Friday, December 13, 2013

Left Side of the Aisle #137




Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of December 12-18, 2013

This week:

Same old, same old: Having to deal with long-refuted claims from the right wing
http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/07/a-few-basic-science-and-tech-facts-many-americans-dont-know/
http://www.skepticalscience.com/neverending-daily-mail-nonsense.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/01/rules-all-of-them-so-far.html
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/04/our_current_warming_limits_are_way_too_high_scientists_warn/?source=newsletter
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304337404579213923151169790
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/03/third-way-social-security_n_4379333.html

Clown Award #1: Minneapolis Community and Technical College
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Community_and_Technical_College
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/02/three_white_college_students_file_racial_discrimination_complaint_against_professor_over_lesson_on_structural_racism/

Clown Award #2: Rick Santorum
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/06/rick-santorum-nelson-mandela_n_4398155.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS_1wjbsesk
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/06/rick_santorum_compared_obamacare_to_apartheid/

Outrage of the Week: Bill Bratton for NYC police commissioner
http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/23/5137516/stop-and-frisk-challenge-rejected-likely-leaving-appeal-to-de-blasio
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/05/our_troubling_new_nypd_chief/
http://swampland.time.com/2013/12/05/brattons-return-buckle-up-de-blasio/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/nyregion/william-bratton-new-york-city-police-commissioner.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/william-bratton-named-nypd-commissioner-article-1.1538251#ixzz2mlEtRBHy
http://www.citywatchla.com/lead-stories-hidden/6134-let-s-set-bill-bratton-s-lapd-record-straight

The little thing: 73% of the vote is "far left?"
http://swampland.time.com/2013/12/05/brattons-return-buckle-up-de-blasio/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_mayoral_election,_2013

Anniversary of Newtown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/471/606/862/?z00m=20671006
http://indiestatik.com/2013/11/20/slaying-sandy-hook-elementary/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/19/sandy-hook-video-game_n_4305606.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller

Links for series on guns
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/01/left-side-of-aisle-91-part-6.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/01/left-side-of-aisle-92-part-6.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/01/left-side-of-aisle-93-part-6.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/02/left-side-of-aisle-94-part-6.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/02/left-side-of-aisle-95-part-6.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/02/left-side-of-aisle-96-part-6.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/03/left-side-of-aisle-97-part-5.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/03/left-side-of-aisle-98-part-5.html

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