Left Side of the Aisle #109

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 23-29, 2013

This week:

Good news 1: Arizona abortion law blocked
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/arizona-abortion-ban_n_3314121.html

Good news 2: same-sex marriage advances
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/bill-clinton-gay-marriage_n_3313404.html
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Advocates-votes-are-there-for-marriage-bill-/42849.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/18/french-president-signs-ga_0_n_3298916.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Clown Award: Florida risks car crashes to raise bucks
http://autos.aol.com/article/florida-yellow-lights-tickets-red/
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=316418
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/redlight/outreach/marketing/rlr_pps022509/long/

Outrage of the Week: Teenage girl charged with sex crime for dating another teenage girl
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/19/kaitlyn-hunt-florida-teen-felony-same-sex_n_3302713.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.examiner.com/article/support-of-teen-facing-criminal-charges-for-gay-relationship-crashes-change-org

The psychological shortcomings of the right wing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/mary-fallin-oklahoma-tornado_n_3311789.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/oklahoma-tornado-aftermath-moore_n_3311361.html
http://www.boston.com/news/weather/2013/05/21/medical-examiner-dead-oklahoma-twister/ZG76wWq1hwWeY0AmgSWmlI/story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/oklahoma-senators-disaster-relief_n_3309234.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area

The Oklahoma tornado and global warming
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/somalia-famine-climate-change_n_2883088.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/13/is_climate_change_fueling_an_epidemic_partner/?source=newsletter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/oklahoma-tornado-climate-change_n_3310413.html?ref=topbar

Updates: phony IRS "scandal," real snooping on the media scandal
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/14/irs-tea-party-progressive-groups/2158831/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-08/irs-denial-of-tax-exemption-to-u-s-political-group-spurs-alarms.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/a-rare-peek-into-a-justice-department-leak-probe/2013/05/19/0bc473de-be5e-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_print.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/james-rosen-justice-department-co-conspirator-obama_n_3305857.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/doj-fox-news-phone-records_n_3315167.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/18/obama-whistleblowers_n_3294417.html

A solution to poverty: a guaranteed income
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States
http://www.remappingdebate.org/article/rise-and-fall-guaranteed-income?page=0,2
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1972/may/04/george-mcgovern-on-taxing-redistributing-income/?pagination=false
http://www.forbes.com/sites/modeledbehavior/2013/05/13/just-give-people-money/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/11/thinking-utopian-how-about-a-universal-basic-income/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/08/08/obama-doesnt-want-to-just-write-welfare-recipients-checks-but-what-if-we-did/
http://www.businessinsider.com/universal-basic-income-2013-5