Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are watercarrier4diogenes, Wes Opinion, srkp23, ezdidit, TruthOfAngels and Yashua with Avila as editor.

• srkp23 reminds us that in order to retain a critical edge, whether it's in politics or even life in general, that it's important to keep One Foot Out. (Wes Opinion)
• When the traditional media is silent it's no longer deafeningly so, thanks to LithiumCola and many others here. Coda to the Petraeus Coverage: Saudi Arabia? is LC's shout in the midst of one of those silences. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• fake consultant's personal experience reveals another asymmetry in healthcare--the nonuniformity of infection control practices, in On How The State Gave Me MRSA (Part II), Or, What, Me Worry? (srkp23)
• Mentarch writes a very thorough analysis of the Bush administrations war crimes in War Crimes and Misdemeanors. (Yashua)
• Valtin explores the blueprints of secret torture by the CIA and finds disturbing revelations of an older model, the Operation Phoenix terror-torture program in Vietnam, in The Biggest Torture Program in U.S. History. (Avila)
• Scaredhuman takes a look at corporate attempts to monopolize the dairy industry in Banning Raw milk, banning labeling of rBGH Milk. What is really going on? (srkp23)
• In Extended Forecast: Bloodshed, teacherken amplifies moral responsibility within our own country, via several observations in Nicholas Kristof's editorial in today's New York Times. (ezdidit)
• dday offers a thoughtful review of a film we all need to see, in Errol Morris' new documentary about Abu Ghraib. (srkp23)
• ommzms pens a very detailed and timely diary that places the Petraeus testimony, and 5th anniversary of the Iraq war in perspective in The Lies That Bind. (Yashua)
• John Halliwell asks if the War On Terror has claimed another judicial victim in Sami Al-Arian, Catch-22, and the Tragedy of Post-9/11 America. (TruthOfAngels)
• My Stupid Opinion's diary, NPR story on the DoD's phony lie detectors is neither stupid nor just an opinion. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• David Brin writes a detailed and thought provoking op-ed on the state of the airlines, and their place in our society in As elites abandon the airlines... the age of levees approaches. (Yashua)
• StrangeAnimals has ideas and ideals. With fine-tuning in the comments, they're going to make a great impression on a very lucky HS AP-Gov class. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• DavidThi808 gives great background on a purple state turning blue in Colorado Senate - Slam Dunk Democratic win. (srkp23)
• Laughter Shrapnel has braved the scariness of all the great writers here to post her first diary, The Few, The Proud... The Gaffe? It's definitely worth a read. (watercarrier4diogenes)

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