Left Side of the Aisle #124

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of September 5-11, 2013

This week:

Good News #1: IRS says legally-married same-sex couples are married no matter where they live
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/same-sex-couples-federal-taxes_n_3837444.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/08/19/cardin-irs-needs-to-quickly-address-tax-rules-for-same-sex-couples/

Good News #2: Federal court orders Ohio to recognize same-sex marriage performed out of state
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/ohio-must-recognize-marriage_n_3863068.html

Good News #3: Federal court says "Do Not Fly" list raises Constitutional questions
https://www.aclu.org/national-security/federal-court-sides-aclu-no-fly-list-lawsuit

Clown Award: NSA blocks sale of parody t-shirt
http://www.dailydot.com/news/dni-nsa-email-metadata-tracking/
http://news.yahoo.com/parody-t-shirts-nsa-probably-doesnt-amusing-161947308.html
http://www.dailydot.com/news/nsa-trademark-infringement-liberty-maniacs/
http://www.cafepress.com/mf/78962042/the-nsa_tshirt

DOJ will not sue to to block Colorado, Washington laws legalizing pot; some cops freak out
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/29/politics/holder-marijuana-laws
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/doj-marijuana-guidelines_n_3838589.html
http://legalizationofmarijuana.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/04/04/legalize-it-poll-shows/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/police-eric-holder-marijuana-_n_3846518.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2FZgErvNTE
https://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/FINALLawEnforcementGroupLetteronDOJMarijuanaPolicy.pdf
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/aclu-police-militarization-swat_n_2813334.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/marijuana-legalization-states_n_3838866.html

RIP David Frost
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/01/david-frost-dead-dies_n_3851784.html?ir=Media
http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=nixon_and_watergate_tmln&nixon_and_watergate_tmln_media_response=nixon_and_watergate_tmln_frost_nixon_interviews
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Was_The_Week_That_Was

Recent news on global warming
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/08/20/climate-change-global-warming-ipcc-report/2678683/
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2013/20130806_stateoftheclimate.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/un-says-2012-was-9th-hottest-year_n_3200272.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/06/2012-climate-change-repor_n_3715258.html?ref=topbar
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/
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/31/2312591/climate-change-wildfires/
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/07/30/us-cities-sinking-climate-change_n_3676325.html
http://www.desmogblog.com/alec-climate-change-denial-model-bill-passes-tennessee
http://www.desmogblog.com/alec-model-bill-behind-push-require-climate-denial-instruction-schools
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/19/house_goper_term_climate_denier_offensive_because_its_like_holocaust_denier/

Syria: More deaths are not an answer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/obama-congress-syria_n_3860126.html
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/wave-of-bombings-kill-47-in-iraq.php?ref=fpb
http://news.yahoo.com/video/syrias-one-million-lost-children-153651080.html
http://www.juancole.com/2013/09/president-gassing-divisions.html
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/press/release.cfm?id=7029
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/all-in-/52916809#52916809
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23950253
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/01/obama-congress-syria-authorization
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/following-pew-poll-abc-wapo-finds-even-larger?ref=fpb

Outrage of the Week: US intelligence knew Assad was to attack with chemical weapons, gave no warning
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/can-someone-explain-to-me-why-this-isnt.html
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/08/30/us_had_intel_on_chemical_strike_before_it_was_launched