Left Side of the Aisle #149

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

This week:

Good News: world is winning the war against polio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25708715
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24854920

Unintentional Humor: John Kerry and the Russian Foreign Ministry
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/02/us-ukraine-crisis-usa-kerry-idUSBREA210DG20140302
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ukraine-russia-crisis-20140304,0,4817547.story
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-latest-russian-troops-fire-warning-shots-as-putin-calls-troops-back-to-bases-9167387.html

Clown Award: Dr. Roy Spencer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Spencer_%28scientist%29
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/21/people_who_call_climate_deniers_climate_deniers_should_be_called_global_warming_nazis_says_climate_denier/
http://desmogblog.com/2014/02/20/climate-change-denier-roy-spencer-says-people-who-use-word-denier-are-global-warming-nazis
http://www.cornwallalliance.org/articles/read/an-evangelical-declaration-on-global-warming/
http://www.cornwallalliance.org/articles/read/cornwall-stewardship-agenda/

Update: Keystone XL pipeline
http://www.carbontracker.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/03/keystone-xl-emissions-state-department_n_4892806.html
http://www.carbontracker.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kxl-The-Significance-Trap_FINAL_03_03_2014.pdf
http://priceofoil.org/2014/02/17/kerrys-state-department-ignored-obamas-climate-action-plan/
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/nebraska_just_made_things_a_lot_harder_for_keystone/

Update: Same-sex Marriage
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-04/kentucky-to-appeal-ruling-on-out-of-state-gay-marriages-1
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/kentucky-gay-marriage-case-104236.html
http://www.chron.com/news/local/article/Texas-ban-on-gay-marriage-ruled-unconstitutional-5270099.php?cmpid=bna
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/02/federal-judge-voids-texas-gay-marriage-ban-though-he-delays-order-from-taking-effect-immediately.html/
http://www.freep.com/article/20140304/NEWS06/303040079/Michigan-same-sex-marriage-trial
http://www.freep.com/article/20140304/COL04/303050025/
http://www.9news.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/04/hickenlooper-same-sex-marriage-stance/6022897/
http://www.bobdylan.com/us/songs/subterranean-homesick-blues
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2014/03/04/republican-group-shows-support-for-gay- marriage/NwRZByvLI0bwNfJabgxy3J/story.html

Update: Bogus "Religious Freedom" Bills
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/jan-brewer-vetoes-arizona-sb-1062-104018.html
http://theweek.com/article/index/257366/speedreads-72-percent-of-arizonans-are-glad-jan-brewer-vetoed-that-anti-gay-religious-freedom-bill
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/gay-discrimination-bills-religious-freedom-jim-crow?google_editors_picks=true
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/religious-freedom-origin-story

Outrage of the Week: Woman Denied Citizenship Due to Atheism
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/28/womans_citizenship_application_rejected_because_she_objects_to_war_isnt_religious/
http://americanhumanist.org/news/details/2014-02-us-immigration-services-denies-applicant-based-on-se