Friday, May 30, 2014

Left Side of the Aisle #160




Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of May 29 - June 4, 2014

This week:

Some dare to say "gun control"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/24/315425094/shooting-near-uc-santa-barbara-leaves-3-dead
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/24/315624700/alleged-shooter-in-california-left-vast-digital-trail
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/05/24/nr-california-shooting-victims-father-press-conference.cnn.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/25/peter-king-gun-control_n_5390146.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/25/senate-gun-control-bills_n_5389192.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/us/16cnd-shooting.html?pagewanted=all
http://www.bradycampaign.org/sites/default/files/GunDeathandInjuryStatSheet3YearAverageFINAL.pdf
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/05/27/deleo-unveils-bill-strengthen-gun-laws-mass/Y7CUFEFhGcOHnY6D5GJTmI/story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/chicago-gun-plan_n_5398340.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/chicago-gun-ban_n_4551227.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/joe-the-plumber-guns_n_5397981.html
http://barbwire.com/2014/05/27/open-letter-parents-victims-murdered-elliot-rodger/

USPS under fire by those who want to destroy it
http://www.news.ruralinfo.net/2014/05/committee-passes-controversial-issa-bill-apwu.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/postal-service-communal-mailboxes_n_5366124.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/10/mailing-it-in.html

Update: can you refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance?
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/05/1584-outrage-of-week-atheists-dont.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/05/1585-footnote-freedoms-just-another.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/atheist-student-pledge-of-allegiance_n_5399090.html
http://americanhumanist.org/system/storage/2/82/1/5134/Letter_to_Elmira_City_School_5-27-14_.pdf

A Memorial Day thought
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/05/26/veterans-for-peace-remember-fallen-soldiers-with-harbor-front-ceremony-advocating-end-war/aylGYUlJt83qIvWyAdBsgL/story.html

Clown Award: Michael Boggs
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/13/michael-boggs-confirmation-hearing_n_5316391.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banner
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/michael-boggs-abortion_n_5398327.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Outrage of the Week: domestic violence is not like beer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/bar-domestic-violence-joke_n_5397927.html
http://domesticviolencestatistics.org/domestic-violence-statistics/

Link to Richard Martinez' statement:
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/05/24/nr-california-shooting-victims-father-press-conference.cnn.html

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