Left Side of the Aisle #191

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of February 12-18, 2015

This week:
Good News: number of Ebola cases down sharply
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Health/ID/2650956696/
http://news.sciencemag.org/africa/2015/02/positive-results-ebola-drug-upsets-plans-trials
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-end-african-ebola-role-1423612366

Good News: same-sex marriage comes to Alabama, mostly
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/01/23/3615155/federal-judge-rules-alabamas-ban-sex-marriage/
http://www.towleroad.com/2015/02/eleventh-circuit-denies-stay-of-alabama-marriage-ruling-gay-couples-can-marry-february-9.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/02/09/who-is-roy-moore-the-judge-at-the-center-of-alabamas-muddled-gay-marriage-situation/
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/alabama_chief_justice_roy_moor_4.html
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/02/09/3620785/supreme-court-just-gave-clearest-sign-date-will-side-marriage-equality/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/gay-marriage-iowa-freedom_n_6538624.html

Not Good News: still a long way to go on LGBT rights
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/01/states-sex-education-gay-marriage
http://www.app.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/04/smith-bashed-distinction-gay-rights-human-rights/22883825/
http://www.ohchr.org/en/udhr/pages/introduction.aspx
http://www.care2.com/causes/creating-the-perfect-family-one-state-law-at-a-time.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/11/us-usa-kansas-brownback-idUSKBN0LF02S20150211

The little Thing: NYC to have elite force of cops to deal with protests
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/12/1374-outrage-of-week-bill-bratton-for.html
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/01/29/bratton-unveils-plans-for-new-anti-terror-police-unit/

The little Thing: "Wall Street- and business-friendly" equals "moderate"
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/01/1891-good-news-antonio-weiss-gives-up.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/antonio-weiss-lizabeth-warren-treasury-114539.html
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/12/spending-bill-992-derivatives-citigroup-lobbyists

Outrage of the Week: changing the rules to damage Disability Insurance
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2011/01/rules-all-of-them-so-far.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/06/huffpost-hill_n_6426026.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
http://www.offthechartsblog.org/house-rule-could-hurt-vulnerable-disability-beneficiaries/
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=4168

Everything You Need to Know: about holding the powerful accountable
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/565314432935665665

FCC Net neutrality vote scheduled for February 26
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/04/fcc-net-neutrality_n_6613494.html

Clown Award: Kermit Elementary School, Kermit, TX
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-boy-suspended-bringing-ring-power-school-article-1.2099103
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/1/texas-boy-9-suspended-for-threatening-to-use-hobbi/
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/03/the_day_i_left_my_son_in_the_car/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/maryland-couple-want-free-range-kids-but-not-all-do/2015/01/14/d406c0be-9c0f-11e4-bcfb-059ec7a93ddc_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/and-now-the-criminalization-of-parenthood/