Left Side of the Aisle #116

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

This week:

Good news 1: Jeffrey David Olson
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/01/1220409/-Ding-San-Diego-Chalker-Acquitted-and-Idiot-Prosecutor-Condemned-by-Mayor#20130701205410
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/06/30/chalk-another-one-up-to-free-speech-hypocrisy/
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2013/jun/25/chalking-the-plank-judge-wont-allow-bank-protester/
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18062-san-diego-jury-acquits-on-all-counts-occupy-chalk-protestor-targeted-by-bank-of-america
http://www.10news.com/news/rally-held-to-show-support-for-jeff-olson-man-charged-in-chalk-vandalism-case-06292013
http://www.10news.com/news/verdict-in-san-diego-chalk-vandalism-case-070113

Good news 2: Moral Monday
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175160/sixty-four-arrested-moral-monday-abortion-access-protest-north-carolina#
http://www.wral.com/-moral-monday-protest-bolstered-by-abortion-restriction-outrage/12638680/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/north-carolina-abortion-bill_n_3569509.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/moral-monday-rally-nc-abortion-bill-protest-arrests_n_3564506.html
http://swampland.time.com/2013/07/01/moral-mondays-religious-progressives-protest-north-carolina-policies/

Good news 3: Walmart feels the heat
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/07/03/pension-funds-blacklist-walmart/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/10/bangladesh-factory-safety-plan-walmart_n_3573209.html
http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/10/news/companies/walmart-bangladesh-agreement/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/13/news/companies/hm-bangladesh-safety/index.html?iid=EL

Clown Award: MA State Police Colonel Timothy Alben
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/07/03/police-announce-huge-presence-more-cameras-for-the/CvgHGRVHMnUJFOBRwn2rrJ/story.html
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/07/04/fourth-july-revelers-begin-arrive-boston-esplanade/4cDweMptMsgkz6Nf7lBwUL/story.html
http://www.telegram.com/article/20130704/NEWS/130709853/1116
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/metro/attendance-appears-down-at-boston-july-4-events/-/11971628/20846004/-/745nh2z/-/index.html

Egypt and American mythology
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/egypt-political-roadmap_n_3565902.html?utm_hp_ref=world
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/egyptian-army-firing-at-crowd_n_3561467.html?utm_hp_ref=world
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/08/world/meast/egypt-coup/index.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/egypt-transitional-government-pulls-in-mubarak-old-guard-and-salafists-a-910266.html#ref=nl-international

I laugh so as not to weep
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/05/david_brooks_bigoted_rant/
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/07/05/david-brooks-mental-equipment/

Outrage of the Week: coerced sterilization in CA prisons
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/female-inmates-sterilized-california_n_3561564.html
http://jezebel.com/female-prisoners-sterilized-illegally-and-often-throug-699103380
http://cironline.org/reports/female-inmates-sterilized-california-prisons-without-approval-4917
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/07/california-prisons-illegally-sterilized-hundreds-female-inmates.html

Guns: what you don't see can hurt you
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/override-votes-make-illinois-last-state-in-the-nation-to-allow-carrying-of-concealed-weapons/2013/07/09/54a9e766-e8f5-11e2-818e-aa29e855f3ab_story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/more-passengers-guns-airports_n_3536446.html