Left Side of the Aisle #212

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of July 16-22, 2015

This week:

Good News: suit attacking civil asset forfeiture proceeds
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-1.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/05/2047-update-states-move-against-civil.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/10/1401118/-A-judge-says-that-two-men-can-sue-police-who-seized-100k-poker-winnings-in-civil-forfeiture-case

Good News: court finds that invoking God does not automatically exempt you from following laws
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/14/little-sisters-of-the-poor_n_7796404.html
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/becket-fund-pretends-its-not-fighting-culture-wars

Good News: Boy Scouts end blanket ban on gay scout leaders
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/07/2103-hero-award-girl-scouts-of-america.html
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/07/13/boy-scouts-executive-committee-oks-ending-ban-on-gay-leaders/21208789/

Hero Award: Whataburger continues ban on guns in its restaurants
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/14/whataburger-says-no-to-ne_n_7793274.html

Footnote: Why do we keep arguing about guns on the NRA's terms?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/14/whataburger-says-no-to-ne_n_7793274.html
http://mikethegunguy.com/2015/06/14/do-we-really-know-how-many-americans-own-guns-depends-who-wants-to-know/

Outrage of the Week: State Dept. to upgrade Malaysia's ranking on human trafficking so it can stay in the TPP
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/06/2079-outrage-of-week-obama-thinks-tpp.html
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/09/us-to-move-malaysia-off-lowest-tier-on-list-of-worst-human-trafficking-centres
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/10/malaysia-human-trafficking_n_7771652.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_2hlKqRTPg

Greece: what the "bailouts" mean
http://fair.org/home/after-greece-cuts-a-quarter-of-its-budget-wapo-asks-if-its-willing-to-trim-spending/
http://www.thenation.com/article/austerity-has-failed-an-open-letter-from-thomas-piketty-to-angela-merkel/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/euro-zone-greece-bailout_55a366a6e4b0ecec71bc6171
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33531845

Iran: comments on "the deal"
http://www.nytimes.com/live/iran-nuclear-deal-live-updates/key-provisions-of-the-accord/?partner=rss&emc=rss
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/02/goody-goody.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1108/Imminent-Iran-nuclear-threat-A-timeline-of-warnings-since-1979/Earliest-warnings-1979-84
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/14/2016-candidates-iran-deal_n_7793558.html?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=WorldPost