Left Side of the Aisle #145

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of Frbruary 6 - 12, 2014

This week:
Good news 1: Even right-wingers coming around on marriage equality
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/republicans-gay-marriage-support
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20140126/NEWS/301260028/Republican-leaders-aim-end-gay-marriage-ban?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2014/02/03/next-hjr-3-hearing-will-be-monday/5190625/
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/williamfb384475.html

Good news 2: Iran sanctions bill stalls
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/world/middleeast/potent-pro-israel-group-finds-its-momentum-blunted.html

Update: Thomas Perkins has friends
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/tom-perkins-net-worth-2/
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/29/michelle-malkin-tires-to-reframe-income-inequal/197812
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/28/fox-analyst-defends-billionaires-paranoid-nazi/197801
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304691904579348791505926788?mod=ITP_opinion_2

Clown Award: North Carolina GOPpers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/abortion-north-carolina-senate_n_4718164.html?ref=topbar
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/07/left-side-of-aisle-119-part-1.html
http://www.acog.org/About_ACOG/News_Room/News_Releases/2012/Personhood_Measures
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/31/3581067/abortion-question-divides-north.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_v._Connecticut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenstadt_v._Baird

That Coke ad
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=10142
http://deadspin.com/dumb-people-mad-at-multilingual-america-the-beautiful-1514567876
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/language-blog/bal-cocacola-and-white-outrage-20140204,0,5895928.story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/glenn-beck-coca-cola-super-bowl-ad_n_4719005.html?ref=topbar

The State of the Keystone
http://keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov/documents/organization/221135.pdf
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/obama-keystone-xl_n_4719401.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2012/03/left-side-of-aisle-50-part-1.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sachs/keystone-the-pipeline-to_b_4716229.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford/reality-check-on-keystone_b_4719253.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/broad-coalition-backs-keystone-xl-oil-pipeline-22363514

Syria: Remember I told you so
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/09/1262-scary-notion-that-president-can.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/us-syria-chemical-weapons-destruction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25968616
http://www.opcw.org/
http://opcw.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=6576&ctl=Details&mid=10358&ItemID=19898&language=en-US
http://www.opcw.org/news/article/libya-completes-destruction-of-its-category-1-chemical-weapons/
http://www.hrw.org/node/122718/
http://www.hrw.org/

Outrage of the Week: Still how they think of you
http://jobsanger.blogspot.com/2014/01/bayer-ceo-thinks-poor-people-dont.html
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/01/26/3205861/pharmaceutical-ceo-cancer-drug-westerners-afford/
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/events/symposiums/2012-lives-in-the-balance/assets/files/Medical-Innovations-for-Neglected-Patients.pdf
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/