Left Side of the Aisle #153

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 3-9, 2014

This week:

Good News:  new poll says Virginia voters approve same-sex marriage
http://news.yahoo.com/virginia-voters-back-gay-marriage-court-hearing-nears-171354050.html

Good News: World Court blocks Japanese "scientific" whaling
http://news.yahoo.com/world-court-japanese-whaling-not-scientific-094923835.html
http://news.yahoo.com/world-court-rules-japans-whaling-not-scientific-ends-095413929.html

Outrage of the Week: Obama whitewashes Iraq War
http://rt.com/usa/obama-brussels-nato-crimea-469/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/03/happy-anniversary.html
https://www.iraqbodycount.org/
http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Apr-01/251937-officials-suicide-attack-kills-5-soldiers-in-iraq.ashx#axzz2xQDEOUct
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/30/attacks-kill-16-people-in-iraq/
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/attacks-mar-iraq-election-campaign-30145106.html
https://www.iraqbodycount.org/analysis/beyond/blurring-war-and-peace/
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/03/iraq-women-rights-challenges-setbacks.html#
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/04/iraq-civil-state-constitution.html#
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/20/iraq-child-marriage-bill-human-rights
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/godot/

Global warming: new IPCC reports describes dangers
https://www.ipcc.ch/
http://www.ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/28/local/la-me-0928-climate-change-20130928
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2013/13
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/january/nasa-finds-2013-sustained-long-term-climate-warming-trend/#.Ut6uX2Qo79B
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/2013-6th-warmest-year-on-record-climate-change-contributes-17218
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/global/2014/2
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-0401-climate-change-20140401,0,1584240.story
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/31/science/earth/panels-warning-on-climate-risk-worst-is-yet-to-come.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
http://news.yahoo.com/nearing-collapse-west-antarcticas-glaciers-speeding-231152148.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/28/climate-change-ipcc-report_n_5050962.html
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/03/24/Global-warming-to-hit-Asia-hardest-UN-says/3431395670600/
http://useconomy.about.com/od/usfederalbudget/p/military_budget.htm
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/202051-gop-government-should-focus-on-storm-prediction-not

Clown Award: Sen. James Inhofe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/200416-inhofe-points-to-record-cold-when-denying-climate-change