Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's rescue team is HansScholl, ItsJessMe, shayera, vcmvo2, and watercarrier4diogenes, with srkp23 editing.

• boatsie, reporting live from Marin County, one of the richest regions in the US, describes the local food bank's struggles to meet demand, in Dispatches from the Field: Local Food Crises. (ItsJessMe)
• dreaminonempty analyzes maps in great detail in order to show how certain groups affected the presidential vote in Maps: Obama and White Evangelicals. (vcmvo2)
• JohnnyRook describes how scientists have made some startling conclusions in Climaticide Update: Lack of Radioactivity in Himalayan Ice Core Bodes Ill for Millions. (vcmvo2)
• Doolittle Sothere discusses the need for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and offers a comprehensive overview of its background and certification process, in LEEDing the way...to a Green Collar job (w/poll). (ItsJessMe)
• kay dub spins a little old-fashioned Marxian theory to explain the current financial crisis in We don't need no stinkin socialism! (HansScholl)
• ProfJonathan thoughtfully analyzes the importance of the auto industry to the US economy in CarCos: Restructure NOT Bankruptcy. (vcmvo2)
• KingOneEye describes how several far-right pundits are determined to demonize the President-elect's policies in Obama Paranoia Tarnishes Seminal Civil Rights Victory. (vcmvo2)
• Big Tex eulogizes "The People's Lawyer," Jim Mattox, dead at 65. (ItsJessMe)
• Scott in NJ highlights a very unique protest in Princeton Proposition 8: Preserving the Sanctity of Sidewalks. (shayera)
• fake consultant invites us to listen to and support the wonderful singer Madeleine Peyroux, in On The Need To Clear The Musical Desk, Or, Are You In New York This Sunday? (ItsJessMe)

jotter serves up High Impact Diaries: November 20, 2008.

emeraldmaiden brings Top Comments 11-21-08 - Finally Friday.

Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread.