Left Side of the Aisle #143

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of January 23-29, 2014

This week:

Good news: Pennsylvania voter photo ID law struck down
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/17/pennsylvania-voter-id-law_n_4617021.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/map_of_the_week/2012/09/voter_id_laws_a_state_by_state_map_reveals_how_much_voter_fraud_there_is_in_the_united_states_almost_none_.html
http://www.examiner.com/article/two-time-loss-voter-id-trial-may-influence-commonwealth-s-decision-to-appeal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Corbett%2C_Space_Cadet
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/01/22/corbett-asks-commonwealth-judge-to-reconsider-voter-id-knockdown/
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=6&fid=9122052&jid=PPS&volumeId=11&issueId=04&aid=9122051&bodyId=&membershipNumber=&societyETOCSession=&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S1537592713002843
http://www.salon.com/2013/12/21/study_confirms_every_bad_thing_you_suspected_about_voter_id_laws_partner/

Good news: Virginia Attorney General supports marriage equality
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2014/01/22/85a96a10-83ac-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/virginia-ag-same-sex-gay-marriage_n_4648972.html?ref=topbar

Update: Net neutrality
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/01/1426-net-neutrality-neutralized.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2008/11/whats-fair-is-fair.html
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/18/web_neutrality_isnt_dead_just_yet_partner/

Update: Iran
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/21/us-iran-nuclear-idUSBREA0J00420140121?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71&google_editors_picks=true
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barry-lando/irans-nukes-2-elephants-i_b_4325270.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/01/22/another-blow-to-the-iran-sanctions-bill/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/debbie-wasserman-schultz-iran_n_4603058.html

Everything You Need to Know: world income inequality
http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp-working-for-few-political-capture-economic-inequality-200114-summ-en.pdf
http://www.oxfam.org/
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-20/the-worlds-85-richest-now-worth-as-much-as-3-dot-5-billion-poorest?google_editors_picks=true

Outrage of the Week: Forced ultrasounds not only intrusive and burdensome, but useless
http://www.guttmacher.org/statecenter/updates/2012/statetrends42012.html
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/10/being_forced_to_view_an_ultrasound_doesnt_change_womens_decisions_about_abortion/
http://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Abstract/2014/01000/Relationship_Between_Ultrasound_Viewing_and.13.aspx

Clown Award: Glenn Beck
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-bill-nye-those-who-tried-silence-galileo