Friday, November 15, 2013

Left Side of the Aisle #134




Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of November 14 - 20, 2013

This week:

Marriage equality advances in Hawaii
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/09/hawaii-gay-marriage-bill_n_4245015.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57612238/hawaii-becomes-15th-state-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage/
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/06/breaking_california_wal_mart_workers_strike_today_following_stunning_florida_victory/
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/08/largest_wal_mart_civil_disobedience_ends_with_over_50_arrests/

The attack on The Commons
http://www.epi.org/publication/attack-on-american-labor-standards/
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/31/newts_revenge_child_labor_makes_a_comeback/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/05/1253318/-Wage-theft-outstrips-bank-gas-station-and-convenience-store-robberies
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/31/the_rights_war_on_pregnant_women/

Poetic justice on voter ID
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2013/10/greg-abbott-will-need-affidavit-to-vote/
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/wendy-davis-outsmarts-texas-voter-id-law

Outrage of the Week: 2nd Circuit blocks stop-and-frisk fixes, removes judge
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/1211-good-news-stop-and-frisk-smackdown.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/breaking-stop-frisk-blocked-judge-removed-article-1.1503092
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/nyregion/court-blocks-stop-and-frisk-changes-for-new-york-police.html?_r=0
https://www.ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/stop-and-frisk-lawsuit:-court-of-appeals-stays-remedies,-reassigns-case-new-judge
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2013/nov/01/how-uphold-racial-injustice/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/opinion/a-bad-ruling-on-stop-and-frisk.html
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/11/03/judges-appearance-of-impartiality/which-judges-breached-the-rules
http://herculesandtheumpire.com/2013/11/03/a-cheap-shot/

Clown Award: Mike Rogers
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/31/1252139/-A-congressman-s-new-interpretation-of-the-Fourth-nbsp-Amendment
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131029/18020225059/mike-rogers-you-cant-have-your-privacy-violated-if-you-dont-know-about-it.shtml

And Another Thing 1: light sabers coming?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/27/new-matter-light-saber_n_3998082.html
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/30/star-wars-lightsabers-invented

And Another Thing 2: billions of Earthlike planets
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/earth-like-habitable-planets-kepler-space-video_n_4214758.html
http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-earth-like-planets-20131105,0,2673237.story#axzz2joZzLISO

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