Left Side of the Aisle #241

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of March 17-23, 2015

This week:

Good News: FCC to consider stronger privacy rules for ISPs
http://www.cnet.com/news/regulators-propose-stricter-privacy-rules-for-internet-service-providers/

Good News: Obama eliminates funding for "abstinence-only" sex ed in federal budget
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2005/03/be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html
http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=523&parentID=477
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/11/we-dont-need-no-stinking-studies.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2007/04/another-success-story-in-keeping-us.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2012/05/left-side-of-aisle-55-part-4.html
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/15/1501670/-Pres-Obama-eliminates-abstinent-only-funding-in-2017-budget-adds-4m-to-teen-pregnancy-prevention
http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-health-topics/reproductive-health/teen-pregnancy/trends.html#

Good News: Interior Dept. says no lease sales for oil drilling off Atlantic Coast
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-27/obama-proposes-offshore-oil-drilling-from-virginia-to-georgia
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/15/in-reversal-obama-admin-to-block-oil-drilling-in-atlantic.html
http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-oil-atlantic-idINL2N16N0W3
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-15/obama-said-to-bar-atlantic-coast-oil-drilling-in-policy-reversal

Good News: Myanmar chooses its president from first free and open elections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Myanmar
http://www.sfgate.com/world/article/Suu-Kyi-loyalist-and-friend-elected-Myanmar-s-6891646.php
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/06/im-still-trying-to-keep-hope-alive.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2007/10/burma-no-time-for-silence.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-notes-on-burma.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2012/04/left-side-of-aisle-52-part-1.html
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6746286/2016/03/15/myanmars-parliament-elects-suu-kyi-confidant-president

Updates about Syria
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/03/2391-good-news-partial-ceasefire-in.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-kerry-we-may-face-best-opportunity-in-years-to-end-syria-war/
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53453#.VukCyNBSQVI
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-withdrawal-syria_us_56e6f864e4b0b25c9182af57?utm_hp_ref=world
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-syria-withdrawal-putin_us_56e6faa1e4b0b25c9182b51d
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/analysis-why-putin-picked-moment-pull-out-syria-n538671
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/15/analysis-russian-withdrawal-aims-pressure-assad-seek-peace-syria/81805610/

Not Good News: UN excoriates South Sudan over human rights violations
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/01/1404-bad-news-south-sudan.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/01/1416-update-south-sudan.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/09/2184-more-tragedy-still-hope-in-south.html
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=17207&LangID=E
http://time.com/4255833/south-sudan-un-report-human-rights-abuses/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/un-human-rights-south-sudan-militias-rape-women-girls-payment/
http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-troops-suffocated-60-church-compound-amnesty-213930700.html
http://www.voanews.com/content/south-sudan-rebels-sending-generals-to-juba/3239727.html

RIPs: Keith Emerson and Ben Bagdikian
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35787187
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7256311/keith-emerson-death-suicide-health-issues
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/03/11/ben-bagdikian-dies-96-berkeley/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/02/bill-is-that-you.html
http://fair.org/home/ben-bagdikian-visionary/

Clown Award: ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson
http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/31897/exxon-ceo-sues-no-fracking-near-my-mansion
http://www.thenation.com/article/exxons-pro-fracking-ceo-suing-stop-fracking-near-his-mansion/

Media failures: scare-mongering headline totally distorts the story
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/03/14/serbia-investigates-after-portland-bound-missiles-found-on-passe/21327741/