Left Side of the Aisle #128

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of October 3-9, 2013

This week:
Good news 1: "kiss-in" in Italian parliament
http://www.salon.com/2013/09/20/italian_lawmakers_stage_massive_kiss_in_for_gay_rights/
http://www.towleroad.com/2013/09/m5s.html

Good news 2: same-sex marriage advances in New Jersey
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/new-jersey-gay-marriage-_n_4004723.html
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/christie-asks-to-appeal-ruling-delay-start-of-nj-gay-marriages

Good news 3: Monsanto Protection Act is dead
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/monsanto-protection-act-extension_n_3908249.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/25/1241315/-Sen-Tester-Kills-Monsanto-Protection-Rider
http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/short-take-sneaky-monsanto-protection-act-set-to-expire/article_dbdeb20a-68ea-56d2-a7a2-9224bc210079.html
http://www.foodlawfirm.com/2013/04/the-monsanto-protection-act/
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=no+gmo

Hero Award 1: Joey Prusak
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dairy-queen-worker-confronts-woman-blind-man-money-article-1.1460961

Hero Award 2: Peter Tabibian
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/z-burger-free_n_4016989.html
http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/entrepreneurs/2013/10/01/dc-restaurant-serving-free-burgers-during-shutdown/

Outrage of the Week: Government shutdown
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/multimillionaire-republican-lawmaker-says-go
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/12/arizonas_10-member_congression.php
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/30/how-congress-will-still-get-paid-in-a-government-shutdown.html

Clown Award: AIG CEO Robert Benmosche
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/26/barilla-pasta-anti-gay_n_3995679.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/09/25/aig-ceo-anger-over-bonuses-just-as-bad-as-lynchings-in-deep-south/
http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/24/news/companies/aig-ceo-bonuses/index.html
http://www.thenation.com/article/153929/aig-bailout-scandal#

More on NSA spying
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/09/28/obama-allowed-continued-expansion-of-nsa-program-to-collect-data-on-some-americans-social-networks/
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/09/08/the_cowboy_of_the_nsa_keith_alexander?wp_login_redirect=0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/26/keith-alexander-nsa_n_3998071.html
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/08/14/199404/obamas-surveillance-revisions.html#.UkXB2z-Pzpc
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-13/obama-puts-spies-in-charge-of-investigating-spies
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/close-ties-between-white-house-nsa-spying-review
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/26/senators-nsa-media_n_3998229.html?ref=topbar
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/09/26/nsa-director-supports-putting-all-americans-phone-records-in-lockbox/
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/27/ron-wyden-nsa-systematically-deceived
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34ag4nkSh7Q
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/324747-top-spook-asks-public-for-backup
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/kenya-mall-attack-sixth-briton-confirmed-dead-after-nairobi-westgate-shopping-centre-massacre-8846266.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/150435756/How-the-DHS-Monitors-You-on-the-Internet#page=21
http://nsa.motherboard.tv/