Left Side of the Aisle #92

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of January 24-30, 2013

This week:

Hero Award: Iván Fernández Anaya
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/ivan-fernandez-anaya-hone_n_2505360.html
http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/12/19/inenglish/1355928581_856388.html
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Spanish+runner+Iv%C3%A1n+Fern%C3%A1ndez+Anaya+becomes+cult+hero+after/7839439/story.html

Good news: "Strip scanners" are going away
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/19/tsa-x-ray-scanners_n_2511947.html

Outrage of the Week: Banks get tax deduction for payments for illegal foreclosures
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-goldman-sachs-sees-fourthquarter-profits-nearly-triple-20130116,0,2351377.story
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-banks-settlements-20130116,0,7542521.story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/foreclosure-settlement-tax-break_n_2497827.html
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20130116a.htm
http://www.realestateabc.com/outlook/overall.htm

Reality check for libertarians
http://realestate.aol.com/blog/2013/01/19/justinianos-bronx-home-apartment-building/

Clown Award: Don't talk about white privilege!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/pat-robertson-blames-awful-looking-women-marriage-problems_n_2479459.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/whole-foods-ceo-obamacare-fascism_n_2488029.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-mackey/post_4326_b_2497659.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/white-privilege-class-at-_n_2489997.html
http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/public-school-teaches-white-privilege-class.html
http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/new-data-us-department-education-highlights-educational-inequities-around-teache

Guns: How Obama's proposals fall short
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/obama-gun-control-proposals_n_2486919.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/obama-executive-actions-_n_2488490.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/lone-star-college-shooting_n_2527806.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/21/teenage-gunman-kills-5-in-new-mexico-home-officials-say/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-albuquerque-family-shooting-20130120,0,917364.story
http://www.care2.com/causes/experts-mental-health-guns-laws-likely-ineffective.html
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/01/17/can-mental-health-care-reduce-gun-violence/making-therapists-cops-makes-care-less-likely
http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec12/shieldsgerson_12-21.html
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jan/18/mark-shields/pbs-commentator-mark-shields-says-more-killed-guns/
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/christophermajka/2012/12/death-innocents-murder-and-guns-usa
http://www.juancole.com/2013/01/firearm-murders-equiv.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/10/121025095018.htm