Left Side of the Aisle #133

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of November 7-13, 2013

This week:

Good news: Illinois approves same-sex marriage
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/us/illinois-sends-bill-allowing-gay-marriage-to-governor.html
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/22697306/governor-quinn-talks-marriage-equality-pension-reform-re-election
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303482504579180243258359648

Good news: Third Circuit applies tougher standards to GPS tracking
https://www.aclu.org/national-security-technology-and-liberty/federal-appeals-court-rules-warrant-required-gps-tracking
http://translogic.aolautos.com/2013/10/23/courts-uphold-ruling-that-warrantless-slap-on-gps-units-are-un/

Outrage of the Week: House may kill ENDA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/enda-vote_n_4214682.html
http://images.politico.com/global/2013/09/29/enda_poll_2013-09-08_natl_memo.html

Veterans' Day commentary: soldiers are not heroes
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2012/11/veterans-day-2012.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_Day
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/factsheet_department_veterans/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU-x1eAb9wU
http://www.military.com/benefits/veteran-benefits/veterans-employment-preference-points.html
http://warprayer.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Trials

More on NSA spying
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/30/revealed-nsa-pushed911askeysoundbitetojustifysurveillance.html
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/813055/nsa-talking-points.pdf
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/30/nsa_top_soundbite_push_911/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/11/1325-more-on-nsa-spying.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-glaser/america-as-economic-spy-n_b_4190948.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story_1.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/30/nsa_secretly_accessed_main_google_yahoo_data_center_links/

Clown Award: Sens. Chris Murphy and Diane Feinstein
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/31/europe-nsa_n_4184284.html?ref=topbar
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/331183-feinstein-stands-by-labeling-snowden-a-traitor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/03/edward-snowden-clemency_n_4209498.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whistle-blower?s=t