Left Side of the Aisle #129

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

Hero Award: Ladar Levison
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/us/snowdens-e-mail-provider-discusses-pressure-from-fbi-to-disclose-data.html
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/08/lavabit-email-shut-down-edward-snowden

Update 1: Kaitlyn Hunt
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/24/kaitlyn_hunt_refuses_plea_offer_will_go_to_court_over_high_school_relationship/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/kaitlyn-hunt-plea-deal-jail-four-months_n_4036862.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/03/justice/florida-kaitlyn-hunt-plea-deal/index.html

Update 2: Government shutdown
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/tea-party-s-ross-says-debt-worth-yielding-on-obamacare.html

Update 3: Hijab = no job
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/abercrombie-lawsuit-hijab-win_n_4031730.html

Clown Award: Gov. Tom Corbett
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/04/tom-corbett-gay-marriage-incest_n_4043202.html

Global warming
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/world/climate-change-5-things/index.html
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/interactive/2013/may/13/newtok-alaska-climate-change-refugees
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/ipcc-climate-change-report_n_4000153.html
http://www.skepticalscience.com/neverending-daily-mail-nonsense.html
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/09/global-warming-pause-ipcc
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/oct/01/ipcc-global-warming-projections-accurate

OOTW: Hobby Lobby’s antisemitism
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/30/1242615/-No-menorahs-at-Hobby-Lobby
http://partisan.blogs.hopelesslypartisan.com/item_15275.htm

Weekly reminder
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/mass-shootings-2013_n_3941889.html
http://www.reddit.com/r/GunsAreCool/wiki/2013massshootings