Left Side of the Aisle #172

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of August 28 - September 3, 2014

This week:

Good News: Israeli-Hamas truce
http://www.firstpost.com/world/gaza-live-israel-accepts-unlimited-truce-confirms-government-1671989.html
http://www.smh.com.au/world/gaza-truce-agreed-for-permanent-ceasefire-between-israel-and-palestine-20140827-108t3j.html
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.612631
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.612650

Good News: marriage justice advances
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/21/justice/florida-same-sex-marriage/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/21/florida-same-sex-marriage-ban-ruled-unconstitutional/14399809/
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/for-first-time-federal-judge-rules-floridas-gay-marriage-ban/2194065
http://wlfi.com/2014/08/26/judges-blast-indiana-wisconsin-gay-marriage-bans/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wisconsin-indiana-set-defend-gay-marriage-bans-25124116
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gay-marriage-lawsuits-go-7th-circuit-court-appeals

Update 1: special proscutor in John Crawford case
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/08/1705-guns-this-is-not-about-guns.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/26/us-usa-ohio-shooting-police-idUSKBN0GQ1U420140826
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-08-26/veteran-prosecutor-to-take-fatal-wal-mart-shooting

Update 2: homelessness
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/08/1718-outrage-of-week-making.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/22/portland-oregon-tiny-homes_n_5698214.html?cps=gravity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/12/tiny-homes-homeless_n_5300716.html

Update 3: John DeLeonardis
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/08/1714-clown-award-john-deleonardis-owner.html
http://www.delseadrive-in.com/houserules.php

Unintentional Humor: Delsea Drive-In
http://www.delseadrive-in.com/houserules.php

Outrage of the Week: NSA goes Google
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/08/25/icreach-nsa-cia-secret-google-crisscross-proton/
http://www.delhidailynews.com/news/US--foreign-agencies-using-NSAs-metadata-search-engine-1409069512/
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80945.html

More on Ferguson
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/08/14/340336291/how-people-in-ferguson-see-the-police-in-ferguson
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/how-much-racial-profiling-happens-in-ferguson/378606/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/08/19/im-a-cop-if-you-dont-want-to-get-hurt-dont-challenge-me/
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/us/ferguson-column-police-reaction/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/25/opinion/norwood-ferguson-sons-brown-police/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/24/1324279/--Sir-what-is-going-on-Oh-my-God-You-will-terrify-my-children
http://7online.com/news/police-pull-mother-and-children-over-at-gunpoint-by-mistake/277733/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/americans-deep-racial-divide-on-trusting-the-police/378848/

Hero Award: John Stewart
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/full-episodes/mglrnd/august-26--2014---david-rose

Clown Award: war hawks
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/paul-ryan-doesnt-think-sending-troops-to-fight-is#r24r7n
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/time-kaine-congress-iraq-vote-110328.html?hp=l5
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/26/right_wing_hawks_want_another_war_make_them_vote_on_it/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m57gzA2JCcM

Footnote: WBC are wimps
https://vine.co/v/MLZKbhaPEaH
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/22/equality-house-westboro-baptist_n_5700961.html