Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are ybruti, Painty Kat, srkp23 (pulling double duty), dadanation, Wes Opinion, and joyful, with shayera as editor.

• Avenging Angel's well-written and well-sourced diary NYT's Lichtblau Details White House Effort to Block NSA Story is a must-read, detailing just some of the lengths the Bush Administration has gone to keep the truth of the NSA spying from the American public. (dadanation)
• StormBear details the Atlantic slave trading economy in this installment of Black History: Triangular Trade. (srkp23)
• RiderOnTheStorm shows us that in the never ending quest to protect the American people from the threat of terrorism the DHS is willing to go that extra mile and become an even bigger threat in DHS wants new torture technology. (Wes Opinion)
• rmelcher discusses his/her perceptions of the realities involved in the 2008 Presidential cycle through November in Reality Intrudes. (PaintyKat)
• In a beautifully written second diary, Leigh3352 describes a fulfilling career working with the developmentally disabled. Stop Not Looking also encourages you to give time to these deserving people. (ybruti)
• Bill Prendergast highlights the scary, shadowy story of The Real Leaders of the Religious Right and McCain. (srkp23)
• A report from Jekyll Island, GA: Why people don't trust developers and their enablers as seaturtles and friends struggle to protect an endangered State Park. (joyful)
• theKK offers practical advice and encouragement to Kossacks Under 35: Starting Your Online Radio Show. (ybruti)
• dhonig offers a unique perspective into the state of the globe's financial state through the lens of a wine glass (honestly) in Wine - What it tells us about the world. (dadanation)
• chuckwh presents a fascinating fictional presentation of the Gore Years after September 11, 2001 in Iraq During the Gore Years. (PaintyKat)
• Lindsay Meisel, an editor at the Breakthrough Institute, discusses The End of Carbon Price Orthodoxy? (ybruti)
• Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse details how global warming is already affecting our lives in Report Says Climate Change Happening NOW in Western States. (PaintyKat)
• Killer of Sacred Cows reviews, recommends, and riffs off Eric Alterman's new book and draws an interesting and useful distinction between easy and simple answers, in Liberalism: Reclaiming the Right to Think. (srkp23)
• A double-dose of Republican madness: JohnBruhns' harsh reminder of The current escalation of violence in Iraq, combined with relentless liberal's Oh, What a Lucky Man is Johnny McCain, make strong arguments against another "four more years" of the Bush regime. (joyful)
• A Movie with a statement opens tonight "Stop-Loss" is also known as the "back door draft" and testvet6778 brings us his thoughts on both the movie and the matter. (joyful)

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