Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are ybruti, hhex65, joyful, jlms qkw, Louisiana 1976 and grog with Avila (h/t Unitary Moonbat) as editor.

• gjohnsit provides us with a few Lessons from another forgotten American occupation. Seems like we're old hands at botching Iraq-like situations. (grog)
• With interesting details about the "back-door draft" and its history over several administrations, daytonpundit reminds us that 'Stop Loss' is Alive and Well. (ybruti)
• Shane Hensinger's International Law and the War in Iraq details the many reasons the 2003 US-led invasion was illegal from the start. (joyful)
• In 10 cents in one day! Plus a rationing story, devtob starkly predicts that the sort of fuel rationing now going on in Scotland will take place in the US. (Louisiana 1976)
• Forgiven connects the dots between McCain's current choice of campaign photo ops and how he'll try to portray himself this fall in Not Another Compassionate Conservative. (grog)
• k9disc looks at the correlation between less money and less freedom in The Republican Dream: A Sweatshop Economy. (grog)
• Angel of Mercy's The Republican Erosion of America is half-rant, half-history lesson, and all-thoughtful. (joyful)
• Before you think that Johnny Venom is insane when he says Vote Democrat...live longer? A visual guide, look carefully at his charts. Not so mad now, eh? (grog)
• Seeking to free the U.S. from its dependence on oil, Stranded Wind describes visionary projects in Walkabout #5: Consultations & Contemplations. In Iowa, for example, a company proposes the wind driven production of ammonia for fertilizer. (ybruti)
• Susan Rosenthal clarifies the current conflict between the California Nurses Association (CNA) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in War in the House of Labor. (hhex65)
• talk about race now makes poetry from the pain of a youthful memory in A N*gger for a Day: Okkklahoma Burning. (joyful)
• DWG offers a frightening look at Another surge in greenhouse gases, with an injection of cynical humor.  (jlms qkw)

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