Left Side of the Aisle #103

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 11-17, 2013

This week:

Good news: Medical marijuana advances
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/maryland-medical-marijuana_n_3037963.html
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-medical-marijuana-approved-20130408,0,4666673.story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/marijuana-legalization-poll-2013_n_3015813.html

Outrage of the Week: legal discrimination
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/11/19/8-ways-employers-can-discriminate-against-workers-legally/
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/03/14/fired-missing-work-doctors-note/
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/heardinthehall/Pressure-Applied-To-Overturn-Sick-Leave-Veto.html

Economy: What's good about 7.6% unemployment?
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.a.htm
http://jobsanger.blogspot.com/2013/04/unemployment-rate-drops-but-its-not.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bhyKS_SWPM&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-jobs-gain-in-march-lowest-in-10-months-2013-04-05
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-gongloff/labor-force-participation-rate_b_1865027.html
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5063
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/unemployment-fed-forecast_n_2916986.html
http://www.ydr.com/business/ci_22986440/us-companies-post-more-job-but-fill-them
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/03/04/1665281/corporate-profits-worker-income/
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/03/1270541/corporate-profits-wages-record/
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/10/1308981/chart-corporate-profits-skyrocket-while-corporate-taxes-plummet/
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/06/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20130306
http://www.epi.org/publication/economy-built-profits-not-prosperity/
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/02/yes-virginia-the-rich-continue-to-get-richer-the-1-got-121-of-income-gains-since-2009.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/125269359/Getting-Richer-Edmund-Saez

RIP: Annette and Margaret
http://abcnews.go.com/International/margaret-thatcher-britains-iron-lady-dead-87/story
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2013/04/annette-funicello-beloved-mouseketeer-dies-at-70/

Keystone XL and Arkansas
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/31/exxon-pipeline-spill-idUSL2N0CN00D20130331
http://grist.org/article/tar-sands-oil-spills-in-arkansas-and-minnesota/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/us-usa-derailment-oilspill-idUSBRE92R02V20130328
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130405/exxon-oil-spill-could-be-40-larger-company-estimates-epa-figures-show
http://grist.org/slideshow/crude-awakening-exxons-arkansas-oil-spill-aint-pretty-slideshow/
http://grist.org/climate-energy/arkansas-town-in-lockdown-after-oil-spill-nightmare/
http://grist.org/news/good-news-arkansas-tar-sands-oil-isnt-oil-oil/
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/04/6_things_you_need_to_know_about_the_arkansas_oil_spill_partner/

Clown Award: Rep. Louie Gohmert
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/rep_louie_gohmert_we_cant_restrict_high_capacity_magazines_because_gay_marriage_leads_to_bestiality/

Guns
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/10/us/politics/illinois-voters-to-pick-successor-for-jacksons-house-seat.html
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/19381361-418/democrat-robin-kelly-steamrolls-convicted-felon-in-special-election-vows-to-take-on-the-nra.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/20/colo-governor-to-sign-lan_n_2914925.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/connecticut_passes_strict_gun_laws_after_newtown_ap/?source=newsletter
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/04/connecticut_governor_to_sign_gun_control_bill_into_law/?source=newsletter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/maryland-gun-control-bill_n_3018087.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/assault-weapons-ban-likely-wont-be-included-in-senate-gun-bill/2013/03/19/86c2de14-90bd-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/10/us-usa-guns-idUSBRE93800G20130410
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9059140
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/obama-gun-violence_n_2972318.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/02/is_the_nra_winning/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/31/nra-gun-show-loophole_n_2593937.html?ref=topbar
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/10/a-big-big-step-forward-on-gun-control/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/the-note-a-real-deal-emerges-on-gun-control/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-aides-bipartisan-deal-reached-on-gun-background-checks/2013/04/10/fa4fe9a6-a1db-11e2-be47-b44febada3a8_story.html
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/gun-background-checks-senate.php
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/ucf-evacuated_n_2899913.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/12/gun_death_tally_every_american_gun_death_since_newtown_sandy_hook_shooting.html