Left Side of the Aisle #225

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of October 29 - November 4, 2015

This week:

Good News: DOJ gets slapped down on prosecutions of medical marijuana dispensaries
http://norml.org/legal/medical-marijuana-2
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/LegalizationNation/archives/2015/10/23/gallup-marijuana-legalization-support-holds-at-58-percent
http://www.dea.gov/druginfo/ds.shtml
http://www.scribd.com/doc/285976410/MAMM-vs-USDOJ-Charles-R-Breyer-ruling-to-lift-injunction
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/20/federal-court-tells-the-dea-to-stop-harassing-medical-marijuana-providers/

Update: Martin Shkreli is meeting reallity
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/business/new-york-attorney-general-examining-if-turing-restricted-drug-access.html?_r=1
http://www.care2.com/causes/a-big-pharma-company-just-did-something-that-may-shock-you.html
http://www.cbs8.com/story/30327142/san-diego-based-drug-company-offers-low-cost-version-of-price-hiked-turing-drug

Footnote: Shkreli is far from the first to price-gouge on medicine
http://www.care2.com/causes/prescription-drug-price-controversy-highlights-whats-wrong-with-big-pharma.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/22/business/big-price-increase-for-tb-drug-is-rescinded.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28212223

Update: Gravity Systems, the company that raised its minimum wage to $70,000, is doing just fine
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/14/1377642/-Washington-employer-shocks-employees-by-raising-his-company-s-minimum-wage-to-70-000-per-year
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/26/1439456/-Update-on-the-CEO-who-made-70-000-minimum-wage-for-all-his-employees

The little Thing: House GOP admits Obamacare is good for the federal budget
http://www.aol.com/article/2015/10/23/gop-bill-would-gut-health-law-halt-planned-parenthood-money/21253180/

The good news is who Obama tapped to fill a vacancy on the SEC; the bad and revealing news is who he wanted to pick
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/10/sec-poised-to-gut-corporate-disclosure-in-financial-statements.html
https://theintercept.com/2015/10/20/obama-names-lisa-fairfax-to-sec-a-vote-for-wall-street-reform/
https://theintercept.com/2015/06/15/sec-pick-specializes-in-helping-corporations-hide-political-expenditures/

Outrage of the Week: our expanding lovely little war in Iraq and Syria
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/politics/iraq-syria-mideast-hearing/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/06/2087-our-lovely-little-war-new-us-base.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/06/2076-obamas-lovely-little-war-grows.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-weighs-moving-us-troops-closer-to-front-lines-in-syria-iraq/2015/10/26/4ae2f36c-7bec-11e5-b575-d8dcfedb4ea1_story.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/master-sergeant-joshua-wheeler-idd-commando-killed-isis-hostage-rescue-n449876
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/carter-us-to-conduct-more-ground-raids-in-iraq-syria/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-kills-islamic-state-leader-in-syria-raid/2015/05/16/31280b26-fbca-11e4-a13c-193b1241d51a_story.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/23/politics/iraq-combat-hostage-raid-wheeler-/

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