Left Side of the Aisle #189

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of January 15-21, 2015

This week:
Good News: Antonio Weiss gives up
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/antonio-weiss-treasury_n_6458874.htmlgn
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/10/joe-manchin-antonio-weiss_n_6303544.html

Good News: same-sex marriage comes to South Dakota
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/south-dakota-gay-marriage_n_6458402.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/01/13/judge-strikes-down-south-dakota-gay-marriage-ban/

Good News, mostly: ACA survives a challenge
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/supreme-court-obamacare_n_6455970.htmlgood news

Not Good News: SCOTUS accepts challenge to ACA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/supreme-court-obamacare_n_6455970.htmlgood news

Update: Obama renews veto pledge after NE Supreme Court ruling
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/09/nebraska-keystone-pipeline-route_n_6439466.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/12/senate-keystone-pipeline_n_6459386.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford/heres-why-keystone-kl-is_b_6434020.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/17/1345441/-CEO-of-TransCanada-Concedes-just-50-permanent-jobs-from-Keystone-XL-Pipeline

Noted in passing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/13/republicans-minimum-wage_n_6463944.html?1421180717

Clown Award: Rupert Murdoch
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/11/jk-rowling-rupert-murdoch_n_6453306.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/10/rupert-murdoch-muslims-must-be-held-responsible-for-france-terror-attacks

Outrage of the Week: attacks on The Commons
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/21/1338275/-Paul-LePage-s-New-Idea-Indentured-Servants
http://mainecampus.com/2014/10/20/on-the-market-lepage-lays-out-plan-for-job-seeking-college-grads/
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/11/14/3592511/scott-walker-medicaid-expansion/
http://fox59.com/2014/10/20/indiana-adopts-stricter-food-stamp-policy-could-impact-thousands/
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/gov-mike-pence-says-hes-ennobling-poor
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/11/26/3596488/a-texas-lawmakers-bizarre-plan-to-secede-from-the-union-one-law-at-a-time/
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2014/12/26/snyder-sigsn-suspicion-based-drug-testing-bills/20918625/

Charlie Hebdo and ethical limits on speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2015/0113/Hebdo-attacks-Offensive-speech-is-protected.-When-should-it-be-used-video
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2015/01/07/3608780/charlie-hebdo/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadith
http://www.salon.com/2015/01/09/10_insane_right_wing_reactions_to_the_charlie_hebdo_massacre_partner/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/yes-virginia-cartoons-are-worth-fighting-for-20150108
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ
http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/jan/09/joe-sacco-on-satire-a-response-to-the-attacks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_France
http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/16/europes-new-problem-with-anti-semitism/