Left Side of the Aisle #233

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of January 7 to 13,  2015

This week:

Good News: minimum wage workers get a raise
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/275768/14-states-raise-minimum-wage/
http://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-year-new-wages-minimum-wage-rates-around-states

Good News: some action on gun control
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-guns-idUSKBN0UI1UQ20160105
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/01/obama-executive-action-gun-control/422661/
http://starfishmissions.org/the-starfish-story/

Good News of the Year 2015: SCOTUS says bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/07/2105-scotus-rules-on-same-sex-marriage.html

RIPs of 2015
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/02/1937-rip-leslie-gore.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/03/1945-rip-leonard-nimoy.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/03/1956-rip-minnie-minoso.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/04/1992-rip-sarah-brady.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/04/2005-rip-percy-sledge.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/05/left-side-of-aisle-205.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/07/2133-rip-theodore-bikel.html

RIP: John Trudell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trudell
http://nhonews.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=114&ArticleID=17271

Clown Award: right-wing troll commenters
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/01/04/banned-words-list-for-2016/21291717/

Clown of the Year 2015, Basic Stupid Category: administration of Kermit Elementary School, Kermit, TX
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/03/1973-clown-award-george-zimmerman.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/01/1887-clown-award-city-councilor-bud.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/10/2235-clown-award-commissioner-karen.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/02/1919-clown-award-kermit-elementary.html

Clown of the Year 2015, Jackassery Category: Sen. James Inhofe
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/12/2304-clown-award-marco-rubio.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/10/2246-clown-award-alaska-gov-bill-walker.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/04/1993-clown-award-kentucky-governor.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/05/2034-clown-award-ben-carson.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/03/1946-clown-award-james-inhofe.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/05/2044-clown-award-sen-james-inhofe.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/11/2265-clown-award-sen-james-inhofe.html

Outrage of the Week: Antonin Scalia says government can promote religion
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/275ecd74694f4fcb8faba72f4ed33ec7/scalia-dismisses-concept-religious-neutrality-speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Religious_Test_Clause
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/12/11/how-thomas-jefferson-and-other-founding-fathers-defended-muslim-rights/

Outrage of the Year 2015: the Tamir Rice case
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2014/12/1857-eric-garner-and-untouchable-cops.html
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/how-reliable-is-police-testimony--365827139616
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/02/1348833/-Tamir-Rice-The-story-behind-the-execution-character-assassination-coverup-of-a-senseless-murder
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/03/1942-outrage-of-week-clevelands.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/06/2075-everything-you-need-to-know-about.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/07/2134-too-little-too-late-cleveland.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/10/2238-cleveland-prosecutor-lays-grounds.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2015/12/2305-outrage-of-week-prosecutors-trying.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/12/28/grand_jury_issues_no_charges_in_tamir_rice_killing.html
http://prosecutor.cuyahogacounty.us/pdf_prosecutor/en-US/2015-1-28%20Statement%20on%20Grand%20Jury%20decision%20in%20the%20Tamir%20Rice%20case%20%2800000002%29.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/12/29/in-tamir-rices-case-the-grand-jury-process-was-turned-upside-down/?postshare=2331451415925037&tid=ss_tw-bottom
https://twitter.com/JuanMThompson/status/681553648523018240/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/00_Agent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonton_Macoute