Sunday, January 08, 2017

What's Left #8




What's Left
for the week of January 5-11, 2017

This week:

Good News: support for the death penalty continues to decline
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/28/u-s-ends-year-with-fewest-executions-since-1991/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/09/29/support-for-death-penalty-lowest-in-more-than-four-decades/

Good News: Americans support tougher environmental laws
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/14/most-americans-favor-stricter-environmental-laws-and-regulations/

Good News: public support for transgender rights
http://www.pewforum.org/2016/09/28/3-public-split-over-bathroom-use-by-transgender-people/

Good News: Obama signs law to include non-believers in protections against religious persecution
http://www.snopes.com/2016/12/21/obama-signs-law-protecting-atheists/
https://americanhumanist.org/
https://americanhumanist.org/featured/international-religious-freedom-bill-heads-president-includes-language-protect-humanists-nontheists/

Good News: 120 million acres of federal waters protected from fossil fuel exploration
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/20/obama-bans-new-oil-gas-drilling-off-alaska-part-of-atlantic-co/21632127/

Good News of the Year, 2016: peace settlement in Colombia
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2341-good-news-potential-breakthrough.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/02/2361-good-news-progress-on-cure-for.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2342-good-news-parasitic-disease-on.html
http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-the-last-days-of-guinea-worm/
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/11/32-good-news-tpp-is-dead.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/12/51-good-news-victory-at-standing-rock.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/12/44-outrage-of-week-standing-rock.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/08/2587-colombia-and-farc-sign-peace-deal.html
https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news/no-wins-colombians-narrowly-rejects-peace-accord-with-farc/14639
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/12/53-good-news-peace-settlement-in.html
http://colombiareports.com/peace-vote-delayed-farc-demobilization-colombias-peace-commissioner/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/29/colombia-approves-amnesty-deal-for-thousands-of-farc-rebels
http://colombiareports.com/colombia-congress-approves-amnesty-law-3-days-farc-demobilization-deadline/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35929399
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37677853
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38486897
https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombias-war-traumas-leave-deep-mental-scars-060028256.html

RIPs of 2016
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2335-rip-john-trudell.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2345-rip-david-bowie.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2352-rip-alan-rickman.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2353-rip-glenn-frey.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/02/2379-rip-paul-kantner-and-signe-toly.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/03/2394-rip-al-jazeera-america.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/03/2417-rips-keith-emerson-and-ben.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/04/2434-rip-patty-duke.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/05/2469-rip-dan-berrigan.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/09/2604-rip-vin-scully-sets-retirement-date.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/11/27-rip-john-zacherley.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/11/38-rip-leonard-cohen.html

Clown of the Year Award 2016, Basic Stupid Category: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2336-clown-award-right-wing-troll.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/03/2056-clown-award-immigration-judge-jack.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/12/57-clown-award-christina-alesci-of-cnn.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/04/2435-clown-award-idaho-gov-butch-otter.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2354-clown-award-sc-gov-nikki-haley.html

Clown of the Year Award 2016, Total Jackassery Category: GOPper Rep. Steve King
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/03/2395-clown-award-right-wing-attorney.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/04/2445-clown-award-florida-gov-rick-scott.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/01/2344-clown-award-clown-award-new.html
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2016/07/2544-clown-award-rep-steve-king.html

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