Left Side of the Aisle #90

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of January 9-15, 2013

This week:

The Hero Award: Sen. Tom Harkin
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171960/why-tom-harkin-and-handful-other-progressives-opposed-deal#
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/01/tom-harkin-fiscal-cliff_n_2392609.html
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/2/659?ref=politics

Outrage of the Week: the persistence of bigotry
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/taco-cid-how-to-catch-an-illegal-immigrant-t-shirt_n_2426782.html
http://palmettopublicrecord.org/2013/01/07/sc-mexican-restaurants-offensive-t-shirt-how-to-catch-an-illegal-immigrant/
http://news.yahoo.com/obama-witch-doctor-stay-creator-vows-151505119.html
http://jbs.sagepub.com/content/43/4/359.abstract
http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-rusche-restaurants/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/violence-against-women-act-_n_2398553.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/06/violence-against-women-act-eric-cantor-native-americans_n_2251924.html
http://jobsanger.blogspot.com/2013/01/house-republicans-shamefully-kill-vawa.html

Clown Award: Pope Benedict XVI
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/06/pope-intolerant-agnosticism-_n_2419806.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/pope-anti-gay-speech_n_2344870.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/defense-of-marriage-act_n_2399383.html
http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2013/01/house-approves-rules-permitting-continued-defense.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/6/gay-marriage-supporters-turn-focus-to-illinois/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/01/07/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-prop-8-defense-of-marriage-cases-in-march/

Global warming: New US record in 2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/2012-hottest-year-on-record_n_2433210.html
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/scientists-weigh-in-on-global-warmings-role-in-us-drought/
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/1207/Stubborn-US-drought-could-be-costlier-than-hurricane-Sandy
http://weather.aol.com/2012/11/22/us-drought-worsens-after-weeks-of-improvement/
http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/09/27/study-tv-news-covered-paul-ryans-workout-3x-mor/190165
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/08/17/media-turn-a-blind-eye-to-record-greenland-ice/189421
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2012/11/30/global_warming_is_melting_greenland_and_antarctic_ice_and_contributing_to.html
http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/un-sea-levels-rising-60-faster
http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/01/08/study-warmest-year-on-record-received-cool-clim/192079
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/stand_still_for_the_apocalypse_20121126/

And Another Thing: video of giant squid obtained
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_squid
http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-giant-squid-video-20130107,0,2853791.story
http://dsc.discovery.com/show-news/giant-squid-captured-on-video-for-first-time.html

PS: Thomas Paine quote
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/thomas-paine-knew-he-didnt-build-that.html