Left Side of the Aisle #122

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 22-28, 2013

This week:

Clown Award: Orson Scott Card
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/orson-scott-card-gay-marriage-amendment-one_n_1478936.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/chris-christie-gay-conversion-therapy-new-jersey-95666.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/orson-scott-card-racist-obama_n_3762891.html
http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2013-05-09-1.html

Hero Award: Sharon Snyder
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/28/4373583/jackson-county-circuit-judge-fires.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/15/sharon-snyder-robert-nelson_n_3759185.html

Update #1: Ray Kelly on short list to replace Janet Napolitano
http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/2013/07/15/why-ray-stop-and-frisk-kelly-possibly-being-nominated-to-dhs-would-be-so-dangerous/
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/ray-kelly-stop-and-frisk-homeland-security-95628.html

Update #2: Gov. Scott Walkalloveryou admits watching a protest is not illegal
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-5.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/09/1229961/-Walker-forced-to-back-off-from-arresting-observers-of-Solidarity-Sing-
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=40587
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-officials-say-they-won-t-issue-citations-to-solidarity/article_b976c2fb-e5f6-59af-a53b-b6eb9f3d362e.html
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=40690

Update #3: PBS Newshour considers civil forfeiture
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/left-side-of-aisle-120-part-1.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/nation/july-dec13/assets_08-19.html

Update #4: Strike three for State Dept. report approving Keystone XL pipeline
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/04/left-side-of-aisle-102-part-8.html
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/315351-state-dept-watchdog-launches-inquiry-into-keystone-environmental-report#ixzz2cQqCIRKl
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/20/interior-state-keystone-xl-pipeline-impact?google_editors_picks=true
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jul/28/obama-reservations-keystone-pipeline-project

I laugh so I don’t weep: Texas replies to DOJ suit over redistricting
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/06/left-side-of-aisle-114-part-3.html
https://www.aclu.org/voting-rights/voting-rights-act-0
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/08/1216-update-voter-suppression-comes-to.html
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/06/25/that-was-quick-texas-moves-ahead-with-discriminatory-voting-laws/
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/25/feds-to-sue-to-force-texas-to-keep-pre-clearing-voting-changes/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/13/1230932/-Texas-Defends-Voting-Laws-We-Don-t-Want-Democrats-To-Vote?detail=email
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/10/texas-on-voting-rights-its-not-about-race-just-politics/
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/08/sec-3-the-secret-weapon-for-protecting-minority-voters/
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/19/conservatives-prepare-to-finish-off-the-voting-rights-act/

Outrage of the Week: Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/judge-to-sentence-bradley-manning-today/2013/08/20/85bee184-09d0-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/bradley-manning-sentenced_n_3787492.html
http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/bradley-manning-s-sentence-doesn-t-mean-his-story-is-going-away-20130821
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/bradley-manning-prison_n_3789867.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/03/bradley-manning-sentence_n_3696501.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-manning-trial-20130801,0,3249325.story
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/us/in-sentencing-us-tries-to-prove-harm-by-manning.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/21/us-usa-wikileaks-manning-idUSBRE97J0JI20130821
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/21/bradley-manning-trial-six-things
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2013/07/left-side-of-aisle-119-part-6.html