Thursday, August 30, 2012

Left Side of the Aisle #71



Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 30 - September 5, 2012

This week:
Outrage of the Week: SEC helps banks, helps fraud, hurts ordinary investors
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2012/04/left-side-of-aisle-51-part-1.html
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/08/quelle-surprise-sec-plans-to-make-the-world-safer-for-fraudsters-push-through-jobs-act-con-artist-friendly-solicitation-rules.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/103108245/Consumer-Federation-of-America-JOBS-Letter-Aug-15
http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20120827/FREE/120829939
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-23/levitt-says-sec-inaction-on-funds-national-disgrace-tom-keene.html/

Voting rights under attack
http://cognoscenti.wbur.org/2012/08/13/brown-voter-eileen-mcnamara
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Senate/2012/0814/Welfare-voter-spat-in-Massachusetts-part-of-larger-political-duel
http://www.sfgate.com/business/bottomline/article/Corporations-ties-to-voter-ID-laws-3815349.php
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20120817_Ruling_upholding_Pennsylvania__voter_ID_law_misplaced_its_sympathy.html
http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/pennsylvania-government-refuses-to-turn-over-photo-id-documents-to-justice-dept?news=845125
http://www.ldnews.com/state/ci_21356213/corbett-aide-rebukes-justice-dept-over-voter-id
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9494
http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/corbett-tells-doj-to-mind-own-business-1.1362947
http://home.earthlink.net/~joesarno/tomc_daily.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Corbett%2C_Space_Cadet

Clarabell Award: GOP Senate candidate says having child out of wedlock "similar" to pregnancy from rape; miners required to attend Romney rally, lose day's pay; Nebraska schools want deaf 3-year-old to change his name because they claim the sign for his name looks like a gun
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/tom-smith-rape_n_1834234.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/century-mine-romney-ohio-mandatory_n_1836674.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/hunter-spanjer-3-year-old_n_1836159.html

Global warming: Former skeptic says increasing temperatures almost entirely due to human activity
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/opinion/the-conversion-of-a-climate-change-skeptic.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/arctic-sea-ice-melt-2012_n_1833260.html

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