Left Side of the Aisle #105

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 26 - May 1, 2013

Number 105! A new show every week for two years, without a break. And now starting on Year Three. And so we go.

Update 1: CISPA passes the House
http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/04/18/cispa-passes-house-obama-veto-threat-likely-untrue-making-senate-key-battleground/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75670.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/18/cispa-2013-house-vote-internet-privacy

Update 2: France votes for same-sex marriage
http://pamshouseblend.firedoglake.com/2013/04/23/and-france-makes-fourteen/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/17/new-zealand-gay-marriage_n_3098762.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10879203
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/gay-senator-comes-out-as-state-approves-same-sex-marriage/
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2013/04/eken_backs_same.shtml
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/politics/state_politics/key-senate-panel-oks-same-sex-marriage
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/04/23/delaware-house-approves-gay-marriage-bill/

What the economy needs
(opinion)

RIP Richie Havens
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/folk-icon-richie-havens-dead-72-article-1.1324488
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/woodstock-performer-richie-havens-dies-of-heart-attack-at-72/2013/04/22/c317c1ee-ab8f-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_story.html

Guns
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/17/public-opinion-gets-trumped-in-gun-control-defeat/comment-page-20/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57580127/background-checks-voted-down-senate-gun-bill-in-peril/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/08/28/us-world-firearms-idUSL2834893820070828
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/26/nr-draft-how-important-are-guns-to-the-u-s-economy-for-starters-the-firearms-industry-employs-twice-as-many-americans-as-bailed-out-gm/
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/03/1811311/study-states-with-loose-gun-laws-have-higher-rates-of-gun-violence/
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/gun-background-checks-senate.php
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324235304578440651803014518.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/18/gun-bill-mental-health_n_3110512.html?ref=topbar
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/first-federal-gun-laws-pass-newtown-shooti
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/02/187543/quietly-and-behind-the-scenes.html#emlnl=Daily_News_Update
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/12/gun_death_tally_every_american_gun_death_since_newtown_sandy_hook_shooting.html

Outrage of the Week: Guns
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/first-federal-gun-laws-pass-newtown-shooti
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/02/187543/quietly-and-behind-the-scenes.html#emlnl=Daily_News_Update

More on the Boston bombings
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57580837/officials-bombing-suspect-says-he-and-brother-acted-alone/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-without-terror-connections_n_3138151.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/23/boston-bombing-suspects-motive-afghanistan-iraq_n_3140547.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/22/us/boston-attack
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/world/asia/after-airstrike-afghan-points-to-cia-and-secret-militias.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
http://www.salon.com/2009/10/20/terrorism_6/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/22/marathon-attack-suspect-communicating-by-writing-sources-say-with-faith-seen-as/
http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/4/29/224918/629
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/martin-bashir/51599877#51599877
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/04/20/177958045/boston-bombings-point-to-growing-threat-of-homegrown-terrorism
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/20/second-boston-bombing-suspect-in-custody/
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/opinion/op_ed/2013/04/motive_may_lie_in_chechen_ties
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/us/boston-marathon-bombings.html?hp&_r=0
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/21/us-usa-explosions-boston-shooting-idUSBRE93I0GQ20130421
http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2013/04/21/17679.shtml
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hz0tmpokJ_dZ-S6DbTJa6nmUJpsA?docId=CNG.018e1625845b5f1688282300d99320f1.4d1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-condemns-boston-marathon-bombings-deems-them-sinful/2013/04/16/6bf6626e-a69c-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_singlePage.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/boston-enemy-combatant_n_3123163.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/shorter-lindsey-graham-constitution-what-constitution/275157/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/greg-ball-torture_n_3122524.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-21/obama-decision-on-interrogating-suspect-draws-criticism.html
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/22/boston-bombing-suspect-will-be-tried-as-a-murderer/
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/22/ingraham-pushes-for-an-end-to-all-muslim-immigration/
http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Napolitano-Immigration-reform-good-for-national-4458124.php
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigration-reform-20130424,0,3803458.story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/leahy-gop-trying-to-exploit-boston-bombings-to-stop-immigration-reform/2013/04/22/d523c794-ab57-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/grassley-flips-out-i-didnt-say-about-using-b

Hero Award: Cameron Lyle
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/college-athlete-gives-his-career-save
http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x210921230/Local-UNH-athlete-ends-career-to-donate-bone-marrow