Left Side of the Aisle #198

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of April 2-8, 2015

This week:
Not Good News: Indiana passes God Gave Me The Right To Be A Bigot law
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/indiana-governor-mike-pence-anti-gay-bill_n_6947472.html
https://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/2/b/a/92bab197/SB0101.05.ENRS.pdf
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/stephanopoulos-corners-pence-over-lgbt-discrimination-its-a-yes-or-no-question/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/mar/29/mike-pence/did-barack-obama-vote-religious-freedom-restoratio/

Good News: reaction to that law "scorches" Indiana Gov. Mike Pence
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/indy-star-editorial-religious-freedom
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/gop-indianapolis-mayor-defies-pence-bans-discrimination-by-christian-businesses-receiving-city-funds/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2015/03/30/ind-religious-freedom-bill-business-reaction/70693326/
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/charles-barkley-ncaa-indiana-anti-gay-law
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/olbermann-ncaa-final-four-indiana
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/12587768/ncaa-president-mark-emmert-keeping-close-eye-indiana-legislators-new-law-allow-businesses-discriminate-gays-lesbians
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/30/1374389/-Connecticut-governor-vows-to-ban-state-funded-travel-to-Indiana
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/30/washington-indiana-discrimination-law_n_6973700.html
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mayors-governors-travel-bans-indiana
http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/montana-house-narrowly-defeats-religious-freedom-bill/article_378a8c72-427b-56b3-ab05-a75eafaead06.html

Not Good News: Arkansas and North Carolina considering even worse versions
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/arkansas-anti-gay-bill-indiana
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/walmart-veto-arkansas-religious-freedom
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/31/arkansas-and-north-carolina-are-latest-states-to-consider-religious-freedom-bills/

Clown Award: Bill O'Reilly
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/bill-oreilly-demographic
http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/killing-history-jesus-in-the-no-spin-zone
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/bill-oreilly-negative-reviews-for-killing-jesus-shows-its-open-season-on-christians-in-america/
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/31/bill_oreilly_blames_bad_killing_jesus_reviews_on_prejudice_it_is_open_season_on_christians/
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/killing-jesus-review-national-geographic-movie-article-1.2162201
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bishop

Voter suppression is a right-wing scam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBAsFwPglw
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/06/a-comprehensive-investigation-of-voter-impersonation-finds-31-credible-incidents-out-of-one-billion-ballots-cast/
http://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/voter-id
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-lets-wisconsin-voter-id-law-stand/2015/03/23/9d82b8da-d162-11e4-a62f-ee745911a4ff_story.html
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/03/12778/voter-id-will-take-effect-wisconsin-heres-what-means
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/wisconsin-voter-id_n_5813360.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/23/politics/scott-walker-wisconsin-voter-id-law-supreme-court/

Outrage of the week: media failure on voter suppression
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-lets-wisconsin-voter-id-law-stand/2015/03/23/9d82b8da-d162-11e4-a62f-ee745911a4ff_story.html
http://fair.org/blog/2015/03/09/voting-rights-shall-not-overcome-nyt-reporting-like-this/

Unintentional Humor: US learns Israel is spying on negotiations with Iran by spying on Israel
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/03/24/spying-reveals-us-israel-tensions-over-iran/70378578/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-denies-spying-on-u-s-1427204013

And Another Thing: new research suggests way life began
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis
http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/03/researchers-may-have-solved-origin-life-conundrum
http://www.nature.com/articles/nchem.2202.epdf?referrer_access_token=MXfcrirB3XhUlX43DbsvEdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NIo3js7EMAlL7iCggjrUCBrW4ZYTThpc_6DIsDphT9-A1BfL9NwZH8DLA1qmS-mFJSmY_r7_REqDO0W-NgqQ41BcezUDi2H0ILyguqM67PmKg3u4Zyl0LsPNDFw0rZrhVz744QBMtFCv048nn_WhWK2S1q-v2r7llTu2ClJOfnVBYfsoeGfcZlFLS5DBbhZX8%3D&tracking_referrer=news.sciencemag.org

Note: There obviously have been some fast-moving events regarding the Indiana law which occurred after this show was done and so are not addressed here. They will be addressed next week in an Update.