Left Side of the Aisle #107

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 10-16, 2013

This week:
Hero Award: Connie Picciotto
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/05/02/connie-picciotto-has-kept-vigil-near-the-white-house-for-32-years-why-and-at-what-cost/?tid=ts_carousel
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/05/01/terrorism-nuclear-weapons-column/2116263/
http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/news-events/all-stories/nuclear-weapons-state-play#.UYg8AMpsKSq
http://www.occupypeacehouse.org/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/anti-nuclear-weapons-protesters-on-trial-this-week-for-incursion-into-tenn-nuclear-facility/2013/05/06/96cf679e-b685-11e2-b568-6917f6ac6d9d_story.html
http://my.firedoglake.com/davidswanson/2013/04/29/the-revolution-thats-not-being-televised/

Global warming: recent news
http://www.care2.com/causes/how-could-1600-years-of-ice-melt-in-just-25-years.html
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2013/04/03/science.1234210
http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/360943/sea_surface_temperatures_at_highest_level_in_150_years_on_northeast_continental_shelf_.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0426/Waters-off-Northeast-US-coast-unusually-warm-says-NOAA
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nasa-climate-20130504,0,2772152.story
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/nasa-global-warming-may-increase-risk-for-extreme-rainfall/
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/wetter-wet.html
http://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-asked-hear-epa-greenhouse-gas-challenge-004741380.html

An introduction to "steady-state economy"

Clown Award: Penny Nance of CWA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/fox-news-penny-nance-holocaust-reason_n_3202343.html?ir=Politics&ref=topbar
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/01/4015442/foxx-proclaims-day-of-reason-day.html

Iraq: renewed violence in the land we forgot
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/april-deadliest-month-iraq_n_3200317.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/18/iraq-war-costs_n_2885071.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/03/iraq-violence_n_3208161.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-civil-war-in-iraq-has-already-begun-politician-claims-conflict-has-started-and-warns-it-will-be-worse-than-syria-8601732.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/international-troops-should-be-ready-operationally-to-invade-syria-says-john-mccain/article11595592/
http://www.policymic.com/articles/38993/john-mccain-lindsey-graham-senators-demand-syria-intervention-encouraging-another-stupid-war
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/298109-menendez-presses-to-arm-rebels-as-syria-pulls-us-toward-conflict
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57583191/sen-corker-on-syria-u.s-will-be-arming-the-rebels-soon/

Outrage of the Week: death penalty proposed in Massachusetts
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-15/local/37737059_1_death-penalty-capital-punishment-repeal-bill
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-02/local/38969834_1_penalty-capital-punishment-new-law
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/06/florida-tries-to-speed-up-executions-as-maryland-other-states-repeal-death/
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/florida-passes-law-speed-executions
http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2013/04/23/lawmakers-citing-marathon-bombings-propose-restoring-death-penalty-massachusetts/HCroqiN6xqRHwxl289zQmO/story.html
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2013/05/04/area-lawmakers-remain-divided-over-restoring-death-penalty-massachusetts/RfBVecgQaDpUZfd66EaXPP/story.html
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murder-rates-nationally-and-state