Left Side of the Aisle #195

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of March 13-19, 2015

Good News: national museum in Baghdad reopens
http://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/iraq-museum#.tqzODdY4O

Good News: Amtrak is funded
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150305/BLOGS02/150309888/all-aboard-house-votes-to-continue-funding-amtrak
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-04/fido-and-fluffy-may-be-your-amtrak-seatmates-under-house-measure
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/05/1368719/-Yesterday-House-Democrats-saved-Amtrak-proving-again-that-they-re-the-only-ones-governing
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2005/03/it-doesnt-take-much.html

Not Good News: Amtrak again starved of funds to invest in improvements
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-04/fido-and-fluffy-may-be-your-amtrak-seatmates-under-house-measure
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/house-passes-amtrak-bill-boost-northeast-service-29393649
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150305/BLOGS02/150309888/all-aboard-house-votes-to-continue-funding-amtrak

Update: Child Protective Services accuses parents of "unsubstantiated child neglect" for letting their children walk home from a local park
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/02/1919-clown-award-kermit-elementary.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/03/02/meitiv_decision_cps_finds_free_range_parents_responsible_for_unsubstantiated.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/decision-in-free-range-case-does-not-end-debate-about-parenting-and-safety/2015/03/02/5a919454-c04d-11e4-ad5c-3b8ce89f1b89_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/raising-children-on-fear/2015/02/13/9d9db67e-b2e7-11e4-827f-93f454140e2b_story.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/02/just-wondering.html

The 47 Senators who signed the letter to Iran are tying to provoke a war
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/03/09/gop-senators-warning-over-us-iran-nuclear-negotiations/21151149/
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/03/10/Iran-Pushes-Back-Against-Senate-GOP-Letter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/senate-iran-deal_n_6832706.html
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/backstabbing-republicans-publish-open
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/09/tom-cotton-iran_n_6831328.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_time

RIP: Minnie Minoso
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/03/01/chicagos-1st-black-major-league-baseball-player-minoso-dies/24218219/
http://minoso.com/
http://time.com/3727958/major-league-baseballs-first-black-latino-star-minoso-dies/
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-minnie-minoso-20150302-story.html

Obama's lovely little war: US to allow export of armed drones
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/232045-republican-pushes-drones-for-jordan
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/233003-us-okays-sale-of-armed-drones

And Another Thing: researchers find fish living beneath 740 meters of ice
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/510126/Ross-Ice-Shelf
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/discovery-fish-live-beneath-antarctica/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earthly-extremophiles-prompt-speculation-about-alien-life/?WT.mc_id=SA_SPC_20150205

And Another Thing: researchers make quantum photograph of light as wave and particles simultaneously
http://news.discovery.com/tech/photo-first-lights-captured-as-both-particle-and-wave-150302.htm