Left Side of the Aisle #157

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 1-7, 2014

This week:

Good News: SCOTUS upholds power of EPA to regulate cross-border pollution
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-scotus-epa-20140430,0,2869822.story

Good News: federal court strikes down Wisconsin voter ID law
http://www.postcrescent.com/viewart/20140429/APC010401/304290492/Federal-ruling-blocks-Wisconsin-voter-identification-law-Brokaw-woman-wants-ID-fight-continue
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20111204/WDH06/112040373/Voter-ID-becomes-law-unintended-consequences?nclick_check=1

Good News: United Church of Christ sues North Carolina to overturn ban on same-sex marriage
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/04/28/lawsuit-unusual-approach-against-gay-marriage-ban/20877178/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl38%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D469706

Hero Award: Hector Montoya
http://www.aol.com/article/2014/04/23/texas-boy-bought-every-house-in-neighborhood-a-gift-after-traged/20874304/
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/04/texas_boy_gives_up_ps4_money_to_buy_smoke_detectors.html

Third anniversary: re-introducing myself
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_view
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_power
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/weatherunderground/film.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_es.htm
https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R40682.pdf
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/vietnam/vwatl.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
http://icasualties.org/Iraq/Index.aspx
http://www.icasualties.org/oef/
http://www.statisticbrain.com/vietnam-war-statistics/
http://icasualties.org/Iraq/USCasualtiesByState.aspx
http://www.icasualties.org/OEF/USCasualtiesByState.aspx

Third anniversary: thank-yous