Left Side of the Aisle #158

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 15-21, 2014

This week:

Good News: PA gives up on voter ID
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/01/1431-good-news-pennsylvania-voter-photo.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Corbett%2C_Space_Cadet
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20140508_ap_a736eeef2e02499b8a5d0dfcdaa74394.html?c=r

Good News: same-sex marriage comes to Arkansas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/arkansas-gay-marriage-ban_n_5298379.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_and_Richard_Loving
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20140510/us--gay-marriage-arkansas/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQVoYRzZwhc

Footnote: Gohmert and Godwin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/louie-gohmert-gay-marriage_n_5296981.html

Outrage of the Week: atheists don't count - again
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/massachusetts-pledge-of-allegiance_n_5296690.html
http://www.wggb.com/2014/05/09/massachusetts-pledge-of-allegiance-not-religious/
http://oldtimeislands.org/pledge/pledge.htm
http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/usconstitution/a/pledgehist.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance
http://www.religioustolerance.org/nat_pled1.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontheistic_religions

Footnote: freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/massachusetts-pledge-of-allegiance_n_5296690.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_State_Board_of_Education_v._Barnette

Clown Award: Grover Norquist
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-conspiracy-theories-resurface-from-the-right-this-time/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Chamber

The little Thing: the media’s utter lack of self-awareness
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/02/seattle-may-day_n_5253707.html
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2023508848_maydayxml.html
http://www.salon.com/2014/05/02/creationists_neil_degrasse_tyson_hysteria_reaches_fever_pitch_partner/
http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AP-GfK-March-2014-Poll-Topline-Final_SCIENCE.pdf
http://www.gallup.com/poll/168620/one-four-solidly-skeptical-global-warming.aspx

Global warming: getting hot under the collar
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/06/fact-sheet-what-climate-change-means-regions-across-america-and-major-se
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-climate-report-says-global-warming-impact-already-severe/2014/05/06/0e82cd3c-d49c-11e3-aae8-c2d44bd79778_story.html?hpid=z1
http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/national-climate-assessment-report/1016/
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-05-06/fed-report-warming-disrupting-americans-lives