Left Side of the Aisle #142

This week:

Good news: same-sex marriage might come to Oklahoma
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/federal-judge-rejects-oklahomas-gay-marriage-ban.html
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303754404579312571060439510?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303754404579312571060439510.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/indiana-gay-marriage-ban_n_4589943.html
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2014/jan/13/indiana-house-panel-hearing-proposed-gay-marriage/
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/388/1

Clown Award: Gov. Scott Walkalloveryou
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/12/1393-grinch-story-gopper-and-free-lunch.html
http://www.wsav.com/story/24411962/congressional-free-lunch
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/georgia-senate-candidate-expensed-thousands-in-free-lunches
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/most-back-minimum-wage-hike-policies-to-address-the-wealth-gap/
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/jan/13/scott-walker/scott-walker-says-minimum-wage-jobs-are-overwhelmi/
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1401/05/sotu.01.html
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/132130383.html?page=1

Unintentional humor: the NSA and privacy
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/bernie-sanders-national-security-agency-spying-101726.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/bernie-sanders-nsa-letter_n_4597978.html
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/30/glenn_greenwald_the_nsa_can_literally

A personal aside
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/01/1413-point-of-personal-privilege-atheism.html
http://mortongrove.suntimes.com/news/pledge-MGC-10312013:article
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-03/news/ct-pledge-of-allegiance-donation-met-20131203_1_joseph-lampert-donation-veterans-group
http://mortongrove.suntimes.com/news/pledge-MGC-12262013:article
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/park_ridge_niles/ct-niles-pantry-atheist-donation-nnw-tl-0116-20140109,0,7121202.story
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/10/an_atheist_finally_finds_someone_to_take_his_money/?source=newsletter

Outrage of the Week: GOPpers and Dimcrats combine to ruin Iran negotiations
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-us-iran-20140113,0,341164.story
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1108/Imminent-Iran-nuclear-threat-A-timeline-of-warnings-since-1979/Earliest-warnings-1979-84?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+World%29
http://www.wideasleepinamerica.com/2010/12/phantom-menace-fantasies-falsehoods-and.html
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/02/22/how-close-is-iran-to-nuclear-weapons/
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-white-house-iran-nuclear-deal-20140110,0,1510706.story#axzz2qPIgizZf
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/support-for-iran-sanctions-bill-nears-filibuster-proof-majority/2014/01/10/33efdaee-7a2c-11e3-af7f-13bf0e9965f6_story.html
http://armscontrolcenter.org/issues/iran/articles/analysis_of_faults_in_the_menendez-kirk_iran_sanctions_bill_s_1881/
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-white-house-iran-nuclear-deal-20140110,0,1510706.story#axzz2qPIgizZf
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/10/world/meast/iran-nuclear-deal/
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/senate-reaches-veto-proof-majority-on-iran-sanctions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_aid_to_Israel#Military_aid_and_procurement

Net neutrality neutralized
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/14/court-strikes-down-fccs-net-neutrality-rule/
http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/14/fcc-open-internet-order-struck-down/
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304049704579320500441593462
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-14/verizon-net-neutrality-victory-means-more-fighting-to-come
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2008/11/whats-fair-is-fair.html