Left Side of the Aisle #259

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of September 8-15, 2016

This week:

Good News: Massachusetts moves against unsafe guns
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/20/mass-attorney-general-says-she-crack-down-assault-weapons/8xmuDyW6DR1tkt7mBNncRK/story.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-06/a-new-legal-assault-on-firearm-makers-some-guns-may-be-dangerous?cmpid=google&google_editors_picks=true
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/08/31/healey-launches-gun-safety-investigation/EqmsKiAIeweTWxbuk0NKNO/story.html

Clown Award: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fn36l_z3WY
http://reason.com/blog/2016/09/01/9th-circuit-says-medical-marijuana-cardh
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/increased-access-cannabis-associated-reductions-violent-crimes
http://www.msnbc.com/all/does-marijuana-lower-the-crime-rate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/25/marijuana-study_n_5711217.html
https://www.weedsta.com/articles/study-finds-marijuana-does-not-lead-to-violent-behavior

Update: phasing private prisons out of the federal system
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/08/2582-good-news-federal-private-prisons.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/08/2583-not-good-news-phaseout-does-not.html
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigration-detention-20160906-snap-story.html?track=lat-pick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2004/10/in-case-you-missed-it.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2005/06/so-do-tell-whats-been-going-on-while-i_27.html
http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/08/31/profit-pipeline-company-claims-public-benefit-seizing-private-lands-pennsylvania
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/27/private-prison-trump-clinton/
http://www.sfexaminer.com/wheres-pen-gov-brown/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_prison#In_the_United_States

More media failure
http://www.ktnv.com/news/las-vegas-man-facing-charges-after-posting-threatening-youtube-video
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/conspiracy-theorist-charged-threatening-terror-attack-article-1.2767259
https://www.youtube.com/user/FisherOfPeople
http://www.care2.com/causes/clinton-explains-exactly-how-trump-is-peddling-hate-in-alt-right-speech.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_newsgroup

And Another Thing: dogs understand language
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/08/30/confirmed-your-dog-really-does-get-you/