Left Side of the Aisle #260

Left Side of the Aisle
for the week of September 15 to 21, 2016

Good News: more reactions to HB2
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/05/2471-some-items-on-lgbtq-rights.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/08/2551-good-news-nba-pulls-all-star-game.html
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ncaa-pulls-championships-nc-hb2
http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_4b9a629a-7b00-11e6-9841-a34c18764296.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/09/12/ncaa-to-move-2016-17-championship-events-out-of-north-carolina/?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1

Good News: high schoolers join Anthem protest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-black-lives-matter_us_57c1a1bde4b085c1ff299efd
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/high-school-football-players-across-us-join-kaepernick-refuse-stand-national-anthem
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/hs-player-protest-anthem-receiving-vile-racist-threats-article-1.2787325
http://www.inquisitr.com/3498668/taking-a-cue-from-colin-kaepernick-high-school-football-players-are-refusing-to-stand-for-the-national-anthem/

Comments on the election: Clinton spoke the truth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/10/republicans-think-hillary-clinton-just-made-her-own-47-percent-gaffe-did-she/?wpisrc=nl_p1wemost-partner-1&wpmm=1
http://www.people.hbs.edu/mnorton/norton%20sommers.pdf
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/21/white-people-think-racism-is-getting-worse-against-white-people/?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1
http://www.salon.com/2016/08/08/u-n-expert-warns-racism-police-threaten-civil-rights-in-u-s-slams-biased-justice-system/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/13/muslim-woman-set-on-fire-on-new-yorks-fifth-avenue-in-possible-hate-crime-police-say/?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bigot-ripping-muslim-women-hijabs-hateful-attack-article-1.2785475
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/judge-sets-aside-rape-charges-probation-so-ex-athlete-can-enjoy-college-experience
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexcampbell/unfounded?utm_term=.qaAzvR6vp#.nbOKd7ldm
http://wonkette.com/605773/texas-defunding-of-planned-parenthood-improving-womens-health-by-killing-them?google_editors_picks=true
http://www.alternet.org/gender/pew-poll-majority-american-men-63-percent-republicans-believe-sexism-over
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/18/support_for_trump_and_muslim_ban_grows_after_orlando_shooting.html

RIP: Vin Scully sets retirement date
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17541761/vin-scully-says-call-los-angeles-dodgers-playoff-games

Outrage of the Week: cop fired for failing to kill man
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/09/11/Weirton-fired-officer-who-did-not-fire-at-man-with-gun/stories/201609090080
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/09/12/west-virginia-cop-fired-for-not-killing-a-man-with-an-unloaded-gun/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/us/whereabouts-of-cast-out-police-officers-other-cities-often-hire-them.html?_r=1

The legacy of 9/11
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-reminder-of-the-permanent-wars-dozens-of-us-airstrikes-in-six-countries/2016/09/08/77cde914-7514-11e6-be4f-3f42f2e5a49e_story.html?wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1
http://www.psr.org/assets/pdfs/body-count.pdf
http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015-Global-Terrorism-Index-Report.pdf
http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/homeland-security-chief-hijacking-tragedy-911-scare-public-about-fears-domestic
http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/fbi-has-new-plan-spy-high-school-students-across-country
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/nsas-call-record-program-911-hijacker-and-failure-bulk-collection
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/search?q=snowden
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/powerful-nsa-hacking-tools-have-been-revealed-online/2016/08/16/bce4f974-63c7-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/06/02/patriot-act-usa-freedom-act-senate-vote/28345747/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/primer-executive-order-12333-mass-surveillance-starlet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/meet-executive-order-12333-the-reagan-rule-that-lets-the-nsa-spy-on-americans/2014/07/18/93d2ac22-0b93-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html?utm_term=.09701999c148
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-nsa-intercepted-data-those-not-targeted-far-outnumber-the-foreigners-who-are/2014/07/05/8139adf8-045a-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322_story.html?tid=a_inl
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dorothy-samuels/freedom-of-information-improvement-act_b_10535208.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-galka/in-2015-the-government-se_b_9666772.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/22/james-clapper-nsa-spying-us-data-collection-senate-hearing
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/16/whistleblowers-double-standard-obama-david-petraeus-chelsea-manning
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/14/obamas_war_on_whistleblowers_forced_edward
http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/War%20in%20Afghanistan%20and%20Pakistan%20UPDATE_FINAL_corrected%20date.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Iraq_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War
http://thenewpress.com/books/war-on-leakers