jesus-in-drag-straight-christians-comes-out-for-book_b_1569051.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/13/timothy-kurek-straight-christian-pretends-gay_n_1963657.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/13/bible-belt-conservative-year-gay
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/blacklikeme/
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Entertainment/story?id=1526982#.UHuQUoaNeSp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman%27s_Agreement_%28novel%29
http://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-10/faith-political-leaders-find-out-how-far-food-stamps-go
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/09/28/the-food-stamp-challenge-eating-on-30-a-week/
http://persephonemagazine.com/2011/09/02/even-a-chef-cant-make-it-on-food-stamps/

Clown of the Week: Antonin Scalia
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/2012/10/05/scalia-says-abortion-gay-rights-are-easy-cases/IW1zVZ6ejHnQn4CcwyicAP/story.html
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pillory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropping_%28punishment%29
http://digbysblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/justice-scalia-thinks-its-absolutely.html
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/part-i-history-death-penalty#intro
http://billofrights.org/
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/constitution/text.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_%28Bill_of_Rights%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution