Left Side of the Aisle #86

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of December 13-19, 2012

This week:

Hero Award #1
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/jovan-belcher-kansas-city-chiefs-murder-suicide-tragedy-girlfriend-self-leave-orphan-daughter-why-still-playing-sunday-120112
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171559/how-can-they-play-murder-suicide-and-national-football-league
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171630/bob-costas-i-stand-what-i-said
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/bob-costas-gun-control-jovan-belcher_n_2229496.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/illinois-concealed-carry-_n_2278114.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/clackamas-town-center-shooting_n_2280786.html

Hero Award #2
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/49984095/ns/today-good_news/t/grocer-gives-stores-his-employees-free/#.ULgrM4aNeSq
http://www.startribune.com/local/180550281.html?refer=y

Michigan passes "right to earn less" law
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/us/battle-over-labor-unions-cleaves-michigan.html
http://www.startribune.com/nation/182961211.html
http://www.freep.com/article/20121211/NEWS15/312110101/Michigan-Dems-warn-Snyder-of-negative-state-national-impact-of-right-to-work-law
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323401904578157453687608428.html
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/10/15825072-gop-set-to-deliver-blow-to-labor-in-union-heavy-michigan
http://www.epi.org/publication/bp300/

Means testing Medicare
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/10/15824325-in-fiscal-bargaining-buzz-over-means-testing-grows-louder

Outrage of the Week: Children are military targets
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171582/us-military-approves-bombing-children
http://www.thenation.com/blog/170599/more-civilians-slaughtered-afghanistan-us-airstrike
http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2012/12/marine-taliban-kids-120312w

Clown Award: Rahm Emanuel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-emanuel-on-cta-increases-not-fare-hikes-chicagoans-can-choose-to-drive-20121126,0,793097.story

RIP: Ravi Shankar
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/12/15853749-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-at-92
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/arts/music/ravi-shankar-indian-sitarist-dies-at-92.html

Apollo 17 40th anniversary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/14/japan-space-probe-asteroid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/11/apollo_17_40th_anniversary/