Left Side of the Aisle #219

Left Side of the Aislefor the week of September 10-16, 2015

This week:

Kim Davis and the religious right
http://time.com/4025308/kentucky-clerk-kim-davis-release/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-kim-davis-freed-kentucky-jail-n423541
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-emily-c-heath/religious-liberty-marriage-licence_b_7985894.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kentucky-clerk-asks-court-to-force-governor-to-let-her-deny-gay-marriages_55edc301e4b03784e27637ed
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/kim-davis-is-no-rosa-parks-213127
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherit_the_Wind_%28play%29
http://time.com/4023824/oregon-judge-gay-marriages-refusal/?xid=gonewsedit&google_editors_picks=true

To Laugh, Not Weep: FDA approves Oxycontin for children as young as 11
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/same-govt-locks-people-jail-cannabis-just-approved-oxycontin-young-children
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-oxycontin-children-young-11-n409621

Clown Award: David Brooks
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/opinion/the-anti-party-men-trump-carson-sanders-and-corbyn.html?ref=international&_r=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders
http://fair.org/home/does-your-candidate-support-workers-interests-david-brooks-thinks-you-have-a-psychological-problem/

Outrage of the Week: new Pentagon manual could allow for indefinite confinement of journalists
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-dod-manual-journalists_55dd6b14e4b0a40aa3acc576?cps=gravity_2425_-1752368580054525173&kvcommref=mostpopular
http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/images/law_war_manual15.pdf
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/aug/11/pentagon-war-reporters-unprivileged-belligerents-spies

Say It With Numbers: "Black Lives Matter = warfare on law enforcement" is a lie
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/04/1418344/-American-police-are-300-more-likely-to-kill-themselves-than-be-shot-killed-by-someone-else?detail=email
https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2014
https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2015
http://www.tnonline.com/2013/oct/29/suicide-rate-higher-among-cops
http://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/2012/02/10/cops-and-addiction/