Left Side of the Aisle #227

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

This week:

Good News: Keystone XL pipeline rejected
http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/11/249249.htm
http://climateobserver.org/open-and-shut/indc/
http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21678157-barack-obamas-rejection-oil-pipeline-blessing-and-curse-new-prime
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/259611-keystone-xl-not-dead-yet

Clown Award: Rep. Louie Gohmert
http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/rep-gohmert-put-gays-one-island-straights-another-island-well-see-which-one
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/liberty-university-guns-on-campus_n_3017005.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/louie-gohmert-gay-marriage-comments-089582
http://www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2015/11/06/bonehead-quote-of-the-week-louie-gohmert-and-the-great-desert-island-experiment

Outrage of the Week: SCOTUS makes it almost impossible to sue killer cops
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-bernick/hollowing-out-civil-right_b_8517138.html
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-supreme-court-police-shootings-20151109-story.html
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-1143_f20h.pdf

Hero Award: 11-year-old Will Smith
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-sale-daniel-murphy-bat-nixed-historic-hr-article-1.2410947
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2015/10/28/11-year-old-mets-fan-duped-by-topps-gives-refund-to-jackie-robinson-foundation/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Murphy_%28baseball%29
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/billy-bean-mlb-inclusion-ambassador-visits-mets-article-1.2135840
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/young-mets-fan-signed-daniel-murphy-bat-article-1.2411779
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/jackie-robinson
http://www.jackierobinson.org/

Heroics: Soldiers are not heroes
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/11/11/veterans-group-wants-return-of-armistice-day.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2008/06/heroics.html
http://crooksandliars.com/2008/06/10/sen-webb-on-the-daily-show-john-mccain-voted-against-a-first-class-future-for-our-veterans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenhawk_%28politics%29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vI7r6Rjp-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngl33ucB7oE&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNInWQI-qU&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2008/02/untucked.html