Left Side of the Aisle #121

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 15-21, 2013

This week:

Good news #1: Stop-and-frisk smackdown
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/stop-and-frisk-violated-rights-new-york-city-judge-rules_n_3743236.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/stop-and-frisk-may-be-working-but-is-it-racist/267417/
http://definitions.uslegal.com/t/terry-stop/
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/why-stop-and-frisk-was-ruled-unconstitutional-20130812
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/nyregion/stop-and-frisk-practice-violated-rights-judge-rules.html?hp&_r=1&

Good news #2: Holder blinks on "drug war"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/eric-holder-drug-sentences_n_3744717.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/medical-marijuana-eric-holder_n_3746028.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/sanjay-gupta-changed-his-mind-on-weed-2013-8
http://www.businessinsider.com/difficulty-of-study-medical-marijuana-2013-8
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/index.html

Clown Award: Rep. Markwayne Mullin
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/09/2442191/congressman-claims-widespread-fraud-because-he-saw-a-physically-fit-couple-use-food-stamps-to-buy-groceries/
http://www.fns.usda.gov/ora/MENU/Published/snap/FILES/Participation/2011CharacteristicsSummary.pdf
http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2012/12/07/average-american-household-size-1948-2012/6070
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/fraud/fraud_2.htm
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3744

Outrage of the Week: Judge orders name change based on her religion
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/283997/2/Judge-orders-babys-name-be-changed-from-Messiah
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Mxyzptlk
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,273604,00.html
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/284063/2/Despite-Tennessee-Judges-order-Messiah-among-fastest-growing-baby-names
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/messiah-baby-name_n_3741893.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl29%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D356852
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/aclu-judge-cant-change-childs-name-from-messiah?ref=fpb

Update #1: "Pink Lemonade for Peace" stand goes national
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/06/left-side-of-aisle-113-part-5.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/10/westboro-baptist-church-lemonade_n_3733086.html
http://www.crowdrise.com/jaydenslemonade/fundraiser/Planting-Peace

Update #2: Voter suppression comes to North Carolina
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/07/left-side-of-aisle-119-part-2.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/06/left-side-of-aisle-114-part-3.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/12/north-carolina-voter-id_n_3745253.html
http://www.wral.com/election-changes-coming-in-2014-2016/12750290/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/08/12/north-carolina-governor-signs-extensive-voter-id-law/
http://www.wncn.com/story/22934120/widespread-voter-fraud-not-an-issue-in-nc-data-shows
http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
http://www.aclu.org/voting-rights/league-women-voters-north-carolina-et-al-v-north-carolina