Left Side of the Aisle #111

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of June 6 - 12, 2013

This week:
Good news: fast-food workers demand better pay
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/05/30/seattle-fast-food-strike/
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/04/12/mcdonalds-employees-rude-service/
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174577/fast-food-workers-striking-seattle
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174375/84-percent-nyc-fast-food-workers-report-wage-theft-new-survey
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/29/congressional-progressive-caucus-to-launch-campaign-on-behalf-of-low-wage-workers/

RIP: Frank Lautenberg
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/RIP_Frank_Lautenberg
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sen-frank-lautenberg-five-term-new-jersey-democrat-dies-at-89/2013/06/03/c8b60c8e-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html

Update: marriage equality bill delayed in Illinois
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/illinois-gay-marriage-hou_0_n_3367329.html?ref=topbar
http://chicagophoenix.com/2013/05/31/no-vote-on-illinois-marriage-equality-bill-held-until-fall-session/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/01/catholic-influence-gay-marriage-_n_3371052.html

Clown #1: Marsha Blackburn
http://washingtonexaminer.com/rep.-marsha-blackburn-offers-bill-to-defund-planned-parenthood/article/2517576
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/12/12/rep_marsha_blackburn_delivers_gop_address_on_climate_change.html
https://southernbeale.wordpress.com/category/rep-marsha-blackburn/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/02/marsha-blackburn-equal-pay-laws_n_3375167.html?ref=topbar
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/07/gender-wage-gap-2012_n_2830173.html

Clown #2: John Stossel
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/fox-business-host-cut-government-because-no-
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/children_depression/depression_children_menu.cfm
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-stossel-issues-correction-for-dumb-statement-claiming-no-one-starved-during-great-depression/

The Little Thing #1: Starbucks knows no limits
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/30/starbucks-shoos-smokers-away-cigarettes-banned-within-25-ft-of-entrance/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/starbucks-bans-smoking-june-1_n_3365544.html

The Little Thing #2: Lindsey Graham's Freudian slip
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/28/us/politics/in-terror-shift-obama-took-a-long-path.html

Outrage of the Week: SCOTUS and DNA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/supreme-court-dna-samples_n_3378379.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-dna-20130604,0,2983670.story
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/06/supreme-court-upholds-minor-intrusion-of-arrestee-dna-swabs/
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/06/04/privacy-experts-supreme-court-ruling-on-dna-swabs-could-lead-to-big-brother-scenario_print.html
http://www.familytreedna.com/dna-test-kit.aspx
http://www.dnatesting.com/blog/dnatesting/tag/cheek-swab/
http://www.dnadrugts.com/service.html
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_15223744

The dirty secret of gun control: handguns
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2012/12/gun_death_tally_every_american_gun_death_since_newtown_sandy_hook_shooting.html
http://www.icasualties.org/Iraq/
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/66874.html
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/05/01/gun-violence-the-norm-for-some-south-florida-students/
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/05/08/booker-t-washington-hs-students-live-with-learning-in-a-war-zone/
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/05/02/in-the-aftermath-of-violence-a-neighborhood-is-torn/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/new-orleans-violence-documentary-shell-shocked_n_3202560.html
http://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/AmericaUnderTheGun-4.pdf